@Eragor14
I’ve interacted with them from time to time in the past. I remember them being eccentric, chipper, and fun. I hope for the best.

@ABronyAccount
She was super howdy-active. You’re right about that. Sadly, her DA account is deactivated, and she hasn’t posted anything on Derpi in two weeks.

Clearly whatever is going on with her is…pretty bad.

I hope she is okay, I really do.

@Eragor14
That’s a surprise. They were super howdy-active.

@ABronyAccount
It is a sad howdyday for me.

I found out LincolnBrewsterFan, an old friend of mine on this site, has left.

I am having a blue, blue, blue Christmas this year (obvious Elvis reference is obvious).

Happy Howdydays!

@Castellan Fyor
Welcome back to the land of the howdies! Fyor! You were missed!

A return howdy!

@ABronyAccount
They don’t? How very illogical. I would think they would howdy with the Vulcans all the time if they go around using the ‘Live Long and Prosper’ salute, lol.

@ABronyAccount
Voldemort.

@Eragor14
Oh, don’t mention the V-word in Virginia. They don’t take howdy to those folk.

@ABronyAccount
So…it is a land of Vulcans, then?

@Eragor14
You know, it’s where they issue V-cards, install the V-chip in television sets, and every management position is a VP!
Their local guard unit is known as the VR Troopers, and they were instrumental in defending our planet from extraterrestrial invasion in V: The Final Battle back in the 1980s.

When they howdy there, they hold up their palms and split their fingers into a V-shaped sign.

@Castellan Fyor
Virginia, eh? Never heard of it. I howdy from Colorado.

Well howdy y’all!
(Howdy sent from Virginia)

And thanks to Wayne, we now have a chat of howdy-restaurants, lol. Never thought I would wake up to that.

@Ereiam
I’m wearing 37 pieces of howdy!

@WaynePonePone
T.G.I. Howdy’s

@Mr.Myoozik
Wendy’s

Whody? Whatdy? Wheredy? Whendy? Whydy?

@ABronyAccount
Funny you say that, Manson mentions the Buddha in the second chapter of his book.

@ZhaoZoharEX
That sounds a howdy-lot like the teachings of Buddhism or Stoicism too. They both emphasize the importance of consciousness of one’s own experiences on a kind of meta level, so that one can howdy through the good feelings as well as the bad with equanimity.

@Dirty Bit
You can find enlightenment in the strangest of places sometimes.

For what it’s worth, I’m okay. I’m going to be okay. I can keep moving forward. I read a book over the past week that honestly really changed the way I look at the world and my life in particular. It’s called “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Better Life”, by Mark Manson. I highly recommend it, it’s something I really needed to hear especially given my history of mental health and a suicide attempt many years ago. I’m honestly considering reading it again just because I want to.

We’re all responsible for what happens in our lives. That doesn’t mean you’re at fault for everything and should take the blame for all the misfortunes that happen to you, it just means you’re responsible for how you handle them. You can’t control everything that happens to you, but you can control your perception of what happens to you. Your life is the story of you, told by you, and how you tell it to yourself is everything, it’s the difference between utter despair and great triumph.

DWK (the guy who did Totally Legit Recap, and goes by Absolute Unit now) taught me that in another video, one that I’ve found myself coming back to a lot and probably will in the future. Heck, I’ve linked it at least twice in this very thread. It’s one of the most important videos I’ve ever seen. So when you go through life, Tell Yourself The Right Story.

I feel like shit, I really do and I probably will for a very long time. But… who gives a fuck? Not me. I’ve got something greater than adversity to care about, I can break that feedback loop from hell.

Just keep moving forward.

Edit: Oh and I just wanna give another howdy for good measure. Howdy.

Zhao’s link leads to one of those ‘Totally Legit Recap Episodes’ on YouTube. I skimmed a bit of them in my earlier days in the fandom, and they’re pretty funny.

@Dirty Bit
Recap parody? What do you mean?

Also, howdy to anyone still here.

Damn, that’s a pretty hard line from a recap parody.