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[Panamabob]

Isn't it funny that YKW sends a "cease and desist" email to many of his former members and then impersonates the very one that he blames all of his problems on? What better way to make yourself look better than to offer the olive branch to the person who "causes" all of your "problems", although 90% of the time the "problem-causer" has done nothing. He's got so many "enemies" that he fails to look in the mirror to see his own worst one. He can't handle a forum without any controversy, so he invents it.

 

[SHARPETOYS]

His way of putting all of us down on FL.

This is what he put under the avatar he made for me as a profile...


All about SHARPETOYS

Girlie Man


Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Last Visit: Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:58 am
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Location: Titusville Florida
Website: http://www.fagoralounge.com
Occupation: Internet Troll
Interests: Gay relations with MK
Gender: Male
Birthday: 20 Sep 1950
Zodiac: Virgo
Chinese zodiac: Tiger

 

[SinatraStyle]

Wow, what an outstanding specimen of class and character.

 

[cooncatbob]

Wow, what an outstanding specimen of class and character.

You must realize that the best way to deal with this sort of person is to ignore them, leave them totally alone ant they have no ammunition for their ire.
Bob.

 

[Panamabob]

The ignoring let to the impersonation.

 

[Rick Blaine]

This is what he put under the avatar he made for me as a profile...


All about SHARPETOYS

Girlie Man


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Location: Titusville Florida
Website: http://www.fagoralounge.com
Occupation: Internet Troll
Interests: Gay relations with MK
Gender: Male
Birthday: 20 Sep 1950
Zodiac: Virgo
Chinese zodiac: Tiger

lol BWAHAHAHAHA!!! lol

Welcome to grade seven, Chuckie!
Watta loser!

 

[RBH]

Here in Arkansas we have a name for people like that.
But ... being a southern gentleman, I shall keep it to myself.

 

[cooncatbob]

Anybody remember the movie "War Games" At the end the Computer is playing all these different scenarios of nuclear war between the US and the USSR and at the end the computer speaks "Interesting game the only way to win is not to play"

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Who is the person or company and what forum is it where they're spewing all this drivel? Obviously, it's someone who more than a few FL'ers have had run-ins with based on the posts on this thread, but I guess it's something that happened before I joined. I'm just curious, as I'm sure others are as well, and posting a name or at least some better clues as to who you're talking about might save some current and future FL'ers a whole lot of grief. I've been here long enough to know exactly who TO go to when I'm ready for a custom hat, but for others, it would be nice to let them know who NOT to go to. Or at least, where to procede with caution...

Also...the "identity" he created as Sharpetoys clearly is slanderous and it's moved into the realm of hate speech. Complaining to whoever runs the forum or it's software might get it yanked. It's probably against their terms of service. Plus this moron's getting a phone call and a flurry of letters from GLAAD, to name just one organization who'd jump on this, might straighten him out and shut him up.

 

[Bogie]

The person is Charlie Swindall, he is a renowned con-artist, and goes by the handle of Gladhatter or a variation thereof on ebay. He commonly offers a Borsalino with a reserve price despite the fact that he bashes them openly, as well as "custom" hats as his two most commonly listed items.

His work, does not add up with his talk in the slightest, as other loungers have said, stay away and do not deal with, save yourself some cash and buy an Art Fawcett if you want a high quality custom hat, but don't deal with this snake in the grass.

Edit: I visted his listing for a Borsalino Rodolfo to verify my information, it is quite clear that the man is stark raving mad. Just look at how he tears up the Fedora Lounge and Art!

 

[SinatraStyle]

I just pulled up the listing and, looking at the Q&A section, it amazes me that he sells any hats (and has a 100% positive feedback rating) with the way he responds to potential buyers.

It is obvious from the way the auction is listed that the seller is trying to promote his own wares by denouncing the quality of the item for sale.

 

[shoeshineboy]

now that you all have read this thread...and found more about YKH, would you want to join his forum ? Do you know that it is REQUIREDfor you to give out your phone number, so YKH can call you, because, he does not want anyone to join his forum, that would publicly debate him or he may suffer from some mental disease, genectic or otherwise, that might provoke his paranoia.

Would you give this nut case your phone number ?

mark the shoeshine boy

Paranoia is an excessive anxiety or fear concerning one's own well-being which is considered irrational and excessive, perhaps to the point of being a psychosis. This typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a likely threat, or a belief in a conspiracy theory.

Use in psychiatry
In psychiatry, the term paranoia was used by Emil Kraepelin to describe a mental illness in which a delusional belief is the sole, or most prominent feature. In his original attempt at classifying different forms of mental illness, Emil Kraepelin used the term pure paranoia to describe a condition where a delusion was present, but without any apparent deterioration in intellectual abilities and without any of the other features of dementia praecox, the condition later renamed schizophrenia. Notably, in his definition, the belief does not have to be persecutory to be classified as paranoid, so any number of delusional beliefs can be classified as paranoia. For example, a person who has the sole delusional belief that he is an important religious figure would be classified by Kraepelin as having 'pure paranoia'.

