i just wanna grill for god’s sake.
May I recommend propane and propane accessories, perfect for all grilling occasions? If its worth anything, even if I don’t know you and even if I may not agree, I don’t think any less of you or anyone else for voicing your opinions and them being counter to mine is absolutely fine and everyone should just be able to talk about these things like normal people. It sucks that you lost a mutual over this, it’s a shame that people no longer know how to disagree constructively anymore.
Honestly even if many haven’t been posting for that long a lot of us have been around since 2010-2011 which is a long time. I think in general a lot of people have been thinking about moving on in any case, and with everything that’s happened recently I think it’s partly just sped that up. DA changed its layout making people quit posting there, Youtube has become more mainstream, more crowded and easier to get hit with copyrights and takedowns encouraging less posting. Derpi and EquestriaDaily have been dealing with this controversy encouraging people to post less. In general, I just think times have moved on and sort of left the fandom behind them. I think the circumstances that allowed for it to grow are gone and with the show no longer airing (a big one that’s encouraging less fan-content plus no massive con’s) I think people leaving was bound to happen either way outside the controversy, just at slower speeds.
Not entirely sure where I stand myself but I can empathize with the feeling that the golden-era of creativity, forums and fandom are long gone and I think the breakdown of that on this site recently is just another indication of that. I think the MLP fandom is likely going from one of the bigger fandoms to just a regular medium-sized fandom, which there is nothing wrong with and might even be preferable to some, but will obviously feel different and less vast and creatively astute in scope (which has already been happening). Back in the day, every morning there was something new being put out, either by the show or usually by fans, it was hard to keep track of it all which made sites like Equestria Daily that was keeping tabs on it all popular but that necessity has broken down with the fandom speed slowly down considerably over time. I’ve not really been a fandom person, MLP outside of things I grew up with was a rare thing in the first place for me to be involved with. The controversy doesn’t change me staying (but has raised concerns for me) but it, along with other factors does make me wonder if I among many others will still be here in 5 years or so? Idk. Genuinely have no clue. I could end up staying for months or years. I just know when it feels like time, I’ll know.