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Well, goodness me, a post, at last, by someone who appears to be basically sane and to be able and - more importantly - willing to engage in something like normal human communication!

Much as I welcome that, you'll all be glad to hear that I don't take it as an encouragement to "stay" - because I fully acknowledge both your other points as well.

You're right that I don't "speak your language". And you're right also that I have no interest at all in your particular "internet pop culture icon". Contrary to widespread rumours and/or slanderous inventions, my tastes don't run, as a rule, to girls in their early teens (though I wouldn't, as I say, deny too vehemently either that there could be some exceptions to that role; I never saw Camel at 14 or 15, but I can well believe that she was a heart-breaker). And the whole blood- and self-mutilation side of the Cracky "aesthetic" persona frankly makes me retch.

So yeah, I have no real business here. It looked for a while, on Crackyhouse, as though the scope of discussion and interaction within the "Cracky community" - if there is such a thing - could be expanded in such a way that there could be some entertaining and informative exchange of ideas on topics that are marginal but recurrent within the "Crackyverse". I mean topics like: Zizek and Lacan; certain personalities (like Camel or RavRav; I believe your generic term is 'Sisters of Mercy') who are, of course, 'not Cracky' but stand in a certain relation to her; the Internet and love and sexuality in general. Stuff like that. THAT I could possibly have made a constructive contribution to.

But I honestly haven't seen even an ATTEMPT to conduct a more general discussion of that sort either here or on CH for months now. Since the departure of people like Camel, Dolores, God knows who else, there appear to be just two sorts of "content" being created. Either the monomaniac old "I luv Cracky I luv Cracky I luv Cracky" mantra, or a load of "pwning-and-baiting" infantility from kids who probably got "into this" about three weeks ago.

I think CH has pretty much had it, but I sincerely hope that THIS board manages to survive and maybe become an interesting, entertaining place. Obviously, though, you have a better chance of doing that without me hanging around.