Post #386794 by Tiki Lew on Fri, Jun 13, 2008 6:18 AM

I agree that we don't want "everybody" to be into tiki, but I don't think there's much risk of that. I also know that if we don't welcome new people to the world of tiki, it'll die out. I guess that's great if all you want is to snatch up every mug on ebay so you can hoard it, but it also means that the few remaining tiki bars will be closing for lack of interest.

How do get new converts? I don't know. But I do know that acting like complete a-holes to a newbie who expresses interest is probably not the best way to go about it. If they do something "wrong", it's possible to tell them that nicely, so they don't do it again, without jumping down their throats.

So I say welcome, Tikijoeusaf. Sorry you caught a few of us on a bad day.

(and no, I'm not a newbie myself. I've been lurking for years, and posted a few times under a name tied to an old email address.)