I hit 14,000 posts a few posts ago although the true count most likely hovers around 20k (scary?). I'd like to shout out all the regular members who still contribute to this site despite it losing relevance on most counts. I'd also like to give a half-assed shout out to regular-turned-seldom posters because we've been here through thick and thin and they haven't. I have been fairly active on this board for the last 7+ years, having never taken more than a month off. The quality of my posts has gradually deteriorated over the years, however, for a variety of reasons. I think the main reason is that I stopped seeing this forum as a medium for intellectual discussion and started seeing it as a place where I can have random outbursts and share whatever is on my mind at the time (If I say a Ricky Rozay lyric, I'm only biggin' up my brother aka I just listened to it). It's also great to share a story or two at times like the more recent epic fails one. I used to hate those people who rarely made serious posts and I have become one. Ta Da. I used to try so hard to get people to open up here and share more about themselves so that we could become a more intimate community. It has kind of worked, but probably not due to my efforts. I see some people trying to do it still with threads about getting to know each other and I'm like "newb shit". I don't give my posts much time, if any, before I click submit as opposed to back in the day when I cared about my e-image. Shit, remember when we'd hide from our friends that we post on internet forums? Shit, I still do, but now everyone blogs and it's OK, and that is not much different from what we do here. Shit, I haven't listened to 2Pac on my iTunes since like June 16th. I karaoke'd California Love at a bar the other week when I was hammered. I did the Dre verse though, my friend did Tupac.