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Wow, guess HQ is really getting uppity with their customers, what with that "fuck off" there from Lauren and the unannounced $1000 increase in yearly affiliate fees. I can feel the love.

In other news, the CA forum's version of the "couch thread" and one Andrew Wilson are putting up some quality work, as seen here:

Ol' Andy is fucking kookoo for dryfucking @F.

Seriously. He's doing stellar work over there.

chubbyhubby wrote:The always supportive and professional HQ.

To the affiliates, this picture might affect your business. But guess what? That was your choice to start a business and there are risks to doing so. Sometimes Life happens.

Comment #423 - Posted by: Lauren at January 12, 2011 8:17 AM

I certainley like making fun of crossfit as much as the next person, but there isn't any way I'm digging through 423 comments to find a golden turd.

chubbyhubby wrote:The always supportive and professional HQ.

To the affiliates, this picture might affect your business. But guess what? That was your choice to start a business and there are risks to doing so. Sometimes Life happens.

Comment #423 - Posted by: Lauren at January 12, 2011 8:17 AM

That is new low. Every affiliate should know about this if they don't already. It's akin to HQ dropping their pants and waving their shitty ass at all the hard working, fee paying proles in the boxes. O, wait.....

TheCoug wrote:Oh MY EFFIN GAWD.

In Europe, Time Magazine and all the major news rags have topless women on the cover.

You can't even see any of their junk. Who CARES??!!!!!

Really? You can't see the problem here with what they do? Are you really going to go down this road and say that?

You miss the point 100% on this one, you are FAR too much a @fitter to see what the problem is with what they are doing and how they come across.

It has NOTHING to do with nudity and everything to do with how they act, how they explain it and how its perceived.

At first it was a naked back of a chick, then it was a lineup of them, now its a slew of asses. Nobody here is a prude whatsoever, but its the principle of the matter.

If you can't understand that then why are you posting in this thread?

Jay wrote:

TheCoug wrote:Oh MY EFFIN GAWD.

In Europe, Time Magazine and all the major news rags have topless women on the cover.

You can't even see any of their junk. Who CARES??!!!!!

Really? You can't see the problem here with what they do? Are you really going to go down this road and say that?

You miss the point 100% on this one, you are FAR too much a @fitter to see what the problem is with what they are doing and how they come across.

It has NOTHING to do with nudity and everything to do with how they act, how they explain it and how its perceived.

At first it was a naked back of a chick, then it was a lineup of them, now its a slew of asses. Nobody here is a prude whatsoever, but its the principle of the matter.

If you can't understand that they why are you posting in this thread?

I'm pretty sure we have gone over this. She's a dipshit who enjoys punishment. A masochist I suppose. Which is synonymous with @fitter.

I'm here to help decipher the crazy when the hate gets in the way.

To the affiliates, this picture might affect your business. But guess what? That was your choice to start a business and there are risks to doing so. Sometimes Life happens.

My jaw is still hanging open. Holy shit.

In order to have the world's worst PR you actually have to have PR flacks working for you, even if they are the world's worst.

@FHQ clearly has no PR people on staff, terrible or otherwise. This is...I don't know what this is...anti-PR? Bizzaro World PR? Whatever it is, it's breathtaking.

Confused wrote:

Jay wrote:

TheCoug wrote:Oh MY EFFIN GAWD.

In Europe, Time Magazine and all the major news rags have topless women on the cover.

You can't even see any of their junk. Who CARES??!!!!!

Really? You can't see the problem here with what they do? Are you really going to go down this road and say that?

You miss the point 100% on this one, you are FAR too much a @fitter to see what the problem is with what they are doing and how they come across.

It has NOTHING to do with nudity and everything to do with how they act, how they explain it and how its perceived.

At first it was a naked back of a chick, then it was a lineup of them, now its a slew of asses. Nobody here is a prude whatsoever, but its the principle of the matter.

If you can't understand that they why are you posting in this thread?

I'm pretty sure we have gone over this. She's a dipshit who enjoys punishment. A masochist I suppose. Which is synonymous with @fitter.

I'm here to help decipher the crazy when the hate gets in the way.

I actually know coug, in person..... and she is good people. She just doesn't get the whole @fit hate from us, which is fine, then I don't know why she wants to read this thread or post in it then.

WildGorillaMan wrote:In order to have the world's worst PR you actually have to have PR flacks working for you, even if they are the world's worst.

@FHQ clearly has no PR people on staff, terrible or otherwise. This is...I don't know what this is...anti-PR? Bizzaro World PR? Whatever it is, it's breathtaking.

Its like they are thumbing their noses at the affiliates and saying FUCK YOU!

I find that amazingly disgusting

chubbyhubby wrote:The always supportive and professional HQ.

