A huge number of the "power users" and mods of TMMB were absolute shitheads. Really, I only recognized the sheer extent of the shittiness in retrospect. Just a bunch of complete fuckwits mods and their fuckwit leader, and the legion of mini-fucks who followed around with tongues firmly planted on their taints. There were some genuinely funny people in that forum and a few, like Savage Henry, who were amazing. But holy shit was that a toxic place.
My absolute favourite exchange was watching Bunny preach about her fucking crystals while Savage was talking about being a nurse who was shooting his shot at becoming a doctor. That man showed an insane level of restraint in that exchange.
I think that was a big part of it's appeal. You just wanted to watch what was going on and see the massive overreactions blow up in insane ways. It was like watching a train wreck in slow motion. The worst was that dude with the shitty Harley. Fuck if I can remember his name now. But there were some insanely funny interactions... like the blueberry farmer... Bunny and her fucked up shits....
He was sooooooooo polite and patient. It was the internet version of somebody smiling without using their eyes. Bunny was nice to me but yeah… she was clearly insane.
LOOOOOOOOL RedHighHeels. The incident that brought me to RMMB. You want toxic? I have never seen anybody treated with more visceral hate anywhere in my entire life.
She was, to my memory, looking for advice on how to cheat on her husband while having a cancer scare and she went to Kung Fu Mike and Captain Capital. Jesus Christ. You can’t write comedy like that.
I found the TMMD/RMMB around 2005 I think. I'd drop off for months during deployments. there's a lot of shenanigans I completely missed. He killed RMMB while I was overseas and was more than a little confused when I tried logging on several months later. I mostly lurk; more often than not, by the time I see posts that I have anything constructive to add, the thread has moved on to something else. When I lived closer to DC, there was a very active local cycling forum that I frequented. Hundreds of people on there would chat about bikes, local riding conditions, routes to take/avoid, plan meetings for group rides, coffee, drinks, etc. After moving further out from the city, I dropped off. A year or so ago, I logged in to see who was still on and the entire forum had essentially died.
My memory fails me pretty bad lately. There was the long haired mod who always posted his cross country motorcycle trips. He claimed to be some sort of session drummer I think. There was another mod who was the very talented wood worker. He was super liberal as I remember one of his large pieces was that hands off my uterus bumper sticker you see. He made an account here and posted a few years later about the clearing of Zuccotti Park's "peoples library" as akin to Nazi Germany burning books. Wonder how the Trump years treated him. I do remember the old Advice Board where mods would just trash the people asking questions was hilarious. Usually it was someone super fucking mental. One that sticks out in my mind is when some college bro asked if eating enough TUMS would allow him to purge so he could lose weight for spring break and not fuck up his teeth. Boy they tore him a new one. Bulimics do misuse proton pump inhibitors for just that reason so I learned when dating a former one.
I’m 41. I came to the TMMB because in my early 20s my favorite thing on earth was being a functional alcoholic, writing stories about it and being an ass hole. There was a great collection of people into the same thing. I come here more than any other website. I enjoy reading your alls opinions. I enjoy seeing what you cook. Sometimes funny stuff happens. Mainly out of habit. I rarely post because I’ve been sober for over a year. I go to work. I do things with my kids and wife. I got to the gym. Every day. That’s my life. I’ve lost almost 100 lbs. But I have nothing to contribute. The biggest drama in my life is that I got a pizza oven for Christmas. But I’m on a GLP-1. So I’m not hungry enough to enjoy anything I make. I have trouble relating to people because I no longer drink. Thus I don’t even know who to give my pizzas to. But damn it I love making them. I thought I was going to make a friend at work. Then he told me his family had to quit watching a Jurassic Park kids show because there was a gay character. Also he has decided he’s a huge hockey fan because they are the only sport that respects the president. He keeps telling me these things. And I just nod. The moral of the story is, don’t ever get sober because you will realize how dumb most people are and will have nothing to drown them out and make them tolerable. Most of these people you all miss are still active on Reddit. Under the same user names. If this place were to stop existing tomorrow it would take me months to stop trying to come here. Muscle memory. Thanks. I think.
Congrats on the Year and 100lbs dude! And share that fucking pizza ya bastard… show us what you’re making!
I wonder what happened to Bunny? I love this place and will legit be borderline depressed if/when it shuts down. I think I know 3 or 4 real first names and not social media friends with anyone but still consider everyone a "friend". How could I not? Y'all been around since my worst relationship, my dad dying, to my marriage, career changes, retirement & back to work, home remodels, best friend dying of cancer, being a grandparent etc etc etc. IMO, the anonymity is great since we can be who we are, but sometimes I wish we were more visually open. Sometimes I'll have a pic I'll want to share but anyone with even a shred of Google-fu could easily know everything about me.
You guys are the best group chat I never had to stick in my spam folder because android never lets you leave.