posted Mon, 06/24/2013 - 16:43
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+ 3 Higher member karma guys talking down to lower members!!!
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Sometimes I wish I didn't look through so many SI threads because I wouldn't be posting this but I'm still noticing some members who are fairly new to karma feel like they can call people out or talk down to lower members what do you get out of that? There's alot of unknown guys on here that have more knowledge than alot of guys! Of course this whole thing excludes mods I'm just curious what you guys get out if disrespecting or "putting them in their place" instead of remembering you were new at one time just curious?
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shirlsguyIt doesn't just take high Karma to let one's mouth get out of control... especially when it is driving a keyboard. I have done it and it is a flaw of character. It is called 'building one's self up by tearing others down." I always feel horrible after doing it, 'cause I know it is driven by low self-image and it says I have hit a weak point. I cut my teeth on the weight pile when I was 140-lbs with mentors who were absolute monsters... the kind of people who rep 495-lb on the bench to where the bar remains bent and squat well over 600-lbs. My 'image' of a lifter is skewed and even at 15-stone i see this teeny tiny man in the mirror. Now, you take a 18-stone monster with a brain to match and the potential to either kind or cruel is tremendous. I envy the people who maintain their composure day in and day out and this post reminds me to be mindful... the bigger I get, the more knowledge I gather, the greater the impact of my actions.
Now, Tread.... I love it when you treat me like one of your bitchezzz... it make me want to stand up for myself and grow bigger, smarter, and get some wisdom. Keep the pressure on 'ME' all you want because I love the heat... it drives me and makes me put away those crisps, candy bars, or granola and break out the carrots, eggs and oats!
tread-mHERE'S A MAN THAT GETS IT PEOPLE, WATCH AND LEARN!
tread-mWell I can only speak for myself being a true hardcore top of the foodchain Alpha male. I speak down to others simply because I think of everyone, and I do mean everyone as my lil bitchezzzz. Don't take it wrong, its quite endearing actually. All my little bitchezzz just following me for the brief oppurtunity to get a quick nuthug in or snag a lil nut nectar from the Eroids God I obviously am. You will simply have to do as the others do and deal with it because I have no intentions of releasing any of my lil bitchezz from my ownership and you will so help you God bow as I enter a thread...yes, I can see you, I see all... I own you game over!
Naaaaa, just kidding. I do not agree that one should speak down to another other than if the other is disrespecting someone else. Then its game over no rules just drill'em outta commission. I don't like a smart ass, never have never will and if you don't have something positive to add just don't add anything, that's a positive in and of itself.
I will refer anyone thinking of speaking down to others where I spoke of this at length in off topic where it belongs : ) under the heading as a stickie...
Eroids depreciating!
It is nice to have the topic touched on again from time to time. Treat others as you wish to be treated and remember, those of us with high or very high karma had pretty good knowledge when we arrived here with "zero" Karma. Might pay to listen to the lower karma guys/gals and hear them out. If they preach bad or dangerous protocol we of course have to call them out but there's even a dimplomatic way to do that...respect is something almolst all of us respond to.
The other thing of course in my own life, if I stop learning here I'm done. Thanks to many members not to exclude lower karma members, I'm not anywhere close to that day. Learn something new almost daily and that's a pretty nice thing in my book.
So if errrrbdys just nut huggin you... Why not just give out some raisins? :-o oh hell naw! I know she diddent! I can't bow my cane won't bend! However, ill try! Will you bring the hover-round to the side door? Thanks sonny
tread-mLmaoooooooo...you're such a good sport I'll give that granny! Hey how my blanket coming that your were crocheting? You got the Gorill aon it right?
If by gorilla you mean the curious george design you gave me... Yes sir sonny I got it on there... I was even able to get the back ground to make thay rainbow patten you wanted... I think isn't so great you're a COLORFUL MAN.
tread-mAwwww...that rainbow means the world to me. It represents my colorful life going up for so long then taking a nose dive as I met Ed. Its like the guy sucks the life out of you. No homo
Btw, while you were in one of your many naps I installed a hinge on your cane so hopefully the bowing is a lil easier next time you come in here. I hated that you fell last time and had to press your "I've fallen and can't get up" neclace and alert the elderly patrol. Broke my heart! So now life is good again and I suspect you will once again, bow with grace and dignity. I noticed you pampers when you bowed last time though and was gonna say something but then thought , "well maybe she does that on purpose so the "old power" tramp stamp shows". Whatever, just makes me happy to see you getting your life together. I was going to say even "lifes short" but I think you have proved that's not true at all. Dayuuuum...willard scott bout to get a call fasho!
Let me just add too this as a veteran of many many wars of words on these boards..... sometimes when i bring a "tough love" approach to a post when dealing with a real hard head who is hell bent on running his bummer plan of a cycle no matter what anybody says or proves different!.. this is usually the flare off point when the abuse kicks in and the post just becomes a fkn war zone.
I have realised that this happens purely because we are worlds apart hitting buttons to put type on a screen!... in real life i speak to fkn hard heads on a daily basis BUT never have this problem due to the power of EYE CONTACT and the TONE and MODULATION of the voice... having the physique on full show to the person does not go amiss either... it doesnt take long for the realisation factor to kick in and the guy to understand that somebody is doing this thing the right way lol.
What we have here on eroids or any other forum for that matter is a persistant problem that will NEVER discease.
This is how its always been and always will be!.. NO MATTER how much we wish it would end.
