tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post7699892829608505670..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: The populist gun show and the servile nerd conventionagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-58434238672323835552013-08-10T23:49:51.880-04:002013-08-10T23:49:51.880-04:00The things you say about "nerds" are gen...The things you say about "nerds" are generally true, but the harsh tone may scare away or offend those who would otherwise accept the messages of your blog, and try<br /> to earnestly improve their lives. <br /><br />I don't think boat shows would necessarily be prosocial, as they'd attract many rich pricks. Buying a boat doesn't creat a sense of solidarity or trust between people. <br /><br />fishing, on the other hand, seems like it would be, though; the effort it takes to learn to fish and do it regularly creates trust and a common bond.<br /><br />-Curtis<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-4652595228898199442013-08-07T17:17:01.675-04:002013-08-07T17:17:01.675-04:00Fishing and Boat shows are the best. I have guns,...Fishing and Boat shows are the best. I have guns, but gun shows feature quite a few nuts you just as soon keep at the Planter's factory.Frontiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-65005628367989296002013-08-06T17:25:19.868-04:002013-08-06T17:25:19.868-04:00I think you are too hard on nerds these days.
-...I think you are too hard on nerds these days. <br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-56344464250263175532013-08-05T18:33:54.798-04:002013-08-05T18:33:54.798-04:00eh. I think the gun show guys are dorks too.
-...eh. I think the gun show guys are dorks too. <br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-40333500468057161562013-08-05T10:34:32.447-04:002013-08-05T10:34:32.447-04:00Whenever I think of a comic-book convention, I thi...Whenever I think of a comic-book convention, I think of the movie "Chasing Amy". I rewatched that movie about three times two years back, and man is it such a better movie than most of the drivel I see in theaters nowadays.<br /><br />My dad brought me to "hunting" conventions when I was a kid. I loved them! I could check out the guns, shoot a bow-and-arrow, fish in a pond they set up indoors, check out fishing lures, etc. I would definitely take my kids to a hunting/gun convention, but no way in hell to Comic Con.<br /><br />I've never gone to Comic Con, but I presume your analysis is spot on: ueber geeks coming out of their basements/hovels to dress up in CosPlay and orgasm when some dumb character gets on stage and acts. Naturally top comments in Reddit are often about Comic Con. DdRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3727554882482329222013-08-04T19:53:23.125-04:002013-08-04T19:53:23.125-04:00I had the impression that fandom conventions had b...I had the impression that fandom conventions had become increasingly female-heavy, hence the dress-up and celebrity obsession. Of course, I haven't actually attended any. I would be quite surprised if gun-shows had a lower percentage of males. If we don't count <a href="http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/asian.htm" rel="nofollow">asians as white</a>, I would also expect fan conventions to be less white.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-31838936583829971432013-08-04T10:14:34.764-04:002013-08-04T10:14:34.764-04:00Celebrity worship. At the gun show, there were no ...<i>Celebrity worship. At the gun show, there were no panels of speakers, autograph booths, "have your picture taken with So-and-So" booths, and so on, that cater to fan-boys.</i><br /><br />Possibly betraying my ignorance here, but if gun shows did have these, who would they have? Lead engineer on such and such gun? Corporate executives from gun companies? Particularly talented shootists or catalogers? <br /><br />Gun fans might be person oriented in general, but the gun hobby isn't really oriented towards the individuals who make or use the guns in the way that any media product seems necessarily to be, but "thing oriented" towards the guns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-14940890170864143242013-08-03T23:09:30.700-04:002013-08-03T23:09:30.700-04:00"with comic book readers (and speculators) mi..."with comic book readers (and speculators) milling around to look for rare finds and good deals."<br /><br />What ever happened to the old used comic book store? Or the old used book store, for that matter?<br /><br />There used to be a great used comic store when I was a kid, with books in the back. I practically learned to read buying stuff there. It disappeared in 1993-1994<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-44275277353915599572013-08-03T23:00:47.660-04:002013-08-03T23:00:47.660-04:00Gun shows def. seems rising-crime. Don't ask ...Gun shows def. seems rising-crime. Don't ask me why, but it reminds me of a book I read about Big Foot.<br /><br />Interest in Big Foot totally exploded in the late 50s, and was mostly conservative, rural white working-class men living in rural Oregon. The movement seemed pro-social, since everybody wanted to share info and experiences with each other in an effort to catch Big Foot, and they were pretty serious about it.<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-8177269646652027012013-08-03T22:44:44.076-04:002013-08-03T22:44:44.076-04:00Booth babes, "paying to flirt" - you cov...Booth babes, "paying to flirt" - you covered those topics in your Hooters post.<br /><br />Also, gun shows would be more outgoing simply because the clientele are Boomers and Gen-Xers. Millenials never got into guns, just as they never got into cars.<br /><br />-CurtisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com