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Well, this is kind of embarrassing to admit, but as I was a year and a half lurker on the board before I got my posting wings, I was a bit, er, starstruck when I turned up to a meet last month and actually met people, i.e. Whisky P, Stoat, Flyboy, Jub etc. Mostly because they've made me snort milk out of my nose so many times on so many threads, and it was super teh awesome to meet them in the flesh. That said, I now feel a lot more comfortable putting in my two-pennorth, on the more serious forums and threads, because I feel more engaged with the people and the place. I even feel it's easier to interact with people I haven't met, and possibly never will, because having met some 'Lithers for real I just feel I have a better handle on the place as a whole. And by that, I don't mean I know what 'type' of people are on Barbelith and are thus comfortable with engaging with the board, because one of the marvellous things I've found is that there is no single 'type' for me to get my head around. I guess I just realised that there was no unifying characteristic except a certain level of wit and a high degree of friendliness, and that made me feel very comfortable both being here, and posting more.
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