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Blocking RayR
Speyside2 Offline
#1 Posted:
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So I thought about it and decided to block RayR.
deadeyedick Offline
#2 Posted:
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Your own little cancel culture.
HockeyDad Offline
#3 Posted:
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Blocking people is the best way to create a proper echo chamber.
RayR Offline
#4 Posted:
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Spey is just MAD about what I said on his LinkedIn thread.
8trackdisco Offline
#5 Posted:
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Posts: 60,081
Speyside2 wrote:
So I thought about it and decided to block RayR.


Guess that puts the count to at least three of us.

Life is too short. Engage with people who add value to your life and disengage from those people and things that only bring negativity. The six to ten, formally regular posts who left, in part due to the pure pure negativity spewing out of some. Almost a MCMA. Make CigarBid Negative Always.

Good on you, Spey. If you are like me, you’ll find it refreshing.
8trackdisco Offline
#6 Posted:
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HockeyDad wrote:
Blocking people is the best way to create a proper echo chamber.


Disagree. There are certainly more right of center people here (myself included) that I doubt there ever will run out. I miss the 6-10 moderate and moderately liberal posters who felt there was little to no upside to posting here any longer.

I like a good debate. If I ever need a fountain of one sided, closed minded, one trick pony hijinx, I know where to go.
RayR Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 07-20-2020
Posts: 8,893
I truly feel blessed to be blocked by those who can't debate and resist new information because their heads are full to the brim with middle of the road mush. You may surrender peacefully.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Stogie1020 Offline
#8 Posted:
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Posts: 5,344
instead of blocking each other, maybe organize a charity drive where people can contribute in one or the other's names. Whoever gets the most contributions gets to take over the posting account of the losing person for a day/week, etc...

win win win.
RayR Offline
#9 Posted:
Joined: 07-20-2020
Posts: 8,893
8trackdisco is MAD at me for making fun of his ridiculous claim that his hero Teddy Roosevelt was a "conservative".

Some people live in those nebulous territories of Left O' Center and Right O' Center where anything can mean just about anything they can make up.

rfenst Offline
#10 Posted:
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Posts: 39,335
8trackdisco wrote:
Guess that puts the count to at least three of us.

Life is too short. Engage with people who add value to your life and disengage from those people and things that only bring negativity. The six to ten, formally regular posts who left, in part due to the pure pure negativity spewing out of some. Almost a MCMA. Make CigarBid Negative Always.

Good on you, Spey. If you are like me, you’ll find it refreshing.

Me too (almost always).That makes that around 10 people that I know know of.

I am sick of the name calling, pigeon holing, intentional misrepresentations of what others write, disrespect towards others, and all the assumptions he asserts as axioms that make one evil and destructive for disagreeing with. This does NOT promote open, free discussion, but instead thwarts it.

After 15 years around here, having taken lots of knocks for my opinions and views, and having to smooth-over my relationships with some people, I can honestly say that I have never seen such an obnoxious poster who needs to be discarded- like others have been in the past.

I am sure he will claim to be emboldened by this, and I do expect heavy flack from others over the matter, but I assure you this has zero to do with opinions or politics.

It's behavioral.



(amended)
RayR Offline
#11 Posted:
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Posts: 8,893
rfenst wrote:
Make that four of us (almost all of the time) even in the General Section.
You have been around here longer than me, but in over 15 years around here I find him to be the rudest, most obnoxious person- who hasn't been shown the door. All the name-calling and gaslight needs self-limits he has surpassed by miles. I know of about 5-10 other people who have done the same as we have. Great advice. And, I swear this has nothing to do with our political differences, just BOTL decency amongst friends.


Yer just MAD at me for making fun of Paul Krugman. LOL
HockeyDad Offline
#12 Posted:
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Posts: 46,135
I’m convinced. I blocked RayR too.
DrafterX Offline
#13 Posted:
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Posts: 98,555
Is RayR black or gay..?? If so you guys might be in trouble... just sayin.. Mellow
ZRX1200 Offline
#14 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:



Abrignac Offline
#15 Posted:
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Speyside2 wrote:
So I thought about it and decided to block RayR.


I see but one problem with this thread. You should go back and add pole so we can see how many like minded people have done the same.
frankj1 Offline
#16 Posted:
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op made me think of the quirky movie Eating Raul
8trackdisco Offline
#17 Posted:
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Abrignac wrote:
I see but one problem with this thread. You should go back and add pole so we can see how many like minded people have done the same.


Problem with a poll is at least a few (probably more) don’t post here any longer, so wouldn’t participate in a poll.

