Why do people persist with "Mine is better than yours!"

[Penderic]

Now that you mentioned it.



 

[Penderic]

I am so sorry! Maybe I was too hasty. Ok....


 

[Toecutter]

Because... mine... is better than yours?

[Nic in Western NYS]

This discussion is all well and good. However, it does tend to avoid some well proven scientific truth:

1)  The Red Sox and the NE Patriots ("da Sox an da Pats") confer recognition and respect to their fans as we bask in the light of their eternal glory.

BD is basking in the light of recent successes, duly noted!  Heralding originally from the NY metropolitan area, I cannot resist adding to the treasure of scientific truths pertaining to those two illustrious New  England teams the august detective references. To wit-

Scientific truth: 27 (number of NY Yankee World Championships) > 8 (number of Boston Red Sox World Championships)

Regarding the Pats, some truths in the form of ball pressure readings between the balls used by the Pats and by their opponent in the 2015 "Deflategate" AFC Championship game may be worth recollection:

Ball pressure readings in PSI from measured footballs at 2015 AFC championship game

Patriots ball   Ref#1   Ref#2
#1                   11.50   11.80
#2                   10.85   11.20
#3                   11.15   11.50
#4                   10.70   11.00
#5                   11.10   11.45
#6                   11.60   11.95
#7                   11.85   12.30
#8                   11.10   11.55
#9                   10.95   11.35
#10                   10.50   10.90
#11                   10.90   11.35

Ball pressure readings in PSI from measured Colts footballs at 2015 AFC championship game.
 
Colts ball           Ref#1   Ref#2
1                   12.70   12.35
2                   12.75   12.30
3*                   12.50   12.95
4                   12.55   12.15

Ruh roh.

(Thanks for an excuse to 'deflate' the Pats and persist with the "Mine is better than yours" theme.  Go Giants, Go Bills, and of course, Go Yankees!)

[webmost]

When people begin by asking the rhetorical question: "Why do people persist with 'Mine is better than yours!'" do they really mean: "I am better than you!"?

People just like to talk shit. Doesn't mean they need their heads shrunk.

[Sheepdog]

Did...I...hear the sound of a gauntlet hitting the floor?

My bike actually came with an Akrapovic can on it. Sounds fabulous. I was out today with a friend who has the stock muffler- sounds like- a sewing machine.   My bike is a 14, so it has the DOHC ("camhead") motor. Really quite nice. 8500 redline.

The Guzzi has BMW Boxers beat in the sound department. My RS sounds more like my Piaggio BV500 than my Guzzi or Triumph. Thing is, it's nice to be stealthy sometimes...

[Muzz]

If I prefer a Moto Guzzi to a Harley Davidson, or red to blue, or Virginia Tech to Virginia ... how can I express that preference with hurting someone's tender sensibilities?   
Lannis

I just say, "why would I have a Harley Davidson when I own a Moto Guzzi?"

Puts the onus on them, and most don't really have a reply.

It may be of course that they have never heard of a Moto Guzzi.

[Two Checks]

Scientific truth: 27 (number of NY Yankee World Championships) > 8 (number of Boston Red Sox World Championships)


World championships? Really?
Only if your world is restricted to the US.

[oldbike54]

Scientific truth: 27 (number of NY Yankee World Championships) > 8 (number of Boston Red Sox World Championships)


World championships? Really?
Only if your world is restricted to the US.

 Let's be honest , in baseball or NFL style football itIS the world championship 

 Now the important part , The Boston Celtics own 17 , count 'em, S E V E N T E E N  NBA titles , the Knicks have 2 

 Dusty

[guzzisteve]

AND mine IS usually Faster, never get into racing your wrench's bike, it's usually faster.

[Lannis]

I just say, "why would I have a Harley Davidson when I own a Moto Guzzi?"

Puts the onus on them, and most don't really have a reply.

It may be of course that they have never heard of a Moto Guzzi.

True, that.   I'll try it sometime!

[AlanBarefield]

You're pretty much right. We do populate and spread like bacteria lol.

you’re much better off focusing not on what’s blocking you from realizing your desires.

