I am breaking my now LEGENDARY¹ silence.
I've been reading Videogum for a really long time², and I have never really commented on anything. I created an account on here a few days before Gabe made a post about sharing our Twitter handles³, and I got into the community that way. I'm @nopurpleshelves FIND ME.
This is going to sound really stupid, but I think this Videogum community⁴ is way bigger than a comments section. I've made a lot of friends because of this weird thing thing, and those friendships have become more than wondering what they will say in response to a blog post.
I don't even check Videogum all that often anymore. Twice a week or so, I will get on and go through the back pages and whatever jumps out at me, but lately it all feels somewhat forced.⁵ It just feels like sometimes no one has their heart in it, no one (writer or otherwise) is as invested in it.
Maybe the reason why I feel that was is that my discovery of Vgum happened at a time I really needed it. My wheels were spinning, and I really wasn't doing much of anything. Now that that has changed, maybe my borderline obsession with the site has becalmed because I don't need it as much.⁶
I will always love Videogum. It has given me literally the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I met, became friends, fell madly in love, and am now moving in with a girl who came to Videogum in much the same way and the same time I did (Hi, @KiriMack!).
So. I owe this website everything. IOU, website. I'm constantly weirded out by how tight knit this community⁷ is. I've never encountered anything else like it on the internet, and I mean to tell you I have seen some things on the internet!⁸
Let's all just hug it out, maybe cool it with all the GIFs, and have some coffee. Let's wake it UP, y'all!
¹ Nope.
² Two and one half years is a long time.
³ Twandles
⁴ I really hate using this word. For a brief moment I considered using "quasi-gathering of predominantly like-minded (for the most part) jaded-about-nothing-specific twentysomethings", but then it got TOO REAL.
⁵ Both my reading of the site, and — many times — the writing.
⁶ LOLOLOLOLO I SOUND SO DUMB
⁷ Again, ugh.
⁸ Mostly cute animal videos, but I've managed to avoid 2 Girls 1 Cup and the Chris Crocker kid.
I am breaking my now LEGENDARY¹ silence.
I've been reading Videogum for a really long time², and I have never really commented on anything. I created an account on here a few days before Gabe made a post about sharing our Twitter handles³, and I got into the community that way. I'm @nopurpleshelves FIND ME.
This is going to sound really stupid, but I think this Videogum "community"⁴ is way bigger than a comments section. I've made a lot of friends because of this weird thing thing, and those friendships have become more than wondering what they will say in response to a blog post.
I don't even check Videogum all that often anymore. Twice a week or so, I will get on and go through the back pages and whatever jumps out at me, but lately it all feels somewhat forced.⁵ It just feels like sometimes no one has their heart in it, no one (writer or otherwise) is as invested in it.
Maybe the reason why I feel that was is that my discovery of Vgum happened at a time I really needed it. My wheels were spinning, and I really wasn't doing much of anything. Now that that has changed, maybe my borderline obsession with the site has becalmed because I don't need it as much.⁶
I will always love Videogum. It has given me literally the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I met, became friends, fell madly in love, and am now moving in with a girl who came to Videogum in much the same way and the same time I did (Hi, @KiriMack!).
So. I owe this website everything. IOU, website. I'm constantly weirded out by how tight knit this "community⁷" is. I've never encountered anything else like it on the internet, and I mean to tell you I have seen some things on the internet!
¹ Nope.
² Two and one half years is a long time.
³ Twandles
⁴ I really hate using this word. For a brief moment I considered using "quasi-gathering of predominantly like-minded (for the most part) jaded-about-nothing-specific twentysomethings", but then it got TOO REAL.
⁵ Both my reading of the site, and — many times — the writing.
⁶ LOLOLOLOLO I SOUND SO DUMB
⁷ Again, ugh.
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