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Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 10 Sep 2012, 06:58
by Wraith
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Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 10 Sep 2012, 13:26
by Lord Hosk
I would like to thank everyone who posts on this page. You have all helped me, you are my supermen.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 05:18
by Wraith
I joined this community in 2006. This is by far my favorite thread. I collect things like this.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 05:32
by empath
*hugs Wraith*

And we thank you for sharing them with us. :)



I got a fan letter from a young lady. It was a suicide note.

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So I called her, and I said, "Hey, this is Jimmy Doohan. Scotty, from Star Trek."

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I said, "I’m doing a convention in Indianapolis. I wanna see you there."

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I saw her — boy, I’m telling you, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It was definitely suicide. Somebody had to help her, somehow. And obviously she wasn’t going to the right people.

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I said to her, "I’m doing a convention two weeks from now in St. Louis." And two weeks from then, in somewhere else, you know? She also came to New York - she was able to afford to got to these places. That went on for two or three years, maybe eighteen times. And all I did was talk positive things to her.

And then all of the sudden — nothing. I didn’t hear anything. I had no idea what had happened to her because I never really saved her address.

Eight years later, I get a letter saying, "I do want to thank you so much for what you did for me..."

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"...because I just got my Master’s degree in electronic engineering."

That’s...to me, the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.
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Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 17 Sep 2012, 04:10
by empath
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credit zenpencils.com


Similar sentiment to Billy Connolly's "Never trust people who've only got one book."

Crossposting between here and Win.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 09:47
by Metcarfre

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 10:44
by gcninja
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Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 11:09
by Metcarfre
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Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 20 Sep 2012, 11:42
by gcninja
metcarfre wrote:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Aroo?

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 21 Sep 2012, 15:56
by empath
Fuck...excuse me; I got something in my eye...ouch-ouch. I really need to dust around here, honest. *sniff*

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012, 17:14
by Lord Hosk
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FTFY

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012, 17:19
by empath
Yeah, I'd forgotten about this option, but it's true: someday I wanna have a job I love to do and look forward to as much as that man does for his...

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012, 18:36
by MinniChi
I gave the head chef of my college a candy I made, and I think he offered me a job because they were so good.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 12:48
by MotorWaffle
This may be necro-ing this thread, but oh well.
(EDITED to hopefully work)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/marines-carry-handicapped-boy_n_1954542.html

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 13:06
by empath
I'm sure there's no one who would object to such a wonderful thread being contributed to, and it being returned to our attention right now. :)

But "[url]" and "[/url]" are your friends; putting them before and after long-ass links makes them actually functional for other people.

...it's kinda sad tho because I really wanna see what the article is talking about, especially after seeing the 'headline' of what the truncated link fragment takes you to at the moment... :(

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 21:07
by MotorWaffle
Thanks for the tip, should be working now!

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 28 Nov 2012, 21:34
by empath
Awwwww!


Yeah; totally worth the wait! :D

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 05 Dec 2012, 14:36
by empath
Bit of a stretch, but...

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This is the only proper response; I may have to watch that movie just for this one scene. :)


And then, there's something that's NOT A STRETCH AT ALL for this thread. :)

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 06 Dec 2012, 01:00
by Deedles
What movie is that? *Has to watch it too now*

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 06 Dec 2012, 06:39
by empath
Bachelorette

I'd seen it mentioned and referenced previously, and after checking it, thought "meh"...but that moment? KA-motherfucking-CHING.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 13:39
by empath
Okay, this might be a little iffy depending on the topicality and controversy, but I'll say this:

Damned if it didn't make a grumpy ol' cynical agnostic like me...get dust in my eyes.

Click with above qualifications.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 25 Dec 2012, 13:49
by Geoff_B
Yep I'll take that one :)

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 26 Dec 2012, 15:30
by tak197
Yeah, I heard about a few kids that wrote letters to Santa saying that they wanted Santa to take some of their toys to the kids from Sandy Hook in Heaven so that they can have a Merry Christmas.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 26 Dec 2012, 15:50
by Merrymaker_Mortalis
tak197 wrote:Yeah, I heard about a few kids that wrote letters to Santa saying that they wanted Santa to take some of their toys to the kids from Sandy Hook in Heaven so that they can have a Merry Christmas.


Children like those will grow up to be great people as long as society does not trample the fire in their hearts.

Re: The thread of hope.

Posted: 27 Dec 2012, 05:22
by Deedles
empath wrote:Okay, this might be a little iffy depending on the topicality and controversy, but I'll say this:

Damned if it didn't make a grumpy ol' cynical agnostic like me...get dust in my eyes.

Click with above qualifications.


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