If you don't call this hostile you need to check yourself into a mental hospital. You group us all together and make claims with no evidence.
I gotta correct you there. He has done nothing of the sort. If you actually read what he wrote, which is
That's fair enough. I am confused on his paranoia and avoidance of what I consider basic questions. I feel like he's squandering an opportunity to be engaging and instead is being defensive. Once you need to go on the defensive, you've already lost winning over hearts and minds.
If you read his other thread that he claims he got flamed on, it started with him posting an INCREDIBLY arrogant statement
No one likes arrogance or nepotism and this statement reeks of both. Then someone asked him a valid question about his genetics, and others chimed in since he wasn't responding, and when he did respond it was the same defensiveness and refusal to admit the possibility of anything wrong with his seeds that you see in this thread.
It is just obvious that this guy has been surrounded his entire life by people who tell him his shit smells like roses, and he has taken it to heart. It shows in the way he NEVER responds to criticism with a hint of humility. He doesn't care what anyone has to say if it's negative because he doesn't believe, in his heart, that anyone could improve upon his perfection. If they have a problem with his work, it is because something is wrong with them, because him and everything he touches are clearly perfect.
Yes, it is absolutely because of this. If the CEO of De Beers came out and said "Everyone saying De Beers diamonds aren't up to snuff... It's not that De Beers Diamonds are bad, it's that a lot of major De Beers retailers are selling fake CZ and calling it Genuine De Beers diamond. However, as I'm sure you understand, I am not at liberty to divulge which retailers are selling fakes, nor can I tell you any that are selling the genuine diamonds. Thank you for your time. Isn't De Beers the best!?!?!?" You think people would take that and be okay with it? Or do you think they'd say "Then fuck you, we're not buying ANY of your diamonds since you won't fucking tell us which ones are real"
I was unaware of that thread. Agreed on no one likes nepotism nor arrogance.
You two brought me back because I love conversations that you both chime in on. I know what it is like to have to save up quarters to buy my first light. Working extra hours so I could purchase a couple of clones. I just keep building up and building up, a lot of people have downed me for using chinese lite brights but when they smoke my herb they find it to be just as good as the buds they grew.
Pop in over in the organics section some time. Lots of good ideas and good people that freely share the knowledge.
I can microwave a mean potato!
Tough to argue with the points you're making Ace. If I were JD the next thread I would start on here would be titled "What can we do to *earn* your business?".
Thanks for the invite I definitely will brother!
see ya in there 
I understand dude! Keep up the hustle, I will throw some money your way for some of those fire beans!
fucking hungry now!
If we're bein' fancy and usin' the oven I wanna scoop out the insides, whip em up with butter and cheese and sour cream, and throw em back in the oven for an extra 20 mins til the cheese gets all bubbly. FUCK now I want one so bad!im fun when im rich im fun when im poor! but i def need my baked potatos from the oven please
BAGELS ARE AMAZING! There is a place in my town called The Bagelry that makes the best bagels I've ever had (Including the OG jewish kind from my family in Florida) and they are cheap as hell, $10 gets you 6 bagels and a half pint of cream cheese and enough change for a tip.
Arthur, what do you imply when you say that my original post about ripoff artists "groups us all together..." who is the "us" you are including yourself within that you say Im making claims against without evidence. I've stated my affiliation, are you affiliated with any seed company, breeding program or cannabis seed/genetic distributor?
I mean, it's an metaphor. They're not always gonna translate perfectly. And I did call some fouls. Im not here to call people out. I mean, this isn't exactly a basketball game. This is real life and people's lives and livelihoods are at stake in this. This isn't a game. And there aren't actually any ref's and the regulations and rules are just forming. It's more like a free for all kinda game and we all know that. So Im sorry if you feel my choice of metaphor is cowardice, it is what it is.
Thank you for the correction. And I truly believe when HGK told me about their experience when they got Dj Short's beans and had them cure up into hay. I also truly believe that this particular complaint in regards to this conversation comes from struggling with technique. Again, I mean no disrespect by this and even admitted to the difficulty of getting the growing/flushing curing right for myself. But what I won't do is believe that the beans offered by Dj are hay filled swill. I just know better. I know from personal experience. And I also know that when people tell me the strain isn't stable that again it's just not a founded complaint. I will agree, that A). its a heirloom strain and as such requires finesse and delicacy to finish and cure properly. And B). it's not stabilized pasted the 5th filial generation of the inbred Blueberry line. So of course it could be further stabilized. But I know it's plenty stable enough to produce awesome smoke time after time.
I guess I'm just an arrogant sheltered prick. I can live with that. I still stand by what I've said and can accept room for improvement at the same time.
This isn't about diamonds. Im not the CEO of De Beers and there is no distribution or private retailers in place. This isn't the same thing at all. And as far as sticking by my brand and product, what do you expect? I trust that it's a really good product despite the current turmoil among the market.