Everyone I know between 2001 and 2012 have all basically retired from the hobby. A handful I keep in touch with, but I do long for a "one last ride" message from them. It never comes, but life moves on as it does.
Everybody is problematic to some extent.
I think acceptable toxicity comes down to such behaviors (such as downright reprehensible views) in a community comes down with commonality and how the community's moderators actively look to protect its userbase. There's no such thing as a "zero...
What is it to be "grown up"? Because I feel its more than "am contributing to society through fiscal responsibilities".
I didn't start being emotionally or mentally mature until my mid-twenties. I was still doing erratic things and had no sense of the world around me. A lot of people I know...
It's not in role-playing exclusively, unfortunately. I've had supposed friends lie to my face online (and offline!) only for me to see the forest for the trees later on. It sucks. It hurts. But it's life, I guess.
Basophobia. It is minimized when I'm in elevators for some reason, but everything else bothers me. Escalators, walking next to even a shallow ditch, ladders, etc.