WalksOn2Wheels

Nice. That comes from careful "curating" of your FB. I was just about to post how I would be hypocritical to complain about an echo chamber, and then create my own echo chamber, but your post kind of points out how I think FB should work. You just have to weed out the crazies, even if it means breaking ties with old friends.

Dan333SP

I unfollow at least a couple people per week. Even if I largely agree with them on whatever issue they're outspoken about, I just get annoyed having to see soapboxing all the time.

That includes bike friends who post too many anti-car rants or too many workout selfies and #cleaneating or #gainz or some other stupid self-serving hashtag.

For me, FB is also useful because it's how I follow The Onion and Clickhole, both of which I love, especially when people aren't in on the joke and post outraged comments.

UnfilteredDregs

Makes the pain/pressure points far more acute. If numbness is coming on you'll be far more aware versus if you have on bibs.

-1.5 degrees seems to be the ticket with the new saddle. My wife is used to me.

WalksOn2Wheels

And now for some classic first world consumer whining:

So I bought a small item on Amazon. I have prime, which is free 2-day shipping (and the item was marked as such). I purchased it Monday and it said it would arrive Thursday. Weird, but whatever. But it didn't show up, and is now out for delivery today. But still, I bought it Monday and now 2-day shipping somehow equals Friday? (Translation: I purchased a small convenience item that is not necessary for life, but I am upset the world did not move this tiny item as fast as possible with the largest carbon footprint possible just so I could have free 2-day shipping.)

And I purchased those rollers a week ago, but I bought them on a reputable German site because it was a difference of nearly 100 dollars compared to the other online retailers. But wow, this shipping is kinda slow. It was in Chicago yesterday morning finally, but I haven't seen any updates on it. What's up in Chicago? maybe a customs department there? (Translation: I bought online at significant savings compared to giving business to a local shop or at least a U.S. retailer, and now I'm complaining about the lack of convenience in regards to shipping when it has to come from across the Atlantic.)

thin_concrete

Wow - nice group of fiends. I see mostly poop and fart jokes on my feed. It's actually scary given I'm nearing 40 and most of my friends have offspring.

WalksOn2Wheels

So while that makes sense vs. padded bike shorts, couldn't you just wear some boxer briefs?

UnfilteredDregs

They bunch up in all the wrong places...nekkid = nothing to bunch up...well almost.

Dan333SP

@WalksOn2Wheels I've never had an amazon prime order take longer than 2 business days. We're near a huge distribution center so prime orders will sometimes get to my house within 24 hours of an order.

We ordered a new chew toy for our dog at about 11 PM a couple weeks ago on a Tuesday, and by the time I got home from work the following day at 5:30 it was on our doorstep.

We also have that new "Prime Now" service which I think promises 1 or 2 hour delivery, but I haven't tried it yet. Can't imagine a circumstance where I'd need something that quickly but wouldn't be willing to just drive to a store to get it.

UnfilteredDregs

https://www.facebook.com/anthonydramsey/videos/1305903832760490/
What rubber are you thinking of rolling Sunday?

I got the 28mm on at the moment...debating whether or not to slap on the 38mm....

Mumonkan

@WalksOn2Wheels - i dont expect 2 day shipping to ever actually take 2 days, its more like "within the business week-ish shipping"
i think one time i ordered something with prime and it actually got to me in 2 days

#beastmode - you are dead to me. i hope you pull something while youre showing off for that chick on the eliptical.

Mumonkan

did i just have a stroke?

im doin fatbike, my friend is probably joining and hes takin his mtb cuz roadie wheel is borked.

do 38s so you can be slow with us lol

UnfilteredDregs

...and I'd like to know what jackass software engineering team needs to be flogged at Garmin for relegating the Garmin Connect "create a course..." screen to 1/3rd the size of the screen with no option to drag open, expand to full size, etc.. Some real morons there...can't even import a .gpx via the app, dumbasses.

jtaylor996

I mostly hate FB because they make it so damn hard to sort posts chronologically. As a software engineer, I'm pretty heavily against designed in frustration. My feed is pretty close to Heathpack's level of cleanliness, but mostly because there aren't a lot of people I can still stand to follow.

