Yeah, I regret leaving the site. I forget how long I left, but I think I left for about 4 years.

It was a combination of a couple of mods who had it out for me chasing me off of the site and me getting married/divorced/ getting a new relationship/having a kid that kept me away.

I mean, I would have not only been level 60, but would probably have about 10,000 more B/P, close to if not over 10,000 reviews, and be much higher ranked in the medals. Probably about 10,000 more posts as well.

Oh well, I'm here now and for the foreseeable future, so thats all that matters!

I meant to check yesterday because I wanted to post this when it was 555, but this'll do as well.

Ranked 555 in experince. Trying to move up into the top 500.

YOU REACHED EXPERIENCE RANK 554 - REMARKABLE!

I hope it doesn't take 25 years but if it does than it does.

4 years IRL is nothing. 4 years online here or else is a life time.

I semi-quit getting married and a graveyard shift job. I tried just getting xp but hey now I am making up for it with however long double experience last.

Yes definitely close to 60 the Hexalist is more important to achieve. It would take 7 points daily to get 10,000 points in 4 years. Maybe I need to try getting more medals or reviewing too but if you're going for quantity it's very tempting to spam reviews with no effort or care.

118,000 Saves

Not surprising at all the way you're going about them stats man! Congrats and

Congrats again! And on the 555 prior to it too!

At the same time though it feels like time flies here more than anywhere else. Really doesn't feel like it's been a decade already... you'll be up at 100k in no time. And hexalist status and all.

Yeah, just keep at it. I left for like 4 years once as well and I made it pretty high up in the rankings. #62 in Exp isn't that bad (but it will take some time to get into the top 60) and still in the top 70 in B/P even though I stopped B/Ping a while ago.

Still haven't reached 10k posts, though. Come to think of it, I NEVER reached that milestone in any forum I was active. There was always something that stopped me. Change in interests, falling out with other users, bad community...

I try to be a bit more active now, without just spitting out shitposts.

Hooray!

Today the Dom and Fro Show celebrates a bronze whistle!

Congratulations.

You'll have Deity in no time. Trust me.

But you're still here! You can do it! When you reach the first 10K you realize it's just the first of many. ;)

Woo, didn't think you'd be leveling up with this account too! Congrats!

Curious now, is this a shared account? Or solo Fro in the account management role?

Yes. It's the site I am active on for the longest, after all. I signed up on the day I got internet at home, so, there's that. :D

Woah! I guess you knew about this place even before then?

What a landmark event to have linked to this place. My early memories here are just a haze now.

Yes, a few friends and I discovered the site during the height of the "wazuuup" craze (I guess nowadays we'd call it a meme).

For me the haziness sets in during 2002/2003. I don't know why I stopped visiting the site and I also don't know what brought me back, heh.

I think that's true too. It could be for me It isn't a stressful social media website it could been for some especially since the blog update. Don't get me wrong there was still plenty of drama since the beginning.

60,000 Exp. thanks to doubler XP

140,000 B/P

256,000 Total

Is it really a meme if it's not all online though...? Hmm. Seems like a 'craze' might've been on an even greater scale back then. These new ones pass by so fast; some don't even bridge the divide into our material world.

You know, my haze started very shortly after that same time. O_o What could've happened back in the early 2000 era that led our minds so askew... interesting though. Suppose it'd be possible to backtrack through real-life events to really find out if you wanted to?

For sure. Maybe it's just that the longer you do something the less you perceive time passing with that particular thing. Like life in general. The longer you live the shorter a year is within the cumulative span of years; thus so much less noticeable.

Unless each year really is unlike any other.

Congrats!

58k EXP. That was definitely the quickest thousand EXP ever! However long the double EXP is lasting, I'm sure enjoying it while I can but it'll come to the point getting only 10 a day will feel weird. Heh, just like when we'll eventually gets shops and pubs back open.

And now I've been seeing ads bringing that back.

Also, 'sup? How you doing bud?

Job well done! I'll be there sometime between 100-200 days time depending how long double EXP goes for.

If it wasn't for sites like "know your meme" I would be pretty most half of the time, lol. Also "we live in a society. Bottom text". But I guess that one is already outdated as well

Uh-oh, should I wear my tinfoil hat? O_O

I don't know. During those points in my life nothing special happened that would trigger something like "leaving the site" and "coming back".

TV ads or online ads? :O

Hi. I was just reading your username two days ago when I checked the Top XP list on nglogs. Glad to see that some of the old folks are still active.

