Good News Everyone!!! (The joysplosion thread)

Yesterday dumb things happened and I got to feeling pretty down about myself in the middle of the IRC. I quickly wandered off because I don't really like the idea of looking like I am trying to make a scene/didn't really want to bring down the mood just because I was down. Honestly I tend to have a low opinion of myself. You may not see me self deprecate all the time like certain other people, but that's mainly because I tend to think that nobody would care anyway. For a while now I've kind of thought of myself as some hanger-on who people only really tolerate because I have been around for so long. I don't really feel like I contribute anything to the group and there are certain battles I feel I don't really deserve to be a part of any more.

At the time I didn't really respond to any of the nice things people were saying to me, but I really appreciate them. I feel really lucky to be part of this community filled with wonderful people. Even more so that those people somehow care enough about me to want me to stick around and care when I feel bad about myself.

Thank you all for the nice things you said and for being my friends.