NationStates Jolt Archive

Well, what can I say. When I first started posting here in 2003 I had pretty conservative views. I was anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion etc. and was pro-free market enterprise. Little has changed as far as my poilitcal beliefs with the exception of me becoming a social liberal. (I still rather like the idea of a capitalist society.)

What about you?

It has had a minimal effect on me.

Well, it worked alongside lots of outside reading, and a few interesting courses I took at Uni to reaffirm my old belief in moral relativism (which I had lost somewhat at times), and maybe moved me a little to the right as far as economics is concerned, from socialism to more pragmatic approaches...

meh, i was about to comment on how my sleeping pattern changed since i started posting in General on a regular basis..but reading your post this is probably not what this thread is supposed ot be about.

i don't think my political viewpoints changed. but maybe my understanding of other viewpoints got wider. which is cool.

[oh damn. did that just read like an invitation to those conservatives to keep posting for the sake of my education? i hate to be misunderstood.]

NS has tought me that people overseas really aren't any more rational then people in the US, they just shift thier stupid to different things. I've also had my once beautiful speeh corrupted by extra u's and words like "wank" and "tosser."

I have found out that I am pro-choice, and that I could really care less about gay marriage, and that I am easily annoyed with stupid people (who shall remain nameless)

Well. For me all my political and other views have remained unchanged - but in terms of nationstates itself - its given me an addiction.

I've also had my once beautiful speeh corrupted by extra u's and words like "wank" and "tosser."
Personally, I think US English (and I know it's not really uniform) is the least pleasant-sounding variation of the language.

But that aside...I had the word (?) "W00T" added to my vocabulary, which is terrible because it somewhat outs me as a nerd...

It's taught me some interesting things about the world in general, and has encouraged me to pay closer attention to American politics. Not like most of it's really all that relevant to us over here, but it is quite interesting.

Personally, I think US English (and I know it's not really uniform) is the least pleasant-sounding variation of the language.

But that aside...I had the word (?) "W00T" added to my vocabulary, which is terrible because it somewhat outs me as a nerd...

You say "w00t" in public?

When I first came on, I tried to be reasonable.
Now I just try to make myself laugh between throwing in an occasional point or two.

oh yes, all those words it taught me..i quite forgot.

not to mention that i learned just how huge a variety of, er, spellings of some words there is- and that there is no limit to the weirdness of the words/spelling/grammar/logic some people come up with..

You say "w00t" in public?

You don't?

You don't?

No. I do say, "pwned" though. (pronounced like, "POWNED")

You say "w00t" in public?
well no...but still, even thinking the word in my head just scares me...:p

I have been opened up to a whole lot of new viewpoints. Most people surround themselves with people of the same views, but NS (normally) forces you to spar with somebody and your views are sometimes either crushed or reformed which is excellent. I think that if more people were shown view-points different from their own more often, it would give people a far better insight onto a whole range of issues.

Well it took my productivity at work right down :D but they were paying me sod all anyways so its all fun and games...

strange...now I am back at uni, I hardly post anymore...

well no...but still, even thinking the word in my head just scares me...:p


Pfffeh. Haven't you heard? It's cool to be a "nerd" now. Hell, it might as well be a fashion statement at the school I go to.

No. I do say, "pwned" though. (pronounced like, "POWNED")

I use "owned", but if anyone writes is, I remind them it's spelt with a p, or a capital P if special gunishment or major defeat have been dealt out.

Personally, I think US English (and I know it's not really uniform) is the least pleasant-sounding variation of the language.
My pronunciation has remained untouched, but the problem is the slang bits are nothing I want in my vocabulary and the u's tend to get annoying when they appear inconsistently.
But that aside...I had the word (?) "W00T" added to my vocabulary, which is terrible because it somewhat outs me as a nerd...
Yeah, fucking "w00t" and "pwn" as well. I've also b3c0m3 disturbingly proficient in sliding between 1337 and the language of non-idiots.

NS has taught me that The way I want to run a Nation (albeit a little different cause some issues are just odd, or dont have appropriate solutions), is a viable way to run a huge successful nation. *shurg*

Ideally I would want a Nation where, everything goes - unless it negatively impacts to a significant extend on other people - so Liberal I guess, with a Very Capitalist economy.
This is how I've tried to structure my Nation.

So I'd have to say My view havn't really changed and from reading posts ... I already know there were whack jobs out there ... but they are entitled to their opinions as well.

It has been and will continue to be an interesting experience.

well, it's given me something to do at uni other than study for exams, so i'm not sure if it's a good thing

It brought out my long squashed randomness. Which has slowly (with the help of some nonsecal dormmates) come out IRL.

