I've had The Escapist set as one of my primary tabs on my browser for years. I'd open up the internet, and there it was. I'd pop in, see what was new, what was up, see if there was anything interesting to toss my two cents into, and then leave.
Sometimes a response made me excited. Even if it was just to disagree (or in worse cases, degrade) with my opinion. Made me feel like I was apart of something. In fact, as far the internet goes, it was the first time I was involved in somewhere. Nowadays I spend my online time with the few people I recognize in Overwatch and the friends I've made in FF XIV, but it was here I grew the confidence to even try and interact online. The internet ain't all bad.
And to think I only came here because all those years ago I saw a Yahtzee video on G4TV.