The April M.F.'ing 28th Steakman check-in...... Predictions--- McCaskeys pull a fast one and bankrupt the city, Jerry Reinsdorf gets the shaft and moves the Sox to Nashville, Caleb Williams = Tom Brady, Bears win the super bowl, OB's seasonal hypertension finally eases..., Put some damn money on the Cubbies
I always naturally assumed all the [i]funny guys[/i] such as yourself were doin' great, but of course my assumptions about people are almost always wrong. I worry about all the old dudes on this site and I even lie awake wondering how they are (and even if they are alive or dead). Pull back the veneer of shitposting, shit-talking and loud noise jokes, and I myself have to admit I came here and found comfort and joy here in the first place mostly to escape my crushing boredom, loneliness and depression IRL. Visiting this nearly empty site almost 20 years later feels like a warm blanket of nostalgia. I always log on a couple times a week hoping to see some sites posted by the classic dudes, but I'm more often than not I'm disappointed to not see very many of the old names I loved in the Recently Created. I miss all the jokes, all the sites, all the funny guys. I guess we can thank max goldenstein for saving our lives. I owe him an apology for calling him a gay idiot.
Now in my mid-30s and with a lot more life experience under my belt, I haven't changed my mind about the merits of preserving Braxton's legacy. I think about this shit a lot: The "drunk wife" series was pure art- a microcosm of what women and relationships are like: petty, world-ending arguments about fucking nothing. Yelling and screaming at the top of our lungs over fucking nothing. Raising our blood pressure and shortening our lives over fucking nothing. Braxton deciding to put this in ytmnd form is some real art house shit. It's horrific and tragic that his kid grew up without a father, but Braxton's work on ytmnd was part of who he was, and if his kid ever discovers it, I think he'll see a side of his father he could actually be proud of in a weird way. He brought a smile to more than a few faces, and his digital legacy will prove it.
I'm in the process of trimming down my site list from 1,067 to about 300, and alas, this is one of the sites that didn't make the cut. The F-M Downsizing Committee is firm but fair. The end goal is to make a definitive site list with only "The Good Shite."
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It's horrific and tragic that his kid grew up without a father, but Braxton's work on ytmnd was part of who he was, and if his kid ever discovers it, I think he'll see a side of his father he could actually be proud of in a weird way. He brought a smile to more than a few faces, and his digital legacy will prove it.