Holy shit I had no idea it had been that long but I got a cake day message and it made me check lol. Anyways thanks for all the laughs and learning over the years. I am so grateful this space exists...maybe it's finally time to get on the liberapay lmao.
Some of my best personal writing has started as comments or posts where I got too pressed/invested and the pen ain't turn off. Overall, I still really struggle with setting appropriate boundaries with the internet but the lower speed and higher quality of this forum have been real boons to me.
Keep posting. 
I got a PhD in being epic and rad
What was your doctoral thesis?
On shreddin the gnar