Doesn’t matter to me though. It’s a good day.
RayR Offline
#18 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
Is RayR black or gay..?? If so you guys might be in trouble... just sayin.. Mellow


Here's a Hint: I don't celebrate Black Pride Month.
Mr. Jones Offline
#19 Posted:
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Another hint ......he made the Washington Redskins change their name...
frankj1 Offline
#20 Posted:
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Drafter's question was is he Black or gay and he said he's not Black.
I think most are OK with that and support his courage.


MACS Offline
#21 Posted:
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Posts: 79,791
frankj1 wrote:
Drafter's question was is he Black or gay and he said he's not Black.
I think most are OK with that and support his courage.


ziiiiiingggggeeeerrrrrr

RayR Offline
#22 Posted:
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Posts: 8,893
frankj1 wrote:
Drafter's question was is he Black or gay and he said he's not Black.
I think most are OK with that and support his courage.


That must be DUMB your cousin from Boston humor. Beer

ZRX1200 Offline
#23 Posted:
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Posts: 60,615
I think blocking is a step below losing a bid.
frankj1 Offline
#24 Posted:
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RayR wrote:
That must be DUMB your cousin from Boston humor. Beer


C'mon man! Those are great commercials.
Brewha Offline
#25 Posted:
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Posts: 12,182
I've said it before, RayR is the Cbid equivalent of crotch rot.

I only rarely read his post - mostly on accident.

He really is like a 5 year old crying for attention, name calling, pooping his pants.....





But in fairness, he is not the only one who just comes here to take a shit.
RayR Offline
#26 Posted:
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You lie Brewha. You read everything; you can't help it and being amazed at how smart us right wing extremists are.

BTW...your post has no substance other than "name calling" in it. Actually, it sounds like the rantings of a petulant child. whip
ZRX1200 Offline
#27 Posted:
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💩
Speyside2 Offline
#28 Posted:
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Boo hoo!
RobertHively Offline
#29 Posted:
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Ray, you made it to the big time. You got your own "anti-hate" hate thread. Congrats.

You know I almost got my own thread once, but in slight breach of etiquette I told Victor that was the thing they would do next, so it never happened.

Some of these guys were whining before the government forced my wife and I to either get an experimental injection, for an imaginary disease, or go live at my hunt camp in the middle of nowhere West Virginia, and they're still whining today. They have no grit.

Happy 4th RayRay
RayR Offline
#30 Posted:
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RobertHively wrote:
Ray, you made it to the big time. You got your own "anti-hate" hate thread. Congrats.

You know I almost got my own thread once, but in slight breach of etiquette I told Victor that was the thing they would do next, so it never happened.

Some of these guys were whining before the government forced my wife and I to either get an experimental injection, for an imaginary disease, or go live at my hunt camp in the middle of nowhere West Virginia, and they're still whining today. They have no grit.

Happy 4th RayRay


Thank you, Robert. It's truly an honor to be hated by the haters. I know you can get your own thread too, just try a little harder at outrage.

I never did get to know Victor that well, he hightailed it out of here shortly after I arrived, but they say I broke him.
Some run away butthurt and then come back sometime, like Spey to pick up where he left off.
The whiners will never stop whining, they still believe you and I are hate criminals for being UNVAXXED and UNBOOSTED.

I do miss BGZ, Ben said he surrendered to overwhelming right-wing forces, but I think his rabid TDS was a big factor in his meltdown. I do hope he finds a cure.

HockeyDad Offline
#31 Posted:
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Unvaccinated and unboosted….how are you even alive?

I’m literally shaking right now at the thought.
Brewha Offline
#32 Posted:
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HockeyDad wrote:
Unvaccinated and unboosted….how are you even alive?

I’m literally shaking right now at the thought.

Is that because you are “grit less”, or did the AC just kick on?
RobertHively Offline
#33 Posted:
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HockeyDad wrote:
Unvaccinated and unboosted….how are you even alive?

I’m literally shaking right now at the thought.



I still remember the burning bodies when I dared to drive down to Georgia, to visit the beach, in 2020.

The bodies were stacked like cordwood along the major interstate corridors.

"It was just like Sherman's march to the sea."
DrafterX Offline
#34 Posted:
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RayR wrote:


I never did get to know Victor that well, he hightailed it out of here shortly after I arrived, but they say I broke him.




Victor comes and goes... I've never heard anyone say you broke him... Mellow

RayR Offline
#35 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
Victor comes and goes... I've never heard anyone say you broke him... Mellow



Really? Robert said it's my fault that the butt hurt hightailed it and don't come back.
I don't know where Victor goes now but he's been staying away and avoiding being confrontational with me which is not the Victor that I briefly knew.

frankj1 Offline
#36 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
Victor comes and goes... I've never heard anyone say you broke him... Mellow


that's so funny, and true too.
I've heard "bored" but never "broke".

