Ouch! Neg reps! Ouch!
Okay, maybe i was a bit harsh, and no, nobody made me god…thats Jasmins job(!) Taters more angry at himself than anything. I have a VERY important target ive been wooing for about 2 years now. She is THE ONE. Were celebrating the end of our project tonight after which i may never see her again. Shes a businesswoman, returning to her home country. Quite frankly im in panic state and kicking myself because i squandered one of my few base ingredients on something that, at least for me, doesnt work, and has a negative effect (hostility from others), even at a partial dosage. Worse, i suspected it was going to have the wrong effect, but the description was so enticing and precisely like the effect i want for tonight that i decided to risk it.
Anyhow, Tater apologizes for being harsh. And i deserve the neg reps.
When i have something really figured out, i post about it. When Tater posts that something works, its because hes tried it multiple times and been very careful about his testing procedure. If i dont know for sure, im sure to mention that i havent finished testing something or that im just speculating. When Tater recommends something, it should be very reliable. Ive even shared some of the underlying theory behind my madness in hopes that the old-timers may guide me in the right direction and, if not, the newbies can benefit.
I do get a bit upset when somebody PM’s me for advice and never tells me whether it worked or not. If i led you wrong, i dont want to lead someone else in the wrong direction and id like to figure out why it didnt work for you. If it did work, that means its not just my imagination. This is why i understand Androtics insisting that people provide feedback.
I think i learn MORE from the newbies than from those who have been here for a while. I often see a post that describes something in a way that gives me insight, or that describes a side-effect i remember but didnt think of. Then i go flipping through my journal, the paper one i track all my research in, and find matches i hadnt realized. That might be because when i read something by Tacitus or GWtW or Lor or someone like that, i just accept it as fact. And of course, anything by Jasmin or MHarris is almost unquestioned. But some newbies, on their first and second round of experiments make amazing discoveries and have changed how i think about pheros.
What happens after that, sometimes, is a tendency to not be careful about what and how youre testing, to get a little sloppy, even in your recommendations. Hope i dont get neg repped for that, but its truth, so let the reps fall where they may. I started doing that myself for a while, and The Ninja and Snook-y made me realize i had stopped thinking and started presuming.
Im just saying that a few times ive taken a look at a mix and said theres no way youre getting that kind of response. I wont go after anyone or any mix in particular, but hypothetically if youre wearing 25mcg of androstenone, a half-dozen drops of A314, 3 sprays of Ammo and a partridge in a pear tree, i doubt youre getting a happy, shiny people effect at work. Maybe if youre 90 and your body is so androstenone-deficient that you Hoover it out of the bodies of passing teens.
The mix i tried was like that and i shouldve known better.
Tater is careful about scheduling his experiments and is particular about becoming phero-clean before confirming an experiment.