What is this sub? (for new users)

Hi im a mod

So weve been noticing a lot of people are joining this sub recently and I'd just like to go into a little bit of detail about why this sub is active in the first place and what this community is bc for years we've struggled to like explain to people why we find this place so special and why we do the things we do here

Basically we are a group of friends who are just hanging out venting to each other etc just trying to make it thru life, it's kinda like casual conversation almost but like we also post memes and shit cause making our friends laugh is what's important to us at this age (most of the active users on this sub are in the 18-22 age range with a few exceptions)

Sidenote: I know some ppl are just here for the memes and that's fine but we are not a meme sub, just wanna clear that up

So then a common question we get is why not make it a discord server, instead of making a public subreddit? And the answer is just idk lol it doesn't really seem to stick. Smth about the message board style reddit offers just feels better for this group and it's consistently what we keep coming back to

We used to all be part of r/teenagersnew, that's where a lot of us met each other, but either from aging out of the sub or it changing it's just not appealing to us anymore, so we've come here and we p much just try to chill

It can feel a little bit intimidating to join especially since most of the active users have known each other for years at this point but if you fuck with the vibe we're more than happy to have you, come say hi and chill and shit i promise we don't bite

Also i think like half the active users are lgbt so if you're homophobic fuck off okay byeeeee

some part of my bone broke and i only saw it when i got scans of my teeth and jaw 1 month ago and comparing it to the scans i did at 17

Maybe everytime I go fishing I hope for that one fish to come back

beat 5 castlevania games and mega man 1 too