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What exactly am I doing that is selfish? Do you even know what that word means? Or am I just a dick because I'm not kowtowing to your lazy demands? As for hard times, I'm out there performing paying shows. I was a busker for 2 years. I've only just started working in the convention circuit...

If you're not willing to actually learn how to be a magician instead of just a kid who does tricks, then don't open your mouth asking us to spoon feed you more things to spend your parents' money on.

Yes, apparently the joke really is on me. Because you're too goddamn arrogant, myopic and lazy to listen to people who actually know what they're talking about. When you **** this up (and you will), remember that I told you so.

Apparently I'm not making myself clear. You think buying tricks will make you a mentalist. You are wrong. You are not serious about mentalism because you are not willing to do any real work. You're a punk kid who has no respect for the learning process. You have made it abundantly obvious...

Then don't do mentalism. You're not ready. You're not taking it seriously like you claim to because you're obviously not willing to lift a finger to do any real work. I will bet my bottom dollar that you won't actually go to any of Craig's suggestions because they're all books.

That suggests that the question you are asking is the correct one. That is a lie. I cannot recommend anything to you because you have given me absolutely nothing to go on. I know nothing about your existing repertoire, your performing experience, your preferences and sensibilities, your...

Suggesting to me that you just want instant gratification. You're more interested in the medium than the actual content. Again, you did not actually ask, "What's a good place to start learning mentalism?" This tells me that you are not ready to learn mentalism.

This does not cancel out the impression your posting history has given me. As Craig pointed out, you're asking specifically for a DVD. You're not asking for a good place to start learning about mentalism. You just want a DVD with mentalism on it.

I'm going to echo this. It really looks to me like you're still thinking like a novice magician. You're thinking that buying more tricks is the answer to everything. That's not a mindset you want a mentalist to have. Of course, it's not like this will matter. You'll likely ignore what D and...

I think it's something that needs to be clarified. Regularly. Everyone keeps acting as if their disapproval is something that's supposed to bother me. Really? Because it sounded more like the sort of "clever" rebuttal I've come to expect from this place. If you think my advice is credible...

More exposure is always good in the long run. This is why I talk about kvlt kiddie syndrome with such vitriol. Shunning a chance to reach more people and garner more exposure suffocates an art. Think about rock and roll for example. It was originally created by black musicians and didn't...

What incentive would someone have to follow my advice if they already believe they have my approval? Most of the talk around here is just mindless fluff, endless praise. Disagreements are nasty, hurtful things to be avoided at all costs. I can do more by stirring up a hornet's nest than by...

Notice that you were the only one who actually asked what it was I would recommend. The rest were too busy whining about the mean man on the internet to ask a question. Besides, sometimes people need to be told why they're wrong. Oh, you think it's newbies I have a problem with? Of course...

Gypsy thread is possible is you want to go for poignancy. If you want something a little more tongue-in-cheek, look to some of Eugene Burger's work.

And yet... here you are. Telling me these things instead of putting me on your ignore list actually goes to show that love me or hate me, I get results. Your feelings are largely irrelevant to me, I'm more interested in getting results. And to do that, I have to be tough. Not all opinions...

That first sentence suggests that I want or need your approval. Also, I'm semi-professional at this point. I perform, but I don't get enough paying gigs to be considered full-time. I made some mistakes as a businessman that set me back. Is that what you wanted to hear? Seek and ye shall find.

If something does not follow a sense of internal consistency and motivation, then you wouldn't be doing it anyway. If this is something you've seen before and in fact experience on a regular basis, you wouldn't feel the need to explain it for the same reason you don't routinely point out to...

You do not need to assault us with punctuation, and if that's really the best way you could express your opinion, that's depressing. No, you've already made up your mind because you're a damn kvlt kiddie. You've ignored my questions, asserted that card manipulation having a breakthrough...

Who gives a ****? Magician foolers are a waste of time and money. Who would you recommend that to someone who knows nothing about mentalism? That's like handing someone who has only taken a couple semesters of French a copy of Marcel Proust's "A la recherche du temps perdu" and telling them...

Let me point out the flaw in that logic: I just took a massive dump. I'm serious, this thing was a perfectly formed masterpiece of the human digestive tract. You cannot begin to imagine the magnitude of this dump. Now are you going to give me a grant to make some more of these? It's...