The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Gradine]

As a substitute teacher I always assumed creative name spellings primarily existed because people hated substitute teachers and wanted to make their jobs harder. They certainly don't make the kids lives any easier.

 

[Mannahnin]

To be fair that person was absolutely correct

More or less. Frank is a crotchety and arrogant old man, for sure. Any misbehavior on his part in the past few years is immaterial to the utility of books he wrote in 1983 and no longer gets any profits from*. My own take on separating art from artist tends to draw the line when a crappy creator can no longer profit from the work, so it's no longer a question of materially supporting them and whatever crap they do.

*Though it could be a good motivator for someone to write and publish an equal or superior alternative!

 

[overgeeked]

*Though it could be a good motivator for someone to write and publish an equal or superior alternative!

That’s easy. They wrote and published the superior product years earlier. B/X.

 

[Gradine]

More or less. Frank is a crotchety and arrogant old man, for sure. Any misbehavior on his part in the past few years is immaterial to the utility of books he wrote in 1983 and no longer gets any profits from*. My own take on separating art from artist tends to draw the line when a crappy creator can no longer profit from the work, so it's no longer a question of materially supporting them and whatever crap they do.

*Though it could be a good motivator for someone to write and publish an equal or superior alternative!

I'd argue that there is more to gain than merely profits from having your work become lionized, but yes, the answer is usually "do it better then".

See also: <waves at this entire hobby>

 

[Mad_Jack]

Heh. My podunk little elementary school had like seven Jason’s spread across three classes. They were everywhere.

In a similar vein, all three of the Sean's (out of less than 200 people in our seventh-grade class) were all in the same shop class...

As a substitute teacher I always assumed creative name spellings primarily existed because people hated substitute teachers and wanted to make their jobs harder. They certainly don't make the kids lives any easier.

Hell, I couldn't get people to pronounce my first name right even with the right spelling (see above comment) and two other kids with the same name, nevermind the last name...

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

More or less. Frank is a crotchety and arrogant old man, for sure. Any misbehavior on his part in the past few years is immaterial to the utility of books he wrote in 1983 and no longer gets any profits from*. My own take on separating art from artist tends to draw the line when a crappy creator can no longer profit from the work, so it's no longer a question of materially supporting them and whatever crap they do.

*Though it could be a good motivator for someone to write and publish an equal or superior alternative!

I agree with @overgeeked on this one- Moldvay/Cook is better.

Plus, Mentzer framed Bargle. #Neverforget #Justice4Bargle

 

[Ryujin]

Oh, having personal "I wish"s I absolutely get. It's when someone brings up "I'm telling you, Papa John's is definitely going to expand into Italy and make Hawaiian pizza their flagship option for the Italian market!" in every single pizza thread that makes me think "do you really not see why that would never fly in Italy?".

Because in Italy they don't like good Canadian pizza?

 

[Ryujin]

In a similar vein, all three of the Sean's (out of less than 200 people in our seventh-grade class) were all in the same shop class...

Hell, I couldn't get people to pronounce my first name right even with the right spelling (see above comment) and two other kids with the same name, nevermind the last name...

I have a Scottish last name that no one can seem to get right. Hell, I have a motorcycle industry award sitting in a cabinet, behind me, that has my last name spelt incorrectly on it. They got it wrong while looking at an email from me.

... that contains my last name in the signature.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Because in Italy they don't like good Canadian pizza?

No.

In Italy, they just wouldn't call it pizza.


....you're welcome.

 

[Ryujin]

No.

In Italy, they just wouldn't call it pizza.


....you're welcome.

Right. Because Italian pizza is basically sauce on flatbread.