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Date Created: 08/20/2008
Lack of "ownership!"
I'm a big stickler on "pride". If I belong to an organization, it's because I
really BELIEVE in that sucker, and will do anything within my power to further
that organization's mission and its well-being.
Some days, I wish that Tx would put up a generic "Donate!" button. Not instead
of the supporting memberships, just in addition to it. That way, once I've
bought my grains and hops for the next month, I can look at my checkbook, and
say "Yeah. I've got an extra $20 that, if I kept it, would just go to making
my lard-ass fatter with another 18 double cheeseburgers. I'm gonna give it to
Tx!" Because, honestly, HomeBrewTalk is like my extended family. And you
can't belong to a bunch of families, just a couple families.
In fact, the local homebrew club is kinda like my birth family - a bunch of
great, motivated people, but not very social. We meet once a month because,
well, that's what we do. We share brews and stories and have a lot of fun
together. But we don't help each other very much because, well, we're a stubborn
lot, and we like fixing things on our own.
And then HBT is kind of like my in-laws' family. WAY, WAY involved. Everyone
knows everything about each others' life. And you either spend the majority of
your time and energy staying up-to-date on this monstrously large closely-knit
super-active group of socialites, or you fade into the background and the others
lose respect for you.
The difference here is that SWMBO doesn't make me hang out at HBT. Her family...
more so.
Then, there's a third family. A certain other site that shall not be named. To
quote Star Wars, "You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany".
The mere existence of that place makes me anxious. I consider their "work" to be
a direct insult to everything we work to accomplish here, with our dedicated and
hard working mods and TxBrew (ad-min is a banned word). But, from the sheer
number of users who have registered on both sites, I am clearly in the minority.
So I will shut up about that before I anger the gods of beer. But know that I am
seething below the surface. And know that if you are one of the flip-floppers,
that I am a little sad at you. Because I expect my comrades to have strong,
fierce loyalty too. And by enabling those who are unable to follow simple rules
and common courtesy, in the process common courtesy itself is undermined.
So that being said, HBT for futha muckin' life. Bros befo' hoes.
And if you ARE loyal, be proud of it. Work yo'self to the bone for the things
you care about.
For example, I think I wanna start filling in the Wiki. Doesn't matter if it's a
subject I haven't learned much of yet - that's just a reason to learn it, and to
learn it damn well. I want to make this place the definitive and most
comprehensive resource on the net. And I WILL do my best to get it there.
Peace out, homiez. And stay tuned for another Things That Annoy Me. |
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