13. Alec was never fit to be a forum moderator, a proof moderator or an elite council member. His power is solely based on some random gag by one of the old tyrant loser admins, and playing rock band with Jimbo. His judgment and skills are so off, that he only knew how to upload a video on youtube by the browser until recently, has the biggest liar in the fitness industry as one of his "heros", and still believes in the fairy tale of sistematically chosing a college career and work section being the ultimate financially stable option.
Every time you try to have a discussion with him, he makes his points as they're irrefutable truths, even facing evidence and reasoning. Mate, here's a tip: that's not confidence or being assertive, that's being cocky and ignorant.
Shit wasn't getting personal. People (especially Goose
) like to throw around mental disorders as insults to people simply because of social stigma associated with it. It deems it acceptable to make a joke in it's light (even though it most definitely is not). But we let that shit slide.
What you're saying IS personal, because you're making ridiculous judgement calls and assumptions based off of little to no insider/close information and only from internet presence. You have no idea who I am, what kind of person I am, and what I believe in. You simply have not the slightest idea of why I chose the people that I did in my heroes topic. You may have info that I don't on Mike O'Hearn, but you don't know why I chose to include him into that topic, do you? As that's a rhetorical question, allow me to answer it straight away and say no, you don't, because I never gave explanation to it.
How old are you, João? Maybe 20, 21, if that? What life experience and personal perspective do you have that enables you to believe that you can sit where you are and judge me, or anyone else (especially based on internet presence alone) about our persona or our motivations in life? You have absolutely no logical reasoning to what you do. I don't know why I'm even dignifying you with a response, to be very honest. I see you post on the forums, and if I'm to use the same methodology you are to judge me, then I can tell you that you scrutinize sane logic at every point you can, you attempt to belittle and troll people the best ways you can by refuting everything you read and throwing up some goofy statement or counter-argument for whatever the case may be, and you generally just have a bad attitude towards everything that seems to go on around here in the community. You're worse now than when you first started posting.
But if I'm to put that aside like a human being and NOT judge you based on your forums presence like a teenager jacked up on hormones, caffeine, and a shit-eating attitude, I'd say from the discussions had on discord (when I was able to access it freely from my home pc), I'd say you were a sensible dude with a head on your shoulders that showed potential to be fair to others and to have healthy discussions about relevant subjects where necessary. I think you and a few others have enjoyed jumping on the bandwagon of hating the proof moderator because they've made a few decisions you don't agree with. You can be as upset as you want, but I've been clear since the beginning that if someone has an issue you are always free to PM me as I'm approachable and will always get back to anyone with a response in a reasonable time period.
Believe what you want to, but I think meeting your points with my own will help alleviate whatever it is you have going through your head that worsens your view of me as both a person and an administrative position holder on the site, and might lessen the hostility you're obviously holding.
Yes, I'm a newbie when it comes to technology. I don't properly take care of my equipment as far as regular cleanings and maintenance goes, and around every turn I seem to run into issues surrounding any kind of device I seem to have in my possession. It's actually kind of a running joke amongst family and friends of mine now, lol. I'm also a newer player and spectator to speedrunning and The-Elite. I came around in early 2013 and didn't really get involved in anything other than spectating until 2014. What you don't take into consideration, João, is the fact that I try my best to be fair and respectful to people who deserve it and treat me the same way. If I'm given a reason to treat you like an asshole, there's more than likely a good reason behind it. Though I'm also completely willing to admit I've made mistakes in that as well.
Concerning the ever-famous meme of the YouTube upload button: Since I started speedrunning, I was shown a method (I forgot by whom) to cut Amarec footage in Windows Movie Maker and that I could upload it straight from the program, which I did for the longest time until this whole meme came about, lol. After seeing so many gamers and YouTubers using other programs to edit either their gameplays or vlogs or whatever the case may be, I made the (obviously bad) assumption that that's how they also uploaded their stuff, through the program. You should understand that from my point of view, I only ever used YouTube to watch videos and upload through movie maker for a good year or two. I never clicked around and got curious as to anything, really. The upload button thing was as hilarious to me as it is to everyone else.
Concerning the rock band joke: LOL that this is still a thing. It isn't like I've had meaningful and relevant conversations and formed relationships with the admins of the site and certain members of the community and inclined as to whether there was anything more I could do for the community itself behind the scenes, right? All it took was a few hits of the rock band drum pad and a few strums of the guitar and it magically formed a connection that resulted in my being approved for GE proof mod? You guys never quit with this one.
Concerning your belief of my motivations and persons of interest who motivate me: If I find someone to be entertaining, hilarious, and provides me motivation to push myself and better myself (in the gym specifically in this case), why does it concern you who it is I respond to? It could've been Dom Mazzetti for all we know, and I think you'd still have something to say about it.
You only paint a worse picture for yourself by judging someone, dude. I don't need to be motivated by the guy for his business strategies, memes, community surrounding him, or whether the guy uses juice or not, or claims that he does or doesn't.
"Fairy tale of choosing a college career and work section being the ultimate financially stable solution"
You're saying this like I have no brain and expect a piece of paper to admit me to a 6-figure career for life straight out of college at 26. What are you even thinking by typing that? While college and post secondary education *IS* itself a business, it's also a great opportunity to gain in-field knowledge and opportunities to network (which people seldom take true advantage of). There are different financial options for everyone. Lots of people want to start their own businesses and become entrepreneurs. Some people would prefer to work in government agencies such as healthcare/hospitals, law enforcement/protection, or financial/revenue. Yaddayadda. I don't need to explain every reason out there for people to make money or a living for themselves. If you're judging me for wanting to build a career from receiving a college education, that just makes you diluted and an asshole, frankly.
Don't talk to be about ignorance when you're spewing it from yourself as you type this stuff out to me. Maybe me giving some perspective of my own will help ease whatever this is that you seem to have going for me. Any further discussion, I'm open to. Or feel free to PM me, as always.
~Cheers
