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Glen

Glen

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today is my birthday and i had a strange compulsion to visit smogon again. it seems as though the site is flourishing, congratulations to a wonderful community! i realize that i have been a member of smogon for longer than some of you have been alive, and this brings about many different feelings. i am thankful that this website allowed me to explore creative writing in a safe and pseudonymous environment when i was a teenager. i had never felt comfortable writing as myself, only as glen. glen was a suit of armour that let me weave words in odd ways, sometimes to applause and sometimes to none. it was not until i had my first psychotic break at 30 (if anyone remembers my presence here, that i was and am mentally unwell should not be a surprise) that i gained the strength of will to begin writing as a real person.

some of my fondest memories involve smogon. i trust you all to cherish each other and the world that you have built here. remember that there is only one moment, and it stretches endlessly!!
 
Happy birthday Glen! Happy to see you and hope things are well. In regards to account age I feel similarly strange sometimes… as of two days ago I have been alive with a Smogon account longer than I have without one. That endlessly stretching one moment is weird like that.

Though I gotta say there’s something in the water here recently. v post yesterday, Glen post today, who’s next? We should go the way of the world and put odds up on a betting market. My guess (and hope) is Fatecrashers
 
Adeleine said:
your battle factory piece was one of my formative influences in writing. cheers!
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a fairy said:
Holy smokes, the legend. I still use your Battle Factory guide nowadays
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i am so happy that my battle factory guide has stood the test of time. i remember putting so much effort into it and having the time of my life while doing so

phoopes said:
Happy birthday Glen! Happy to see you and hope things are well. In regards to account age I feel similarly strange sometimes… as of two days ago I have been alive with a Smogon account longer than I have without one. That endlessly stretching one moment is weird like that.

Though I gotta say there’s something in the water here recently. v post yesterday, Glen post today, who’s next? We should go the way of the world and put odds up on a betting market. My guess (and hope) is Fatecrashers
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it's funny you say this, i too enjoy looking at things through this lens. some of my friends have been friends for longer than they haven't, and this is a beautiful and strange feeling. there should be a special badge for users in our position!!

Oglemi said:
Gleen

How was/is Tokyo?
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hi oglemi!! tokyo was great, truly a spectacular place to spend one's twenties. i'm a boring boomer now though (bobo for short), it's been a while since my tokyo days. my closest friend came to visit me from tokyo for the holidays though, and this sparked a desire to return there. i plan to take a trip back in autumn of this year!! what have you been up to? i notice that most of your badges are now grey, you might want to fix this
 
Glen said:
i am so happy that my battle factory guide has stood the test of time. i remember putting so much effort into it and having the time of my life while doing so



it's funny you say this, i too enjoy looking at things through this lens. some of my friends have been friends for longer than they haven't, and this is a beautiful and strange feeling. there should be a special badge for users in our position!!



hi oglemi!! tokyo was great, truly a spectacular place to spend one's twenties. i'm a boring boomer now though (bobo for short), it's been a while since my tokyo days. my closest friend came to visit me from tokyo for the holidays though, and this sparked a desire to return there. i plan to take a trip back in autumn of this year!! what have you been up to? i notice that most of your badges are now grey, you might want to fix this
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I too am now an old man. Someone recently posted a circa 2012 meme and referred to it as "ancient" and I crumbled into dust.

But I now have a desk job, which after a decade of manual labor is a weird feeling. Very adult. Still in Wisconsin, 10 years strong with the bf. We have a cat! My brother is aro-ace so I tell my mother that that's all she's getting for grandchildren and she laughs but I can tell she dies a little inside each time lmfao.

Take me with you to Tokyo man I need a tour guide and my bf has been begging to go. Is Shinjuku all that TWEWY/Persona/JJK make it out to be or is it more like Times Square and I'd feel suckered for going?
 
Oglemi said:
I too am now an old man. Someone recently posted a circa 2012 meme and referred to it as "ancient" and I crumbled into dust.

But I now have a desk job, which after a decade of manual labor is a weird feeling. Very adult. Still in Wisconsin, 10 years strong with the bf. We have a cat! My brother is aro-ace so I tell my mother that that's all she's getting for grandchildren and she laughs but I can tell she dies a little inside each time lmfao.

Take me with you to Tokyo man I need a tour guide and my bf has been begging to go. Is Shinjuku all that TWEWY/Persona/JJK make it out to be or is it more like Times Square and I'd feel suckered for going?
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wow OLDglemi.. congrats on a decade together, that's a remarkable amount of time. to think that you were together before the pandemic, through it, and made it out on the other side! tell your mom she could do much worse than having a cute grandkitten

az said:
r u old?
u shud
we r rulin da streetz
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i dont "replying to az"
(FART)
 
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