A truly incredible event. I'm so proud to be a part of something like this. goEMAW is a special thing - special enough where good people who genuinely like each other value it so much that they're willing to drive hours to do something good and honor one of their lost friends. It must have been so special for Fatty's family to walk down into that cellar of a bar and see all of us eager to welcome them and pay tribute to our friend and their son.
These are strange, but real friendships we have on here, and yesterday was our proudest moment.
Well said. I'm gonna start welling up again after barely making it out of lunch with fatty's family without bawling. They are so appreciative of everyone's support. Fatty's mom mentioned that this weekend was the brightest moment they've had in some time.
I think what I've taken away is that goEMAW isn't simply a website. I guess it's like EMAW in that it's a state of mind or way of life that's really hard to explain. Maybe goEMAW is just the most elite subset of EMAW. From now on, when randoms ask me how I know any of you, I'll tell them "from goEMAW." If that's not a sufficient explanation to them, so be it.
Also, fatty's sisters noted again how much fatty hated master threads, so it's really great how there's a half-dozen or so of these all over the board.
