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Can you please talk to me using text? I do not understand what you are trying to say using a picture. A picture has too many things to communicate all at once. Also if there's any movie referrences done here in these pictures, I don't understand them. Sensible people do not aggravate people the way you do.

And again, I'm not complaining for the sake of complaining. I'm telling you guys what's happened over the years so you'll have a better idea of what you might be able to do to help.

Just relax, and everything will go smoothly. Do not resort to trolling over a simple missunderstanding or if I said something earlier that might've been offensive.

Also help me understand why some people who played in bands who seemed like promising individuals who I could network with were completely against it, and told me to stop "using people", when that's one of the effective ways to find my intended audience.

Sounds like everyone you have contacted came to the conclusion that you were a parasitical personality and did not want to poison their social reputations by bearing the responsibility of having been the one to have introduced you to anyone else.

We are not at all angry with you Clifford. You are always welcome to haunt this forum in all of your lonely desperation. It does look perpetually pathetic, but that may even be your best chance of salvation, a Lady Gaga might read this and feel so moved by sympathy for your hopeless situation, that she will send some of her boy fans to rescue you, or at least buy you a plane ticket to China.

In response to the bolded sections:

1. You don't know the full story. I was never the "parasite" in all of this. I always had love in my heart. A lot of these guys who were against introducing me to someone weren't really passionate about pop and soft rock to begin with, and they were usually juggling too many things at once, such as school, a job, managing a committed band they were already in, among other things, and I guess didn't want to add yet another thing to their plate. They probably were afraid to tell me straight up that they didn't know anybody or they were probably new to Baton Rouge or too busy. There are numerous other factors. But I can gurantee you that I was the innocent one in all of this.

2. What exactly is "a Lady Gaga"? The fans are referred to as "Monsters". There is only one Lady Gaga. And why do you guys ALWAYS pick only ONE particular artist I'm into to pick on me about liking? I am into a WIDE variety ranging from a wide variety of different styles, from traditional 70s soft rock and disco, 80s dance-pop and adult contemporary balladry, the boy band sound of the 90s, and the adult contemporary style of the time, a whole slew of American Idol contestant favorites ranging from the first winner Kelly Clarkson to the guy who didn't win in 2009, Adam Lambert. I'm into a little bit of everything, except heavy metal, and rap.

3. Why do you want someone to send me a ticket to go to China? I'd consider looking somewhere else and traveling if I had more experience and was ready to do gigs. But I'm not. I'm looking for someone who just plays casually, is a little more advanced than me, and wants to do a few other common interest activities. I don't want this to be just about playing music together. My search is about finding a special friend, and I need to keep it local. If I have to go all the way to a whole different country or even state to find this person, that person WILL be turned down.

What I need to do is find someway to learn about local bands and solo artists that play the various styles of rock and pop that I'm into, and connect with fans and members of the band alike. Whether or not they are close friends who I can hang out with regularly, or individuals I meet one time and using common sense based on whether they are around the audience I'm trying to reach, help spread the word regarding what I'm looking for and promise to send someone my way.

I'm not that desperate. Actually, I don't understand what you are trying to say with these pictures. Why do you guys haunt these forums like this?

Where are the individuals who know how to be gentlmen, and who aren't parasites? I mean, sometime before, like in 2012, some of the regulars at the time were on the right track, but the suggestions were a bit too general. For example, they'd mention going to a bar or posting a flyer at a couple of music stores, when I needed to know about those places in Baton Rouge by name. Or the people who gave website suggestions weren't curteous enough to explain how to use it to get the best results, or discuss their experience on the site, and find out if it's appropriate for the audience I'm trying to reach. Sometimes I'd later find out that the person has never used the very thing he reccommended. This is also another thing that a lot of people on Baton Rouge Rocks were against. Why is that? What happened to taking the time to share ideas, listening to other's stories, and thus learning what places to stay away from, and which places to gravitate towards, as well as connecting with people who share similar music tastes?

Why is it that nearly every ad posting site, or every forum I try, my posts always seem to reach the opposite of what the ad or post is aimed towards?

Can you please talk to me using text? I do not understand what you are trying to say using a picture. A picture has too many things to communicate all at once. Also if there's any movie referrences done here in these pictures, I don't understand them. Sensible people do not aggravate people the way you do.

And again, I'm not complaining for the sake of complaining. I'm telling you guys what's happened over the years so you'll have a better idea of what you might be able to do to help.

Just relax, and everything will go smoothly. Do not resort to trolling over a simple missunderstanding or if I said something earlier that might've been offensive.

What is going on with everybody? Go back to using text, and answer my question regarding that last post. And do it like a gentleman. I do not understand what you mean by the picture of (Is that Lady Gaga or someone that just looks like her?), a cheeseburger, and a Chineese lady eating noodles. How does that answer ALL of the 3 bullet points I brought up in that last message?

Why does everybody I come across on this site, Baton Rouge Rocks, or Craigslist, feel the need to make everything into a joke, or read only what they want to read, or resort to trolling me over a simple missunderstanding that could easily be solved by talking to me? Why can't people just be straightforward, and handle situations like gentlemen?

What is going on with everybody? Go back to using text, and answer my question regarding that last post. And do it like a gentleman.

This isn't fun, or constructive. Please, be curteous and help me understand why you said to go to China, or why out of ALL of the various artists I'm into, you picked Lady Gaga. What is the deal?

You are wasting my time if you are not going to talk to me using text. A picture tells too many things at once, or it may not tell me enough, because I may not understand the referrence. If the amount of questions I asked is overwheling, just tell me.

This isn't fun, or constructive. Please, be curteous and help me understand why you said to go to China, or why out of ALL of the various artists I'm into, you picked Lady Gaga. What is the deal?

You are wasting my time if you are not going to talk to me using text. A picture tells too many things at once, or it may not tell me enough, because I may not understand the referrence. If the amount of questions I asked is overwheling, just tell me.

Again, talk to me through text. Stop sharing a bunch of random pictures you are finding on the internet. Sensible people DO NOT do that sort of thing. They answer the questions that were asked, and work out the issue, and then leave well enough alone.

Again, talk to me through text. Stop sharing a bunch of random pictures you are finding on the internet. Sensible people DO NOT do that sort of thing. They answer the questions that were asked, and work out the issue, and then leave well enough alone.

Focus, Vinny. Please, be a gentleman and please answer the questions I asked in your recent response then we can get out of each other's hair

Why do these same people have to constantly respond to the same topic, instead of getting on with the lives, and moving to a different topic?

What is that? I STILL don't understand what you are saying? You were talking to me using text for awhile now, now you're just posting random pictures, and hoping I'll get the referrence. The same thing happened on Baton Rouge Rocks after awhile.

Focus, Vinny. Please, be a gentleman and please answer the questions I asked in your recent response then we can get out of each other's hair

Why do these same people have to constantly respond to the same topic, instead of getting on with the lives, and moving to a different topic?