he popped in and promptly disappeared again. I hope everyone doesn't think I'm trying to be his friend, but it does seem as if being relatively polite shuts him down right quick. It would be funny if everytime he appeared we just all showered him with recs. without fuel he quickly runs out of energy. Although maybe they just decided to retire him while they use some others.
i'm almost having a conversation with him now. i try to tell myself i'm just trying to keep it from turning into another splatter fight, but maybe I'm just turning into a shill.
I hoped he was gone. Even when he's doing okay, I don't want to see his posts. See? I am already prejudiced against him, and it will take some time to remove that stain.
I love how he thinks all of us are jerks, but he is not. Because generally when you think everyone else is a jerk except you, you're the only jerk. What's funny is I don't really care what he writes, I just disagree sometimes to rile him up. I hope it tires him out, arguing with everyone. He takes it way too seriously. I called him a shill once, that probably got him going. Either he is someone getting way too worked up, or he actually is a shill.
He's back.....The King of Bloviation is spewing across the boards again, like a drunk on Ipecac. Following July 1st I restrained myself for DAYS from engaging his pathology but was finally pushed over the edge while reviewing some thread, which prompted me to post the following which I share with the class out of my great respect for the fellow...
"If I have any kind of evil chief status, that is only because some people have decided in their minds to elevate me to it."
No, first "chief" is way too lofty - little toadie would be more like it - and second, it's because you won't shut up or allow anybody else's opinion to pass without need for some comment when it doesn't agree with yours.
I have now had to break my own plea for civility - but you know what? You, Wanderer, like a dog that has to go and defecate only on the lawns of neighbors, are the "chief" reason for this recent incivility. Now piss off. Thank you.
Edit: If this seems unduly harsh, yes, it is, but it has been building up for some time now. I had tried to not engage this unfortunate phenomenon but it has been so ubiquitous that my self-resolve has failed. Having said it, I do not regret it, and will not trouble to discuss it further. Peace, out.
The fellow then disappeared for 2 days. I didn't know if this message had had anything to do with it, or whether the fistful of bennies had finally run out, or perhaps it was a case of bipolar cyclical biorhythm. He then showed up with this shot across my bow, which I took exception to because my post had not been particularly vulgar and in its conciseness had certainly been no rant, and was thus compelled to reply....
"Didn't you deliver a nasty, vulgar rant about pissing on threads a few days ago? Oh, I get it. Your own rhetoric doesn't apply to you."
Dear sir,
First, it wasn't about pissing. Please read more carefully.
Second, the rhetoric was entirely about you.
Third, it was such a relief that you took my advice for a couple of days. Thank you so very much, and have a nice day.
Now he is reveling in the prospective departure of enough of the "snotty hip people" such that he can breathe the "clean air" again. My question is - how can anybody so deeply and terminally anocephalic 1. breathe, and 2. tell the difference between "clean" and otherwise?
is it just me or has he toned down quite a bit? i took off a few weeks on the board...then jackassedly popped back in and he seems almost mundane.
for the record, i'll be gone soon - really. srsly. like in "gone". i think the 24th is my drop dead date.
o - re: harshing v. trying to take the higher ground. in life, you'll get called a lot of things that don't ever come close to accurate...if you always take the high road, you'll never experience the thing you're being called..."earn it if you have to take it" is my motto. of note - the threads along ray's "sony hate" are bait tactics...zoka is plastering one great source after another while the pro-sony side namecalls - no citations whatsoever. but the underlying statement of the pro-majors side is "there's something wrong with you". well, call me that and i'll make sure you feel it.
Mundane? Well, I think he always was. The difference now is that he is more insulting than he used to be. He still tries to be highbrow about it, but he just can't carry it off. I just have no desire to participate in those threads and I have started skipping over them.
I was thinking he had toned down a bit until I saw the "if all the old people who used to post here would just leave that would be the best part of this whole thing" quote. I have found that taking the higher ground with Wanderer actually works a little bit. You admonish him in a way that he can't respond to without exposing himself as a horses hindquarters and he tends to back right off. You call him a name and he shoots back with another name.
At some point I may just have to start a thread "admiting" that Wanderer is my second account, and apologizing profusely to everyone.
Personally I don't care if he backs off anymore. I have no interest in posting anything helpful over there. If I participate over there at all it will be with the goal of turning that MB into a useless pile of shit. That's what us cool kids do.
