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Much like me, do you also have your own AnswerMug membership origin story?

 

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Posted - October 31, 2021

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  • 7795
    Sure, but I can't remember much of it. What I do know is that the website was almost always busy and a ton of crazy-ass people.
      October 31, 2021 4:59 PM MDT
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  • 10664
    SW shut down, so I came here.  (talk about a short story)  
      October 31, 2021 5:37 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Similar Worlds? That still exists.
      November 1, 2021 2:59 AM MDT
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  • 10664
    Whoops!  I meant EP (Experience Project)


    SW still exists.
      November 1, 2021 12:21 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I remember that religious guy 'Anil' who hated atheists.
      November 1, 2021 2:51 AM MDT
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  • 53531
      November 1, 2021 3:25 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    He took over the religion category with all his questions then finally left because he could not make any converts to his belief system.
      November 1, 2021 3:39 AM MDT
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  • 53531

     

      That’s not your origin story, is it?  In fact, it’s not even the origin story of the guy you mentioned, it’s not an origin story at all.

    :(

      November 1, 2021 4:41 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Okay I don't recall any other origin story then. I did get involved with a lot of his questions, I thought it was interesting. This post was edited by Kittigate at November 1, 2021 11:07 AM MDT
      November 1, 2021 4:57 AM MDT
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  • 44656
    Threads are annoying.
      November 1, 2021 10:22 AM MDT
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  • 44656
    JA invited me when it first started, but I didn't come here until AB disappeared. This post was edited by Element 99 at November 1, 2021 4:24 PM MDT
      November 1, 2021 10:23 AM MDT
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  • 53531

     

      She did the same with me at least a year or two prior to AnswerBag imploding, she invited me to join AnswerMug. I balked at first because I saw it as high treason, and I believed at the time that AnswerMug (sight unseen) just had to be the inferior of the two websites. She persisted a little, and to appease her, I grudgingly promise to at least log onto it.

      The only way to take a definitive look-see was to create a member account, which I did. I didn’t want my presence known, so I chose a different screen name, “DarqueKnight”. True to my assumptions, I didn’t like anything I saw in AnswerMug, especially because I was comparing it to AnswerBag. I didn’t stay long, and very soon forgot all about it.

      Years later, AnswerBag disappeared, i floundered for about two or three months on Quora, Reddit, Experience Project, and others before finally stumbling across AnswerMug again. I didn’t even remember that I already had a profile. When I tried to create Randy D there, the system said my email address was already registered. The DarqueKnight profile popped up, and it all came back to me. I logged on, changed the name to Randy D, and discovered that a majority of AnswerBag refugees were already here. I had to swallow a lot of crow because I had previously looked down on AnswerMug, but being the only game in town, it was fish or cut bait.
    ~

      November 1, 2021 4:39 PM MDT
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  • 44656
    I had to follow my Princess.
      November 2, 2021 9:57 AM MDT
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  • 53531

     

      Or else what?



    ~

      November 2, 2021 3:56 PM MDT
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  • 44656
      November 3, 2021 5:31 PM MDT
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  • 53531

     

      Wow, she really has you whipped so badly that you fear her?


    :(

      November 3, 2021 5:38 PM MDT
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  • 44656
    LOL. (yes)
      November 3, 2021 5:39 PM MDT
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  • 53531

     

    Handle yo’ bizniz, man, HANDLE YO’ BIZNIZ!


    ~



      November 3, 2021 5:52 PM MDT
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  • 16841
    I was actually posting on Answerbag when DM pulled the plug without warning. I was "homeless" for quite a while, and groused about it to "Bornabrit" (who I still correspond with now and again). She emailed RosieG, who in turn invited me here.
    I hope Rosie gets her computer issues sorted soon. AM is too quiet without her.
      November 1, 2021 3:23 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Quiet but saner.
      November 1, 2021 4:09 PM MDT
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  • 44656
    How is BaB doing?
      November 2, 2021 9:58 AM MDT
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  • 16841
    She's okay, but she lost her mum earlier this year.
      November 2, 2021 4:27 PM MDT
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