Too Far

[CSX1702]

Originally Posted by Freericks

As anyone who knows me knows I don't use the word "foamer," It's an inane term that came along decades after I first pointed a camera at a train.

As to the substance of your question, I simply don't believe in calling out other human beings to try and pacify one's own issues or anger.

The guy calls himself "the foamer that actually foams."

Originally Posted by MagnumForce

Having dealt with the developmentally disabled my whole life I can tell you that retarded is always a bad term when it come to someone's mental capacity.

My wife has a invisible disability, you ought to see the awful looks we get at the store using the scooters and handicapped spots, that stuff has mellowed me out and I would rather give someone the benefit of the doubt anymore.

The term was made to be taken negatively by people who use it wrong. If you're not using it in a bad way, it's not a bad term. Now if I had said, "Oh, I have to go to work today, that's so retarded," or "That guy is so retarded for filming trains", yeah that would be negative, obviously. I said, "I do not believe he is mentally retarded." Nothing negative about that.

Originally Posted by MagnumForce

So, we all suck.

Touché.

[MagnumForce]

Ugh, saying someone is mentally retarded is like calling someone who goes to a psychiatrist a nut case. Notice how every board of MRDD in the country is now just a board of DD? Don't believe me if you wish but that term is horribly antiquated as has taken on a very negative connotation in the last 40 years and should never ever be used when talking about someone with a Developmental Disability. Go call someone with Dwarfism a Midget and see how that turns out too...

[CSX1702]

Except I wasn't using it in derogative way. You're the one making it that way. And midget was never a technical term. It's always been dwarf, correct me if I'm wrong.

But I'm done with this argument because it has nothing to do with railroading.

[troy12n]

Originally Posted by JimThias

And that doesn't dismiss the fact that he's an attention whore and he knows it. Time to quit using autism as an excuse for his attention whoring ways.

You are right, he knows exactly what he is doing. And considering he is a kid, his parents or parent are close by and letting it happen. Having a disability is no excuse for being an idiot in the presence of others. And shame on his parents for allowing it to happen.

If he wants to pull that shit in the middle of nowehere by himself, god bless him, but it's not acceptable to play the "r* card" in the middle of a photo/video line like that

He's a video attention whore just like that idiot down in Florida.

Which one, we have many here too...

[MagnumForce]

Originally Posted by CSX1702

Except I wasn't using it in derogative way. You're the one making it that way. And midget was never a technical term. It's always been dwarf, correct me if I'm wrong.

But I'm done with this argument because it has nothing to do with railroading.

Doesn't have to be derogative, it's use is derogative. Period. it is a word that we simply should not use anymore! Get that through your head.

[Freericks]

Originally Posted by CSX1702

The guy calls himself "the foamer that actually foams."

But the antecedent in your quote would have been me, not him, hence the pejorative seemed aimed at me.

[WMHeilman]

Originally Posted by troy12n

Which one, we have many here too...

The one that chased the juice train and kept screaming at it.

[MagnumForce]

I actually thought that was hilarious and obviously tongue in cheek.

[JimThias]

Originally Posted by WMHeilman

The one that chased the juice train and kept screaming at it.

Ding ding ding

[JimThias]

Originally Posted by MagnumForce

Just to add, we all take pictures of trains for fun.

Speak for yourself. Railroad photography is some serious business!

[troy12n]

Originally Posted by WMHeilman

The one that chased the juice train and kept screaming at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMvZ3ANXNW0

This guy?

[JimThias]

Originally Posted by troy12n

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMvZ3ANXNW0

This guy?

Yeah, that MagnumFor...oops, I mean Millenniumforce guy.

Friend of yours?

[MagnumForce]

Very Benny Hill, I like it.

[troy12n]

Originally Posted by JimThias

Yeah, that MagnumFor...oops, I mean Millenniumforce guy.

Friend of yours?

I've run into him, he lives in my area. I think i've said it before, I try to distance myself from foamers and this guy is no exception

He has a habit of making silly videos, like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFRdJcNoLQU

[MagnumForce]

Have never ran into him in my travels as a roller coaster enthusiast afaik, the hobby is very much like railfanning though.

There is a fine line line between hobby and mental illness and I truly mean that.

[CSX1702]

Why can't these people who take 1,000 videos of trains and put them on youtube at least buy a quality video camera?

[MagnumForce]

Why can't you shoot something besides wedgies?

[CSX1702]

Originally Posted by MagnumForce

Why can't you shoot something besides wedgies?

Ooooh. Burn.

[Joe the Photog]

My son has Aspergers, by the way. When you guys know what you're talking about, come back to the thread.

[WMHeilman]

Originally Posted by Joe the Photog

My son has Aspergers, by the way. When you guys know what you're talking about, come back to the thread.

OK?

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[CSX1702]

Sometimes I wish there was "delete thread" button.

[JimThias]

Originally Posted by CSX1702

Sometimes I wish there was "delete thread" button.

Poor fella.