UnfilteredDregs

Gonna be some elevation...8500ft?

BillyD

Ok, I'm asking a naive question since I've never done FB but have been curious.

So you have a FB page, and you get feeds from your contacts like Heathy described, and I assume you can respond to their messages and keep in touch and all. So how do you make contact with the seamy side unless you go looking for it? It can't impinge on your page or your consciousness unless one of your contacts brings it in, right?

Regarding all the political and religious nonsense, and the ignorant people, and gossiping and rumor-mongering, that doesn't flood your page, right? You have to go look for it, right?

Trsnrtr

FB is rapidly becoming a sewer. I hate it more and more everyday yet I get the rare gem off of there occasionally. What's funny is that I find myself replying to my wife's posts while she's sitting 9' away from me.

Trsnrtr

I assure you, it finds you easily enough.

BillyD

Oh, so your contacts post whatever is on their mind . . . because they think you would want to know? And then you got folks that just post way too much.

But why is it so different from email. Of all my email contacts, there's only one, a beloved cousin, who's sometimes a little wild with his emails. But other than that we don't contact one another unless there's something to say.

RPK79

I unfollowed one of my aunts last week finally and my FB feed no longer has 20+ super biased news articles and misleading propaganda memes every few hours. It's great!

Dan333SP

I'll take a stab at it.

You have your "friends", and anything they post or share (re-posting someone else's post) will appear in your feed unless you've unfollowed them.

Also, if you "like" various pages, maybe a bike manufacturer or clothing company or whatever, that page's posts appear in your feed as well and you can view the comments on each post.

You also get targeted ads, so I constantly have suggested posts from cycling-related companies or shops or services.

The real cesspool is when someone shares a post from a major news source and you make the mistake of reading the comments. That's where even the finest trolls can't hold a candle to the level of sheer ignorance that is being proudly flaunted on all sides.

BillyD

So even if your friend is talking to someone else, you're privy to that conversation?

Dan333SP

I mean, it's available if it's a chain of comments on something one of them posted. You can also privately message people directly and avoid the whole "news feed" thing.

If you're careful at curating what appears in your feed, you can really avoid 95% of the BS, but there has to be something you're getting out of it to make that worthwhile and for me it's events/rides and seeing pictures from people I actually care about, because I don't use instagram.

WalksOn2Wheels

I am fully convinced that the entire fitness segment of Garmin is nothing but interns and none of them ride bikes. Every firmware update seems to have a massively obvious bug that would be apparent with the most rudimentary of tests. I think they have a checklist of code to insert and if it compiles properly, they shoot out the update. And to top it off, I couldn't find a video of it, but I've seen a recent ad on FB and Instagram where a cyclist is doing something like 120 rpm and doing 15 mph on a flat while riding the brake lever. It looks like some interns borrowed a bike and shot it on an iPhone out of a car window. The skinniest guy in the group had to play "cyclist" and he had no idea what he was doing.

WalksOn2Wheels

For me, it's been pretty consistent. There's a big center in Dallas less than an hour away, so stuff is generally on time. I've had maybe 3 orders not get here within 2 days, and that's through maybe an average of 3-4 orders per month (we order a lot around Christmas) over the past year and 3 months.

Mumonkan

i dont really mind unless it gets sent TOTALLY OUT OF THE WAY for "sorting". and even then its just "why is this even happening" not so much that i want it in 2 days. im really just in it for the free shipping

like @Dan333SP said earlier, i dont really need anything i order off of there that fast.

i remember the days when youd order things from a magazine tearoff sheet. you pick the things you want, your mom mails it in with a check, then like a month later, just as you forgot about it completely it would show up and youd be so amped about it

even though its a totally different animal; ever since i got into the mtb anything less than 100ft/mi doesnt scare me anymore lol