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Post by Goodfinger on Feb 3, 2019 0:13:03 GMT
This thread perfectly summarizes most of the triggers that finally prompted me to join in the fun here (also the fact that I feel a little guilty for “hiding in the closet” lurking rather than participating). Just about everything we find unsavory is neatly contained in this single post: arrogance, condecension, rejection of objectivism in favor of pseudoscience psychobabble, classism, and malignant narcissism.
I joined SHTV years ago (but was never all that prolific with posts) because it seemed like a good place to discuss and discover an eclectic variety of music. I didn’t really know who Hoffy was or care all that much about the minutia of mastering or audiophoolery and it initially appeared as if that stuff was easy enough to ignore, but I now stand corrected! It seems as if there are more joyless cunty people lacking any sense of humor or irony there now than ever before, and I have had some particularly unpleasant exchanges with Carl Swanson (to me, the king of the Hoffyville pricks), jh901, dumangl (am I wrong to assume creepy things about an anime-obsessed 60-something y.o.?), Dallydipper, and strat-mangler. Somehow though I’ve managed to avoid being disciplined by daddy or his goon squad, despite seemingly breaking the rules on a few occasions more blatantly than others who HAVE faced rebuke.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2019 1:13:16 GMT
This thread perfectly summarizes most of the triggers that finally prompted me to join in the fun here (also the fact that I feel a little guilty for “hiding in the closet” lurking rather than participating). Just about everything we find unsavory is neatly contained in this single post: arrogance, condecension, rejection of objectivism in favor of pseudoscience psychobabble, classism, and malignant narcissism. I joined SHTV years ago (but was never all that prolific with posts) because it seemed like a good place to discuss and discover an eclectic variety of music. I didn’t really know who Hoffy was or care all that much about the minutia of mastering or audiophoolery and it initially appeared as if that stuff was easy enough to ignore, but I now stand corrected! It seems as if there are more joyless cunty people lacking any sense of humor or irony there now than ever before, and I have had some particularly unpleasant exchanges with Carl Swanson (to me, the king of the Hoffyville pricks), jh901, dumangl (am I wrong to assume creepy things about an anime-obsessed 60-something y.o.?), Dallydipper, and strat-mangler. Somehow though I’ve managed to avoid being disciplined by daddy or his goon squad, despite seemingly breaking the rules on a few occasions more blatantly than others who HAVE faced rebuke. Your explanation, along with my experiences which I have talked about before, is how I found this board. There is absolutely no sense of humor at all left in Hoofyville, unless you consider Arnold Grove’s attempts. But beyond that it seems like even more sourness has taken over. Carl Swanson is the biggest piece of shit there, in my opinion. Grant and MYKE makes me laugh because they are just so out there, but Carl Swanson is just a bitter, humorless, breathing piece of shit. And that picture (which I assume is him) makes me hate his fucking worthless bitter guts even more. I don’t know if he has ever shared anything about his life away from STeVE but I imagine his wife cries herself to sleep at night wishing for death to just take her away from the life she choose for herself.
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Post by Goodfinger on Feb 3, 2019 4:05:59 GMT
This thread perfectly summarizes most of the triggers that finally prompted me to join in the fun here (also the fact that I feel a little guilty for “hiding in the closet” lurking rather than participating). Just about everything we find unsavory is neatly contained in this single post: arrogance, condecension, rejection of objectivism in favor of pseudoscience psychobabble, classism, and malignant narcissism. I joined SHTV years ago (but was never all that prolific with posts) because it seemed like a good place to discuss and discover an eclectic variety of music. I didn’t really know who Hoffy was or care all that much about the minutia of mastering or audiophoolery and it initially appeared as if that stuff was easy enough to ignore, but I now stand corrected! It seems as if there are more joyless cunty people lacking any sense of humor or irony there now than ever before, and I have had some particularly unpleasant exchanges with Carl Swanson (to me, the king of the Hoffyville pricks), jh901, dumangl (am I wrong to assume creepy things about an anime-obsessed 60-something y.o.?), Dallydipper, and strat-mangler. Somehow though I’ve managed to avoid being disciplined by daddy or his goon squad, despite seemingly breaking the rules on a few occasions more blatantly than others who HAVE faced rebuke. Your explanation, along with my experiences which I have talked about before, is how I found this board. There is absolutely no sense of humor at all left in Hoofyville, unless you consider Arnold Grove’s attempts. But beyond that it seems like even more sourness has taken over. Carl Swanson is the biggest piece of shit there, in my opinion. Grant and MYKE makes me laugh because they are just so out there, but Carl Swanson is just a bitter, humorless, breathing piece of shit. And that picture (which I assume is him) makes me hate his fucking worthless bitter guts even more. I don’t know if he has ever shared anything about his life away from STeVE but I imagine his wife cries herself to sleep at night wishing for death to just take her away from the life she choose for herself. Yes! That goddamn avatar pic pushes him over the edge into “biggest cock in Hofftown” territory for me too, and I agree Grant and MYKE are mostly harmless. There are a decent number of people over there whose posts fairly obviously telegraph their position “on the spectrum” and can come across as lacking in self-awareness and wallowing in audiophoolery, but they aren’t generally malignant toward other members so I have nothing against them. I participate in a few different hobbyist forums and have noticed that the most frivolous hobbies tend to also have the highest levels of collective assholery. For example, the people at DIY electronics and astronomy forums tend to be a very helpful and friendly bunch, and rarely stray into negative territory, while people at the pinball and arcade gaming message boards often give Hofftown a run for its money in this regard (especially pinside.com, which might be even worse than SHTV if that’s possible).
