Originally Posted by
Jughed
Insert any hobby into this discussion.
Not that there is anything wrong with it - but the internet has played a massive role in duffers using professional level gear. Go on any early golf based message board and there would be board golf "pro's" telling newbs that they need clubs suited for Tiger... or a bike suited for Lance... or fishing gear suited for the bass pro's...
I'm also a fisherman, and used to be a "professional" fisherman. I've literally cleaned 10's of thousands of fish, and helped people catch 10's of thousands of fish - the internet people would ask what's the " best" fillet knife - and the board experts would guide the newbs into $$$$ blades made of this or that material, with this or that handle type... meanwhile, the "pro's" used $15 fillet knives, and when this advice is offered up on the board - the board people would go nuts. You have to have the $$$$$ fillet knife, everything else is crap. Same for fishing rods, hooks, reels, boats... COOLERS!!!! Only a $500 yeti will keep ice cold!!
What fundamentally differs between your example and what occurs here on BF is that it is the inverse. The premise of this thread as an example is just an excuse to crap on carbon (or as the locals like to say crabon) in fact there are two threads running concurrently on this same article. It's rarely the people who have adopted newer tech denigrating older less expensive topics but rather the other way around.