I totally understand man, I appreciate it, I really do. I just wanted to lay out the basic facts to contextualize the other comments. "this is not a battle imthink that we can win". (star wars 1)
This dude is apparently 40 according to his profile.
OTHER DUDES. Chill out with the "this thread needs to be closed".
There is no reason to close the thread. The admin team is quite wise, I have known most of them for 6 yrs. This is just another example of where The world appears to be flipped in its head. Forum members with 10/15,000 posts and 20yrs on the forum are disagreeing with dudes that have been here for 2 weeks and 3 yrs and other newbs feel inclined to pray for the thread to be locked. This is what I was talking about with the emasculation. I would never had dreamed of butting I. This type of situation. Even of you thought the old guys were nothing but trouble.
It's the same attitude that someone being on the forum for 2 weeks would feel the authority to mock community rules.
Feel like I've landed in an alternate universe. One that looks like mine, but made by Chinese workers making 2 cents an hour
Big A - fear not, phoband will be dead soon, but the dude behind the mask will still be available to friends.