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Post by chinacat on May 25, 2019 8:18:47 GMT -8
Artman,
Since84 has shared that his administrative efforts to remove your false designation as 5-star Global Moderator have been ineffective. I hereby call upon you to remove this self-aggrandizing bullish!t, reveal to Since84 how you accomplished this, and apologize to the group for holding yourself above the rules and processes that everyone else here abides by.
Best wishes to all others in the forum for a happy and healthy Memorial Day weekend.
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Post by 4aapl on May 25, 2019 11:32:45 GMT -8
Artman, Since84 has admitted that his administrative efforts to remove your false designation as 5-star Global Moderator have been ineffective. I hereby call upon you to remove this self-aggrandizing bullish!t, reveal to Since84 how you accomplished this, and apologize to the group for holding yourself above the rules and processes that everyone else here abides by. Why are we getting all worked up over this? I expect pro boards is set up that by default there is one global moderator and then other moderators. Makes sense (though it looks like you can have multiple global's, I expect you need at least one). Stars can be set up in the administration area, for groups. aaplfinance.proboards.com/admin/themes/settings#groups-container-tab I just changed it so the global has 2, and other moderators have 2...and now we do. Click on the "load defaults" and it goes back to 5 and 0. So it's just the defaults. Set it as you like here, and you can also give everyone stars there based on number of posts. As for setting up groups, pro boards help shows how to do that. support.proboards.com/thread/460346/creating-managing-member-groups I don't have the groups tab, but guessing as a couple URLs I hit one that says I don't have access. aaplfinance.proboards.com/admin/members/groupsMaybe I'm dreaming of rainbows, but it seems like we, both moderators and people who didn't volunteer to be moderators, should follow the basic rule of presumed good intent or innocence. At least here, where we do share an interest in Apple and AAPL.
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Post by Luckychoices on May 25, 2019 12:22:43 GMT -8
On a completely different subject, now that this board has moderator control again, is it within the realm of possibility that the thread that was started and named almost 4 years ago, with the specific intention of harassing one of AFB's own contributing members, be made "Read Only"? Apparently the need to "bump" up that thread is too difficult for some to resist and this would allow it to sink to the low level it deserves. I'd suggest it be purged completely, but being "Read Only" would still allow members to revisit and remember the type of named thread which should never again be allowed.
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Post by 4aapl on May 25, 2019 13:07:04 GMT -8
On a completely different subject, now that this board has moderator control again, is it within the realm of possibility that the thread that was started and named almost 4 years ago, with the specific intention of harassing one of AFB's own contributing members, be made "Read Only"? Apparently the need to "bump" up that thread is too difficult for some to resist and this would allow it to sink to the low level it deserves. I'd suggest it be purged completely, but being "Read Only" would still allow members to revisit and remember the type of named thread which should never again be allowed. I'd say it is within the realm of possibility. But that's more up to FireStorm. I'm not all-knowing, but this like the 3rd or 4th post complaining about that thread being used again. FireStorm has not asked such, and even asked that the political post be put there. In general the Dungeon is a free-for-all, with the likes of a history of a certain person's last name. But FireStorm, if you want that thread locked, renamed, or removed, just let a Moderator know, here or via a Private Message
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Post by Luckychoices on May 25, 2019 13:45:45 GMT -8
On a completely different subject, now that this board has moderator control again, is it within the realm of possibility that the thread that was started and named almost 4 years ago, with the specific intention of harassing one of AFB's own contributing members, be made "Read Only"? Apparently the need to "bump" up that thread is too difficult for some to resist and this would allow it to sink to the low level it deserves. I'd suggest it be purged completely, but being "Read Only" would still allow members to revisit and remember the type of named thread which should never again be allowed. I'd say it is within the realm of possibility. But that's more up to FireStorm. I'm not all-knowing, but this like the 3rd or 4th post complaining about that thread being used again. FireStorm has not asked such, and even asked that the political post be put there. Yes, he asked that the post be moved to, "MY TORTURE CHAMBER of The Dungeon". Does that wording indicate to you that he *likes* the thread being named with his username? I think it's fine to banish all *obviously* political posts, containing no reference to Apple/AAPL, to the Dungeon, however, it should *not* be fine to name a thread with another person's name for the sole purpose of harassing that person. I think if someone did that with a moderator's username, the thread wouldn't last long and it shouldn't. In general the Dungeon is a free-for-all, with the likes of a history of a certain person's last name. But FireStorm, if you want that thread locked, renamed, or removed, just let a Moderator know, here or via a Private Message Yes, it's quite *clearly* a free-for-all which, I suppose, is why a person in the Dungeon was allowed to opine, at least three times, that it was a shame his political adversaries wouldn't be facing a firing squad because they're: Pick One: leftist, socialist, communist. A firing squad!! American citizens facing a firing squad. Who thinks that way? Instead of posting in the AFB Dungeon, they should be spending a great deal of time with a mental health professional and perhaps being interviewed by the FBI.
