nobody here is a hater. if somebody tells you that something is a rock, then it is a rock. end of story. you do not need to make a big deal over it. we’re just giving you our personal opinion on a specimen, so it would be appreciated if you did not take it as some sort of attack aimed directly at you.

I don’t get why you get so defensive when someone offers an opinion that doesn’t happen to match your own. If you think that everyone here doesn’t know anything about identifying fossils, then why do you post here? It seems like you’d have a better time asking a mirror.

Bring a professional option to this table or do not participate!!! As you can see Bill was very Dismissive and argumentative with no supporting facts! Be professional, show your work, and stroke your ego in privacy of your own home, I invite and welcome a professional debate!

It is not a rock!

the only one doing any ego-stroking is you. it looked like a rock, he said it was a rock, and the rest of us all agree that it was a rock. done. over. you do not have to get defensive over a rock. fossilhunting isn’t a simple task. the average paleontologist will probably go through a million rocks in a fossilhunting season, and come out with…[Read more]

and l notice you keep demanding for professional opinions, and telling people like Bill (who probably even has a PHd) that they know nothing. now tell me, what do you know about fossils then? because apparently, if you’re going to be speaking so lowly of others, that must mean you’re some sort of rock god, which would mean that you wouldn’t even…[Read more]

Please stop harassing me, or I’m going to reprint you!!!

If you can stop calling people who have an opinion rude and dumb and if you can stop being so defensive over your specimens, no one will bother you.

Stating an option is not the problem, discussion on a post is not the issue. Acting like a you are professor of paleontology, and shooting down beginners and discouraging people with condescending remarks by lumping a identification classification as “ rock” is not ok! And I’m reporting you for harassing me, since you obviously do not respect boundaries!!!

You are obviously a sociopath!

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@avy-grey why don’t bring real fossils to the table or not participate. The only person here to stroke their own ego is yourself. Members on this app have repeatedly tried to offer you an ID in a kindly manner and you have consistently respond by chiding and insulting them. You keep touting professionalism while behaving in a profoundly…[Read more]

@avy-grey you say that “rock” is a condescending remark. Why do you believe it is condescending? It’s literally just saying that your find does not contain the petrified remains or imprints of prehistoric living things. You seem to be mistaken in your belief that, just by labeling your find as a “rock”, we are trying to discourage and insult pe…[Read more]

Also, @avy-grey, since you seem to be harassing others by accusing them of being “condescending” or not respecting the knowledge of fossils they have gathered through experience over the years, I have reported your posts for harassment.

Okay, everyone needs to simmer down. First off people on a free app should not have the power to insult your self worth, it is up to you what you read and you have to remember that a lot of context is left out when all we have to work with are just comments. There are people on this platform who are amateurs, there are people (like myself) that…[Read more]