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most wagyu cattle are chained or crated, standing in their own manure, with no movement allowed to keep the meat tender. Conditions can be as bad or worse than veal is treated. One of many sources.

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01-25-2013 , 09:53 AM

#48753

CalledDownLight

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Originally Posted by Larry Legend

That makes sense, as we already touched on "Kobe" beef in America isn't really Kobe beef and is a marketing tactic, although the phrase still has value in America and usually means a top end Prime cut, but I imagine there are times when substitutes are used.

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Originally Posted by Larry Legend

Looks like some Kobe beef can actually make it into America! Though the first place in NY to have it was charging $350/ steak, so not sure if it is real in places that charge much less.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryolm...e-beef-in-u-s/

The Kobe I had was $190 for a 6 oz cut at Prime in the Bellagio. I assume it was real Kobe and they claimed it was imported from Kobe, Japan.

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01-25-2013 , 09:56 AM

#48754

CalledDownLight

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I eat gator about once a year. Recently, we have made it a tradition to go somewhere that serves it for the UGA vs. Florida football game and order a few things of gator bites as apps to eat throughout the game.

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01-25-2013 , 11:00 AM

#48755

Krayz

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lol the greatest athlete thread is 2 pages and only one Jim Brown mention in a contest that isn't even close.

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01-25-2013 , 11:13 AM

#48756

Booker Wolfbox

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Next time there is a SE WW game, I want to rand Manti Te'o.

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01-25-2013 , 11:45 AM

#48757

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Originally Posted by Booker Wolfbox

Next time there is a SE WW game, I want to rand Manti Te'o.

You are a great LBer with great vision. Therefore you are a seer. etc, etc...

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01-25-2013 , 12:05 PM

#48758

Shark Doctor

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Originally Posted by yeotaJMU

2007 reg date in da house

Yea, I failed at posting a pic. Never tried posting a pic on my phone.

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Originally Posted by tarheeljks

eat better scallops

Better scallops will still have relatively the same texture. If you're not a fan of it; you're not a fan of it.

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01-25-2013 , 12:13 PM

#48759

Steroid Boy

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goddamn is pog a cesspool

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01-25-2013 , 12:20 PM

#48760

TheDean1

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what's happening there other than nutshat getting errybody FURIOUS

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01-25-2013 , 12:32 PM

#48761

nutshot2

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thats about it

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01-25-2013 , 12:41 PM

#48762

exec771

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Originally Posted by TheDean1

what's happening there other than nutshat getting errybody FURIOUS

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Originally Posted by Thingyman

I have a grievance with your attitude, your way of interacting with a lot of people and your sense of self-importance. I feel that you are generally incapable of posting without having either a conscious or an unconscious agenda to either promote yourself, to cause conflict or to belittle others. I feel this so strongly that I actually have a document written up from last year, explaining in details a number of instances where I feel that you have been a jackass, a douche or an arrogant prick. I spent literally hours compiling this. This document contains a lot of stuff that I don't wanna post (because there's no point anyway - people are aware of how you post and are free make their own judgments on your character), but writing it was a cathartic experience for me.

I want to make it clear to you right now: You are the only person in my life who I have ever hated. That is a strong feeling to be able to evoke from me, I tell you, and nonetheless you have managed to do so from behind a screen, so I congratulate you on that.

People so FURIOUS they been compiling word documents for over a year.

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01-25-2013 , 12:42 PM

#48763

StoppedRainingMen

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oh nutters, what did you do this time?

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01-25-2013 , 12:43 PM

#48764

Eltbus

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oh my god

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01-25-2013 , 12:43 PM

#48765

StoppedRainingMen

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thingyman's (whoever the **** that is) undertitle should be snap changed to "compiling hate documents"

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01-25-2013 , 12:45 PM

#48766

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Originally Posted by exec771

People so FURIOUS they been compiling word documents for over a year.

Lol that guy is a jabroni.

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01-25-2013 , 12:45 PM

#48767

nutshot2

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got em mad

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01-25-2013 , 12:48 PM

#48768

Dudd

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01-25-2013 , 12:50 PM

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Krayz

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Originally Posted by Thingyman

Okay then, here goes. This will probably be my only post on the matter and after I've said this, I won't ever re-address the issue.

