Chess.com forums are truly a sight to behold

I would make this kind of thing elsewhere but I don't care, where am I going to write like this, Reddit?

For basically my entire time using this site, I've had this imbalance of going on forums to chat and actually playing the game, and for the longest time I've always thought this to be a bad thing. But after listening to music on YouTube while thinking to myself I soon realized something.

Is it really a thing to be ashamed of?

I mean after all, it was really just me doing I love most in a place where I actually had the liberty to while attending school, socializing. Sure, I was neglecting the whole point of the website (to play chess) but again the forums are here. What is there to be so ashamed of? 

On that subject, I wanted to point out how beautiful the concept of time is to me, especially when it comes to this website's forums. For those who don't know, I've had a few accounts ever since I was in middle school, starting with @toxicnessmain (hope that works) and you can clearly tell from that account how time has shaped me as a person. And through the 3 main accounts I've had, I've seen time take it's course and I was an audience in seeing time shaping the people who use this site as well. From the ways people spoke, to the activities people did to create a balance of fun on the board and on the forums, to countless people who had such an impact on the off topic forums (and forums in general) come and go. And I feel honored to see it all the time that has past my eyes be memorialized in this little website people actually use to communicate with each other. This whole time I was trapped in this shell of shame. It truly is a wondrous thing to see, these forums. I conclude with this. Sorry if that is a bit to read, but it's basically me saying I am no longer ashamed of the fact I used this site more to chat than obliterate my opponent in a endgame with 3 pawns and a knight left (i'm not even that good at the game). Of course i'm trying to put this aside and actually play chess to get better and will no longer be as active as I was (I have a life to live, a girl to please, schools to enhance my knowledge) but I thank this website for giving me the memories i've basically grown with.

Chess.com forums are truly a sight to behold.

Xiao Hong Shu