The SF/AAAC/FNB trainwreck thread

Sammy Ambrose said:
No. That's not how it works.

There are a mass of forums and they all have their trolls, the accepted short form for the prodders and rubbers- up you mention.

However, a troll on a cooking forum ultimately has an interest in cooking, and a troll on a menswear forum has more interest in how trousers ought to break than in how much kidney should go in a steak and kidney pudding, and so on. They troll forums which deal with topics which are essentially of interest to them.

Arguably, too, those who earnestly see themselves as honest, topic -focussed forum members - and I mean on any forum- might write such drivel that they are more annoying than the trolls, who can be amusing.

This was JFM's take on it and I believe it is Mr FNB's, too , who started FNB following his persecution by the moderators on AAAC. Many of the initial FNB forum members were similarly escapees from that forum and others like it and thus the FNB forum became known as Devil' s Island. It is this which I believe Shooey has in mind when he talks about the moderators who drove old posters away. It really was ironic how the forum began to be policed.
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Yes, this is pretty accurate.
 
Sammy Ambrose said:
No. That's not how it works.

There are a mass of forums and they all have their trolls, the accepted short form for the prodders and rubbers- up you mention.

However, a troll on a cooking forum ultimately has an interest in cooking, and a troll on a menswear forum has more interest in how trousers ought to break than in how much kidney should go in a steak and kidney pudding, and so on. They troll forums which deal with topics which are essentially of interest to them.

Arguably, too, those who earnestly see themselves as honest, topic -focussed forum members - and I mean on any forum- might write such drivel that they are more annoying than the trolls, who can be amusing.

This was JFM's take on it and I believe it is Mr FNB's, too , who started FNB following his persecution by the moderators on AAAC. Many of the initial FNB forum members were similarly escapees from that forum and others like it and thus the FNB forum became known as Devil' s Island. It is this which I believe Shooey has in mind when he talks about the moderators who drove old posters away. It really was ironic how the forum began to be policed.
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To be an effective troll you have to have some knowledge of the subject matter. Trolls are okay if they can be amusing or if they contribute something of value now and then, some do neither, know what I mean?
 
Following the departure of Woof on TI, manic poster Sadness first hints he will go too, but then decided the place is thriving.

'The announcement of the demise of 'Talk Ivy' turns out to have been a shade premature. New postings have put fresh heart and spunk into me. I was overjoyed, whilst sipping my breakfast orange juice, to read a number of interesting posts from our chum Horace; and others have been steadily chipping in.
But where is our Alvey?
Nice try, Sammy, but no cigar.'

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Sammy Ambrose said:
Following the departure of Woof on TI, manic poster Sadness first hints he will go too, but then decided the place is thriving.

'The announcement of the demise of 'Talk Ivy' turns out to have been a shade premature. New postings have put fresh heart and spunk into me. I was overjoyed, whilst sipping my breakfast orange juice, to read a number of interesting posts from our chum Horace; and others have been steadily chipping in.
But where is our Alvey?
Nice try, Sammy, but no cigar.'

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Woofy is posting here??
 
Sammy Ambrose said:
Following the departure of Woof on TI, manic poster Sadness first hints he will go too, but then decided the place is thriving.

'The announcement of the demise of 'Talk Ivy' turns out to have been a shade premature. New postings have put fresh heart and spunk into me. I was overjoyed, whilst sipping my breakfast orange juice, to read a number of interesting posts from our chum Horace; and others have been steadily chipping in.
But where is our Alvey?
Nice try, Sammy, but no cigar.'

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Andy's putting up a stoic rearguard action. But it doesn't matter that FNB has got the website domain going to 2050, the problem will be the legacy software of the website itself which will be ever increasingly incompatible with browsers, etc. A good example is not being able to post photos.
 
Pimpernel Smith said:
Andy's putting up a stoic rearguard action. But it doesn't matter that FNB has got the website domain going to 2050, the problem will be the legacy software of the website itself which will be ever increasingly incompatible with browsers, etc. A good example is not being able to post photos.
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That's true. I suppose Andy must be AFS. He is trying his best but I really don't know why he refuses to give it a go over here. Do iGents get stubborn in old age? Looks like it.
 