Apart from that, I guess I do what all of us are doing, trying to stay sane. Maybe next week we will go to a drive in cinema. I've never been to one, but in these times they really have a huge revival.

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Will we ever? ;) Maybe this is the new new... Congrats though!

Congrats man!

Don't think I remember that one. :) Yeah, I'm still stuck on over 9000 and all ur base r belong to us. Doesn't feel worth the time to get into all the new unless I have to; unless they appear here in a way that really makes me curious. Feels like memes were so much more thought-out back in the day but maybe that's just nostalgia speaking...

Better safe than sorry. O_O We should've probably worn these back in the early 2000's instead though...

Weird.

Maybe that could've been the reason? Just lost interest in general?

Just got into the top 250 of blam/protect. Only took one day short of 20 years

I feel like I had seen the ad on TV but definitely seen it pop up on YouTube a few times.

Aye, it's the one thing I'm still doing on here. At times I'm surprised how I've managed to keep depositing for this long or even wondered if I'll drop it eventually. Still not as of yet and at this point I feel I've come so far already so why not see how far I can go.

There's a drive in cinema back where I am. Granted, not open at this time but it's got a great location with it being close to one of my rock bars. I've always wanted to go but no plans were ever made with friends.

Been almost two months since lockdown and I've been missing too many things but I've managed to get by with still having to go out to work and then when back at home blasting out music and been on a bit of a Final Fantasy spree (started with VII Remake, then VII, XV and currently X).

I for one won't object to 20 EXP a day being a new standard! 😁

Oh, those are ancient. :D

I don't know about that, I don't think there's that much thought involved in "over 9000", at least not more than in things like "well yes, but actually no" or "outstanding move".

I guess your are right. :o

I guess so. I think the reason I came back was that life was just a bit more settled in, I had moved in with my gf and started studying. A more secure future than before, where I didn't know what I should do if I hadn't been accepted into Uni.

Oh I don't know about ads on YouTube. I never go there without an ad blocker.

I feel the same. I stopped BPing some time ago. Maybe I will get back into it for a bit since the portal seems to be really active. But depositing doesn't take up much time, so it became a daily routine more or less

I've been working from home for almost 2 months now, so the only time I go out is either sports, shopping groceries or a short walk during my lunch break. It does have it's benefits, but it can be really exhaustive as well.

I want this to the sooner rather than later, but with how stupid people are acting I guess it's only a matter of weeks before the second wave hits.

I wouldn't mind a return to 10 EXP as soon as I head off on vacation, but yeah right now it's not so bad. :) Hopefully at least a few inactive users we're catching up on...

That's me and memes. XD

Touché! Maybe more nostalgia then. Though at least there's a bit more background to the ones that get created unintentionally versus the ones made to be memes immediately, which seems to be a lot of the newer ones.

Mmm, that makes sense. I thought I might end up having less time for this place through all those stages, university, work, but so far not much has changed after all. Never know when it might. Current situation really seems to show how fast conveniences you take for granted can start crumbling.

Just in time! Congrats! And Happy Anniversary!

That's where my problem lies. I mostly watch YouTube on the Xbox, TV or phone nowadays. Can't even remember the last time I used my laptop for YouTube. Probably not since I got the TV for my flat when I moved in which with that my uses for the laptop took a nosedive.

Hah, BP is something I haven't collected in a decade now. Only other thing I'd try and get more of is medals but being mostly on my phone these days limits the content I can get them from.

I can't imagine what it's like to be entirely stuck at home. Staying in for a whole day is easy enough but any longer I can't say for sure. Hopefully I don't have to self-isolate at any given point.

It's sad to see how inevitable a second wave is. England is just asking for it with the premature ease of lockdown (I say England and not the UK cause the other three nations know better). Should have been another few weeks off before easing it. I'll stick to the stay at home advice for now apart from work and food shopping.

Any bonuses we get will help me nicely. I should be able to climb up a rank shortly.

Just passed 26,000 save points yesterday (somewhere around 8 PM, CST -05).

Kind of like me and video games. :O

Maybe we can alter that old Andy Warhol quote a little bit: Everything will be a meme for 15 minutes.

You can say that again. How's Sweden holding up? Last thing I read was some mayor (or was it the Prime Minister?) wanted to scatter chicken shit in parks to keep people from gathering there? XD

I use Blokada for my phone. Gets rid of most ads with DNS filters.

Medals is something I haven't got in quite some time, heh.

I have to admit, it's how I usually spend my time, lol. But it would be nice to spend my lunch break at a café or being able to get some ice cream on a sunny Saturday afternoon...

