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Best on posts to not respond to insults or even be defensive although I ignore this advice time to time. Hope this slips from your memory. Never has gone well for me when I did. Hey, its the internet. Found everyone very nice and helpful on this forum. However one senior member called me a "loudmouth" and another member liked it for a post I thought was helpful. Maybe it was a stupid post but the point could have been made without name calling. Assume name calling was against rules of forum but I guess not. Anyway not a big deal but wanted to make the following point.

One thing everybody needs to consider is most members on this website are all trying to grow this sport. Insults, pointless arguing, attacking, degrading, grandstanding, negativity etc. on this website does not help with that; positive, patient and informative posts do. Newbies can easily be discouraged from using this forum if their posts are attacked. Wish to thank all those that have helped me get back into this hobby. Overall, probably the most helpful and responsive website I am a part of.
 
I am extremely skeptical of people of the world, and some more than others, but most often i am able to interact in a adult manner with most people, and i can have a fun day shooting airguns or drive RC trucks with a person that will never be a friend of mine just fine.
But even if it actually is so, i of course do not walk up to people and tell them " hey to protect my own sanity, i think you are a total idiot, but hopefully you will prove me wrong "
CUZ most people will not be able to handle information like that, and also i take some convincing so its not a day to day thing to get into my good grace.

And even if these days i have sadly grown very conflict seeking IRL ( online i can not bother with conflicts ) Well i will still just walk away if you are the kind of person that really do " it " to me.
You will have to be very insisting for me to engage in whatever mix of Fandango & ballet and windmill arms my decrepit old ass will come up with.
 
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Luis, you, like MANY of the people I've gotten to "know" on AGN, have always struck me as "ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS". I can't ever recall seeing a post of yours or had an interaction with you that was in any way disrespectful, hurtful or demeaning. You've always conducted yourself here as a good, helpful, empathetic MAN. Rise above the pedantic, childish ravings of another individual who can't be bothered with being kind & CIVIL to another, fellow human being. The loss of civility & kindness towards each other in this world now is heartbreaking & destructive. Don't let it bother you & especially don’t let it change the way you've conducted yourself here thus far, PLEASE. Take care & be well.
 
This is to be expected from a secular society where people are taught that being prideful is good. Man has no morals on his own. He's a self serving animal. But don't get unraveled by it. Don't let the world steal your joy.


Grow in grace so you don't have to groan in disgrace
I’ve done my share of groaning in disgrace, I try to tell myself to shut up you dummy. We never know what is going on in others lives. Maybe irrational because of stuff happening.
 
100% of my interactions with fellow air gunners are here on AGN or on the new HAM site. Some members here are lucky enough to shoot with friends and to make friends in competition. So their interactions are more interpersonal as well as online. I don’t pretend to know anyone here, whether through their “public” postings or “PMs”. The only thing I “assume” about them is that they are good people and they like Airguns. Recently I disagreed with a members’ public posting and expressed my opinion. Back and forth PMs ensued. We both agreed to chat on the phone to better clear the air. Big mistake on my part. It ended with me being seriously disrespected… by a person I held in high esteem. This left me perplexed as I at no time disrespected him. I’ve reached out to him via PM, realizing that in the heat of “his moment” he simply lost his temper? But no reply, it just irks me how he continues to post blithely, without acknowledging any wrongdoing. If he treated me, who he doesn’t know this way, will others who fall out of line, get the same disrespect? Oh well… Live and learn. And no I won’t be divulging, publicly or through PMs. He knows who he is… Reach out to me and let’s make amends.🙏
Life is too short for people to attack one another for any reason- let’s always agree to enjoy our airguns and each other while ignoring our human faults. The need to be right is definitely one of our frail human egos weaknesses. I personally enjoy your words.
 
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This is to be expected from a secular society where people are taught that being prideful is good. Man has no morals on his own. He's a self serving animal. But don't get unraveled by it. Don't let the world steal your joy.


Grow in grace so you don't have to groan in disgrace
I'm not religious at all but I would put my morals up against anyone's. I don't need some sort of self appointed or organized leader to teach me the right way to treat others. That's all I'm going to say on the subject.
 
I'm not religious at all but I would put my morals up against anyone's. I don't need some sort of self appointed or organized leader to teach me the right way to treat others. That's all I'm going to say on the subject.
Where does he mention anything about an “organized leader”? What is the point of your comment?
 
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I'm not religious at all but I would put my morals up against anyone's. I don't need some sort of self appointed or organized leader to teach me the right way to treat others. That's all I'm going to say on the subject.
You're a better man than I. I've done some really bad stuff (shameful, sinful, immoral, even illegal). Even though, I confess, I knew better! Truth is, I'm no good.
 
You're a better man than I. I've done some really bad stuff (shameful, sinful, immoral, even illegal). Even though, I confess, I knew better! Truth is, I'm no good.
Don't focus on what you have done in the past. Focus on how you are now. Do you screw people over now? I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone but I sure in the heck wouldn't destroy a fast food joint because my fries were cold.
 
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