Old Posts on Forums of which you are Ashamed

[Sony Walkman Prophecies]

I think that's quite a sensible post actually thecuriousorange. Nothing really to be ashamed of. Had you been reading Nietzsche at the time though? It does have that certain flavour to it..

[vrailaine]

People are able to dig up old posts of their own very easily, I don't wanna even see what I wrote when I was 14.

[Ginyard]

Everything. That's why usernames are cool.

About a decade ago I got into a heated debate with a muso called Bruce Richardson about some audio stuff and got banned from a forum in the process. Problem is that it was under my own name at the time and I actually lost a gig because of it (I called him a a talentless fucking poodle or something like that and a client was reading), which is one of the reasons why I stick to a username, the shadow of anonymity, and try not to get involved in online arguments these days.

Like 23D said, its easy to forget that any muppet can read what you've written on a public forum, and it can come back and bite you on the arse if you're not careful, as a good mate found out to a nasty cost. Fortunately, these days, about 70% of the people I work with or for I very rarely, if ever, get to meet thanks to not living in the same country as them and broadband, so they dont really know what I look like. So with that in mind, I'm going to star in a porn movie for subversive kicks and fuck my humiliation.

[The Boston Crab]

I can't remember being ashamed of anything I've posted but I've regretted a few.

On a China expat forum, I wound up this one particular humourless, thick, self-important twat for a few weeks. To go all playground about it: he started it, Miss. With a bit of snooping, I found out that this guy was a paranoid ex-Marine sword-fetishist on the run from the U.S. Feds for seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon (guess which one). Being me, this didn't stop me until his own research led him to threaten three of my friends at their places of business, at which point I faked a deportation threat letter from the Chinese Public Security Bureau, which he totally bought.

[Ambient Sheep]

http://forums.dirtrider.com/70/6686439/honda-dirt-bikes/1991-cr250-shift-shaft-is-stripped/index.html

...I am super good with crotch rockets...

What on earth was I thinking?

I don't know joey, what were you thinking?!


_{^{Yes, I know it's not really you.}}

[Ambient Sheep]

I think that's quite a sensible post actually thecuriousorange. Nothing really to be ashamed of.

I'd have to agree, I thought that was quite an interesting read actually.  Ten years ago I would have disagreed with it mind, but now I find myself nodding in agreement with most of it, at least I would in my darker moments.  But then it has been a rather rough ten years.  I'd replace "solely a reflection of" with "heavily influenced by", though.

[Consignia]

Everything I've posted on GameFAQS ever. Luckily time has purged my shame, as they delete things fairly quickly on there. That and it was under a username I rarely use these days.

[jutl]

This one... done to frame a tedious troll we had here at the time.

[rudi]

This one... done to frame a tedious troll we had here at the time.

Did it work?

[Ambient Sheep]

This one... done to frame a tedious troll we had here at the time.

Naughty!!  I vaguely remember that.

Did you get any offers of hot racist loving?

[ThickAndCreamy]

Apparently so.

FIVE Playstations??

I was quite obsessed with Playstations a few years back, very oddly so. I also joined that forum under the ImKindAndHappy guise for good reason. My plan was to never argue about anything and only to be friendly and welcoming. My philosophy was that arguing only leads to anger and will do nothing but make me unhappy. Clearly, I was completely wrong.

I just found another one now;

Holy f*cking shit!... Seriously FUCK!. I cant f*cking believe how absolutely astounding this is. I mean seriously I had no f*cking idea about the universe etc. and how absolutely miniscule and insignifcant earth is until now. Holy F*ck balls!. I mean HOLY F*CKEDY F*CK!!!!!!!!! That is inf*cincredible. I am seriously amazed and so, so, so, so, so Fucking astounded. Well f*cking done for letting me see this AMAZING insight.

This was the period of my life where I mostly expressed emotions through the words fuck, shit or cunt. I was talking about a picture demonstrating the size of the earth in comparison to the universe.

[jutl]

Did it work?

To an extent... I also registered the user name Schilller (three Ls) and did some Dick Dastardly cursing of jutl for outing my white pride loneliness. He (or she) eventually pissed off.

Edit to add: Nice to see that Stormfront now word-filters 'n**gers' to '*******'. They didn't when that was originally posted.

[Jemble Fred]

I was attacking Americans  – "You don't understand British comedy, how can you... etc" – on Blackadder discussion groups at 18, before 'forums' even existed, to my knowledge. Always made a twat of myself.

