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Old 08-20-10 | 05:32 PM
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fuji86
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Bikes: 1986 Fuji Allegro 12 Spd; 2015 Bianchi Kuma 27.2 24 Spd; 1997 Fuji MX-200 21 Spd; 2010 Vilano SS/FG 46/16

Originally Posted by JesusBananas
Fuji, man, I used to think you were some kind of very subtle troll, but it seems like you are just one of those people who has to play devil's advocate for everything. There are so many threads where someone makes some innocent suggestion, and you make some kind of factually-questionable statement in response to it. Then the whole thread devolves into an argument between you and all the other posters.

I love playing devil's advocate myself, but certainly not at every conceivable opportunity just for the sake of it. That kind of behavior just gets tiring really quickly.

As I've said before, I don't care if you don't like clipless or u locks or chromo or carbon; people have preferences. But when you say that you prefer something because of Reason A, and people tell you that Reason A is flat out incorrect, you just don't seem to get it.

Example
1) "I shaved my wheels because it made me happier, and I feel that the ride is smoother." - Fine, cool, good for you. Thanks for sharing.
2) "I shaved my wheels because they were otherwise unbalanced, and now my ride is smoother." - You are making a statement as though it were a fact. But it's not a fact. It's your opinion. These are two different things.

Also, this might just be a personal pet peeve (so apologies for that), but I find the persistent multi-posting kind of annoying.
Well, I was going to pull the trigger on a response and then I highlighted it and hit the delete key. I do appreciate & respect your candor (do I really have any other choice) and have come full circle and realized there is nothing I can post here that won't be taken personally. This has digressed even with you and if your perception of me as the "troll", it is what it is ? No devils advocate or subtlety here, I mean I start a thread, get attacked in it, yet I'm the "troll" ? I've explained to you that when I post I try to keep it one on one, especially when the initial attack was exactly that, an attack or attempt to annoy and not just a post generated to discuss. I posted directly to you so that others don't perceive the discussion involves them in any way. My apologies for annoying you, but I will not change that, because when a post isn't directed at you, you can read it at your discretion, but why would you feel compelled to read any further ? Scroll on to the next one ? I get the feeling that the real reason is you feel excluded ? And if it's part of the BF group that has to hunt in packs, it tends to level the playing field doesn't it ? The one's that have each other's backs can't gang up and attack except in post after post fashion. And by me responding individually my response is more directed at the points that were brought up. Who would take on 5 or 6 disbelievers (and here's where perspective is applied, read that as "trolls" in your vernacular) in the same post ? So we're back to winning an argument on the internet ?
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