well you don't necessarily have to smoke it, you can always make edibles and I for one can tell you that what is said about edibles hitting you harder is true, it may take an hour but lord when it comes its a rapture to be greatful for!
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well you don't necessarily have to smoke it, you can always make edibles and I for one can tell you that what is said about edibles hitting you harder is true, it may take an hour but lord when it comes its a rapture to be greatful for!
yerboyblue
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It's not so much the neg rep that sucks, it's that when you put some effort into a post telling your first hand experience, hoping to help someone else out, someone comes along out of their way to just be like, "I disagree" or "Don't listen to this information" or "You must be doing it wrong" is kind of disheartening. Sorry for trying to give back to a site that has helped me out in the past.
every site like this one (including this one) has a certain number of school kids on board, they don't know how to deal with lucid well thought out and helpful posts.
for some reason I can't figure out, when I hit the 'Unhelpful' post button it actually shows me giving the recipient a red rep on their Rep page the same way it would show me giving a 'Helpful' post rep; of course it shows a red box instead of green box on their rep page, and it deducts points as opposed to adding them.
I eat neg k for breakfast. I got a hater riding my ass and neg repping my posts. don't bother me any.cant touch this pussy ass clown. davesnothere
iwannaretire
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in this forum? No. In random internet forums? Well, I'm very emotionally involved in several forums. I have "friends" that could be elaborate trolls, fake people, sure.
Am I "too involved?" Fuck no.
Internet forums are beautiful. I regret nothing.
Internet forums allow me to filter out the dipshits who bore me and concentrate on the rare gems of the world that inspire and interest me.
Why should I feel like a loser or whatever for feeling this way? There is no good filter in real life. Yes I can move to a city with mostly like-minded folks, but in reality small talk with most people, even decent people, is suicide-inducing to people like me.
Internet forums ftw, no regrets.
Am I "too involved?" Fuck no.
Internet forums are beautiful. I regret nothing.
Internet forums allow me to filter out the dipshits who bore me and concentrate on the rare gems of the world that inspire and interest me.
Why should I feel like a loser or whatever for feeling this way? There is no good filter in real life. Yes I can move to a city with mostly like-minded folks, but in reality small talk with most people, even decent people, is suicide-inducing to people like me.
Internet forums ftw, no regrets.
IC changed my life for the better..the people ive met through this website far exceed people ive known in real life. if you are on here to flex your internet penis and fight with people about petty shit than you wont get shit out of this website...stay humble and eager to learn, and connect with the right people and this site will propel you into another league of cannabis cultivation. sometimes im just amazed at the things I've been able to get out this community.
iwannaretire
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I don't like the image you project. I think you're not half as bright as you fancy yourself. You bore me, and your insufferable, mean-spirited persona likely allows you zero room to grow as a man.
You strike me as weak, sad and predictable.
I know you pay money in order to project your lame ego here so this is a bit of a socially risky move on my part. But I feel pretty strongly reading a bunch of your posts that you really do suck something fierce.
I thought I might let you know.
Maybe I misread you. Maybe we'd rub along well in real life. Who knows.
Cheers.
iwannaretire
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Reading your growth as a grower through the years ( I'm not new, though this is my only acct, long time lurker) has been inspiring. You sort of let your balls hang out there and asked questions in public many would be embarrassed to ask > Not just about growing, but also the industry, california general questions, etc.
I'm thrilled you've done well for yourself in this industry. Hopefully you are living your dreams.
oh hey!!! I remember you!!!
you're the guy that claimed to be a long time lurker, you started a thread about banned members here.
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So I'm assuming that you prefer members like NOKUY as opposed to me? That's okay, I'm down w/that for sure. I'm a tired old man and NOKUY was/is a real hip dude, sucks he was banned.
I can tell a lot about a man by friends he chooses or the people he admires, of course NOKUY's gone so you can't really choose him as a friend these days but I'll remind you of his contribution(s) to the site.
Endless threads about his desire for some nappy ass dreadlocks, 'cuz you know bro, the hair makes the man. He 'retired' with well over 600 threads to his credit btw. a lot to say, mostly about himself.
