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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 1:05pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Just frittered away a few minutes reading thru a thread of people reporting their bad experiences with me at various conventions.

Funny thing, tho. These cons were literally all over the map, and all during the years when I was attending only MidOhioCon.

Many read as the kinds of BBSs they really wished they could have so they could tell their buddies.

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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 2:24pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
It's funny how this sort of thing has spilled into Youtube culture. I came across a video from a guy titled "Why I'll never buy the new John Byrne X-Men comic book". My immediate reaction was "....and why should we care?". I figured there'd be some sort of BBS, and I felt that my time would be wasted, so I just went to the middle of the video where I heard "and he kept on talking to Howard Chaykin like I wasn't there". Perfect soundbite to know that that I was right, and I went elsewhere.

There was some other clip from anotther dude with an ELSEWHEN-related title, spent 2-3 minutes talking about it, only to say that he wasn't picking it up because he just wasn't interested. Ok, fine, but then why the hell did he even make the video, then??

The perceived self-importance of some people is staggering.
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Trevor Smith
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
I know this is not a new thing, but public figures being so
willing to blatantly lie about things that are so easily
proved or disproved is simply emboldening the general
public to do the same to greater and greater degrees.

Liar: Joe Schmo threw a drink in my face at this rally!
Debunker: Uh, Joe Schmo was three counties away, here's
photo and video.
Liar: *shrug*, repeats story. Or even more maddening, "I'M
LIVING MY TRUTH!"
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Koroush Ghazi
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 2:37pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
From the movie THE KILLING:


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 You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity – no better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable




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Joe Hollon
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 3:58pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
You can find whatever you want online but I thought this would be a good
place to chime in and say I’ve heard and read nothing but positive buzz and
commentary recently related to JB and especially Elsewhen. Take that for
what it’s worth.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 09 July 2026 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
Oh, those making positive comments are just “sucking up”.

Tho I am not sure what that would accomplish!

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Michael Penn
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...you mean, JBF members aren't in the will...!? Bad Byrne! Bad!
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