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Post by 4aapl on May 25, 2019 14:02:21 GMT -8
Yes, he asked that the post be moved to, "MY TORTURE CHAMBER of The Dungeon". Does that wording indicate to you that he *likes* the thread being named with his username? I think it's fine to banish all *obviously* political posts, containing no reference to Apple/AAPL, to the Dungeon, however, it should *not* be fine to name a thread with another person's name for the sole purpose of harassing that person. I think if someone did that with a moderator's username, the thread wouldn't last long and it shouldn't. It's hard to tell humor or sarcasm in text. One of the mini-interviews I just read a month or two ago, I think in a Tim Ferriss book (Tools of Titans, also wrote 4-hour chef), talked about that. A CEO or whatever of a company that had a lot of remote workers (can't think of who it would be offhand) said that as part of their company culture things, they all needed to presume that no one was out to get them. Basically take anything in the very best way it could be taken. I get the feeling that FireStorm has thicker skin than me and doesn't give a - what someone says in that thread in the dungeon, about him or about something he believes/feels. But maybe I'm wrong. It happens a lot, and I'm constantly told that, though normally by my kids or wife. FireStorm, just ping a Moderator if you care, and I'm sure it will be taken care of. Incidentally, I dropped myself off the Moderator group to see if my Global Moderator group membership would be listed. It's not, though I could still give everyone pink stars if I wanted to, and am strangely curious if it would really let me hand out 57 stars to everyone, or if I would break it. I guess I'm still a QA Engineer, even if being an investor has been much more lucrative.
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Post by firestorm on May 25, 2019 21:09:15 GMT -8
I am thin-skinned about a lot of things, but I'm kinda proud of "Responses to Firestorm," although I won't be posting there anymore. SOMEBODY has to speak up against the insanity. I don't mind if that thread remains, but I would humbly suggest some others, including Platon's Pabulum, Global Monitor's Idolatry, JD's Epithets, and Macster's Madness. Sorry if I left anyone out, and you can move this post to my room in The Dungeon if you wish. BTW, over the years I DID get really tired of being called a communist, a socialist, and a libtard by the fascists and white nationalists here (I only claim ownership of the libtard title).
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Post by chinacat on May 26, 2019 7:22:59 GMT -8
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Post by macster on May 26, 2019 11:37:14 GMT -8
I am thin-skinned about a lot of things, but I'm kinda proud of "Responses to Firestorm," although I won't be posting there anymore. SOMEBODY has to speak up against the insanity. I don't mind if that thread remains, but I would humbly suggest some others, including Platon's Pabulum, Global Monitor's Idolatry, JD's Epithets, and Macster's Madness. Sorry if I left anyone out, and you can move this post to my room in The Dungeon if you wish. BTW, over the years I DID get really tired of being called a communist, a socialist, and a libtard by the fascists and white nationalists here (I only claim ownership of the libtard title). Omg beyond stupid hateful post and then a couple comrade approvals. How low can it sink for bumping a thread? Sorry about that. Administration please delete the thread that I bumped. TY It is no longer of an interest and does not serve any purpose. I bumped it up because of the constant political nonsense being posted on the intraday thread.
