Pookie

he told me that he received a two year ban for reposting a thread that had been deleted by a moderator. that was back in january of 2012. i haven't seen him on here since then.
 
Thanks for the info. He was brutally honest. If you asked, "Hey, what do you think of my reel?" and he didn't like it - he wouldn't sugarcoat it. I liked that. Many reels are ordinary and it's best to know that early on and why (and I don't exclude my own work - I took a couple of sobering posts from him myself!).
 
cyclone said:
Thanks for the info. He was brutally honest. If you asked, "Hey, what do you think of my reel?" and he didn't like it - he wouldn't sugarcoat it. I liked that. Many reels are ordinary and it's best to know that early on and why (and I don't exclude my own work - I took a couple of sobering posts from him myself!).
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We need more of that around here!
 
cyclone said:
Thanks for the info. He was brutally honest. If you asked, "Hey, what do you think of my reel?" and he didn't like it - he wouldn't sugarcoat it. I liked that. Many reels are ordinary and it's best to know that early on and why (and I don't exclude my own work - I took a couple of sobering posts from him myself!).
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I'm sorry, but the term 'brutally honest' always gets me. It's possible to be completely honest and forthright without being 'brutal'. Some people just enjoy being mean, rude and cruel, and then try to claim they're 'just being brutally honest'. Be tactful. Have respect. Be considerate. And be honest.

(Not saying any of that applied to Pookie specifically.)
 
David W. Richardson said:
I'm sorry, but the term 'brutally honest' always gets me. It's possible to be completely honest and forthright without being 'brutal'. Some people just enjoy being mean, rude and cruel, and then try to claim they're 'just being brutally honest'. Be tactful. Have respect. Be considerate. And be honest.

(Not saying any of that applied to Pookie specifically.)
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I would venture to guess the percentage of people that actually enjoy being mean, rude, and cruel to others is very small. What is more likely is person A says something to person B and person B interprets it as person A is trying to be mean when that isn't their intent at all.

Thinking of Pookie's direct style, this comes to mind...
 
ugafan said:
I would venture to guess the percentage of people that actually enjoy being mean, rude, and cruel to others is very small. What is more likely is person A says something to person B and person B interprets it as person A is trying to be mean when that isn't their intent at all.

Thinking of Pookie's direct style, this comes to mind...
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Maybe so. In which case that wouldn't actually be being 'brutally honest'.

But there are people -- and I've met a few -- who revel in their ability to be 'brutally honest'. All I'm saying is be kind when you're being honest.
 
Great Carlin clip. Yeah, by "brutally", I meant there was no flowery language - right to the point. But your point is well taken...honesty shouldn't be mean-spirited.
 
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