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08-09-22, 12:40 AM
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The lawn mower I have been using recently, but according to you, just as with my bicycles, I should throw it in the trash and run out and get a new one along with a Britney Spears record because the "Jonses" are doing it, no thanks, I will keep thinking for myself thank-you.;
This is the most bizarre strawman argument I have ever come across.
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08-09-22, 04:23 AM
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That's not entirely true. Unfortunately, I've been on plenty of group rides/events where people told me I needed to ride a bike from this century. Or get more modern/updated drivetrain, pedals, shifters, wheelset, etc whatever. The positive comments usually balance out the negative ones, though.
08-09-22, 04:29 AM
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Some people aren't happy with people doing their own thing. They think everyone around them needs to be thinking/acting the same.
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The lawn mower I have been using recently, but according to you, just as with my bicycles, I should throw it in the trash and run out and get a new one along with a Britney Spears record because the "Jonses" are doing it, no thanks, I will keep thinking for myself thank-you.;
BTW, you were complaining because people are discussing you as the topic. What do you expect when you continually bash other people's values and hold your own up as an example?
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08-09-22, 04:53 AM
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I think it's true, I know guys like this. Blathering on about other's bourgeois values putting on a big show to maintain their delusion that they don't share them. What could possibly be more bourgeois than lawn care?
08-09-22, 06:39 AM
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If you seriously didn't care about the Joneses, you wouldn't waste time and resources cultivating and tending the lawn. Your cognitive dissonance is showing.
BTW, you were complaining because people are discussing you as the topic. What do you expect when you continually bash other people's values and hold your own up as an example?
BTW, you were complaining because people are discussing you as the topic. What do you expect when you continually bash other people's values and hold your own up as an example?
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08-09-22, 06:45 AM
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08-09-22, 07:01 AM
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That's not entirely true. Unfortunately, I've been on plenty of group rides/events where people told me I needed to ride a bike from this century. Or get more modern/updated drivetrain, pedals, shifters, wheelset, etc whatever. The positive comments usually balance out the negative ones, though.
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That's not entirely true. Unfortunately, I've been on plenty of group rides/events where people told me I needed to ride a bike from this century. Or get more modern/updated drivetrain, pedals, shifters, wheelset, etc whatever. The positive comments usually balance out the negative ones, though.
Is anyone telling you to get a Britney Spears record?
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Beng's got a point with the scythe, it's faster and a great way to show off the muscles to the ladies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4RNenmfFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4RNenmfFI
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08-09-22, 09:01 AM
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Beng's got a point with the scythe, it's faster and a great way to show off the muscles to the ladies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4RNenmfFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I4RNenmfFI
Now here's some unreasonably priced innovation, actually kind of on-topic:
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
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I hate the song Toxic with a bloody passion, and when I used to go to the gym, it always seemed to be the song playing when I was doing something that made wearing the headphones impractical. The hook on that song has a fingernails on chalkboard effect on me.
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I have 18 and 23 year old daughters. I have been subjected to far too much BS over the years.
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Now here's some unreasonably priced innovation, actually kind of on-topic:
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
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Now here's some unreasonably priced innovation, actually kind of on-topic:
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
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Now here's some unreasonably priced innovation, actually kind of on-topic:
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
https://lawnmowerwizard.com/featured...s/pedal-power/
CF, FTW
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