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Disclaimer: the first part of this comment is gonna be very short and straight to the point. In the second part I’m going to go very in depth and it’s gonna get sad and you’re gonna get a view of my terrible life right now. You don’t have to read this but if u do please don’t hate and thank you. You have been warned.

There is a lot of reasons I’ve decided to do this. The biggest one being my mental health. It’s been in a terrible spot recently and at the time of writing this, something happened yesterday that made me feel a million times worse. (More on that in the second part of this comment) the second reason is because of hate. I as well as many others in the AUB have gotten so much hate for doing what we do and I’m sick of it. I also feel like it’s my fault that everyone has gotten hate and I feel bad. For those curious, country_invader will become the new leader of the AUB, with HDMI_cable and Fantom_L both being second in command and finally, interaction_system being 3rd in command. I know these 4 will do great.

Now for the more depressing part of this comment. And why my mental health is getting worse. The biggest thing right now, is at the time of writing this my gf broke up with me yesterday. (I wrote this on 4-12-25 btw) We have been dating for well over a year now and for teenagers that’s a rlly long time cuz the average relationship for teens only lasts about a month. I tried my best to make her happy and in the end it wasn’t enough. I don’t wanna go into detail here about why she broke up with me but just know it was bad. Anyway this put A LOT of bad thoughts in my head. (Not suicidal thoughts in case u thought that) Thoughts like “I’m not enough” and “I don’t make anyone happy” and “I’m gonna be lonely forever” and a lot more but if I told u every bad thought I had yesterday you’d be reading this comment for hours. I just don’t know how much longer I can do this without losing my shit. Also people at my school are just assholes which has really put a mark on my brain. Outside my little friend group of 7 people there’s only like 5 people that I like and about 200 that I don’t like. My anxiety has also been terrible recently. It feels like I get panic attacks basically everyday now and I hate it.

Ig what I’m getting at is I don’t need a silly little war on a meme website to stress out about. Stress is the last thing I need rn.

I will give my final speech later today at 4pm EST in the AUB stream. After I post it, i will then initiate all promotions necessary and then officially retire by removing my owner role. I will still be a little active on this site and a little active on discord, and who knows maybe one day I’ll come back to the AUB but only time will tell. Have a good day

There are much more reasons my mental health is shit but I don’t wanna talk about anymore than I already have. Thanks for listening to me and even if u didn’t read the whole comment just know that’s ok and I hope u have a good day

vinwix remember when your tagline was that quote about everything being ok in the end

Forgot about that ty for reminding me

look, try not to let people bully you, and if they do... heres some advice, find where they live, get a gun, knife molotov, idc, and *ahem* nuetralize them... but ur not crap, you are probably one of the best guys i've seen on imgflip

Thanks :)

see ya around

Yeh see ya

this place gonna be empty without you

Don’t let it be. That’s entirely up to u guys to not let this stream die not me

When I came back to imgflip after a couple months, I realized how much upvote begging was surrounding the site. I found AUB, and committed to it as a full time job for free. I noticed how much hate some people gave us, I almost considered leaving once. But I didn’t…

Many months would pass and eventually I’d see less and less of it, until it almost disappeared entirely. Remember that you were the one that allowed us to reach this point.

You killed Upvote Begging

That was our goal all along and your work here is done. You are free to leave, but you will remain forever in our minds. Long live AUB.

Thanks that means a lot :)

Dang. I'm really sorry that you're feeling this way. Just know one thing. You are not worthless, and you're not a bad person. Do not let others make you feel like crap (believe me, I've been through that) and just keep being you. You WILL be of use on this derriere we call Earth. You WILL lead a good life. If you feel like you stink at life, I'm here. But, what do I know, I'm no Oogway. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is, you are a good person, you just have been having a rough time. I hope you feel better soon. The second half of the third paragraph is similar to a tough time I went through in 4th grade. I dont wanna get into detail now but if you wanna know, thats absolutely ok with me. Anyway, who am I but a little butthole trying and failing to make someone feel better.

Thanks that rlly helped :) this world needs more people like u man i appreciate u

Hey dud i know how it feels some time like you feel like shit but don't let that get to you and your a great guy and you supported me when I was in a similar spot but you help me now I think its time to help you look I'm no master sense but here is what I thing could help
1 stop caring and stop giving a shit don't care what others thing because they will just bring you down more profound in the ocian
2 Do you do what YOU want? If you want to have a nice, relaxing day, do. If you want to stay inside and cancel all plans, do it
3 leak the shiters' address shows their private Info and well "ERADIATE" them
4 Whoever was ur gf, u cyou could have done better. I bet she was a weed to begin with
and that's all I count say but since you helped me out last time (even tho its to late for me but that's ok) I wanted to help you and I'm already on the depressd ochen floor but I want to help others get out its to late for me to get ut but its not to late for you ur a great guy also seriously just don't give a crap on what people say in one ear out the other just don't care and don't pay attention to them like at all they have no power if they aren't seen and aren't givin any
(holy, this took me a minute, and sorry if it was cheesy, but seriously don't let ancors bring you down to the bottom)

Thanks for helping I needed that

anything for you my bro :)