I understand people can seem inconsiderate when they post things in near-illegible 'AOLese,' but I don't really see a reason to get angry with them. I don't think anyone comes to this forum with mindset, "I think I'll come annoy Klein today." In fact, I'm almost certain of it.

PTwhatever fit two criteria that this forum almost always holds against a person. One, he was buying a Walmart bike. The guy ran a paper route for goodness sake. Two, he's changed the way he writes into an all-too-typical, as its being called, AOL'ese. Don't get me wrong. I consider AOL'ese is a terminal disease. I see kids in high-school, even college turning assignments in riddled with this crap. I think it should be discouraged at every possible turn. However, the guy just wanted advice. We're in an informal setting, no one is going to find a big red F at the top of their post. And its certainly not the case that he isn't going to ride off-road. No one gets a bike as dirty as that on the road. Not without a little trowel and some water.

I blame him for not taking the advice he was given for what it was worth, then leaving it at that.

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