The Joker Life Size Bust

tjw344 · Jul 16, 2013

tamato said:
Missed my point entirely

No I don't work for SS, I've had plenty of frustrations with them in the past and still do. Anyone who knows my rants about SS delays would never call me a ringer

My only gripe was with talking down to board members here by telling them you think they are wasting their money and are just falling for hype because YOU don't like a piece... get it?

And ughhh really, the "proud amurican" stuff? I know free speech, blah blah, how about just being a decent, considerate human?

No, I understand your point completely and you’re taking my statements way too seriously. I am not trying to talk down to anyone here. If you think this piece is exceptional then by all means get it. I was only expressing my dislike for it and trying to warn people of the mistakes I’ve made while collecting, while unsuccessfully trying to be humorous. I’ve been collecting sideshow and on these boards long enough to know all the quality control issues with SS and all I was trying to say was if it doesn’t speak to you then think twice or you might get burned. And asking you if you worked at SS, was again my attempt at humor.

The freedom of speech thing was directed at you and you alone, because I saw where you are from and you were trying to instruct me on how I should start off a healthy discussion and to not express my opinion the way I did, at least that is the way it came across to me.

tjw344 · Jul 16, 2013

Thorne said:
Seriously. (And damn you, tam, for beating me to this... )

(Barring the blatantly poor misuse of 'too'...)

Self-important, elitist *********gery FTW!!

Here's a couple of points about appreciating art:

Point 1: IT'S ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE!!

Point 2: There is no 'Point 2'.

Propping yourself up by claiming you only collect "exceptional" while leaving mediocrity to the rest of us plebeians really does nothing to make you look good.
And, for what it's worth, if you dared to show off pictures of your so-called "exceptional" collection, I can guarantee you'd have some pieces in there that would have us saying "If you paid actual money for some of these, Barnum was right and they saw you coming a mile away."

Finally...

When I'm on message boards, I swear it's just about the funniest thing for me whenever I encounter the stereotypical, chest-thumping "'Murrica!!"-type.

News flash, kid. This is not America. This is the Internet. No borders here. And since a healthy number of posters here (myself included) are not US citizens, I'll just tell you that your precious little Constitutional freedoms and privileges are utterly meaningless to us.

And since I'm feeling so charitable, here's a little knowledge for you because you really should know what you're beating your chest over...
The Freedom of Speech doctrine was basically created as a means to prevent government interference into an individual's freedom of expression. What it is not is an absolute shield of immunity to prevent others from taking you to task when you say something stupid.
In public. In print. On the Web.

Wherever.

Welcome to the Internet, kid. Take a look around.

We're not all like you.

Nerdrage?

Thorne · Jul 16, 2013

tjw344 said:
Nerdrage?

Not at all. Merely responding to the ridiculous points you made.

And now you're trying to pass them off as "attempts at humor"?

Give up....

You're not funny.

Arctic Beast · Jul 16, 2013

This conversation is funny. :rotfl

Ardeth Bey · Jul 16, 2013

Can't we all just get along? :dance

I claimed to be done with bust after Bats and superman, however I am liking the Joker bust and I am a huge fan of mediocrity so this will be mine. :yess: