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Yeah, good bye. Those words... Sound so final.

I just don't feel like I belong. I guess it's my tactlessness. Plus I'm such a busybody, I try to protect others and I just end up screwing up...
I don't think anybody really wants me here.

I had fun up until the end. But I've been doin' some real thinking since my accident the other day, and, well... I just think that it's time for me to move on and try to find a place where I am truly accepted. I figured this might be the one, but... I guess not. I still feel like an outcast.

Well... I hope you guys don't ever forget about me.
Good bye, boys and girls! It's time for me to hit the road.

I'll remember you.

Wish you would stay- thought you said we were friends Daichi, pray you the very best my friend. hugs and thanks- pray you were not hurt, care about you as a friend. Hope to see you here again. JESUS save and protect you always.

Honestly Daichi, I'm sorry to read this, especially since I felt that we were finally managing to understand each others better... or, well, at least *I* can say that I felt I understand you better. There was really no bad feeling left on my side, especially since I felt it wasn't just you but that I had also misunderstood you, which unfortunately made my explanations different from what they would have been otherwise.

That said, you know how you feel so I respect your decision. Still, if you want to visit us once in a while or change your mind, you will be welcome. I know there are other forums I left because I felt out of place myself, but once in a while, I will still post.

You have left us with many interesting posts, so I doubt you'll be forgotten soon. I wish you the best. Goodbye!

Sheesh-louise, I'm out a few days and somebody calls it quits.
Good luck on your next venture, dude. Live long and prosper...

Sorry to see Daichi leave.

I have to be honest i can't agreree with you your like major populair here everybody likes you : (

I gues i see you on the tezuka board then

S-so... You guys don't want me to leave?
Really... I just wanted to go because I thought I was such a major thorn in everybody's side, seeing as I caused so many fights and all... I guess I felt like nobody wanted me around.

"Astro Forever" wrote:Honestly Daichi, I'm sorry to read this, especially since I felt that we were finally managing to understand each others better... or, well, at least *I* can say that I felt I understand you better. There was really no bad feeling left on my side, especially since I felt it wasn't just you but that I had also misunderstood you, which unfortunately made my explanations different from what they would have been otherwise.

You know, that means a lot.

After I got reprimanded, I started to be more careful about how I acted, but then I still managed to get into yet another fight!! And I wondered if it was just me... I mean, I think some of the people around here think I'm a bad guy who just goes around looking for a fight. But I think my real problem is that I have trouble getting my point across, and my real meaning is misinterpreted...



Just let me ask you guys. Do you really want me to stay?
Because if you do, then I will... I don't really wanna go...

Course we want you to stay!

Fights whice fights are you talking about ?
People like you here Daichi don't say silly things like that :d oh:

"Daichi" wrote:S-so... You guys don't want me to leave?
Really... I just wanted to go because I thought I was such a major thorn in everybody's side, seeing as I caused so many fights and all... I guess I felt like nobody wanted me around.

Maybe I am involved in this, I don't know. I realized you hadn't posted since that moment when I criticized you criticisms about GTA4. I don't know if there is a link, but if there is, you must know that I didn't want to hurt you. Well, if there isn't any link, it doesn't mean I wanted to hurt you either

"Daichi" wrote:I still feel like an outcast.

That's the word: outcast. I felt as such before I used the Internet to communicate. In fact, I learned to communicate in the real world by learning on the Internet.
A forum is an excellent way to learn, if it isn't misused. In a forum, you have the possibility to speak, and above all you have the time to write and correct if what you wrote isn't written correctly. I mean before posting, not editing once it has been posted. You can do that: write your text, then read it several times and try to see how it will be perceived by others. The "preview" utility is very important for this; I don't know if you use it, but if not you should. Not only will it allow you to catch stupid typos (in this regard we never re-read enough I can tell you), but it will also allow you to change your point of view when reading. Personnally, I think at the beginning I read my texts at least 10-15 times just to be slightly sure that it would be perceived the way I wanted. You could never imagine how this text was slaughtered, re-slaughtered, and slaughtered again just for fun If I could send you the history of this text, you would roll on the floor As an autistic (kind of), I found that the Internet was an invaluable tool to learn to communicate.

Just let me ask you guys. Do you really want me to stay?
Because if you do, then I will... I don't really wanna go...

You do as you wish, but it would be sad that you leave just because of this.

Learn the way, young Padawan

Daichi, I do not have an habit of saying things I do not think (especially on the Internet), so no, I don't want you to leave. Even before our discussion from the other day, I don't remember wishing that you would leave, it was really only about the few posts here and there that I felt could be a problem, and these were really just a small proportion of your overall contribution. I believed what you told me at that point and completely left that in the past.

Now I'm unaware of any other fight that happened since... I think I have read most of the threads but either I missed that one or I wasn't paying attention.

About what fafner just said: even with the best efforts, sometimes the message an author wants to convey gets misinterpreted. I see it all the time on the Internet. As long as people are able to clarify what they meant, then usually all is well. I know I do try to read myself over again but sometimes, it happens anyway, especially when I write in my second language. I do not have the same subtlety that I have in my native language.