Wow; I've just been discarded!

Bob rejoin under the name Arctic light give it some time & then put the same avatar up, when asked to change it put an up close picture of your ass as your avatar. :fingers:


:blush: I like that idea.
 
Normally I'd never speak up about someones avatar, but since it's on topic I'll say my piece. This avatar doesn't really offend me. But what girly avatars like this do is make me self conscious while my kids or wife or others are around and I'm browsing through forums. We're pretty conservative, so I'd prefer people didn't use avatars like this, but I would never speak up about it unprompted. Rather than try to make everyone else suit my tastes, I prefer to work around their tastes if mine differ. It's easy enough to scroll them off page if needed.

Please don't take this as a passive aggressive attempt to say "I don't like your avatar either". I'm just offering my two cents. If it was indeed against the forum rules, fair enough; he should have said so politely with a reference to the rules as you mentioned.

Casey....I agree with your entire post.....very well said. I am not comfortable with these avatars for my own reasons, but I do not want to attempt to control what others do.
 
Bob, when I hear about some of the things that happen on other forums I'm reminded of Mike's sig line,

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."- Albert Einstein.
 
Very odd, I don't like Brian Wilson either. I have never liked the Beach Boys at all.

By the way, I did not see in the rules where an avatar of legs, shoes, and floss is not acceptable :)
 
Bob,
That's why AS born.
To be only with the good guys in one place

It's been like heaven for me here.
In other forums I was on constant threat
Just because I'm an Audio dealer

They don't understand that I'm also
a consumer that loves audio and loves
To be around people with the same interest.

Remember that our King Mike was banned just for helping out, that's ridiculous !!!!!!

Thank you Mike for having us here in your corral of good people
 
Bob,
That's why AS born.
To be only with the good guys in one place

It's been like heaven for me here.
In other forums I was on constant threat
Just because I'm an Audio dealer

They don't understand that I'm also
a consumer that loves audio and loves
To be around people with the same interest.

Remember that our King Mike was banned just for helping out, that's ridiculous !!!!!!

Thank you Mike for having us here in your corral of good people

You're welcome!

I can ban Bob for a week if he ever wants to feel like home! :)
 

Bob, I think the avatar is fine, it doesn't show any anatomy that would be clearly visible under any circumstances. I do however see why repressed people might find it inappropriate.

I have seen many women put on as well as remove their panties, :victory: and she really does look like she is removing them. When you put them on, you need two hands whether they are big cotton granny panties or a silky little thong, but to remove them, just like in the photo, a couple of fingers will do. Also when they get dressed, the heels go on after the panties.

It's hardly any worse than the avatars here with the big busty women. What can I say, despite what individual people say [because they lie], the world is terribly inhibited and all hung up about sex. From the look of her shins, its too bad we don't see the rest of her!
 
Culture
look how far they go in France on bus, bus shelter etc and in an other how far they go in some country in north africa
 
Can I mention the audio site? ...It's that one where I met great people like Trung.

Anyway, I'll show you the avatar (my avatar) which is right in the middle of all that controversy.
And you tell me if it's inappropriate. ...I think one or two members over there commented negatively towards it; and then few more members seem to like it.

Me, I just don't know, I work for the freedom department.

Here she is: View attachment 2837

Nothing wrong at all, if you want new members on audio forums well you MUST take them off OR maybe go sideways.:)
 
Bob.
"Different strokes for different folks"
The only thing "suck" is you can't share your passion.
;)

Trung, I only have 289 posts over there, and some good sharing and exchanges I had with few great members.
Only few lost souls had the misfortune of interacting wrongly with my personality.

I tested the waters, I made few good friends along the way, people who share the same passion as I, the Music, and my avatar was simply too much for few ...

Case closed. ...Time to go forward and put my energies where it counts most; the younger audiophile/videophile generation, right here! :) ...With all my love. :heart:
 
Casey....I agree with your entire post.....very well said. I am not comfortable with these avatars for my own reasons, but I do not want to attempt to control what others do.

Same here, I fully respect Casey's post, as I said earlier, but this is an AUDIO forum, where 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of all the members are MEN!
...Well, not all of them are "real" men though. ;)

Bruce, do you really think kids and wives are interested?
...Less than 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%, or even less!

Bob, when I hear about some of the things that happen on other forums I'm reminded of Mike's sig line,

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."- Albert Einstein.

Very true, very true Doug.

