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One question keeps nagging me, so I thought I'd ask to put it to rest.I'm sure you realize a lot of people don't like the way you behave, Victor. Why do you think this is?
I'm simply trying to understand your psyche. Please don't regard this as an attack or whine or what not. I promise I will start no more threads about this topic.
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I'm sure no one is gonna miss me, but you're right; I'm dropping it. I simply can't understand the few assholes of this particular forum. It's a completely different community then the rest of AA, with perhaps only Rocky Road rivally the parochial, pompous, and pissy personality of this forum.I know: Good riddance, don't let the door hit you on the way out, etc.
and I'm still waiting for that homework assignment!Chris
Just ignore Patrick and Victor. They like dumb movies anyway.
Judas.
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did your Depends leak last night? Sheesh.
you're single handedly bringing this Asylum down into the gutter.Chris
Please scroll down the list of forum posts and notice the relative paucity I'm part of. Also note what the common denominator is for posts that get "out of hand." Under further consideration, I do not appreciate being singled out as the one who's causing the problems of this forum. You probably phrased it in such a fashion to elicit emphasis or rhetorical effect. I will openly admit I am perpetuating it to a degree, but I do have a point to my madness (at least that's my opinion).
My apologies. Because it's related to what I do, I'm sincerely interested in how Victor's mind works.To be fair, this is only the second thread I've started in this forum. And "single-handedly" isn't accurate.
Hey, I made some back handed comments about the 'subtitle' crowd here a month or so back and other's joked about it too, but we didn't go on for 50 posts yaking about it.Start posting more comments on films that you like and if we all do this, the balance will shift. Eventually Victor and Patrick will grow tired of mocking us pedestrians.
For you next homework assignment, I want you to post even a brief comment about the NEXT film that you watch in its entirety.
Fair enough?
Chris
Hello Chris,
I donīt have the feeling that I am ( I am renitent to use the word we, as Victor may have a different view, which I donīt think ) mocking anybody save the films I may find worth to do.
Well, anyway it never was my intend to.
But some here must accept the fact that every body is intend to have is own view on a given film.
The only sorrow I feel is the departure of Dmitry. I do hope he will change his mind and can not understand his move, he can be such a smart guy and on the top a friend of Victor.
Thank you for recloking the clocks, and shame on us not to have been able to do so ourself.Patrick
This reply was offered when someone questioned why Victor, although only an amateur cyclist, needed a $500 handlebar for his road bike. Clearly, he has the money for it and it's his business whether or not he wants to spend it; no one was questioning that. A professional cyclist might consider such an upgrade to cut a few milliseconds off his race time. But, apparently, there are other reasons for $500 handlebars....
Posted by Victor Khomenko ( M ) on October 19, 2003 at 08:22:01
In Reply to: Let's try again posted by late on October 19, 2003 at 07:26:49:
There is something special about fine things... their feel, their history, their beauty. You cynically reduce it to the "serious bucks" thing, but it is far from it. This should be clear to anyone who has ever collected art, for instance. Or emptied that $500 bottle of wine... who... clark? All that his $50 an ounce cheese! There is an undeniable enjoyment one receives from looking at a $15,000 Patek Calatrava that looks just like a $19.95 Timex to the rest of the world.
Which is to say many fine things are also subtle. Some $300 ties look like something from the church sale.Most of the time "fine" coinsides with "expensive", but there are other, far more obvious ways of telling the world you have made it.
Riding in the Central Park is very different from tugging along the Rt. 82 in Delaware - here no one sees you and your equipment, so only you (plus Den and late...) know what it is. There the other riders size you instantly from the distance, and if you have anything less than the titanium straight block, you are shit - so it becomes clear case of slamming dicks on the table.
Of course any time you own fine things you want to talk about them to other similar nuts. Unfortunately often this is not possible.
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I have a MEMORY. It got jogged. It doesn't have anything to do with bicycle parts per se. As I said, no one is denying that he has enough money to buy a "fine thing" that he feels is worth the expense. It's why he felt it was worth more that some would question.I think that post of Victor's just illustrates a certain attitude toward "fine things" (be they watches or bicycle handlebars or films). It's not enough that he appreciates them. What seems to tickle him more is when he appreciates something so much more than someone of less refined taste (i.e. someone who supposedly can't appreciate the difference between a $15,000 watch and a $19.95 Timex) and can flaunt his superiority. Call it snobbery, if you will.
Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe he's just coming off this way in print. But I'm not the only one who sees it this way. I understand that Victor is a major contributor to the Asylum and a well-respected designer of esoteric audio equipment. The only way I could afford one of his amps would be to skip about six months of mortgage payments. There's no way there's going to be a separate film forum at the begging of lesser or (in my case) non-contributors. That's fine, but that shouldn't give Victor and his friends the right to behave like arrogant jackasses here. That's what "Outside" is for.
I've got an Belgian FN-FAL 50.00, a German HK-91 and a nice early 80s Colt SP-1 carbine that I admire from a mechanical engineering POV. There's something that I value in these military weapons that goes beyond exclusivity, per se. They were engineered to be the best of the best and operate under harsh and adverse conditions. I guess I do admire them and take pride in ownership. I also like that when I go to a range to shoot them, people invariably come over and ask me questions because they are kind of rare, to a degree.The cheap knock-offs and repos are all over the place, but they're just that.
Call me vain.
Chris
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And? A very honest and true statement. Self ironic and humorfull.
For your information, the handlebar on my bike is a $100 part. Not that I would feel any guilty over having that $500 beauty, but... why did you have to stoop THIS low?What exactly is illuninating about the bike story, anyway?
You guys are doing your best to trash this forum.
The just donīt get it.
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