The personalities behind threads like "Why do Gurus Self Combust*" other exciting thought provoking threads whose sole purpose is in fostering hostility and promoting discord instead of dispensing stock related information. You can find them most anywhere tossing bricks or engaging in other forms of vapid self-gratification. Just look for the official seal below near their alias.
Your thread wouldn't be complete without a visit from me then, would it...
I only have a couple of issues, I take full responsibility for "Why do Gurus Self Combust". I had no help and therefore the use of the plural "personalities" is misleading.
I'd like to point something out to you Jenna, though I am responsible for the "Why do Gurus Self Combust" thread and the Guru Deathmatch thread and the "Welcome to SI Off-Topic Thread" and several others. I always had the simple courtesy and respect to never disturb the Market Gems thread. The one time that I got into a heated discussion on the Welcome to SI thread, I immediately made the "Welcome to SI Off-Topic Thread". I did this out of respect to the readers of SI that may not appreciate a flame war on a thread that says "Welcome" on it. I didn't try to get the last word in on the popular thread, I simply responded with a link to the new thread without comment.
The fact is Jenna, that most people don't begrudge your success with Market Gems. Personally, I applaud it. The more people that can launch successful internet based ventures, the happier I am. But every time you mention the 106 hours a day that you spend researching stocks and the other ways in which you indicate that you are so far above us "miscreants", you open yourself up for reactions such as mine. Just as I open myself up for reactions such as yours when I jump in the fray.
When you make comments such as this
Since you guys seem to have a lot of time since you don't trade. #reply-11692229 you betray the disdain that you apparently have for individuals that haven't turned there stock trading into ventures where they can charge other people money for their advice.
Another thing that you might think about is that some of the people that you label as miscreants, are not 15 year old troublemakers, but people that have attained significant levels of success in their lines of business as well as in stock trading. Your dismissal of them and their methods of communicating a point is more of a reflection of who you are, than it is an indictment of us.
Regards,
JXM |
