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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| it's like looking down top down from an aerial drone camera - you can actually see the arguments being piled on top of one another, floor, by floor, of the pyramid built by madness and confusion | ||
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| @kaptainmyke and loathing Kaptainmyke, never forget the loathing. |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| hang on don't lock this up yet i'm making something.... | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| sometimes it's like you're traveling at the speed of memes before moderators can shut it down | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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ok I had to rush this because I had to get in before the lock |
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| I think we broke past the 88mph lock barrier. | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| It's new territory now | ||
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| @DocBrown The poster was a disgruntled malcontent, and kept doing what he was doing. I am being vague on purpose about what he did. I can say that it was against forum rules though and it was explained repeatedly why. He had been been put through progressive discipline and given opportunities to change what he was doing. It was only when the sword of Damocles was placed over his head, that he took a step back and decide that his ways had to change. All of us that are a part of that community and forum are better off for it. I'd like to think that he is too. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater Did that poster truly change his ways? Or did he just blame his behavior on everyone else and never take responsibility for it? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 He changed his ways on the forum. No idea, what his feelings on the issue was or might be anywhere else and to my knowledge he's never voiced them. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater At least we know it's possible  |
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 I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery.
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke It looks more like a ziggurat to me. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater So you claim. Without specifics, there's no way to judge whether what he was doing (saying...?) was a clear violation of established rules, or merely, Salem-style, a biased interpretation based on personal animus. You continue to portray the poster in negative terms ("disgruntled malcontent" ), and won't give him any credit, despite that fact that...as I said before...NO ONE has ZERO value in a society. The main issue with this particular forum is, in its enthusiasm at being "new", it's become a hotbed of misinformation...some of it innocent ignorance, some of it malignant with the intent to take advantage. This wouldn't be a grave problem, except that attempts to correct that misinformation have been met with varying degrees of hostility. As a specific example, Robert Beerbohm was posting things that were not just cumbersome in their delivery, but factually incorrect at many points...and yet, he was tolerated to a great extent, because most of the people interacting with him simply didn't know any better, and were unable (or unwilling) to challenge him on any of it. Also, he is actively, as of this moment, involved in several situations in which he's stolen money from people by not delivering products, and abusing his various maladies as excuses for which to cover his unwillingness to resolve these outstanding claims. He has, apparently, been banned. That is unfortunate. Because, despite the fact that he's an unrepentant thief, a shameless self-promoter, and an angry, opinionated codger who was thoroughly unwilling to consider any view but his own, he was also a GOLDMINE of historical information about the hobby, with a perspective on the earliest days of the hobby that few have. It was certainly possible, in his voluminous musings on "the good old days", to glean a decent idea of how things were back then. I consider it a terrible loss to get rid of someone like that...but, he's gone, and it's a net loss for this place. And I have seen, with my own two eyes, people who were initially hostile to criticism and correction, eventually come around and adopt the very views they were angrily opposed to earlier. You can almost see the thought process: "What you're saying isn't true. You're full of sh*t. You don't know what the hell you're talking about." Then, a few days/weeks/months pass, while said "sh*t" is contemplated, and you can see clues in what they post that show that they are coming around to those ideas. A few more days/weeks/months pass, they are openly advocating the very ideas to which they were angrily opposed before. And they may never say "yeah, ok, I was wrong, and so-and-so was right." So what? The point isn't to "win", the point is to enrich with the truth. If it takes some time to get there, fine, Rome wasn't built in a day...but that can't happen if people are endlessly offended, and consistently demanding that others be banned because they don't like what those others are saying, or "the way" in which they say it (which is the same thing...it's all talk.) When people can have dialogue...even vigorous debate, where feathers might get a little ruffled...they have the opportunity to be exposed to ideas and perspectives they hadn't considered before, even if they ultimately don't agree. Unfortunately, we now live in a civilization which takes great pride in shutting down opposing voices, and we surround ourselves in the echo chamber, where we only hear what we want to hear. When people become offended at what others say, and try to silence them, the offended lose, whether they know it or not. And farrrrr too many people are farrrrr too easily offended these days. Live and let live, and these things generally sort themselves out. Societies thrive, when people are able to express themselves as openly as possible, without fear of sanction. Demand people conform to YOUR way of expression, and you squeeze the life out, slowly and inevitably. |
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| More flies with honey than with vinegar, just sayin'. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 Who wants to catch flies...? Better life with honesty than telling people what they want to hear, just sayin'. |
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| KingNampa's guide to Grading Company VS Threads: Complete the following statement, sit back, and enjoy the discussion ______Grading Company is better than ______Grading Company because _________________(Insert one of the following below) -I used them first -They are more reliable -They grade the "right" way -Their case breathes more -Their case is more secure -Their case is better -Their plastic is better -Their offices are in (a) warehouse/house/Florida/Circus/Swamp/UK/Canada/Etc. -I'm an expert -I know more than you -Your reasoning was stupid -their slabbed comics sell for more -their slabbed comics are worth more -You are an idiot -Their customer service is better -They wear khakis and have employees named Jake Feel free to add on, this is only the beginner's guide. The advanced guide deals with mocking other users with Meme's.   |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KingNampa That was easy. |
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@DarthLego Goodjob! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrownQuestion then if life is better with honesty wouldn't living life with full disclosure be better then good faith? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown As long as it's behind a keyboard and where they can't see it, right?  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by JWKyle Those shouldn't be mutually exclusive. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510Maybe but if something is sold in good faith information can be held back and it would still be in good faith. If something is sold with full disclosure and something is held out it is now deception. Two different ways to treat "honesty" |
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Quote:Originally Posted by JWKyle That depends. "Does this dress make me look fat...?" "Full disclosure": "yes, honey, that dress really highlights the 20 pounds you've put on in the last year. Good faith: "Honey, you look wonderful no matter what you're wearing." We are not entitled to every bit of information about everything that exists. If I am dating a woman, would I LIKE to know her prior dating history...? Of course. Am I ENTITLED to know that? No. Is she deceiving me if she withholds that information? Unless there's something material that would affect me, no. Same situation here. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 I wouldn't know. Is that how you handle things? |
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| @DocBrown Can we create a thread just for you with a bot that will respond to everything that you say? It will be your ball of yarn.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by JWKyle You're going to have to carefully and logically explain how anything is being "held out" when a person has a raw comic in front of them that they can completely inspect for themselves. The comic is fully disclosed, right there. What someone else's opinion of the comic's condition may have been...even a professional one...is immaterial to the transaction. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KingNampa Sure...can we create one for you, too? |
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| @DocBrown Please stop reposting the same pictures | ||
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