Facepunch seriously has not helped me at all. I think I'd rather hide that I'm even a part of this site :v:
I realized it was easy to make people mad by putting little pixels under their posts.
I got interested in programming a couple of years ago thanks to Facepunch and GMod. Now I'm a full-fledged web developer.
Facepunch got me interested in a mildly more varied set of games. Now instead of constantly playing TF2, I constantly play Dota and maybe a couple other games.
It also gave me refuge when my old home forum died out, so it's nice to have a set of people I know and enjoy talking with again.
Facepunch has made me look at everything negatively. Almost everything.
Basically it has made me a lot whinier than before.
Realising how important spelling and grammar is.
Facepunch taught me that no matter how right I think I am, someone else can (and will) show me exactly why I am wrong
It's helped me stay up till 2am.
revised my point.
the only thing facepunch has 'helped' me with is teaching me, and constantly reiterating, that you cant win an argument with someone who bases theirs off of morals
It's helped me realize that my problems, while still problems, could be far, far worse. In an odd way I also feel like being a member here has helped me clean up my interactions with people IRL. I used to be awkward as fuck, but I made an effort not to be and I think some of it might be due to hanging out with you guys.
Helped me through some social issues but also got me a lot of subscribers on youtube through the sfm thread. I have a mod but the mapping section hasn't helped me one damn bit. Thanks guys for never answering my questions!
[QUOTE=LSK;42480388]It also helped me tame my foot fetishes.[/QUOTE]
Why man, what's wrong with loving feet?
You could have been enjoying giving foot massages to all kinds of beautiful feet.
Facepunch got me in contact with great people, and added to some degree to my understanding of people.
Besides learning more proper grammar, I feel like Facepunch has helped make my writing more impactful. Even with simple posts, I stop and think about what I really want to say; then decide if said content is really worth posting. Ratings, as inconsequential as they are in the grand scheme of things, are a big driver towards this. No one wants to get rated boxes and there's always that feeling of success when you look at your post history and see ratings of "winner" or "funny", it's that feeling that you wrote something that was coherent and contributed to further discussion (Most of the time anyway). Of course everyone has a lapse of judgement and posts something incredibly stupid or embarrassing, but you as long as you realize why you got rated poorly, you can make sure to prevent from posting stupid shit in the future.
Then, for larger posts or even posting my own threads, I set my goals higher. You've got to challenge yourself, because as a rule of thumb, the longer the content you post, you better make damn sure it's worth reading.
Facepunch helped me improve my skills in web development (still is) and I have a job as a web developer/ designer.
Also, it keeps me updated current news.
Helped me learn that if I ever think of something funny, then it's dumb and I should keep it to myself.
Seeing as I don't get out as much as I'd like, it really helped me with my social life.
It helped me to learn not to Shitpost like "lolxd le trold".
And that memes aren't really Cool.
When smartness was around, it gave me an incentive to spell properly. After a while it kinda just stuck and most of the time I always spell properly. Except for when I'm feeling lazy
It has helped me to think that people who don't write perfectly all the time are complete idiots.
I've been trying to get rid of that stereotype, but I just can't.
Thanks Facepunch!
[QUOTE=Citrus705;42497181]When smartness was around, it gave me an incentive to spell properly. After a while it kinda just stuck and most of the time I always spell properly. Except for when I'm feeling lazy[/QUOTE]
Back before I started using Facepunch I was on Gaiaonline. As expected my spelling and grammar was terrible and I used smilies like "^^", the smartness system however taught me well and punished me heavily for such bad habits.
I also at the time enjoyed furry avatars and hanging out in furry communities. The Furry subsection that I used to hang out on Facepunch back then went through enough major shitstorms alongside a series of bans on my account, to eventually have me realize that people that are openly furry and people that openly hate furries are both kinds usually massive drama queens and shit at making decent conversations. I now know that I just like porn, I like furry porn, I like all sorts of porn, and no matter if you're a furry or if you hate furries, you can fuck off if you don't like me watching porn.
[QUOTE=Araknid;42463183]Helped me stop with shit like xD, LOL, LMAO etc
Also grammar and spelling.[/QUOTE]
Hey man!! what's the dance that man is dancing in your avatar?? Is he russian?? I once saw the dance, stunned. I need to know the name
[QUOTE=amentothatt;42499332]Hey man!! what's the dance that man is dancing in your avatar?? Is he russian?? I once saw the dance, stunned. I need to know the name[/QUOTE]
search "russian hardbass" on youtube and there will be one
[QUOTE=LittleBabyman;42499396]search "russian hardbass" on youtube and there will be one[/QUOTE]
thank you very much my friend!!
I suppose it has improved my knowledge in building PC's since I joined here around a year when I got into PC gaming.
But other than that this is pretty much a negative place besides the camp facepunch. Not sure if that even goes on anymore. I never went to it since I don't consider myself a "real facepunch member."
FP was and still is the only constant I've really had socially when I moved from California to Pennsylvania, and I've even met people who lived where I used to live. I felt less alone.
Having flagdog kinda brokedown stereotypes for me. There's morons and awesome people in every country. Not only that, but it also made me realize how big the internet is. Any developed country with an internet connection has very similar cultural aspects just because people know people well who are from different countries. It used to be your environment that shaped you, but now its the internet because its a globally shared network.
Also more than any other site it made me realize that all the "weird" shit on the internet from the various porn fetishes to hobbies to video games (mainly anime games and kids games) are enjoyed by actual people (kids my age and adults in their 30's) rather than secluded social outcasts. Its kinda like living double lives depending on who you are, some are open about all that and some aren't. Some poetic shit about wearing masks should be here but I can't think of anything for Oscar Wilde.
FP is also the first source I come to for relatively accurate global/video game news.
Facepunch was pretty awesome growing up since I lived in the middle of nowhere and didn't really have many friends. It also helped me learn english more than my english class I'm pretty sure.
Since then I've grown up and moved out into a town that actually has people so I don't post here very much anymore.
And when I do I'm just being a shiteater/sarcastic
helped me to find some cool movies and tv shows i didnt know about
also helped me with graphic design
Facepunch taught me that if you don't like something, it is objectively bad and should stop existing post haste
I learned to stay the fuck away from Android development
[QUOTE=ZenX2;42473724]Same with me. Garry is actually the most influential person in my life.[/QUOTE]
Following the chain, after starting to learn Lua for Garrysmod early on when 10 came out, it got me interested in programming which I've been doing ever since, as well as studying comp sci in university at the moment.
Thanks garry! :v:
Oh and it also had an impact on my Internet etiquette, the amount of "xD's" having seen a dramatical reduction over time.
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