I wanted to apologize to the forum for posting that thread on Friday night about my scare on the Detroit People Mover. DetroitYES is a space that gets lots of visitors from all over the world, and it was irresponsible. I've been stressed out of my mind lately, and using DYes to blow off some steam, but thanks to my bad judgment, a conversation that was best left to my nearest and dearest instead blew up into this thing with thousands of views. I never meant it to go that far, and I'm sorry that it did.
Also, I was childish and petty in some of my responses to that thread, and I'm sorry about that. I have been downright nasty to some of you in the past, often forgetting there are real people behind these pseudonyms. There is a way to disagree without being disagreeable or resorting to name-calling, and I will try very hard not to respond in kind in the future when someone else lashes out. I also regret any language that implied that the forum is racist and/or sexist. There are places like that all around the Web, and Lowell's Detroit haven is not one of them. I have the highest respect for Lowell and know he runs a tight ship. I'll do my very best to be a better citizen around these parts in the future.
Finally, I'll do far more to keep my personal business to myself going forward. You'll see a lot more discretion from me from this point on. I'll figure out where I'll live on my own, and will keep it to myself. No more anxious "where shall I LIVE OMG???" posts from me. I won't make a forum announcement every time there's some major milestone in my life. That's what my family and my friends are for. I also promise to be less dramatic and arrogant when I respond in threads. I'm not 15, I don't know everything, and everything in life is not a BFD. I certainly don't act like that offline, so I need to cool it here.
Time for me to put my big girl panties on and grow the ____ up. You'll see a new and improved English in the future. Thanks for listening. Peace.
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