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In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
> In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
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> > Perhaps you wouldn't, but don't be surprised if some people here don't
> > believe that. I've skimmed most of this thread, and it sounds like a broken
> > record. Some people whine about what LEGO should do. Other people counter
> > them, but are unsuccessful in explaining the logic behind a business's
> > actions. Its not because these people don't write good explanations, its
> > because the whiners don't want to listen to them. I was being sarcastic on
> > one level, but if you really think about it I wasn't kidding when I said
> > this thread belongs in lugnet.dear-lego.waaaaahhhhh or
> > lugnet.off-topic.baseless-speculation.
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> Maybe so, I'm going to stop complaining right now, since I'm getting
> this feeling that I've ticked a bunch of people off.
Matt, I don't think you've ticked anyone off, particularly. You're just the
latest in a long series of victims of "internetitis". There are several
common discussions that will crop up around here, and this is one of them;
you aren't the first to complain bitterly about how Lego does things, or to
be convinced that you know far better than they what their market is. I've
done it; Tim's done it - darn near all of us have at some point or another.
Heck, Richard Marchetti makes a career out of it. ;p (just kidding, hop.)
In a discussion forum like this, or a chat forum, or nearly any of the
various net-based communications, these kinds of discussion crop up
regularly, and it gets awfully hard to tell this particular gripe and this
particular griper from the one 3 months ago, or 6 months ago, or 2 years ago.
You're getting the brunt of people's frustration with the repetative
argument; people aren't actually frustrated by *you*, just the circumstance.
Stick around a year or so; it's surprising how quickly you find yourself on
the "oh man, not this again" side of the discussion. :)
thanks,
James
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| (...) Maybe so, I'm going to stop complaining right now, since I'm getting this feeling that I've ticked a bunch of people off. (...) Hmm...why don't you send me an email or something about this. (...) No, lego isn't really such a large part or my (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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