There are no strings on me.
I've let Trophyline know that while I support what they're doing, being affiliated isn't what I want right now. I miss being a "real boy." Gear is cool, but being one of the boys is cooler. I like to think that I am generally cordial and disagree in a civil way when I feel differently than others, but the responsibilities that come with representing a company on here weigh heavy on my little ole shoulders.
I wanna be able to say what I want while drinking a beer. And what I wanna say is there are a lot of awesome saddles, people, and companies out there. Some I like more than others. I disagree with anybody who doesn't support what @redsquirrel and the mods do on here. This place is my happy home, and papasquirrel built it. I've made some phenomenal friends on here, learned a lot, and helped a little.
There's a little bit of side-taking, tribe-forming, faction-splitting, and other goofiness going on. I've been guilty of it too. It's easy to get sucked in. I'm not a particularly King James kinda guy, but "let there be no denominations among you" resonates with me. The only #team I wanna be on from here on out is #saddlehunter.com.
I wanna spitball ideas, learn, share, grow, and have fun. If I see something I like, I wanna be able to get excited and tell everybody whether it has the right logo on it or not. If I don't understand I wanna be able to ask questions. If I disagree I wanna be able to do so, with the understanding that papa's house has a "be respectful" rule.
This forum is more to me than free gear, and my ego is big enough that I don't need "prostaff" in my sig to feel good.
I've let Trophyline know that while I support what they're doing, being affiliated isn't what I want right now. I miss being a "real boy." Gear is cool, but being one of the boys is cooler. I like to think that I am generally cordial and disagree in a civil way when I feel differently than others, but the responsibilities that come with representing a company on here weigh heavy on my little ole shoulders.
I wanna be able to say what I want while drinking a beer. And what I wanna say is there are a lot of awesome saddles, people, and companies out there. Some I like more than others. I disagree with anybody who doesn't support what @redsquirrel and the mods do on here. This place is my happy home, and papasquirrel built it. I've made some phenomenal friends on here, learned a lot, and helped a little.
There's a little bit of side-taking, tribe-forming, faction-splitting, and other goofiness going on. I've been guilty of it too. It's easy to get sucked in. I'm not a particularly King James kinda guy, but "let there be no denominations among you" resonates with me. The only #team I wanna be on from here on out is #saddlehunter.com.
I wanna spitball ideas, learn, share, grow, and have fun. If I see something I like, I wanna be able to get excited and tell everybody whether it has the right logo on it or not. If I don't understand I wanna be able to ask questions. If I disagree I wanna be able to do so, with the understanding that papa's house has a "be respectful" rule.
This forum is more to me than free gear, and my ego is big enough that I don't need "prostaff" in my sig to feel good.