So I see our friend donbarzini has posted a video on YT

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Being a recently-joined member here, I have only what I've observed since I started visiting here to judge this site by. But I gotta say... this place feels SO much "homier" than most of the other web forums that I've been a member of over the years. I come "home", kick-off my shoes, put my feet up and relax, enjoy, learn, and share. Just like I do at home. I can fart, watch "Manswers" if I want to, and playfully slap the wifey on the behind. Maybe your big brother slaps you upside the head once in a while, but you had it coming for a while so it's cool.

In comparison, TGP was a freakin' museum or library, maybe even church! Some neat things there, but cold, sterile, strict and uptight. Step out of line or even push the boundaries a bit and you're put in the stocks.

HC-type forums were like a zoo or a circus, or Bangkok. Mad Max beyond Thunderdome!

I'm impressed by Brad and the moderators here. All seem to be easy-going, laid-back doods who'd rather not play the heavy. I really like this place! :rock:

P.S. I have NEVER been banned or given a time-out from an internet forum since I've been an active participant in them (since the early days of the internet in the mid-late 90s). I speak my mind, but always try to follow the rules. But like many, as there are changes in me or changes in the directions that the winds blow on forums, I eventually drift away and find new "homes". This place is one of the more well-run and "cool" forums that I've ever been on. :)
 
Red_Label":3krfy478 said:
Being a recently-joined member here, I have only what I've observed since I started visiting here to judge this site by. But I gotta say... this place feels SO much "homier" than most of the other web forums that I've been a member of over the years. I come "home", kick-off my shoes, put my feet up and relax, enjoy, learn, and share. Just like I do at home. I can fart, watch "Manswers" if I want to, and playfully slap the wifey on the behind. Maybe your big brother slaps you upside the head once in a while, but you had it coming for a while so it's cool.

In comparison, TGP was a freakin' museum or library, maybe even church! Some neat things there, but cold, sterile, strict and uptight. Step out of line or even push the boundaries a bit and you're put in the stocks.

HC-type forums were like a zoo or a circus, or Bangkok. Mad Max beyond Thunderdome!

I'm impressed by Brad and the moderators here. All seem to be easy-going, laid-back doods who'd rather not play the heavy. I really like this place! :rock:

P.S. I have NEVER been banned or given a time-out from an internet forum since I've been an active participant in them (since the early days of the internet in the mid-late 90s). I speak my mind, but always try to follow the rules. But like many, as there are changes in me or changes in the directions that the winds blow on forums, I eventually drift away and find new "homes". This place is one of the more well-run and "cool" forums that I've never been on. :)
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We have moderators? :D
 
Red_Label":2x61tgni said:
Being a recently-joined member here, I have only what I've observed since I started visiting here to judge this site by. But I gotta say... this place feels SO much "homier" than most of the other web forums that I've been a member of over the years. I come "home", kick-off my shoes, put my feet up and relax, enjoy, learn, and share. Just like I do at home. I can fart, watch "Manswers" if I want to, and playfully slap the wifey on the behind. Maybe your big brother slaps you upside the head once in a while, but you had it coming for a while so it's cool.

In comparison, TGP was a freakin' museum or library, maybe even church! Some neat things there, but cold, sterile, strict and uptight. Step out of line or even push the boundaries a bit and you're put in the stocks.

HC-type forums were like a zoo or a circus, or Bangkok. Mad Max beyond Thunderdome!

I'm impressed by Brad and the moderators here. All seem to be easy-going, laid-back doods who'd rather not play the heavy. I really like this place! :rock:

P.S. I have NEVER been banned or given a time-out from an internet forum since I've been an active participant in them (since the early days of the internet in the mid-late 90s). I speak my mind, but always try to follow the rules. But like many, as there are changes in me or changes in the directions that the winds blow on forums, I eventually drift away and find new "homes". This place is one of the more well-run and "cool" forums that I've never been on. :)
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Ah, shut your pie hole!

:lol: :LOL:

J/K
 
Chubtone":3tqx6481 said:
Rezamatix":3tqx6481 said:
Id rather not have a side of Gay party videos with my rig talk to be honest. Actually I don't even find any humor is posting crap like that here...I think it's detrimental to this forum and to what it's about.

I come here for guitars. Amps, sick rigs...not some fruity dancing boys...
Sorry but that's the truth.
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I don't think anyone comes here for fruity dancing boys. I think the point is being missed by many here. Barzini didn't post these videos because he liked dudes or thought anyone else here did either. Not that he or most of us would even care if someone here had an alternative lifestyle. Who cares? This is our place to talk gear with anyone.

He posted these when we started ACTING like a bunch of "fruity dancing boys". When there was overblown, and what he considered overly fake, back-slapping "bro" posts. He posted these whenever anyone started swinging too hard from someone else's nuts or when the nut area on a forum "bro" got too crowded with multiple hangers on. Especially if that forum bro was digging the attention too much. He posted them when there was too much blind devotion to a particular player or to a particular brand of gear. He posted these when he got the feeling that he couldn't speak openly about any piece of gear under the sun here because people would come down on him. And his posts were a slap in the face to those of us who started taking things too seriously and forgetting how unimportant most of this stuff really was. He posted these when guys would say, "I only play such and such or I would never play that because only this works for me." He posted those when guys would give long, overblown, ridiculously descriptive reviews on gear yet not post a clip to help determine whether it was an opinion worth listening to.