He got a stripper knocked up, she gave him a son and shacked up w/him. He posted a couple of pics of her & she was a cutie, but just as soon as any female members here would show an interest in NOKUY he was off in lala land, all giddy & shit.
He even opened a thread here about a cougar he was fucking, he posted some pics, omg! a mutt. The members went bonkers on him for all of the most obvious reasons, but he held out and defended his position w/that cougar, I guess ugly old broads give good head, GREAT HEAD!!! 'cuz it was worth risking his family for.
'Help me pick out a truck!' <------- remember that thread (well actually he made about a dozen of the same exact thread) running??? His upfront inheritance included him getting a new vehicle and boy did he ever enjoy rubbing it into anyone here who wasn't currently feelin' the love.......
And then finally how 'bout all his threads about the houses he was considering buying, continuous threads about land in Alaska he was gonna buy and how much he hates it here in the lower 48.
and all that talk about his trust fund stuff while so many members here were struggling to make ends meet month to month. He rubbed his wealth into the faces of every member here on a daily basis.
and with all his money he never once contributed a dime to this site. not a fucking dime.
do you remember any of this mr long time lurker? because I have a feeling that if I were one of the banned members I doubt you'd care one iota.
I just proved to you that NOKUY was sad, weak & predictable the three traits you attributed to me. So I think (and proved) that your judgment of human character is that of a grade school dimwit.
Sure, you don't like me, I can understand where you're coming from, there's even a member or two I don't care for myself. But you know what I don't do? I don't go quoting them where they weren't referencing me & then attack them with all the reasons I dislike them.
Now you mentioned I wasn't as bright as I perhaps thought I was but I'll offer you these insights into my life:
I was smart enough not to get married again after my 1st one failed back in 1980. I was ambitious enough to work 2-3 jobs any time I could, my 2nd & 3rd jobs were always for cash so although I was blue collar, I banked a white collar wage regularly
. I'm clever enough to buy a 14 year old car w/80K miles instead of buying new (which I can afford for cash), my old Buick has the ultra dependable V6 3800 series motor, full size car & I average 25mpg on every tank. cheap insurance, little maintenance.
While everyone else was borrowing money against their property during the housing boom I worked 2 jobs, made double payments and paid my place off about 9 years early. My friends and neighbors were smacked with deep debt & a wicked recession, I did one of them a favor by buying some of his land cheap and expanding my homestead. When the money wasn't right in Minnesota I'd go back to NY, stay with mom & put in 80-100 hours a week driving truck & taxi.
Now before you go telling me that I'm as bad as NOKUY for bragging on all of this I need to point out that I worked decades for every bit of where I sit today, no trust fund baby; and I never ran threads boasting on the stuff mentioned by me although some of it may have been mentioned by me in other members threads.
However, I'm not smart enough to keep field mice from getting into my log home every fall, clever little bastards that they are.
I hope my diatribe didn't bore you too much.
I am responding to the original post
I came to IC as a noob of sorts. I hadn't grown in years. I restarted, using a basic 400w hps + soil, but was very unhappy with the results. Was it the light? Was it the soil? Couldn't be me, right? lol
I thumbed through a then current mj mag (~ 4 years ago) and was immediately smitten by the full page ad for a UFO. I also ditched soil and bought a DWC drip set up. My nutes (FF and Botanicare) kept clogging the manifold.
I scrapped that (instead of replacing the nutes) and after reading a thread on fog, I jumped in. Bad idea on several levels - root rot among them. Now, combine fog with a ufo that failed to live up to the hype + drivers that went out twice...
I found that the more I dug into what IC offered the more information and help I got
I chronicled my disasters and successes to help others avoid my mistakes, and still do.
I now have a very good understanding of nutrients, lighting, and hydroponics
I must say, there were a lot more advanced growers contributing back then, but I feel a responsibility to pay it forward
Sadly, not too many new people showing up these days
I came to IC as a noob of sorts. I hadn't grown in years. I restarted, using a basic 400w hps + soil, but was very unhappy with the results. Was it the light? Was it the soil? Couldn't be me, right? lol
I thumbed through a then current mj mag (~ 4 years ago) and was immediately smitten by the full page ad for a UFO. I also ditched soil and bought a DWC drip set up. My nutes (FF and Botanicare) kept clogging the manifold.
