R.I.P. VMP Forum

Ed Selley said:
Well, that was peculiar. I stepped off most of the internet about ten days ago- terrible things are happening in the real world at present but I shan't burden you with those. This evening, I didn't fancy turning the TV on so I thought I'd log to the VMP Forum. No dice. Took a bit of detective work to establish what had happened but props to everyone for putting this together. It's just like home except I can say fuck.

I'm not going to be around much in the immediate future but I'm sure I'll be ready to contribute more routinely at about the point where I'm completely lost about every forum in joke going. I'm good at that.
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Ed Selley said:
Well, that was peculiar. I stepped off most of the internet about ten days ago- terrible things are happening in the real world at present but I shan't burden you with those. This evening, I didn't fancy turning the TV on so I thought I'd log to the VMP Forum. No dice. Took a bit of detective work to establish what had happened but props to everyone for putting this together. It's just like home except I can say fuck.

I'm not going to be around much in the immediate future but I'm sure I'll be ready to contribute more routinely at about the point where I'm completely lost about every forum in joke going. I'm good at that.
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Good to see you Ed! Hope all goes as well as it can in the real world.
 
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
 
Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Sorry mate, extra horrific when it’s babes involved. Love to you and your family.
 
Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Well that's heartbreaking, I wish you and your family the best. It is good to see you here as a small consolation.
 
Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Shit. So sorry to hear.
 
Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Sorry to hear that, Ed.
 
Ed Selley said:
Well, that was peculiar. I stepped off most of the internet about ten days ago- terrible things are happening in the real world at present but I shan't burden you with those. This evening, I didn't fancy turning the TV on so I thought I'd log to the VMP Forum. No dice. Took a bit of detective work to establish what had happened but props to everyone for putting this together. It's just like home except I can say fuck.

I'm not going to be around much in the immediate future but I'm sure I'll be ready to contribute more routinely at about the point where I'm completely lost about every forum in joke going. I'm good at that.
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Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Well fuck, I'm so sorry to hear this. Nice to see you around here, and I hope we can give you a bit of distraction when appropriate. All my love to your family. xo
 
Ed Selley said:
Well, that was peculiar. I stepped off most of the internet about ten days ago- terrible things are happening in the real world at present but I shan't burden you with those. This evening, I didn't fancy turning the TV on so I thought I'd log to the VMP Forum. No dice. Took a bit of detective work to establish what had happened but props to everyone for putting this together. It's just like home except I can say fuck.

I'm not going to be around much in the immediate future but I'm sure I'll be ready to contribute more routinely at about the point where I'm completely lost about every forum in joke going. I'm good at that.
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Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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To echo everyone else around here we’re all delighted that you managed to find your way to our new place! All the best wishes in the world to your family through this really terrible time.
 
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Heath said:
Don’t get it twisted, I’m currently brainstorming how I can monetize this group of people for my own gain. Stay tuned for my record club...it’s a model I’ve seen employed with great success previously where I take your money on the promise of maybe eventually sending you a record. Then when you all buy my limited edition, I go and buy out all of the copies of whatever other limited edition is there. And when I have to cancel my orders later, I put up all the copies on discogs for 3x market price.

Don’t worry, my photo for my website bio will have lots of nice bokeh so it’s totally legit!
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I’m just a regular music fan, you douchebags, and I can vouch that @Heath will literally change the game with his new record club. My unbiased and impartial five star review was given irrespective of the money and records he sent to me. Stay tuned to my web blog where I will be giving away no details.
 
Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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Very sorry to hear this.
 
Ed Selley said:
Thanks all- to be clear, I am fine but it has been discovered that my nephew, at eight months and two days old, is terminally ill with a disease you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, let alone a tiny baby. It's been fucking horrible and I still don't think that the enormity of it has really sunk in. I've mainly focused on being a useful idiot and looking after my son so my ex-wife can spend as much time as possible with her sister.
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This seriously sucks. I hope you can all find the strength in the coming months to deal with it :/
 
mcherry said:
And tbh I’m not sure I want us to grow so large, like the Hoffman ones for example. It gets big and impersonal and the overall community becomes multiple communities who don’t interact with each other much.
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This exactly. I've been on SMH sporadically for a couple of years but can hardly even remember anyone's handle let alone recall feeling any sense of comraderie from the place. Side note, don't get me started on the battalion of old gits with porous reading comprehension there (oh God, the stoner rock thread, ffs. After EVERY third post some old duder will wander in and say "heyyy, Pink Floyd, stoner rock..." )

That said though, usually these forii wind up 80/20, that being, 20% of the members make 80% of the posts. You'll need all you can get in the face of twitter/facebroke. Forums are yesterdays news, which makes this one's booming start doubly surprising. People will wander off. Hell, I might wander off if there's not enough mindbending creative threads...

One hope I have is the admins here don't succumb to temptation and sub-categorise the place to oblivion. It never works.
 
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