I have a grievance with your attitude, your way of interacting with a lot of people and your sense of self-importance. I feel that you are generally incapable of posting without having either a conscious or an unconscious agenda to either promote yourself, to cause conflict or to belittle others. I feel this so strongly that I actually have a document written up from last year, explaining in details a number of instances where I feel that you have been a jackass, a douche or an arrogant prick. I spent literally hours compiling this. This document contains a lot of stuff that I don't wanna post (because there's no point anyway - people are aware of how you post and are free make their own judgments on your character), but writing it was a cathartic experience for me.

I want to make it clear to you right now: You are the only person in my life who I have ever hated. That is a strong feeling to be able to evoke from me, I tell you, and nonetheless you have managed to do so from behind a screen, so I congratulate you on that. I think it's ironic that the person who convinced me not to post the above mentioned document apparently now has beef with you too - and he, too, is a person who is hard to get upset. That really says something about you. You sure post hard, bro! I know for a fact that you have managed to upset a whole bunch of other people too (and then there are the people who have managed to not allow themselves to become upset by you, which I find very commendable) and I will honestly say that the one egregious thing that I may have done in all of this was to talk with others about their experiences with you (ie. "talking behind your back"). That was just simply something that I needed to do keep myself mentally intact and to prevent myself from unleashing on you in POG in a really, really personal manner (if any of this is considered overly personal, you do not wish to see my document posted). But it really opened my eyes to the fact that I am fortunately not the only one who shares this view of you.

Another thing that I'd like to make clear is that I have never once said anything to offend you. In fact, I went digging to double check. I have mentioned you in about 60 threads on POG. Not in one of those posts was I mean to you. In fact, I have only complimented you in several posts and you also received a shout out in my 10K celebratory <3 post. I think your very first game on POG was even a turbo in which we were both wolves and had lots of fun, and from that moment on - for a while at least - I had the sense that we got along great. But at some totally random point - I have no idea when exactly - you started developing this insane attitude against me, plus other people. It seemed to start just as you were starting to be considered a vital member of the community and a respected player. I don't know if that got to your head, if you went through some bad stuff IRL, if I misjudged you from the beginning or if you just like to clique'ishly associate yourself with certain type personalities whilst belittling and looking down on others. My guess is that it's a combination of all those things.

The final straw was when, after having happily enjoyed drafting for the ww draft for a few weeks, I am eager to read the spectator discussion thread, but before I even get started, up to SEVERAL people write me, asking me what is going on between me and CPHoya. I have no idea, so I read the thread, only to find out that you have been bashing me the whole time in 15+ posts spread throughout the thread! So I ask myself: What the **** is this dude's problem. So what exactly is your problem?

If I must receive infractions or whatever for this post, I gladly accept them.

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Originally Posted by Thingyman

I told myself not to respond to you. And I've quoted your posts and closed the browser several times now. But I just can't help it. You infuriate me to no end. And the fact that the community as a whole apparently tolerates you infuriates me to no end. I had hoped that maybe some support for my view would be openly expressed, or that you would express some sort of remorse or willingness to take a look at yourself, but I can see that none of those things are happening, and so be it. To rephrase Groucho Marx' words: I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like you as a member. And so, I'm choosing to not be part of it. I have had plans to make a special 20K post which I will still make. And I have obligations to play a strategy game which I will complete. Other than that, I'm done with this.

Firstly, I'm sorry if you were thrown off by the word "beef". And I'm sorry that you are such a smug individual that you have to resort to comments such as this: "Also I'm not sure who I actually have beef with now but your being uninformed and well behind the times while speaking authoritatively about things you don't understand would not be new.". What I am referring to is your own post earlier in this thread:

What I meant by my post is that Chips was the one to talk me down which is ironic given that you have apparently somehow done something to now injure your relationship with him. If I misunderstood that comment and yours and Chips' relationship is actually fine, then my bad for insinuating otherwise. I sure am stupid, huh? But good thing that that's nothing new.

