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View Poll Results: Most Annoying Cliche on BFSSFG
"Do a search."
76
41.30%
"Get an IRO."
27
14.67%
"Steel is real!"
21
11.41%
Anything involving "blowing your knees out"
20
10.87%
"Is that NJS certified?"
40
21.74%
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Poll: Most Annoying Cliche on BFSSFG

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Old 12-01-06 | 01:50 PM
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yo i dont now if tis vid has been posted here b4 but these girlz are sick
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Old 12-01-06 | 01:56 PM
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blowing your knees out for sure.. when did this become a badge of honor?
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Old 12-01-06 | 02:04 PM
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Knees and any post that starts with so...

so what!?!
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Old 12-01-06 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by rmont
Knees and any post that starts with so...

so what!?!
I have a housemate that starts every conversation with 'so...' or 'yeah, so...". It makes me ignore him and just not engage in conversation with him.

YEAH, SO ANNYOYING!
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Old 12-01-06 | 02:37 PM
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I had the same so I moved out.

worse - ending a sentence with "so..." or "or..." as if I know! finish your damn thought!!!!
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Old 12-01-06 | 02:46 PM
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Ass kissing.
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Old 12-01-06 | 02:58 PM
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______ is the new ______
especially:
______ is the new white belt.
Nah, that never gets old if you do it right:

Not saying "_____ is the new ______ " is the new white belt.

See?
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Old 12-01-06 | 03:26 PM
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lets see in my eyes the njs one is the worst - because out of alll of you guys how many will actually go to japan and race keirin or are even bad enough to race keirin in the us

blown knees is number two - this is just common sense fit your bike right fit your gears right and you will have no problem

iro - who cares really

steel is real - makes no sense to me it should ellude more the fact that steel rides better and is more forgiving and it doesn't work harden like ti or al and doesn't break down like carbon

do a search - well if someone is too dumb to search the forum to make sure they aren't killing us with the same thread repeated three fold c'mon now


these are all common sense things

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Old 12-01-06 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Retem
steel rides better and is more forgiving and it doesn't work harden like ti
<slams on the brakes> - Ti work hardens? I thought it was basically set for life, most of the benefits of steel without the corrosion.
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Old 12-01-06 | 03:48 PM
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I have a couple:
"Help me choose a ...."
Anything involving "vs." ie. "Mark V vs. Pista", "SOMA Rush vs. xxx"
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Old 12-01-06 | 09:34 PM
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Yep! I fervently second this. All of my closest friends have been informed to kill me on the spot if I ever utter this stupid saying. Thank you for pointing this one out Bklyn.
Dude, you're from nilbog? THAT'S GOBLIN BACKWARDS. QUICK, PEE ON ALL THE FOOD.

Good to know there are other Troll 2 fans out there (despite the fact that the movie features exactly 0 trolls).
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Old 12-01-06 | 09:38 PM
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anything that anyone in here says at anytime
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Old 12-01-06 | 09:46 PM
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I'm glad to see "do a search" leading with such a healthy margin.

The others may be stupid but they don't create a hurdle to joining the board.
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Old 12-01-06 | 10:52 PM
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165 is the most annoying cliche
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Old 12-02-06 | 11:04 AM
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Old 12-02-06 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
<slams on the brakes> - Ti work hardens? I thought it was basically set for life, most of the benefits of steel without the corrosion.
I think it doesn't. Would be nice to get expert input but every source I read says Ti is for life unless oyu crash it.
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Old 12-02-06 | 12:27 PM
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The hatin' circle. PS-- I've been ridin' fixed for YEARS.

Here's a cliche that shows up in forums everywhere. The Craigslist forums and Livejournal, particularly, although lately it seems to be dying out. It ususally goes something like this:

"What's with all these hipster dorks tryin' to look cool with their Chrome bags and Bianchi Pistas? Man, these kids don't know how to really ride. They should just go back home and play video games. Oh, you're so cool because you don't have brakes,...hipster dorks...hipster...I've been riding fixed for YEARS, long before they came along..."

Then there's about a dozen identical comments under that:

"+1 Yeah, I went to this bar last night and there were about a thousand of 'em there. I left after 3 minutes."

"True dat. They were probably drinking PBR, too. Annoying hipsters. I'VE been riding fixed for YEARS."

There are usually a few more comments like this. And then, someone comes along and says something like:

"Hey, c'mon everyone. What does "hipster" mean, anyway? Who really cares what kind of bike you ride. Just get on it and go! What are you all hatin' for? PS--I've been riding fixed gear for YEARS."

And then a dozen identical comments under THAT:

"+1 Yeah, you can control your speed so much better on a fixie, and there's no shifters to worry about! And it's better in the rain. I ride fixed because I like it. But if you don't want to, that's cool, too. Who cares!"

"True dat. I'm always passing people when I ride my fixie! Even up hills! But that's cool if you don't like 'em."

"Seconded. If it's not fixed, it's broke. Steel is real. But I'm sick of all these annoying hipsters. I'VE been riding fixed for YEARS."


Then the thread disappears for a while, and an identical one shows up a few weeks later. Do a search (ha) for "hipster" in the Cragslist forum "Transit" section. There are a million of these. All the same. Oy.



ps. I've been riding fixed for years.

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Old 12-02-06 | 02:55 PM
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Old 12-02-06 | 05:28 PM
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Old 12-02-06 | 07:23 PM
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Old 12-02-06 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by [165]
anything that anyone in here says at anytime
165's maditude.

he reminds me of my 9th grade history teacher. how are you gonna teach when you ****ing hate kids?
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Old 12-03-06 | 08:09 AM
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he reminds me of my 9th grade history teacher. how are you gonna teach when you ****ing hate kids?
there's a difference between hating kids and hating morons.
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Old 12-03-06 | 09:13 AM
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for the sake of my arguement they are the same thing.
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Old 12-03-06 | 12:10 PM
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Old 12-03-06 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by battles
Ass kissing.
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Originally Posted by Aeroplane
there's a difference between hating kids and hating morons.
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