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Post by firestorm on May 26, 2019 12:53:49 GMT -8
I am thin-skinned about a lot of things, but I'm kinda proud of "Responses to Firestorm," although I won't be posting there anymore. SOMEBODY has to speak up against the insanity. I don't mind if that thread remains, but I would humbly suggest some others, including Platon's Pabulum, Global Monitor's Idolatry, JD's Epithets, and Macster's Madness. Sorry if I left anyone out, and you can move this post to my room in The Dungeon if you wish. BTW, over the years I DID get really tired of being called a communist, a socialist, and a libtard by the fascists and white nationalists here (I only claim ownership of the libtard title). Omg beyond stupid hateful post and then a couple comrade approvals. How low can it sink for bumping a thread? Sorry about that. Administration please delete the thread that I bumped. TY It is no longer of an interest and does not serve any purpose. I bumped it up because of the constant political nonsense being posted on the intraday thread. Says the guy who is the worst recent offender about politics in the intraday thread. Besides, I would think you would enjoy having a thread named after you ... oh, and I forgot to include comrade in the list of names applied to me. Thank you for the reminder, and I rest my case about extreme right-wingers lacking any semblance of a sense of humor.
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Post by Luckychoices on May 26, 2019 13:12:19 GMT -8
I am thin-skinned about a lot of things, but I'm kinda proud of "Responses to Firestorm," although I won't be posting there anymore. SOMEBODY has to speak up against the insanity. I don't mind if that thread remains, but I would humbly suggest some others, including Platon's Pabulum, Global Monitor's Idolatry, JD's Epithets, and Macster's Madness. Sorry if I left anyone out, and you can move this post to my room in The Dungeon if you wish. BTW, over the years I DID get really tired of being called a communist, a socialist, and a libtard by the fascists and white nationalists here (I only claim ownership of the libtard title). Omg beyond stupid hateful post and then a couple comrade approvals. How low can it sink for bumping a thread? Sorry about that. Administration please delete the thread that I bumped. TY It is no longer of an interest and does not serve any purpose. I bumped it up because of the constant political nonsense being posted on the intraday thread... ...and I *completely forgot* we have the Dungeon thread, "Trump-land and Other Political Commentary" that should be used for political nonsense.
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Post by Luckychoices on May 26, 2019 13:36:55 GMT -8
My wife just came across this in Apple News and, after I read the article, it became *very* clear to me that Steve didn't *always* make the correct decisions, IMO. Steve Jobs scrapped some of Justin Long’s ‘Get a Mac’ commercials because they were too funny============================ Everyone remembers those “Get a Mac” commercials — the ones where John Hodgman’s buttoned-up PC and Justin Long‘s relaxed Mac trade passive-aggressive barbs in hilarious fashion. (If you don’t remember them, do yourself a favor and watch a YouTube compilation right now.) But apparently, some of those ads were too hilarious and never made it on TV.
In the latest episode of PeopleTV’s Couch Surfing, Long reveals that, of the nearly 300 commercials shot (66 of them ultimately aired), he “noticed that some of the funniest ones would never air.”
“One in particular, I remember, Zach Galifianakis played, like, a drunken Santa Claus,” Long recalls. “And [Apple] said, basically, that Steve Jobs preferred when they weren’t super funny….because he thought it would detract from the point of the commercial. He thought if people were too focused on the humor in it, they would lose sight of the product.”
RELATED VIDEO: Justin Long shares the podcasting advice Dax Shepard gave him
The commercials, as host Lola Ogunnaike puts it, made Long “a household face,” but failed to earn him free Macs for life. Still, he doesn’t seem particularly strapped for cash: “How much money did you make off of those?” Ogunnaike asks.
