Ugh, I'm lazy. Still haven't made any efforts to cross Land of Sands, as much as I want to. I know I'm usually like this, so I'm not that mad at myself. Maybe I would feel more enticed to do this sort of thing if there was more of it. Now I'm thinking: how difficult would it be to make a map of the portion of Interstate 75 dubbed the Alligator Alley (because it's in Florida, and it runs through swamplands)? Probably more difficult than is worth the time due to the amount of trees that would have to be placed. And then there's the surrounding areas and service stations. On that note, specifically what would be included? The cities at both ends? The rural roads? Lots of problems there, clearly the most important being that it wouldn't really be Alligator Alley because alligators aren't in BeamNG. To me, sandals are shoes. Maybe my definition is different, maybe you just put sandals in a different category, I dunno. As enticing as it is to debate that, I'd rather not, because I feel that'd go the way of how people usually debate how to pronounce GIF: people pick a side, and eventually the conversation devolves to ad hominem attacks.
I put the '' emoticon there for a reason... Also, the original creator of the .GIF said it was supposed to be pronounced like the peanut butter brand, Jif. Or, not newsletters, but little announcement things? I can't remember.
Alright, it's becoming clear to me at this point that I'm not going to get along well with the way people post here. I know I've never been good at detecting sarcasm, and the way sarcasm works here makes no attempt to create any obvious indicators that it might be. And for me, that's taken the fun out of writing posts, now that I have to wonder "will what I write look like the dumbest thing ever?". I could continue writing about knowing how frustrating it'll be having conversations where I don't know if someone actually means something or not, but I'd probably be invoking a useless debate then. Which becomes meaningless for another reason: I've realized the novelty of BeamNG is wearing off again. Now it makes sense as to why I hadn't played the game for a year prior. I keep telling myself to do things in the game, but it's becoming clear to me that that's not going to encourage me to keep playing. Especially since I'm due to get a full driver's license soon, and even though I'm driving a boring crossover, I find it a lot more fulfilling and enjoyable than playing BeamNG. I need to be clear: I'm not mad with anyone. I don't want anyone to think this is me when I'm mad. I'm not deliberately attempting to exile myself just because I think it'd be cool to make a dramatic exit. (I tried that with another community in 2019, and today I think that was a big mistake.) I just think that I'll be better if I stop attempting to put so much focus here, as I don't consider it worth posting to a forum about something I've lost interest in. ...I'm trying to write this without attaching a negative tone, but that's really difficult. (Maybe this inherently has a negative tone.) Well, guess I'll attempt to avoid any sort of build up and just say it: chances are this'll be my last post if the novelty just completely disappears. I honestly think it might, given the pattern of things I find interesting for a couple of weeks then drop.
No don't worry, I sometimes have a habit of having trouble detecting sarcasm too. And I also understand your intents in your messages quite clearly! It's just that, like me, maybe your kind of humor is just the "jumping aboard the bandwagon" type. You know, when someone posts a satirical comment and then, just for the lolz, you light-heartedly expand on it (like, "ooh lol, what if we took this even further?") It's ok, we usually don't take things too seriously here
Flying at mach Jesus into an indestructible highway sign on BeamMP about a year ago. God no. It was in techdemo hell back then and honestly really close to completely dying out. Everything the staff has added and developed over the past few years has been unbelievable. Absolutely terrible. It's genuinely a miracle I stayed alive. Coming out in 2017 and figuring out my mental health with therapy and medication has made me a completely different person. Right now life's pretty good. I wish I had a job though. Do the staff need a graphic designer?
