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Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:04:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.admin.nntp, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > Given what I know of Brad, I find it difficult to picture him going home at
> > night and puzzling over the best way to shape up his MOC.
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> Given what I know of Brad, I don't find it difficult at all. Not in the
> slightest. Maybe you don't know him that well. Or maybe you're a better
> judge of people, even with less data to go on, than I am. I don't think Brad
> really wants his AFOLness bandied about which is why he didn't make a big
> deal about it and why I let it slide the first time you brought it up. (I
> confess, I was talking about Jake and Tomas and Ashley (who doesn't work for
> LD) rather than Brad)
Gah. Fine. I'll concede the point on all four of them. It makes no
difference to my real point- which is that the (possibly temporary, until a
workaround is designed/found) inconvenience of four people is nothing compared
to the strengthening of the core values of a community of 950+ members and
countless (unless Todd wants to share it) non-member posters.
> > I work for an internet sevice provider. I like the internet. Were I in a
> > customer-facing part of the organisation, I would certainly make like I
> > thought the internet was the best thing since man created fire.
> >
> > It wouldn't make me a "Fan of the Internet" though.
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> If you're working at an ISP and you're *not* a Fan of the Internet, consider
> a different line of work. But I think you are a fan.
I would say that I think the Internet is an important invention, one which will
probably change the world at least as much as the moveable type printing press
(in time).
I would not say I was a "fan" of the internet in the same way that I am a "fan"
of LEGO, Star Wars, Guinness, Shane MacGowan, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, The
Authority, the Coen brothers, etc.
> Not all companies employ only people who like their product. (Duh!) But
> consider how much nicer a world this would be if that was a requirement for
> employment. (for one thing, the tobacco companies would all shrivel up as
> their workers all died)
Heh! True. :D
eric
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