Accident Prone

Democracy works. What a victory!

I joined in November 2012 but I was a lurker for years before that. I was a regular on other forums but I still had an intimidating first few years. Getting scolded for using the term "move set", defending Kyle O'Reilly vs Davey Richards GIFs, making the case for the indie scene needing more WRESTLING on its shows (I still stand by all these opinions, stubbornly yet rightfully). Then I got swept up in the community and the personalities and the people and their stories, by God their stories, and it became more than just another wrestling forum. Its a place for advice, for warmth, for comfort, for passing the time gleefully. I don't get to post much these days, due to work. When I started posting here I was a retail worker at Staples, had been living with my girlfriend at the time for 6 months after dating for a year, and I would post whilst bored in the in-house tech repair centre. In 2014 I left Staples for an office job and my posting greatly increased. In 2015 I was on here asking for advice about engagement rings, advice that I followed and was successful with. In 2018 I was in here asking for advice on wedding planning and then subsequently ranting about the wedding planning (we went through four chefs and three wedding planners if I recall correctly because the venue kept overhauling its staff, meaning we had to start from scratch every single time). 2020-2022 was a forum whirlwind due to working from home! So many hours lovingly wasted on this place. And all that is without posting about all the wrestling I was watching at the time! Fucking hell, this is a WRESTLING forum, I always forget that when I log in these days. I've always seen the UKFF as a pro-Fed stronghold, so it was always delightful during my 2010's all-singing, all-dancing wrestling pomp to get into some back-and-forth with the regulars (and I'm still stubbornly and rightfully correct). All the joys of breaking down the PPVs, the telly, the past, the present, the live reports, the untimely and timely deaths, the fun retrospectives and think pieces. It doesn't get said enough because Off-Topic became the true artisans resort, but On-Topic was, for the most part, equally as well thought out and fun to be around. In 2021, I had a son and there went my posting at home. In 2022 I got promoted and there went my posting at work. In 2026 I gave up wrestling for a year (cheeky plug to my article detailing that choice here, if you fancy it), and there went my browsing of On-Topic. I only found about this thread from the Paido Tory corner. So in the last five years I've gone back into mainly a lurker, only posting in Off-Topic when I get precious WFH days, like today. I still read up on Off-Topic when I can, but the joy of being an active part of this community is rare. And thats what this place is, at the heart and arse of it, a community. Seeing all the usernames gradually grow into adults with careers, homes, other pastimes other than wrestling, partners, children, fame, infamy, adult problems, adult advice, the unfortunate passing away of forum members, this is it, the human life cycle contained in a fucking wrestling forum. I am so tied to this place that I don't think a day goes by where some UKFF in-joke or reference doesn't pop into my life. Every time I go past a Bensons For Beds I laugh, I can't help it. In fact I ear marked something I saw on Sunday that reminded me of here so that I can post it in the "Things That Remind You Of The UKFF" thread at some point. It's in my blood, they'll need to write "UKFF" on the bag when I donate. I've gone from lurking and single to going through half a life cycle on here; childless to father, single to husband, fully flexible to fucked-my-back-completely. I could go back through my post history and piece together most of my 20s and 30s. I'll live that in my will for my kids to go through. You're all fantastic, even the one poster that I have blocked I'm sure is a lovely person in real life when he isn't shouting abuse at the wrestlers at live shows. Even the wrong'uns, I hope your're smiling today in your jail cells and smelly mattresses. And I am still stubborn, and ultimately, correct. Here's to another 25 years.

We've doomed, everyone. Guy at work was trying to figure out if the milk was off. Instead of smelling it or pouring a tiny drop into a glass and having a taste test, he was pouring it into his tea whilst filming it with Claude and getting Claude to examine the reaction the hot tea was having with the milk as a way to determine if it was off. We're fucked, dial it in, send the nukes.