Do you look back on your old posts and regret posting them?

[TechExpert2021]

I know a similar topic exists, but since I don't want to necropost it, I decided to create a new thread on this.

Do you tend to look back on some of your old posts and regret posting them on this forum?

Personally, this post is the only one I regret posting here.

Spoiler:

Looks like SupaChronicles translated the article, there's a LOT to unpack here...

Not here to derail the thread, but regarding the planned Dragon Ball theme park, why is it being constructed in Saudi Arabia? [censored] I wish this would be constructed in my state (Florida), Japan, or even France.

I've been regretting this post recently, because I now see the sentence (replaced with "[censored]") in the above post as political dissent/criticism, and due to the fact that criticizing Saudi Arabia is illegal in Saudi Arabia. I didn't care about the broader worldwide politics at the time this post was made.

I've now been making sure none of my recent posts express any political dissent.

[Hellspawn28]

Yes. I was a dumb 18-year-old when I finally joined in 2009 after lurking for 5 years. I was even stupid during my 20s too. Me in 2016 vs me in 2026 are different people.

[TechExpert2021]

I joined Kanzenshuu in 2022, but I started posting here in 2024, in anticipation of the then-upcoming Dragon Ball Daima.

I forgot to mention that I've reported the post, as well as messaged the moderators via PM, to edit it to remove the political dissent/criticism content.

[dbgtFO]

I joined Kanzenshuu in 2022, but I started posting here in 2024, in anticipation of the then-upcoming Dragon Ball Daima.

I forgot to mention that I've reported the post, as well as messaged the moderators via PM, to edit it to remove the political dissent/criticism content.

What does not being allowed to criticize Saudi Arabia have to do with you, when you are from the US and why do you care so much?

[Kid Buu]

I’ve looked back at some of my older posts and honestly, I cringe at a few of the things I said. But that’s just part of being human — especially when you’ve been on here for over twenty years like I have.

[nineko]

My posts here have always been pretty normal. After all, I joined quite recently.

My earliest posts on some other forums, though, are a completely different story. I could barely speak English 25 years ago, and I can't deny that I was bad on top of that. I've been banned from several forums, and I deserved all of that. Still, it saddens me how I'm never going to have a second chance to participate into those communities. Sure, I just admitted that the bans were deserved, but permanent bans are stupid, in my opinion. People change over two decades, I know I did.

[dbgtFO]

Huh, now Topic Creator has had their account deactivated.
I guess they really had some paranoia about his socalled political dissent landing him in hot water

[Zephyr]

I definitely look back and cringe at a lot of my posts, but I don't regret making them. I wouldn't be who and where I am today without them. As records of myself in the past, the ways their content contrasts with that of my posts in the present help to highlight the growth that has occurred. It's fun to sometimes go back and look at how my opinions on things have changed over the years, like who my favorite characters are and what my favorite arcs are.

Even more fun to cross reference the timing of those changes with various things in my life and fandom, and attempt to piece together how and why those changes may have occurred. Thanks to my old posts, I can piece together that I gradually switched from being strictly a dubbie in 2010, to strictly a subbie by 2017. I can see when I began to care more about the manga and started to really appreciate Toriyama's comedic sensibilities, when I became fascinated with the series historical roots, when I began to understand the narrative in the way I currently do, etc. And these are things I definitely like being able to remember and track.