eightbore
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It's a VAST right wing conspiracy! lol lol
Seriously, I think the main objective of Lincsong's suggestion is to avoid cluttering Attire and Accouterments with discussions of presumably vintage camp gear, avoid putting guns in people's faces in the Observation Bar and REALLY avoid absolutely freaking someone out with a picture of a dead elephant in a thread titled "old trophy" posted in the Display Case. A realm where vintage aficionados can be all "Tim Allen" if they want makes a bit of sense in the same way that there is a digital realm (two actually) here where women can discuss "Fake Melons" or vintage ways of dealing with menstruation. These are not discussions I really care to read or even wade through elsewhere any more than most women would want to wade through discussions (even vintage ones) that might interest quite a few men on FL.
I don't know the best way to deal with it, and I'm really new here so I won't pretend to be any sort of expert, but I think the lack of useful discussion on these "manly" topics so far may not have been due to a lack of interest in them (just look at the adventure gear thread) but rather I think because people are nervous about skirting too close to issues that might become political in a too "overt" and "public" way as they can't be avoided sitting in the middle of the observation bar or display case. In short, no hunter wants to rub a non-hunters face in vintage trophy photos of dead lions.
[huh]
Best,
eightbore
Seriously, I think the main objective of Lincsong's suggestion is to avoid cluttering Attire and Accouterments with discussions of presumably vintage camp gear, avoid putting guns in people's faces in the Observation Bar and REALLY avoid absolutely freaking someone out with a picture of a dead elephant in a thread titled "old trophy" posted in the Display Case. A realm where vintage aficionados can be all "Tim Allen" if they want makes a bit of sense in the same way that there is a digital realm (two actually) here where women can discuss "Fake Melons" or vintage ways of dealing with menstruation. These are not discussions I really care to read or even wade through elsewhere any more than most women would want to wade through discussions (even vintage ones) that might interest quite a few men on FL.
I don't know the best way to deal with it, and I'm really new here so I won't pretend to be any sort of expert, but I think the lack of useful discussion on these "manly" topics so far may not have been due to a lack of interest in them (just look at the adventure gear thread) but rather I think because people are nervous about skirting too close to issues that might become political in a too "overt" and "public" way as they can't be avoided sitting in the middle of the observation bar or display case. In short, no hunter wants to rub a non-hunters face in vintage trophy photos of dead lions.
[huh]
Best,
eightbore