Has is it normal changed your life in any way?

Yes. For the better. It's a creative outlet, another opportunity to excersize lateral thinking, to practice my writing skills, to hear other's perspectives, to connect with other cultures, to get a public consensus on certain issues, to help someone in need, to keep learning, to read some funny shit, to become more knowledgable, to make someone smile or laugh who needs it or doesn't, to build others up, to get a sounding board for my own opinions, and to confirm my suspicions that it's not normal to eat shit or fuck dogs. Ha

I don't really go to any other discussion sites and since college a few years ago haven't been excersizing mind as much as i should, so this is a good opportunity to do those things listed. Keeps me sharp. Thanks ya'll.

Yes, it has.

Not in that it's helped me feel more normal; although it has done that, it's also helped me learn that being abnormal is a good thing. I can honestly say that I want to be abnormal. If someone calls me different, or weird, or strange, or odd, I take it as a compliment not an insult. I thrive on being different, and know that I can be different because I know that I will always fit in here if I fall in real life.

But IIN has done a lot more for me that just that. As a semi-social outlet it's helped me discover a lot about myself as I've grown up using it, improve my confidence and learn that as a human being I AM worth something. That was a feeling I don't think I could truly say I had 10 months ago when I started using IIN. A lot else has changed in my life since then as well that has helped me feel like a happier person, but IIN has helped me maybe more than anything else could have. To be accepted here has made me very happy, and it would make me even more happy if IIN could make anybody as happy as it has made me.

IIN to me is like a band who's every song is poignant, holds a serious message and meaning you can apply to your own life. Every album is beautiful, and even though the band members will change you know that the heart and soul will always remain.

It's like a book where a new character lies on every page; some are funny, some are terrifying, and some are brilliant, relatable protagonists who you want to meet in real life but know you never will. There are some characters who symbolise things in your own life, and their quotes and messages you will carry with you forever to guide your life. Some stay for the whole book from start to finish, others pass in a fleeting chapter. All of them are memorable and invaluable to the story they contribute to together.

It's like a town where you can be friends with everyone and still be socially incompetent both at once, but that is great because that's the whole reason why everyone loves you. You can walk down the streets that are different everyday, and always know that what is here today will be as good as what was the day before. Getting to know my neighbours in IINsville has been a pleasure from the day I moved into town, and I don't want to ever move out.

IIN is amazing, and I love it and everyone here very much. The only burden is that I can never share it with friends I know in real life who would probably benefit as much as I have, not out of my own jealousy but because it would stop me being able to be honest and true to myself in what I write here.

I never meant to make my comment this long, but when I start thanking IIN and the people here you can't stop me! So I'll say one last thing:

To the person who bought me IIN Gold, thank you very much indeed. It's a lovely thing that you've done, masked stranger!

EDIT: It's also given me more laughs than I've had anywhere else, and a copious amount of dirty jokes and witty anecdotes to bright my days :)

Thanks to IIN I realised that wiping my ass from front to back is the prescribed method.

Thanks IIN.

I've posted here if I'm trying to understand my teenage son but rarely get sensible responses that I haven't already thought of.

I have met a number of extremely intelligent people who write very well and who are very witty too.

However, at my age, I've been through all the teenage traumas so I just hope to prevent others making the most common mistakes - when I know the long term consequences :(

Nah I knew I was nuts before I came here, and I am still nuts.

It is entertaining being here though.

It gave me gonorrhea :(

I met my boyfriend thanks to IIN; so I'd say yes, it has.

The anonymity only lasts until the other users start getting to know you, and they recognize what's your content. I enjoy reading some of the user's posts. I find them enlightening. I enjoy helping others too, and in these ways it's changed my life for the better. In some ways, it's made my life worse. Sometimes negative content is advocated as normal, or acceptable, like addiction, drug usage, flaming, trolling, etc. During these times I consider IIN to be a bad influence.

All in all... I think IIN is like the rest of the world, there is yin, yang, and together they create balance.

IIN hasn't changed the quality my life any, as I was happy thinking I was completely abnormal before. But IIN has made me realize that i'm not abnormal at all! In fact i'm much more normal than I would have imagined!

I've met some really amzing people through IIN :)

I've realised that I'm not as abnormal as I thought I was, and knowing this has made me feel better about myself.

If a question and answer website "changed your life" its probably about time you went and made some freinds....

Made me understand how good I can be at using words and debating.

Hiya,

If I've got a burning question I’ll ask it here. I wouldn't write anything on here I wouldn't tell immediate family (and they'd probably find out whether I did or not anyway, they can read me like a book)

Talking of books (I love notebooks) if something is written in one it's as if it's set in stone and it's harder to get rid of whereas with this, if I no longer feel the way I did when I wrote something, I can either delete it or just not bother to come on here any more. I don't know any of you, none of you know me, and the likelihood of us ever meeting and you bringing it up in conversation is very small.

It changed my life a little by making me learn a few new things. I now know what's the norm for certain stuff and I have new knowledge on many different issues that would probably help me if I ever decided to go into debate...

Hiya,

It's made me realise a lot of people actually are like me. I didn't think liking older music, getting on better with older people and masses of other stuff was common. I tread carefully, though, like I do in life.

Since you wanted a dirty joke:

A male teacher was having a lot of problems, so he had liquid Viagra on his bedside table. So he had some one night & found it was actually Tipp-Ex.
He woke up the next morning with a massive correction.

Boom boom.
Heard it at a jazz gig last night.

yeah! INN helped me realize everybody is as messed up as i am, or worse.

I learned that i should not write while im tired because it seems to offend people...

From IIN I have learned that a lot of girls like to let their dogs lick their pussy.

It's given me something to do during work.

It's given me yet another distraction from doing work.

Whether that's good or bad... I'm undecided :)

I haven't been sleeping right. Heh. I'm addicted.

i have realised that i have more things in commen with the world.