Whatever Happened to the Old Gang?

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but it isn't a lot of fun anymore. 5 - 10 years ago it was a blast.

ten years ago the internet was in its infancy; getting information was hard.
I would have bought Bear's guide ten years ago.
Not so these last few years.
Decline can be credited to massive amounts of information made available and ease of use of an increased number of DE providers.
Listening to self-important, pompous clowns might one day have been the price to pay for information; not so today.
I need no website and above all no cancer cure quack, gay teen porn king, millist, financial wreck or massage parlor addict to lecture me.
I can just run a search and contact the relevant institution.
I no longer need the "professional advice" of dubious faceless internet ghosts, for there are official databases.
I don't know about Thomas Chip White...perhaps it was worth for him to fund degreeinfo with money from his gay teen porn empire, in order to conceal such empire under a thin veneer of god-fearing-respectability.
I don't know about dr. John Bear...perhaps he didn't like gay teen porn that much, but hell, the wolfpack of loons at DI helped him to sell his books, helped him misinform people about his legendary DE exploits: London Institute of Applied Research, Millard Fillmore, etc, and all he gave back was a token of "second hand glory" and keeping skeletons in the closet.
I don't know about Gregg des Elms. Probably having people believe in him as god-fearing censor in spite of his dubious past as brothel addict was good in the opinion of his psychotherapist.
I don't know about uncle Janko and why would a so-called priest spend a lifetime trolling on forums trying to make an impression on other faceless cowards, mental asylum rejects, deviants, therapy seekers and con people.
What I know is that I need none of that.