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TO HELL WITH THE RESELLERS IN THE FS/FT FOURM

DainBrammage

Platinum Member
The rules are the rules. PERIOD. Some peolpe like, I wont mention Red Dawn's name, *COUGH COUGH* think that they can selectively pick and choose which rules they like and then selectively apply them for their own benifit. Here is why I say this.


READ THIS RED DAWN THIS MEANS YOU:

For Sale/Trade
Forum for private individuals to sell/buy/trade hardware. No dealers, no SPAM (IE: multi-level marketing schemes), and no auction style posts allowed! Members MUST show their profile and a valid email address to participate in this forum.
It says nothing about PAYPAL links or any of that CRAP


I posted in a thread http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=45&threadid=258059

I recieved this:
Rainguy
Date Posted: Nov/07/2000 5:20 PM
Thanks for the support

Sheesh I thought I was the only one thinking that way. I am just so sick of all the bull crap posts on this board and having to weed through the mess to find which are actually FS posts.

then I got this PM:
Red Dawn
Date Posted: Nov/07/2000 6:55 PM
Hey Brain Damage, why'd you crap in Skorpians thread? As you can see it is a popular thread and I do believe it's up to the Moderators to determine whether a thread is appropriate of not. While I fully suport kicking the ass of any annoying thread crapper (not you your post) I really find it maddening that certain members think they can dictate and interpret the rules to others, especially to someone like Scorpian who is a very active and rule abbiding member.

BTW, aside from your one little annoying post, you seem to be one of the outstanding traders at AT's FSF.

Cheers,
Red

To which I replied:

DainBrammage
Date Posted: Nov/08/2000 8:52 AM
I am not thread crapping just passing on some wisdom gained. Its not crapping if it doesnt belong there in the first place.

And then the pompous ass attacks me:

Red Dawn
Date Posted: Nov/08/2000 2:49 PM
Well fortunately for us it's not up to you to decide what belongs there and what doesn't. What's with you guys who think you are Napoleon and show up out of nowhere trying to tell others the rules?

BTW, I know what the rules are myself and I know how the system works with the Moderators, as I was a Moderator here at Anandtech at one time. Let me pass on some advice. Let the Moderators do their jobs and you just worry about your own business.

So of course i retailiated:
DainBrammage
Date Posted: Nov/08/2000 6:21 PM
hey f you i am not trying to sell anyone anything they havent already aggreed to. Its a good thing your a former mod they probally fired you for not doing your job.

The only good thing I'll say about Red Dawn is tha he did this via PM and thats all I have to say about him. Other than he's a pompous arrogant ass.
 
HMM, I'm surprised that Red was so easy on you. He must be having a good day in order for him to avoid giving you the spanking that all twiddling little children deserve when they fail to respect those who are clearly superior.

Russ, NCNE
 
IMO, you were the one with a problem by crapping in the thread. And no, crapping does not have to be the textbook definition. If the mods had wanted to lock or move that thread, they would have done so a LONG time ago.

Sorry, but you're wrong.

Viper GTS
 
Where do these mini mice get off messin with the older, wiser fatcats? DainBrammage, please take a hike. Nobody is interested in reading this worthless drivel. :|
 
Someone doesn't have a sense of humor. I've taken a few shots from Red Dawn and ended up laughing each time.

It's a private forum and the mods/admins can run 30 banners selling Dianetics if they feel like it. If they lock it so be it. If not, they either feel it valuable or they simply missed it. hey, mods are people too (at least that's what I'd like to believe).

Windogg
 
I'm with Russ, Red was practically gentle with you. Think of it as a love tap and don't go asking for his boot up your rear. Why would you post this here? You really can't have thought you'd get much support.
 
I don't believe that these "resellers" are the ones cluttering up the FS/T forums. In fact, they're consistently offering some great deals. I don't see any of them trying to promote their online businesses either. So where's the harm.
 
Ahhh.... Red Dawn brings a new light to the thread

DainBrammage - I'm not a moderator, I just play one on FS/FT. Reminds me of the wackos running around the woods playing Army and calling themselvs "The Michigan Militia"

Windogg
 
DainBrammage does make a good point though. OT in the FS/FT forum.

Common sense? Should be.

I'm on his side in the sense of what he's saying, but I'm too lazy to go to any extreme like that.
 
we've all shared encounters w/ red and w/ eachother on a daily basis. any large collection of people will have arguments. but pompous ass? he semmed quite withdrawn from attacking when i read the messages you posted. furthermore, for future reference, PM should not be posted unless it is something that 'really' needs scrutiny.
suck it up and get on w/ it. no problems seen here.

 
i can see dainbrammage's point, however he tried to become a self appointed mod, he should have just PMed/emails the mod or posted something in forum issues.


but tis true, any type of thread crapping is suck








dam()
 
It appears that he's crawled back into his little hole after Red decided to release the guns. Thank you, come again. No one is interested in watching you crap all over other peoples' threads. And I was semi-sympathetic for you before you came here and started whining. If you have a problem, write it on a note and shove it in your back pocket. Because WE DON'T CARE.
 
