Being on an Autistic Forum for 3 Years - Let's talk about that trauma

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What has your experience been on this site?

  • It's just entertainment

    Votos: 33 34.4%
  • I find it intellectually interesting to some degree (even though I won't admit it in public)

    Votos: 52 54.2%
  • I have no feelings towards it

    Votos: 5 5.2%
  • Eh, haven't really thought about it because I ain't no autist

    Votos: 6 6.3%

  • Total de votantes
    96
I've been here, for what, 7 months now? I lurked for about a week before actually posting, and I still just lurk, read and leave a lot of ratings while I'm doing the reading. Like said above, I mostly just treat this site like a funny daily news archive more than anything. I don't remember how I found this place either. If I had to guess then I'd say it was probably through Googling a cow and just stumbling on the Forums.
 
You know, the first time I ever heard about these forums, they were described to me as a sort of malevolent entity... some monstrosity full of mean-spirited people. I don't remember exactly what was said, but it sounded unreal - like a dragon in a cave or something.

I thought it sounded silly, and became curious. I had a gut feeling that it was just a bunch of edgelords making gossip and having a slap on the knee. I came with an optimistic attitude, and found that I was right. Here is a community of people - for just as a sharp-cornered 1970's dinner table is still a table, this is still so. And people are by nature capable of faculties in reasoning and in feeling. This place has plenty of both in stock.

At the CWCki Forums, I've found a friendly - if loud or vulgar - environment of interesting people who like to watch interesting people. I feel right at home, here.
 
I've been here for nearly 2 years now, and I think I lurked a year(?) before that. My memory is getting bad. For me, this site changed my life for the better. I never really had an opportunity to talk to people across the world before, and that's really been a blessing for me. I feel like I've learned so much from all of the friends I've met here. I also feel a lot more confident in life now that I have people I can talk to. That might sound strange, but when you've grown up the way I have, having someone to talk to is a luxury.

Just today I went through all of the old posts on my profile, and it was a lot of fun going through memory lane. I had a lot of fun just remembering things like when the site went down on January 20th, when people would comment on my different avatars, when I found waterboarding porn on @entropyseekswork's profile, or when I got banned that one time. These are all fun times I'd never give up for anything.

For me, KF has sort of become a second home online, and the threads are the conversation pieces. I know I'm not a particularly good member. I don't contribute to anything, I don't read many threads, I've been called a menace, and I even accidentally chased someone off the site, but I just thought I'd share my thoughts on nearly 2 years here.
 
Lol at least tag him don't be a wuss @Fagnasty
I'll remember that for next time.

Real talk, being a member for nearly 5 years at this point has, for better or worse, shaped my view on a lot of things. But I think the most important ones are:

- There are always going to be people dumber, than you... Unless you manage to top that with your own brand of stupidity *coughhalalscough*.
- People get offended really easily.
- People are fun to take the piss out of when given the right material to work with.
 
i consider myself to be adequately autistic i was on a depression binge i had no friends around nor the will to reach out so i started following cows and that led me here
i find my experience here to be pretty good
to me humans are humans be it irl or on the interwebs so it doesn't matter really
plus it encouraged me to dig deeper and be a snarkier autist
memes are pretty cool too <3
 
I've been here since April and I haven't been banned yet, a new record for me and social media.

This place seems like a more insane version of Cracked.com from way back in the day when the Forums were actually funny before the SJW horseshit and Christina became a mod and ruined the site.

But seriously, you all seem like fine faggots that I would say I was willing to have a beer with, but I would be lying.
 
I came here after lurking during the Jace Saga (for those youngin's) Jace was also spammed by Jan on /k/ a lot and I'm a long time /k/ommando.

I watched and after it ended I saw how in depth, respectful, silly and chill this place was. So I joined, found a bunch of cows and haven't looked back.

The best part of this site, it's everything and nothing to many people, myself included. When I am here I have a good time, laughs and sometimes just shit post, rant about cows or talk about really serious topics. Other times I just don't come on. I've made IRL friends here, kiwi's have been to my home and not one raped and murdered me yet. But at the same time it's just a site for laughs and the older and or more stable members see that.

I think one reason people really hate this site, is deep down they know the truth about it, it's got it's spergs none of us debate that but most people here have their lives together heads on right and are really normal productive people, we just laugh at shit and why people are scared of us? The normie sitting next to you at the pub, the cube over.. maybe screaming about how trannies should die online and goes right back to yes sir no sir at the office. I honestly think we blend in and we don't have a filter when we know it's safer to drop it.

Honestly I've not seen a site were it's this diverse of people, and open minded when we all hold a few values, pedos are scum and lols are king other than that we respect each others differences.

I'm happy here and I like to use this as my prime fuck off place, it's very quick moving as well since so many people have different cows they enjoy. But if I don't feel in the mood to browse or it's a slow time for the cows I enjoy I just don't come here. Frankly when forums were more a common thing I was pretty active in a few car forums, this is the only place that EVER has given a fuck from serious to remote to humorous that I've been gone a few days/weeks. I think it speaks of kiwi's when I would come over to someone's house at 11pm on a work night to fix your transmission for free, and you didn't hear from me in 2 months no one said a thing, but I go away a few days people who like my shit posts send well wishes.

tl;dr
You all are faggots, but my kind of faggots.
 
