02-19-2015, 09:50 AM
"Now, don't get me started on the stupid gear indicator. All right, so nobody got me started....but here goes....Real motorcyclists don't need no stinkin gear indicator! Posers need a gear indicator!"
I guess that, technically, you didn't call the person who likes the gear indicator stupid, but it is an easy inference to make. Similarly, it could be easily inferred that you think anyone who likes the gear indicator is a poser. Frankly, this is all semantics, but I tend to be a little thin-skinned about people's statements that, intentionally or otherwise, judge another person's intellect or taste about something when they should simply state that they don't care for the thing. People do that with music and food all the time and it drives me up the wall. "Sushi is gross" instead of "I don't care for sushi". "Country music is terrible" instead of "I prefer Ska". When you say that gear indicators are stupid, you are making a judgement about those who like them. If you had said "I don't find them useful", you would simply be stating something about YOUR preference. So, that is a long-winded and convoluted apology for my misinterpreting your posts on this subject.
Let's look for common ground....anyone who doesn't see the value of RLETs is definitely stupid, right?
I guess that, technically, you didn't call the person who likes the gear indicator stupid, but it is an easy inference to make. Similarly, it could be easily inferred that you think anyone who likes the gear indicator is a poser. Frankly, this is all semantics, but I tend to be a little thin-skinned about people's statements that, intentionally or otherwise, judge another person's intellect or taste about something when they should simply state that they don't care for the thing. People do that with music and food all the time and it drives me up the wall. "Sushi is gross" instead of "I don't care for sushi". "Country music is terrible" instead of "I prefer Ska". When you say that gear indicators are stupid, you are making a judgement about those who like them. If you had said "I don't find them useful", you would simply be stating something about YOUR preference. So, that is a long-winded and convoluted apology for my misinterpreting your posts on this subject.
Let's look for common ground....anyone who doesn't see the value of RLETs is definitely stupid, right?