The Curmudgeon Club

[SpookyPistolero]

I don't really like to start threads over such negative feelings, but I had to vent a bit. What in the hell is the deal with all these damn 'club' threads over at THR??? They just won't go away. Every time I enter a subforum, there's a new club-thread about another make or model of firearm. Do people just need a support group for owning their particular gun? I get that it's fun to show pics and to pat each other on the back long enough to prevent any potential buyers remorse, but it's getting absurd.

One of the most irritating things is that it's almost always some relative neophyte. One guy who started one had less than a couple hundred posts but in his sig had 'Founder: The [insert model] Club' about 6 times over (each a different one). They also like to rule the threads and correct people for getting off track.  How pompous can you get?

At first it was a nuisance, now it's quite a thorn in the butt. There's a phrase that perfectly clarifies my feelings on the 'club' mentality, but I won't use it here.

So for all you other curmudgeons, here's a club for you...

[Felonious Monk/Fignozzle]

Sign me up, dammit.

[Gewehr98]

That "642 Club" thing was somewhat annoying, wasn't it?

I don't do THR much, if at all, anymore.

However, if it's a thread that you don't want to read, DON'T READ IT. 

Kinda like all the channels on the TV.  Press the button and move to the next one. 

[280plus]

If I join do I get to be a "plankowner" ?

[esheato]

I'm not supposed to say anything if it isn't nice, but I totally agree.

Ed

[mtnbkr]

That "642 Club" thing was somewhat annoying, wasn't it?

What was annoying about it wasn't it's size or popularity, but that a thread in the Rallypoint for Virginia got closed after fewer posts because it was dominating that forum.  Someone apparently complained that it was always at the top.  At the time, we were holding 2-3 weekly get togethers at regional ranges.  I guess it's ok to keep a thread open forever when you're gushing about a particular firearm, but not ok if you're planning frequent trips to the range.

Chris

[Art Eatman]

I can understand a brand-name or model club if the main deal is to exchange commonly-needed information.  But that's mostly for car stuff.  Cars are far more complex than any gun ever thought of being.  Tips, tweaks, "how-to" stuff.

But to get all emotional about a gun?  Glock vs. 1911?  How is somebody's life itsownself so petty and trivial that it's important at all?  You like Glock or S&W or Colt, that's what ya oughta play with.  Why give a hoot what somebody else likes?

I dunno.  Some of these "club" guys act like they either have been or oughta be hit over the head with a club.

, Art

[Boomhauer]

'Founder: The [insert model] Club' about 6 times over

I know what you are talking about. It does get on my nerves. If every popular firearm had its own "club" thread- the subforums of THR would be choked.

[The Rabbi]

I would never belong to any club that would have me as a member.

[280plus]

Me neither... 

[JonnyB]

I've considered myself an "apprentice curmudgeon" for a few years. I'm only 52; not old enough to be a real one. Can I join anyway? I'm crabby enough to qualify.

jb

[280plus]

IIRC the cutoff between Apprentice Curmudgeon and Curmudgeon is 50 so you have completed your apprenticeship grasshopper. Now me at 49.5, well, it's not quite over yet, I'm hangin' on by my fingernails. Your next step would be Old Curmudgeon which I believe is 70. I'm sorry, I can't provide any links to support all this, it's something I got in an email. So it has to be true.

[Declaration Day]

What in the hell is the deal with all these damn 'club' threads over at THR??? They just won't go away.

Perhaps it's just another evolution of communication within the forum.

Think of the internet as a whole, of course on a much larger scale.  First there was email.  Then chatrooms and AOL instant messaging took over as the primary forms of internet socialization.  Then forums, then blogs, and now the insanely popular Myspace.  At some point, that will give way to something "new and different".

This too shall pass!

[Tallpine]

One of the few benefits of aging is graduating from being a "jackass" to being a "curmudgeon" 

[Laurent du Var]

Does that mean I can't open a chapter of
"The French throw away while retreating rifle club"
on THR or TFL ? Every new member would get a box of camembert
and a bottle of Côte de Provence !

[The Rabbi]

IIRC the cutoff between Apprentice Curmudgeon and Curmudgeon is 50 so you have completed your apprenticeship grasshopper. Now me at 49.5, well, it's not quite over yet, I'm hangin' on by my fingernails. Your next step would be Old Curmudgeon which I believe is 70. I'm sorry, I can't provide any links to support all this, it's something I got in an email. So it has to be true.

I'm only 45 and already unbearable.  What will be when I'm 70??

[Perd Hapley]

I would never belong to any club that would have me as a member.

I couldn't take this Curmudgeon Club seriously unless Rabbi was President.  I mean...come on. 

One of the few benefits of aging is graduating from being a "jackass" to being a "curmudgeon"

Thanks, Tallpine.  Being thirty, I was wondering where I fit in.  Can you guys start a youth auxillary for us jackasses? 

[mtnbkr]

I'm only 45 and already unbearable.  What will be when I'm 70??

If we're lucky, in a rest home and away from the Internet.

I'm kidding.

Chris

[Brad Johnson]

So Spooky, does that mean your new tagline is going to be "Founder: The Anti Club-in-Tagline Club"?

 

Brad

[grislyatoms]

I'm 38 in years but about 92 in cynicism, can I join?

[SpookyPistolero]

Plank-owner certificates for all! They're worth what you paid for them.

And yea, Rabbi is definitely high on the list for presidential nominees. Perhaps I'll add that to my sigline as suggested, with the names of all the officers of our club. I'll bet now you're all wishing you had the honor or putting 'Founder' on your own siglines, but there can be only one!

Maybe we'll get lucky and after the 143rd club-thread, the mods will start shuttin' em down.

I just finished my last exam for the weekend (wahoo) and am going to the gunstore to stare at things I can't afford.

I bid you good day, and welcome to the Curmudgeon Club.

[Brad Johnson]

So, with your permission, of course, those who partcipate in this thread can call themselves Charter Members of the Curmudgeon Club?

Brad

[The Rabbi]

So, with your permission, of course, those who partcipate in this thread can call themselves Charter Members of the Curmudgeon Club?

Brad

I don't give a !@#$% about any !@#$% Curmudgeon Club!

[AmbulanceDriver]

Thanks, Tallpine.  Being thirty, I was wondering where I fit in.  Can you guys start a youth auxillary for us jackasses? 

As a 30 year old CIT (curmudgeon in training), I would love to have a CM (curmudgeon mentor) on whom to rely....  I think fistful hit the nail on the head, either a youth auxilliary or perhaps an aprenticeship program...

[Brad Johnson]

So, with your permission, of course, those who partcipate in this thread can call themselves Charter Members of the Curmudgeon Club?

Brad

I don't give a !@#$% about any !@#$% Curmudgeon Club!

And we have our first President!   

BRad