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Is this really what we want?

Old 04-21-16, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by GENESTARWIND
Putos everywhere
Chingate!

i want to know if this gets censured!
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Callate puto!
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Originally Posted by GENESTARWIND
Callate puto!
Me encanto cuando hables así!
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No mames guey :|
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Originally Posted by GENESTARWIND
No mames guey :|
Ahora hay gente que esta usando Google.
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Originally Posted by Kindaslow
Chingate!

i want to know if this gets censured!
Nah, you're just not allowed to speak anything other than English on this forum.
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Originally Posted by hairnet
Nah, you're just not allowed to speak anything other than English on this forum.
ż que ?
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Originally Posted by Snacks
I don't know if that's how biking is, in the real world or not, but that's definitely how internet forums work. Buck up.
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I don't know why people are snarky and/or mocking- it's not like it costs extra to be nice. And everybody was a newb at some point. I can only guess that a lot of the posters here are young men with an attitude. Maybe it has something to do with urban fixed gear/hipster culture, trying to be cool, I don't know. Then again, roadies can be jerks, too.
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Originally Posted by vinfix
I don't know why people are snarky and/or mocking- it's not like it costs extra to be nice.
No, it's just not as fun.

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I think that 93% of of the time we are behaving badly because we are posting out of frustration because we want to be cycling but they're not because of work/weather, and they want to talk about bikes but usually there's **** all to actually talk about.

So...we turn on each other.

It's what makes the internet great.
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i wouldn't spend so much time reading strangers' comments on here if they didn't contain so much quality snark. it's lasting value, whereas niceness gets old fast.
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In some regards it's a healthy, give and take relationship
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Originally Posted by vinfix
I don't know why people are snarky and/or mocking- it's not like it costs extra to be nice. And everybody was a newb at some point. I can only guess that a lot of the posters here are young men with an attitude. Maybe it has something to do with urban fixed gear/hipster culture, trying to be cool, I don't know. Then again, roadies can be jerks, too.
Roadies can be true a holes. Most of what occurs here is smartass crap. Are there some a holes, sure. I have yet to understand that hipster thing, and I do not believe too many folks here are hipsters in any way. I see more nerds than hipsters. Did you happen to notice your post just got humor, whereas the racer wanting an expensive bike and not knowing anything about them got flamed.....?
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Originally Posted by vinfix
I can only guess that a lot of the posters here are young men with an attitude.
Incorrect. We're mostly angry old men with ED and BPH.
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Originally Posted by vinfix
I don't know why people are snarky and/or mocking- it's not like it costs extra to be nice. And everybody was a newb at some point. I can only guess that a lot of the posters here are young men with an attitude. Maybe it has something to do with urban fixed gear/hipster culture, trying to be cool, I don't know. Then again, roadies can be jerks, too.
Being stoned all day long and worshiping the devil has a lot to do with it for some.

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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
Incorrect. We're mostly angry old men with ED and BPH.
Well, if I keep riding a lot I'll be one of those guys!
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If I don't develop bike-induced ED by the time I'm 90 I'll consider my life to be a waste.
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
Incorrect. We're mostly angry old men with ED and BPH.
Your on your own with this one.....
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
Incorrect. We're mostly angry old men with ED and BPH.
pretty sure that's the road forum
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I admit that I am slow on my bikes and a slow learner as well. That said, I was not surprised this morning when I just now caught the hilarious irony of the OP's name and his "feelings".


Spartan: One of, if not THE most hardened and brutal warriors in all of mankind's history. literally born to be, and trained from infancy, to fear nothing, ignore pain, and kill, kill, kill, kill, and kill more.


A Spartan has asked us to ponder, to reflect on our own behavior, and to consider embracing kindness over roughness. A Spartan has asked us to treat him more gently.

Some things deserve a chuckle. When this particular twist of irony dawned on me I snorted coffee out my nose.

OP. Change your user name to Midwest Milkmaid.

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Originally Posted by Kindaslow
Your on your own with this one.....
Yeah! I'm old and angry, but my E is not D. Not yet anyway.
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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
Yeah! I'm old and angry, but my E is not D. Not yet anyway.
Implant ?
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
Implant ?

Nope. Just lucky I guess. I haven't been struck by prostate issues yet either.
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