Alright folks, SHOT Show is just days away. Behavior in the comments section has been less than admirable lately.
Unfortunately, I’ve got to remind a small minority of commenters that they are guests here and should act like appropriately while commenting. The fact that I even have to bring this up annoys me.
Because I will be so busy during SHOT Show writing stories, I won’t have a lot of time to moderate comments. Instead, I’ll go the simple route. Act foolish, I’ll mark you as spam.
Now, what does that mean? Just act normal. If your normal mode is jerk, then there’s going to be a problem.
However, here are a few tips:
-Don’t post something you wouldn’t say to the other person’s face.
-Refrain from the use of profanity.
-Remember you’re a guest. This is a dictatorship. You don’t have any rights of ‘free speech’ here. You want to wild out, do it elsewhere. I hear Facebook is great.
-You aren’t a victim, so don’t act like one. If you get called out, be an adult about it.
-I once dated a woman who was passive aggressive. If you are passive aggressive, I’ll have flashbacks. Don’t give me flashbacks.
-You aren’t a comedian. No really, you aren’t. I’ll be in Vegas. If you were a comedian, you’d be there as well, headlining a show.
-Having reminded you that you aren’t a comedian, yes, there will be some goofy stuff at SHOT which I may share. Yes, you’re going to make fun of it. I understand.
-Typos are going to happen during SHOT Show. Live with them. It will be okay.
-It’s ok to critique a product or company as long as you tell everyone why. “It’s expensive” isn’t a valid reason.
-No one cares that you can’t afford it.
-Don’t call anyone a Nazi or a racial epithet, even if you’d do it to their face.
-Generic comments about milk crates, scooters, booth babes (which are an endangered species), gun bunnies (which aren’t endangered) and hi-points are okay.
-If I tell you to “eat a Snickers” or “take a knee and drink water” just relax. You’ve made your point and the horse is dead, dead, dead.
-This isn’t a challenge
The purge has already begun.
Bravo
“-If I tell you to “eat a Snickers” or “take a knee and drink water” just relax. You’ve made your point and the horse is dead, dead, dead.”
I like it.
Love me some Milk Crates.
As in: “If you’re doing the SWAG drag with a milk crate, RESIST the urge to use said milk crate like a ram against the teeming crowds if you see Costa doing one of his Tactibuki routines across the hall and decide you need a better view.”
But couldn’t you just stand on the milk crate then to get a better view?
If you clock in at 350 (most of the milk crate mafia trains hard to pack all that mass into a 5’5″ frame), maybe not.
But if your milk crate is rated, do it in the aisle–even better, the intersection of TWO aisles. That lets you see the most.
Also, people’s toes make great chocks for uneven floors…
I am a failed stand up, lost out to, of all people, Carrot Top!!
Enjoy Shot Show SSD, I shall live vicariously through you and your posts for the duration. Any chance I can stow away in luggage next year?
Prop comedy is an under-appreciated art form.
Highly tempted to work up a comment that incorporated every one of your points but you seem to be in a tense mood today so I am going to let it go.
But I was very tempted…
It’s like that button that says “Don’t Push” that just sits there…
VERY nicely put, sir! Very nice indeed.
Excellent, hopefully that means much less douchebags like the ones from last week, disgusting
I promise to not inspire your next morale patch
Can we get a “Save the Booth Babes” morale patch?
I have a suggestion for stylizing the two “O”s in “BOOTH…”
I think you may be onto something…
Maybe we can do a Crowd Source or whatever and fund our own booth babe! Kinda like adopting a third world orphan…
…except our third world orphans dance at the Spearmint Rhino. And yes, they’re in desperate need of donations for tanning, waxing and surgical augmentation. No clothing is necessary, but cases of diet Red Bull and cranberry juice are appreciated.
Another ruined keyboard, Straps. Coffee, blown. Haven’t even been to the Spearmint Rhino…
But I think a spearmint green rhino on a Kifaru patch would be badass…. (and my wife wouldn’t get it…)
Well…I guess you could say SHOT’S going down 😉
Did I hear challenge?
Go ahead, make my day…
It seems as though we have went from 2015 when people were offended by everything to 2016 where people are complete douche nozzles.
Is that really a change? BTW gotta love the not-so-subtle reminder that SSD has the Nuclear Option…
/k/ is better than FB
lmao
Not trolling here but in all fairness, if something is mind boggling expensive, isn’t that a good thing to tell the company who makes it? I understand a lot of stuff here is geared toward military contracts with an almost endless budget, but at the same time they have to want the civilian market to participate in it as well. That being said, if its out of financial reach by the end user, you are limiting your scope to just the military (and foreign military’s)…just my .02.
The problem is that the guy who is used to buying underwear made in China at 6 pair for $5 doesn’t understand what things actually cost to make. He isn’t in a position to make an informed comment. Furthermore, despite these “high prices” the companies remain in business. That should tell everyone something. They’ve got a customer base and it’s fine with their pricing.
Fair enough. No more playing devils advocate for today.
You not buying their stuff is complaint enough. That said, I won’t be switching from Kifaru or MSR to alibaba gear, that juice isn’t worth the squeeze. Buy once, cry once, use the heck out of it is better than junk piled in a box.
Better advice: skip underwear, save $5.
#zipperchafingmakesyoutuff