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Originally Posted by Gogar
I was always a little annoyed by his posts.
While i don't think I was ever really mean to him, I wasn't kind or welcoming either.
So today the internet has reminded me that every person you 'meet' here might just have more going on than you think.
You can treat them two very different ways, since you will likely never meet them in real life.
And I hope that I'll be able to treat more total strangers in the positive way, more often.
RIP!
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Yeah, that's a great post. I always try to treat everyone I meet with the utmost respect. You just never know of the troubles or demons they carry. Same goes for online personalities. I remember a guy on one of my motorcycle racing forums several years ago. You could tell he was old and just plain nuts. Didn't know much about him, but I was sure annoyed at his posts. So, he passed away and it comes out that the guy had this incredible history of racing, going back into the 50's. Like, a real badass. He also gave away a lot of his money in the form of track day certs to a lot of the guys on the forum. That taught me a lot.