“Enough that I don’t have to be here, Lola,” Long quips.============================ In any case, click on the link below to revisit those "Get a Mac" commercials. Full disclosure: 1. The video is 38:50 minutes long. 2. I'm a notoriously easy laugh. Complete 66 Mac vs PC ads + Mac & PC WWDC Intro + Siri Intro
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Post by plcm123 on May 26, 2019 22:27:34 GMT -8
There’s a new story from Reuters where the quoted Huawei Technlogy founder saying “That (Chinese retaliation against Apple) will not happen first of all and second of all, if that happens, I’ll be the first to protest,”
Sounds like this guy is either short AAPL or he really knows something we don’t. Let’s hear it from our Chinese expert, Sponge you there?
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Post by sponge on May 27, 2019 0:31:54 GMT -8
There’s a new story from Reuters where the quoted Huawei Technlogy founder saying “That (Chinese retaliation against Apple) will not happen first of all and second of all, if that happens, I’ll be the first to protest,” Sounds like this guy is either short AAPL or he really knows something we don’t. Let’s hear it from our Chinese expert, Sponge you there? Don’t make it personal. It is hard I know to break old habits. First of all that interview I think is encouraging. I don’t think he speaks for the company but rather on behalf of the government. There is no such thing as private companies in China. They are all semi owned or backed up by the communist party bosses. So in a way they are signally that for now they will not touch Apple. As to why I am not sure other then they can’t afford at this time to kill a big job creator. Plus they can’t copy us if they kick us out. Since we corrected early by a month I now expect us to go up. I think trump will reach a modified trade deal by end of June. But with tariffs still in place. In regards to China deal, I think there will be enough negative and positive noise in the next 16 months to make the market go up and down. With 600 billion in sales there are too many US companies that will suffer as well if Trumps fights too hard. Amazon and Apple are first come to mind. He can’t hurt the Chinese without hurting US stock market and US retailers at the same time. Now I should point out that China imports make up a small piece of the US 32 trillion economy. Apple will go down because history repeats itself. It is just the normal cycle of Apple life. Talk about a new SE in 2020 sounds like 2016 when the first one came out. Apple corrected from 135 to 89 during that time. What Apple has going for it is that the products last a long time. So people will wait longer to replace their iPhones. I still think consumers want a smaller iPhone and Apple is reluctantly being forced to make one again. It will actually help them drive sales and upgrades but not with the margins they are used to. For the record I am now gambling in June calls. My prior game plan was to buy Sept calls, but those planned changed. I think we will correct after July earnings and then go back up as the new iPhone is released. I will not be buying the stock with my cash until we hit a p/e of at least 10 and Apple shows me net income growth and some very cool product.
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Post by macster on May 27, 2019 9:33:50 GMT -8
Omg beyond stupid hateful post and then a couple comrade approvals. How low can it sink for bumping a thread? Sorry about that. Administration please delete the thread that I bumped. TY It is no longer of an interest and does not serve any purpose. I bumped it up because of the constant political nonsense being posted on the intraday thread. Says the guy who is the worst recent offender about politics in the intraday thread. Besides, I would think you would enjoy having a thread named after you ... oh, and I forgot to include comrade in the list of names applied to me. Thank you for the reminder, and I rest my case about extreme right-wingers lacking any semblance of a sense of humor. Go back and read the thread...I never started a political post. Always in response to one even though I did not use a offending quote. By the way you are so far left of course any post from a person who in middle of the road or leaning right is a far right extremist to you. LOL I got a chuckle at your comedy of errors. LOL. Just stop!