No. I do say, "pwned" though. (pronounced like, "POWNED")
Same here. Sometimes I use frag.

First month of school I wrote "teh" instead of "the" out of habit.

It brought out my long squashed randomness. Which has slowly (with the help of some nonsecal dormmates) come out IRL.

I gotta say, I started to become really irritated with people of certain view points IRL after being on here...usually I'm so laid back nothing really bothers me...but this place had an effect on me esp. with some certain threads and topics...

Yeah, fucking "w00t" and "pwn" as well. I've also b3c0m3 disturbingly proficient in sliding between 1337 and the language of non-idiots.
1337$fh33k is starting to become somewhat more popular at my school. Happily the teachers have no idea what any of it means (with the exception of a Socials teacher as he is a Halo nerd). They also haven't figured out what skeet or flipping the V mean so they won't figure it out anytime soon.

NS has tought me that people overseas really aren't any more rational then people in the US, they just shift thier stupid to different things. I've also had my once beautiful speeh corrupted by extra u's and words like "wank" and "tosser."
Couldn't have put it better myself.

And I'd like to formally protest the use of the word "arse" It's just silly! ;)

I was sober when I started NS.

NS has had an effect on me, too. For a while it was just something I played, or didn't play (which is why this nation died for about four months), but then I heard about the forums and became hooked for life. Restored old nations like this one, created trillions of new ones, etc. ;)

when i started using NS i didn't know what a whale's penis looks like <shudder>

It's given me access to numerous minds to corrupt. And some that are already corrupted. :D

It gave me solutions to a lot of high school algebra problems: play NationStates instead!

I was sober when I started NS.
There is no such thing as drunk. You are merely "differently conscience" and more aware of how amusing things are.

There is no such thing as drunk. You are merely "differently conscience" and more aware of how amusing things are.
and more aware of how good looking everyone is.

1337$fh33k is starting to become somewhat more popular at my school. Happily the teachers have no idea what any of it means (with the exception of a Socials teacher as he is a Halo nerd). They also haven't figured out what skeet or flipping the V mean so they won't figure it out anytime soon.I don't know what those mean. Clue me in. I don't wanna be lame like some teacher.

Let's just say that I set myself a challenge to writing an essay in 1337.

I succeeded. :( :headbang:

Let's just say that I set myself a challenge to writing an essay in 1337.

I succeeded. :( :headbang:
Post!!

Then translate for us lazies for whom it still takes effort to read 1337.

I don't know what those mean. Clue me in. I don't wanna be lame like some teacher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
Flipping the V is a guesture that references oral sex with a girl.
However skeet is something that shouldn't be defined on NS.

and more aware of how good looking everyone is.
Beer, helping ugly people have sex since 1792.

It's made me want to write a novel and it's made me more interested in military technology.

I went from mildly catholic to agnostic to athiest. My faith wasn't really all that strong before though. I went from anti to pro-war. I'm now pro(ish)-gun and far more libertarian than I was. I am also much more clued in to American politics, more knowledgeable abut random subjects and tend to think about ideas more in RL (in case I'm asked to defend them on NS general). I'm more exasberate and impressed with America then ever before. Finally, and most importantly, I am now watching the Daily show online.

It gave me an addiction, a little more laziness to do HW, an oppurtunity to test my literituare skills (I'm an rper for those General hangoutters that don't know and can't write jack or are too lazy to) and a slight change in routine.

What about you?NationStates has been my refuge from a world dominated by my ex. I've been using it to escape and it's helped me stay (somewhat) sane.

nationstates changed my life....honest...I made my nation, and was recruited to a region. (like you are) and went to join it (like you do) and the region had a chatzy chatroom, so after a bit I plucked up the courage to join it, then after a bit longer I plucked up the courage to join IN, in the chatroom I started to talk to the other people (OH MY GOD!) and made 'friends' and then I started to find that one in particular was funny, intersting etc etc...so, we started to talk together, first via telegram, then via MSN. Now add to this that I was a married woman with 3 kids living in the UK and that he was a single guy living in Canada...I had been horribly miserably married for years and he made me realise that not all men are a**holes, well I asked my husband for a divorce, he threatened to kill me, I called the police, he moved out....I carried on talking to the canadian until later that year he decided to chance it all, get on a plane and come visit me.....he and I got on like we knew each other all our lives, and so he went home, sold up, packed up his job, left his friends and family behind and moved to England to be with me. I am now divorced and we are living together and my kids love him, and I love him and although I will be honest and say that it has not always been easy (look for me on Jerry Springer *manaical laugh*) we are in love and he is the man of my dreams....and its all because of NS.

it was the medium through which i met someone who i fell in love with

you too? excellent!!

It has released the inner tree weevil in me.

