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Is toy collecting "work" ???
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11-12-2007, 10:25 PM
Tommy_Garvey
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Tripwire201
I feel like I should thank you for tolerating but that would needleesly elevate you. Since you are in it for the hobby thanks are not needed.
Doesn't that sound terrible? To me it does and I think any mod, admin, editor, etc. deserves thanks for all they do to make the hobby, fun, civil, and informed. I'm not sure at all how it elevates people but it does show that some appreciate the job they do and the thanks alone make the job worth doing.
If that's the argument, there are several societies that practice that exact behavior. "Insulting the meat" as it were, where one is required to always downplay the contributions made by others, so that they don't think they have power over you or are above you. Interesting practice, but I don't think it really fits into the hobby environment. I think the hobby would quickly become a very dull, confrontational place where nobody ever shared anything.
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And Paul, I really didn't get the "Goodall" inference. That was more sarcasm, thus the smiley. I have no idea what you meant by that. The only one observing and recording is poor Tommy. LOL (I mean I get what you meant after you mentioned Jane but I just don't see where it even came from) Unless you're actually writing a collector report as somebody joked. ;)
If Paul was talking about me, he's right as I am recording all of this in my "Inner Circle" files.
In case anyone wondered, yes, cultural anthropology really is the closest science comes to stalking. ;)
Honestly, I'm having trouble following just what this thread is about now though. It lost me at the Joe costumes. I guess I'm just still trying to figure out the "Valued member of the community= Work = non-hobby/possibly communist" connection. Maybe it's just me though. ;)
Tommy
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