Why all the hate for cloud chasers?

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stylemessiah

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attitude and respect. Two things that have gone missing in modern society.
Now its just drones on their phones connected to the hive mind walking down the sidewalk (usually on the wrong side) in their own cocoon of ignorance, blocking society out and only interested in the world of me :)

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Sadly theyre also in the supermarket, and hell everywhere else for that matter.

This is an aspie calling society antisocial...
 

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I think I am seeing a generation gap problem! Again!
Again op don't worry about what anybody thinks about you!!
Nope, its not generation delineation based.

My world was rocked about 6 months ago on the bus when i saw a lady of 60 with full size seinheisser headphones plugged into an iphone drowning out the surrounding world....and tweeting

I wanted to move back to the country and fully detach and live off the grid after that incident

The signs were nigh that society was doomed
 

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I went to a new vape shop/cafe with my cousin yesterday. He needed some liquid and i went in with him to check it out.
They had some tables set up for people to hang out and 4-5 guys were in there blowing massive clouds and had the place completely fogged out, A pretty big area for a vape shop too. I thought it was disgusting and could not stand being in there so i looked around a bit and left to wait for him in the truck. He called me today saying he went back to buy a tank he wanted to try and said it was fogged up worse then when we had gone.

The girl working at the time was super nice and seemed to know what she was talking about, They had a good selection of liquid and hardware but i wont be returning to that shop and that sucks because we only have one other shop in our area and they're prices suck.

Do i hate could chasers? No i dont but i also dont care to be around it either.
 

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Im merely pointing out 200w from just 2 batteries doesnt add up to safety, unfortunately theres a number of mods, including one made my the parents of my SX Mini M, sadly (and which generated at least 9 pages, last time i looked, of anger at them doing so), which claim to get 200w safely from 2 batteries.

Hot vapor has no smoke, but it has temperature. Warm or hot temperature into healthy lungs = not good long term. Again, ask any fireman, they not only wear breathing gear to keep out the smoke, but the hot air.

I know plenty of people who have bigger budgets than i who fork out money for the latest thing available in the vaping landscape as soon as it appears...usually i can set my watch for the time it will then appear here in a post after release :) That was actually more about the vape gear manufacturers that i think this is just nuts. Every tries to follow the Apple methodology, something new every x months, not something thats actually any better mind you...just like apple
I can agree with you on that. I am not a fan of apple. They have brainwashed the masses into thinking that more expensive = better.
 

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What is wrong with being anti social? You only have to go outside for all of 5 seconds to realize that the human race is crap and you are better off alone. Humans are loud, rude, greedy, dirty, ect ect. Computers are what ever you tell them to be. And people say I am anti social because I spend all day on a computer. but I am sure I interact with more people than they do. =) Also, when they have a computer problem they give me a call. =)
 
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I can agree with you on that. I am not a fan of apple. They have brainwashed the masses into thinking that more expensive = better.
Agreed!

A rare tweet from me the other day:

Just updated my "ancient" 5 yo Galaxy S2 to Android Marshmallow. Proves you dont need to pay Apple $1000 every six months like a cultist

Last week i actually had to go into the Apple store as i was acting as a personal shopper for a friend who wanted an iPhone 6, i got assigned my staff cultist to help me through the process of buying said iPhone and offered them a chance to get out of there "Its not too late for you, youre young, you can be deprogrammed, i can save you from this cult. Come to Android, we have a deprogramming section, and afterwards complete freedom in your life, we worship no skivvies, and our coffee tastes better". I thought i almost had her, but i could see she was dead behind the eyes....

The tweet before that one was:

Is it okay for a mid 40's man to be losing his .... (censored word is not mind) that the Gilmore Girls is making a return?

I give this to you as a present with which to flame me in return :) (It was and remains one of my favourite shows ever, i will not apologise for this)
 

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I do not use twitter. That is crazy for a computer nerd, right? It is just not my thing. I deleted my face book because all it was was everyone's drama. I use Skype and other IM's. I made a new face book. but only have 4 friends on it lol. Just the ones I want to keep up with their lives. The people who are really friends and not just people I know.
 
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I can agree with you on that. I am not a fan of apple. They have brainwashed the masses into thinking that more expensive = better.
Been using Apple products for 20+ years, professionally and personally. Along side with generic and brand-name PC's running every flavor of Windows from Win 3.1 on up. I have Linux servers and workstations at home. My decision of platform of choice is not a result of brainwashing - it's one of experience of what works to get the job done with minimum of issue.

People are bashing Apple now because Microsoft has fallen from grace and taken the place of the Provider of the Suckiest Products on Earth. ;)
 

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I do not use twitter. That is crazy for a computer nerd, right? It is just not my thing. I deleted my face book because all it was was everyone's drama. I use Skype and other IM's. I made a new face book. but only have 4 friends on it lol. Just the ones I want to keep up with their lives. The people who are really friends and not just people I know.
Im an old geek, IT is my central aspie skill

I only have twitter because my friends like the odd mentally scarring tweet from me (im like one tweet a day) and mostly im there to follow a few people on there like TheBloggess and Seth MacFarland for giggles. I have some funny followers, theres the functional neurologist, who's kind of to be expected, and who i feel is just watching to see how unhinged i am and for research purposes, and then theres the SpaceX and MIT Engineer who must just plain like a dose of crazy to offset the dry world of rocket engineering....

Never done facebook, i like to own my own life and details thanks.

Being agoraphobic, my main means of contact is the keyboard, but even i still get out and about for coffee with friends every fortnight, i volunteer at least one day a week and one of the few places i go outside of that is my local vape shop for meets....multiple dare to vape (most disgusting flavour they can dream up) winner...
 

