Originally Posted by
Kapusta
You seem to know what the deal is.
If I've created that impression, that's wonderful. I've really just done barely enough research that I finally felt competent enough to ask the question intelligently.
Originally Posted by
Kapusta
FWIW, nobody on the cares that you - or anyone else who says they are an engineer on the internet - are an engineer.
It wasn't my intent that anyone should care that I'm an engineer. Rather, it was my hope that they might use that piece of information to better understand my particular view of the world. Some kids see dead people. I see fragile things buckling. Without my structural engineering concerns regarding long cage derailleurs, my preference would come down to nothing more than "I don't like how it looks". I wanted to make it clear that it is about more than that, for me.