i appreciate the fact someone would be honest and willing to provide critique but there are glaring problems on this board (and probably message boards in general)

the critiques on here are often nasty, rude, etc.

when someone asks for input on a design/artwork or whatever in real life, you dont stare at them with giant eyes ... insult them... tell them to give up completely... tell them to go back to school... and i have seen all of that here. you designers out there see a store with a shitty comic sans logo- you don't go inside and tell the owner he is a dumbass and should just close shop immediately.

when someone is given a keyboard and a faceless screenname, evidently they are given carte blanche to piss on anyone they please?? it's easy to be an asshole when all you have to do is close the window instead of face the person back

and more often than not, these territorial pissings come whether or not they are asked for or not.

if someone wants a critique on their work, it can be offered up without being a dick about it. tell them what you dont like or how you would like to see it. make fun of a crap toy all you want, but when someone is asking for input on something they created with their own hands, i think a little diplomacy can go a long way here.

all the bickering and name calling gets old fast

something I want to address in this thread right now is rudeness

why is everyone making out being rude to be such a horrible thing? sometimes it's fun and funny and great.

Isn't it very self-centered to argue in favor of being rude because the person being rude gets off on it? The person who is the target of the rudeness might not enjoy it quite so much. And responding to rudeness with rudeness usually just leads to both people screaming at each other even louder, with veins bulging and spittle flying.

I personally would not be interested in being a member of a community where rudeness is accepted as a positive attribute.

Rudeness is not awesome. It sucks.

Rudeness is not awesome. It sucks.

I'm looking at the one in my hands going to a board member here for $130 and thinking, boy, how un rfso, of me to get $30 for my trip down south, my standing in line, my even being there to get my bud a zag that he really wants,

I'm from the East Coast. the stereotype is true. we are rude. all the time.

I'll call bullshit on that. Every time I've been to NY (or Philly, for that matter) people have been nothing if not completely cool to me. Granted, there's little of the "After YOU, sir" attitude, but everyone is more than helpful with even the stupidest of questions. Come to Milwaukee some time and you'll see rude.

The owner of that figure is basically giving the middle finger to everyone in the scene. Instead of releasing that figure back into the scene to someone who would really appreciate it in its original state, the owner is so self-absorbed and selfish that he/she puts their shallow need for attention before others.

is this what Hiro meant when he sold his RH for 'art supplies'?

You had me until the last sentence. If you encounter rudeness, it's because we're still letting FIBs through the border.

I use crosswalks as a gauge: NY...I was in the financial district and a friggin' school bus almost took me out on my walk signal. Chicago, it's a crapshoot. You takes your chances. Seattle on the other hand...I have no doubt people would stop if I crossed against the light. LA is an entirely different creature...

The worst I've encountered? Tokyoites on bicycles. Don't fuck with them...they WILL run your ass over. In swarms too....first one hits you and the rest finish the job!

I guess I'm just going by the personal friendliness meter - face-to-face, as it were. I say hello to everyone I pass on the street, and here I get a blank stare or an odd look.

Crosswalks - good lord, I'm terrified of all of 'em. I generally just run.

Stuck in on Saturday night and VH1 have a metal special on - just saw the video for "Rainbow in the Dark" by DIO.

Crap yet awesome!

Man was that guy ugly, skinny and small...with bad clothes...gives us all hope eh?

Oh the thread...haven't read any of it much - looks like teh same old arguments repeated by new people and old people.

Half teh people who act like assholes behind their keyboards turn out to be OK when u meet them. The power of semi-annonymity! Use it wisely, cos we all get to meet eventually. I myself prefer good vibes.

Now, back to AC/DC

edit: Point of Entry era Priest vid - wow, Rob looks HOT in those TITE pantz.....

Half teh people who act like assholes behind their keyboards turn out to be OK when u meet them.

Half teh people who act like assholes behind their keyboards turn out to be OK when u meet them.

edit2: Every Rose Has it's Thorn -can it get much better?????