I'm still in touch with Victor. What many here never realized was that he's pretty conservative in many ways.
Brewha Offline
#37 Posted:
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Ray does win the “Yawn” award.
frankj1 Offline
#38 Posted:
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Brewha wrote:
Ray does win the “Yawn” award.

be strong.
don't break.
MACS Offline
#39 Posted:
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frankj1 wrote:
that's so funny, and true too.
I've heard "bored" but never "broke".

I'm still in touch with Victor. What many here never realized was that he's pretty conservative in many ways.


He just likes stirring sh*t.
Brewha Offline
#40 Posted:
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frankj1 wrote:
be strong.
don't break.

No worries.

Ray is just one of the people here that loudly pushes bad ideas and sow division in place of debate - or even conversation.
You see them all the time; “Never wear a condom in Thailand”, “Never follow your doctors advice”, “Never trust change - for any reason”. YouTube base crack pot ideas that sell because people love to hear what they want to hear - And have a focus on their unmitigated angst.

Sometimes you just have to speak your believes quietly and politely and consistently - to help quiet the angry people who never quite seem to get anything.

I explained this to a Lion once….
frankj1 Offline
#41 Posted:
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MACS wrote:
He just likes stirring sh*t.

also true, and maybe a tad asocial as well, though some of that may have been purposeful for those he considered lesser lights.

I don't sense he directs any at me when we communicate...maybe because I reached out with sympathy when he had a sad event in life, and didn't allow him to brush me off, because I was sincere. And he has shown me his humanity as well, very rarely seen on the forums. You and many others have shown me that same humanity and kindness.

He certainly spared no feelings but I always enjoyed his confidence despite being the object of some nasty gang attacks.
But I know many insults were misguided due to his beliefs that comparing one to a woman or someone of a different sexual preference isn't really an insult if one honestly believes we are all created to be equal (no religious affiliation to that statement) and worthy of respect...and stuff.

He'd toy with would-be verbal assaults by seeming puzzled why he should be insulted simply because the attacker compared him to someone he did not look down on due to race, religion, or sexual orientation. He wondered why that person considered some categories of humans inherently inferior. Decades ago many considered it an insult for a White person to be compared to a Black person. Victor may just have been ahead of the curve a little when it comes to other discriminations.
OK, maybe not that.

And the rugby nonsense...most of the jokers wouldn't last a few seconds in that sport.

I agree with his feelings about accepting those different from us, but I have to admit I still do laugh at and make similar jokes here...wish I was more like him regarding that. I even left Anth a vm speculating about your sleep arrangements when he got to your house today...and I'm like uh idiot cuz it still makes me laff.

But...he did not tolerate anyone he thought was stoopid. He's clearly owns a brain capable of learning things out of the grasp of many of us (I include myself). So the very idea of rayray believing he somehow "broke" Victor is about as un-selfaware as pretty much anything I've read here. Kind of like the old advice that at the poker table, if you can't figure out who is the fish...it's you.

Hey! Lot's of us stir sh*t, Shawn!
RayR Offline
#42 Posted:
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Brewha wrote:
No worries.

Ray is just one of the people here that loudly pushes bad ideas and sow division in place of debate - or even conversation.
You see them all the time; “Never wear a condom in Thailand”, “Never follow your doctors advice”, “Never trust change - for any reason”. YouTube base crack pot ideas that sell because people love to hear what they want to hear - And have a focus on their unmitigated angst.

Sometimes you just have to speak your believes quietly and politely and consistently - to help quiet the angry people who never quite seem to get anything.

I explained this to a Lion once….




"loudly pushes bad ideas and sow division in place of debate - or even conversation."

Translated: Truth and stuff that Brewha doesn't want to hear and doesn't have a counterargument for other than name calling and claiming it's all just "crack pot ideas".

Do I sound ANGRY enough with "unmitigated angst"? LOL
Speyside2 Offline
#43 Posted:
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Brewha, accurate you are.
RayR Offline
#44 Posted:
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Brewha has a CHAMPION!

What did he say?
Brewha Offline
#45 Posted:
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RayR wrote:
Brewha has a CHAMPION!

What did he say?



“Sometimes you just have to speak your believes quietly and politely and consistently - to help quiet the angry people who never quite seem to get anything.”




Not that you will “get it”.
Mr. Jones Offline
#46 Posted:
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Block Eeeeeeeeeeem '
ZRX1200 Offline
#47 Posted:
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I won’t block Brewha…he’s my buddy.
Brewha Offline
#48 Posted:
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Blushing
RayR Offline
#49 Posted:
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Brewha wrote:
“Sometimes you just have to speak your believes quietly and politely and consistently - to help quiet the angry people who never quite seem to get anything.”

Not that you will “get it”.


I can't hear you above all the name calling and ad hominem attacks. Mellow
Brewha Offline
#50 Posted:
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RayR wrote:
I can't hear you above all the name calling and ad hominem attacks. Mellow

Then lower your voice and be polite.
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