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TampaRaleigh 03-26-13 01:22 PM
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434020)
I'm all for thick skin, LC, this is the interwebz after all. But it goes too far . . . you don't have to beat a guy up just because you don't like his bike.

There's some guys in there with very nasty attitudes, and it's unnecessary. They're just taking advantage of the opportunity to be abusive. Demonstrates an inner malice . . . it's my civic duty to help them through that, make them a better person, make for a kinder, gentler nation. :)
Here's my theory... when I'm out on a ride on my 27 year old steel road bike (that I maintain meticulously) I often pass folks on some very beautiful carbon bikes that are sqeaking and creaking and rattling like a Denali. I'm pretty sure by the grumbling that I hear behind me, that they feel emasculated.

HoN is their chance at revenge at my fredly ways.

TampaRaleigh 03-26-13 01:23 PM
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434078)
And for abusing the readers, we're going to start handing out grammar infractions.
Perhaps he is saying that he feels like he is part of the Fredmobiles.

WHOOOSSHHH... 03-26-13 01:30 PM
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434053)
It's like grade school, those little kids can get real vicious when they sense weakness. How's a lone individual supposed to defend himself against a mob?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v325wdgoFH4

halfspeed 03-26-13 02:00 PM
Originally Posted by TampaRaleigh (Post 15434086)
Perhaps he is saying that he feels like he is part of the Fredmobiles.
Fredliness aside, I'm not so subtle.

halfspeed 03-26-13 02:01 PM
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434078)
And for abusing the readers, we're going to start handing out grammar infractions.
I was going to fix it, but I left it as a grammar Easter egg. You're welcome!

BillyD 03-26-13 02:03 PM
Chocolate?

Velo Vol 03-26-13 02:07 PM
BikeForums advice
 
Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 15433864)
I think, really, when I post something negative, the reactions here don't exactly help me stay in a healthy frame of mind for it.
Unless you get a response that the poster has clearly put some thought into (the vast majority do not), I wouldn't put much stock into the reactions you get here.

LAJ 03-26-13 02:23 PM
Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15434293)
Unless you get a response that the poster has clearly put some thought into (the vast majority do not), I wouldn't put much stock into the reactions you get here.

I use care and caution, and considerable thought in every single one of my posts.


Well. Maybe all but 3.

LAJ 03-26-13 02:24 PM
Originally Posted by TampaRaleigh (Post 15434021)
I posted my nearly 30 year old road bike in there completely expecting to be shredded... I think it dazed and confused everybody.
Most awesome. Even the jerks appreciate a well conceived, and well maintained bike.

Velo Vol 03-26-13 02:39 PM
Exception to the rule
 
Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 15434354)
I use care and caution, and considerable thought in every single one of my posts.
Compare with members who cannot even be troubled with posting grammatically correct sentences.

TampaRaleigh 03-26-13 02:43 PM
Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 15434357)
Most awesome. Even the jerks appreciate a well conceived, and well maintained bike.
Thanks. I don't think it was deserving of that kind of compliment... but it has sentimental value, so I take care of it.

Come to think of it... the frame and fork, seat post, and crankset are the only bits to be sentimental over. LoL

WHOOOSSHHH... 03-26-13 02:52 PM
Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15434410)
Compare with members who cannot even be troubled with posting grammatically correct sentences.
Well la-dee-da....

halfspeed 03-26-13 03:45 PM
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434273)
Chocolate?
Sure. And while you're handing out grammar infractions, can you get rid of the superfluous quotation marks and ellipses from the title of 2ndGen's sticky? Man that one bugs me.

Bah Humbug 03-26-13 03:54 PM
Originally Posted by halfspeed (Post 15434654)
Sure. And while you're handing out grammar infractions, can you get rid of the superfluous quotation marks and ellipses from the title of 2ndGen's sticky? Man that one bugs me.
Oh good, so it's not just me.

WhyFi 03-26-13 03:58 PM
He was always good for a gif and unnecessary quotation marks. Where'd he go, anyway? :innocent:

RollCNY 03-26-13 04:07 PM
Fragment much?
 
Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 15434410)
Compare with members who cannot even be troubled with posting grammatically correct sentences.
Is this even a complete sentence? Is there an implied imperative that I did not infer?

LowCel 03-26-13 04:20 PM
It looks a little different than it did an hour ago.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psbc33e84a.jpg

Bah Humbug 03-26-13 04:46 PM
Originally Posted by RollCNY (Post 15434748)
Is this even a complete sentence? Is there an implied imperative that I did not infer?
"Compare" is an imperative there. I'd have fleshed that sentence out a bit but it's not exactly incorrect.

Velo Vol 03-26-13 04:50 PM
Contagion
 
Pcad's sickness is infecting this thread.

LAJ 03-26-13 04:54 PM
I had pcad's sickness before pcad had pcad's sickness. I htfu, and raced.

Velo Vol 03-26-13 04:56 PM
Pre-emptive HTFU
 
I HTFU and haven't even gotten sick . . . yet.

2manybikes 03-26-13 06:32 PM
Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 15433886)
:love:
:thumb:

rjones28 03-26-13 06:35 PM
Originally Posted by WHOOOSSHHH... (Post 15434126)
I forgot about Billy Jack.

rjones28 03-26-13 06:37 PM
Originally Posted by halfspeed (Post 15434654)
Sure. And while you're handing out grammar infractions, can you get rid of the superfluous quotation marks and ellipses from the title of 2ndGen's sticky? Man that one bugs me.
ditto

gnome 03-26-13 06:43 PM
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15434020)
Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 15433824)
I'm not a big fan. What it seems to have evolved into is an arena for guys to take free shots at someone - to vent, so to speak, without the worry of disciplinary repercussions. Much like Trollheim, if you will, where guys can go and just be as abusive and obnoxious as they like.

If we had more mods and I had more time I would just sit in that hot/not thread and hand out infractions like M&Ms . . . that place reminds me way too much of my signature.
I'm all for thick skin, LC, this is the interwebz after all. But it goes too far . . . you don't have to beat a guy up just because you don't like his bike.

There's some guys in there with very nasty attitudes, and it's unnecessary. They're just taking advantage of the opportunity to be abusive. Demonstrates an inner malice . . . it's my civic duty to help them through that, make them a better person, make for a kinder, gentler nation. :)
We can behave in here. Why don't you go and camp there and kindly and gently wave the ban-hammer around.


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