Although the diagnosis of pure paranoia is no longer used (having been superseded by the diagnosis of delusional disorder, which denotes a form of schizophrenia where delusions are prominent.

More recently, the clinical use of the term has been used to describe delusions where the affected person believes they are being persecuted. Specifically, they have been defined as containing two central elements:

The individual thinks that harm is occurring, or is going to occur, to him or her.
The individual thinks that the persecutor has the intention to cause harm.
Paranoia is often associated with psychotic illnesses, particularly schizophrenia, although attenuated features may be present in other primarily non-psychotic diagnoses, such as paranoid personality disorder. Paranoia can also be a side effect of medication or recreational drugs.

In the unrestricted use of the term, common paranoid delusions can include the belief that the person is being followed, poisoned or loved at a distance (often by a media figure or important person, a delusion known as erotomania or de Clerambault syndrome).

Other common paranoid delusions include the belief that the person has an imaginary disease or parasitic infection (delusional parasitosis); that the person is on a special quest or has been chosen by God; that the person has had thoughts inserted or removed from conscious thought; or that the person's actions are being controlled by an external force.

Therefore, in common usage, the term paranoid addresses a range of mental conditions, assumed by the use of the term to be of psychiatric origin, in which the subject is seen to generalise or projects fears and anxieties onto the external world, particularly in the form of organised behaviour focused on them. The syndrome is applied equally to powerful people like executives obsessed with takeover bids or political leaders convinced of plots against them, and to insignificant people who believe for instance that shadowy agencies are operating against them.

Cause of Paranoia

[edit] Parasites and Paranoia
The most recent scientific research suggests that parasites, in particular toxoplasma, which forms cysts in the brain, an area of the brain called the amygdala, a region linked to fear and anxiety in rats, may provide us with clues as to how specific parasites manipulate behavior and may cause mental disease, including signs of paranoia.[1]


[edit] Paranoia depicted in popular culture
In popular culture paranoia is often represented as including:

Belief in having special powers or being on a special mission (a "delusion of grandeur")
Conspiracy theories, such as seeing seemingly unrelated news events as parts of a larger, typically conspiratorial plan
Exaggerated fear of terrorists, criminals or bandits
Belief that other people can read their thoughts, related to Paranoid schizophrenia
Black helicopters and other mass surveillance
Persecution from powerful adversaries such as UFOs, terrorists, the Men in Black, secret societies or demons
Paranoia or belief in conspiracy theories involving perceived political or social enemies (as in The Paranoid Style in American Politics by Richard Hofstadter)
Mind control through invisible rays, and tinfoil hats to combat them
Fear of poisoning, adulterated food (e.g., aspartame) or water (e.g., fluoridation) as part of a secret plot. In the film, Dr. Strangelove, the character Brig. General Jack D. Ripper suffers from paranoid delusions regarding fluoridation.
Reading a story, watching a movie, or listening to a song and feeling that one's life is exactly like that of the subject of said story, movie, or song. The movie The Truman Show, which depicted a man who discovers his entire life has been filmed as a TV show, is one of the more commonly referenced films.
In the Tremors series of films, the character Burt Gummer (Michael Gross), is remarked by the other characters as paranoid, owing to his extreme distrust of the government, fear of eminent domain, general suspiciousness of his fellow human beings.
The maxim: Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't really out to get you. Along the same vein: Even paranoids have enemies, and "No matter how paranoid you are, the government is involved in conspiracies even worse than you think."
The Douglas Adams Infocom game Bureaucracy contains the "Popular Paranoia" newspaper that attracts potential readers with the line "Isn't it time you gave yourself eyes in the back of your head?"

 

[Davidson]

This person is probably very pleased to see all the time and discussion spent (wasted?) on him on FL.

 

[shoeshineboy]

While this may be true, it is my hope that future newbies of hat customers will come to the FL and maybe search his name, thus to find all of this great information about him. These threads, should be a deterrent to any possible victim.

mark tssb

 

[doggieboy]

now that you all have read this thread...and found more about YKH, would you want to join his forum ? Do you know that it is REQUIREDfor you to give out your phone number, so YKH can call you, because, he does not want anyone to join his forum, that would publicly debate him or he may suffer from some mental disease, genectic or otherwise, that might provoke his paranoia.

Would you give this nut case your phone number ?

mark the shoeshine boy

Paranoia is an excessive anxiety or fear concerning one's own well-being which is considered irrational and excessive, perhaps to the point of being a psychosis. This typically includes persecutory beliefs concerning a likely threat, or a belief in a conspiracy theory.

Use in psychiatry
In psychiatry, the term paranoia was used by Emil Kraepelin to describe a mental illness in which a delusional belief is the sole, or most prominent feature. In his original attempt at classifying different forms of mental illness, Emil Kraepelin used the term pure paranoia to describe a condition where a delusion was present, but without any apparent deterioration in intellectual abilities and without any of the other features of dementia praecox, the condition later renamed schizophrenia. Notably, in his definition, the belief does not have to be persecutory to be classified as paranoid, so any number of delusional beliefs can be classified as paranoia. For example, a person who has the sole delusional belief that he is an important religious figure would be classified by Kraepelin as having 'pure paranoia'.

