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"Thinning The Herd"
- Thread starter Bobby King
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Statistical like information is complete BS. Stuff people make up, or manipulate to prove their point.
Yet the one above I believe is incredibly accurate.
I too am generally suspicious of all statistical sounding claims.
Except when they support my own position, of course.
My feelings exactly...who cares what they say...you can say that about a lot of things on this site and others as well.
the issue isn't euphemism or allegory, it's the lack of variety in the use of euphemism and allegory. the OP isn't complaining that somebody used the phrase, "thinning the herd," but that everybody uses it.
Smooth_bass88
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- Oct 31, 2006
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That's weird. I've never ever wondered why someone was selling their bass. I just went ahead and bought it...never a problem ever. And on the other end, never has a buyer asked me why I'm selling. Been doing it this way since 1999.
So, let's say a seller didn't disclose his reason(s) for selling, and you went ahead and asked. Is there an answer he would give you (other than some sort of damage) that would keep you from buying??
I think it's cool that TB, eBay and reverb don't require a seller to disclose reasons for selling.
Look at you trying to get the thread back on track
You don't wonder why a bass player is selling a bass? I always do for some reason.
Smooth_bass88
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No because I've sold many basses over the years and I pretty much know any and every reason why someone sells something. It simply does not matter to me.
The more the seller talks the bass up, the more I wonder. Someone who provides a thorough but dispassionate description won't provoke much wonder, but when someone praises a bass to the heavens I will wonder why it is for sale.
As the ranchero who started this post , let me say that my only intention was to snark about the ubiquity of the phrase "thinning the herd" in ads. I always like to note trends in language and fashionable phrases that come and go. As far as I'm concerned, people are entitled to buy or sell for any reason they choose. As long as a seller isn't misrepresenting what they're selling, they can give any sales spiel that they want. It's up to the customer to sort through the BS
I see "thinning the herd" mostly on TB. Here is my theory why...
I have played bass since 2001 and only ever had one bass and rig at a time. Until I became a TB member. In the last two years I've been a member of TB I have accumulated enough gear to deem it a herd. TB fuels GAS which feeds the herd which consequently needs thinning every now and then.
I think there is no nicer cliche that sums up the feeling of "I just have way too much gear."
I have played bass since 2001 and only ever had one bass and rig at a time. Until I became a TB member. In the last two years I've been a member of TB I have accumulated enough gear to deem it a herd. TB fuels GAS which feeds the herd which consequently needs thinning every now and then.
I think there is no nicer cliche that sums up the feeling of "I just have way too much gear."
If it makes you feel any better, the last time I thinned the bass herd, I used the money to buy my daughter a horse. Thus, increasing the pet herd
