Abraham wrote:TAM,
Once again, I've not been articulate enough to get my point across.
Sigh...
"then opine that they don't want to see anyone's collection of items relevant to that kind of product"
I didn't state/opine that.
Well, let's unpack that. Quoting YOU:
Abraham wrote:Oh yeah, I forgot to mention not caring to see the make and model of everyone's arsenal.
You can't have it both ways. Moving on.....
Abraham wrote:It's the listing of things that puzzles me.
I'm a gun enthusiast, but I see no need to itemize what I own. I wouldn't expect people to be interested in what I own. Why would they, at least in general? Listing my arsenal in some cases seems a form of boasting...which I don't particularly find attractive or from a security perspective, not a good idea...
It would be
more accurate to say that you keep your enthusiasms to yourself, and you disapprove of it when others discuss their own publicly. What you
perceive as boasting doesn't
make it boasting. People take reasonable security precautions.....at least I do. You'll never see a serial number in any picture of mine posted here, but again, don't look at it if you don't want to see it. I have cable TV. Some of those channels show stuff I don't want to see........
so I don't watch them. Better yet,
I am not judgmental about those who do watch those things. You cannot say the same thing. Your posts in this thread have come off as extremely judgmental of others. You imply they are somehow being foolish, and you are somehow above these things. I'm not going to let that go unchallenged.
Abraham wrote:I did state words to the effect that I'm the odd man out when it comes to such perspectives.
And then you went on to say that maybe a psychiatrist would be able to figure why people do the things that you think are weird........ as if everyone else but you needs that kind of help.
Abraham wrote:I don't get the posting of quotes or posting personal doctrines either.
It comes across as weird, at least to me.
The listing of material possessions, quoting, the various doctrines people adopt and the need to attach all that to every post just seems like some sort of overkill and kind of boring.
Again,
don't waste your time reading it then......but nobody is being harmed by this, and you're one of the few who seems to think this is somehow wrong. Even Oldgringo, who agreed with you above, used to have a quote at the end of his posts. I don't remember what it was, but he had one for a while.
Abraham wrote:The give and take of simply posting is fun, even educational. And enough, at least for me. I feel no need to attach a load of extraneous wording at the end of each post that's been seen over and over...
But it is no fun for everyone else when a curmudgeon weighs in with pronouncements that put a good many of the members here on the receiving end of his judgment. That's kind of obnoxious. That may not be your intent, but that is how it comes off. I'm just trying to be real here.
Abraham wrote:Plus, it's a slow/rather hot day. I'm stuck in the house waiting for the AC repairmen to get here.
I can tell. Your posts have a kind of sour note to them.
Abraham wrote:P.S. I rather doubt I'm completely alone with my outlook. There are probably others who think the way I've outlined, but feel they'll be criticized if they're willing to state so.
Yep, you've got one on the hook already......the same guy who
used to have a signature line.
Oldgringo wrote:Tell it like it is
for you and me, Abe!

I fixed it for you.
Both of you guys sound a little bit like two curmudgeonly theater goers who decide to attend the show of a famous comedian who is playing in town. They join 2,500 other people at the fancy theater, ALL of whom except the two of you are laughing their butts off because they think this guy is really funny. To them, he's killing it. You two don't get the jokes, and so you say that he
isn't funny. But that's not enough, you're so convinced that you're right and the comedian is not funny, that you cannot understand how anybody
else would think he's funny....... but maybe someone with a degree in psychology can explain it to you.
But to the 2,500 other people who were vastly entertained, you're just a couple of guys who have no sense of humor.
Come on now.......You don't want to be
that guy, do you? I sincerely hope your AC gets fixed in short order.
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