Honestly, I couldn't care less who listens to the show. I'm genuinely embarrassed that I listened until about a year ago and I genuinely sympathize with anybody else who still listens out of habit if they get as little enjoyment from it as I did since Artie left.
No. It's not about mindlessly agreeing with the group; a lotta people here disagree on shit. Believe it or not, I don't hate you...and I already have a rescued cat and I've rescued about a dozen dogs and half a dozen cats in my life. My growing dislike of you really isn't "personal" either, but I'm not sure you'll understand that. Bullshit artists really annoy me and refusing to cough up any documentation after announcing that the capsule story is "well documented" would bother me about anybody...that's why it's not personal. You say you have a good reason not to divulge it but I'm sorry, I don't believe you because the "wait for the book" explanation makes no sense and doesn't explain why documentation can't be shared. If it's not yet public, then stop saying it's "well documented" because it isn't. Listen, I get it: you've just been telling that story since long before the Internet made it impossible to do that kinda shit and still get away with it. I don't hate you for that (or for the fact you're going to stick with the lies), but it's something that makes me dislike you...or anybody.
OK...Starting threads about yourself asking questions whose answers you obviously don't care about also comes across to some people as narcissistic and sort of obnoxious. You'd get a much better response from many of us if you just posted comments on other thread topics or started some that weren't just different ways of saying "Hi, I'm Johnny Fratto and let's talk some more about me please."
Not for nothing, but a lotta people here are gonna goof on any nearly 60-year-old man who clearly spends a lot of time on artificial looks maintenance and who pays web designers to create an online presence that features gaudy "bling" and ostentatious sports cars. Believe it or not, I've never seen any of those broads' web sites (or yours), but I believe I've seen your "composite" posted and I'm certain that all the shit you emphasize is essentially identical to the background images of any website of P. Hilton, K. Kardashian, and T. Tequila. If you swapped all of your personal pictures, I'm guessing you could mix and match all your pages without any of them looking out of place. I'm sorry, that's goofable to many of us...regardless of who it is.
Nobody expects you to "bash" anybody or to say anything you don't believe. But you happened to sign up on a forum most of whose members only laugh at the HSS and at what HS has become. There will always be some people who are just thrilled to have anybody with even the slightest connection to the show here; but many of us react to you by the image you present and by the amount of self-awareness and honesty (about the show and about yourself) in your posts. If all you do is start threads to talk about yourself and you respond with the predictable "Howard's always been great to me and I love the show" (etc), there will be a lot of people who will probably respond negatively to you in general.
Honestly, nothing personal.
Completely stopped listening to the trainwreck called THSS in January 2012 except for turning it on in the bathroom when I shit or shower and I wish I'd pulled the plug the day Artie left. It's so bad that I've actually gotten out of the shower to turn it the fuck off.
So it's okay with you if Johnny posts here, as long as he posts the way you like? Why don't you both try it at the same time? You'll be allowed one raging rant a day (with no "editing") and all of your other posts have to be pleasant and happy and use lots of smiley faces. Nothing personal.![]()
Johnny here's the deal, No matter what position you take here, You're going to have three things....Ones that agree, Others that disagree, And then theres the chain popping frothing at the mouth psychos that are just going to hate you no matter what........Once again I say Welcome and I hope you hang with us........
So sayeth the Snot!!!! ...........
There's a lot of in-between that I missed, but Johnny did NOT come here originally asking people's opinions of him, merely if he should stop calling.
Chimney Portions does offer up some good advice, if the plan is to stay and be a regular Saloon member.
I'm glad/surprised Johnny is still here.. too many people want nothing more than to run off anyone who's shown up here that's even remotely connected to the show.
Lou makes sense as well.
Uhhhhhhhh... Huh?
There's also a 4th group: Those of us who have no motive whatsoever to "hate" or "run off" anybody just for being associated with the show. We just wait to see whether they're going to contribute like any other poster and give sensible, direct answers to questions (and just say that they can't or don't want to answer others)...or if they're going to try slinging the same total bullshit here that they get away with on the air with a pussified interviewer who tosses them softballs and just use this place to promote their latest shitty venture or product without any real contribution to any topic except the threads they start about themselves.
Finally, there's a 5th group here: Those who constantly bash Howard, Robin, Gary, Fred, Benjy, Beth, Elisa Jordana, etc...but the second any shitstain with even the most remote and indirect connection to the HSS shows up, immediately treat them like royalty and get all bent outta shape that anybody here would dare to just treat them like every other poster by calling out obvious bullshit.
Completely stopped listening to the trainwreck called THSS in January 2012 except for turning it on in the bathroom when I shit or shower and I wish I'd pulled the plug the day Artie left. It's so bad that I've actually gotten out of the shower to turn it the fuck off.
Technically yeah, but it's the same thing...at least that's how I see it. Why would anybody have an opinion on him calling in if they didn't have an opinion of him in general?
I can't stand when Bobo calls in BECAUSE I can't fucking stand Bobo. It tends to work out that way.
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