And I thought Johnson would wisen up a little bit after recovering.

#41 in EXP. Finally another rank up and one step away from the top 40.

I keep meaning to get a decent ad blocker for my phone. Really should use it for YouTube to stop seeing all those fucking TikTok ads. No fucking thanks, I'm not stooping that low. I'll stick to my Facebook and Instagram and even the former does my head in a lot.

I did get some the other week but if I really want to collect loads more I'll need to dedicate way more time.

Yeah, just being out for a bit to the pub or a restaurant would be nice to do again when safe to do so. Luckily I've planned for lockdown without even intending to. I've spent many nights in on weekends to save cash when needed be so this is not much different. Just now I have way more to put in savings now.

This is the very person who openly admitted to shaking hands with patients who had the goddamn virus. I won't wish for anyone to catch it but with him, he should have known better. Same goes to all the idiots protesting.

Solid raise! Congrats!

Congrats!

Really keeping track of the time too. :) Congrats!

For sure. :)

Me and memes and me and video games are somewhat on par too I think...

Now that might make for a good meme!

Working at a distance, shopping occasionally, and just hanging around local turf it doesn't feel so different after all, but a lot of businesses have it worse. Shops are closing down all over. I believe our lenient habits of respecting/following authority might be to our benefit now otherwise, as most people really do keep their distance and stay home when they can.

Though then again... XD Hadn't heard about that at all. Seems like a viable non-violent distance-increasing tactic though...

In more populated areas I guess problems might be be bigger than you notice. Hospitals aren't the best equipped either. As long as the counts don't start rising drastically it seems to be going alright. How about where you are?

Biggest issue personally is really just how days blend together. Everything feels the same.

I've seen pics from Swedish bus stops from a few years ago where people kept their distance because that's how it's done in Sweden, so I guess you guys where already specialists in social distancing before it became the norm everywhere. :D

Found the article!

It was in the city of Lund: https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2020-04-29/honsskit-ska-stoppa-festen-i-stadsparken

With my very limited knowledge of Norwegian I think I understand that Philip Sandberg said something like "it's good for the grass, and we will have a really nice park for the sommer season"? XD

More and more stores are opening up again, but with some measures in effect, like wearing masks, only letting a few people in at once, etc.

Nice side effect: all of a sudden it's possible to pay by card almost everywhere. Germany was lagging way behind in that regard because apparently we are a folk of cash loving people.

But of course, there are some tin foil hats running around, spreading stupid lies, waving the constitution around (instead of maybe reading it for a change), etc pp.

I'm afraid that a second wave will hit soon and will hit hard.

Oh yeah. It's amazing how 'not leaving the house much' does this to you.

I'm just glad I never got the hang of either of the two, lol.

Anyway, give Blokada a try, it's easy to use and may even save some battery since it's blocks out unnecessary stuff.

Yes. My bank account looks really good too, just because I don't have any way to spend the money right now. :D

I think Germany is lucky to have a scientist in charge. Merkel is a physician. I mean, I will never vote for her party and disagree with a lot of views, but I have to admit that she's doing an OK job.

But there are idiots protesting here as well of course. The most funny of the lot are the nazis from the afd. For years they demanded that Germany closes it's borders. Then the borders are closed and they demand they should be opened up so foreign workers can come in to harvest asparagus.

I bet when more measures are lifted they'll be the first to demand they should be reinstated. That's the problem if your political agenda only consists of "being against it". Stupid fuckers.

i'm just kinda pissed cus we don't stop looking like fucking noobs until lvl 20

I know you and lack of social media well long enough by now. I mainly prefer Instagram these days since the hashtag systems is a good way to discover accounts with similar interests. It's one of the places where I'm finding new music while I can comfortably post about what I'm putting on my hifi.

Will need to look into it!

This pandemic has stopped me from having nights out as well as not getting tickets for any gigs or Comic Cons. Any tickets I still have ongoing I'm saving them for when the events eventually happen. I kept my Bloodstock ticket for next year and while nothing has been said yet, I can see the shows for Helloween and Priest with Ozzy being postponed (the latter would be like the fourth time being pushed back by that point). Tbh I'm more looking forward to Helloween as they're doing more than just a London show. Only need to travel to Manchester so happy days there.

What I have been buying as of late is picking up more CDs again. I went quite some years without building up my collection but have picked up again over the last half year, particularly when I finally got shelves to fit all the CDs in my flat and even now I need more space for them!

Thankfully you have a leader with some idea on what to do. Boris has not been so great, though I suppose there are worse leaders out there...

Neverending cycle of idiocy.