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Retirement is an observation, not a declaration

created by Shanoyu

(idea) by Shanoyu (1.9 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Tue Oct 24 2000 at 19:06:09

Lots of times, you'll hear that someone has retired from something out of anger. When this something is a game or community, these anger retirements do not usually last long.

The reason for this is that retirement can only truely come when you have observed that you are already leaving or quitting a game or community. For instance, if I were to get insanely ticked off about something that has happened on e2, I might be lame and scream out "THIS SUCKS I'M LEAVING FOREVER I HATE ALL OF YOU!" etc. etc. etc., however, I would probaly come back because I decided to retire. True Retirement is never something you decide to do, it is always an observation of your retirement status.

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