Love Advice and Drug Discussion Quite Literally Changed My Life - General

I liked lurking LA and reading all the stories n advice there

[QUOTE=lexus04;28352748]Facepunch made me a 20 year old (8 days short) who doesn't give a shit about anything, who can do almost anything in photoshop, made me learn almost every media related program and lots of principles/basics, taught me some drawing, color theory, trolling, made me burst out lauging more times than imaginable; I was there when LMAO pics started, I'm pretty confident I've only missed 1 or 2 of them; in social life I'm considered smart, often a smart-ass because It's sometimes too hard to withhold criticism, sometimes witty and generally a nice guy to hang around. I have a nicely paying job that doesn't require me to get out of the comfort of my home. I'm about to start snowboarding again. This is just what's on top of my head, I have a much wider and deeper skill set but the rest is not thanks to fp. Looks not-so bad now, does it? I have pimples on my ass from sitting on a chair all day. I can't make myself do any significant piece of work and am probably about to lose my job because of that. I feel frustrated with myself, then forget everything and read lmao pics and absorb the huge stream of useless information which facepunch is there to provide. I don't want anything in life. I have no goal. My parents don't work and seeing me in front of the pc all day makes them (namely my dad, my mom is almost in the same boat as me actually) extremely frustrated. My dad keeps saying that if I don't get to life it'll get to me. I know it's true, eventually I'll have to move out and do things to survive. I see no reason to do anything. I know that in the global scale I don't matter at all, nothing I will ever do will matter, etc, but that doesn't really make me sad or anything, it doesn't kill the motivation either because I have no motivation to begin with. I am truly apathetic. I don't know if this is depression or burnt out frontal lobes. I don't feel pity for myself either, really, I'm not fishing for hearts or sympathy, I don't need that. This is just a sort of a random confession in hopes that someone was in the same boat and knows what do. v:geno:v[/QUOTE] Why do you wake up each day then? What keeps you going from day to day if you don't think there's any reason in you doing anything? There is a reason, it just isn't clear to you now. You'll find it one day, but it's not going to present itself to you automatically. You need to get yourself up and out there, and expand your horizons every day. Whilst we're being all mushy and cheesy: Live every day as if it were your last. Of course that isn't that helpful practically, but if you get into the mindset of making every day important, and seizing every opportunity to further yourself as a human being, then you'll see new doors opening to you all the time, and one day you will find your reason in life. Because if you didn't have one, why are you even alive? Ty everyone else for reading/replying. It was nice to see that I wasn't wrong in thinking that I wasn't the only one that found actual, real-world value in a small community on an online forum.

[QUOTE=B-hazard;28341716]We need a 'Social' forum which Love Advice could fit into, as-well as general social problems and Facepunch meetups.[/QUOTE] Yea, but I think it wouldnt really get used that often......I could be wrong though....

LA regulars will probably recognize me. Anyway... I didn't go to Love Advice to get advice from others. My story is not that simple. 2 years ago, I broke up with a girl that I loved. She was everything to me, but I knew it couldn't work (she kept developing interest in this other guy) and I had to let it go. It was messy. Very messy. I have tried a few times to date girls since but I never really get into it. I like them, but I just don't feel like being with them. For nearly 2 years it has been like this. Around November or December, I stumbled upon Love Advice. My friends sometimes call me "Great Sage" as a joke, but the fact is I've had advice for nearly any situation they've brought to me. I started posting a bit, here and there. Giving out advice from "HOW DO I ASK THIS GIRL OUT!?" to "3 year relationship, she cheated, wat do?". I found myself right back in my advice-giving niche. I feel like my old self again... but better. Dating used to consume my thoughts, but now I don't care. I know I could make it work this time. My guess is that helping other people with their problems was a cathartic relief for my own. I must admit that it is kind of funny that LA should be removed around the same time I finally have these revelations. Seemed it was there just as long as I needed it to be. But I would have kept coming back. I really do enjoy giving advice. Oh well... I guess it's finally time to kick my problem in the ass. Good thing too, I know just the girl :)

[QUOTE=thisispain;28347710]facepunch just made me more angry really [/QUOTE]

I recieved and used advice from LA, needless to say i'm very happy at the moment :)

My situation was somewhat similar to Flak's. I simply enjoy helping people because I remember what it was like being the one asking for help. The type of person I am/my views on life are relatively the same as when I started posting in LA though. If anything, it has made me even more full of myself.

I lurked LA for a while, I thought it was pretty interesting shit.

I never realize that FacePunch helps people that much!

[QUOTE=D3N1ZFTW;28367066]I never realize that FacePunch helps people that much![/QUOTE] I noticed this when LA garbage leaks into general discussion normally with the topic of "I have no friends or a love life etc." and then you will get thousands of posts saying "I am the same way".

LA certainly was a nice place and community, hate to see it gone.

i was gonna post a personal problem (still not resolved) in LA, but then it disappeared-afied...now i has a sad...

goddamn it garry look what you've done [editline]2nd March 2011[/editline] I also hate to see LA gone

Well it's gone from FP, but the community hasn't died, just moved to: [url]http://lifepunch.net/[/url]

Lifepunch sucks. I'm not going there. Ever since the closure of LA, people have been blowing up my steam asking for advice. I went from never (literally, never) talking to anyone on Steam over the course of 5 years to having 3-4 kids IM'ing me every day. Actually, I just made an account so assholes can't pretend to be me there. Don't know why they'd want to do that, but still.

[QUOTE=MaverickIB;28378530]Lifepunch sucks. I'm not going there. Ever since the closure of LA, people have been blowing up my steam asking for advice. I went from never (literally, never) talking to anyone on Steam over the course of 5 years to having 3-4 kids IM'ing me every day. Actually, I just made an account so assholes can't pretend to be me there. Don't know why they'd want to do that, but still.[/QUOTE] Credibility? I mean i don't know you, i've only been in LA once or twice, but i'm assuming you're a really nice person who helps people out.

[QUOTE=Vmonkey;28378809]Credibility? I mean i don't know you, i've only been in LA once or twice, but i'm assuming you're a really nice person who helps people out.[/QUOTE] depends how far you wanna take nice he's helpful

[QUOTE=thisispain;28378815]depends how far you wanna take nice he's helpful[/QUOTE] I see what you did there but no...

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Yeah, I'm not nice. Just right. All the time. 60 percent of the time.

and your avatar is creepy as fuck...why do the "always right" people always have visually displeasing avatars??

my avatar isn't displeasing is it?

tis not

oh well i'll have you know i was right about everything way before anyone else was right about anything yep

I preferred your previous avatar tbh.

[QUOTE=Dark_Light;28378967]I preferred your previous avatar tbh.[/QUOTE] i've got like 20 gifs of bjork doing strange things so don't get too comfortable

On the edge of my seat.

good keep it that way heh what were we talking about again

I don't know, but I registered on Lifepunch and damn he wasn't kidding.

I too miss Love Advice. I miss reading people's stories. I miss my normal habit of hopping on Facepunch and scrolling to the bottom. I miss how we sometimes helped people when they actually needed it. Sure, most of the people there needed confidence boosts, and who better to get it from than a complete stranger calling you a pussy? For my entire current relationship I've had Love Advice, and my girlfriend used to enjoy hearing random shit the regulars said or did. LA doesn't affect just the wusses, it affects our [i]lives[/i]. /overthetopnostalgiarant