Like others, it gave me a forum addiction. In terms of my views, they remain pretty similar to those I held before, though I have moved slightly to the left in terms of social issues. I always did have liberal views on things like abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage etc, but I was always dead against affirmative action, for example. I'm still opposed to it, but slightly less fervently than I used to be.

you too? excellent!!

ya, isn't it great :D
and there is PM and Glitzi

and i know there are more, including some who married fellow NSers

this place is like a dating agency only with a higher success rate

and i know there are more, including some who married fellow NSersIf I recall correctly, some guy proposed to his girlfriend here on General after meeting via NS. Don't remember their names, though - I don't think they were regulars. Also Big Jim P (I think) married a woman he met here.

So watch yourselves :D

Teh Internet broke last Thursday/Friday(9th/10th) and it's been fixed since Thursday or maybe Wednesday of this week but i haven't given myself the time to get on there or here really...

Why have i been missed.:rolleyes:

Maybe tomorrow or the day after...
Avrio Methavrio
hehe, missed by them, thats not really possible for you Hooch.

still though, i need a n00b to make fun of:p

oh and someone adopted you, i think it was Sparren
You make fun of me.:(
Has much happened in 8 days?

If I recall correctly, some guy proposed to his girlfriend here on General after meeting via NS. Don't remember their names, though - I don't think they were regulars. Also Big Jim P (I think) married a woman he met here.

So watch yourselves :D
w00t, i can't say no to that. unless it's because of the fact that i'm going after a girl who not only likes gaming and anime, but is really hot. and the scary thing is that i think there's a chance that she'll go out with me :eek: (yay)

w00t, i can't say no to that. unless it's because of the fact that i'm going after a girl who not only likes gaming and anime, but is really hot. and the scary thing is that i think there's a chance that she'll go out with me :eek: (yay)Yay! Good luck!

It has stolen HUGE amounts of my time.....




....for which I am grateful. ;)

Yup, I've spent ages on here when I should've been studying for 'the most important exams in my life'...

I'd say my political knowledge has in some ways expanded, but like many of you my viewpoints are the same.

I also actually learned how to use a forum, a decent one that is, not one that died after like 2 weeks... Enough said...

You make fun of me.:(
Has much happened in 8 days?


awww, don't be sad, you know i loves you :fluffle:

nothing ever really happens there, just spamming and the like

awww, don't be sad, you know i loves you :fluffle:

nothing ever really happens there, just spamming and the like
Has it been a mass turnover of topics?
I guess i can check in the morning.
:fluffle: ;) :mp5: :p :sniper: :cool: :D :confused: :)

Yay! Good luck!
thanks. i'll definitely be working on it more than me uni work :p

I came from a strong conservative (authoritarian) background, I now am a left leaning libertarian

Its about the opposite of my starting point in finding what I really believed in (specially discerning what I believed in as opposed to my parents beliefs that I just picked up)

Most of it thanks to nation states

I also managed to find what I believed (faith or lack there of) and work through the idea to the one that truly felt right rather then just keeping up presences of catholicism because it was easy for me. Hell I am not sure I knew what an atheist was before I went through and learned I are one :)

ya, isn't it great :D
and there is PM and Glitzi

and i know there are more, including some who married fellow NSers

this place is like a dating agency only with a higher success rate

I found NS after listening to a radio show that I dont normally listen too, and doing something I dont normally do, that is hold information in my goldfish brain...then I get recruited to a region in which a guy who also came upon NS by chance is, we both happen to be online at the same time, even though there is a fairly hefty time difference, we both decide against our better judgement to join the chatroom and HEY PRESTO....this online thing is really catching on you know...when I told people I met this guy on the internet they looked at me like I lost my MIND...but in the time (two years) since we 'met' I have now heard of three other people through my circle of friends and aquaintances who have met people through the internet...although not NS!

I think the internet is the future of love...being serious. I think its a good way to get to know a person before you meet...the only problem is sites MEANT for dating...I think thats even more likely to be weird and scary than meeting through a site that has nothing to do with dating and relationships...you get to know each other in a much more 'normal' way when you are not looking.

Good luck to all my fellow NS romancers! :D :D

I've started reading Jennifer Government. That's about it.

Oh and I forgot but before this forum the top post count I had was about 1300 on any forum :) (wow 1000% more)

It's allowed me to meet many really cool folks, and give me some perspective on what the world sees outside the US border.

I've lost all "right wing" notions I once held.

None!1

I seem to *care* about people I've never met, I realize that running a psychotic dictatorship is way more fun than an inoffensive centrist democracy, and I spend less time looking at collegehumor when I could be posting here...

I have also found a love for pointless posts such as "I love lamp" and "Must destroy all meatspace"... so good, so good