OK, I just read through the last few pages of this, after not being on much the last couple of days.
Trolling is the act of starting threads or making posts designed to start fighting and hate. He's not trolling. If anything, others have been trolling him. He has not posted once that I recall with the intent of insulting anyone or starting a fight. IMO anyone who has been insulted, angered or had other negative effects from him that lasted in your head longer than it took to read it has more serious issues... might need to double up those Prozacs. That was an insult, but not trolling.
On the hearing. I think he was joking about only needing to see the drummer. Hopefully he takes it seriously. I really doubt his employer lets him work in a noisy environment without hearing protection, and probably safety training to the point of more psychological damage than it's worth, compared to loosing a few fingers and maybe an eye.
Anyone who's been in a modern "Japanese" auto plant would know that the workers on the line are very well trained, do their job to perfection and are treated like gold. The drive one screw into one hole at $50/hr is Detroit. He's probably working on 4 or 5 different models coming at him down the line. He has to do a lot of accurate work very quickly and failing is not an option. Ever fell behind and stopped the line @JWH91 ? Not many times, or he'd be flipping burgers.
How many of us got into bass and took every bit of advice right off the bat? Did we sell off what we had and go with the TB approved gear before the first page of the thread finished? And the guys that have been playing for years and years, no TB and maybe no Internet, egads, hard knocks university. Not all learn the same way. Now we even have categories, called disabilities, that describe some differences between the very intelligent individuals who see things differently (not implying who has what disease here; well, maybe those who are all bent out of shape about now). He's not slow or stupid, everyone goes through the same phase, he's just hanging in their and vocalizing, asking and learning. A lot of new guys don't survive the initial attack and never return to TB. Others, I'm sure, ignore the advice and go into lurking while wasting time and money on stuff that won't work, doing it their own way. After my first few months I here, personally refused to start new threads for a full year.
Anyone who reads these work and suffers ill effects should add me to their ignore list. Maybe monitor you BP and re-read the whole thread then ignore everyone that raises your BP. Meanwhile, cut him some slack, just enjoy the thread. I have.
BTW: @JWH91 - A few days ago I asked what gear you had on hand and you answered. I stopped perusing my thoughts as you started looking for an 810. Once you have the new gear in hand, let's see what you have left and we might be able to help you setup a helluva barn stereo rig for playing back music. And yes, I'm psychic. I knew you had a PA power amp, knew about the cash hidden away, know where you live (accurate withing hearing distance of the barn on a Saturday night), and I know what happened in the bathroom in more detail than I want to know
Rock on!
Trolling is the act of starting threads or making posts designed to start fighting and hate. He's not trolling. If anything, others have been trolling him. He has not posted once that I recall with the intent of insulting anyone or starting a fight. IMO anyone who has been insulted, angered or had other negative effects from him that lasted in your head longer than it took to read it has more serious issues... might need to double up those Prozacs. That was an insult, but not trolling.
On the hearing. I think he was joking about only needing to see the drummer. Hopefully he takes it seriously. I really doubt his employer lets him work in a noisy environment without hearing protection, and probably safety training to the point of more psychological damage than it's worth, compared to loosing a few fingers and maybe an eye.
Anyone who's been in a modern "Japanese" auto plant would know that the workers on the line are very well trained, do their job to perfection and are treated like gold. The drive one screw into one hole at $50/hr is Detroit. He's probably working on 4 or 5 different models coming at him down the line. He has to do a lot of accurate work very quickly and failing is not an option. Ever fell behind and stopped the line @JWH91 ? Not many times, or he'd be flipping burgers.
How many of us got into bass and took every bit of advice right off the bat? Did we sell off what we had and go with the TB approved gear before the first page of the thread finished? And the guys that have been playing for years and years, no TB and maybe no Internet, egads, hard knocks university. Not all learn the same way. Now we even have categories, called disabilities, that describe some differences between the very intelligent individuals who see things differently (not implying who has what disease here; well, maybe those who are all bent out of shape about now). He's not slow or stupid, everyone goes through the same phase, he's just hanging in their and vocalizing, asking and learning. A lot of new guys don't survive the initial attack and never return to TB. Others, I'm sure, ignore the advice and go into lurking while wasting time and money on stuff that won't work, doing it their own way. After my first few months I here, personally refused to start new threads for a full year.
Anyone who reads these work and suffers ill effects should add me to their ignore list. Maybe monitor you BP and re-read the whole thread then ignore everyone that raises your BP. Meanwhile, cut him some slack, just enjoy the thread. I have.
BTW: @JWH91 - A few days ago I asked what gear you had on hand and you answered. I stopped perusing my thoughts as you started looking for an 810. Once you have the new gear in hand, let's see what you have left and we might be able to help you setup a helluva barn stereo rig for playing back music. And yes, I'm psychic. I knew you had a PA power amp, knew about the cash hidden away, know where you live (accurate withing hearing distance of the barn on a Saturday night), and I know what happened in the bathroom in more detail than I want to know
Rock on!