The biggest twat I made of myself, however (bar the obvious naive screaming matches on here in the early days), was interrupting a group of girls going on about how dishy Rhys Thomas was on the BBC discussion pages for Shooting Stars, telling them that a friend of mine had dated him and said he was really dull and fancied himself too much. Only to then have Thomas himself pitch in, asking in extremely hurt tones who this girl was.

Poor fucker. I wasn't making it up, but I refused to divulge the name of my friend out of sheer chivalry (although it was a bit late for that). So Thomas quite rightly ripped me to pieces for slagging him off without ever having met him, etc. And I used my real name on there too. Nasty.

Anyway, he's married to Lucy Montgomery now, and in the best new comedy of the decade, so I'm sure he recovered.

[Johnny Townmouse]

I used to post on a vegan/vegetarian forum for many years, at a time when I was very militant animal rights and anti-fascist. I posted tons of shit that nobody wanted to read, often quite defensive class based stuff, as well as lots of arguments with pacifists whom I despised (and still do I suppose). It took me a while to realise that a lot of the Americans on that forum were just bored housewives trying to lose some weight, whereas I assumed that all vegans were like me and my friends which mainly consisted of anarcho punky hunt sabs. A learning curve to say the least.

I also posted on the Nick Cave forum how much I disliked Blixa Bargeld and was pleased he left the band, disagreeing with people who thought the band would really go downhill. I was wrong, and they were right.

[Marvin]

I love Blixa but I don't think the Bad Seeds went downhill after he left. Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus is bloody marvellous.

[Johnny Townmouse]

I love Blixa but I don't think the Bad Seeds went downhill after he left. Abbatoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus is bloody marvellous.

I think there is a good album amongst all those songs, but it is hard for me not to feel very underwhelmed by everything post-No More Shall We Part. I guess I didn't really give enough thought to how Bargeld affected the dynamics of the group, and Cave's writing.

[Serge]

Ah, so you were simondykes. I always liked the content of your posts, but have to admit the spacing issue did annoy sometimes. But hey ho, it's all for the best, now as Serge you're in my top 10 - indeed you recently overtook a very popular verbwhore after you recommended Carter Beats The Devil which I'm half way through now and love to pieces.

I had a big argument with Neil and flounced off when I was Badly Drawn Hamster, though thankfully we've sorted it out now. But I still feel incredibly embarrassed about the whole thing as I was horribly out of order. Oddly I don't regret anything as SMBH though, not even the 'sex quilt'. Or the time I told that story about drinking my own urine. Hmmm. Well maybe I do that last one a little.

Like emails sent in the heat of the moment, there should be an option for a flounce post to be held back until you've cooled off. But crikey, top ten eh? Thanks for that! 'Carter' is fantastic, isn't it? I might have to re-read it actually.

[PaulTMA]

Holy f*cking shit!... Seriously FUCK!. I cant f*cking believe how absolutely astounding this is. I mean seriously I had no f*cking idea about the universe etc. and how absolutely miniscule and insignifcant earth is until now. Holy F*ck balls!. I mean HOLY F*CKEDY F*CK!!!!!!!!! That is inf*cincredible. I am seriously amazed and so, so, so, so, so Fucking astounded. Well f*cking done for letting me see this AMAZING insight.

Was this when 'In Rainbows' release was announced?

[Neil]

Everything I said up until the point when I finally stopped being a permanently-stoned, sweary, inarticulate wacky teenager with no self-awareness or ability to express myself (about 4 years go, when I was 28).  I'm taking a break from the booze as of Monday, so I look forward to that not colouring my posts from time to time.  I'm obviously very forthright in my opinions, which makes me seem cunty when I'm really just trying to get straight to the point with no dicking around - family trait, you should have seen my Mum turning up her nose when opening the presents last night, and reeling off the list of things she hoped they weren't.  I laughed at it, I value honesty greatly.  We're all very expressive as a consequence, but the restricted social filters can be jarring if it gets you at the wrong moment.  Anyway, I can mostly fake tact now, but when alcohol enters the equation then I end up calmly calling people 'selective-quoting revisionists', and honestly expect them to see my point, and bat it back without being annoyed. 

I also regret everything I've posted over the last ten years with regards moderation.  Being a tedious people-pleaser, I set out to do things as fairly and democratically as possible, and this ironically made me look a cunt.  A moderation issue starts, people get annoyed at a change or some decision I've made, I get annoyed at their annoyance, it escalates, I feel singled out/ganged up on, I look like a rude stroppy cunt because admins are not 'allowed' to reply in kind, they flounce and/or harbour deep-seated resentment towards me which they continue to air for no reason at all on social networking sites six years later etc etc.  I've done ten years of that, and the last few months of 2009 were horrendous, so now I'm finally whole-heartedly embracing fascism, and it will mean a much happier (and just generally better) VerbWhores all round. 