Somehow it appears that I've become one of the old dogs on this forum, being here for 5+ years now. I originally came here just purely out of boredom and to shitpost about Chris, but I've hung around and seen this place grow and mutate and bleed and die then come back as a cyborg cop, hellbent on stopping crime in Detroit, then immediately finding a jetpack, flying into the sun, fry its cybernetic brain and come back to earth to shitpost and act as bogeyman for those who think the internet dies after you pass reddit on the information superhighway. That was a long sentence.

As it is, I still like a good chunk of this place, but I still have some reservations with certain parts. Although I learned very quickly to "lol calm down," I have noticed more than a few people who get too worked up about stupid shit, and some who cling onto the edgelord persona a bit too fiercely to be considered farcical, and that's always a disappointment. However, usually those folks tend to either mellow he fuck out or manage to get themselves banned in due time. Also, TBH, I do miss some of the other older dogs who have since left the farms for greener pastures elsewhere, but I suppose that goes with anything and anywhere if you hang around long enough.

So, I guess some words of advice for newer dogs and people who are still reading this for some fucking unbeknowst reason. This shit goes for the farms, and I suppose some for life as well, I dunno.

1) Lol, calm down. Step away from the computer, put down the smartphone, drink some water and step outside for a bit.

2) Yes, the world is on fire. It's been on fire before you were born, and it'll be on fire after you die. In the intermediary, it's best to figure out who you are and what you stand for, and what exactly backs up your beliefs.

3) People will disagree with you. Sometimes a lot. You can either learn to grow the fuck up and shrug it off or waste a fuckton of time and energy on stupid internet arguing and amount to probably nothing to exposing yourself to more ridicule.

4) You are allowed to like things that people you abhor like as well. Don't be a sped.

5) Lolcows are people who go out of their way to make exceptional examples of themselves, and are at their best without being provocated. Don't go out and try to harass them, let them make fools out of themselves. If you do try to harass them, then congrats, you're just as exceptional as they are. If you think you need to go out and antagonize them because you think they won't do anything otherwise, then chances are they weren't that interesting in the first place.

6) "But isn't the Farm about harassing [insert person or group here]?!" Not really. 95% of the stuff here is either people being armchair psychologists or Monday morning quarterbacks and not doing anything more than what other people do behind people's backs anyway. We just don't bother to be secretive about it. Oh, and we're the living embodiment of the old adage "The internet never forgets." If you don't want people talking about your shit, then don't put your shit on the front lawn.

7) Don't get too attached to anything or anyone. After being here for 5+ years, I've seen more than a few people I once enjoyed turn out to be raging asshats, and people I once thought to be exceptional idiots turn out to be the only voice of reason. Get used to it.
 
Came for PK/Glip, stayed for the community and the constant discoveries. The humor is right up my alley, the people are nice, the information is useful, and the salt flows like wine. And its all thanks to Null and you guys. :feels:
Almost same boat, stayed here because this is one of the few forums where you really have freedom of speech, where you don't get banned for calling someone nigger or faggot and at the same time is not a echo chamber, if you give KF a closer look you realize that ironically this is what SJWs constantly preach, true diversity.
 
I've been lurking without an account for a few months. Came here after getting tired of waiting for @LordKaT to give me a weekly dose of autism on his podcast.

Started posting after I saw a user that needed to tone down the :autism: a little bit.

I stayed for the reasons @PantsFreeZone gave:

This place seems like a more insane version of Cracked.com from way back in the day when the Forums were actually funny.
This is the internet I remember, this is the internet I love.
plus people actually remember what my avatar is.
 
I've been here for a few months. I'm still not attached to any particular subforum or lolcow because I'm honestly still kinda overwhelmed by the sheer amount of options to choose from, but the overall dynamic of the site is entertaining to me.

I also used to be pretty deep into some unsavory communities of the Tumblr & Rat King variety, and I have a lot of resentment since I decided to move on with my life. In my case, I was made to feel like it was some evil, borderline-sinful act to turn your back on the ideological expectations that you're supposed to uphold. So tbh it's also just really comforting to be in a place where people are aware of that particular kind of insanity.

In short, this place actually makes me feel significantly less crazy.

(Edit: I've always been a little curious to see how many other ex-SJWs have found their way here. I tried to see if there was a thread on this subject before, but I don't think there is one. Hmm.)
 
KF reminds me of the forums of my childhood. A wholesome time before there was thought-leaders dictating what opinions were acceptable and when people of radically different viewpoints could actually argue and banter freely. A time where you could make fun of insane people and even horrifically overweight people without getting permanently banned by a moral crusading mod that is very likely an actual pedophile. Thats what I think makes the forum exceptional.

The site has a good selection of well documented and obscure lolcows but the very idea of making fun of lolcows is pretty mainstream. Your grandparents probably did it with their late night shows and mid-day shows. Heck, I made fun of most of the cows I regularly check up upon before ever knowing this forum existed. Can't say this forum has changed much about me.
 
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