Every now and then, things wind down here in Helmet Thread and stay quiet for a while until some new member or two come in and stir things up again. And it's usually not the Barehead Brigadiers who do this, it's usually a Helmeteer not respecting personal choice, one of the "organ donor" or "I guess your brain isn't worth even $30" or "A helmet saved my life -- you should wear one, too!" crew. And when confronted with resistance by the Bareheaders, the uninformed Helmeteers get all butt-hurt and start calling the Bareheaders "anti-helmet" when in fact, they are just defending their position in the face of evangelic Helmeteerism. Then these newbs usually rage-quit, with a quip or two against Bareheaders on the way out.

This sequence is as predictable as Helmet Threads are long...