I notice a lot of people are arguing. We have different personality types on here, and some can be grating to others, while others will resonate like no other. Personally, I like everyone on here. In some way or another, I think that everyone on here has some sort of charm to them, be it epic or minute. After all, we all came on here because we had one of the following interests: the imdb message boards, the horror board more specifically, or the site admin guilt tripped you into joining. Either way, I attribute that to the site having some sort of merit. Some have taken a vague look and walked the other way. Others have seen that maybe... just maybe... we're onto something.

Trash Epics stands for a lot of things. I've rambled on about what it means to me, but everyone here has to think about what it means for them. What do they want out of it? That's what I would like to know. That's what I want to be able to provide on here, but I'm not the best with confrontations. I see people taking jabs at each other, and I tend to get caught in the middle a lot. I really don't want to be in the middle of anything, because my mind is always on my projects. What I view to be the bigger picture. My life typically revolves around trash epics in some way or another. The only thing that motivates me is how I can put my trash and horror fandom to use and make it mean something.



With all that said, I really wish people would get over themselves. If I'm being brought into it, that's some dumb shit, because I'm an introvert. I don't want to hang out with anybody. You guys are okay obviously, because we're not actually hanging out or anything. We're relaying opinions based on common interests among people who are supposed to have some sort of understanding among each other. Even when people troll, there's a code of conduct and liberties that can be taken. Trolls can be reported, and accounts can be blocked. But how can you handle that in a wild-west website where we're all about being sleazy?


I just told everyone on here that they're cool in my book, but there are times when I'm pitted up against certain parties. If I choose to side with Team A, then Team B puts a boycott on me. It's happened to me a lot on the site, now in my personal life. I fucking hate it. I find myself with friends one day, and enemies the other, and I don't understand how this type of thing happens. I still don't grasp why some of my favorite people on here choose to detest me on account of the people I associate myself with. I wish it would stop, but I strive to build something better in spite of all the shit that floods this place.

Are people that willing to let this niche community die off? What makes any one of us so bad? I could people out and roast them, but I wont do that. Well, maybe just a little...

Der and I have an understanding. We're dude-bros, and while I think that he does start some shit to get a rise out of people here, I think that only some people are offended, while others are mildly amused. Many of us have been using message boards for a chunk of our lives and are aware of their mechanics. Every board has its trolls, but there are work arounds.

Sometimes, you simply don't care where you are, so long as there are some honest types around. Some of our users understand this more than others. If you're one of the laid back ones who believes in keeping the discussion alive, then you get it. As long as we provide relevant content, we at least serve a purpose: to educate the world on exploitive horror trash. I wouldn't mind if Der refrained from personal insults and defamation claims, but I'm not a dictator and I have real world problems to worry about. I refuse to take sides because if you're giving me the ultimatum, then what kind of friend are you?


Snowy shouldn't speak for me on the shoutbox. I speak for myself, and only when I damn well mean to. There are always sides to any story, but personal drama should stay the fuck off of Trash Epics. If anyone wants to bring this shit up, then take a good hard look in the mirror and ask, "What for?"

Life's too short to waste it all arguing with goddamn internet trolls. I'm sorry if some of you feel that your TE neighbors are obnoxious tools, but don't put that shit on me. Figure out a better way to deal with it, because the block feature doesn't seem to phase anybody on here.


I don't imagine that Ballz would want to be brought into this either. I'll admit, a few of my core family/friends are users here, and they're flat-out incompatible with each other. I don't know how to handle it. I want my friends and family on here, but they clash a lot, and it puts me in a spin. In the end, I really only want to code stuff and talk about horror stuff, but we get sidetracked a lot. Sidetracked into me having to 'splain myself, and how I wish people wouldn't air their dirty laundry in my dirty shoutbox, but in the end... that's probably just some trash being epic.

Care to tell me how wrong I am? Or better yet, sidetrack this thread with a Family Guy type cutaway.