I'm taking some time off ~ Stay Classy Jolt Country!

[Tdarcos]

Good on you for grabbing firm hold of your destiny.

"Destiny". Oh is that what they're calling it now?

[bryanb]

Good on you for grabbing firm hold of your destiny.

"Destiny". Oh is that what they're calling it now?

Believe it or not, but in my first draft that line was, "Good on you for grabbing firm hold of your destiny (among other things)." But then I stopped and wondered if that was really the tone I wanted to adopt in what was otherwise a heartfelt message. With a pang of regret, I deleted the line, but I retained a vague hope that someone might come along and fill the gap, if you will. Paul delivered!

[RetroRomper]

[RetroRomper]

I went looking through the phpBB3 profile settings for a method of disabling my account without actually thinking about it, which was the moment I realized that Jolt Country is no longer healthy for me, mentally and to that extent of being uncomfortable, time wise. Being here is akin to a concept in DBT: emotional self harm, where you stay in environments or recount events that you know will eat away at you, and I've learned to identify such things as they develop instead of in a week or six months.

So I'm going to check out in an actual permanent way, that isn't due to an episode of emotional instability or other perceived crisis.

What does that mean?

I'm turning off all JC notifications and filtering any that slip through into an unobtrusive folder in my email box. No lurking. No muscle memory reaction to typing it or selecting it "accidentally," which also means I ask that if anyone contacts me via email or another platform, please do so in a "hey man, let's play a game" and not a "what happened?" way.

I've been hurt enough and my life right now is so full of positivity, impact, and joy because I started to understand that I deserve better, and no one deserves to be a victim.

Remember to always stay frosty, Denizens of Jolt Country.

Always your friend,
-- The Retro Romper

PS To BryanB, I'll continue to coordinate the ACK Preservation Project with you and I will be back briefly to manage it once I've prepared the form and have the other pieces ready. ACK is worth preserving and I won't let anything get in our way of that.

[Casual Observer]

I went looking through the phpBB3 profile settings for a method of disabling my account without actually thinking about it, which was the moment I realized that Jolt Country is no longer healthy for me, mentally and to that extent of being uncomfortable, time wise. Being here is akin to a concept in DBT: emotional self harm, where you stay in environments or recount events that you know will eat away at you, and I've learned to identify such things as they develop instead of in a week or six months.

So I'm going to check out in an actual permanent way, that isn't due to an episode of emotional instability or other perceived crisis.

What does that mean?

I'm turning off all JC notifications and filtering any that slip through into an unobtrusive folder in my email box. No lurking. No muscle memory reaction to typing it or selecting it "accidentally," which also means I ask that if anyone contacts me via email or another platform, please do so in a "hey man, let's play a game" and not a "what happened?" way.

I've been hurt enough and my life right now is so full of positivity, impact, and joy because I started to understand that I deserve better, and no one deserves to be a victim.

Remember to always stay frosty, Denizens of Jolt Country.

Always your friend,
-- The Retro Romper

PS To BryanB, I'll continue to coordinate the ACK Preservation Project with you and I will be back briefly to manage it once I've prepared the form and have the other pieces ready. ACK is worth preserving and I won't let anything get in our way of that.

Why do you take any of this seriously? The whole point is to let off steam by abusing people you don't really know, in fact thats the point of half the internet.

[Jizaboz]

I went looking through the phpBB3 profile settings for a method of disabling my account without actually thinking about it, which was the moment I realized that Jolt Country is no longer healthy for me, mentally and to that extent of being uncomfortable, time wise. Being here is akin to a concept in DBT: emotional self harm, where you stay in environments or recount events that you know will eat away at you, and I've learned to identify such things as they develop instead of in a week or six months.

So I'm going to check out in an actual permanent way, that isn't due to an episode of emotional instability or other perceived crisis.

What does that mean?

I'm turning off all JC notifications and filtering any that slip through into an unobtrusive folder in my email box. No lurking. No muscle memory reaction to typing it or selecting it "accidentally," which also means I ask that if anyone contacts me via email or another platform, please do so in a "hey man, let's play a game" and not a "what happened?" way.

I've been hurt enough and my life right now is so full of positivity, impact, and joy because I started to understand that I deserve better, and no one deserves to be a victim.

Remember to always stay frosty, Denizens of Jolt Country.

Always your friend,
-- The Retro Romper

PS To BryanB, I'll continue to coordinate the ACK Preservation Project with you and I will be back briefly to manage it once I've prepared the form and have the other pieces ready. ACK is worth preserving and I won't let anything get in our way of that.

Why do you take any of this seriously? The whole point is to let off steam by abusing people you don't really know, in fact thats the point of half the internet.

He's like the only one out of all of us that watched Space Hunter and didn't miss that fine girlfriend model that he had to discard. Why the hell you want this drama when can you have such empty and computerized beauty?

[pinback]

Self-obsessed jerk.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I went looking through the phpBB3 profile settings for a method of disabling my account without actually thinking about it, which was the moment I realized that Jolt Country is no longer healthy for me, mentally and to that extent of being uncomfortable, time wise.

I would like it on the record that less than 12 hours after you made multiple requests of me and others to do things for you, you started looking for the "disable" button, so you could inevitably give me more shit to do when you inevitably return.

Being here is akin to a concept in DBT: emotional self harm, where you stay in environments or recount events that you know will eat away at you, and I've learned to identify such things as they develop instead of in a week or six months.

I don't know what "DBT" is, but in "DBT" is one of the stages giving long lists of desired tasks to people to do for you? Is it like Alcoholics Anonymous only at one point you trick people into doing your shopping?