I scrapped that (instead of replacing the nutes) and after reading a thread on fog, I jumped in. Bad idea on several levels - root rot among them. Now, combine fog with a ufo that failed to live up to the hype + drivers that went out twice...
I found that the more I dug into what IC offered the more information and help I got
I chronicled my disasters and successes to help others avoid my mistakes, and still do.
I now have a very good understanding of nutrients, lighting, and hydroponics
I must say, there were a lot more advanced growers contributing back then, but I feel a responsibility to pay it forward
Sadly, not too many new people showing up these days
IC has made me a better grower and i would miss it! but i have a good memory and i doubt my crop would crash.
the negative rep thing is what it is. just like real life if people let you know what pissed them off are trying to help you in a way. if people talk shit behind your back but won't look you in they eye they're not.
i don't leave them and i don't let them bother me, but i understand that we don't have to agree with each other all the time to have some common goals
the negative rep thing is what it is. just like real life if people let you know what pissed them off are trying to help you in a way. if people talk shit behind your back but won't look you in they eye they're not.
i don't leave them and i don't let them bother me, but i understand that we don't have to agree with each other all the time to have some common goals
this is a prime example and practically a definition of what I mean by being "too involved"
now lets be clear about something, stoner4life shares a special place in my internet heart because he stomped around the same grounds that I did in NY, I think he may remember some of our small talk or not, doesn't matter to me whether or not he remembers as long as I remember then im good
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in no way, shape or form does that qualify me to "know?" that man in order to judge him like the above post
whats the point of going in on someone you don't even know? you may never know? I mean all of that was said for what and to what end? that whole post could have been summed up in a couple of words at best.
why go back and forth with someone who is not worth it in the long run is what I ask so to even go so far as clicking away to give someone negative or positive rep is redundant at best
I asked this question as a thread because I looked at some of the last couple of serious threads I was involved in and asked myself "why".
i was shocked by that immature post in relation to S4L, and thought that person should simply be ignored.
the problem is that most folks see something in relation to other people, in fact, the smallest things, but don't see the most ridiculous shit they do themselves
In my prior life I consulted and offered solutions to problems....and I learned long ago, you can not force someone to accept your solution---so what to do?
Sometimes it is easier to trick them to believe "your idea" is "their idea"...and soon, all will be well. After all, isn't the goal to--replace "their idea" with "my idea" and implement it? Unless you have an ego that bruises easily, ownership of the idea is not paramount--implementing an effective process is! Lots of ways to "trick or treat" em.
But...remember, YOU CAN NOT FIX STUPID! Sometimes, it is best to take the high road, ignore the idiot...and move on with a smile, in the morning you will still be you--and they will still be an idiot!
Cheers!
Sometimes it is easier to trick them to believe "your idea" is "their idea"...and soon, all will be well. After all, isn't the goal to--replace "their idea" with "my idea" and implement it? Unless you have an ego that bruises easily, ownership of the idea is not paramount--implementing an effective process is! Lots of ways to "trick or treat" em.
But...remember, YOU CAN NOT FIX STUPID! Sometimes, it is best to take the high road, ignore the idiot...and move on with a smile, in the morning you will still be you--and they will still be an idiot!
Cheers!
mines over a terrabyte long and takes two giant internet hands to hold and you should should see how it tears up that internet poon
thnx huli, I don't mind getting slapped around on the boards if there's good reason, maybe he took offense to the 'school kids' comment he quoted. I often toss out a comment like that as bait, the weak of mind betray themselves by getting fired up & self righteous in response.
sorta like how I'd find out the chain of snitch @ any new job I started. Right away I'd confide in different people completely different secrets or stories. Never took long to see the weak links exposed, they didn't know it but I was breaking them in, NOT the other way around.......
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