why do you put your gear in your signature?

[mjb]

is it that you are that vain and shallow? is it what defines who you are? or some other reason?

mjb

[requested edit for mjb]

it was an assholefacish thing of me to do...

i appologize to anyone i've offended and/or pissed off.

sorry.

p.s. i'd put this in the first post if i could edit...

mjb

[Grand Enigma]

is it that you are that vain and shallow? is it what defines who you are? or some other reason?

mjb

It clearly makes me cooler than you.

[Knuckledragger]

For years, my sig on That Other Place was a list of my gear, with links to pictures. A month ago, I changed it to "Team fuglyphones. Team boat anchor." in honor of the TakeT's arrival.

With the recent resurrection of the 'Fi, it's gone back to my old one.

My sig here does not mention gear.

[tkam]

I do it so that when someone reads my opinion on a piece of gear they'll have a baseline of where I'm coming from.

[JBLoudG20]

I do it simply to let you know that you are an ass.

[mjb]

dude, don't take it so personally... our gear is important to us, we are proud of the time and effort we go through to create our system...if i were proud of my system, i'd put it in my sig too... (well, i'll put it in there anyway)

i don't know what happened over the last couple weeks, but i go back to hf today and there's all these people that have these 20-30 line sigs full of everything electronic that they own...

mjb

[grawk]

because you get cred based on your gear.

The shuffle being the peak of hifidom.

[en480c4]

I do it so that when someone reads my opinion on a piece of gear they'll have a baseline of where I'm coming from.

This is why I do it, too.

I'm too lazy to click people's profiles to check their gear and assume many are the same way.

Besides, there's hardly anything to brag about in my rig. It's mid-fi at best, so giving a frame of reference is really the only reason for me.

[Salt Peanuts]

What tkam said.

Hey, I just noticed the spell check function on posting here. Has that always been there?

[Nanoha]

You can make inferences regarding an individual's tastes based off his or her gear. And yes, people do get credibility based on their gear/experience even if there isn't a true causal link between the two. People also take pride in their gear. You go to a car forum, cars in signatures. You go to a computer forum, computer rigs in signatures.

[Ben Gramain]

is it that you are that vain and shallow? is it what defines who you are? or some other reason?

mjb

You aren't leet otherwise.

If I was vain and shallow I'd probably list my wardrobe and go gaga abut my iPhone. Should I?

[The Monkey]

I do it because I am vain, shallow, AND stupid.

[guzziguy]

Who? Me?

[Duggeh]

is it that you are that vain and shallow? is it what defines who you are? or some other reason?

mjb

Because this site doesn't have a profile function. Simple as that. I'd have a short and/or drunken sig otherwise.

[ojnihs]

Besides, there's hardly anything to brag about in my rig. It's mid-fi at best, so giving a frame of reference is really the only reason for me.

same here

[Duggeh]

ding ding ding.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/photos/2006/7/19/1798_2.jpg

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!

[Duggeh]

Family Fortunes (that jpeg being from the newer celebrity family fortunes).

[NotoriousBIG_PJ]

I did it because people kept asking me what gear I owned, even though they could have easily just clicked my profile.

Biggie.

[grawk]

because lying is fun

[Icarium]

I do it so that when someone reads my opinion on a piece of gear they'll have a baseline of where I'm coming from.

Yeah.

[Dusty Chalk]

What tkam said, and this:

Because this site doesn't have a profile function.

...specifically, a "what gear you have" page.

Also, because it won't fit in my pocket.

[darkless]

I do it so that when someone reads my opinion on a piece of gear they'll have a baseline of where I'm coming from.

tkam said it best. That and in my case just a tiny teeny bit of pride.

[hYdrociTy]

I make large sig for exposure because i am an attention whore.

[n_maher]

There's gear in my sig?

[dste6]

is it that you are that vain and shallow? is it what defines who you are? or some other reason?

mjb

ppl tend to take it personally when you call them vain and shallow...as they are fairly personal insults.

Just like if i was to ask why you would ask such a question, at a forum set up primarily for people to discuss their sound gear...are you dense? or do you just lack the social skills or tact? to realize that you have phrased your question as a personal insult?...'or some other reason'?