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what happened to Darkersomeday???
Bob_Acid:
yeah and i'll never have sex with my mother like he told me too.... :buck2:
Trev:
It's a shame he's gone. I don't know the bloke, never met him or spoken to him, even on here. But it's a crying shame when someone feels they have to leave the site over one incident. I understand his reasoning behind what he was saying, but at the same time, if I'm led to believe that DC are sponsoring RADBMX events, then the last thing we need is members slating them. Biting the hand that feeds you springs to mind....
Anyway regarding the statement below;
--- Quote from: Lazarou on May 17, 2007, 11:39 PM ---A large percentage of the people on the site quit BMX at the end of the first wave of popularity and probably regret doing so. But what annoys me is the excuses for why they quit....booze....birds....got a car....these aren't credible excuses! I had relationships, cars, kids etc. but still managed to ride every day! (get me on my high horse) I find a lot of people went on to the next 'bandwagon' to come along MTB, raves etc. I don't have any ill-feelings towards people who are led by 'fashion' as it represents 99% of the population but it's just not me.
--- End quote ---
I certainly regret quitting riding when I did. But to say that booze, birds and cars aren't credible excuses?? Of course they are! They may not seem so now that everyone has been drinking, shagging and driving (not particularly in that order and at the same time :shocked: ) for 20 years, but at the time it was something new to try. I do think about the years gone by where i wasn't riding and think what if.... but those years weren't exactly wasted doing fook all... i for one competed at judo for a number of years, almost qualified to be a contender on gladiators (don't laugh!).... and as for my drinking.... i've had some fantastic nights down the pubs and clubs over the years. had some fantastic party holidays.... been out with lots of great lasses (and some not so great). bought a few nice cars which i've always enjoyed driving... been travelling the length and bredth of the country and toured europe following my football team for the last 10-11 years.... built myself up some sort of career in IT....
bmx is not my complete life. it is a large part of it now and i will ride as much as i can now, but i'm not giving up everything else i do. hence, i don't do the friday riding sessions as that's beer time.... ::)
i know this doesn't sound very committed to the sport, but if you only rely on one thing in your life and that thing goes for whatever reason, then you have nothing....
Thank you for reading one of Trev's back from the pub and drunken night time rants..... :LolLolLolLol: This ain't the first and it certainly won't be the last....
Trev:
:LolLolLolLol: don't take any notice of anything i say..... once i've had a few beers i'll type anything.... :2funny:
i take it joe is darkersomeday... i do also think he was treated rather harshly... everyone is entitled to voice their opinion on here regardless whether they've been riding all this time or like most of us, had a 20 year break... the treatment he got was really unfair as he did have very valid points and they weren't just stupid rants about stupid things that have appeared on here before.
i think he justified in giving his views, but i think he probably went about it in the wrong way in expressing them. i believe he was telling people not to buy dc or vans rather than saying that he doesn't buy them (i can't be bothered to go to the start of this thread to check). No one likes to be told what to do, what they should or should not buy etc etc... I for one would listen to someones opinion then make up my own mind about things, but would never let someone tell me what to do... I think the vibe may have been that he's telling people what to do... It was probably unintentional and has now blown all out of proportion... The end result is that we have lost another highly contributing member. That is not good...
username:
Its not just that rad lost a good member, but it sends bad messages to people who don't post much 'cos what they say would not be popular with the pack mentality. I don't think Joe started the abuse and I don't think the abuse back was a problem either - but it is quite tricky to fit in here if you have quite strong opinions and they aren't the same as the vibe here.
I don't post much, but I have deleted 100s before I clicked send because I don't think peeps here would like what I thought and it all end up in a pointless row.
I also think it is impossible for DC or any other sponsor to give a toss about a few people on here that might suggest that their ethics or products are shit and to try and protect them by censoring posts/oppinions is pointless.
Dingobmxer:
To me it sends out the message that as long as the sponsors are happy we can afford to pi$$ off/lose the odd member here and there.......
:) DINGO :)
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