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Post by platon on May 27, 2019 22:02:25 GMT -8
Yes, he asked that the post be moved to, "MY TORTURE CHAMBER of The Dungeon". Does that wording indicate to you that he *likes* the thread being named with his username? I think it's fine to banish all *obviously* political posts, containing no reference to Apple/AAPL, to the Dungeon, however, it should *not* be fine to name a thread with another person's name for the sole purpose of harassing that person. I think if someone did that with a moderator's username, the thread wouldn't last long and it shouldn't. It's hard to tell humor or sarcasm in text. One of the mini-interviews I just read a month or two ago, I think in a Tim Ferriss book (Tools of Titans, also wrote 4-hour chef), talked about that. A CEO or whatever of a company that had a lot of remote workers (can't think of who it would be offhand) said that as part of their company culture things, they all needed to presume that no one was out to get them. Basically take anything in the very best way it could be taken. I get the feeling that FireStorm has thicker skin than me and doesn't give a - what someone says in that thread in the dungeon, about him or about something he believes/feels. But maybe I'm wrong. It happens a lot, and I'm constantly told that, though normally by my kids or wife. FireStorm, just ping a Moderator if you care, and I'm sure it will be taken care of. Incidentally, I dropped myself off the Moderator group to see if my Global Moderator group membership would be listed. It's not, though I could still give everyone pink stars if I wanted to, and am strangely curious if it would really let me hand out 57 stars to everyone, or if I would break it. I guess I'm still a QA Engineer, even if being an investor has been much more lucrative. The creation of the thread being referred to was designed to assuage the hurt feelings and tender ears of all (both sides of the argument) when they might, heaven forbid, hear that politics might have some affect on Wall Street. By taking politics to the Dungeon I thought that would make everyone happy, but unbeknownst to me not only can many of you not refrain from entering the Dungeon you cannot refrain from controlling it. Look at those who are whining, it is not the Conservatives here (though I am sure there are some Conservatives who don't want to hear rough and tumble politics, but apparently they avoid the place), it is those who profess leftists views such as their desire to control speech and ideas that don't fit their position. I am going to post a brief history of the thread and its honoree who I might add has said many times on the thread that he is honored by it, if he has had a change of heart it is not because he is offended, he just wants Conservative statements and ideas squashed. I want to say here that since Firestorm has said he will not be posting there anymore I am fine with changing the name of the thread and I am fine with Firestorm's suggestion of "Platon's Pabulum" (of course I will use MW definition of "intellectual sustenance" rather than the definition Firestorm intended. I do not know Firestorm, I have no personal feelings about him at all. I do not care what he thinks, I care only that his political stance is harmful to this Country, to its citizens, to the COTUS, to our way of life, and yes, I ridicule people who have those beliefs, but only their beliefs. For those who are blind I refer you to the thread itself, it will be self-explanatory to any with an open mind. All of the names Firestorm said he has been called, he is probably close to accurate because by definition they are true. All of those names refer to people who have left or far-left views, look for yourself, and then carefully examine the stated positions of all of the candidates who are running on the Democratic ticket. Firestorm insults as much as he is insulted, he has no complaint. I would be insulted if he ever agreed with something I said, if he really meant it. This is the first post in the thread:May 21, 2015 at 11:14am likePost Options Post by platon on May 21, 2015 at 11:14am Firestorm Until JD gets here with a proper response. I am copying this post to the Dungeon to make it clear that I don't want to sully the Intraday with responses to your repeated attempts to inject politics on the tender ears of all here. Any further responses by me to your posts will be made there. www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate"In the United States, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - United States Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Content for - United States Unemployment Rate - was last refreshed on Thursday, May 21, 2015." www.unionofunemployed.com/blogOur Summary of U.S. Real Unemployment makes the adjustments necessary to determine: first, the number of Real Unemployed Persons and, second, the Real Unemployment Rate. In January 2015: The number of Real Unemployment Persons increased by 285,000 to 18.0 million The Real Unemployment Rate increased by 0.1% to 11.3%. However, in addition to the 18.0 million Real Unemployed Persons at January 31, there are another 4.2 million workers who, while also saying they want jobs, have not looked for work in the past twelve months. Solely because they haven’t looked, these workers are not included among the marginally attached workers; if included, January’s Real Unemployment Rate of 11.3% increases to 13.6%, a figure more than twice the official BLS rate of unemployment. Firestorm's response: (Notice it was only Firestorm that dictated rules of what I could and could not post, which is typical of a liberal) May 21, 2015 at 2:20pm likePost Options Post by firestorm on May 21, 2015 at 2:20pm The way of calculating the unemployment statistics has remained essentially the same through many administrations. If you want to cook the books, you can change the methods now to suit your political passions, but the fact remains that employment and the economy are steadily getting better since the Bush/Republican economic and military disasters. Deal with it and don't sully the discussions by echoing Rush and Fox. Here is a Firestorm response to rickag who has never been anything but respectful to all posters Page 4 of thread)
