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A good chunk of the forum members are obsessed with the bikes of their youth. Back then, they were the latest and greatest, not janky old crap.
I think the only difference today is that people actively look for conflict. This thread being a prime example. How many pages now?
Good points, as to your second one, conflict is pretty easy these days, it’s anonymous, no repercussions, especially physical ones. Anyone can do it, even the meek and mild, as long as you stay in the online world. Actual physical conflict is a bit different these days, at least in the US, more guns then people, one tends to end up dead or in jail. Back in the CV days, starting a conflict, you might be taking a punch or landing one, if the discourse got too heated. I do get to see that occasionally now, on the security side of the airport, where guns aren’t an issue.
Tim