Originally Posted by
theEconomist
acidfast, while espousing one's culture is awesome, none of your posts I have come across fails to mention or reference the fact you live in Europe. kinda gets old.
Sorry, I'll tone it down for you guys.
Originally Posted by
rebel1916
My understanding is he is a bitter expat yank. He reminds me of a friends sister who has lived in Europe for years and one year happened to be visiting just in time for my superbowl party. She spent 3.5 hours talking about American's love of violence, sexism, consumerism (my favorite was her ranting and raving for an hour after a Mach 3 razor commercial came on about how only Americans would need so many blades to shave). It's like "WE GET IT, you live in Europe, you are so enlightened. Now STFU and get out of my house."
Sorry, I'll tone it down.
But, I have to ask, why do you think that I come across as bitter? One could argue that I feel like I wasted time and should've moved earlier. But, I can't think of anything that makes sense otherwise. I have absolutely nothing to be bitter about. When one has varied life experiences they tend to remember the best parts of each segment, I have good memories of both places. However, I really struggle to think of any cycling-based component that I enjoyed in the states and I even worked at a bike shop when I was younger. Like your sister, I also don't understand why people need >1 blade to shave, especially those that are wasteful and don't get recycled, but I digress.