Secondly, you critique my drafting skills and my ww skills, sure, and you're allowed to do that. But you do it in a massively inappropriate and over the top fashion that I do not find fit for any respectable forum member. Really, you need to spend 15+ posts just saying how awful I am? Repeatedly pointing it out. Not giving any explanation whatsoever. That sure isn't mean spirited, no, that was just meant as constructive criticism and reasonable input on the draft. That is something that every other member would think fine to say about others, yup. That is appropriate within a community based on games and fun. The first proof that it wasn't "normal commentary" should be the fact that TWO seperate people wrote me about your posts. I remember you stating that my draft was guaranteed to be ******ed. I guess it wasn't completely ******ed... you know, since I won the draft and all?

And your response will be that that was because I put in a bunch of effort into my write-up. Yeah, well, at least I put more effort into my draft than you did into evaluating it as part of the expert jury that actually had a say! Oh, you forgot about that? Yeah, just as you forgot to take care of that WSoWW game, right?

I'm glad you're kind enough to point out my contribution to POG btw... It warms my heart to know that you think the WW Academy is a good idea and that you so sincerely appreciate the effort, despite not trusting me to feed your dog. Thanks. I've taken care of kids and handicapped people (there amongst my little brother who unfortunately passed away) in my life, and I'd make the rash assumption that I offer more warmth, care and love to the people and animals surrounding me than you. So you can shove it. Oh, and yeah, speaking of contributions, my 200+ hours put into the database are absolutely worthless. Good thing a monkey could do that data collecting. My contributions to POG sure do pale in comparison to yours.

I can't help but find it funny that it is being made clear that you are being an ******* to me because I am apparently bad at ww and all that goes with it, according to you. If that is even the case, then it sure doesn't sound sympathetic that someone being bad at something is just cause for you to be attacking them. How is that a healthy community? And are you even sure it's the case, bro? I remember our massive discussion in the academy thread about tone reads, and do you remember who the majority sided with? Me. I remember your insults against me wrt the ww draft, and do you remember who won? Me. I remember you proclaiming that I'm bad at ww, and do you remember who contacted you to let you know that we could settle it and take a look at our reads from all our previous games? Me. You stopped responding though, funnily enough. We can still do that, if you want btw.

You wanted to know what clique you're a part of? Whatever people that you at any point in time feel that you can group yourself in with because they are perceived by either others or you to be at the top of the hierarchy and you have a desperate craving to be right up there with them, while at the same time belittling others. You're the biggest elitist there is. You definitely belong to the cool crowd - and if people disagree with you, they are of lower value and are ******ed and stuff like that, right?

It seems pretty clear to me that you are a damaged individual who feels a need to insult others in order to feel better about yourself.

I'm not gonna name who have spoken out against you to me in private. If you want to be delusional and take that as an indication that I'm making it up, then that's your prerogative, man.

In conclusion, **** you. You are the worst person I've ever encountered in my life. Go ahead and jot this down to me being some random oversensitive Scandi kid or whatever will make you feel better. But I suggest that you take a look at yourself. And now I'll take that infraction.

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Damn man. There's some stuff in there that I won't touch because obviously I don't possess knowledge regarding your little brother and I'm very sorry that happened. That's horrible.

However, it has absolutely nothing to do with anything and portrays in vivid detail your absolute inability to differentiate the meaning of statements, your inability to comprehend context, and your sick desire to interpret everything as emotionally fraught.

Where did I insult your time commitment to this community? That never happened.

Where did I insinuate that in real life you're an incompetent? That never happened (that's what "proverbially speaking" means).

It continues to be my opinion that you are usually ill or uninformed about most of the things you talk about re: WW. Like you acknowledge, I get to think that and to say it. So do you! I don't know you in another context, and never have, and don't see why you would interpret comments about Thingy the werewolf player as comments about whatever your real name is as a person. That continues to be a stupid, intentionally obtuse thing to do and if doing so has led to you being $ad and MAD and frustrated, I do not care. It's your problem with contexts, not mine. I KNOW I've never made a comment about you as a human being doing human being things other than talking about or playing werewolf. It sucks that you can't say the same thing.

