wasn't that Jack the Ripper's motto?
Iggy Pop
wasn't that Jack the Ripper's motto?
Oh man it was absolutely viscous! The tribes divided up quickly and it was never ending sniping between the "objectivists" and the "subjectivists."
I mean, there was lots of good conversation too, but it was really muddied by both ideological and personality conflicts on that board. It got very personal between many of the main players.
I wonder how much more civil it would all be if we were required to post under our real names and addresses.
S
So true. Photo forums are painful to read anymore, first it was Canon/Nikon fans crapping on everyone else until Sony went mirrorless and destroyed (nikon and canon) in dynamic range, then autofocus speed, then speed; did people start realizing Canikon aren't the kings anymore. It was the focus peaking and the ability to "see" the end result that I jumped to Sony for that reason. My wife went from being frustrated with Canon's DSLR's to over the moon with Sony for this reason. After dealing with Canon/Nikon snobs saying Sony is not a real wedding photographers camera for years (yes, there are some people that won't hire you if you don't shoot Canon/Nikon) that is until you show them the end results. There is a reason Canon and Nikon are now almost all mirrorless, because Sony showed it can be done well and produce high quality results. Since technology moves so quickly I learned to continually re-evaluate my biases - sometimes a gem comes up where you least expect.I am both into audio and photo. So I look at both, audio and photo forums. And my impression is, that audio is much nicer as we do not write about our own music, but just about our impression of other people’s music played through “our” system. Photo is brutal in comparison as it is all about photos taken by people themself, and photographic fidelity (=equipment) and processing (DSPs) is suddenly much more personal. Compared to that, audio forums are a treat...
Not necessarily. Education and application actually stifle harmful actions and even desires if its … wait for it …… effective moral education and application. Intellectual education as you implied does indeed have that limitation. Example. Ran into a guy in my volunteer work. Middle of the conversation tears well up. He confessed he was on his way to kill a man when we met. He right then and there decided to not kill. Topic was advantage of forgiveness and patience as a solution for revenge. It was effective non-intellectual education. Smart guy incredibly upset. Brief moral education; moral education applied. Now a hopefully smarter guy with options...still incredibly upset yet his desire to kill abated. Most importantly at least one, if not more lives were saved. Of course your example wasn’t revenge based but it illustrates the writers point. Education and application are very much underestimated as a solution for many many illls. Not all the worlds problems agreed, but the majority of especially interpersonal ills could be drastically reduced. Just think if kindness (admittedly an area of improvement for me) respect, empathy, patience (many in this forum are well educated here), and wait for it...humility...the acceptance that everybody is better than I at something (shockingly many are here with this quality) would storm the audio hobby forums. Who could question this education when applied would not crush hobby aggression in minutes? At least repeat offenses. Life does require practice for measurable improvement.
I think it was Dostoevsky who wrote that if man actually achieved the perfect socialist utopia, the first thing he would do is burn it to the ground because it bores him. Great minds think alike. Perhaps you should write a novel!
Pick any hobby where there is a degree of fetisishm mixed with exotic sounding tech and pseudo science. As well as actual science.
Cycling
to name but a few
I wonder how much more civil it would all be if we were required to post under our real names and addresses.
S
I am on the persono thread giving hate because the peonis don't measure good
I wonder how much more civil it would all be if we were required to post under our real names and addresses.
S
So your going to come here and start it again?I am on the persono thread giving hate because the personis don't measure good
That didn't come out right but if you want an example just go to the active persona thread and read page 3. Now please explain to me why it's beneficial to go out of your way to tell someone that's already made their decision they're wrong? Then this person waves the measurements around. I'll say it, I think Revel makes decent ht kit but is awful at stereo and the ultima's were the worst soundstaging speakers i've ever owned and the bass was mia. That said I don't stalk the revel forum telling everybody my opinion.
Because they sucked in my room with my gear to my ears doesn't invalidate your impressions and if you guys like the stuff enjoy it.