I never missed Stick when he was banned 2 or 3 years ago. He acted like an a$$hole in every post he made. This time he was still an a$$hole, but slightly less extreme, and he posted some good photography.

I asked Stam why he and many this time seemed to be sucking up to Stick since he was still being basically an a$$hole. Stam vouched that Stick is a nice guy in person. Stick isn't on this BB in person. He was here as an internet character, just like everyone is. On the internet he's an a$$hole, period.

A website's only value is its content. Except for some photography this go round, Stick was an a$$hole who added no value. Anyone who can't post without gloating about how great he is at whatever he does, and how everyone else in the universe sucks no matter what they do, is an a$$hole at best, and I'm not really sure when it comes to less than the best, not being all that well schooled in psychology.

It's not about being thick skinned. Like Dan S. mentioned, he's taken more than his share of internet abuse for an accident that could happen to, well, maybe not anyone, but could happen to many, and he hasn't burned anyone's house down - - - - yet. It's about adding value to the content of Bob's website, or at least not subtracting value from it. And that's what posts like Stick's do. They reduce the website's value.

Guess this means I won't be getting an invite from Stick to come up and fish his personal crick fulla' chrome, and a few boot, salmon and steelhead.

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