This thread is about the
worst posts, threads, or decisions you've made on the WBO. This can range from things that were embarrassing, things you don't agree with anymore, or even things that were morally wrong. I'm aware that there's a somewhat similar thread about "when you were a noob", but I found that thread outlined general behavior and actions with relatively small impact. For this thread, discussion can be about specific posts, threads, or decisions made on the site. The reason I wanted to open this up for discussion was hopefully
so people could acknowledge mistakes of the past and be able to discuss how they've improved since then.
My candidate is actually a really, really bad one.
I still get sick to my stomach to this day when I remember I did it. I should start this off by saying that of course I in no way condone any of the actions I've done. I completely denounce what I'm about to talk about. Anyways, this thread was made around the time Japan was hit by that very large earthquake that led to large tsunamis tearing away at the country. At the same time, I was a really, really dumb middle schooler who was way into Beyblade but also totally broke at the time. It was also almost my birthday. It was driving me crazy watching the metagame advance and not having all the newest Beyblades to both contribute to testing and to make top-tier combos. Of course, there were many, many options on how I could've made some extra money, but instead, I probably chose the absolute worst option that I could think of. I opened a thread called "(Insert whatever my username was then)'s Birthday for Japan!. Get ready to put your head in your hands - the thread asked people to donate for my birthday, and I would give a percentage to the Japanese relief fund for the natural disasters. Yeah, try and wrap your head around a proposition as dumb as that. Of course, I received much deserved backlash, and I realized the mistake and the thread was closed soon after. There are a few specific points about this whole ordeal that baffle me to this day:
1. It was almost my birthday anyway. Couldn't I have just waited a few weeks to get the money that inevitably comes with that event?
2. If I recall correctly, despite realizing that I had made a mistake, I don't remember feeling that bad about what I had done - or, at least, as bad as I should have felt.
3. I still don't know how I didn't feel bad only giving a certain percentage of the money to the relief fund...
4. This is of course the big one - how on earth was I able to think that taking advantage of a horrific natural disaster that killed many people and screwed up the lives of many more just so I could buy Beyblades was just?
I actually find this post to be one of the worst things I've ever done in my entire life, period. The fact that I was so pathetically desperate to take advantage of a tragedy to solicit money from members of a non-profit website is just horrendous. I feel shame about it to this day, but this thread in particular is what drives me to be a better member today. When I rejoined earlier this month, I knew that this time, I was going to be a better member, and above all of the cringey dialogues, bad fan art, and useless combo threads that I flung onto this site, it's this thread above all of them that drives me to be a better member.
Wow, that was a long one. I had to get that off my chest.
That's not how the Force works.
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