The Snark Snarks at Night!

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james terrio said:
No one else wants to say this out loud... but here it is.

Don't even get me started, kiddo. There's more than one reason for why my user name shows up the way it does... and none of them are any of your business.

I'm getting more than a little tired of explaining myself to a child who's roughly the size of my left leg.

Knock it off with your snotty attitude towards your elders. It's not cute. No one is impressed by your spoiled mama's boy smartassery. You're burning bridges that you don't even know exist.

In short... STFU and listen. Grown-ups are talking here.
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I'm very sorry if my post was in anyway offensive, it was not meant to be at all. I don't intend to be Snotty, or disrespectful.
 
I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be with her for long. I'd try and get everything I wanted to do out of the way before she found some one hotter, thinner, and richer. Ooooohhhhhhh but I would make the most of my time.
 
James, I'm usually first to get fed up with the young-bloods, and I've had no qualms expressing that, however I think this time he was just snarking. Although it could be this last "injury" went a little bit deeper into the brain so he has lost some cognitive abilities.

MM, admit it though, you liked twilight too. And if the teacher would have been honest she would have told you her favorite was the 50 shades series.
 
IMO... I repeat... IMO.....I think it boils down a lot to where people are from and how and when they are/were raised.

The way i was raised..... a kid respects his elders. To this day ill jump up to help older people, still say yes sir and no ma'am, and would never get loud or obnoxious with someone with more life experience than i have just because i think its cute.... And im a straight up asshole with a bad temper and anger issues.... Still i try and respect my elders... maybe not if there is just a few years difference, but anyone holding 15-20 years over my head gets my full respect for sure... Until they do something to completely ruin it anyways.

Now i also know this is the snark thread where we joke and tease one another.. But i can completely understand James' point.
 
My issue with the young bloods, which I'm typically not vocal about, is that, unlike adults, they often don't have enough experience or restraint to know when to stop, and there's often a whole heck of a lot of just spewing the contents of their minds out onto the forums, uncensored and unedited. That's true of adults as well, but I'll admit, as a moderator on an airsoft forum, which is peopled almost entirely with teenagers, this forum is refreshing precisely because it does NOT have a lot of kids.

Another issue is that, in some of the kids' cases, he actually violated forum rules (and the LAW) to join. To me, that's already demonstrating a lack of respect for the community. We TOLERATE his presence, but that doesn't mean he should abuse the privilege. I've already seen the relative quality of the snark thread go down quite a bit in some respects as a result. The other thing that makes me a little concerned, TBH, is that MM keeps hurting himself. I've never met such an accident-prone individual. That's also indicative that someone either isn't learning from his mistakes, or seriously needs to take a step back and give some serious thoughts about self-control. So that's all the reasons why I think JT wasn't completely out of line with getting frustrated, and I've definitely seen more than a few occasions when the kids have helped contribute to less than ideal situations.

That all being said, however, I don't mean to say that MM or the other younger members should be booted or anything, and I do think that, while James' point wasn't entirely out of line, the way he said it was definitely harsher than it perhaps needed to be. More, I've actually been fairly impressed with MM's willingness to learn, and his behavior and respectfulness seems to me to have improved from the time he's spent here. Part of my concern is that, if we have younger members, it probably behooves us to set good examples, and this group can get fairly rowdy, in fairly adult ways. After all, if we're concerned about the kids' behavior, we could do worse things than help them learn to do better. While I personally prefer not to do TOO much ribbing, and sometimes it can get taken the wrong way (as with a poorly done comment of mine that I think made Todd angry, which I still feel bad about :( ), and in MM's place I might be a little more careful with the things that I say, the fact is that he DOES get ribbed a lot. Part of that is because he keeps hurting himself, but frankly, if we're gonna dish it, he should get to give a little back.

My 2 cents (or .02 dollars).

And, to summarize:

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I hurt myself plenty when I was younger. He doesn't seem any more accident prone than myself or most other kids I've know. I used to have to keep band-aids in my wallet because I always had a cut on my hand somewhere.

They way the human brain develops, the rational part of the brain doesn't fully develop until early adulthood (which is why the drinking age is set at 21, the brain is still developing up to that point) and so learning from experience, applying that knowledge, and making rational decisions rather than emotional ones are not things teenagers in general are good at.
 
Dont worry James we will have plenty of time at the gathering to chat with MM's dad about his conduct on this forum, and some of the things he has access to.
 
bigghoss said:
My question is: Why don't you have a BK9?
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UHHHHHH Well..........what had happened was.......








Ahh well dang. I hate to say it but I already have a favorite in that size range.............





(covers face for incoming stones)
 
bigghoss said:
I hurt myself plenty when I was younger. He doesn't seem any more accident prone than myself or most other kids I've know. I used to have to keep band-aids in my wallet because I always had a cut on my hand somewhere.

They way the human brain develops, the rational part of the brain doesn't fully develop until early adulthood (which is why the drinking age is set at 21, the brain is still developing up to that point) and so learning from experience, applying that knowledge, and making rational decisions rather than emotional ones are not things teenagers in general are good at.
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I guess it's not just the frequency, but the methods. On a related note, I think it's awfully lame that one can die for their country at 18 years of age, but they can't get drunk first.

So Twolf, if you don't have a 9, how do you know that what you have is actually your favorite in that size range? Seems to me you owe it to yourself to find out. If hell freezes over and you don't like it, you should be able to get a fair price for it. Also, colour me curious. What's the blade you like?

-edit- speaking of the 9, wasn't there a rather good picture of it that Captain Airyica took once? I don't seem to have that one saved :( Hope the Cap is doing well. She's been less active lately, it seems.
 
Tankerwolf said:
Ahh well dang. I hate to say it but I already have a favorite in that size range.............

(covers face for incoming stones)
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Yes you do and its your fault that I spent that much money on a knife, because you let me beat on yours.
 
I'm getting more than a little tired of explaining myself to a child who's roughly the size of my left leg.
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You don't need to, I could not care less why you don't capitalize you name.



snotty
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spoiled
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smartassery.
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STFU
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Grown-ups are talking here.
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I'm extremely offended at those last comments. Am I supposed to look at that and say "yeah, I was completely out of line and I should apologies and go about my way"?

After I apologized you think that was it and I learned something from this? I said something about his user name, and he thinks it is not infuriating to be called "snotty" "spoiled", told to "STFU" and "Grown-ups are talking here". That was one of the most immature things I've ever seen in my short life. How can he think that this is going to help on my respect? If he thought that what I said was out of line and disrespectful, he should have Pm'd me.

Go ahead and say something to my Dad about me saying something about a incorrect grammar, and how you publicly called me
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Ok. So my favorite right now is my NMFBM w/ black/tan g-10. I frickin love it and it is surely a beast when it comes to chopping for fun. When I volunteer at the state park to clear trails I bring the ESEE Junglas. It is a lot lighter to be swinging all day. I did recently purchase a "Fell Beast" from Hunter Martin that I will be bringing to the gathering for the masses to beat on. I already cleared the crap behind my fence in about half the time it usually takes so initial opinion is pretty good (minus the sheath). Long story short I love knives and if I have money to spend or something to trade, it's not going to be in that size range.
 
Really right now with my busy schedule I only really use the Yuma or my 15 which keeps getting modded. By the way pics of the new handles from my fathers 70+ year old oak wood flooring are coming tomorrow. I got a ton of pics of different knives so I might just post in general so I can load them all to one post.
 
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