Honestly, Sothe says a lot of things just to be inflammatory, but I agree with him on this one.
Yes, other people can leave an imprint on you, but it is your fault if you continue to act that way in another context.

As you mentioned, you're no longer afraid to use those terms in casual conversation, but you also don't use them as insults. That's not how a lot of "internet culture" works — in most places, if it's okay to say "♥♥♥♥♥♥," it's also okay to call somebody else a ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Evidently you think differently than 4chan does.

Plus, if you're on a forum, you have infinite time to sit and think over your post before you hit submit. If you're aware of the fact that 4chan has had an impact on how you write, you should be equally able to locate the parts where it has and edit them.

Maybe you can "blame" 4chan for changing how you think of things, or which words come to mind, but honestly, once you've typed them out and formed a sentence, whatever you're posting is on you.

I realize it's my fault for using autism as a semi-insult, but 4chan has imprinted on me at least a little.

The Lounge has been highly entertaining lately.
btw, completely disagreeing with mackerel over the mlp fanbase thingy

There's a mock FBI virus going around guys.

Says ♥♥♥♥ like "You've been busted for looking at child porn, pay 300 bucks of bitcoins to resume activity under surveillance.
It controls the webcam to be shown back at the victim for fear. "OH NO THEY WATCHING ME I'M CAUGHT"

genius idea for a virus.

Did you know Mackerel once messaged me on Steam to say "Hey, I'm going to turn over a new leaf and try to stop being a ♥♥♥♥ to people"
As far as I can tell that lasted less than four days

Did you know Mackerel once messaged me on Steam to say "Hey, I'm going to turn over a new leaf and try to stop being a ♥♥♥♥ to people"

I bet the creator might have actually profited from this one.

I was under the impression that a not insignificant portion of virus makers basically do it for fun / to screw with people / to test their abilities. Also, it's a little hard to see how you could profit from some of the more common viruses I've heard about.

I giggled imagining workers at rival anti-virus companies trying to develop viruses that would get past the competition but be easily stopped by the creators' anti-virus program.

"See, Avast can't stop that FBI virus. But we can. Buy the premium edition of Norton for only $199.99 USD a month."