↓ a depressing thought ↓
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Pumkin[OP]
26.09.2018 00:38
Link*inhale* oh boy here we go
I don’t know if any of you realize this yet, but one day, everyone will leave this site and never look back. Everyone. No matter how long you end up staying, you’re bound to leave eventually. I hate hate *hate* change, but I know it’s inevitable. We cannot stay on a website for the rest of our lives; sooner or later everything will have an end.
But once we leave, will we remember? Will we remember the friends we made, will we remember our terribly drawn art we were once so proud of, will we remember the memories we’ve had while on this website? My answer, is probably yes. If you’re someone like me, who’s been on this site for one, two years by now, and will stay for perhaps as long as you possible can, this is something you *will not* forget. It is too big a piece of our art journey, perhaps even too big of a piece of our lives, even. We make forget the website’s name, forget the names of everyone we met, but there will be a part of us that will recall, no matter
Pumkin[OP]
26.09.2018 00:39
Linkhow faint(ly?) all the memories we have experienced on FlipAnim.
So sooner or later we leave. And maybe we decide to revisit this old website after four, five, maybe even seven or eight years. If the website is still up, at least. Let’s say it is. There’ll be a whole new generation of artists, a whole new line of trends and challenges, a whole new FlipAnim family that possibly hasn’t so much as even recognized our names. (of course, if you have at least one featured anim, you’re in luck! They can still see some of your cringy old art from time to time!) Or maybe the site’s still there, but nobody else is. Maybe once you hit the enter key you’re brought to a website frozen in time, with the most recent comments from several years ago, with the followed users button at several hundred, maybe even several thousand notifications but stopping at that, just a dead, silent memorial of what was once such an active part of our lives.
Now the question is, just how long can we stay? Just how long can
Pumkin[OP]
26.09.2018 00:39
Link*I* stay? Just how long, after I leave, will this website remember me? I’ve stopped posting real art already. Just how long will it take for me to stop commenting as well, to be nothing but a dead user profile? Will my last anim be a goodbye or simply another shitpost? Will anyone even see it by then, will anyone even care? So many people have grown inactive by now. Randomperson, MadsMarie (though we still talk at school and on Instagram), MarbleFoxCub, JAMEZ15, Dragonhooked (though I still cling on to the smallest shred of hope that she’ll return), Superthing, the list could go on. So when comes the day when no one on this site will recognize who we are, who we once were? Perhaps the most famous users, like Glitternation or Thepapersandwich or ShadowEyes may still get some attention on a few featured anims, but other than that, what else? What else is there to remember us by?
And when will this site shut down? Sure, some sites like Google have been up and kicking since 1998, but
Nighteye
26.09.2018 00:39
LinkI wanna leave for ten years then come back and draw my oc again and just
"Wait, I drew like that?"
Pumkin[OP]
26.09.2018 00:40
Linkit’s a big website. FlipAnim, however, would not be the same. There are some websites founded merely a few years ago that are now simply 404 URL Not Found. So what of the future of FlipAnim? And our reactions— or perhaps their reactions— when it all ends?
Mmmm this was just a weird, depressing cringefest wasn’t it
And rip my fingers
Plus I need to learn how to use a semicolon lmao I only used it once in this 721-word long… speech? Is this a speech or a rant? Or is this just an excruciatingly long comment thread made up of nothing but replies to myself?
Also sorry for ruining your day (if I did) I was bored and had a thought
Now, time to finish writing a Bio lab report and and cram for a History quiz and study for a Psychology test I literally know *nothing* on :)
Hey, who read all of this? Because I appreciate you, thanks!
snowpacth767
26.09.2018 00:49
Link(*^o^*)
Pumkin[OP]
26.09.2018 00:52
Link*immediately notices 721893723 typos*
VideoGameGirl
28.09.2018 18:27
Linkdag.... that IS a depressing thought.... Also I read it :D
SpiritWing
11.10.2018 23:22
Linkdang this is deep.
dhsfklajdhlsjk i have bio hw to do theres no time for emotions
but everything you say is very true fren
it's sometimes sad to think about the internet is the only thing connecting a lot of us, otherwise we'd never even get to meet so many great and talented people /cri
anyway back to bio *jumps into manhole*
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this post reminded me of my brother's and my brother's friends' dead accounts...
I honestly don't know when I'm leaving, this site is too addicting
THIS SITE IS TOO ADDICTING TO LEAVE
I will never forget you because whenever I see a pumpkin I always think of you
(I do this with other users too)
Yea, I get what you mean. Tbh, I'm moving on. I want to get better and better, but there isnt room for improvement for me on FA aymore. It kinda holds me back tbh, with its pixelated lineart and non-serious artists and posts. Everthing is just crap posts all the time now, I cant learn from that.
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K that’s deep :”)
I totally agree, even tho I’ve only joined for like, 3 months, I find this website very very very addicting. Idk, maybe it’s cuz I love chatting with you guys, or doing art here, but all I know is that the future is unknown and we must accept what happens. I’m definitely NOT leaving anytime soon tho, u guys mean so much to me, u guys make me happy everyday and lift my spirits. I also love seeing everybody’s amazing art and animations, and u guys have inspired me so much!
<3333333333
I don’t wanna think abt leaving all u guys just yet. :”D
what i almost cried????
also we all must get as many people as possible to join flipanim so it doesn't end so soon
I might leave after I start high school, and maybe, just maybe I'll come back after college or during college if the site is still up. I still have a life and career, although I'm starting to wonder; will FlipAnim be a part of it?
I think so, since it has already had a small impact on my life and changed many things. It's true, one day we will all leave, forever. But I hope a good majority of us will remember this. I hope a good majority of us will go back to these memories, smile and maybe even have a laugh or two, and appreciate everything they've done leading up to this beautiful moment called life. I hope that one day, we, as a team, will be happy about everything that we have done, and after that, go our (maybe even separate) ways of future.
lol I'm sorry this got waaay too deep