Very odd, I don't like Brian Wilson either. I have never liked the Beach Boys at all.

By the way, I did not see in the rules where an avatar of legs, shoes, and floss is not acceptable :)

Brian, I have never seen their forum's rules! I said it before; I have searched extensively for them, but without success, and nobody ever provided them to me!

*** Please, if someone here can find the direct link to their rules, I'm all in.
And please, look again at the first post of this thread right here; and check at my avatar again!

I'll spare you the time:
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I won't describe it; you guys can see from your own eyes.
Me personally, I think it's so ridiculous that I'm glad that I did what I did.

Best part of this story? ...Share it with all of you my friends here. :)
 
You're welcome!

I can ban Bob for a week if he ever wants to feel like home! :)

I'm learning some important things Mike; like how to bring the newest generation of audiophiles and videophiles in a healthy and intelligent environment.
That's our role too. ...Welcoming new blood, and never imposing 'tricks' that have no value in growing up with verve, candor, at the highest level of our hobbies; listening and watching, with all our ears and eyes, and with all the joy and sadness of the full emotional gamut from the repertoire of free expressionism impact. ...Right to the deepest crevasses of the heart and soul.
 
Bob, I think the avatar is fine, it doesn't show any anatomy that would be clearly visible under any circumstances. I do however see why repressed people might find it inappropriate.

I have seen many women put on as well as remove their panties, :victory: and she really does look like she is removing them. When you put them on, you need two hands whether they are big cotton granny panties or a silky little thong, but to remove them, just like in the photo, a couple of fingers will do. Also when they get dressed, the heels go on after the panties.

It's hardly any worse than the avatars here with the big busty women. What can I say, despite what individual people say [because they lie], the world is terribly inhibited and all hung up about sex. From the look of her shins, its too bad we don't see the rest of her!

Gary, you already know the great respect I have for your good common sense. ...Amen!
 
I'm learning some important things Mike; like how to bring the newest generation of audiophiles and videophiles in a healthy and intelligent environment.
That's our role too. ...Welcoming new blood, and never imposing 'tricks' that have no value in growing up with verve, candor, at the highest level of our hobbies; listening and watching, with all our ears and eyes, and with all the joy and sadness of the full emotional gamut from the repertoire of free expressionism impact. ...Right to the deepest crevasses of the heart and soul.

I need an interpreter. :)

What are some of the "tricks" you've seen?
 
Culture
look how far they go in France on bus, bus shelter etc and in an other how far they go in some country in north africa

---- :D ...With your own avatar, Odyno, you would have get banned right away! Lol

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* Culture? ...Just Look at Russia, as I mentioned before in this thread. ...On gays and lesbians.
Yep, we can write the entire encyclopedia of life since the very first beginning and till the eternity of times...
 
Bruce, do you really think kids and wives are interested?
...Less than 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001%, or even less!

Bob....I am not at all concerned about women or children seeing the avatars.

In any case....Enjoy and be happy here.
 
I need an interpreter. :)

What are some of the "tricks" you've seen?

Tricks like voodoo magic ultra hi-end (read extremely expensive) audio cables.
Tricks like out-of-this-world exclusivity, even if it sounds like total crap.
Tricks like false advertising with bogus measurements and false claims from correspondents (fake reviews).
Tricks like "audio magic" that simply doesn't work.
Tricks like deceptions, misrepresentations, lies, and all that false jazz.
Tricks like reviews done by paid reviewers from the manufacturers.
Tricks like just putting the emphasis on the good but never the bad; like reliability for example.
Tricks like omitting the essential in order to get a pay check.
Tricks like not going in depth on the essence of the product.
Tricks like not explaining the variables between measurements and listening tests.
Tricks like welcoming the well healed and sneezing at the less fortunate one.
Tricks like preaching your belief as if it was the absolute.
Tricks like deceiving others by any means necessary.
Tricks like not accepting other's point of views.
Tricks like banning anyone who doesn't fit with your business model plan.
Tricks that are sick to the bone.

I'm sure many of you here have some more to add...
 
Nothing wrong at all, if you want new members on audio forums well you MUST take them off OR maybe go sideways.:)

Hi Andre,

I would love it if you could elaborate further. ...I highly value your opinion. ...And not about an avatar, but on the overall atmosphere inside an audio forum. ...On the RIGHT direction.

You just hit the right chord here: "If you want new members ..." ...And from all ages of course. ...And women too of course.
 
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