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Barking Pugilist said:
Thanks Sammy
Used and abused without even knowing it. The worst thing is that I was only valued at $18.18 and still no one applied.
I’ve missed my calling, I could have been an influencer.
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You don't know how many poor people gave the scammers their credit card numbers. But as you say, you obviously have a look that the scammers reckoned would bring in the business.
 
An Ivy wearer gets captured by Craptom on Permanent Style. The Talk Ivy boys rejoice but then start to fall out about 'the look'. Our Bongo player has had enough and starts shouting at them.

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"What a load of bitter, depressing shit this forum can so often be. Anything that's not ivy by numbers and/or by a 1980s JS customer is a threat."
 
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Sammy Ambrose said:
An Ivy wearer gets captured by Craptom on Permanent Style. The Talk Ivy boys rejoice but then start to fall about about 'the look'. Our Bongo player has had enough and starts shouting at them.

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"What a load of bitter, depressing shit this forum can so often be. Anything that's not ivy by numbers and/or by a 1980s JS customer is a threat."
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feel like this was just taking shots at doghouse doghouse :

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Fair comment. He probably drinks something fashionable like a negro

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Sammy Ambrose said:
An Ivy wearer gets captured by Craptom on Permanent Style. The Talk Ivy boys rejoice but then start to fall about about 'the look'. Our Bongo player has had enough and starts shouting at them.

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"What a load of bitter, depressing shit this forum can so often be. Anything that's not ivy by numbers and/or by a 1980s JS customer is a threat."
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You seem to be checking it several times a day though.
 
Dropbear said:
Blast from the past! I hadn’t thought about RJ in ten years. Or cell phone tower radiation protection! 😂
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These old threads provide us not only with the history of thinking regarding menswear but also the general concerns of the posters. I hope someone is methodically keeping a record of it somewhere for the amusement of future generations.
 
The worst part are the lost pictures across all forums. Without them the context of many posts is lost or worthless. If they would still exist they would serve as the most comprehensive archive of men's style dating back more than 20 years. What was lost there weren't only photos of user outfits but also shop windows, shoe models and so on.
 
Lobbster said:
The worst part are the lost pictures across all forums. Without them the context of many posts is lost or worthless. If they would still exist they would serve as the most comprehensive archive of men's style dating back more than 20 years. What was lost there weren't only photos of user outfits but also shop windows, shoe models and so on.
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Yes this loss of pics is sad - it was a great trove of historical pics often used to illustrate points of view -

the loss of pics wasn't totally due to the FNB Forum - but the fact that because of clunky loading and other reasons people often loaded pics from Photobucket(?) and other third party sites - then one day, essentially, Photobucket just pulled the plug and people and sites all over the world lost millions of photos.
 
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Sammy Ambrose said:
Lots of good stuff on there for small minds. I love it.View attachment 43892
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Now that is embarrassing. I used to use the occasional bad word back in those days. These days l wouldn't dare.


balinmad said:
Shooey, I didn’t realize you hated EGs so much

Who’s Raj?
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I don't hate EGs, l just don't like how igents use them and Lobb to make them appear superior to others. Too much ego used to be attached to those shoos back in the old days.


Lets not get too much into that. Raj has grown up a lot from those days, he has gotten married and has a kid, and he's not a bad bloke now. I used to bash him mercilessly, but now l protect him. Raj and I have a lot in common (if he reads that he might have a pink fit), it's true; we are both very very enthusiastic about high quality items. Raj' ego has melted away, and left is now a man who lives in the real world.


 
This is for AFS on Talk Ivy. You can't post pics there but I'll give him a link to this later. We need to help when we can.
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FNB Talk Ivy main poster (99% ) AFS wants to know who is behind Dressed Well.


' I say, the Russians ( are behind Dressed Well). Quite possibly in choots with some rogue element of the CIA. Then, supposing Castro were still with us, grave suspicion might well fall on him. At any event it's someone having a laugh at our expense.'


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