A Blast from the Past... aka "Honey, did you see where I left my keys?"

[YmirGF]

The rule is pretty strict:

6. Illegal Activities
Advocating or discussing personal engagement in illegal activities or criminal organizations (such as hate groups or terrorist groups) is prohibited in all areas of RF. Illegal activities are defined based on United States law, and include but are not limited to: drug use, theft, piracy, vandalism, and all violent crimes. Voicing opposition to illegal activities and criminal organizations, or debating changes to current criminal law, may be acceptable at the discretion of the RF staff.

Only you know what happened and if you want to PM me or go to Site Feedback to gain further feedback, please do so

I think I might start a thread in the site feedback section just to test the waters. But alas, I don't have all day to sit on RF, so that will have to wait a bit. Plus I need to think out how to put this enormous saga into a few paragraphs LOL.

 

[dybmh]

If he did something genuinely illegal he's not allowed to discuss it here.

Anything else should be fine.

What if the story was changed just enough to wiggle around those rules?

The below story is fictional: Seriously.

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Once upon a time there was a a person named Dybzeroo. Dybzeroo had an obsession with a fictional crime called plieving, plievery, or pleft. Dybzeroo could not contain his desire for plievery, so anytime he passed by a store, he couldn't stop himself from plieving from it. In he would go... and plieve the first thing he saw and run away. It wasn't for any necessity, it was just this unnatural desire for pleft....​

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After many years, Dybzeroo had considerable evidence of the repeated plefts. One day he was sitting by his computer and heard squealing tires, and slamming doors from outside his home. Looking out the window, he noticed mounds and mounds of law enforcement pilling on top of each other surrounding his home. ...​

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And the story continues skipping over any details which describe any real crime or wrong doing, perhaps a reader could fill in the blanks and figure out the inspiration for the story?

 

[Rival]

What if the story was changed just enough to wiggle around those rules?

The below story is fictional: Seriously.

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Once upon a time there was a a person named Dybzeroo. Dybzeroo had an obsession with a fictional crime called pleiving, pleivery, or pleft. Dybzeroo could not contain his desire for pleivery, so anytime he passed by a store, he couldn't stop himself from pleiving from it. In he would go... and pleive the first thing he saw and run away. It wasn't for any necessity, it was just this unnatural desire for pleft....​

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After many years, Dybzeroo had considerable evidence of the repeated plefts. One day he was sitting by his computer and heard squealing tires, and slamming doors from outside his home. Looking out the window, he noticed mounds and mounds of law enforcement pilling on top of each other surrounding his home. ...​

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And the story continues skipping over any details which describe any real crime or wrong doing, perhaps a reader could fill in the blanks and figure out the inspiration for the story?

Very creative but I don't think so

 

[dybmh]

Very creative but I don't think so

And the story ends... Dybzeroo's fictional criminal history was never discussed on RF again.

 

[YmirGF]

And the story ends... Dybzeroo's fictional criminal history was never discussed on RF again.

And, as we all know, life rarely goes the way the stories end.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Hello YmirGF, and welcome back to RF.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Welcome back @YmirGF !
I have to admit...I'm intrigued what happened, and what impact it's had.

I have to agree with @Revoltingest (dammit) that I never really saw the big ego side of you. Probably my own big ego getting in the way of my vision.

 

[Aupmanyav]

That huge ego I was famous for is much more tempered and humbled now. Likewise,

Welcome back, YmirGF. I remember you but not what we may have discussed.
However, being more tempered and humbled is likely to make you less interesting.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Greetings RF-lings, it is I, YmirGF back from a long absence that was not my plan and NOT RF’s fault.

*Ominous music stats playing*

I do hope everyone is well and life on RF has been good. I am sorry for unceremoniously leaving you all on that cold January morning in 2018. The adventure that began on that cold and dreary morning is still having ripples going outward to this day and even the adventure has not turned out the way my machinations would have preferred.

Now, four years down the road, I am genuinely a different person. That huge ego I was famous for is much more tempered and humbled now. Likewise, I can admit flat out, for the first time, there ARE some things I do NOT know.

You see, through a tremendous amount of counselling (group and solo) I have unburied decades old behaviors and now understand much better why I do the things I do. One of my favorite lines from counselling is “Take that cotton out of your ears and jam it in your mouth!” And so, I shut up and began to listen and observe myself and others and my interactions with them. Being present and attentive is an amazing tool.

Oddly, now I remember what people are saying to me day/weeks later. I remember who said what at a meeting a week ago. The process isn’t perfect but it’s so neat to be in a conversation LISTENING and not just waiting for my time to unleash a witty retort.

(I just figured out how to finish this intro…)

To retrace that morning. I sat a the computer blithley working away when my attention was peaked by a loud knock at the back door. As I got up to go and investigate, I saw that my quiet Cul de Sac was FULL of cars. My brain was still processing that when I opened the door...
...only to see several constables standing there.