Oh, and any post where I fall prey to the huge messageboard temptation of ramping up my vitriol in order to underline my annoyance at some art.  Posting essentially 'it's a BIG PIECE OF SHIT!' and nothing else can be cathartic, but it's useless compared to a calm dissection.  I was thinking lately, perhaps inspired by that Dear Diary show on BBC4 that messageboards were a blessing to me over the years, in terms of teaching myself things.  I never kept a diary, or did any kind of writing, but this place has allowed me to very slowly develop over the years, and I've learnt how to refine and express my opinions - I LOVE doing that, I LOVE coming on here and working out why I had a positive or negative reaction to whatever it is I've just experienced, and it's had a great knock-on effect in everyday life.

[An tSaoi]

Did your Mam like the lamp at least?

As for me, I regret any posts where I had a go at people and not their argument, or brought up irrelevant shit or whatever. [joke]Good luck expecting the same in return lol[/joke]

[Neil]

Did your Mam like the lamp at least?

She did!  It's obviously extra gratifying when she likes something because of the above.  I wouldn't have minded getting it changed, and thought I might have to.  'It's not a household item is it?  A coffee machine?  A blender?  I hate household items for pressies.'  Thankfully household items just meant kitchen appliances :-)

[Sony Walkman Prophecies]

Everything I said up until the point when I finally stopped being a permanently-stoned, sweary, inarticulate wacky teenager with no self-awareness or ability to express myself (about 4 years go, when I was 28).

I identify with this alot - id happily class myself as having the mental awareness and articulacy of a teenager up until a couple of years ago - despite being just shy of 30. So if anything's shameful, it's not so much looking back through old posts, but seeing just how many articulate, clever people there are on here who are only just breaking free of their teenage years.

[hpmons]

I used to be very restrained in what I posted and never went into "off-topic" boards - just sticking to whatever the theme of the forum was (usually whichever online game I was playing).  Thus I had nothing to regret.

Only after spending a while here did I start to post "off-topic" stuff and generally just mess about.  There were a few times when I felt overwhelmed by the amount of crap I've posted and wanted to just delete every post I've ever made.  Now I pretty much forget what I've typed as soon as I finish typing it, so there's less room for regret.  I can think of a couple of posts I'd rather I hadn't made (though Im not sure "ashamed" is the right word), but...oh well.

[Hank_Kingsley]

I often worry that my posts as Gandalf_Polar_Bear_88 on Stormfront may be construed as bigoted by some.

[thugler]

I used to intentionally go onto forums of stuff I don't like and wind people up. It was ultimately pointless and silly. I won't go into where.

[The Boston Crab]

www.cookdandbombd.co.uk?

Too easy, bro. Too easy!

[Lookalike Mark Chapman]

My flounce as simondykes

Ah! So glad you came back. I felt bad about that.

Serge you're in my top 10

Yeah, we're gonna need the full list I'm afraid.

Anyway, hmm. Reading old forum posts is like reading an old diary. Or hearing a tape of your 15-year-old voice. It can seem like an entirely different person talking, but with the embarrassing fact staring you in the face that, no, it is you. And there's recorded evidence. And you've not really formed an opinion properly, you've not 'found your voice' or added anything worthwhile at all, and even if you forgive the errors of judgement and personality, there's a glaring spelling error it's five years too late to edit.

I've said plenty of shit on here, actually. I mean, I first posted aged 19. My early posts seem to be along the lines of asking what it's acceptable to like, and claiming I'm going to be a comedy writer. What a stupid fucking cunt. And I don't think that's just the transition between 19 and 24 either, I'm sure in a few years I'll be embarrassed by stuff I'm saying now.

Obviously I throw a lot of toss at Twitter as well, but then that's what it's for.

[Serge]

Ah! So glad you came back. I felt bad about that.

Well, so did I, but for different reasons. And I was in the wrong, so you needn't have!

Yeah, we're gonna need the full list I'm afraid.

Hmm, yeah, I did wonder who I was rubbing shoulders with in there!

[Lookalike Mark Chapman]

Well, so did I, but for different reasons. And I was in the wrong, so you needn't have!

No you weren't. I made what I hoped was a silly post about it, but then a few people weighed in after that and it all went a bit far. Glad you came back.

Hmm, yeah, I did wonder who I was rubbing shoulders? with in there!

Seems unlikely.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

:(