To the affiliates, this picture might affect your business. But guess what? That was your choice to start a business and there are risks to doing so. Sometimes Life happens.

Comment #423 - Posted by: Lauren at January 12, 2011 8:17 AM

=D> =D>

She's just stating the obvious. If you were stupid enough to (a) buy into Cultfit, and (b) base your livelihood around it, you pretty much deserve to take it up the ass whenever HQ sees fit. And then ask for seconds.

protobuilder wrote:

chubbyhubby wrote:The always supportive and professional HQ.

To the affiliates, this picture might affect your business. But guess what? That was your choice to start a business and there are risks to doing so. Sometimes Life happens.

Comment #423 - Posted by: Lauren at January 12, 2011 8:17 AM

=D> =D>

She's just stating the obvious. If you were stupid enough to (a) buy into Cultfit, and (b) base your livelihood around it, you pretty much deserve to take it up the ass whenever HQ sees fit. And then ask for seconds.

There ain't much that shocks me nowadays but the hubris of that woman's comment seems to get worse each time I read it. I honestly cannot believe someone from HQ would say that. Unbelievable.

Yes, I'm drunk wrote:

protobuilder wrote:

chubbyhubby wrote:The always supportive and professional HQ.

To the affiliates, this picture might affect your business. But guess what? That was your choice to start a business and there are risks to doing so. Sometimes Life happens.

Comment #423 - Posted by: Lauren at January 12, 2011 8:17 AM

=D> =D>

She's just stating the obvious. If you were stupid enough to (a) buy into Cultfit, and (b) base your livelihood around it, you pretty much deserve to take it up the ass whenever HQ sees fit. And then ask for seconds.

There ain't much that shocks me nowadays but the hubris of that woman's comment seems to get worse each time I read it. I honestly cannot believe someone from HQ would say that. Unbelievable.

Is Lauren actually posting the wods and comments anymore, or is it someone else posting using her name ? That doesn't sound like the woman I met a couple of years ago but then again, things have changed all over.

51% baby!

Different Lauren. It is, in a sense, sage advice: if your business partner is risky, you know you're taking a risk by getting into business with him. It's called "due diligence" - Glassman is a pretty well-known quantity. Like I said, this isn't exactly out of character. Glassman and CrossFit, Inc have been many things, "professional" has never been one of them, and if you're surprised when they're not, you deserve what you get.

EDIT: Clarifying that it's a different lauren leaving those comments. Don't know who's doing the daily posts.

Shit just got real:

Never underestimate the devious lengths a scorned woman will go to for revenge. She has nothing to lose and she can drive GG's dream into the ground and set fire to it just for fun. That may be the kind of fun she's into these days. Doesn't make her a bad person necessarily, but blind rage has to be dealt with constructively.

Just my two cents.

Those about comments judging made me think this of this oldie but goody:

syaigh wrote:Never underestimate the devious lengths a scorned woman will go to for revenge. She has nothing to lose and she can drive GG's dream into the ground and set fire to it just for fun. That may be the kind of fun she's into these days. Doesn't make her a bad person necessarily, but blind rage has to be dealt with constructively.

Just my two cents.

Are these the players involved in what is likely to be a nasty divorce case with a lot of money at stake? Somewhere an attorney is reading all of that FB nonsense and slamming his head against the desk. Talk about the need for some "STFU Therapy".

Lisa has a lot of balls saying it HAS to stop and don't judge me. A lot of balls. Maybe Lauren isn't 100% innocent either but Lisa saying don't judge me is fucking laughable.

I like to keep as much personal shit about my private life offline as much as possible, luckily for us most people don't feel that way.

You would think the heads, and leading figures, of a multi-million dollar fitness empire would be a little more responsible with how they air their dirty laundry out.

Its classless, fucking stupid but wicked entertaining.

Jay wrote:Its classless, fucking stupid but wicked entertaining.

That should be the new corporate motto.

LMFAO at the unquiet desperation of these drunks and whores.

lasalle wrote:Are these the players involved in what is likely to be a nasty divorce case with a lot of money at stake? Somewhere an attorney is reading all of that FB nonsense and slamming his head against the desk. Talk about the need for some "STFU Therapy".

Yes. The best advice these people could get is "take the money you have--which is a LOT--and walk."

But we all know how these peeps are about taking advice, making good decisions, and keeping things out of the public eye.

Gin Master wrote:

lasalle wrote:Are these the players involved in what is likely to be a nasty divorce case with a lot of money at stake? Somewhere an attorney is reading all of that FB nonsense and slamming his head against the desk. Talk about the need for some "STFU Therapy".

Yes. The best advice these people could get is "take the money you have--which is a LOT--and walk."

But we all know how these peeps are about taking advice, making good decisions, and keeping things out of the public eye.

Bless their hearts.

The whole thing's been a sordid little spectacle.