Also... let me just add.. KARMA is NOT just about how much knowledge a certain member has!.. i personally hit +3s to members on a regular basis purely for Acceptance of knowledge or showing good attitude and courteous mannerisms... also let me explain the eroids "Tagging system" is a measure of how much input a certain member brings to the boards as a whole... not just for certain specifics.... hope this helps everybody not just the OP.
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Thank pank.... i just added a little more info i thought important to the post.
It is all true. your post would be a great sticky about how things get misinterpreted on the net as well. You & I are both old school hard knock shooters and yet our only intent is to drive others to succeed.
You know I agree with your sentiment as I try to treat a person as their actions deserve. You know I see another trend that is more prominent as of late it is new guys taking shots at mods and others unjustly as well. I think it doesn't boil down to so much of a karma thing anymore, as it does an individual thing high or low karma.
In fact it would probably serve us all well rather then classifying and throwing everyone in that class into the guilt of the actions of a few is start naming names and backing it up with clear cut evidence not personal feelings. But I am agreement with your point when high karma or anybody for the matter does this.
MakaveliCD7I agree with Monstar as well... I get aggrevated myself when I see members trying to help each other out and a troll comes along and sabatoges the thread with back and forth science lessons that are not warranted.... Guys come here to seek our knowledge... I myself have helped plenty of high karma guys and low karma guys bc that's what I love to do... I only wish I had a site like this to access when I was seeking advice and gear... I was clueless and fubarred a bunch of cycles and wasted gear LOL....so if u guys ever need help just hit me up in the pms...afterall we are all brothers seeking the similar goals.... Some higher than others but we all on same page and definitely can help each other out
AnonI try not to give anybody a hard time but 1 thing bites my ass and thats seeing someone come on posting stuff right away that indicates they have not read not one rule.....thats about it really....ill help anybody that needs it high or low karma
This could all be resolved by new members taking time to read more and post less when they join. I waited a while to post because I wanted to make sure I knew how shit worked around here. That would go a LONG way in cutting down some of the obvious blunders we see.
About the Karma thing, ill say this. It is a reflection of how active you are on the board. It does NOT always reflect how much knowledge you have about AAS. I think some people really let it go to their head but 99% of the higher ranking members don't. Example: I have noticed one guy with higher karma here that is always giving cycle advice, and a lot of it is about tren. When I looked at his pics he didn't even look like he used gear. Kind of tells me that he might not know what he is doing. On the other hand I know a guy that is REAL close to winning an IFBB pro card on here and he has less than 10 karma. Just because he doesn't post a lot. Point is that dude probably knows a lot more than the 20 yr old dude with a lot of karma.
Oh and +1
RustyhookerAnother karma thread? There's vets on here working for free trying to help nebs. Yet newbs constantly piss about karma instead of the info. Folks know who's good and who's full of it. Either learn...or research. And anything posted is researchable. Old fart vets get tired if trying to teach these entitle kiddies. So it goes......
Greekmuscle1I agree I'm not talking about the dumb stuff some people need to be mistreated not everyone I'm pretty sure we were all new once and this really has nothing to do with karma that relates to people that have been here 6 months and think bc they have karma they can belittle people that's all like I said I'm not calling anyone out its just ridiculous sometimes
AnonTrue
angusViking wrote a sticky about this exact thing and I think it's been discussed at great length. The only time I tend to bite on new members is when they make an account, jump into an SI thread and immediately break the rules. Doing so jepordizes all of us. The rules are there for a reason. When I was a noob I read every damn rule I could get my hands on then I watched what senior members posted and didn't post. While I'm not saying that has to happen with everyone, I'm saying that in the very least read the rules. IDC if a person has 500 karma or 5, if they break the rules I'll call them out. So that's great that you jump up to defend them, just be careful what you're defending. I do see some new people get throttled pretty good and I can't tell you how many newbs that I have taken under my wing and walked through stuff. The bottom line is that all are welcome and if they are getting flamed then perhaps they either should find a senior person to partner up with or look at why their getting flamed. I know if ppl flame someone that I'm helping I'll jump in and say theyre still in training and we haven't covered that topic yet. Ya no need to say it, I'm a fucking saint, haha.
Greekmuscle1Well said I didn't see vikes post about it ill have to look it up
Doesn't hurt my feelings. I'm too jacked up on test to give a shit ;)
No1Doesnt hurt mine because its the internet
BirmonWell I just think some people try to get in where they fit in. Not a whole lot that can be said or done, just speaks to the person's character and maturity level.
The Karma system is nice for what it is. It shows who interacts with the community at various levels (pictures, informative posts, cycle advice, etc.). I would never base my opinion of someone's knowledge based on this number. I read what they have to say and gather everything from that avenue.
I'm sure there are a lot of lurkers on this site that know a hell of a lot. I lurked for a while before I started contributing and getting karma. I had plenty that I could add, but chose not to since my main goal was scouting sources to order from. Then I started drifting through other areas of the site, interacted and that was that.
What it comes down to is we are all here because we share a common interest, aas and their usage. We should be encouraging each other, having intelligent dialogue, comparing notes and guiding others when needed. We all start somewhere and there is no reason to belittle anyone. No one knows everything, it's a constant learning process. Everyone should keep that in mind when interacting with each other. Like a kindergarten lesson...treat others how you'd like to be treated.
Greekmuscle1Well said bro this is not another karma thread unfortunately it's invved because I could call certain guys out for bashing people when they def shouldn't be! By the way looking Swole homie!