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Is this a community of worth?

Soul Pancake has been an almost obsessive home of mine for a year now - and while there are loads of old goers and new comers - there is this sense of it being a community

OK its not like we can all save the local post office - but there has been a strong sense of something deeper than the average online forum - it stands out for me when someone "leaves".

we appear to depend, sometimes in a not very healthy way - but sometimes in a positive way - on the interaction of those we have come to know in some way.

Thanks all...
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SP fills voids and I regard you all as friends. If I didn't have SP I'd be watching stupid sit-coms on tv, or listening to an endless string of Enya songs, or I'd be in bed by now listening to Coast-to-Coast on KFI radio and going to sleep to it. It makes me dream of UFOs in the sky, a bigfoot in my yard, and a ghost in my attic. It's 2:48am and I'm still on SP. I love you SPers.

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I'm still deciding . . . as I'm still new

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obsessive home .. me too.

weather its a good thing or bad I do not know but I still enjoy coming here .

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I like this place, I don't get on much anymore, but I think it has worth, as long as you don't waste time in the mire. That said, hullo! how are you my British friend, I have been watching Outnumbered, which I think is a lovely little show, I love all the British insults (tossers, wankers, pillocks) I can't wait to come visit the GB, I was also wondering what the difference is between an English chip and an American french fry, are they just thicker? I had one here in the states that looked battered, it was good, but I am still confused.

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this place has given me more than you'll ever know

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I was an early adopter and left for four months but felt connected to the community for several reasons.

1) I was very happy with the general discourse and snappy patter.
2) I felt that SP allowed me a forum to introduce non-traditional ideas
3) I felt that the SP community allowed for numerous points of view and only asked for intelligent ideas and a moderately open mind.

Remember, as the folks say, "It takes a Village, People"

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"we appear to depend, sometimes in a not very healthy way - but sometimes in a positive way - on the interaction of those we have come to know in some way."

and ain't that what it's all about my friend? :)

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I dig it. You guys are my pals. We've been through a lot together.

Ahh, life.

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It certainly is until it's not....

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aawwwwwwwwwwwwwww....I'm gonna follow all you guys back.....and stalk you.

Is this a community of worth???? For me..heck yeah....every time I walk by my computer, gotta sit down and type "soulpancake.com" even if I'm really looking for Amazon...my family says I'm addicted. ;-)

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tears in my eyes after reading all of the posts I just love you guys! I have never been on an online forum where a true community could be formed like this one. Never have I laughed or cried so much about people that I have never "met" in real life. This has been a place that has stimulated my mind (and sometimes turned me on) more than anywhere else. It is a pleasure and an honor to "know" many of you.

I am very sad when someone leaves this site, I still see their "faces" and hear their "voices" after they are gone. I find myself wondering how they are and how life is faring for them. It is good to see the new faces and hear their voices mixed with others debating heated topics, contemplating heavy issues, or just playing around and goofing off. @Pattercake @trandscend @BootVencenta Welcome to the site, and don't be shy about participating. I'd love to hear more of what you are thinking and what you have to say. I will "see" you around. offering you each a cookie :-)

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Oh my goodness. You lovely lot, you! I got quite emotional reading this thread. Thanks fb.

No matter what's going on in my life, I always have to check in each day to see what's what. I think of many of you as friends, even though we don't really know each other.

I've never been on any other online forum, so I will consider myself blessed that this is my first and only experience. It sure is a good one. And I think I've learned a great deal from "talking" with so many of you.

Love you long time...

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I am a true newbie (only 4 days old :) to this forum, and I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the thought-provoking discourse going on here. Though I am more of an observer than a poster in the few forums that I frequent, I have felt compelled to say something or share something here nearly every day since I have joined. I appreciate the diverse opinions here and have observed many a conversation that ended simply: agree to disagree. This place is just damn good brain food. 'Nuff respect to all of you...

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I am not for lack of friends . Since being sober I have become very social at work , church and meetings . This place seems like just another group of friends ,,... well not just another ...special in some way .

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BTW, I've always thought it would be cool if we could somehow have a 'secondlife' type thing going as well. I'd love to see some of your cyber abodes!!

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Random fact of the day...

...I've found the best way to pit cherries requires a sturdy straw...

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I really really enjoy this site. I have made wonderful friends here and taken some of those friendships outside the site. I also work very hard at making sure that I keep up with a cultivate my real (read: tactile, non-data based) relationships. Balance.

Community is the correct word. Nothing else like it. I'd miss it terribly if it were gone.

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Sometimes I feel like I have a deeper connection with people on line then out there in the world. I think its because when I write I can stop and think about what I want to say so that what I say sounds poignant, or perhaps funnier then it would have been had it been on the fly. I like that on line I get to say things that before most people didn't care about. I talk about happiness and the meaning of life, a topic that I have discussed most of my life, on line. People comment, they argue they let their opinions be known, often without fear, there are good sides to that and bad.

Most of life is superficial, we smile and nod and pass by never really connecting. At least when I get a chance to type out a few words, I can go deeper, perhaps touch the souls of the other superficial people out there longing to have their souls set on fire.

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Definitely worth. I'm not terribly "involved" here, but I always look forward to when I can come by. The level of discourse is pretty high here, as is the level of respect. That's pretty rare online or that other place.

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other than a few F**Koffs down below, SP has been a really wonderful thing for me. I know some people through email now, and we've done "other things" on the net together. I think about all the 'vets' on here, the ones that have been on with me the longest.
You all exist in my mind...even your voices. Some of your icons remind me of different things. I have a few of the first SP Pictures from the collectives saved on my hard-drive and they come up in rotation. Ecipisia is one that is on there a lot.
I made our favorite song list on itunes to remember everyone by as well.
:)

@flashbanding Minchinhampton, Cotswolds, the heart of England

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