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I have never seen this though. I have seen people talk about it, but never seen happen. I am a cloud Chaser and I have never treated anyone in any bad way that I know of. It seems the other way around to me. It seems like the cloud chasers are the ones that are treated poorly by others.
have you read this thread Seriously..... When Did Vaping Get Taken Over By The Scene Kids? ? you will find others like it here on ECF. you commented that when people walk thru on their way to the gas station you feel like they are invading your space and many of us older low power vapers have had a similar negative experience at local vape shops. you may be demonstrating this some prejudice against " tootle puffers" with out even realizing it because its acceptable behavior among young cloud chasers
 
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Because things change. Things evolve. Maybe it is true what the say. Some people do not like change. IDK.

I like Change..............and Bills too. However, this is a bad time for exponential change in output.

I enjoy a wide range of Vaping. a little cloudy at home. A few bigguns after everyone in the house is asleep.
I usually carry a adjustable EGO type and Cartomizer in public, but my rig is in the truck(if needed)

A time, a place and rational thought.
 

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It was in a reply to stylemessia. It seems I did not quote. my bad. But I was not given a well founded reason. I agree that the government look for reasons to do stupid things. But taking away vaping? No... And I would much rather someone start vaping than I would them start smoking. I do no not understand why anyone would not. Other than the "Well you are not as hard core as I am. I smoked for X years. I have a real reason." To that I say. "Then why did you start smoking in the first place? What was your reason then?" Everyone had to start at some point. And to thing that no one will ever start smoking again is naive. But it they could start on vaping. That is much more logical. So what if some cloud chasers did not smoke in the past? if they are over 18 what does it matter to anyone else what they do with their bodies? I mean, drinking and smoking are still around. The only way it would become illegal is if the tabaco company's pay a lot of money to the government for it to be so. And then they will not need a reason. They will make them up. Much like what happens with the Pharmaceutical companys paying to have something illegal. So thinking that it will become illegal just because some people, over 18, who never smoked before would get into it and be a cloud chaser is a bit unfounded. That is just someone who did not start smoking. because if they could not vape, they would smoke. Dollars to donuts. 1 in 100, at least, would have started smoking.

And I am not really sure it is an "Outburst." It is a conversation. I can be a rather jaded and detached person when I feel as though someone is being passive aggressive. I tend to detach all emotions and speak purely logically. To avoid an "out burst." As using emotions to prove a point only works in the court room.

I got confused somewhere in the middle of the top paragraph (very common with me) but i get what your saying , apologies for the misunderstanding , your right that wasn't an outburst on your part .


I can tell your not a boring person and quite feisty , i admire that in a person .
 

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Been using Apple products for 20+ years, professionally and personally. Along side with generic and brand-name PC's running every flavor of Windows from Win 3.1 on up. I have Linux servers and workstations at home. My decision of platform of choice is not a result of brainwashing - it's one of experience of what works to get the job done with minimum of issue.

People are bashing Apple now because Microsoft has fallen from grace and taken the place of the Provider of the Suckiest Products on Earth. ;)
I must say. PC > Mac in every way. I have not found one way yet that a Mac can out perform a PC. Last I checked, about a year ago. Mac could not even run an SSD. They can not support full PCI Express 3.0 lanes either. Such as PC being about to push over 16 with no problem. And when it comes to GPU's Mac is not even in the same ball park.
 
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I got confused somewhere in the middle of the top paragraph (very common with me) but i get what your saying , apologies for the misunderstanding , your right that wasn't an outburst on your part .


I can tell your not a boring person and quite feisty , i admire that in a person .

Thank you =) I am also really really tired. So I may not be wording things the best/making sense all the time. I am out of juice. I will not get my money for 6 more weeks((give or take)) So I am sceaming way's to get the money. I have nothing of any real value that I do not want. I can try to sale my 50 watt Eleaf I stick box mod for and the tank for $40. I hope that I can find someone to buy. =) And soon!!
 
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I must say. PC > Mac in every way. I have not found one way yet that a Mac can out perform a PC. Last I checked, about a year ago. Mac could not even run an SSD. They can not support full PCI Express 3.0 lanes either. Such as PC being about to push over 16 with no problem. And when it comes to GPU's Mac is not even in the same ball park.
SSD's = standard in the MacBook and MacBook Air's for over two years. SSD's and Hybrid drives available in the iMacs for over two years. PCIe 3.0, last generation of the tower Mac Pros (sad to see that form-factor die though). GPU's - what do you really need?

As customizable as you can do with a scratch-built PC from components? Nope. Never been that way. Can't argue there.

But I have Macs running years beyond where most people trash their PC's. My Mac laptop and desktop are 10 and 8 years old respectively, both running fine, doing what I need. Any issues I've had have been the normal stuff like hard drives failing after years of use.
 
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SSD's = standard in the MacBook and MacBook Air's for over two years. SSD's and Hybrid drives available in the iMacs for over two years. PCIe 3.0, last generation of the tower Mac Pros (sad to see that form-factor die though). GPU's - what do you really need?

As customizable as you can do with a scratch-built PC from components? Nope. Never been that way. Can't argue there.

But I have Macs running years beyond where most people trash their PC's. My Mac laptop and desktop are 10 and 8 years old respectively, both running fine, doing what I need. Any issues I've had have been the normal stuff like hard drives failing after years of use.

In my humble experience,
Macs are fine for personal use.

PCs seem to be much better for heavy dedicated work, and are easier to customize.
 
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