It's wonderful for you that the worst person you've ever encountered anywhere is someone who believes himself to be better than you at werewolf, and who is willing to express that opinion in a forum designed for it. Seriously. You run hotter than the sun in the "bad people" department.

I am well within my rights to comment on your very apparent lack of understanding of WW players in a thread designed to critique the draft and drafting. That's what it was for. I believe I have covered everything that needs to be covered regarding your inability to differentiate between contexts.

With regard to the clique issue, I'm still not sure how that's (a) relevant or (b) true. I can't think of a big name with whom I have curried favor on purpose. Many of them dislike me. I'm cool with that. soah abjectly hates me. I'm cool with that. I've never "toned it down" for anyone. That doesn't seem conformist to me.

If you can find posts I've made insulting people about their actual lives, go for it. Thing is, you cannot. I don't do that. I insult people about WW to get results. If I need people to realize we are losing a game because you are being listened to, I will try to do that. I don't really care if that feels bad for you. The thing that's kind of sad, though, is that you take me out of a werewolf game and I'm very unlikely to say one thing meant to disparage or disappoint or bother anyone. In that regard, your assessment is just fantastical.

With regard to having to win every argument, I think nothing could be more inaccurate unless you're talking about a werewolf game, where of course the more arguments I win the more games I win, which is kind of the whole point.

Now, moving on to the real issue here, which is your real life belief that I'm a terrible person. VMF has also said this. You are saying this based upon discomfort with my WW personality on POG. Not even my personality, but my in-game, in-competition personality in a game built upon deceit, distrust, and at some level an ability to think logically about issues before making decisions. I'm shocked - shocked! - that a hypersensitive person like you would not like a cold person like me in that environment. The thing is, you don't know me any better than I know you. I'm gonna predict that in real life your personality is not half as fragile as it is here, and that you know it. I'm going to wager that the persona you wheel in here is no more real than the ethical analyses you try to apply to werewolf, which are transparently the result of your unwillingness to contextualize what werewolf is. You know you do this, but you continue to do it. This is why I do not take you seriously on this forum.

The sad part is I don't think you're a bad person. I think your exaggeration both in game threads and out is a really annoying quirk. For example, you were around for NewTeaBag - I posit that probably he's a worse person than me given that my sins involve making you feel bad while his involve murdering someone. But whatever, I know it's rhetorical exaggeration meant to convey a certain flourish to your triumphant coup de grace. It fails, because it's stupid. It's too $ad by half, and it's too desperate by a metric ton.

It hurts, but that's the thing. You literally are just some really upset kid I don't know talking about the real life qualities of a person he doesn't know. You're doing the thing you know I don't do. It's self-defeating.

With regard to charity work I won't list what I've done and do because I find it cloying and also, fittingly, desperate. I've done plenty, at a time and financial expense that I take satisfaction in being willing to do. With regard to your family travails, you really do have my sympathies.

With regard to the rest of it, you're just confused, bro. You'll do well to consider whether the (apparently way out of control) amount of energy you've expended hating me was ever justified. The fact is, this post constitutes more time, energy and thought than I've ever expended on you otherwise. That's pretty much how it should be unless we actually know each other, or at least want to.

Not gonna miss you obviously, but fare well.

LOL WORDS

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01-25-2013 , 12:50 PM

#48770

StoppedRainingMen

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i think the next WW game i run i'm going to modkill every POGger at the start of the game on basic principle

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01-25-2013 , 12:50 PM

#48771

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Nutshot for mod

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01-25-2013 , 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

i think the next WW game i run i'm going to modkill every POGger at the start of the game on basic principle

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01-25-2013 , 12:51 PM

#48773

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I could see how 'shat could make your blood boil if you were a real aspy social ****** who can't fathom sarcasm, flippancy, trolling, and or NYers.

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01-25-2013 , 12:52 PM

#48774

StoppedRainingMen

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i refuse to read more than the sentence i saw in that pile of text but did cphoya say thingyman was going to murder someone because suitcase-hooker guy hated him too? pretty expert

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