I'm speechless....

DrJazzTap

Heard on the radio today that people in Nepal are wringing out dirty wet clothes for drinking water.......So seeing this is disgusting.

RaymondLin

Do people not have any sense of pride or dignity anymore?

Drew_TNBD

Fretwired said:

Drew_fx said:

www.hipsterwelfare.com

@Drew_fx .. I'm nicking that ...

Did you actually visit the link dude? If not, do so!

breakstuff

thermionic said:

Post on facebook has been deleted. Reception was harsh by all accounts.

Bitch hasn't even refunded my money.

Drew_TNBD

Hertz32 said:

rawk100 said:

Watch out, i think its a trap! She looks like a goth to me and goths only play black guitars, not butterscotch teles......

You do know trap can be slang for a female to male transgender, dont you?

Aye, looks like a trap!

marantz1300

If you can stretch to a 70's Hiwatt as well as the gold top, that would be great.
Address your donations to
Mr Ebola Bokoharem
Laos
Nigeria.
Thanks

WezV

Steffo;616536" said:

Self respect?

Hands up anyone who may have pushed the boundaries of social acceptability in their youth. Hands up anyone who made a decision that was not the wisest.

She saw something she thought would be a short cut, she took it, it didn't work. She will suffer a bit for it. It will be a good life lesson for her.

Just a shame its all so public these days

OilCityPickups

WezV said:

Steffo;616536" said:

Self respect?

Hands up anyone who may have pushed the boundaries of social acceptability in their youth. Hands up anyone who made a decision that was not the wisest.

She saw something she thought would be a short cut, she took it, it didn't work. She will suffer a bit for it. It will be a good life lesson for her.

Just a shame its all so public these days

Have a wisdom

blueskunk

Self righteous is the theme of the wannabes

OilCityPickups

blueskunk said:

Self righteous is the theme of the wannabes

Isn't that the the theme of so much of the internet? It's a mode it's all too easy to fall into. Social media flatters us all with our own importance, and bolsters the modern obsession with instant gratification.

DrJazzTap

I'm sure we've all done things in our youth which we regret. But hand on my heart, it would never cross my mind to ask for a luxury item through a crowd funding method. Particularly when far more worthier causes exist.
I've read a bit of her defence on Facebook, she's acknowledged that it was a silly amount of money to ask for. She said she doesn't have the luxury of being able to work or a silver spoon etc. She was trying to appeal to fellow musicians. I think she may have had some success if she was asking for just a guitar.

Chalky

Aw c'mon @WezV - isn't that like saying "She only pulled the trigger ONCE!"

She f##ked up bigtime.

OilCityPickups

My attitude is that she is a silly, misguided kid ... but at 17 ... she's a kid. 

Of course my generosity could be influenced by my level of pain killers at the moment ;-)

Hertz32

TheGuitarWeasel said:

My attitude is that she is a silly, misguided kid ... but at 17 ... she's a kid. 

Of course my generosity could be influenced by my level of pain killers at the moment ;-)

I'm still a kid by your logic then. And I'd like to think that if you didn't know I was 17, you couldn't tell on here. But I know the reality is that it probably shows (My love of metal and having too many strings is probably evidence enough for anyone) but I wouldn't have thought to be cheeky enough to ask for donations like that in a million years!

At 17, most people are starting to form quite adult ideas and opinions. At least in my experience with my 17 year old peers.
If you blow it off because "She's a kid" then I think you are doing the right thing, but for the wrong reason.
We all make mistakes, and god knows there are people way older than 17 that have done far more idiotic things.
she screwed up cos she didn't think, not cos she's too young to know better.

GuitarZero

My missus part-funds all my guitars, without her, if I was desperate enough, I might try something similar....

OilCityPickups

Hertz32 said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

My attitude is that she is a silly, misguided kid ... but at 17 ... she's a kid. 

Of course my generosity could be influenced by my level of pain killers at the moment ;-)

I'm still a kid by your logic then. And I'd like to think that if you didn't know I was 17, you couldn't tell on here. But I know the reality is that it probably shows (My love of metal and having too many strings is probably evidence enough for anyone) but I wouldn't have thought to be cheeky enough to ask for donations like that in a million years!

At 17, most people are starting to form quite adult ideas and opinions. At least in my experience with my 17 year old peers.
If you blow it off because "She's a kid" then I think you are doing the right thing, but for the wrong reason.
We all make mistakes, and god knows there are people way older than 17 that have done far more idiotic things.
she screwed up cos she didn't think, not cos she's too young to know better.

We all grow up at different rates ... many people are bloody immature at 50+ (thinking of my own diecisions on occasions)  ;-) but I do think my life experience helps me to perhaps make less of a cock of myself than I used to :-)

Er ... sometimes.

I was chucked out of a very damn good band at 17 for shagging the drummer's sister ... poor career move, but it seemed a good idea at the time ;-)

Clarky

I'm really nice and everyfink and I need a car to get me to work

please donate to my Aston Martin DB9 fund

Clarky

when I was a teenager I washed cars in a used car dealers for just over a year to save for my Strat

Hertz32

@Clarky I thought about doing that exact thing, until I realized that *both* of the car dealerships where I live are new car only dealerships.


for Aston Martin, and Jaguar...
>:D<

gubble

Saw this and it annoyed me too.

Where's this culture of wanting everything for nothing come from (i'm having a rant type day i feel)

On a related note I joined this facebook group last week and I'm staggered by some of the things people are selling and their expectations. I'm even more staggered by some of the replies. Quite often the same people saying "will you trade for x,y or z".

Could also please tell me why people are putting sale value £100 and then trade value at a much higher rate? I'm very confused by this.