Although the diagnosis of pure paranoia is no longer used (having been superseded by the diagnosis of delusional disorder, which denotes a form of schizophrenia where delusions are prominent.

More recently, the clinical use of the term has been used to describe delusions where the affected person believes they are being persecuted. Specifically, they have been defined as containing two central elements:

The individual thinks that harm is occurring, or is going to occur, to him or her.
The individual thinks that the persecutor has the intention to cause harm.
Paranoia is often associated with psychotic illnesses, particularly schizophrenia, although attenuated features may be present in other primarily non-psychotic diagnoses, such as paranoid personality disorder. Paranoia can also be a side effect of medication or recreational drugs.

In the unrestricted use of the term, common paranoid delusions can include the belief that the person is being followed, poisoned or loved at a distance (often by a media figure or important person, a delusion known as erotomania or de Clerambault syndrome).

Other common paranoid delusions include the belief that the person has an imaginary disease or parasitic infection (delusional parasitosis); that the person is on a special quest or has been chosen by God; that the person has had thoughts inserted or removed from conscious thought; or that the person's actions are being controlled by an external force.

Therefore, in common usage, the term paranoid addresses a range of mental conditions, assumed by the use of the term to be of psychiatric origin, in which the subject is seen to generalise or projects fears and anxieties onto the external world, particularly in the form of organised behaviour focused on them. The syndrome is applied equally to powerful people like executives obsessed with takeover bids or political leaders convinced of plots against them, and to insignificant people who believe for instance that shadowy agencies are operating against them.

Cause of Paranoia

[edit] Parasites and Paranoia
The most recent scientific research suggests that parasites, in particular toxoplasma, which forms cysts in the brain, an area of the brain called the amygdala, a region linked to fear and anxiety in rats, may provide us with clues as to how specific parasites manipulate behavior and may cause mental disease, including signs of paranoia.[1]


[edit] Paranoia depicted in popular culture
In popular culture paranoia is often represented as including:

Belief in having special powers or being on a special mission (a "delusion of grandeur")
Conspiracy theories, such as seeing seemingly unrelated news events as parts of a larger, typically conspiratorial plan
Exaggerated fear of terrorists, criminals or bandits
Belief that other people can read their thoughts, related to Paranoid schizophrenia
Black helicopters and other mass surveillance
Persecution from powerful adversaries such as UFOs, terrorists, the Men in Black, secret societies or demons
Paranoia or belief in conspiracy theories involving perceived political or social enemies (as in The Paranoid Style in American Politics by Richard Hofstadter)
Mind control through invisible rays, and tinfoil hats to combat them
Fear of poisoning, adulterated food (e.g., aspartame) or water (e.g., fluoridation) as part of a secret plot. In the film, Dr. Strangelove, the character Brig. General Jack D. Ripper suffers from paranoid delusions regarding fluoridation.
Reading a story, watching a movie, or listening to a song and feeling that one's life is exactly like that of the subject of said story, movie, or song. The movie The Truman Show, which depicted a man who discovers his entire life has been filmed as a TV show, is one of the more commonly referenced films.
In the Tremors series of films, the character Burt Gummer (Michael Gross), is remarked by the other characters as paranoid, owing to his extreme distrust of the government, fear of eminent domain, general suspiciousness of his fellow human beings.
The maxim: Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't really out to get you. Along the same vein: Even paranoids have enemies, and "No matter how paranoid you are, the government is involved in conspiracies even worse than you think."
The Douglas Adams Infocom game Bureaucracy contains the "Popular Paranoia" newspaper that attracts potential readers with the line "Isn't it time you gave yourself eyes in the back of your head?"

= Wears his hat 2 sizes too small.

 

[shoeshineboy]

http://glbtpagans.meetup.com/cities/us/ca/san_diego/3492271/?ic=sn42

 

[Warlock]

Gents, give a newbie a break here. This is like trying to depher code. I do not have the money to make a mistake with a bad hat puchase. Who is this hatter? There is some history with this guy here. I can see that. Can I get some information? Please. Are there other hatters that have been rejected or banned by the Fedora Lounge?

 

[SinatraStyle]

Here is your answer, Warlock...

The person is Charlie Swindall, he is a renowned con-artist, and goes by the handle of Gladhatter or a variation thereof on ebay. He commonly offers a Borsalino with a reserve price despite the fact that he bashes them openly, as well as "custom" hats as his two most commonly listed items.

His work, does not add up with his talk in the slightest, as other loungers have said, stay away and do not deal with, save yourself some cash and buy an Art Fawcett if you want a high quality custom hat, but don't deal with this snake in the grass.

Edit: I visted his listing for a Borsalino Rodolfo to verify my information, it is quite clear that the man is stark raving mad. Just look at how he tears up the Fedora Lounge and Art!

 

[Feraud]

I do not have the money to make a mistake with a bad hat puchase.

Our members have plenty of experience with the various hat companies. If you are in the purchase process feel free to run a few company names by the group.

 

[Warlock]

Thank you gentlemen. I am here to learn. This looks like a good place to do that. Thanks for helping the new guy.