Johnnydevil's blog: "Real Fu-Kin Life."

Hi kids. How are we?

Hope everyone's staying cool as summer is starting to heat up most definitely.

It's been a bit since I posted something like this but due to recent events and some of the things I've seen around here lately it might be time to revisit some realities of this place we all know and love or hate to love or better yet for some - love to hate.

1. Fubar.com is a business - and we're all customers.

I know this is a rather cold way to look at it, but alas it's the truth. Think about it. They are here to make money. They are here to keep the servers on and all that and pay themselves a salary. Therefore, there will be attempts to generate and improve revenue. Everyone has an opinion on that. You really think they want things that put the site in a negative light be it on site or somehwhere else? If you were running a business would you? 

Personally, I recall a time when the only real income generated here was via blasts. Things have obviously changed since then on a wide variety of fronts in the past 16 years, but this is an important point to remember.

2. If someone tells you then "run" any aspect of this site - they are lying to you.

The only people that "run" this site are admin and those that assist and/or those are designated with a higher level of mods to take action on behalf of admin. That's literally it. I don't "run" anything , the reds & yellows don't "run" anything either. All they truly are those that simply know how the "game" is played at a higher level than most others. If someone makes you  grandiose promises of Fubar glory there's a very high chance you're being manipulated and lied to and pretty much being used for however you can support (usually via your credit card or bank account) their ego-driven attempts to further their own rank, profile & level.

Is it worth it to go down with the ship? These ships always, always sink.

3. Threatening the lives, employment & relatives of other members, relatives and the like.

This is starting to become commonplace at a level around here not seen in nearly 13 years. And let's face it - it's coming from the top members & colors.

Why anyone would accept, condone or be a part of any "team" that practices this behavior on an internet gaming website with an interactive twist is beyond me. Don't be manipulated.

It's a game children - a game.

That's your profile. Those are your blings, your stats, your everything. Ownership of that needs to be taken by you. Can you learn things from other people as you go? Of course. But being any kind of part of any kind of "team" that practices legitimately illegal behavior because a member of their "team" didn't get a red colored name for a week or top this and that is absolutely absurd. Actions have consequences. And finally on this point, you do realize it's 2022 right? It's not 2007, 2010, 2012, 2016 or hell even 2020.

All it will take is one absurd and illegal real life event that hits the news to bring this party to a screeching halt and a lot of investigators at a lot of doorsteps (for those that have doors.) 

Do any of you really want that? I KNOW a lot of you do not.

4. Off site chat channels & content.

Yahoo & AOL Messenger have been replaced with Discords & Telegrams. You think they are secure? You think by only letting select people in that it won't get out? You think that sharing nudes in an anon-ib esque format won't get leaked sooner or later (this is a federal & state crime by the way, for those that participate)? 

If you believe any of these statements to be true, you are way out of touch with reality kids, way out of touch. If they are festering a shady enviornment for the sole purpose of their own sick pleasure, depraved sense of self worth, or to keep what you believe to something they are "running" guess what kind of people that will be in those chat channels? 

The ones with the same intentions as their leaders.

How do you think that will end up? 

 They will screenshot & knife you faster than Jon Snow stabbed his Queen.

And as much as some would like to believe it - this isn't Game of Thrones.

5. Proof is king. Hearsay is bullshit.

I've always encouraged people to screenshot proof of misdeeds by others. Mostly to protect yourself from those that will mean you harm because there will always be those that will want to in some way, shape or form. Don't be lazy. Grab that screenshot. They can save not only you from future grief but perhaps someone else down the road from the same predator (that's what they truly are) doing the same things to someone else. Simply saying "I heard..blah blah" isn't enough to fully believe - it never has been.

Question them. If someone said it on the internet, then it was available somewhere to be screengrabbed.

Truth isn't drama. Truth is truth. Uncomfortably so for many.

And don't even get me started on the lies. It's amazing how I can see people post things publicly that are a straight lie about their personal life in 2022 when they were literally admitting they did the same exact thing in 2012.

That is so widespread it's not even funny. That's a topic for a completely different day.

In conclusion, just remember that the entire purpose of this website is to have fun and that this is a business.

You're only hurting and stressing yourself at the end of the day.If it's not fun any longer, you can always log out no matter what someone tells you.

 You can always delete if you feel it is that detremental to your mental health to even have the ability to be tempted to log in.

But at the end of the day, your profile is yours.

What you do and how you choose to utilize it and who you wish to engage with it are all your choice.

Blaming others and taking it to stupid levels for what happens with it simply doesn't ring true.

If you follow this simple advice, much more enjoyable your Fubar experience will be.

Peace.

- JD