Well, I suppose we have to take a step or two back before sailing on forward.
Bear, we've seen each other over the years at a couple of different boards. I've watched you catch some heat from a few after making a post or two that were on a bit of a different frequency than others. Your thinking, strategy, and the conclusions drawn were different in a "I don't wanna over think things" kind of way. You didn't like or care, for that matter, what the fellas had to say. I like that about you. A free thinker.
What I worry about is that while independent thinking is a good thing, being reckless and not taking sound advice or any advice other than what you want to hear isn't always good...or safe.
If guys that you've seen over the years and bumped heads with are getting more vocal as you continue further down a path it's not because they(we) all don't want you to succeed and be happy and accepted.
If there are guys you've just recently met are the guys that are giving you positive feedback and encouraging you to push on and flip the bird at those guys telling you what I, myth, and others are saying then something may warrant taking a step back for a few.
Please...a minute is all. If the behavior or the things you're a part of are what's causing the negative posts directed at you as well as the posts that praise you and make you feel good then it should be easy to look at what about the behavior is causing you all this attention.
Could the things your doing have consequences that could hurt you and others who care about you?
It makes sense that you wouldn't want to be doing the thing that makes your family sad. Correct? If the thing you were doing was to help paint homes for the elderly or something that brought others happiness chances are your family would praise you and say good things about you. How could anyone tell u to stop.
The guys patting you on the back are telling you things that you like and haven't heard in some time and it feels good. You don't want it to stop. Your proud of the things you've made and posted pics for all. There's even a guy that says thanks to you he and his wife are happier. He's stronger than ever, too.
What does this nice guy get out of being a part of this? Well, he gets to use your gear and get it for free as long as he tells us all about it so everyone can see how good you are at this thing and how happy you are making people.
The guy posting saves money he may have lost trying to get someplace else cuz he doesn't know where else to buy for certain and its free.
He sounds like a pretty smart guy. He sounds like he could maybe do what you are but decides that this guy is doing it for him so he doesn't have to worry about the police arresting him and putting him in jail. That would take him away from the people that love and care about him. 'Who would want that" is what your knew friend asked himself. He answered his own question with " I guess Shamrockbear doesn't like the people that love him" Wow he's either not that smart or he's mad at the people that love him?"
I read what you posted when this started and this was supposed to be for you and 5 friends to enjoy....or something along those lines. Now you've got pics up and someone logging a cycle. What's next? A pic with you and your set up with a pistol on the table and you wearing a hood. Things have changed and are looking different. It's gonna feel like things are happening without your doing anything.
The problem will be when the things happening don't feel so good and it won't stop.
The things you are doing that results in people you don't know saying nice things are not worth the bad you are gonna feel.
I'll say this. Bear has been around. You guys that are telling him how good of a thing he's doing are doing so for your own selfish reasons. You don't read me preaching to other sources. Do you get my point here?
I say here to you people sitting home taking advantage of a member and laughing about your good fortune and thinking you're a slick motherfucker. I'm letting you know if something bad happens to bear we know you'll say how badly u feel but better him than you and that he made the choices. You think it will end there and you can go for a minute and use another name when u come back? That we'll let it go and try to stop the next friend from guys like you. We won't. I won't let it end there. There are lots of your kind. Not many of our own that are needing something..we may be slow on that part of it but we're done letting outsiders sleaze in and fuck with our own.
Thanks to Myth who spoke up loudly enough til I tagged in. I've been selfish and all about me lately and missed this place. This board is about members helping one another. Lots of ego and its easy to get sidetracked.
I'm not trashing you, shamrock. I'm gonna pm you later to say whats up and whatever. I hope you hit me back.
You guys that think you're pulling the strings....let this thread die. I'm telling you this last time. You want to argue or have a chance at getting at his inventory to help him make something back or whatever that's a no also. I've got it from here. If he needs something we've got it. We police our own. Keep your fucking hands and slick talk away from us.
Here we go right? Threats over the computer? Yes, they are.
Back off this man and brush up on your pimping or whatever means you're gonna use to come up off another persons misery or because you got someone else to do the dirty work. A great gift you have. This to all of you that have any part in this this and are coming up in any way.