Goodbye

[babe]

Kick against the pricks mate

Teach, all in all you're just another brick in the wall"" ;has come a long way since the sixties when the teachers were mostly teaching the 3 Rs. Now the dudes who wanted political objectives to dominate have got the lectern.

And the kids consider your politics to be "the wall".

Well, if they can still think, that is.

I considered OB to be the absolute epitome of that kind of brick.

Human nature is a sort of absolute of science that politics cannot fundamentally change. We will always have some kind of authoritative government, and some kind of established interests and business, but letting any set of humans have indisputable power will always be our biggest mistake.

The American Revolution was a first attempt to limit that kind of abuse.

Everyone should study the true history of that time. Every thinking person should take the side of limiting governmental power. Fascism will do more damage to the world than climate ever could.

OB was all in all the one person in here who was most worthwhile to talk to.

I'm sorry he went to that extreme on the anti-vaxxers. The right of the people to question authority even in science will overall save more lives than vaccine reluctance will cost.

 

[JazzyFresh]

Lol Comrades and their cancel culture eats it's own. Love it! It was only a matter of time until socialistic(Communist) rule you've supported bites you in the *** like it has every single country and person it's touched.

 

[Avery]

It's way too easy to have too much of a digital life in this day and age.

Whatever you decide to do, it's your time to spend it.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

GD shows that the Jazz connection is not enough to keep people connected. I (for the most part) try to avoid political discussions, because it is not worth my time to do so, especially on a sports forum.

I always find it fascinating when people spend so much time trying to relay a point on an internet message board as if you will actually get anything out of your time "investment".

For many on here, it is an actual addiction. OB has over 15k posts, probably not an easy habit to quit cold turkey, but he'll be better off if he can. Hopefully he will replace it with something more productive.

 

[fishonjazz]

Dude I'm in Utah week after next. Let's have lunch or something.

Let me know when you are here.
Just to let you know ahead of time though, I'm working 50 hours this week, 60 next week, and 60 the week after. A co worker is out due to surgery so I'm covering. Which really isn't so bad because my employer bumped overtime pay for anything over 48 hours up to double time. So those will be some real nice checks.
Still might be able to do a lunch with you though

 

[Miggs]

Let me know when you are here.
Just to let you know ahead of time though, I'm working 50 hours this week, 60 next week, and 60 the week after. A co worker is out due to surgery so I'm covering. Which really isn't so bad because my employer bumped overtime pay for anything over 48 hours up to double time. So those will be some real nice checks.
Still might be able to do a lunch with you though

Double time sounds nice!

 

[LogGrad98]

Let me know when you are here.
Just to let you know ahead of time though, I'm working 50 hours this week, 60 next week, and 60 the week after. A co worker is out due to surgery so I'm covering. Which really isn't so bad because my employer bumped overtime pay for anything over 48 hours up to double time. So those will be some real nice checks.
Still might be able to do a lunch with you though

I'll be in town from the 10th to about the 12th or 13th. PM me a time and place that'll work with your schedule.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'll be in town from the 10th to about the 12th or 13th. PM me a time and place that'll work with your schedule.

The 10th would be best. That's my only day off that week. Let's make it happen.

 

[Archie Moses]

It's seems I am vain enough to write this post.

Recently, I referred to our recent anti-vax poster as a "lover of human slaughter". I was informed Thursday that this falls under the categorization of 'We cannot allow users to be abusive, overly aggressive, threatening, or to "troll".' I considered the sentence accurate rather than abusive, not threatening in any way, and an understatement, if anything. However, I don't make the rules, and I don't protest the reprimand in any way.

One thing I do value is the implied contract I make every time I post a comment in here. So, I took a couple of days to let any emotions subside, and make sure of what I felt to be the right thing. I consider every post to be a promise I will behave according to the rules. If the comment above is against the rules, I have decided that I can no longer make that promise to the administrators/moderators, because we have a divide between we as being aggressive, threatening, or trolling with regard to anti-vaxxers. If I can't promise to fulfill my part of the bargain, I have no right to enter into it.

So, good-bye all. I have learned so much here over the years, and have nothing but gratitude for Jason, colton, and various members of the moderation team over the years. Were I to list individual posters that I have learned from, I could probably type out 100 handles and still leave people out. Thank you all very much.

If you're gonna quit then I highly recommend you quit Archie Moses style.

Drop that **** in the heat of the moment and see who cares then realize, it doesn't matter.

Maybe you're prouder than me, but if you are gone, the board will miss you. 100%

Your questions to people responses are world class.

If you do come back, there's no shame, my man. I think I've done it 14 times.

 

[fishonjazz]

If you're gonna quit then I highly recommend you quit Archie Moses style.

Drop that **** in the heat of the moment and see who cares then realize, it doesn't matter.

Maybe you're prouder than me, but if you are gone, the board will miss you. 100%

Your questions to people responses are world class.

If you do come back, there's no shame, my man. I think I've done it 14 times.

Good post

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

Definitely going to miss One Brow. He wins my award for best avatar. We've disagreed on a lot of topics over the years, but I think we've always been cordial. Two things that I think could drastically improve our GD area:

1- Remember that if someone disagrees with you, it's not necessarily an attack on you or your identity.
2- When you are messaging or responding to someone directly, don't write something you wouldn't say to their face directly.

I'm guilty of not following the above all the time. It seems like most of our discussions that go off the rails violates one of the two ideas above.

Good luck One Brow.

 

[babe]

Definitely going to miss One Brow. He wins my award for best avatar. We've disagreed on a lot of topics over the years, but I think we've always been cordial. Two things that I think could drastically improve our GD area:

1- Remember that if someone disagrees with you, it's not necessarily an attack on you or your identity.
2- When you are messaging or responding to someone directly, don't write something you wouldn't say to their face directly.

I'm guilty of not following the above all the time. It seems like most of our discussions that go off the rails violates one of the two ideas above.

Good luck One Brow.

Here's a bit of parody of The Lady and The Highwayman replacing "chivalry..... "Rules are for fools. Fun stuff, really.

Nobody consistently follows them unless they are hellbent on making it to the insane asylum. Common sense works better sometimes. Like a cop who can resist writing a speeding ticket to someone in an emergency, say taking someone to a hospital.

I wouldn't write anything for anybody that I'd say to their face unless they were already laughing and enjoying the banter.

But I intend to maybe provoke a different line of thought. Not necessarily exactly mine. I swear if I ever met someone who agreed with me, I'd have to change my mind before I could lose my mind.

what is a troll????? Someone with no humor or no respect. An angry parent-enabled basement dungeon ogre, maybe. Maybe a road warrior for some petty cause that will be gone and forgotten in the next war. Wars, like Congressional Acts, are always perversely given opposite names...... Like "The War to Make the World Safe for Democracy" and "The War to End All Wars""

I'm guessing we have a "War to Save The Trailer Trash" on tap in Sonoma county after Guv Gruesome is recalled......

The mods are right to take a stand against extreme judgments with any reference to anyone's right to life. We are talking, supposedly, because we have ideas that can cut their own way sometimes if they are really good. Change minds voluntarily. Maybe while laughing, or even just smiling.

OB's greatest moments were when he could keep his cool and take a respectful rational view supported by information we might not have yet.


If anyone really misses OB, go visit him on his blog "Life, the Universe, and One Brow. Obviously a perfectly ordered logical sequence or topics from least to greatest.

But, really..... OB.....

Come back when you've rested up a bit.