Loving our bike(s) vs. internet trolls

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Well, thank you PW for distracting me from my workday with the miscellaneous and misanthropic ramblings of Calamarichris. His posts have added anecdotal evidence to my still-forming theorem that a person's douchebaggedness quotient (DQ) increases in proportion to the number of times that person quotes "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

Very good calculus there. Phaedrus, my arse!

Wow, I was just thinking about what a great bunch we've got here: friendly, helpful, funny members, eager to lend a hand or their knowledge for others, etc.,...when I got caught up in an interesting thread that I hadn't seen before (that was started about 2 1/2 years ago, and was recently raised from the dead). In the midst of it all, I was blown away by nasty remarks from a long-gone member here. Just to clarify my impression, and to verify that he wasn't just having a bad day here, I checked his other posts, and found that yup, they're almost all of the same vitriolic B.S., quite often directed at, or regarding the CB1100.
I'm sure Mr. Ferret has some fond memories of him by the looks of things... "Calamarichris". (I invite you to run a search on him and luxuriate in his own special brand of douchebaggery yourself.)
Woweee, what an a**-hat!
Even after all of these years, being active on many, many different forums, it still just amazes me, how some people compose themselves...the attitude, the insults, the "know-it-all" approach...oy. Can you imagine hanging out, or riding with a guy like this? You just KNOW people like this have ZERO friends whatsoever in real life, and feel they can get away with acting like a complete douche online without having to deal with any real consequences. But you have to wonder just exactly WHAT they're thinking with that kind of behavior? They must get some kind of thrill out of it. And if that's truly how they make themselves somehow feel "superior" to the rest of mankind, I can't feel much other than pity for the miserable excuse of a life they must have.
Just wow.
Really glad I missed out on his 140-post, two-month-long presence here...it allows me to carry on with my (nearly) 100% positive impression of my fellow members.

Remember some of those posts as a lurker. Provocative to say the least.
I think forums are all gradually getting much more civil. I know I voluntarily stopped posting the the ZX-10R forum for four months because of some just silly stuff. Now I am back on, no problems at all. I still got a couple of guys on my ignore list there but none here, lol.