User:Tromboneguy0186

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I've become increasingly disenchanted with this place. There's just so much BS that goes on. If you for whatever reason start a dialogue with me about something, be forewarned that I'm probably going to come across kind of cranky. Just about everything I believe seems to run in opposition to what Wikipedia, as an institution, does.

I'm not going to quit. I've thought about it, but that won't really serve any purpose. I still feel there's more that I can do here, even if I pretty much have to do it myself. It's possible that a future time will come that I don't feel there's anything more I can contribute, and then and only then would I leave the project (again).

I wish things could go more smoothly. I see people, lots of people, who have integrated themselves with joy and passion into the community that exists here. I've tried to do that. Lord, have I tried. It's been three years since I first registered here, and although I didn't make any edits under this name for a 13-month period when I left after an editing dispute, I did not actually go away that whole time. It's probably some kind of rule I broke, so I won't go into it further. But I see all these people, people becoming admins and giving each other barn stars, and compliments. I guess I don't serve a purpose to any of those ends.

I think I can sum up my new rationale for my being here as this - it'll be 50% minding my own business, and 50% leaving other people alone. Tromboneguy0186 (talk)