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An open invitation to Jon`C
2016-07-28, 7:37 AM #41
This is weird and sad.

And yes, it comes off as some sort of misguided attempt at grandstanding.
>>untie shoes
2016-07-28, 8:30 AM #42
lol, look at this borgie ****er who owns a house, instead of squatting in a west coast apartment for 40k a year like a normal person
2016-07-28, 11:56 AM #43
I prefer FGRandstanding.

FGR and standing
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2016-07-28, 9:38 PM #44
I can't tell when you're joking anymore, Jon.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2016-07-28, 9:43 PM #45
Originally posted by Antony:
This is weird and sad.

And yes, it comes off as some sort of misguided attempt at grandstanding.


I totally understand this impression. I'll try to answer some questions and points raised.

First, I do really appreciate the amount of humor in the thread.

This idea came to mind after I said something like Jon`C was the worst sort of person and a coward. Anyone with whom he has a disagreement with might find themselves and the end of a rude insult and he's notably absent from participating in a way that compromises his real identity.

The latter part was why I suggested that it is relatively easy to find me based on information I've posted here with (or without) the aid of Facebook. Seriously, quite a few of you could PM me my address to show how easy it is. Knowing that I actually appreciate how some of you that obviously detest me haven't messed with me in an inconvenient manner.

As to the former part, Jon`C likely isn't a terrible person. He's found a woman that loves and married him. They've had, I'm sure, a beautiful child.

I extended the open offer to him because we are both responsible adults able to absorb the costs of the proposition with the demonstrated stability to make the opportunity valid.

Knowing the low chances of this I thought about others I could extend this offer to. I thought about CM. I admire some of his work but no longer have a desire to reconcile with him. I thought about Antony. He's actually welcome to take me up on the offer although I have reservations and I don't know if he has the same flexibility I assume Jon has.

Someone suggested this was short notice. I don't really think a month is short notice for a weekend trip however, it's an open invitation. Any weekend will do but a longer time period would work better around the last week of August. Other periods off for the rest of the year coincide with holiday times I wouldn't expect Jon to travel. Others that want to take me up on this that don't have family they want to spend time with during the holidays might find that a good time. Always a possibility.

I do feel that the Jon coming this way is better than me going his. My skills probably don't bring much to his house unless he needs something fixed. He could come here and have my kid programming in a day. I could buy a bunch of parts and we could put together a computer. He could buy parts and tools and in a weekend the projects probably not done in his home. Assumption, just my talents without my truck are a little less portable.

My idea was that if Jon was interested I would offer to pay half the airfare. Of course he wouldn't have to stay with us but we're adequately equiped for it. I admit it's scary. I know because I consider how I'd feel on the other side of the offer. I'm willing to go that way. I guess worst case I'm alone in SF. What could go wrong?

As to this grandstanding accusation. To me that's asinine. How could I even expect to get away with that on this topic? Keeping in mind that Jon has told me not to PM him this was the logical avenue to expect a response. Considering that the idea is pretty farfetched to begin with how on earth could I seriously use someone not accepting as a weapon? Flat out dumb.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-07-29, 1:13 AM #46
Originally posted by gbk:
I can't tell when you're joking anymore, Jon.

I think the joke is that Tennessee sucks

Also ^ that's a lot of text
2016-07-29, 5:48 AM #47
Originally posted by Wookie06:
I'm willing to go that way. I guess worst case I'm alone in SF. What could go wrong?


Them gays might get'cha.
Author of the JK levels:
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2016-07-29, 7:16 AM #48
I like how you almost backtrack past your statement that Jon is a coward, and then follow it up by talking about how you don't hide your identity like he does.

Also, it's pretty great that you really just want him to teach your kid to code, or that you think that can be done in a few days.
>>untie shoes
2016-07-29, 11:17 AM #49
This is still just bizarre.

Not as bzr as Antony's nosehair, tho
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2016-07-29, 12:08 PM #50
Well, I suppose I could stand to post under my real name more often. But I'm just too secretive to share anything about my marital status, major life events, the city where I live, or anything about my profession. Sorry!
2016-07-29, 6:32 PM #51
Originally posted by Jon`C:
...or anything about my profession. Sorry!


