POLL: Most irritating/unhelpful/redundant TB replies

[organworthyplayer337]

"Stop worrying so much, it's easy"

 

[Jack MN]

Search function Nazis are the worst. And then on top of the inanity of pointing out that a topic has been previously discussed (it's the freakin' internet - ALL topics have been discussed previously) some of them have to get incredibly rude.

 

[lfmn16]

Squire, I refuse to spell it correctly because I know it will make the Squire Nazis go insane. Who could possibly care so much about the spelling of these cheap basses?

Oh yea, well my Squire is better than your Sadowsky, so there!!! And you paid too much for it and it's not worth it.

I agree. Correcting spelling on the internet is childish and rude. This is an internet forum with people of varying levels of education, not a doctoral thesis. Whenever I see someone correct spelling I think, "Well, you might not be able to play bass for $h!t, but you can spell like nobody's business."

 

[organworthyplayer337]

I think what some people forgot is it's Talkbass not Google. Sometimes we just want to talk about bass stuff!

Exactly! I want to converse with my bass brothern not a million white pages

 

[Baird6869]

I still love the short replys with no justification or real info by fanboys of a certain brand. Of course, their response has no bearing on the original question.

Actual Example... "recommend me a vintage sounding FENDER for under $2k".... Answer "Definitely Lakland".

Okie dokie.

 

[Mr Gaston]

It's a virtual certainty that anyone who posts that someone misspelled or didn't capitalize correctly has no friends. That includes the correct spelling of squire.

However, anyone who replies "use your ears" is obviously an arrogant prick and needs a good beating.

 

[Big Hoss]

A huge offender RIGHT HERE. Sorry, I simply do not want other bass players sinking money into a combo setup that will NOT work for them in a moderately to insanely loud band. You can dislike me all you want.

No real dislike but you need to know that posters asking about combos for the most part have decided that a combo amp IS the best tool for the job they are doing, and throwing out the "Buy a head and cab" replies is just a waste of effort. I for one, am not at a point I feel a head / separate cab is needed. Combos are more space efficient, and with modern combos, weight efficient as well.... (As are class 5 heads). Head / cab stacks have their place, combos have their place. If a guy (or gal) decides a combo is what they want, who are you to say no?

 

[Doner Designs]

There are a half dozen threads like this already, perhaps use the search function? An no, I'm not being sarcastic.

Good one. By the way, you cant spel rite.

On a serious note, my usual practice is to resurrect zombie threads vs not searching. You get flak for that sometimes too, but logically I think it is somewhat helpful to bring an old thread back to life. While the OP may be dead or not care, the old threads usually have a trail of useful information that can be added to. Of course that assumes you are not resurrecting an NBD or other such topic which would be of no enduring usefulness.

 

[FlatwoundFunk]

Not a direct quote, but the meaning is certainly there...

How about. OP asks about the most suitable combo amp for their use, and members reply "go with a head and cab". I am sure the OP is aware of heads and cabs and has decided to go with a combo for their own reasons...

OP,
PLEASE add this one. I'll change my vote for sure.
FF

 

[Doner Designs]

How about "this should be moved to the ___________ forum". And since this is a fun thread, here is a bit of humor I heard yesterday (feel free to move it to the humor forum)....

A woman beat up her man using two basses.

In court the judge asked her: "first offender?"

She replied: "no, first the gibson then the Fender".

By the way grammar nazis, is gibson supposed to be capitalized? Also does the period go inside or outside the quotation markes?

 

[TripleDouble]

"You should try flatwounds"

 

[Doner Designs]

"You should try flatwounds"

Ouch, now you are getting personal.

 

[Drucifer]

I haven't read the entire thread (sorry, that may be one on its own) but "Jaco only needed four strings" is a common retort to any discussion of 5- and 6-string basses. And irritating. But true.

 

[TripleDouble]

Ouch, now you are getting personal.

Haha, well then me pot, you kettle. That was actually the best advice I ever received on here, I had spent years not quite knowing why my dead roundwounds didn't sound quite like all my favourite players. I drank that Flatwound Kool-Aid and I'm never going back.

 

[20db pad]

There's the legitimate question that starts a thread with a legitimate, correct, and complete answer as the first reply. Then, other posters simply paraphrase the first correct answer or even copy full phrases from it. Often, a poster who bit his answer from the first original correct reply gets a bunch of attaboys, and it's like the first reply never existed.

I know people don't read full threads, and I understand that people want to be heard, but.....

 

[Doner Designs]

There's the legitimate question that starts a thread with a legitimate, correct, and complete answer as the first reply. Then, other posters simply paraphrase the first correct answer or even copy full phrases from it. Often, a poster who bit his answer from the first original correct reply gets a bunch of attaboys, and it's like the first reply never existed.

I know people don't read full threads, and I understand that people want to be heard, but.....

Pretty sure I have done that unintentionally on longer threads.

 

[Doner Designs]

Search function Nazis are the worst. And then on top of the inanity of pointing out that a topic has been previously discussed (it's the freakin' internet - ALL topics have been discussed previously) some of them have to get incredibly rude.

True!

 

[socialleper]

Replies that are unrelated to the topic or dismiss the topic altogether; classic trolling.
Q: "What dirt pedal should I use for x"
A: "I don't use pedals."
OK, the why the #$%& did you respond? If your answer was something along the lines of "I get my grit from pushing my brand x tube head" that would at least be something.
Recently I asked a question about using a personal profile vs a Band\Musician page for dealing with fans of my band, which already has its own page. I got a bunch of responses like "I don't use Facebook" or "Facebook collects your data." Cool, but completely unhelpful.

A close 2nd is the "Do a search" thing. A thread that is 5 years old may not have a lot of pertinent for a problem I'm having right now, and if I rezz the thread people get butt hurt about it.

 

[Doner Designs]

Carrots

*** does that mean anyway? Same with "meh"? Okay I know what both mean because I used the search function in google, but come on. Do we have to make up new words all the time so those who are not part of the secret club feel stupid?

By the way, the period/Q mark goes inside the quotes if you are a USA hillbilly but if you are from the UK it's logic based (depends on whether or not the entire sentence is a quote). I don't criticize either and use both with impunity.

 

[Doner Designs]

Squire, I refuse to spell it correctly because I know it will make the Squire Nazis go insane. Who could possibly care so much about the spelling of these cheap basses?

Then you should spell it skwyre

Ok enough of this - time to work.