Re: Usenet Really Sucks These Days

[The Greatest]

" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq." <greg...@home.fake> wrote in message news:3rkbr7....@news.alt.net...
> "Fred Hall" <fkh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fbqt16lnnnmelr7al...@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:26:48 +0000 (UTC), Monty Hall <Wad.¤@¤.maabof>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>In article <4c1ed5ab....@news.usenetmonster.com>,
> >>Way Back Jack <home@home.> wrote:
> >>>All of the groups which hold my interest beginning in the 1990s are
> >>>dead, dying, or else infested with commercial spam like pornography or
> >>>Hong Kong chinks selling basketball shoes and handbags.
> >>>
> >>>There was a time when I paid for servers. No more, why should I?
> >>>Well except for this one which is cheap as dirt but I'll prolly drop
> >>>it because the freebies are just as good.
> >>>
> >>>Y'know, tonight, a Sunday, not a national holiday, just a regular
> >>>Sunday, there were only a handful of messages posted and none at all
> >>>between 8 and 11. Did everyone die? Or has everyone moved to blogs
> >>>and other venues to communicate and dispense information?
> >>>
> >>>Man, I can remember evenings when I got on the machine, armed with a
> >>>six-pack of brew, and was entertained right up to bedtime. Better
> >>>than going to the movies. Could barely keep up with the glut of
> >>>posts.
> >>>
> >>>All good things must end, eh.
> >>
> >>
> >>The elements are gone.
> >>
> >>We had a good run, be thankful you filled your face
> >>when it was served up piping hot.
> >
> > I'm with you there, Monty. (Daft canadien, it's spelled *Monte Hall*)
> >
> > For nigh on two decades, excepting brief periods, I had a blast every
> > day reading and posting to uzernetz. The fucking place was more
> > entertaining than a three ring circus that had Ed Sullivan introducing
> > Captain Beefheart backed by The Beatles. In the nude
> >
> > Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to my turnips
>
>
> Selfish bastards. Take, take, take. Rarely give and when inspired to give
> what do these Rubes give but garbage?
>
> See everybody, it's posts like Fred's here that have absolutely no redeeming
> value. Fred and his ilk have apparently forgotten or never realized in the
> first place that newsgroups are discussion groups. They were never intended
> to be like some low-class, x-rated movie that you watch for entertainment
> while you masturbate. In order for discussion groups to succeed there must
> be discussion - not gratuitous self flagellation.
>
> The reason Usenet is dying is because discussion is a lost art. For the most
> part, people are too stupid and uninformed to discuss things intelligently.
> Fred is a good example; he doesn't discuss anything. Rather, he fancies
> himself some sort of comedian whom people should appreciate for his great
> wit. Could the boring fuck be any more delusional? People like Fred take a
> potential interesting discussion and derail it by crass language and puerile
> jokes.
>
> People like myself who have the wit to discuss things and provide an
> insightful, unconventional and productive viewpoint, end up drowned out by
> all the Fred Hall-type background noise. So many of the intelligentsia take
> their talent elsewhere - to Blogs and social networking groups. After a
> while we tire of swatting flies and stepping on cockroaches and other vermin
> like Fred Hall.
> --
> Gregory Hall

Another Great Post exposing the true character of Ferd Hall !!
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HJ