JillUser, I apologize in advance for what I am about to say. But, I have no choice at this point. I can't let Dan off with his "teen angst" crap. I really was going to let it slide because this is all like talking to a brick wall, but calling Brad a prick really put the nail in this coffin.
I will address #65 by Non-Buddha point by point (I numbered them. They follow the comments that he makes. It would be too long to include his original quotes since I am addressing each one
1) Sorry, Dan, but not everyone lives in Smalltown, MI. you would be amazed at how many people own $1000+ printers. Not just businesses, but just normal people. You are really out of touch if you think that people don't drop that kind of cash on tech stuff. Ever see the price tags on flat panel TV's? The Best Buy by me sells over 15 $4500 models a week. I know that because I asked "how many people would buy something that expensive?" Obviously, at least 15 per week from just that store alone.
2) The current featured people are: Brad, Trent Polack, mikimouse, couchman, Joel Hynoski, JillUser, Anthony R. Now, if you read my comment explaining that, it was in reference to the claim that the same clique of Brad's friends get featured. Sorry, but besides Brad and JillUser, I hardly see those people featured. And, I have never actually had a conversation with at least 2 of those people (or have read anything by them). I know Trent from IRC, but didn't realize that he actually Blogs here. And, obviously, saying "half" was a figure of speech. How do you have 1/2 of 7 people?
3) Wasn't ranting. Was just explaining again what Brad has said all along. If you don't like the site, nothing keeps you here.
4)You are confusing featured with Top articles. The top articles are already calculated by popularity. Oh, but wait! I can't say that! That would weaken the whole biased feature debate!
5) If you know you are being a hypocrite, why do you continue to do it? If you think that you are truly a Buddha, you are insulting Buddhism. You might as well claim that you are Christ while you are at it.
6) The sentence of: "I mean, you have Dan here, who hasn't quite figured out the hypocrisy in calling himself Buddha, whom created a fake name, said nasty things, got caught, and now posts "Brad is a God" type crap whenever possible to try and make up for it." Is grammatically correct. Just throw it through Word's grammar check and see if it complains. Maybe you should check things out first
7) You right out said that Brad was a "God". I think it was the day after your fake was brought to light. It stuck in my brain because is seemed like such a "suck up" thing to say. I have also seen other posts where you praise him like crazy. (Except on here where you called him a prick....nice, real nice.)
8) What does AnthonyR. have to do with you? Is that like a "well, he's doing it to, so it's OK for me to do it" type logic? You are really revealing your age. There was this guy on one of our other sites who kept pointing out "well, at least I'm not as bad as ______." You know what happened to him? He eventually got exiled. Don't follow that lead. You *know* that you have done some stupid things while here. Don't compare yourself to other people. It doesn't work that way.
9) Again, you show your arrogance. Trust me, the admins of this site know more about the demographics of the typical user of this site than you do.
10) You didn't really say anything nor prove anything. (It's like the fish in Cat in the Hat...sure he is talking, but is he really saying anything?)
11) Again, you claim that you know who the "common" user is here. I hate to tell you, but the "common" user probably doesn't read either of your sites. You have a bit too much of an ego if you think they do. Matter of fact, if the "ratings" were removed, you may see that your sites fall in a totally different area. Or, if the same people couldn't post the same *ahem* ratings over and over again.....but, since you are so wise, you already know what I'm talking about.
12) No, you really don't know who I am. There are *very* few people on this site who know who I am. How do you know that I'm not just as fake as SPM? You don't. How do I know that you are not actually a girl? I don't. You don't know me, Muggaz doesn't know me. I don't know either of you. And, I'm quite fine with that.
13) Again, your ego is getting the best of you. The admins *do* know the demographics better than you. You can *think* that you do, but trust me, you don't.
14) Dan pulled himself into this on his own. And, he kept himself here.
But, Dan, why do I tick you off? If you don't like to debate with me, why do you respond? Or, do you just have the problem of taking things too personally? You don't tick me off. But, I have extremely thick skin. However, I do speak my mind and tell it how I see it. If you can't handle that, I suggest not conversing with me.
"I have done my job - the desired issue is at the forfront... truth will prevail!!!"And, what "truth" is that? And, I am perfectly happy with you not caring who I am. I actually prefer it that way.
SPM, I'll work on that feature for you Right after I solve world hunger.
Again, JillUser, I do apologize for this getting so off topic. If you feel like cleaning this out of your house, I completely understand.
I think that Jill knows by now that she could delete anything I say on her blog without offending me. That comes from what I see as mutual respect. You don't have to always agree with somebody to respect them.
shadesofgrey, I'll be more than happy to help you clean up the mess