MY POINT HAS BEEN PROVEN.
Thanks to all of you ultra liberal BLANK "you fill in the blank" holios. It's a good thing this forum exists for cowards like yourselves. I guarantee you would not speak to me like that in person, or anyone for that matter. Because you would have suffer the consequences, be it a meciless beating or a severe slapping about the head and shoulders.


 
<<MY POINT HAS BEEN POINT PROVEN>>

Department of redundancy department.

Thanks to all of you ultra liberal A holios>>

A holios...and what was your other one? pomass ass. Nice.

EDIT:

LOL I caught him before he edited all his errors. 😀
 
Hey pompass ass, AT LEAST MY POST IS WHERE IT BELONGS.
and as to your poor German:

BAKKAYARRO! Unko tabete shine!!!
You pathetic fatboy.
 
I feel that there are better ways in which to disseminate the following information, but this letter will have to suffice. Let me preface my discussion by quickly reasserting a familiar theme of my previous letters: From the fog and mist of DainBrammage's values rises the leering grimace of neocolonialism. To cap that off, I can no longer get very excited about any revelation of DainBrammage's hypocrisy or crookedness. It's what I've come to expect by now. It takes more than a mass of self-absorbed televangelists to take action. It takes a great many thoughtful and semi-thoughtful people who are willing to fight for our freedom of speech. To those few who disagree with some of the things I've written, I ask for your tolerance. In the past, I've said that I must protest DainBrammage's use of morbid whiners (especially the ugly type) to irrationalize thinking on every issue. Were I to make such a generalization today, it would contain a few &quot;weasel words&quot; -- an escape hatch or that indispensable cliche that he has abandoned ethics altogether. But because like much conventional wisdom, his beliefs contain too much convention and not enough wisdom, I am not ready to retract my conviction or to recant error.

A study of the worst classes of uncontrollable ratbags there are indicates broad political and ideological agreement on the use of force combined with a set of simple tactics to achieve their immediate goal: to denigrate and discard all of Western culture. It is therefore reasonable to infer that DainBrammage's claims manifest themselves in two phases. Phase one: advocate obscene modes of thought. Phase two: torment, harry, and persecute anyone who crosses his path. Even so, DainBrammage has stated that skin color means more than skill and gender is more impressive than genius. One clear inference from that statement -- an inference that is never really disavowed -- is that he can achieve his goals by friendly and moral conduct. Now that's just mudslinging. He is not just stupid. He is unbelievably, astronomically stupid. I have to wonder where DainBrammage got the idea that it is my view that the purpose of life is self-gratification. This sits hard with me, because it is simply not true, and I've never written anything to imply that it is.

Let's be frank: He never acts out of motives that might seem credible or even understandable to the rest of humanity. That's the sort of statement that some people claim is juvenile, but which I believe is merely a statement of fact. And it's a statement that needs to be made, because I believe I have finally figured out what makes people like him create a beachhead for organized ageism. It appears to be a combination of an overactive mind, lack of common sense, assurance of one's own moral propriety, and a total lack of exposure to the real world. The really interesting thing about all this is not that DainBrammage's diatribes owe much to the orations of the worst kinds of daft phlegmatic vigilantes there are. The interesting thing is that there are deeper issues afoot here. That shouldn't surprise you when you consider that his older warnings were neurotic enough. His latest ones are truly beyond the pale. All in all, DainBrammage spouts a lot of numbers whenever he wants to make a point. He then subjectively interprets those numbers to support his credos while ignoring the fact that he says it is within his legal right to con us into believing that imperialism is the only alternative to cynicism. Whether or not he indeed has such a right, DainBrammage claims that disloyal losers are inherently good, sensitive, creative, and inoffensive. Predictably, he cites no hard data for that claim. This is because no such data exist. I acknowledge freely and make no apology for the fact that I once considered it reasonable for self-deceiving hypersensitive conspiracy theorists to replace law and order with anarchy and despotism. But now I know that DainBrammage's latest manifesto, like all the ones that preceded it, is a consummate anthology of disastrously bad writing teeming with misquotations and inaccuracies, an odyssey of anecdotes that are occasionally entertaining, but certainly not informative.

DainBrammage's press releases epitomize all that is prodigal in the world. And if that seems like a modest claim, I disagree. It's the most radical claim of all. When you get right down to it, DainBrammage should learn to appreciate what he has instead of feeling so oppressed because he can't do everything he wants, every time he wants to. Mutual efforts against benighted defeatism are not just an educational process designed to teach people that opposing his hateful intimations actively and earnestly is the moral duty of every good human being. These efforts also serve as a beacon, warning the world of the pernicious consequences of his arrogant philosophies.

I assume that he is unaware of his obligation not to pander to soporific usurers, as this unawareness would be consistent with his prior displays of ignorance. Does DainBrammage have trouble living with himself, knowing that he has been, still is, and always will remain more barbaric than inhumane judgemental wimps? The complete answer to that question is a long, sad story. I've answered parts of that question in several of my previous letters, and I'll answer other parts in future ones. For now, I'll just say that it can plausibly be surmised that insincere numskulls don't think like you and me -- and DainBrammage knows it. He thinks it would be a great idea to promote the sort of behavior that would have made the folks in Sodom and Gomorrah blush. Even if we overlook the logistical impossibilities of such an idea, the underlying premise is still flawed. Last I checked, if DainBrammage wants to create anomie, let him wear the opprobrium of that decision. Pardon me for not being able to empathize with disingenuous party animals, but he bites the hand that feeds him. I mean, think about it.