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Post by ledzeppelin2rl on Feb 3, 2019 5:18:23 GMT
It's the good ol' boy network over there that's for sure. The rank and file idiots there get away with being assholes. The more they donate at charity time there the more they tolerate.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Feb 3, 2019 9:41:44 GMT
Your explanation, along with my experiences which I have talked about before, is how I found this board. There is absolutely no sense of humor at all left in Hoofyville, unless you consider Arnold Grove’s attempts. But beyond that it seems like even more sourness has taken over. Carl Swanson is the biggest piece of shit there, in my opinion. Grant and MYKE makes me laugh because they are just so out there, but Carl Swanson is just a bitter, humorless, breathing piece of shit. And that picture (which I assume is him) makes me hate his fucking worthless bitter guts even more. I don’t know if he has ever shared anything about his life away from STeVE but I imagine his wife cries herself to sleep at night wishing for death to just take her away from the life she choose for herself. Yes! That goddamn avatar pic pushes him over the edge into “biggest cock in Hofftown” territory for me too, and I agree Grant and MYKE are mostly harmless. There are a decent number of people over there whose posts fairly obviously telegraph their position “on the spectrum” and can come across as lacking in self-awareness and wallowing in audiophoolery, but they aren’t generally malignant toward other members so I have nothing against them. I participate in a few different hobbyist forums and have noticed that the most frivolous hobbies tend to also have the highest levels of collective assholery. For example, the people at DIY electronics and astronomy forums tend to be a very helpful and friendly bunch, and rarely stray into negative territory, while people at the pinball and arcade gaming message boards often give Hofftown a run for its money in this regard (especially pinside.com, which might be even worse than SHTV if that’s possible). No. MYKE is not harmless. He is on the short list of BIGGEST assholes over there.
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Post by Brick Wall on Feb 3, 2019 11:16:15 GMT
Brick Wall LYKES this very much.
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Post by bradman on Feb 3, 2019 14:19:13 GMT
Please use the search function. This has been discussed many times.
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Post by Chicken in Black on Feb 3, 2019 23:06:07 GMT
MYKE is funny. He has good mother-in-law jokes, like the one where she kills herself with a gun (wasn't she terminally sick?), and MYKE inherits part of her money, and he constantly reminds everybody what a bitch she was, that he's glad she's dead, that her money allowed him to retire, and that he's keeping the gun to celebrate that. You know, the kind of jokes everybody makes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 0:01:41 GMT
Wow, I always thought Myke was funny in that asshole-ish “here he goes again” way but that being happy someone died hilarity? I bet he is a riot at the family reunions when he breaks out the jokes about the dead people no longer on this planet.
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Post by bradman on Feb 4, 2019 0:30:48 GMT
Mother in Law implies there was a Mrs. MYKKE at one time. What happened there?
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Feb 4, 2019 1:34:12 GMT
She got tired of being his wyfe
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Post by Chicken in Black on Feb 4, 2019 1:49:12 GMT
There's actually a MYKE Junyor, CHRYS. MYKE introduced CHRYS to the SHites years ago, then CHRYS stayed quyet until the time MYKE was suspended. At this point, CHRYS became suddenly very alive, particularly in the classified section, until his dad's suspension was over.
In the famyly, there's also the grandson, CHRYS' chyld I presume. When the kid was 8, Daddy and Grandaddy were very proud that he could notice how superior to DVD Blu-ray Discs were, which was totally not parroting the many conversations MYKE and CHRYS had in front of him, because that's what 8-year-olds do when they ask to watch Shrek or Despycable Me, focus on picture and sound quality.
