Give Lon Your Support!

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 05 Mar 2005 09:52

Modified,

As some of you may know, Lon Smith quit drinking alcohol last summer, and now he's trying to stop smoking as a New Year's Resolution.
Lon hasn't been getting near the amount of support he deserves or needs for this commendable feat. I encourage you all to email your support and encouragement to him today so that he keeps down the right path.

lonsmithicus at yahoo . com

-Stephen

edit: Please post here when you do, both so this topic can stay on top and so that I know it's working.

HG · Post by HG » 05 Mar 2005 09:57

I just did.

Thanks for the idea

Sergey · Post by **Sergey** » 05 Mar 2005 10:34

I will do it now.

sniikeri · Post by **sniikeri** » 05 Mar 2005 11:10

I've done it now.

More people please.

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 05 Mar 2005 11:13

done GO LON!

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 05 Mar 2005 11:20

Furthermore, We should not forget to help him with our mental powers,
that his knee may heel quickly!

shredj · Post by **shredj** » 05 Mar 2005 11:24

I did it. DO IT

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 05 Mar 2005 11:29

sent! everybody...do likewise!

lightningbolt · Post by **lightningbolt** » 05 Mar 2005 12:09

Done!

LittleBoy footbag · Post by **LittleBoy footbag** » 05 Mar 2005 16:17

message sent.

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 05 Mar 2005 16:32

support given.

vanderwax · Post by **vanderwax** » 05 Mar 2005 21:02

Good luck to everyone who wants to try and quit the ganja or booze. Just to let you know, if you want to it can be done... I am a weeks worth of proof without weed!!!

Sometimes you just need a new perspective on life and quitting something like: weed, booze, pills, caffeine, or sleeping will do that to you. Even quitting the internet can change things..

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 06 Mar 2005 01:04

QUITTER!!! Geez, talk about lacking committment.

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 06 Mar 2005 10:10

thats funny you mention quitting the internet.. in psychology we learned about IAD - internet addiction disorder.

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 06 Mar 2005 11:19

It would be easyer for me to quit beer then quitting the internet

El_mexicano · Post by **El_mexicano** » 07 Mar 2005 05:51

im tryin to do the same, i know its hard, but its better in the end
BUENA SUERTE LON!

literal_hack · Post by **literal_hack** » 08 Mar 2005 16:38

That was my new years resolution and I stuck with it (so far)
so anyway I threw in my two cents

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 09 Mar 2005 16:07

Am I blind or was Ken's tongue-in-cheek post to this thread, "Give Ken your support", simply removed without notice?

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 09 Mar 2005 16:39

Yeah, my post was deleted by the mods. I didn`t get an explanation, but maybe it was Sam`s post that did it?

Anyway, the whole reason I spoofed this thread is because I thought the original thread was really weird, and somewhat troubling. I mean, we all treat guys like Lon and Vasek as celebrities in the community, but it`s important we remember they are real people, and that the internet is open to everybody, not just footbaggers. Have you ever googled the name of a girl you were about to go on a date with? Don`t you think some employers google the names of job applicants?

Maybe Lon and other pros are OK with everybody knowing they smoke(smoked) pot, but if they aren`t, how would they feel about a topic being created online discussing it? And the whole e-mailing him support thing... if you are a personal friend of Lon`s, then yeah, mailing him is cool. But if you ARE a close friend of his, you wouldn`t need a topic on the forums to remind you. And if you AREN`T a close friend of Lon`s... well, imagine how weird you would feel if you opened your mailbox one day and found like 20 e-mails from people you don`t even know, wishing you good luck on quitting an illegal habit you didn`t know the world knew you did.

Granted, `Lon Smith` is a real common name, so if a future date or employer of his wanted to google him, they probably wouldn`t find this thread. But maybe its just the fact that I`m paranoid and currently looking for a job, that I worry about future employers googling `Ken Somolinos` and finding some topic like this. Hell, right now the first search result for my name produces a picture of me holding up a beer and looking drunk.

That can`t be good. And even if people outside the footbag community never stumbled on this thread, it`s still not cool. If you are in the footbag scene long enough, you slowly pick up on a lot of things, like who does what drugs, who does no drugs, who is gay, who wears a toupee, etc. But I bet you that there are at least a few footbaggers who read this thread, who didn`t know beforehand that Lon smoked pot. I know Stephen posted this thread with the best of intentions, but was he right in making this information public domain?

All I`m saying is, we must never forget that footbag celebrities are real people too, and just because they are well-known in the footbag community, doesn`t give us the right to publicly discuss their sexual/drug-related tendencies. Keep this in mind when PMing and mailing them too. I receive a fair number of PMs and mails from people I`ve never met, but normally they just ask footbag questions, and I answer. But if somebody I never met before were to mail me something like: `I heard you are trying to quit your habit of seducing random 16 yr olds on the beach. Good luck with that` I would be freaked out.

the Executioner · Post by **the Executioner** » 09 Mar 2005 17:05

"Anyway, the whole reason I spoofed this thread is because I thought the original thread was really weird,"

WORD.

"But if you ARE a close friend of his, you wouldn`t need a topic on the forums to remind you. And if you AREN`T a close friend of Lon`s... well, imagine how weird you would feel if you opened your mailbox one day and found like 20 e-mails from people you don`t even know, wishing you good luck on quitting an illegal habit you didn`t know the world knew you did."

WORD.

"If you are in the footbag scene long enough, you slowly pick up on a lot of things, like who does what drugs, who does no drugs, who is gay, who wears a toupee, etc."

No Comment.

"All I`m saying is, we must never forget that footbag celebrities are real people too, and just because they are well-known in the footbag community, doesn`t give us the right to publicly discuss their sexual/drug-related tendencies."

Good post Ken (as usual). You mirrored many of my thoughts quite nicely on this one.