Give Me One Good Reason

[Zak Smith]

This is the dilemma of a newbie asking questions for answers he wants to hear, while the experienced try to convince him of the answers he needs to hear. Of course, the disconnects in this characterization are where the problems lie.

 

[Joe the Redneck]

Dont regret this post. You raise a great point.

 

[Technosavant]

Technosavant I am almost in tears to my ignorance. I must say you guys have really opened my eyes I never realy thought of all those angles and I feel like an idiot ah that's better...

I may not have made myself clear; when I said "ignorance," I wasn't meaning it in a disrespectful way, nor did I mean that it necessarily applied to the OP. Classically, it just means to be uninformed/uneducated, and that is quite possible. Or, the respondent could assume ignorance, even if it doesn't exist.

We all get along, and I'd rather talk guns (even if ones that don't interest me) instead of work any day.

 

[texas bulldog]

i think some very good, legitimate reasons have been given for this phenomenon, especially by technosavant. as a relative noob, i must say that i value the variety of opinions i find here, as i am often exposed to new things i hadn't considered before.

on the flipside, i must say i occasionally share your annoyance on this issue. my favorites usually revolve around home defense weapon selection. why would people come into the handgun forum to tell people asking a very focused HD handgun question that they need to buy a shotgun? same for telling people they need to get an AR when asking about shotguns? or to get a revolver when asking about a HD carbine? i just don't get that. to some extent we need to trust that the OP has considered the benefits of the different platforms. and if they say they've decided to go with a handgun (or whatever), we can probably safely conclude that they know of the existence of shotguns and carbines and (for whatever reason) have decided against them.

my other favortie not too long ago was a gentleman asking about .22 double-action revolvers to complement his other double-action wheelguns and the first three responses all just said "ruger single-six" without any additional comment. hey, the ruger's a fine gun, but what part of "double action" was unclear?

i have always tried to ignore such responses and keep my annoyance to myself. i guess i just want to thank the OP for an opportunity to vent here.

word.

 

[highorder]

This is the dilemma of a newbie asking questions for answers he wants to hear, while the experienced try to convince him of the answers he needs to hear.

Well said Zak.

 

[SwampWolf]

I personally don't mind getting inputs from others that are outside the parameters of the original question but I can understand why others might. What I do think gets old pretty quick is the so helpful advice to "get both..." Well, duh!

 

[Vodka7]

Zak said it perfectly.

And in the case of your specific thread, it fit the profile of a Counter-Strike Kid. Those of us who have been here for a while have seen the same threads a million times from CSK's who decided based on a videogame and no real-world experience with the platform that they want an MP5, Desert Eagle, or (God forbid) an AWP. Especially with the way you phrased the question, it appeared that you hadn't done any major research whatsoever. A quick search of GunBroker or the forums would have given you the information you need to either buy a real PSG-1 or comission an excellent clone.

So, a lot of people are going to be a little ornery answering a question like yours--it's nothing against you specifically, and I personally would always prefer to avoid a thread like that than post something that's borderline offtopic or out of the scope of the original question, but not everyone's like me. Some people just can't help themselves. You've probably seen a lot of threads were someone has jokingly said "buy a glock," because people used to (and unfortunately still do) recommend a Glock no matter what question the original poster asked. Then, for a while, it was "buy an XD." Now it seems like "buy an M&P" is the standard reply.

And, I don't want this to seem like I'm attacking you. It's perfectly fine to see something in a movie or a video game and want to buy it. I'm sure James Bond was responisble for a good portion of Walther's and Aston-Martin's sales back in the day

But when you come in asking a common question like that, you have to assume that people are going to think that you haven't done any research, so they're going to try and provide you with other options that may turn out to be better options. Easyg was right on that one.

 

[USMCDK]

Well said everyone. To make my retort to Vodka7 you are right, but I didn't mention (A) I was 12 when the game Metal gear Solid came out and played it, I am 25 now. (B) I did look into it and do my homework about the PSG-1 and that is the man reason that I want it now, yes to me it's still fantasy cool, but I respect it for what it really is and not what Solid Snake did with it. (C) I was using my thread as an example for this thread about what was driving me nuts at the time, not so much as to create ammo against me, but it okay and I DON'T feel that you are attacking me in anyway.

Thank you.

Now I will tell you this I am no CSK or anything of that type, those games do not portray any of the weapon systems correctly to begin withm, but I agree you have KIDS out there that beliewve in that stuff like its gospel and I feel real bad for them.

As for James Bond he sure did get a lot of tail no matter what he shot or drove, but it was all still fancy nice anyway. +1,000 there Sean Conery (I think I spelled his name wrong)

Joe I don't usually regret any of my posts at least not that I can really remember. I do my best to take things witha grain of salt. I was merely showing in my own way my realization of my actions and taking resposiblity for them. Thank you for the kind words though.

DAMN YOU SCUBA STE... I mean highorder LoL. I had to man glad to see you here in this thread, thank you for posting.