This is AWESOME

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

One of the things I love about this place is that when discussion is active, it's way the hell up there intellectually speaking. I've never found any other forum with this level of intellectual and creative activity, or anything even close to it. In all sincerity, PD has made me a smarter person with better critical thinking skills and a more expansive education than I would have without it.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I think I'm an outlier in terms of being a dumb youngster with weird ideas. This is mostly because you spags have been influencing my thought processes and general worldview for about 4 years, since I was 17. PD.com is a very unusual intellectual culture for an introspective teenager to grow up in.

I kind of wonder how that will affect how I look upon myself 10 or 20 years from now.

I like to think that PD.com is the only place that tells you to be yourself, your real self, and MEANS it.

Which is why I think the allergic reaction to noobs coming in - with the intent to be the zaniest guy in the room - occurs.  They're not thinking for themselves, they're performing with the intent to be someone else to everyone else.

Except for AKK.  He was for real.  Which was even worse.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

One of the things I love about this place is that when discussion is active, it's way the hell up there intellectually speaking. I've never found any other forum with this level of intellectual and creative activity, or anything even close to it. In all sincerity, PD has made me a smarter person with better critical thinking skills and a more expansive education than I would have without it.

And it gives ME my Nigel™ Brand Truism Removal Device.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

One of the things I love about this place is that when discussion is active, it's way the hell up there intellectually speaking. I've never found any other forum with this level of intellectual and creative activity, or anything even close to it. In all sincerity, PD has made me a smarter person with better critical thinking skills and a more expansive education than I would have without it.

And it gives ME my Nigel™ Brand Truism Removal Device.

[LMNO]

I think I'm an outlier in terms of being a dumb youngster with weird ideas. This is mostly because you spags have been influencing my thought processes and general worldview for about 4 years, since I was 17. PD.com is a very unusual intellectual culture for an introspective teenager to grow up in.

I kind of wonder how that will affect how I look upon myself 10 or 20 years from now.

You'll ask, "What the FUCK was I thinking?"

[Cainad (dec.)]

I think I'm an outlier in terms of being a dumb youngster with weird ideas. This is mostly because you spags have been influencing my thought processes and general worldview for about 4 years, since I was 17. PD.com is a very unusual intellectual culture for an introspective teenager to grow up in.

I kind of wonder how that will affect how I look upon myself 10 or 20 years from now.

You'll ask, "What the FUCK was I thinking?"

Just like most people, then?

Good. Wouldn't want to think that this place made me turn out all weird or something.

[Triple Zero]

One of the things I love about this place is that when discussion is active, it's way the hell up there intellectually speaking. I've never found any other forum with this level of intellectual and creative activity, or anything even close to it. In all sincerity, PD has made me a smarter person with better critical thinking skills and a more expansive education than I would have without it.

The Seekers board was close IMO, in its most active days, before Fravia+ died. But it was more tech-focused and even taking that into account, PD is better We used to call it "a collection of smart people". What PD taught me, is that just "smart people" is not quite enough, they need to be bipeds too.