High post count does not equal brewing knowledge

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Maybe the OP got "post count" envy after seeing Melena's post the other day and felt.... undersized....

 

[BigKahuna]

Yes...Yes I do feel better. I think you guys are on to something here.

So...my point remains....I want to hide my Post count. And if you don't want any of my advice...feel free to ignore it. But you can count on 2 things here....someone asking...for the 10th time today if his beer is bad...and me responding. Somehow I'm not sorry about that.

 

[shecky]

Given my post count... I think I'm offended at the OP!

However...
<Pauses to think>

Hell, I haven't got all that many posts or a whole lot of brewing knowledge (I hang out here to increase both) and I am surely offended. That's not easy to do, either.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I'm no offended not at all! I've been around enough forums to know that some people like me, some people hate me. Either way, I'm here, Shecky's queer, get used to it!

 

[BigKahuna]

Hell, I haven't got all that many posts or a whole lot of brewing knowledge (I hang out here to increase both)

That is a mouthful right there!

I was a brewer for near 8 years before coming here...but I had no friends...no brewing friends anyway, and I drink 99% of what I make. I have improved my knowledge by multiples of 100, 100 times over since I've been here. AND I will say that when I see a question I can't answer...I go in search of said answer. Makes me a better brewer, and then when I find it...I post the answer....increasing my post count. Does that mean I'm a post whore...maybe....but I'll also bend over back words to help anyone here....well....anyone that doesn't start bashing members that is.....(See Revvy's signature!)

 

[shecky]

I'm no offended not at all! I've been around enough forums to know that some people like me, some people hate me. Either way, I'm here, Shecky's queer, get used to it!

Stop outing me, for Christ's sake.

 

[jpsloan]

Well I hate to admit it, but I do have post-worship from time to time.

For example, I giggle uncontrollably at the top of my lungs every time Evan! replies to my posts.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Well I hate to admit it, but I do have post-worship from time to time.

For example, I giggle uncontrollably at the top of my lungs every time Evan! replies to my posts.

I know what you mean. It is an honour to have Evan! respond to a post.....I lace all my posts with a hint of Evanspice in the hopes that I might attract him. Sadly, Evanspice only seems to work on Shecky.

edit: how on earth does one giggle at the top of their lungs!? just curious.

 

[BigKahuna]

Well I hate to admit it, but I do have post-whoreship from time to time.

Fixed it to fit my situation....

For example, I giggle uncontrollably at the top of my lungs every time Evan! replies to my posts.

That also happens to me!

 

[shecky]

I know what you mean. It is an honour to have Evan! respond to a post.....I lace all my posts with a hint of Evanspice in the hopes that I might attract him. Sadly, Evanspice only seems to work on Shecky.

How'd you know?
That's it. I'm ignoring all your posts from here on out. You're going to miss me. I might be the only one as twisted as you.

 

[Beards Brews]

I know what you mean. It is an honour to have Evan! respond to a post.....I lace all my posts with a hint of Evanspice in the hopes that I might attract him. Sadly, Evanspice only seems to work on Shecky.

edit: how on earth does one giggle at the top of their lungs!? just curious.

You sure Shecky hasn't swapped labels on your Evanspice and cleverly replaced it with Shecky spice?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

How'd you know?
That's it. I'm ignoring all your posts from here on out. You're going to miss me. I might be the only one as twisted as you.

Are you ignoring this post too? Are you? Are you? Huh? Are you ignoring THIS post?.....Well?

 

[shecky]

You sure Shecky hasn't swapped labels on your Evanspice and cleverly replaced it with Shecky spice?

Bagels and lox will do it for me, and I'm not Jewish.

Did somebody hear something? I thought I heard something from a small, slightly insane person.

 

[Brewsmith]

I don't know about giggling, but I have the feeling that my posts enduce uncontrollable vomiting.

Plus, your beer IQ is now 20 points lower.


Sorry...

 

[jpsloan]

Plus, your beer IQ is now 20 points lower.


Sorry...

Oh thank GOD! Maybe now I can pull off that Bud Ice Light Clone I got from the internet.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

We have a beer IQ!!?? Oh crap!!!

Meh, I always liked the lower numbers anyway.

 

[Revvy]

Yes...Yes I do feel better. I think you guys are on to something here.

So...my point remains....I want to hide my Post count. And if you don't want any of my advice...feel free to ignore it. But you can count on 2 things here....someone asking...for the 10th time today if his beer is bad...and me responding. Somehow I'm not sorry about that.

Yeah, most of us here with high post counts didn't get those by playing "what song am I" or other type of silly word games, they/we get it by spending hours upon hours answering the same basic questions over and over (holding hands of the new brewers), and helping each other, no matter at what level of brewing we are become better brewers.

And it isn't because we think we're better than anyone, or our advice is holy, of our poop doesn't smell('cause you haven't been around me after a night of homebrews if you believe that), it's because it's our way of giving back to this community that has helped us on so many levels....Not just in brewing but in life, some of these people have become like extended family to me...

