Aquarists vs Marine Biologists

J R-S wrote:
... then everyone started defending the expensive illumination
refering to corals and I said it is not needed for my systems.

No, you didn't. You said it is not needed for THEIR systems, and said they were
fools for spending that kind of money.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock because
that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is alive, the
layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money in doing
that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please, in my
humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

jrs
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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J R-S wrote:
... then everyone started defending the expensive illumination
refering to corals and I said it is not needed for my systems.

No, you didn't. You said it is not needed for THEIR systems, and said they
were fools for spending that kind of money.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Jamie,

Keeping any type of aquarium at all is a waste of money. An aquarium
does not provide you with food or shelter. People do it for as many
differfent reasons as there are differnet kinds of people. If they
want to keep corals how is that stupider than wanting to keep exotic
fish?

You have been posting in a reef keeping new group. Most of the people
who sub to this group will probably agree that reef keeping involves
housing corals inside a contained envrionment like a home aquarium. If
it is your opinion that people who wish to do this are stupid than you
may as well go on over to alt.people.stupid instead and leave
rec.aquaria.marine.reefs alone.

Blake.

J R-S wrote:
I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock because
that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is alive, the
layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money in doing
that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please, in my
humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

Ha ! I've designed my tank so I can live in it for 8 months without a water
change !
alt.people.stupid !?!?!

Why don't you go to kiss.my.marine.bio.ass.
Yes I am touching myself....and you're still not as smart as me.


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Jamie,

Keeping any type of aquarium at all is a waste of money. An aquarium
does not provide you with food or shelter. People do it for as many
differfent reasons as there are differnet kinds of people. If they
want to keep corals how is that stupider than wanting to keep exotic
fish?

You have been posting in a reef keeping new group. Most of the people
who sub to this group will probably agree that reef keeping involves
housing corals inside a contained envrionment like a home aquarium. If
it is your opinion that people who wish to do this are stupid than you
may as well go on over to alt.people.stupid instead and leave
rec.aquaria.marine.reefs alone.

Blake.

J R-S wrote:
I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow
corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock
because
that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is alive, the
layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money in doing
that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please, in my
humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

Nice. You really got me. Feeling quite smitten by your obviously
superior intellect I will make a feeble minded attempt to write a reply
that is deserving of your incredibly large brain's attention. Ready?
Here it is:

"your mom."


The rest of this message is intended for people who are not as smart as
you, so you can just go ahead and hit the delete key now.

My apologies to the rest of the group. I knew it was foolish to
attempt to talk reason with this kid. I'm guessing that he's probably
at best a first or second year undergrad at some comunity college who's
just started in a marine bio program, thus giving him licence to talk
down to all of us hobbiests. Or, it could be the case that he just
enjoys picking fights and the marine biologist cover story is a pretty
good way of getting instant credibility in a forum such as this where
people might have a genuine interest in the opinions of such a
professional.

Anyhow, I'm done with him and I promise I won't reply to any more of
his posts.

Blake.

You live in it???
"J R-S" wrote in message
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Ha ! I've designed my tank so I can live in it for 8 months without a
water change !
alt.people.stupid !?!?!

Why don't you go to kiss.my.marine.bio.ass.
Yes I am touching myself....and you're still not as smart as me.


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Jamie,

Keeping any type of aquarium at all is a waste of money. An aquarium
does not provide you with food or shelter. People do it for as many
differfent reasons as there are differnet kinds of people. If they
want to keep corals how is that stupider than wanting to keep exotic
fish?

You have been posting in a reef keeping new group. Most of the people
who sub to this group will probably agree that reef keeping involves
housing corals inside a contained envrionment like a home aquarium. If
it is your opinion that people who wish to do this are stupid than you
may as well go on over to alt.people.stupid instead and leave
rec.aquaria.marine.reefs alone.

Blake.

J R-S wrote:
I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow
corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock
because
that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is alive, the
layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money in doing
that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please, in my
humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

Funny, I don't remember writing that thread.
Well, when people feel threatened is time to impersonate and distort.
I think is time for me to go

jrs
"J R-S" wrote in message
news:GxDVf.952$ui7.712@trndny09...
Ha ! I've designed my tank so I can live in it for 8 months without a
water change !
alt.people.stupid !?!?!

Why don't you go to kiss.my.marine.bio.ass.
Yes I am touching myself....and you're still not as smart as me.


wrote in message
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Jamie,

Keeping any type of aquarium at all is a waste of money. An aquarium
does not provide you with food or shelter. People do it for as many
differfent reasons as there are differnet kinds of people. If they
want to keep corals how is that stupider than wanting to keep exotic
fish?

You have been posting in a reef keeping new group. Most of the people
who sub to this group will probably agree that reef keeping involves
housing corals inside a contained envrionment like a home aquarium. If
it is your opinion that people who wish to do this are stupid than you
may as well go on over to alt.people.stupid instead and leave
rec.aquaria.marine.reefs alone.

Blake.

J R-S wrote:
I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow
corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock
because
that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is alive, the
layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money in doing
that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please, in my
humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

For your information, food and shelter are not the only needs of a person.
You are just talking about your basic needs; i.e. food, shelter and sex.
Then there are the social needs which include any intraspecific interaction
other than sex. This is for example that one. We interact with each other
trying to exchange ideas.
Finally, there are the self esteem needs, those needs that make us feel good
about something.
putting together an aquarium is one of those needs.
We are happier doing it.
But, if you sacrifice your other needs for the last need, then you are
wasting your resources for the most important basic and social needs.
In other words, if you spend your resources in an aquarium, then you will
not have those resources, in a capitalistic society money, to have your
basic/social needs satisfied.
That is the difference between a geek and a normal human.
jrs
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Jamie,

Keeping any type of aquarium at all is a waste of money. An aquarium
does not provide you with food or shelter. People do it for as many
differfent reasons as there are differnet kinds of people. If they
want to keep corals how is that stupider than wanting to keep exotic
fish?

You have been posting in a reef keeping new group. Most of the people
who sub to this group will probably agree that reef keeping involves
housing corals inside a contained envrionment like a home aquarium. If
it is your opinion that people who wish to do this are stupid than you
may as well go on over to alt.people.stupid instead and leave
rec.aquaria.marine.reefs alone.

Blake.

J R-S wrote:
I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow
corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock
because
that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is alive, the
layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money in doing
that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please, in my
humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

So I guess that makes hitting a little golf ball around a golf course
pretty dumb too. And that costs even more and you are not producing
anything. But explain that to the hundreds of thousands who do it for shear
fun.
Bill
"J R-S" wrote in message
...
I went even farther, I said, and still say, that is foolish to grow corals
in a house aquarium.
If you sell lifestock fine to grow corals but, if you just have a home
aquarium, you are stupid to spend your money growing calcareous rock
because that is all you are doing. Only the first layer of polyps is
alive, the layers underneath are dead skeletons. So, why waste your money
in doing that? It beats me but go and do with your wallet as you please,
in my humble opinion, YOU ARE STUPID...

jrs
"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:JhnVf.2392$W75.1688@trnddc07...
J R-S wrote:
... then everyone started defending the expensive illumination
refering to corals and I said it is not needed for my systems.

No, you didn't. You said it is not needed for THEIR systems, and said
they were fools for spending that kind of money.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong
to
your slightly older self.