Sep 26, 2015 at 8:35am likePost Options Post by firestorm on Sep 26, 2015 at 8:35am rickag Avatar Sep 26, 2015 at 7:56am rickag said: firestorm Avatar Sep 25, 2015 at 11:49pm firestorm said: I suspect that all the lazy people who should be filling these jobs are on unemployment and watching Fox News all day, yammering on about progressives wanting something for nothing. Oh I hope my response didn't hit too close to home for you, though some of the others in this thread are undoubtedly feeling the sting of my word sword (Platon, are you there?). In case you hadn't guessed, I am no longer taking these political battles seriously, but I like having a whole thread named after me. Here is my response to Firestorm's post to rickag. (My point is that 90% of my posts to Firestorm were in response to his political and often insulting posts) Sep 26, 2015 at 9:06pm likePost Options Post by platon on Sep 26, 2015 at 9:06pm firestorm Avatar Sep 26, 2015 at 8:35am firestorm said: rickag Avatar Sep 26, 2015 at 7:56am rickag said: Oh I hope my response didn't hit too close to home for you, though some of the others in this thread are undoubtedly feeling the sting of my word sword (Platon, are you there?). In case you hadn't guessed, I am no longer taking these political battles seriously, but I like having a whole thread named after me. You were actually being serious at some point??? I'm sorry I never took you that way. I never take someone seriously who never states a fact, never makes a cognizant point and never has a paragraph without personal insults. I have never took you seriously, I just brought you down here to save anyone on the board who did, the aggravation of having to ignore you. The thread is not named after you, it is named after the responses to you. Get it? "Responses to Firestorm" "Sting of your word sword" snicker, snicker More like pin prick of your needle vocabulary. We all know liberals don't carry swords of any kind and if they actually picked one up they wouldn't know what to do with it. I will continue this in the Dungeon feel free to criticize.
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Post by benoir on May 27, 2019 22:36:47 GMT -8
Get a life Platon, you sound like a complete tosser.
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Post by platon on May 27, 2019 22:38:58 GMT -8
I'd say it is within the realm of possibility. But that's more up to FireStorm. I'm not all-knowing, but this like the 3rd or 4th post complaining about that thread being used again. FireStorm has not asked such, and even asked that the political post be put there. Yes, he asked that the post be moved to, "MY TORTURE CHAMBER of The Dungeon". Does that wording indicate to you that he *likes* the thread being named with his username? I think it's fine to banish all *obviously* political posts, containing no reference to Apple/AAPL, to the Dungeon, however, it should *not* be fine to name a thread with another person's name for the sole purpose of harassing that person. I think if someone did that with a moderator's username, the thread wouldn't last long and it shouldn't. In general the Dungeon is a free-for-all, with the likes of a history of a certain person's last name. But FireStorm, if you want that thread locked, renamed, or removed, just let a Moderator know, here or via a Private Message Yes, it's quite *clearly* a free-for-all which, I suppose, is why a person in the Dungeon was allowed to opine, at least three times, that it was a shame his political adversaries wouldn't be facing a firing squad because they're: Pick One: leftist, socialist, communist. A firing squad!! American citizens facing a firing squad. Who thinks that way? Instead of posting in the AFB Dungeon, they should be spending a great deal of time with a mental health professional and perhaps being interviewed by the FBI.Please clarify exactly what you are referring to in the bolded. If it is in response to the post I made to silkstone I suggest you reread it for comprehension. In answer to your question of "who thinks that way" I would ask who doesn't think that way about anyone who attempts to remove a duly elected President from office by undermining the COTUS, the Courts and the American people. Anyone who does not think that way doesn't deserve the freedom or the Country that he/she lives in. I will use one of my favorite quote here. I feel exactly as Jefferson did. And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” ― Thomas Jefferson, Letters of Thomas Jefferson
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Post by benoir on May 27, 2019 22:45:46 GMT -8
Now you sound like a condescending tosser....