But sometimes all of us get tired of answering questions which are easily found in the search function, or by looking at some of the same threads on the forum they posted in.... Sometimes it feels like some people want us to wipe their butts for them....and sometime's we're a little snippy.

But guess what.....We still do it....


but i've seen how it is on other forums, and at are most sarcastic none of us here as ever answered a post like this, which I've seen on other threads.

Hey a$$hole, use the f@#$ing search feature you g@#@#amn noob

No one on here has since I've been here written that to a poster. It's not a part of our culture...though sometimes friendly sarcasm is.

I constantly am learning several new things here every day. I look at it as a ladder...I'm one batch's worth of knowledge ahead of the guy behind me (so I try to pull them up the ladder with me), and one batch behind in knowledge of the guy ahead of me, who pulls me along.

I don't care whether or not you take my advice....but as long as I am here and someone has a question, and I have even the slightest bit of help to offer about it I will.....Because somebody has to....and we've taken it upon ourselve's to.

 

[jpsloan]

how on earth does one giggle at the top of their lungs!? just curious.

Sounds a lot like a rabid goat violating Fran Drescher underwater.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Laughing_Gnome
Evolutionary bypass




Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Norwalk, OH
Beer IQ: 1,611




Fixed!!!

 

[Brew-Happy]

We have a beer IQ!!?? Oh crap!!!

Meh, I always liked the lower numbers anyway.

Look at your IQ as a golf score

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

I ask that you provide some examples of this phenomenon.

A little while ago I remember a complete noob posting about some "problems" (read: Is my beer ruined?) about his first batch. I don't remember any of the specifics like the OP, thread title, etc but there was someone who replied telling him it was fine and that he can't do anything to his beer without asking the forum first and don't listen to anyone without 1000 posts. I thought it was a little *********ish.

I think the whole post count thing has to be taken with a grain of salt. I'm sure some people have been brewing for decades but might only have several hundred posts and others who have considerably less brewing knowledge might have 5 times as many posts. I tend to judge people on the quality of their posts and not the quantity.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Look at your IQ as a golf score

Then the OP is a beer genius!

 

[BigKahuna]

Then the OP is a beer genius!

AND trying to cover his blushing....He's edited the OP!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

A little while ago I remember a complete noob posting about some "problems" (read: Is my beer ruined?) about his first batch. I don't remember any of the specifics like the OP, thread title, etc but there was someone who replied telling him it was fine and that he can't do anything to his beer without asking the forum first and don't listen to anyone without 1000 posts. I thought it was a little *********ish.

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I seem to remember that too. You are right. However, the interweb has been around long enough now so that everyone should know that we are all individuals with different opinions and ideas.

 

[BigKahuna]

Hell, every time I try to tackle something new (like kegging, for example), I'm a noob all over again, and I have no problem admitting it.

Me...I....Well....I think that if you're not a n00b at something ....you've fallen over dead and began to atolize.

For Christ sake get up and try something new! Post your results....quit bitching about posters with Big....um....counts!

I seem to remember that too.

I remember it too...AND I remember that it was pretty damn funny! The guy was really worked up, and the person that told him that...I gotta go search....Was totally kidding...and maybe it takes a post count of 4,600+ to understand that.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Shecky, are you ignoring this post too? It has dollar signs in it. $$$$$$$$

 

[Saccharomyces]

Post count doesn't count for much of anything as far as experience goes. I've only been brewing since March, but I'm not afraid to chip in my 2c on what I would do based on my experience (which amounts to nearly 20 batches at this point) so I've logged 1000 posts if you discount the post whoring thread. Hopefully at least 10 of those were useful to someone.

I'll second what others have said about gaining a lot of knowledge from this forum. You can never learn everything. I still make tweaks to my process based on little tidbits I pick up from the folks around here almost every time I brew, and my beer keeps getting incrementally better for it.

Plus, I work from home most of the time, so I don't get a lot of social interaction during the day. This forum helps keep me sane.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

I think the whole post count thing has to be taken with a grain of salt. I'm sure some people have been brewing for decades but might only have several hundred posts and others who have considerably less brewing knowledge might have 5 times as many posts. I tend to judge people on the quality of their posts and not the quantity.

This is a good way to look at it. Luckily, on this forum bad advice is rarely given and when it is it is squashed by the rest of the members within seconds. That said, I am very picky about recipes and whatnot, blind faith is never a good thing. Do some reading and use the forum for things you can't understand.

 

[Clayton]

IN THE SPIRT OF THIS RETARTED POST, WHICH IS A PREMATURE FALSE GENERALZATION OF 1/3 THE PEOPLE HERE; PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE ARE A BUNCH OF WINNY BALLBAG NEWJACKS THAT INCORRECTLY THINK WE CARE WHEN THAY GET BUTT HURT AND WANT TO CRY ABOUT IT.

PS. SHECKY IS GAY.

like the caps? thats keeping up the sprit

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Anyone that equates size or quantity with quality is an idiot. (insert jokes about penises here)

Silliest thread since the last one I started IMO