The Head-Fi Healing Thread

Discussion in 'Tales from the Bully Pulpit' started by Madaboutaudio, Oct 10, 2015.

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Does Head-Fi Make You Feel Like You've Been Touched by an Icky Politician?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  3. I love Jude!

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  1. ultrabike

    ultrabike Measurbator - Admin

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    See my awesome-sauce amazeballs edit above... :sail:

    One's got a have 12 year old "erect" fun sometimes.
     
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    Is that all you have? I've got a wicked curve 2/3rds of the way up (wife love's it but microphonics can be an issue) and one testicle hangs down a half inch lower than the other (I call them my mismatched drivers). So there!
     
  3. purr1n

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    Blame @Wilson for bringing up Shogun Assassin. It was about time for me to do this anyway. I drew a line in the sand. Defined clear boundaries. People willfully crossed them, as if to test me. The bouncer threw them outta the club.

    Bouncer: When you go in, you gotta show some respect to the regular patrons. It can be kinda rough at first, but over time as they get to know you, you'll be accepted as one of them and get to hit each other over the head with bottles and talk about dubious stuff like audio cables and make cock jokes.

    Rando: I don't show respect to anyone. I know its different here, but I'm entitled to do anything I want.

    flash of light

    Rando: My arm, my head. WTF is your problem? Are you on some kind of power trip. You must be short. I don't care about your stupid club anyway. Waaaah. Waaaah.
     
  4. purr1n

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    So you finally noticed this? 12 year old potty humor has always been a huge part of this.

    You do know the lineage of cock jokes right? It goes way way back to Rhythmdevils. White caulk, black caulk. Search it up on HF.

    I mean Jebuz MoFracking Grist. You know some dude named his company Schiit?
     
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    finally someone said it. glad to see some hammer and Bouncing.
     
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    Case Anxious Head (Formerly Wilson)

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  7. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    Ah shit. I didn't have to see that.
     
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    It was a while ago but I first came here after reading about the "re-branding" to SBAF on innerfidelity. You and others here were skewered maliciously in some of the comments in that article so I thought I'd check out SBAF to see what all the fuss was about. One of the FIRST things I came across was the "Golden Schlong" thread so that's when I figured that most of the dicks posting in that IF article probably just had no sense of humor.

    I will look up the Rythmdevils sometime this week-end.
     
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    Agree with the ideas behind this moderation principle, but I don't think that is quite what has happened with @fiddler and @kaz. It seems to me that the bouncer has kicked out some guys who weren't wearing the right color on St. Paddy's day. I think it started with people failing to interpret (willfully or otherwise) what you meant by deference (although I felt it was very clear) and then proceeding to paint SBAF as some sort of North Korea where wrongthought is met with banishment. Of course these passive-aggressive, cuckworthy, and underhanded jabs were met by a firm Trump-esque iron fist, which only served to further the bitchy narrative that SBAF is a bad bad place where the moderation is just as ruthless and arbitrary as the other forum.

    It seems to me that both parties have failed to approach each other in good faith and that has led to some decapitations. Given what I know about the folks who were sent to the gulags (none of which have failed to be respectful or "defer" to those more knowledgeable than them in the past) I find it sad.
     
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    The negative response you see in the comment section of Inner Fidelity articles is our "rogues gallery" that has existed since the earliest days of Chang. It's always the same couple of people who have beef. They like to make sock puppet accounts too.
     
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    Yes sad, it wasn't their fight and my comments didn't even pertain them, but I'm weary and don't have the energy of expending effort into another Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra exercise to try to bridge misunderstandings, as you know that I typically do.

    It gets annoying when Ferengis start shooting their pesky inferior disruptors at the Enterprise for the 28th time. Ar some point, even a principled man like Captain Picard is going to order Wesley Crusher to fire a photon torpedo up their warp drive. And he would have been completely within his right to do so.
     
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    I am very disappointed 'I love Jude' is not garnering much votes. What are you guys thinking!
     
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    P.S. As far as people bitching about SBAF, they still come back. I mean @fiddler said "I'm outta here" and then came back 10 hours later. WTH? I simply helped make up his mind.

    Geez, follow through on what you say you are going to do. If you publicly announce that you are done here, then begone. If you take out a loan and promise to pay it back, then pay it back. If you take money from people for gear, then give them the gear... immediately.
     
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    @Marvey man that analogy is real
     
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    Thanks for understanding. I'm like Jude, Currawong, Joe, and John Atkinson rolled into one. This is my baby, and also so many other peoples' baby - the people who contributed their hard earned money. I feel a huge amount of responsibility to making sure they get a worthwhile return. I don't think some people appreciate how difficult it is to steer the ship.
     
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    Or maybe skip the weak attention grab and just do it?

    I don't get what announcing that you're leaving is supposed to do.

    I've seen it in other places where long time respected members left due to what they saw as irreconcilable ideological differences... ...things were moving in a direction they didn't want, but they respected it and took their leave. No drama. But that was really just for the sake of everyone who would otherwise wonder what happened to them.

    When you haven't been around for long, I don't know what pouting and making a fuss when you've already made up your mind is supposed to accomplish. How is that supposed to go? Do they think people are gonna be all like "NO pleeeeeeaaasee wait! We neeeed youuuuu!" Is it really that gratifying?

    I dunno. I think it's pretty hilarious and only goes to show how self important a person can be. You have to be to not see why that's a waste of energy and space. Everyone, themselves included would be happier without them here. It's not a big deal. If stepping away/being banned from a forum you're barely a part of is really that big of a deal to you, might wanna check your priorities. Can't be healthy.

    It blows my mind. Some sock puppets come in and suddenly people come out of the woodwork to join their cause. I guess it's good to air those things out, though I feel like this whole conversation has been unnecessary. SBAF is not a difficult community to understand. If you have any experience at all with forums it is, anyway. I think maybe some people want it to be something it's clearly not. Falling out of love hurts.
     
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    LOL I took a break from this site for a year or so. I just deleted my account because I didn't want to get involved in drama. It's hard to resist. I think this is why i'm still on Head-fi. When I see it coming I just log-off. I try to get along with everyone, but sometimes it's tough. I have to remind myself to not take harsh comments/things too seriously. Like when people change my avatar to an elephant pooping :D (which you'll probably do any second now).

    It's nice also that I'm semi-retired from headphones and have settled on a perfect setup.
    Right now i'm using the bass modded Q701 and an HD-650.

    I should have asked for a going away party before leaving :)

    Plenty of things I don't like about HF, but I don't think about it too much. Waste of my time/energy really.
    When visiting forums i've found that some people won't like you no matter what and there's nothing I can do about it.
    I get people trolling me on HF because I ramble on too much.
     
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    Just walked into the lavatory on the plane and realized I am completely shit faced and a shade of red. Super nice flight attendent kept sneaking me free mini bottles of Woodford Reserve. So I apologize for the decapitations.

    It pays to be nice and respectful to people who have authority. And yes, flight attendants do have authority over passenger comfort and safety. I am super deferential to them and appreciate all the crap they have to deal with.
     
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    Ah shit. Four bottles now. Have a big smile on my face knowing I blew up a few Ferengi cruisers. f**k 'em.
     
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    When do we get to the bit where we get fully obsessive about plankton and bitching about treble spikes again, out of interest? That bit's my favourite.
     
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