So far I got that you have a high-paying stress-laden job developing an Unsexy Product somewhere in a meeting-obsessed open-concept-to-spur-innovation-office nightmare zone located in the bowels of the Bay Area, possibly surrounded by *******s.

I think I can narrow this down
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2016-07-29, 7:47 PM #52
Jon is Larry Ellison's personal scrotum polisher.
>>untie shoes
2016-07-29, 8:20 PM #53
Tbf there's only probably like 1,000 Jonathan Clarks in the Bay Area. Maybe Wookie will pull a Terminator, grab a phone book, rob some biker's clothes, and drive around until he finds the Jon who answers the door wearing a LucasArts Tshirt with Sith2 being developed on a monitor in the next room.
I had a blog. It sucked.
2016-07-29, 8:41 PM #54
Originally posted by Antony:
I like how you almost backtrack past your statement that Jon is a coward, and then follow it up by talking about how you don't hide your identity like he does.


That was more of a thinking out loud point, explaining the idea behind the original comment.

Originally posted by Antony:
Also, it's pretty great that you really just want him to teach your kid to code, or that you think that can be done in a few days.


I don't see it that way, I just think it would be cool for my boy's mind to be sparked from Jon's talent.

Originally posted by Jon`C:
Well, I suppose I could stand to post under my real name more often. But I'm just too secretive to share anything about my marital status, major life events, the city where I live, or anything about my profession. Sorry!


Yeah, you've recently shared some details that I noticed and appreciated.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-07-29, 9:02 PM #55
Wookie, if it makes you feel any better, I have the utmost reverence for Jon as a person, and a conversation with him inspired me to change my life in an incredible way, which I thank him for nearly every time I talk to him - and I still have absolutely no idea where the ****ing guy works.
>>untie shoes
2016-07-29, 10:37 PM #56
Originally posted by Zloc_Vergo:
Tbf there's only probably like 1,000 Jonathan Clarks in the Bay Area. Maybe Wookie will pull a Terminator, grab a phone book, rob some biker's clothes, and drive around until he finds the Jon who answers the door wearing a LucasArts Tshirt with Sith2 being developed on a monitor in the next room.


That would still be a different LucasArts t-shirt wearing Jonathan Clark who decided to name his project Sith2, coincidentally or otherwise, because everyone knows the real Jon`C changed the name of his project to Gorc.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2016-07-30, 12:55 AM #57
I hear that someone wants to hire my travelling services...
Nothing to see here, move along.
2016-07-30, 9:45 AM #58
Originally posted by Antony:
Wookie, if it makes you feel any better, I have the utmost reverence for Jon as a person, and a conversation with him inspired me to change my life in an incredible way, which I thank him for nearly every time I talk to him - and I still have absolutely no idea where the ****ing guy works.


Cool story, bro.

Originally posted by SF_GoldG_01:
I hear that someone wants to hire my travelling services...


Well I tried to make amends but he wouldn't be reasonable!
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-07-30, 10:43 AM #59
Originally posted by Krokodile:
That would still be a different LucasArts t-shirt wearing Jonathan Clark who decided to name his project Sith2

pls dont doxx me
I had a blog. It sucked.
2016-08-01, 1:59 AM #60
Originally posted by Wookie06:

Knowing the low chances of this I thought about others I could extend this offer to. I thought about CM. I admire some of his work but no longer have a desire to reconcile with him.


Yeah I'm sure the fact that you went bipolar insane after I banned you (rightfully) for years, and relentlessly emailed me for quite a while, had absolutely nothing to do with your decision there.

Quote:
As to this grandstanding accusation. To me that's asinine. How could I even expect to get away with that on this topic? Keeping in mind that Jon has told me not to PM him this was the logical avenue to expect a response. Considering that the idea is pretty farfetched to begin with how on earth could I seriously use someone not accepting as a weapon? Flat out dumb.


