I have never considered opening an account. Seems like a masochitic suggestion considering I find them to be more or less useless.
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I have never considered opening an account. Seems like a masochitic suggestion considering I find them to be more or less useless.
I just figured it’s easier to be a critic than in the field of play. I don’t have an account, but I also don’t shit on people’s efforts.
I read Jim's and a few others, but boy some of those are great entertainment y'all... if you really want a laugh, read the review on jackknife ready rubbed (not plug), it should be close to the top. Pure gold, that one.
All of the tobaccos I've ordered from O/S were chosen after reading several reviews, JimInks in particular because he gives consistent evaluations on strength, nic levels and what to expect flavour wise.
Only a couple of blends have not been to my taste but nothing that couldn't be fixed with some home blending.
With reviews it's not just a matter of finding someone whose tastes align with mine. Consistency by the reviewer is important but also sometimes reviewers who don't like what I do like tells me more than a person who's taste matches mine.
When a reviewer who is a fan of spicy blends favors a blend or a consistent reviewer says spice dominates a blend then I know it's probably not a match for me. On the other hand, when the same reviewers say a blend isn't spicy enough for them or that spice is a minor/support player in the blend I might like it depending on other flavor components.
When a reviewer who is a fan of spicy blends favors a blend or a consistent reviewer says spice dominates a blend then I know it's probably not a match for me. On the other hand, when the same reviewers say a blend isn't spicy enough for them or that spice is a minor/support player in the blend I might like it depending on other flavor components.
I use the reviews extensively when pondering a purchase of a new blend. Why would you not do that? Also, once you have identified those with similar tastes as yourself, then it makes it all the easier to make a decision to pull a trigger or not. And besides, I simply read them for entertainment value. Or when I am in a mood to spend the 50 cents in my pocket but have no idea what I want to spend it on. Does reading reviews always send me in the right direction....no. But more often than not, yes. And a lot of work goes into many reviewers. Gotta love malcontents. Or not.
Similar to food recipes online, I don't want someone's life story, or a funny anecdote or a description of how hungry someone's kids are after they are picked up from yoga class in Ojai. I like reviews that tell me about a subjective experience with an agricultural product.
Tobacco Reviews:
I read them, especially when I want information regarding a blend that I might want to try. I find that I'm always amused because I taste little or none of the woodsy, smoky, piney, camp-fire, grassy, sweet figs- either dried, or fresh..., stewed fruit, plums, new-mown hay, earthy, floral notes, oatmeal berries, etc, etc.
24/7 allergies killed off my sniffer and taste-buds..... I'm very allergic to our rescued Pit Bull. She's the sweetest dog, and is endlessly grateful for being rescued from her hellish former life. She still has the wire scars on her front paws that mark how she was fettered, and then used as "bait" for other dogs to attack. A pitiful, sobering reminder that only Man, the most base of all animals, kills for pleasure.
I have no problems suffering thru some inconvenient allergies, especially when Lily, our Pit Bull curls up for a peaceful nap at my feet and knows she's now safe.
I read them, especially when I want information regarding a blend that I might want to try. I find that I'm always amused because I taste little or none of the woodsy, smoky, piney, camp-fire, grassy, sweet figs- either dried, or fresh..., stewed fruit, plums, new-mown hay, earthy, floral notes, oatmeal berries, etc, etc.
24/7 allergies killed off my sniffer and taste-buds..... I'm very allergic to our rescued Pit Bull. She's the sweetest dog, and is endlessly grateful for being rescued from her hellish former life. She still has the wire scars on her front paws that mark how she was fettered, and then used as "bait" for other dogs to attack. A pitiful, sobering reminder that only Man, the most base of all animals, kills for pleasure.
I have no problems suffering thru some inconvenient allergies, especially when Lily, our Pit Bull curls up for a peaceful nap at my feet and knows she's now safe.
I find them only marginally (barely if at all) useful simply because the same 15 adjectives are used in every one of them...seems like there's a lot of cutting and pasting going on. I also have issues with some of the adjectives that are used, like 'grassy' or 'hay like' or something of that nature. I grow grass for a living...no tobacco I've ever smoked at all resembles hay. Adjectives like 'peppery' 'sweet' etc., I can get behind, so I have to do a lot of parsing through made up descriptors to get the info I need out of them.
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Good for you. Guess you can't be a critic then.
I don't get it, so we aren't allowed to be critical of the critics? That's probably the oddest thing I've ever heard...are they gods or something?
True, peppery seems pretty literal verse something like stone fruit or "the sound of baked bread caressing sycamore trees".
Apparently you can be critical of the people being critical of the critics though.
Wait, let me critique that statement....
if you must deficate on my criticism please use wet wipes after!
A bit bombastic for satire but it was highly entertaining!
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Short version: gracious, this is manly.
I light up a bowl of JKRR, and I think, all of us on this forum, whether old or young, black or white, male or female, we're all men here, and this tobacco is an incitement to extreme manliness.
Suddenly all I want to do is chug a couple of handles of Wild Turkey, squeeze off some rounds, club some seal babies, harpoon something endangered, bomb Hanoi, crank up the George Thorogood, copter-hunt some mastadons, scarf a T-bone, litter, bench-press my HumVee, call in some air-strikes and generally get some. That's what a kiloton of Kentucky Dark Fired can do for a guy.
Esthetes and other un-American elements have suggested that there there's some bright-leaf in here, and maybe some sweet Virginias. If there are, I don't want to know about it. I like my tobacco as subtle as a thermobaric charge; this hits the spot and leaves a smoking hole.
Pipe Used: Generally I smoke this with my bare hands.
Age When Smoked: Jail bait.
Purchased From: Adnan Khashoggi
Similar Blends: Bugatti Veyron, fuel-air explosives, Josef Stalin, Death Valley, and the first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.
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You can be a critic all you want Mr. Sensitive, I just don’t see the point of wailing about it.
I’m still waiting to read one of your extremely enlightening reviews, but I guess this thread is your review.
He who seeks enlightenment in tobacco reviews risks soul bite.
Thanks for that, I just about pissed myself. That was the funniest thing I’ve read in a while?. Not good with computers but you should copy that here
I've referenced the site extensively over the years. I've found certain reviewers whose tastes mirror mine fairly closely and often evaluate those reviews before trying a new blend. I read Jim's to see what the dominant flavor components are and to of course, see his thoughts on the blend. I'm not sure how someone can enjoy pipe smoking enough to post here and ignore the reviews. Great resource that is free!
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