>>35553316This is only a curse if you view it as such. This place doesn't 'draw in and trap you' if anything, it's the opposite. Once you've spent enough time here, staring into this void, it stares back into you, and it marks you. Often, the first mark is unnoticeable, easy to hide from normies. Within you, however, the piece of 4chan you took in shows you the world through it's eye while you live your normal life. You start to notice things. That the world isn't as it seems. You become cynical for a while, jaded as your understanding of the world as a whole grows. Soon, you don't enjoy the same activities you used to. You start to see the cringe in your own life, and you acquire new habits. Those who aren't natural leaders search for consensus, while leaders are forced to sit and really think, causing new and interesting ideas to be tried here, like in the old days of /b/.
When you've been here long enough, the world as a whole no longer has anything to tempt you with, for you've seen all the horrors you can imagine, seen the rich and powerful's darkest secrets, and started to unravel the lies of mainstream science, religion, and history. Those who are wise make great strides dismantling the lies for their brothers, and new knowledge is gained by the whole. Though we have archives now, we still keep the 'oral' tradition of screencapping posts that we find entertaining or informative. This place doesn't ever force your hand and make you come back. But eventually, everything else the world has to offer will seem hollow and unsatisfying by comparison. This site is one of the most wild and free places left on the internet, mainly because tptb genuinely fear what we all might do if our containment area was no longer available to us, wondering how long it would take before we went to go find each other irl and really start some trouble.