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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3061392, member: 36230"]Perhaps you remember the saying about it being better to allow others to think you an idiot than to open your mouth and prove them correct? This is what came to mind when reading the should-be second paragraph of your post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah... the membership has nothing better to do than sit here all day lying to newcomers about their incredible and/or valuable finds, and not a single person shows up to intelligently counter them. Does this really make sense?</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me explain something to you, dear enlightened one. It is sadly exciting when someone shows up with the genuine article, even if a trashed 95 1C DDO, and simply because of all the garbage we have to weed through on a daily basis. Yes, some of said garbage comes from folks new and willing to learn, but they're sadly in the minority. Now just stop and think about that for a moment, trying to imagine how it must be not only to deal with such nonsense, but also to have to listen to folks like you whine about what you do not understand.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, someone previously mentioned that most of the folks showing up with dollar signs in their eyes do not research. While this may be true, the greater problem is those that do take the time to look into their question before coming here do not "research" but simply seek confirmation bias. This means they ignore anything and everything that doesn't fit what they want to hear, and also helps explain why such threads often become less than pleasant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 3061392, member: 36230"]Perhaps you remember the saying about it being better to allow others to think you an idiot than to open your mouth and prove them correct? This is what came to mind when reading the should-be second paragraph of your post. Yeah... the membership has nothing better to do than sit here all day lying to newcomers about their incredible and/or valuable finds, and not a single person shows up to intelligently counter them. Does this really make sense? Let me explain something to you, dear enlightened one. It is sadly exciting when someone shows up with the genuine article, even if a trashed 95 1C DDO, and simply because of all the garbage we have to weed through on a daily basis. Yes, some of said garbage comes from folks new and willing to learn, but they're sadly in the minority. Now just stop and think about that for a moment, trying to imagine how it must be not only to deal with such nonsense, but also to have to listen to folks like you whine about what you do not understand. That said, someone previously mentioned that most of the folks showing up with dollar signs in their eyes do not research. While this may be true, the greater problem is those that do take the time to look into their question before coming here do not "research" but simply seek confirmation bias. This means they ignore anything and everything that doesn't fit what they want to hear, and also helps explain why such threads often become less than pleasant.[/QUOTE]
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