BraceForEpic

So I actually haven’t posted or updated this shit in a couple of months, I almost feel ashamed. Hopefully this will change in the new year, amongst other things, but let’s start with some updates!

An update to my last post, about quitting the chan of four: The “test” of my willpower, as it were, was a success in my opinion; I lasted a good 3 and a half months before I realized the internet was pretty boring without 4chan, I took that as a sign saying “Well don’t spend all your fucking time browsing the internet and it won’t be so boring” and did more constructive things. I have since gone back to the fourchan, it’s as shitty as ever but at least /v/ is entertaining.

I have quit smoking! Exciting! Not only that, my mother quit as well, which is great news. It’s been four weeks as of today that we quit. Shit was not easy.

And lastly: This month I start a diet. As of writing I’m not entirely sure how much I weigh, something along the lines of 260-270lbs; whatever it is, it’s too much. This isn’t a new years resolution, at least not to me, just happens to be conveniently placed at the start of the new year. A friend of mine who recently lost a good 40 pounds in 3 months is going to help me through this shit so I can be no-longer-so-fat. Wish me luck, I’ll try and post updates.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go play dwarf fortress.

Oh wait, I already kinda did..

As of writing this, it has been approximately 33 days since I have visited 4chan. Now to someone who doesn’t know me, you might say “Big fucking deal, try quitting heroin and we’ll talk” or something stupid like that, who the fuck knows. Let’s start from the beginning though.

Before I embarked on this journey to “quit 4chan”, as if to say I was quitting a drug, or cigarettes, I had been a “4channer” for quite a long time. Since nearly it’s inception had I lurked it’s boards (mainly /b/, but sometimes venturing into boards unknown), trolled, spouted memes, and even participated in the usual bullshit “raids” on other sites like gaia online and habbo hotel. I was young and stupid, and thought all this shit was funny; looking back, they kinda were.

Getting to the point of the story, 4chan was becoming a distraction, I couldn’t go an entire day without browsing through one of the many imageboards hosted on the site. Months before I had quit, I usually just browsed /v/, the video games oriented board. It became a crutch for boredom. Some people eat when they’re bored, I usually just browsed 4chan. It got to the point that whenever I would try to do something “constructive” like read, code, etc., I would browse 4chan instead, wasting hours of my time. I would even forego some of the little joys in life, like gaming, to browse 4chan endlessly. So I decided to give it up.

This entire ordeal is basically a test of my own willpower, like giving up something for lent, except I’m a little late on the “lent” part and I expect it to be a little more permanent then that. I suppose one could surmise that if I can successfully quit the ‘chan, perhaps I can give up my smoking habit too. Would be nice, eh?

Keep on truckin’.