Luke: I am trying very hard to give the new guy a chance. I really am. I've resisted posting on most of the first offerings because no one hits it out of the park on their first day. I understand that.
[I DID get a little hot under the collar with the Charlie Brown thing, because, in the words of Albert Einstein, "Fuck that fucking shit."]
Matt Smith is not David Tennant, but then neither is David Tennant Matt Smith. Both bring their own take to a classic and both are excellent in different ways. That is the way of most things. Things change, and sometimes for the better if you give it a chance. So I've held my tongue, waiting to see what kind of change we've got here.
I won't hold my tongue on this. If you click on the "Tags: chicken, lays, lead, pepsi," you will find only one article listed: this one. Why? Because there is no way any of those (except maybe lead in our fucking toys, thank you Walmart and China) has any real impact on Geek Culture other than as fuel during an RPG. This article is, at best, inappropriate for this site and, at worst, a commercial for Lays and Pepsi. Yes, I realize this flavor is in China, but those are not Chinese brands. If those greasy, sugary chips don't transform into a robot with a lightsaber riding on a T-Rex dressed like Batman chasing My Little Ponies around the U.S.S. Enterprise, then keep them the hell off of here or you're going to completely lose the readership. Nerds and Geeks have an infamously low tolerance for people fucking with/fucking up their loves, and we love this site. Get it in gear and quit posting random old shit from the portfolio that's only peripherally geeky. That or find a site more suited to your interests.
That's my two cents. Spend it how you will. I won't bother you again about this.
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@5318008 You should know that I do consider junk food, fast food, candy and such as a completely valid area of geekdom to explore. I don't consider this any more a "commercial" than a My Little Pony post would be a Hasbro commercial. "Fuel during an RPG" is a not-insignificant point.
I can see you vehemently disagree. It may mean there are posts coming you'll want to skip over. We'll see how it goes.
@LYT @5318008 I was kind of hoping LYT would write a post introducing himself. We'd like to know the personality behind the editor's desk, y'know?
@Someguy @Gallen_Dugall @LYT @DetectiveFork Yeah, reading comments from people bitching about LYT not being Rob is getting old quick, that and MVN is supposed to notify me if people respond to my posts, but sometimes it don't.
I'd much rather have a site that didn't cover my interests than a site where the guy running things faked it. Fake people suck. That goes for fake nerds, fake country singers, fake christians, and anyone else use associates with stuff in order to make a buck - either gender. If they didn't suck then they'd be able to do the job in the format that they actually liked rather than exploiting some other demographic.
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@Gallen_Dugall @LYT @DetectiveFork WAIT! Social skills are beyond bitching, moaning and complaining? Next thing you are going to tell me is that I'm suppose to be wearing pants when I go outside.
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@LYT @DetectiveFork sometimes you have to ignore the peanut gallery
I posted a complaint about the number of product reviews a few years ago, but I just didn't understand the collector crowd who consider new stuff for sale to be news.
I cook. A lot of people don't. I've heard of cooking with cola before - pretty sure the south has been doing it for a long time. Didn't have a problem with the post.
anyway, best of luck to you and remember that we all want you to do well, however some of us lack the social skills to put that into words beyond bitching, moaning and complaining.
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@DetectiveFork I felt like the post introducing me as the new editor did that - but maybe not very well. If you have specific questions I try to answer them in comments when I can.