That is the moment my life changed – forever.

Good to see you back, Paul. I had wondered what became of you. Glad you're here.

 

[YmirGF]

@YmirGF....
I want details of your plight.
Enquiring minds must know!

Here, my friend, is the great danger for me. I've been in recovery groups for four years now and am quite well known for "going there" and gettting right to the heart of the matter unlike many folks in recovery who are not fully committed to the programs. I'm used to talking about my history, in detail, and for my sins, for some reason I can articulate this crap in a way few can. A lawyer in one of my groups urged me to write a book about my experiences. "You have to do this because somebody has to." I assurred him I have at least one book on the back burner. Oh, I should point out, and in what could hardly be a surprise to anyone who knows me on RF. In the last 4 years I have been forced to use notebooks as any computer technology was off limits for me. (Yep, you read that right.) I now have approximately 2600 hand written pages of my experiences.

What I am trying to say is that I am fully able to "tell all" but am concerned how damaging such a toxic tale as mine may have on the reader. I am perfectly serious on the last part. I'm quite used to talking about anything and everything but KNOW most people are not prepared to handle what I have to say. All the more reason to start that thread in the "Site Feedback" section to see how things go and get tips on what things to avoid.

 

[Revoltingest]

Here, my friend, is the great danger for me. I've been in recovery groups for four years now and am quite well known for "going there" and gettting right to the heart of the matter unlike many folks in recovery who are not fully committed to the programs. I'm used to talking about my history, in detail, and for my sins, for some reason I can articulate this crap in a way few can. A lawyer in one of my groups urged me to write a book about my experiences. "You have to do this because somebody has to." I assurred him I have at least one book on the back burner. Oh, I should point out, and in what could hardly be a surprise to anyone who knows me on RF. In the last 4 years I have been forced to use notebooks as any computer technology was off limits for me. (Yep, you read that right.) I now have approximately 2600 hand written pages of my experiences.

What I am trying to say is that I am fully able to "tell all" but am concerned how damaging such a toxic tale as mine may have on the reader. I am perfectly serious on the last part. I'm quite used to talking about anything and everything but KNOW most people are not prepared to handle what I have to say. All the more reason to start that thread in the "Site Feedback" section to see how things go and get tips on what things to avoid.

You are one interesting guy.
I'm glad you're back.

 

[Windwalker]

Here, my friend, is the great danger for me. I've been in recovery groups for four years now and am quite well known for "going there" and gettting right to the heart of the matter unlike many folks in recovery who are not fully committed to the programs. I'm used to talking about my history, in detail, and for my sins, for some reason I can articulate this crap in a way few can.

And here, my narcissistic self thought you left because of me having beat you so badly in one of our enjoyable debates.

Seriously though, sounds like a life-changing ordeal for you. I'll only surmise at this point it may have to do with alcoholism and some unfortunate tragedy that forced a reckoning and a major course change. It sounds like you're on a better path though with a program of "rigorous self-honesty". Perhaps now that 'awakening' experience is taking a much deeper root and meaning in your life than even before?

Welcome back. Good to see you again. BTW, do you even remember who the hell I am?

 

[YmirGF]

And here, my narcissistic self thought you left because of me having beat you so badly in one of our enjoyable debates.

Seriously though, sounds like a life-changing ordeal for you. I'll only surmise at this point it may have to do with alcoholism and some unfortunate tragedy that forced a reckoning and a major course change. It sounds like you're on a better path though with a program of "rigorous self-honesty". Perhaps now that 'awakening' experience is taking a much deeper root and meaning in your life than even before?

Welcome back. Good to see you again. BTW, do you even remember who the hell I am?

One of the oddities in my experience, O' Windy One, is that I seem to possess a remarkable memory. It's like as soon as I stepped back from my overlapping addictions and criminal addictive thinking patterns, everything just became clearer. For example, after "discovery" I realized I didn't need my webs of lies and deciet masking my activities. That freed up a huge amount of mental workspace, if you will, allowing me to use my brain for far more constructive things. So, yes, I remember you well although I don't recall losing a debate to you badly.... *giggles*

 

[Windwalker]

One of the oddities in my experience, O' Windy One, is that I seem to possess a remarkable memory. It's like as soon as I stepped back from my overlapping addictions and criminal addictive thinking patterns, everything just became clearer.

Yes, it is remarkable the clarity of mind and objectivity one can get by removing these obstacles, such as substance abuse and the self-amplifying loops of negative thought patterns. It's tragically too easy to let the weeds take over the entire garden, speaks from experience.

So, yes, I remember you well although I don't recall losing a debate to you badly.... *giggles*

Here's the things about being historians of ourselves. Our self-narratives tend to be rather like this:

 

[danieldemol]

Welcome back @YmirGF
I personally missed your witty remarks. But still happy to get to know the new and improved you