Cynthetiq

I got an email for a contest about how a particular technology has benefited my life.

I will be entering said contest, but I thought I'd ask the community here a similar question.

How has the TFP improved your life?

I have made many friends around the world here. It has given me a place to discuss and debate in a manner that no other community has ever allowed.

It also has given me an opportunity to write a journal and I have kept it up for over 1 year something I had never been able to do before.

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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.

Supple Cow

It's improved my life the same way it has yours, but particularly in its consistency. No matter what is happening in my life, I can always rely on TFP to be here for me (internet access and Hal's server capabilities willing). Moving to another state or country or side of the world will be unlikely to deter me from logging on. I never feel like I have to keep things to myself because I'm going through something too big or burdensome to post somewhere on the site (that's why we have journals). Even an ubertuber-Supple Cow break-up probably won't keep me away from here like it might keep me from visiting physical old haunts. It's an experience as real as I make it and it's never too imposing because I always have the choice not to visit the site.

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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)

Averett

Met my guy here

Wasn't looking for it to happen, didn't want it to happen at first. Fought it tooth and nail, I even told him that there was no way any relationship would happen.

I'll admit that I was wrong

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absorbentishe

Where to start... I think it's made me more open to other people's ideals, and be more honest.

I'm from the "came for the boobies, but found so much more" crowd. All the people here through the time have been great, and if you were to ask anyone for a favor, most would be do it in a heart beat.

Fallon

It's helped me in understanding other people more then I used to be able to. I've also heard many differing opinions of situations and events, some of them thought out and rationalized, some not so much. This has helped me to not make a snap judgement so quickly based on one action. It has also taught me to make sure as bad as the other people may be to stay civil because that helps a conversation more then a stupid comment to try to incite a bad reaction. In some respects, it has also shown that there may just be a hope for some of us I've also seen angles on things that'd I'd never thought thanks to others in the community and seen things from others perspect that I may have thought before but brought about in such a different manner which has been an interesting expirence.

Fremen

It's helped with my self-esteem.

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Bentley Little

I like the sense of community but more it importantly it gives me a place to express my thoughts without having to worry if someone is going to shoot me (figure of speech) over them.

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That is my 2 cents.

ARTelevision

TFP is a valuable source of vast interpersonal experience that adds a significant dimension of public discourse on many and varied subjects to our lives. Experience gained here in relating well to others can be inestimably worthwhile. It is so for me.

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Halx

I for one am proud to actually be able to claim that I understood what Art just said. It's quite a feat.

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KellyC

I learned a lot from all the smarties in TfP, applied the acquired knowledge when a conversation broke out, impressed people. That felt good.

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Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe?
Me: Shit happens.

crow_daw

That's it Cyn, I could not have possibly said it better myself. I love to debate and voice my opinion, and there is simply no other place like the TFP for people with my nature.

Word to that Hal, word to that.

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"We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

H12

It's a place where you can tell a story and have people listen, share an opinion and have people who intellegently agrees and disagrees, and look for information and almost always find what you need.

It's got boobs, too.

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animosity

I would have never such a thing was possible on the internet untill I was introduced to this site.

Thank you Hal.

fallenangel

I've managed to work through a lot of issues i've been dealing with, thanks to some great conversations and feedback from some amazing people on this site.

It's helped improve my self esteem and widen my thinking, thus maturing me further.

I've gotten some good laughs and seen some great nudie pics...

Given me the opportunity to express myself in an open and welcoming environment...

TFP has also allowed me an excuse to spend sick amounts of hours daily online. *I am weak...*

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Spidey

Makes you reliease that there are people just like you, with problems just like you. The enlightenment from the advice and how it helps the lives of others which i then use to help others.

So much has come from TFP so hard to put it all together into words.

rat

The TFP has provided me a place with which to express my views in a judgement-free environment. It has provided me a place to explore my own beliefs and normative judgements with the buffer of others of like (and blessedly unlike) experiences in their lives. It has taught me so very much about who I am, and the accpetance of the fact that I'm a permanently flawed human being, and that fact is perfectly fine. It has taught me that standing on my own two feet is far superior to achieving great things by standing on the shoulders of others.

Most importantly, it has provided me a far deeper understanding of homosexual, bisexual, fetish and BDSM lifestyles, and has helped me grow and develop my own sexuality and fetishes without degrading, belittling, or condemning myself or others for the choices that we as people make concerning ourselves.


I can honestly say that as a (formerly) archconservative person (in the realm of sexuality), I have consciously referenced opinions, facts, and experiences shared by members of the TFP to refute my own misconceptions as well as the misconceptions of others regarding sexual exploration and choices of sexuality. It has proven an invaluable tool in my growth as a person, internally and externally.

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analog

I want to cry now. This is the best compliment I think we can receive.

ratbastid

I can honestly say that TFP was a contributing factor to the unprecedented plane of intimacy, honesty, and adventure that my marriage has attained.

Having a place to express and explore my own and my wife's sexuality in semi-anonymity freed us up to talk about thing we'd never talked about, and do things we've never given ourselves license to do before.

hotzot

It's cut my masterbation time in half!

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unoaman

Here I am, just past newbiency (?), and already I feel that I have found a home. I used to spend probably more time than needed on emailing friends all over the country. But it pretty well turned out to be the same old thing, over, and over. Now, everytime I look at a forum, there is something new for my consideration, perhaps to contribute to, perhaps to learn from, perhaps just to have a laugh.

I can sum it up by saying that it is rather like having a new, well traveled best friend.

paddyjoe

i kin tipe much bettr now

Macheath

Given me a chance to structure and critique my own thoughts on the world and myself.

Given me a chance to persue coutesy and civility as a personal priority.

Given me a chance to try and begin to understand Australia's big, complicated brother, the United States.

Was and is a consistent and comfortable place during a time of great change in my life.

degrawj

you pretty much summed it up for me Cynthia. i get to have good discussions with people on a regular basis, and it's very comfortable. the people here at TFP are awesome. it is definitely a unique Internet community that i am proud to be a part of.

Munku

To me, TFP is a way of letting everyone express their views in a place where you're not gonna get torn apart by everyone else. It's a great place to show your freedom of expression, as well as somewhere I can come when I'm bored.

World's King

I've learned how to not be an asshole, bitch.

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Trisk

I first signed up because my friend directed me to a certain thread he was participating in. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much....but within a few days, the community had grown on me. I love that I have a place where I can say what I really think or ask the questions I've been dying to ask without being torn apart. People here aren't going to make fun of you for your beliefs, your experiences, your inexperience etc. This is something I rarely see in an online community.

I like that people here are always questioning things - asking things I would have never thought to ask or making me rethink things I thought I had a clear-cut position on. I've learned things from people here and I believe I've actually changed in the way I think about men, women, and myself.

I've found myself noticing the little things men do/say more since I came here, I feel I've become less naive, more accepting and more more adventerous in the bedroom (and sometimes in other places )...

Anyway...yeah...I think this is a great community and I'm glad I found it

ngdawg

I've learned how not to be a bitch, asshole

QuasiMojo

Ah Tfp...
It's given me a place to go, drunk and lonely, at 3 in the morning.
where no one cares if you smell like cheese, have three eyes, and speak in abrupt three word sentences. As long as you nod and say "hello" occasionally
and refrain from pissing on the sofa.

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thadon

the tfp has enabled me to enjoy my work b/c I am able to listen to customers bitch but am at piece b/c i am looking at T & A while they bitch, thanks tfp, you keep my day stress free