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Feb 4, 2019 8:58:48 GMT
CHRYS has this as his signature:
"Raised by the streets, raised by the gun. I'm just glad my Dad raised his son. -Jelly Roll"
Definitely his own work, and not that of his old man.
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Feb 4, 2019 19:51:35 GMT
MYKE is funny. He has good mother-in-law jokes, like the one where she kills herself with a gun (wasn't she terminally sick?), and MYKE inherits part of her money, and he constantly reminds everybody what a bitch she was, that he's glad she's dead, that her money allowed him to retire, and that he's keeping the gun to celebrate that. You know, the kind of jokes everybody makes. No no no no no. It was MYKE's mother who killed herself. Not necessarily. My mother smoked for 65 years. Ended up with every respiratory disease known to Man. Confined to bed, weighing 75lbs., she would still sneak a cigarette. Finally at Christmas, she put a bullet in her head. . It was his stepfather's death he celebrated because he could finally listen to his mother's Johnny Mathis El Pee. I just brought home my mother's copy, bought in 1958, clean, very quiet, jacket has no splits or damage ! My step-father just died, and I've been waiting a year (since her death) to get it out of their house. This is an album that played literally in my life since day one. I've been wondering for a year if it was the mono, and it is ! His ex-mother-in-law is a great person who gave him a vinyl he already owned for his 29th birthday. I remember my ex step mother in law (whew) giving me a copy for my birthday, and my having to refuse it, since being Skynyrd, I'd have my copy minutes after the record store employee had unpacked the box. She meant well, but she knew better. Fast forward to 2015, and I'm thinking a sealed copy of the vinyl would bring in major $$$ from one of these new condo-building hipsters, that are already buying my old duplicates left, and right. Damn hindsight. :laugh: If I'm repeating myself here, I apologize. Late 1987, my freshly-ex mother-in-law buys me a copy of Legend, for my 29th birthday. ( I stayed in touch with her family, because I had full custody of my son, and they are fantastic grandparents, and great people ). And while I appreciated the thought behind the gift, I was raised to be honest in such situations, and I told her I had bought my copy on release day. I mean, damn, it's Skynyrd !!! It'd been 13 years at that point, and everybody knew they were my boys ! Of course, I'd already have my copy. Then, 23 years later, I join this forum, and the concept of selling sealed, vintage albums in the classifieds makes me wish I had just accepted it, and stuck it on the shelf. :laugh:
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Post by cockledge on Feb 4, 2019 20:05:35 GMT
This thread perfectly summarizes most of the triggers that finally prompted me to join in the fun here (also the fact that I feel a little guilty for “hiding in the closet” lurking rather than participating). Just about everything we find unsavory is neatly contained in this single post: arrogance, condecension, rejection of objectivism in favor of pseudoscience psychobabble, classism, and malignant narcissism. I joined SHTV years ago (but was never all that prolific with posts) because it seemed like a good place to discuss and discover an eclectic variety of music. I didn’t really know who Hoffy was or care all that much about the minutia of mastering or audiophoolery and it initially appeared as if that stuff was easy enough to ignore, but I now stand corrected! It seems as if there are more joyless cunty people lacking any sense of humor or irony there now than ever before, and I have had some particularly unpleasant exchanges with Carl Swanson (to me, the king of the Hoffyville pricks), jh901, dumangl (am I wrong to assume creepy things about an anime-obsessed 60-something y.o.?), Dallydipper, and strat-mangler. Somehow though I’ve managed to avoid being disciplined by daddy or his goon squad, despite seemingly breaking the rules on a few occasions more blatantly than others who HAVE faced rebuke. Your explanation, along with my experiences which I have talked about before, is how I found this board. There is absolutely no sense of humor at all left in Hoofyville, unless you consider Arnold Grove’s attempts. But beyond that it seems like even more sourness has taken over. Carl Swanson is the biggest piece of shit there, in my opinion. Grant and MYKE makes me laugh because they are just so out there, but Carl Swanson is just a bitter, humorless, breathing piece of shit. And that picture (which I assume is him) makes me hate his fucking worthless bitter guts even more. I don’t know if he has ever shared anything about his life away from STeVE but I imagine his wife cries herself to sleep at night wishing for death to just take her away from the life she choose for herself. I feel like this has really ramped up in the past few years and even when they agree with each other they lash out. Many replies over there with the tone of "I was agreeing with you, you dumb motherfucker!" They're getting more and more irritated/agitated. I wonder why...
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