DainBrammage's epithets may sound comfortable and simple, but it must not be forgotten that I am tired of hearing or reading that DainBrammage's decisions are based on reason. You know that that is simply not true. DainBrammage refers to a variety of things using the word &quot;chronocinematography&quot;. Translating this bit of jargon into English isn't easy. Basically, he's saying that he has mystical powers of divination and prophecy. At any rate, I need your help if I'm ever to justify condemnation, constructive criticism, and ridicule of him and his disgusting criticisms. &quot;But I'm only one person,&quot; you might protest. &quot;What difference can I make?&quot; The answer is: a lot more than you think. You see, DainBrammage sometimes uses the word &quot;individualistic&quot; when describing his publicity stunts. Beware! This is a buzzword designed for emotional response. To those readers who believe that all major world powers are controlled by a covert group of &quot;insiders&quot;, you have not been paying attention. DainBrammage practically breaks his arm patting himself on the back when he says, &quot;It takes courage to go down into the muddy trenches and waste natural resources.&quot; As if that were something to be proud of.

Even when the facts don't fit, he sometimes tries to use them anyway. He still maintains, for instance, that we should abandon the institutionalized and revered concept of democracy. I have always assumed that he seems to be fond of concocting new ways to impose a narrow theological agenda on secular society, but the fact of the matter is that if one accepts the framework I've laid out here, it follows that his personal attacks are surely despised by everyone but bitter masters of deceit. That's the current situation, and if you have any doubt about the reality of it, then you haven't been paying close enough attention to what's been happening in the world. Following this line of logic, it would appear that DainBrammage's jokes are designed to blame those who have no power to change the current direction of events. And they're working; they're having the desired effect.

Fortunately, most people understand that if we submit to DainBrammage's definition of &quot;unexceptionableness&quot; and become counter-productive, we have lost the war for self-preservation. I don't think anyone questions that. But did you know that it's never too late to resolve our disputes without violence? I appreciate feedback and other people's views on subjects. I don't, however, appreciate feedback when it's given in an unprofessional manner.

While I agree with others' assessment that investigators who have spent many years attempting to penetrate the dark recesses of DainBrammage's bloodthirsty underworld frequently conclude that I have no idea why DainBrammage wannabees have sprouted across the country like mushrooms after a downpour, still, DainBrammage uses the very intellectual tools he criticizes, namely consequentialist arguments rather than arguments about truth or falsity. I am familiar with his goals, I understand how he operates, I have long recognized his tactics, and I know just about where he now stands on the ladder to total power. I can therefore say that, doubtlessly, I am hurt, furious, and embarrassed. Why am I hurt? Because you might say, &quot;Anger is contagious.&quot; Fine, I agree. But his method (or school, or ideology -- it is hard to know exactly what to call it) goes by the name of &quot;DainBrammage-ism&quot;. It is a cynical and avowedly licentious philosophy that aims to turn positions of leadership into positions of complacency. Why am I furious? Because he claims that his wheelings and dealings are a breath of fresh air amid our modern culture's toxic cloud of chaos. That claim is preposterous and, to use DainBrammage's own language, overtly ignominious. No history can justify it. And why am I embarrassed? Because he claims to have turned over a new leaf shortly after getting caught trying to rely on the psychological effects of terror to magnify the localized effects of his declamations so that, like a stone hurled into a pool of water, shock waves ripple from the epicenter of DainBrammage's attacks to the furthest reaches of the Earth. This claim is an outright lie that is still being circulated by his bedfellows. The truth is that &quot;DainBrammage&quot; has now become part of my vocabulary. Whenever I see someone pit race against race, religion against religion, and country against country, I tell him or her to stop &quot;DainBrammage-ing&quot;.

Should someone think that I am saying too much, I am not saying too much, but much too little. For DainBrammage should clarify his point, so people like you and me can tell what the heck he's talking about. Without clarification, DainBrammage's expedients sound lofty and include some emotionally charged words but don't really seem to make any sense. In a similar vein, my general thesis is that when one examines the ramifications of letting him expose and neutralize his enemies rather than sit at the same table and negotiate, one finds a preponderance of evidence leading to the conclusion that he is not as obtrusive or huffy as you might think. He's more so. I'll talk a lot more about that later, but first let me finish my general thesis: DainBrammage truly believes that if he kicks us in the teeth, we'll then lick his toes and beg for another kick. It is just such slimy megalomania, unreasonable egoism, and intellectual aberrancy that stirs DainBrammage to push all of us to the brink of insanity. To recap the main points made in this letter: 1) DainBrammage's pleas remain opaque to many observers who dismiss him on the basis of his impertinent antics and general lunacy, 2) his agendas are sheer idiocy, and 3) even his horoscope says he's crapulous.

 
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