Well, time to head home again after another busy day of Wandering. AmClark2, have you had any fun today? Our hero, although he obviously remembers me, doesn't seem to want to play. C'est damage. What shall tonight or tomorrow bring? What mysteries await? The little children can barely sleep from the excitement. Bon soir.
Hmm, just logged on to get the daily download. I've been skipping lots of threads over there, too. Now my curiousity is piqued. I'll have to go read all your posts.
Since R23 launched the Feasting thread, I keep seeing him as a chubby old Diplodocus browsing on songs while a terrifying Torvosaurus in a Sony T-shirt creeps up on him from behind.
Did anyone else enjoy reading the new "troll" thread as much as I did? That and the "will our free credits work for sony" had me actually laughing out loud. meet the new boss. same as the old boss.
I love how Raymond launched one thread blathering about his massive......download expenditure, and then comes back with another worrying about whether his 25 free booster pack will work on Sony. Penny wise and pound foolish I guess. I am particularly amused that on the first thread his actual track/download ratio was pitifully low, not even 2 to 1. A fool and his money......
@amclark, to answer your question from that thread, as I understand it, free credits issued by eMusic are treated as promotion and are unpaid to the labels. It's early and I'm going from memory, but I'm 99% sure that what's in the TuneCore agreement which seems to be standard for everyone. Of course, SonyBMG may have their own deal.
I'm sure Sony has a severe limit on what can be downloaded as part of the promo tracks. Does anyone know if they allow any downloads of their stuff during the trial period? If not the indies are getting doubly screwed.
I also noticed they my New Arrivals are about 90% Sony, even though they only have about 20% of the new stuff this month.
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no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don't kick me out.
I hoped he was gone. Even when he's doing okay, I don't want to see his posts. See? I am already prejudiced against him, and it will take some time to remove that stain.
"If I have any kind of evil chief status, that is only because some people have decided in their minds to elevate me to it."
No, first "chief" is way too lofty - little toadie would be more like it - and second, it's because you won't shut up or allow anybody else's opinion to pass without need for some comment when it doesn't agree with yours.
I have now had to break my own plea for civility - but you know what? You, Wanderer, like a dog that has to go and defecate only on the lawns of neighbors, are the "chief" reason for this recent incivility. Now piss off. Thank you.
Edit: If this seems unduly harsh, yes, it is, but it has been building up for some time now. I had tried to not engage this unfortunate phenomenon but it has been so ubiquitous that my self-resolve has failed. Having said it, I do not regret it, and will not trouble to discuss it further. Peace, out.
The fellow then disappeared for 2 days. I didn't know if this message had had anything to do with it, or whether the fistful of bennies had finally run out, or perhaps it was a case of bipolar cyclical biorhythm. He then showed up with this shot across my bow, which I took exception to because my post had not been particularly vulgar and in its conciseness had certainly been no rant, and was thus compelled to reply....
"Didn't you deliver a nasty, vulgar rant about pissing on threads a few days ago? Oh, I get it. Your own rhetoric doesn't apply to you."
Dear sir,
First, it wasn't about pissing. Please read more carefully.
Second, the rhetoric was entirely about you.
Third, it was such a relief that you took my advice for a couple of days. Thank you so very much, and have a nice day.
Somebody Stop Me....I just might rant again.
Although he probably did.
Craig
for the record, i'll be gone soon - really. srsly. like in "gone". i think the 24th is my drop dead date.
o - re: harshing v. trying to take the higher ground. in life, you'll get called a lot of things that don't ever come close to accurate...if you always take the high road, you'll never experience the thing you're being called..."earn it if you have to take it" is my motto. of note - the threads along ray's "sony hate" are bait tactics...zoka is plastering one great source after another while the pro-sony side namecalls - no citations whatsoever. but the underlying statement of the pro-majors side is "there's something wrong with you". well, call me that and i'll make sure you feel it.
At some point I may just have to start a thread "admiting" that Wanderer is my second account, and apologizing profusely to everyone.
Personally I don't care if he backs off anymore. I have no interest in posting anything helpful over there. If I participate over there at all it will be with the goal of turning that MB into a useless pile of shit. That's what us cool kids do.
I need to find some more 100+ threads...
Craig
That more things change, the more they stay the same.
I also noticed they my New Arrivals are about 90% Sony, even though they only have about 20% of the new stuff this month.