So I'm going to check out in an actual permanent way, that isn't due to an episode of emotional instability or other perceived crisis. I'm turning off all JC notifications and filtering any that slip through into an unobtrusive folder in my email box. No lurking. No muscle memory reaction to typing it or selecting it "accidentally," which also means I ask that if anyone contacts me via email or another platform, please do so in a "hey man, let's play a game" and not a "what happened?" way.

Will you keep our emails unblocked so you can still ask us to do things for you 2-3 times a week?

[Billy Mays]

This place is actually pretty healthy for people who are not a fragile bitch.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Here is the thing. If Retro reads what I wrote above - I wrote it in anger because it makes me mad when people leave this BBS.

Retro, I don't want you to go, I want you to stay. You're one of the greatest posters in JC BBS history. I extend that thought to ALL of you posting right now, every single one. But especially to Retro. Retro has a gift.

[pinback]

I demand an apology.

[AArdvark]

Jolt Country is no longer healthy for me, mentally and to that extent of being uncomfortable, time wise.

Hmmm, that is the first time I have ever heard that a BBS is unhealthy. Mildly annoying perhaps, but unhealthy?

Well, enjoy your time away, we'll be here when you return.

THE
RETREAT
AARDVARK

[pinback]

It's "unhealthy" only if you're a self-obsessed turdburger who considers everything that happens around him as somehow attacking or supporting the temple of "Me" to which he is such a tireless devotee.

What a jackass. ICJ's angry post was his best work in this thread. Retro is absolutely not one of the greatest posters on this BBS, or anywhere else. If I get credit for running him off, because of whatever offense he took to whatever I said while playing a goddamn videogame, then that's one I'll own proudly.

Dick.

[pinback]

Just to reiterate, I had to block him on my Discord because the other people there were starting to fear for their own safety, because of the weird, stalky shit he was constantly pulling.

I hope he gets better, but he won't.

[AArdvark]

What weird stalky shit could he do on a Discord channel?

THE
CELERY QUEEN
AARDVARK

[pinback]

Looking up people's places of work, and their families, and then commenting weirdly about them. Asking female members about what kind of bras they wore. Begging to be let back in after I banned him the first time, and then once I did, three minutes later saying "okay, I copied all of the history, you can ban me again".

I feel he keeps a record of everything that anyone's ever said, just in case it can be weaponized.

He's a dangerous, freaky individual.

[Tdarcos]

Why do you take any of this seriously? The whole point is to let off steam by abusing people you don't really know, in fact thats the point of half the internet.

And the point of the other half is, of course, porn.

[bryanb]

I'm sorry to hear Retro is leaving the board (again), but if it is better for his mental health that he do so then I won't fault him for it. The thing is I think this message board is, on the whole, nicer than real life so it's kind of surprising to me that he finds JC unhealthy. We're not Reddit, Facebook, or Twitter. Maybe CO or Billy might attack you for your political or movie opinions from time to time, but outside of a heated conversation those guys are pretty cool too generally speaking.

What Ben is saying about Retro's behavior on the Discord is undoubtedly true, but I think Retro has been doing better lately. Is that just my imagination? By and large he hasn't been harassing people here, right? He seemed to make peace with Paul recently. Maybe he was still harassing Flack from time to time, but who among us doesn't harass Flack from time to time? One thing I'll always appreciate is how when I asked Retro to stop threatening to kill himself all the time he completely stopped doing that on here. I didn't even expect that. He cared enough to listen and stop the bit, if we can really call it a bit.

I expected Paul to provide the necessary musical tribute to RR in this thread, but since he didn't I will.

RETRO COME BACK

Retro come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
Retro come back, you can blame it all on us
We were wrong, and we just can't live without you

WILD BULLETIN BOARD BOY

There was a wild bulletin board boy, RetroRomper was his name
He was born and raised in Oregon in a place called Portland-ay
He was his fadda's only son, his mudda's pride and joy
A terror to Jolt Country was the wild bulletin board boy

RIP RETROMBE

R.I.P. Retrombe, sippin’ on some Bombay
We on the way to Heaven, amen, amen
R.I.P. Retrombe, smokin' on some strong hay
In gorilla zoo (In a zoo) and we thinkin' about you
(Thinkin' about you)

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Did you have to modify the lyrics in that one song to construct it so that others are blamed or -- ooo, nope, I guess that just fit.

[RetroRomper]

Pinback didn't troll or "give me shit" in any sort of friendly way: when he asked to play a multiplayer game with me, I offered Northgard, then he went on an angry set of questioning every personal issue of mine and another former member of his Discord server (which he started before the game.) He has also been attacking me on JC completely out of context, actual, real taking his time to throw everything at me that he can in a vicious, vindictive way including twisting the story he noted above about why I was banned from his Discord.

I've kept ICJ abreast of all the actual abuse, harassment, and gas lighting that Ben has been steadily escalating including when Ben flippantly and sarcastically responded to my polite requests to tone it down. I'm saddened by the fact Jonsey ranted at me (even if it was momentary anger, but a PM from him echoed the sentiment) when I repeatedly told him that Ben was actively attacking and simply not "giving me shit;" I'm well aware that my behavior has been similar, but my poor behavior doesn't in any form justify the way I've been treated by Ben.

At this point, I'm willing to post full conversations including emails I sent to ICJ since PB has been allowed to continue to slander, attack, and make me genuinely uncomfortable, which includes behaviors I told him were causing me internal and painful reactions that were actively endangering my therapy because of how close they hit home.

His behavior has been abhorrent and I'm genuinely hurt by what has been said here from both Robb and Ben.