WHY???

Not really. When I began forum eXpert, I was way nicer, way back then. :stuck_out_tongue:

Good times… but I love the here and now as well :slight_smile:

would you say you were more or less helpful then or now?

There’s something to be said here, not about this forum, just about life.

It’s all about how you say, not what you say.

If you suck, flat-out, genuinely, suck at something, and I go to you and say ā€œYou suck,ā€ then that won’t make you any better, it’ll just get you down, and you’ll be discouraged.

If you suck, and I say to you, ā€œHey man, good try, I got a few ideas to make you better at it for next time (ideas go here)ā€ then the person gets a few things:

  1. Somebody cares. That’s a big deal, actually.
  2. You can improve.
  3. You have a reason to continue; to work on the skills or whatever that this mentor has given you.

You still suck either way. But the second way, you suck for a reason, and you’re going to stop sucking pretty darn quick.

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