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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8167652, member: 75937&quot;]The CT ancients forum is a <b><i>community</i></b>. It&#039;s like a pub, where people come on their spare time to hang out and de-stress from the events of the day.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/l2Je2cSiy1dXeToWc/source.gif?cid=790b7611354908f5b39db4b4db57e42978e3c8fd5e997d1e&amp;rid=source.gif&amp;ct=g" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And like a neighborhood hang-out, the subjects range from the hilarious to the heavy.</p><p><br /></p><p>We joke about <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-with-an-aegis-nike-of-amisos.391976/#post-8166809" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-with-an-aegis-nike-of-amisos.391976/#post-8166809">aliens</a>. We <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bare-bottomed-venus-victrix.283366/#post-2509915" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bare-bottomed-venus-victrix.283366/#post-2509915">parody pop culture</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ba6dd06acd454287aa511f95979c8e2c.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_777,al_c,q_85/ae43f8_ba6dd06acd454287aa511f95979c8e2c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We talk about the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-post-your-favourite-coin-and-favourite-tune.244541/page-63#post-7407726" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-post-your-favourite-coin-and-favourite-tune.244541/page-63#post-7407726">songs that catch our ears and the coins that caught our eye</a>. We share the joy we get in collecting, such as <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/8-dollar-ancients-yes-please.386643/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/8-dollar-ancients-yes-please.386643/">when we get a good deal</a>. Perhaps that makes us a non-serious forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>We talk about serious things, too, such as <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-fascinating-bronze-coin-of-the-first-jewish-roman-war.389501/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-fascinating-bronze-coin-of-the-first-jewish-roman-war.389501/">history</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-ceres-or-proserpina.384875/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-ceres-or-proserpina.384875/">iconography</a>, or our <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-deultum-thrace-and-marcianopolis-moesia-inf-were-struck-at-the-same-mint.383381/#post-7759681" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coins-of-deultum-thrace-and-marcianopolis-moesia-inf-were-struck-at-the-same-mint.383381/#post-7759681">numismatic scholarship</a>. In this sense we&#039;re a serious forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>But most of all, we&#039;re a community. We gift coins to each other, not just at <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secret-saturnalia-2021.388773/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/secret-saturnalia-2021.388773/">Saturnalia</a>, but <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/capricorn-dec-21-january-21.391378/page-2#post-8148356" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/capricorn-dec-21-january-21.391378/page-2#post-8148356">throughout the year</a>. And we support each other. We <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/one-last-one-before-i-go.391899/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/one-last-one-before-i-go.391899/">celebrate births</a>. We mourn when one of us <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i%E2%80%99ll-miss-you-claudius.391396/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i%E2%80%99ll-miss-you-claudius.391396/">loses a father</a> or <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-wonderful-well-timed-gift-from-a-friend-fare-thee-well-mom-diva-leana.391935/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-wonderful-well-timed-gift-from-a-friend-fare-thee-well-mom-diva-leana.391935/">loses a mother</a>. We wish each other well <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-tragic-news-and-some-solace-in-coins.390356/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/some-tragic-news-and-some-solace-in-coins.390356/">in times of illness</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It gets heavy sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Disneys-Brother-Bear-Hug-Gif.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s what communities do. That&#039;s what makes this forum a place we return to again and again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love you all. I do![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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