Let's take this exact post and video. I don't think he really expected anyone to make it all the way through that video. He posted this video as a sardonic slap in the face to the way TONS of people are acting right now with the release of the Axe II. I got that after 3 seconds of seeing his clip and I laughed because with less than a sentence and three seconds of video his point could not have been anymore crystal clear. Of course I did watch the video through another 23 times to make sure I wasn't mistaken. ;) If anyone thinks that the Axe II thing hasn't turned into one of the most overly dramatic new gear releases in history, and perfectly normal grown men acting like crazed women fighting over Bon Jovi's scarf at the Meadowlands in 1986, well then the comparing of the Axe lunatics with the dancing boys might not be that funny.

Why was Barzini so sarcastic?

"The appeal of sarcasm is that it is concise. In a few words you can sum up a complex negative reaction, often with cultural references as shorthand. Without such shortcuts we'd be all day explaining things to one another."

"Such superior social intelligence may be behind her conclusion that those who can hang with sarcasm are always the most interesting conversation partners at a party."

I am not singling out Reza for his post. I definitely see where the guys who don't like Barzini's posts are coming from, but this last sentence also may explain why so many here really miss him. He was one of the most interesting guys here. And don't think he never tore into me, because he did a few times. And he was right on in a "getting a little too big for your britches there kid?" sort of way. And he was right, and I laughed because I freaking love sarcasm even when used against me. Heck, I love it if someone smokes me with a good one.
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Yup! All those things happen with all groups to some extent on another. I think it's part of human nature...... that said it can still can be frustrating when you see through the BS.
 
ejecta":ea6w6r5o said:
Chubtone":ea6w6r5o said:
Rezamatix":ea6w6r5o said:
Id rather not have a side of Gay party videos with my rig talk to be honest. Actually I don't even find any humor is posting crap like that here...I think it's detrimental to this forum and to what it's about.

I come here for guitars. Amps, sick rigs...not some fruity dancing boys...
Sorry but that's the truth.
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I don't think anyone comes here for fruity dancing boys. I think the point is being missed by many here. Barzini didn't post these videos because he liked dudes or thought anyone else here did either. Not that he or most of us would even care if someone here had an alternative lifestyle. Who cares? This is our place to talk gear with anyone.

He posted these when we started ACTING like a bunch of "fruity dancing boys". When there was overblown, and what he considered overly fake, back-slapping "bro" posts. He posted these whenever anyone started swinging too hard from someone else's nuts or when the nut area on a forum "bro" got too crowded with multiple hangers on. Especially if that forum bro was digging the attention too much. He posted them when there was too much blind devotion to a particular player or to a particular brand of gear. He posted these when he got the feeling that he couldn't speak openly about any piece of gear under the sun here because people would come down on him. And his posts were a slap in the face to those of us who started taking things too seriously and forgetting how unimportant most of this stuff really was. He posted these when guys would say, "I only play such and such or I would never play that because only this works for me." He posted those when guys would give long, overblown, ridiculously descriptive reviews on gear yet not post a clip to help determine whether it was an opinion worth listening to.

Let's take this exact post and video. I don't think he really expected anyone to make it all the way through that video. He posted this video as a sardonic slap in the face to the way TONS of people are acting right now with the release of the Axe II. I got that after 3 seconds of seeing his clip and I laughed because with less than a sentence and three seconds of video his point could not have been anymore crystal clear. Of course I did watch the video through another 23 times to make sure I wasn't mistaken. ;) If anyone thinks that the Axe II thing hasn't turned into one of the most overly dramatic new gear releases in history, and perfectly normal grown men acting like crazed women fighting over Bon Jovi's scarf at the Meadowlands in 1986, well then the comparing of the Axe lunatics with the dancing boys might not be that funny.

Why was Barzini so sarcastic?

"The appeal of sarcasm is that it is concise. In a few words you can sum up a complex negative reaction, often with cultural references as shorthand. Without such shortcuts we'd be all day explaining things to one another."

"Such superior social intelligence may be behind her conclusion that those who can hang with sarcasm are always the most interesting conversation partners at a party."

I am not singling out Reza for his post. I definitely see where the guys who don't like Barzini's posts are coming from, but this last sentence also may explain why so many here really miss him. He was one of the most interesting guys here. And don't think he never tore into me, because he did a few times. And he was right on in a "getting a little too big for your britches there kid?" sort of way. And he was right, and I laughed because I freaking love sarcasm even when used against me. Heck, I love it if someone smokes me with a good one.
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Yup! All those things happen with all groups to some extent on another. I think it's part of human nature...... that said it can still can be frustrating when you see through the BS.
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This thread needs some.....'





cameron_diaz_sexy.jpg
 
ttosh":1m7po92s said:
Red_Label":1m7po92s said:
madrigal77":1m7po92s said:
Here we go:
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Mmmm... gettin warmer...
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Women are as subjective as tone, because if that is warmer than Cameron Diaz then :doh:
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See... here's the deal for me... Cameron is pretty hawt. But I made the mistake of actually listening to the words that came out of her mouth a few times in interviews... and that made her WAY less hawt. She'd do much better to keep her empty head to herself. :thumbsdown:
 
Come on now!!!!!!! We dont need this here anymore do we?
 
the only thing gayer than the axe fx 2 party is owning a signature model guitar
mmmyeaahh sheee?
 
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