Well, if you stay away from this site for awhile, then you do start to feel like an outsider (I know, I've been very idle, so there's come alot of new people on here I don't have gotten to know well )
You're right when it comes to the 3D world still going on, and it is probably becoming less and less friendly (I wouldn't really know, since I keep my nose out of the mainstream areas), but there are still some places that are nice to come to. Like here, and Sixus1's forums are very nice places.
But you belong here darnit