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Post by platon on May 27, 2019 22:57:34 GMT -8
Get a life Platon, you sound like a complete tosser. Giving orders again? You might qualify for a thread in your name someday, of course it will always be the case that you are 2nd fiddle to Firestorm. You don't have a clue about my life and I don't care about yours. Now if you would just make a substantial post about Apple we would be back on topic, or you could move this to the Dungeon. I have tossed a few, I am an IPA fan, are you? By the way Sponge saved me a lot of money a while back, I closed out my Apple stock holdings except for the shares that I have that I have no cost in. I probably won't get back in for the time being as I am waiting to pick up some more AMZN if it makes my target.
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Post by platon on May 27, 2019 23:07:42 GMT -8
Now you sound like a condescending tosser.... No, I never have to lower myself to the level of those I drink with, they are all Conservatives, we are on the same level. Top floor, all of them.
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Post by benoir on May 27, 2019 23:34:10 GMT -8
Get a life Platon, you sound like a complete tosser. Giving orders again? You might qualify for a thread in your name someday, of course it will always be the case that you are 2nd fiddle to Firestorm. You don't have a clue about my life and I don't care about yours. Now if you would just make a substantial post about Apple we would be back on topic, or you could move this to the Dungeon. I have tossed a few, I am an IPA fan, are you? By the way Sponge saved me a lot of money a while back, I closed out my Apple stock holdings except for the shares that I have that I have no cost in. I probably won't get back in for the time being as I am waiting to pick up some more AMZN if it makes my target. Now your talking Platon... i’ll toss a few IPA’s with you any day.
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Post by 4aapl on May 28, 2019 7:00:29 GMT -8
I will continue this in the Dungeon feel free to criticize. The dungeon is a great place for this. Several members brought up their worry over a thread titled for a member, feeling he was personally being attacked. Incidentally, the member didn't seem to much care, and was just avoiding it. Given that there are already political threads in the dungeon, it seems the easy solution is to lock down the named thread, but leave it around. As has been stated repeatedly, the dungeon is a great place for political and other stuff that doesn't stay on topic enough for the intraday thread.
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platon
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Post by platon on May 28, 2019 11:47:22 GMT -8
I will continue this in the Dungeon feel free to criticize. The dungeon is a great place for this. Several members brought up their worry over a thread titled for a member, feeling he was personally being attacked. Incidentally, the member didn't seem to much care, and was just avoiding it. Given that there are already political threads in the dungeon, it seems the easy solution is to lock down the named thread, but leave it around. As has been stated repeatedly, the dungeon is a great place for political and other stuff that doesn't stay on topic enough for the intraday thread. Thank you for being rational about it. I have no problem with locking the thread but would like to see it left in place as there are numerous posts that offer good explanations of political events that some might find useful in referring to while discussing politics. I am a political person and since Wall Street is a political construct by free people to risk their money, I find it hard to separate the two. As does Firestorm for opposing reasons. The thread was never about Firestorm as a person, it was designed to be a place where we could refute what he said in the intraday without disturbing other members. There could easily have been a thread designed to refute what JD or I said in the intraday, created by Firestorm and I would have reveled in it. I am not trying to convert anyone but I don't believe in being forced to agree, especially in the arena of politics. I always "try" and let others set the tone of the debate and "try "to respond in the same vein, of course while avoiding vulgarities. I have spent a couple of days going over the posts in the aforementioned thread and feel I did a pretty good job of that for the most part. If someone finds a post where I strayed from that, post the page number and time and I will review it, and either explain it or apologize for it.
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