[Closed] Why can't everyone play nice on here ?

yeti, you've got 14 minutes to edit your post so it agrees with me that i'm hilaaaaaaaaarious for posting the above lolcat. i'll then edit this post so it looks like nufinks up. got it? xx

Why can't everyone play nice on here ?

The Southern Yeti - Member
G.R.F - so you're a travelling downhiller/mtb enthusiast/only just heard about dropper posts/ bigoted troll... as you were.

[url= http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/hazards-cynicism ]''There are no successful cynics''[/url]

I recall my first post here which was a call to arms over the frikken high cost of air travel with sports equipment and weight restriction, it got pretty toasted as I recall

if not flame away

GRF - I am not surprised you find this place unwelcoming. You have been antagonistic and unpleasant right from the beginning of your time on here and don't contribute anything positive at all - either funny or informative.

aracer Also notable that people are generally quite happy to lay down arms and help out people they were arguing with earlier. Are you really suggesting that people on here aren't helpful when you ask a question

this ios very true and what helps stop it degenerating into a bear pit.

GRF vs TJ

*might have to crack out the jammie dodgers for this one*

Ah - I'm older and wiser now!

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G.R.F - I don't care, I've got friends who are bigots. If you set out to offend and people get offended.... mleh...

Cup of tea Phil?

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[i]If you set out to offend and people get offended[/i]

which is all very well until you get offended that, not only were they offended by your deliberate attempts to offend them, but they chose to take action to stop it happening again.

See, in my world... how much of mincer you are... it's not about the pedals, or the lycra.. it's about how quickly you can make it to the bottom.

[i]perhaps he is a bit like me after all...[/i]

well, I'm not the UK face for several quite large bike brands so we're not quite the same 😉

Pronghorn 😆

LOL - hook us up with a Covert then 😉

Has the blindside been replaced by the TR250 for 2011/2012 or will the Blindside still be available? as the TR won't take a front mech.

I'd suggest that 90-95% of all forum content (the bitching stuff) is nothing more than the amygdala hijacking the higher brain. I'd also go as far as to say that folk's 'virtual personality' is a mile from their everyday persona. Take me for instance; I'm kind, loving, generous, a sensitive & considerate lover, bright...very bright actually......

....but in the real world?

G.R.F - I'm not spiteful but you linked yourself professionally to what you say in here by includign your work email address in your profile - there's inevitably going to be some 'bleed' of perception from one to the other?

My view of you is that you come on here to wind people up a bit because it's a way of lettign off steam. Some things that might be ok to say when you're out with your mates on a ride come across differently on here and, frankly, make you look like a bit of a nob. But, I realise that it's more about the context of where and what you've said than any essential 'nobness' that you might have - you're probably a bit of a laugh and a nice bloke.

But trying to troll on a 'let's be nice to each other' thread is bound to get a reaction, no 🙂

Anyway, must go - I'm off out with my SPD's tonight.

How you instantly tell the mettle of the man is how he makes his first impression. And you failed at the first hurdle

Couldn't agree more.

To a newcomer it is a nob rich environment.

Especially if you're a bit of a nob yourself..

In that sense, your arrival on here has 'enriched' the place a hundred fold.... 🙂

What i wanna know is: has anyone bummed each of the forum cos its getting very Blue Oyster in here!

Blue Oyster?
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RHSno2 - Member
What i wanna know is: has anyone bummed each of the forum cos its getting very Blue Oyster in here!

I have a feeling you're about to get [s]bummed[/s] banned.

The difference was here I'm new and like every forum you ever go on it's '* off newbie', just here the * off was very very inappropriate

however it is more a nasty place than it is a nice one

The difference was here I'm new and like every forum you ever go on it's '* off newbie', just here the * off was very very inappropriate

Strange that someone who makes such anti-PC trolling first posts is so sensitive. 😕

G.R.F. - Member

The difference was here I'm new and like every forum you ever go on it's '* off newbie', just here the * off was very very inappropriate,

Nope - its not "**** off newbie", its "**** off unpleasant trolling asshat"

<applause> for TJ!

You see, GRF, we can be really friendly on here.

Too much testosterone round here..
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I've met loads STW'ers in the real world.

They've all, without exception, been very pleasant, even the ones I can't stand online. 🙂

I'll see your cute panda and raise you an otter
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Like the top one McHamish. Please bookmark it and post it and us guilty parties

How you instantly tell the metal of the man is how he reacts to having the piss taken, and you lot failed at the first hurdle.

but for some folk it's a bum or be bummed world...
I've had to bum five people today just to put dinner on the table.. 🙁

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hehe...very good TJ

that cat is scaring me.

better..

I'll see your cute panda and raise you an otter

I'll see your otter and raise you two baby sugar gliders.

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Things seem to get lairy whenever the words 'Orange' and '5' are uttered in the same sentence.

I just think people do it on purpose just because they are bord and looking for an argument, half the people do not believe what they write, and do it just for a laugh, i love a good healthy strong debate complete with banter, and will always get involved in an argument, if you did'nt STW would be sooooo boring.

Some things that might be ok to say when you're out with your mates on a ride come across differently on here and, frankly, make you look like a bit of a nob

Yes. You can't speak to strangers like you do to your mates. It comes across as aggression, not rough humour. The cause of much STW angst.

Nice Otter and Sugar Gliders...but.. 🙂
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yunki - Member
How you instantly tell the metal of the man is how he reacts to having the piss taken, and you lot failed at the first hurdle.

that's all very well in the world of yer happy go lucky jack the lad types..
but for some folk it's a bum or be bummed world...
I've had to bum five people today just to put dinner on the table..

best post ever!

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Seems alright to me.

The moderation treads a reasonable line between allowing people to say what they like, but not being totally offensive.

I allow a very high freedom to people on Interwebs to behave like the nob they would like to be in real life, but are prevented from being by excessive social mores and PC.

I bet even TandemJeremy would be good company over a few pints.

There's a saying in windsurfing "Once you actually know him - amazingly - GRF is a good bloke and he is welcome to shag my mum anytime".

I am aged 63 1/4.

I think to sum it up reading the above, most of you are ****s. Chipps et al. are probably slightly horrified at the monster they have created on his forum, but it pays their bills and they probably don't care. I hope the nicheness, snobiness and downright mutual disrespect I often read on here does not broadly reflect the sport of mountain biking that I fell in love with 23 years ago, but I fear deep down that it does. It has in essence become a sport that attracts ****s.

Carry on in your own wierd little world all of you and goodbye.