Everyone has their background stories, no shame about it, this is what makes us us.
In my opinion, it's the nice thing we find in communities, not the clichéd geeks but a panoply of random individuals that somehow share an interest in something for different reasons and use that something in different ways. Our something are Unix and Unix-like OS.

Let's hope you enjoy the forums and learn some stuffs from all the content and links posted around.
Also, don't be shy to bump old threads if the topic teases you.