[bad Chad]

Two year old thread gets resurrected with paper back BS!   Lame.

[Siamese]

I've been around long enough that my expectations of my fellow human are pretty low. 

[Bulldog9]

I call it the Ricky Bobby Syndrome..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4usE2RePqo

I've never had much time for that kind of thinking or people. Love what you ride, ride what you love. Have pride in what you like, but respect others, and be willing to see the value in their choices..... Even if they are Red Sox or Patriot fans...... ;-)

[rocker59]

  You see these stupid cartoons on pickups and cars of a Ford kid peeing on a Chevy, or a Dodge kid doing it on everything else. 

That "kid" is Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip.

[lucian]

I love the ones that go on how great their bike is until it breaks,  and then it the biggest piece of crap ever built.

[chuck peterson]

Maybe it's sort of like the "My Team" thing.

In stadiums across the nation every Saturday and Sunday from September to January, millions of people gather, waving the pennants of Their Team!  and putting down The Enemy!  who is another football team.

Washington v Dallas, Michican v Ohio State, Georgia v Georgia Tech, the rivalries are intense.   People spend millions and billions of dollars on team spirit items - shirts, flags, footballs, foam costumes, and they get up in the stadium and act like The Enemy is a real enemy, really horrible, and Their Team! is the best, Be True To Your School and all that.



If you think about it, it's the most peaceful way to make war.....many premodern tribal cultures wage "WAR" in a similar fashion...tag, I "killed" you, your out....but no one dies. It's serves as a socialization function. Everyone dresses up in team colors, defeats the others and goes home victorious. But no one dies. And you learn to go home, sleep in peace and go to work with your enemies the next day.

"We don't think that's too unusual, matter of fact, a whole lot of people here probably indulge in that sort of rivalry."

[larrys]

I really don't care. Back when my buddies were running Harleys, I ran British bikes, and later Guzzis. At the marina where my boat lives in the summer, my old girl is the oldest boat on the dock, 50 years old. I don't care that the guy in the slip to me has a new boat that he paid a half a million bucks for. As others have posted, it's d!(k measuring.
Larry

[T4halo]

I served in the two best units in the Army. I’m not removing the sticker from my truck. De Oppresso Liber

T4

[Penderic]

Not Bigger. Not Faster.


  Better.

[LowRyter]

Ride your own ride.

[Rick in WNY]

I don't worry about what other people think.
Most of them don't do it often enough to notice.

I have my opinions, I allow others to have theirs. They enjoy their choices just fine... but when they start pushing their choices on me... we have a problem. Doesn't matter what it is, cars and trucks, bikes, lifestyle choices, sports teams or religious affiliations... I have my opinions, you can have yours. You can tell me yours is better, and I'll likely say that I'm glad you found something that works for you and I hope it does as well as my choices work for me.

No, it's when people start pushing their ideas on me, and wanting me to validate their choices, to make them feel better because inside they're not sure they made the right choice... to that end I have but one response, and it's not a pleasant one.

I've said for years that real freedom is the freedom to screw up your own life however you see fit. As long as your choices don't affect anyone else,

I. Don't. Care.

But when your actions cause others to lose options and choices... I take a dim view of that and believe you should held accountable for your actions.

But that's me and what passes for logic and philosophy inside my head.

[dguzzi]

But what if my stuff really is better than yours?

[roadventure]

Because mine is.... ;-)

[Sheepdog]

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

Let's start a new thing: "Mine is worse than yours". 

All of my bikes are... ahem... "weathered" and old, so not as nice as all of the shiny and/or newer stuff I see on here. But, that's the way I like them and I wouldn't have it any other way.

[Don G]

I like my bikes to be shiny on the inside.  DonG

[twowheeladdict]

I can understand the sports team thing where the goal is to beat the other opponent. But in vehicles, spouses, tractors, ?

I wrote a long post, but then decided...  Why bother.  Complainers will always find something to complain about.   

[Green1000S]

I quit worrying and wondering why certain people do what they do.
I would not understand anyway and it wastes my time from my own happiness.