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It's just nice. People, so far, seem genuine. Over time this may fade, but for now the very small community is awesome. Good to see some familiar faces around here too. Good to see virtually no one taking themselves too seriously.

I gotta get s/justgrowit rolling. Been a crazy week, probably going to get crazier for me.

You guys are awesome, stay awesome. As an internet nomad, Voat was nice. But over the past few months logging in and seeing the popular posts there is simply disheartening and toxic. I've been a minority there for some time, I don't really fit in anywhere I go. It's the burden of the middle path.

Thanks for making me feel....at home.

It's just nice. People, so far, seem genuine. Over time this may fade, but for now the very small community is awesome. Good to see some familiar faces around here too. Good to see virtually no one taking themselves too seriously. I gotta get s/justgrowit rolling. Been a crazy week, probably going to get crazier for me. You guys are awesome, stay awesome. As an internet nomad, Voat was nice. But over the past few months logging in and seeing the popular posts there is simply disheartening and toxic. I've been a minority there for some time, I don't really fit in anywhere I go. It's the burden of the middle path. Thanks for making me feel....at home.

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[–] sidewalker_Principle 4 points (+4|-0) Edited

I said it before, I'll say it again. I completely respected you on Voat for what you tried to bring to the table. I was on there a little over a year with a different name and I saw the shift. We all saw it, but your account in specific stood out in such a good way. I think you posted some spiritual stuff? Pretty sure I read some of your stuff about Buddhism, right?

Either way, I always remembered you being centered, hence your name. You tried to bring people down from extreme ends and see things clearly, and that is a damn hard thing to do on Voat. Thanks for it.

At what point did you ever start your subverse over there? I only remember catching wind of it towards the later end of my stay. I can't wait to start growing stuff, once I get done with this current cycle of stress.

We can do our best to not let what happened at Voat happen here. I don't want to look at it with cynicism, I'm charging full speed ahead in this beautiful place!

By the way, ever grown broccoli?

Thanks. I appreciate all the kind words. It's a hard line to walk. Many think that because I'm a moderate, then I must not have any convictions. Nothing can be farther from the truth. I simply think Truth and the world is complicated. There is no single group to blame.

I have definitely posted some spiritual stuff. Like most places, people are pretty polarized. They tend to be hardline materialists/athiest or zealous theists. I actually believe in god/spirit but think religion is toxic and limits our spiritual growth. I treat spiritual matters like an automobile. You can be a passenger and have someone tell you all the rules of the road, while you watch them drive you around. Or you can learn to drive the thing yourself.

I started JustGrowIt probably 6 months after I joined. And my account is almost 3 years old there.

And no, never grown broccoli. Probably going to give it my first try this fall.