A few realizations

[Iggy]

So I've come to realize that there's things I really can't be assed to care about anymore:

I assume you meant "asked" not assed (but then...)

1: Red vs Blue. OS4 vs Morph OS. I am unlikely to ever run either, and I'll skip threads where this is likely to be a discussion point.

I not 100% sure which is red and which is blue (I guess I'm part of the blue team). If you're not interested you don't have to involved yourself, but plenty of us are interested and there are others who each day decide to try either OS. AND it not that adversarial (although MorphOS is better).

2: CUSA threads. Period.

I'm interested in this and have been more so since I took the time to call Barry Altman and hear him out. Like it or not Commodore is back and in production. Whether you're interested in their products or not, the interest they generate can only serve to increase interest in our own communities.

3: People who seem to be on the site purely to talk about how the amiga sucked compared to PC's or this or that console, or how every game sucked etc etc.

Why ARE those people here?

You know the type.. any discussion will inevitably become about how feature XXX was actually worse than feature YYY on generic PC ZZZ and this unfailing truth has to be driven into the skulls of the audience mercilessly as if anyone cared 25 years later.

Could be worse, could be the Natami forum. At least we're not constantly inudated by people insisting that all we need is a faster blitter.

4: Drama queens and whiners. I apologize that an evil man is forcing you to read every thread, and respond to every thread on the forum.

Leads right up to my last point, content on this site is post by a somewhat democratic approach. Find a thread interesting or provocative, post a response and it remains current. No interest and it fades into obscurity.

So, whether you're interest in something (that I'm not) or vice-versa is not important.

[Iggy]

Im not looking to censor anything. Like i posted above, I dont mind the CUSA stuff being there. I just get tired of the perpetual bickering in those threads.

OH! Now I get it. Sorry. My bad.
Yeah the news items are useful. The "I'd buy anything with a Commodore label" and the "I'd never buy anything from Barry Altman even if you skinned me alive" posts do get a litle tiresome.

And the drama! Oh, the little melodramatic posts and personal attacks. I could do without those.

More pancakes and socks. No problem.

[Iggy]

Was that comment really necessary?

Not at all (and there are some features of AOS4 that I wish MOS had).
I was just amusing myself.

[Iggy]

Lost In Space's Dr. Smith used it all the time. So does DEVO in 'Through Being Cool'. Two  American pop culture refs for 'ya! Pretty sure I've heard one of the Dr. Who's use it before as well.  

"spuds, ninnies and twits"

Which phrase, ninnie or twit?
Ninnie is perfectly good English in all English speaking countries.
And twit, while I tend to associate that word with Monty Python, is also perfectly acceptable.
I'm not sure what a spud is.

[Iggy]

But that != no desire to do so.
I have to go back to the example of Jay at Atari and continually ask myself if it's more relevant to follow people vs following the technology itself.
Perhaps it's too clearcut to look at it that way, but still...

#6

"Perhaps it's too clearcut to look at it that way, but still..."

I know its just me, but I have no clue what you're talking about.

[Iggy]

Probably my fault. I tend to be overly brief. Put another way...

Amiga was called to my attention in the old days by *gasp* Atari users. I read about Jay and it was the ideas (and the man who carried them) that I related to and eventually ushered me into the world of Amiga.
That's not to say I was ignorant of the descriptions of the hardware or the operating system. Sure, that played a part. I'm just saying there is more to my platform migration than just those tangible items.
So, for me, I find it too limiting to judge the new "players" just by what hardware they talk about at present.

#6

Much clearer.
Oddly enough, my own judgements come from a polar opposite.
I like the technical specs and hardware fact.
It probably explains why I hung onto the 68K for as long as I did and Why I'm using a PPC now.

[Iggy]

i ONLY come here to talk about socks and broccoli

My socks smell like broccoli.

[Iggy]

runequester

You forgot idiots who have no life and just post all the time to get  their post count up.. oh and also hijack threads constantly and talk  nonsense all the time.

Oh the irony!

+1

[Iggy]

+1 from all the fanboys what a suprise.. you just called yourselves out. How perfect. Pretty soon all that will be left on this site is you fanboys talking to eachother about your amiga hordes and what you DONT do with your amigas. Great, real fun site.

Harsh, mag. And I've always tried to treat you fairly. But lately all your posts are just filled with negative crap and barbs about other posters.
I actually remember when you had points to make that weren't just focused on other posters.
Hell, I remember when you were a nice guy.

WTF happened?

[Iggy]

iggy

Why do you chime in +1 to instigate me? Yeah, i remember when aorg was a legend. But due to the -MODERATED- posting all the time now have really really polluted aorg.

Whats funny is over past months i've been defending aorg to people on aw.net and elswhere and I cannot do so any longer.  If you notice a lot of the serious usa amiga people never come here any more. As well as euro developers and others. Now, just a few lame fanboys who havent bought 1 piece of amiga software or hardware in the past 3 years, or never had or wanted an Amiga NG system. os4 or morphos. They just cling on to their classics and flame blast any other system or idea. Its really pathetic.

For instance the guy you just +1 after (retro) is now my enemy because of one thread where someone was selling an a1260 in the usa and didnt want to ship overseas and I agreed its not a good idea now this moron follows me around talking sh8t. WTF has this person ever done for the amiga community? Except hoard hw and talk crap. (telling me he is going to put me in the hospital)

And you wonder why i'm not a "nice guy" here anymore??

I think you let them get to you, and in that they've won, Mag.
And I wasn't kidding about the posts. You used to have some good input and now you're always mad.