The more reasonable thought process might have been "this guy doesn't want me to PM him, perhaps he actually doesn't want anything to do with me and I should leave him alone". Instead you post this thread asking him to fly out to you at the drop of a hat, on his own dime, just because you threw a half-hearted apology at him, to teach your kid programming?

Honestly Wookie, I think you should stick with the grandstanding option here, it sounds more sane.
2016-08-01, 11:28 AM #61
"Jon`C is the worst kind of person and a coward."

"I'm sorry, Jon, now fly to my house unless you're scared."
>>untie shoes
2016-08-01, 11:48 AM #62
Now I'm mostly just confused about the flexibility remark. CM is a self-employed web developer, but I work for a large corporation. Am I supposed to have more flexibility? Because the last time I checked, I'm pretty sure I'd have to ask my manager for permission to visit Wookie06.
2016-08-01, 3:08 PM #63
Originally posted by Jon`C:
Now I'm mostly just confused about the flexibility remark. CM is a self-employed web developer, but I work for a large corporation. Am I supposed to have more flexibility? Because the last time I checked, I'm pretty sure I'd have to ask my manager for permission to visit Wookie06.


To be fair, I'd have to fire myself for wasting time flying out to Wookie06.

(As an aside, thankfully web development is not something I do a lot of anymore. I have a full time job working for Games Done Quick as their event organizer and director of operations now.)
2016-08-01, 9:45 PM #64
Wookie06, are you around Sep 10-11?

I might possibly be interested in exploring Clarksville for 24 hours if no one else will.
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2016-08-01, 10:30 PM #65
Hold on. For how long has Wookie06 lived in Clarksville?
Star Wars: TODOA | DXN - Deus Ex: Nihilum
2016-08-01, 10:34 PM #66
About half of the United States is named after us. It would be more of a coincidence if he didn't live near Clarks-something.
2016-08-01, 10:45 PM #67
I'm just wondering if he moved there on July 22nd or something.

And while he probably didn't, at least this is not like the time I thought I should have got to know Kroko better, so I dosed myself up with Krokodil.
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2016-08-02, 10:33 AM #68
Originally posted by Nikumubeki:
I dosed myself up with Krokodil.

This explains the pipe puzzle in TODOA.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2016-08-04, 6:20 PM #69
Originally posted by Grismath:
Wookie06, are you around Sep 10-11?

I might possibly be interested in exploring Clarksville for 24 hours if no one else will.


I imagine I'll be here like usual. FYI, I don't plan on weeding the driveway for anyone other than Jon`C.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-08-04, 10:04 PM #70
Originally posted by Wookie06:
I imagine I'll be here like usual. FYI, I don't plan on weeding the driveway for anyone other than Jon`C.


Sigh. Just dump a load of gravel on it like a normal person.
2016-08-06, 10:50 AM #71
I did that before but it went unmaintained (of course) while we were renting this house out. I will be doing the driveway and other projects in the near future so hauling more rock in would be a half measure that will soon need to be hauled away.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-08-10, 8:25 AM #72
Why don't you pave your driveway like normal people?

Anyone wanna come visit me for a couple days? Or maybe just one really fun/awkward night?
2016-08-10, 8:59 AM #73
Okay, where u at babe?
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2016-08-10, 10:47 AM #74
Originally posted by Vin:
Why don't you pave your driveway like normal people?


Did you miss my last post? I have actually not seen many people pave a driveway. Most people keep it the way they found. Anyway, it's a very large area and will probably take $20k. It will get done after a planned addition and before deck expansion.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-08-13, 8:04 AM #75
Anyone coming to Tennessee should visit me instead.
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2016-08-13, 10:38 AM #76
Well, that clinches it then. Sorry, Wookie06, looks like I'm solidly booked.
2016-08-15, 7:31 PM #77
That's cool. Things are starting to pile up here too. Maybe some other time.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2016-08-16, 5:39 PM #78
What a narcissist.
2016-08-17, 9:49 AM #79
w/e jonc i didnt want you to visit anyway
I had a blog. It sucked.
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