John Konrad

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Would it kill him to leave X for a while and post here for the benefit of those who help support him?

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I think those who actually support him don’t care where he posts. And whenever he is initially mentioned on this forum it’s usually by his distractors, not his supporters. He doesn’t seem like a guy who needs a life coach or PR person telling him what to do. Besides, if it’s his goal to reach a larger audience to promote his ideas & thoughts, X is the way to go. It’s the same amount of time & effort to post to either platform, more bang for the buck (time) to post on X.

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Of you could have just sent him a message directly and made the suggestion in private.

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You’re obviously seeing his Twitter posts so why would he have to post here too?

Also, his Twitter blows. He weighs in on everything and says “I’m just a ship captain” as some sort of qualifier like there aren’t 10,000 ship captains in the world that also don’t know shit about air traffic control.

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My experience is, it is way way easier to be an expert about things you really don’t know much about, than things you do.

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Is that your expert opinion?

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You mean this; ?

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Could be a technique used by forums experienced dwellers to intimidate other participants telling them : you do not know shit as I am the expert and authority here.

Besides the easiest way to lure Capt.John Konrad back to this forum is to say You disagree with Dr.Sal . Try it once and see what happens. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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ha ha - exactly

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This is a brilliant observation, and probably more apropos in the internet age than ever before. I’m going to use this going forward.

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Here’s a good one

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“American ship inspectors still carry black diplomatic passports”

Huh?

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“I dOn’T kNoW wHy hE dOeSn’T pOsT hErE.”
the usual suspects then proceed to be dicks.

Yup, 'tis a mystery.

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Pushing back or questioning some shit he says doesn’t make me or anyone else a dick

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Liberal forum people be luving some John Konrad.

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No but it’s a quick way for him to get mad and ban you. He’s what his ilk call a “snowflake.”

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Interesting thread. Anyone have some thoughts to add? I disagree with a fair amount of it and I guess that makes me a dick so I’d love to hear another perspective.

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You ain’t a dick the guy is off the deep end. In all his X posts says he has done since getting fired from Transocean other than being an ‘influencer’ on social media He did write a book that was OK, I read it. Since then?
I think there’s hope for the guy IF he ever climbs out of the silo.

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These guys are too online for their own good. loving Elon Musk who has gone on record multiple times opposing the Jones Act and doing anything to stir controversy online instead of forging a path forward to rep the USMM well. We need more spokespeople like Sal to lead the charge.

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I, generally, like Sal. I do however think he doesn’t always provide the right context for certain things but I understand that keeping out certain details creates a better narrative for a headline or YouTube video. I do think he’s a better/more accurate “journalist” than John.

I think this is the important idea. He creates a narrative that would scare someone who doesn’t know shipping/navy/government practices. If you’re trying to generate clicks/views etc. that’s the way to do it.