Reading BF I always hear all the talk of "nerd" and "folks buying overly fancy racy things". This topic being the "nerd" one.
Then wonder, do folks think this also with wood working? "Yeah, Joe over there is a total wood working nerd. He owns all those fancy chisel kits and miter saws and tools and makes all that fancy custom joinery. We keep it simple with a hammer and nail and some 2x4's!!!! We don't need no rulers or squares."
Otherwise, folks constantly in cycling AND running mis-equate distance with fitness. Folks that ride a century each weekend and ride during the week are like "I'm fitter than that person who only rides that....". It's intensity and time. Not distance. Not elevation. It actually drives me nuts that run workouts are often listed in meters. Whose meters? A slow runner or fast runner? 4x400's for a fast runner is a totally different workout than for a slow one!