"About Motorcycles" -- Harper's Magazine

[NorDog]

I must be a "pretensious" asshole born with a titanium spoon up my ass.

Is that why you read Harper's while sitting on the crapper?   

[triangleforge]

I hate this kind of writing and I hate the "New Yorker" which also specializes in it.

Count me in the "Liked it" column, though I'll admit to occasionally reading more than just the cartoons in the New Yorker. An acquired taste, and one not necessarily worth acquiring.

And NorDog, I'd wager that there has never been an author in the history of written language as self-referential & anecdotal as Hunter S., but I bet you liked "Song of the Sausage Creature" 'bout as much as me. 

Now where did I put that titanium spoon of mine? I swear it was around here someplace...

[Spidey]

<shrug>  I don't particularly like the guy's writing style and think he's a bit pretentious, but it was interesting nonetheless.  Not the best thing I've ever read, but I thought it was worth the time it took to read it and seemed like it was something that others might enjoy.  

I particularly like first-hand descriptions of older bikes that I never knew anything about (which is pretty much any older bike).  I always find that stuff pretty cool.  I also enjoy stories about folks who rode motorcycles "back in the day" before knee sliders and armor, even though they always paint an exaggerated picture of how great it was back then and how tough they were.  That said, I can't really fault them for taking some historical license with their nostalgia.  I'm gonna do the same thing when I'm that old.   [moto]

Then again, we're on teh interwebz, so I should prolly only express really extreme opinions about the article and its detractors.  So here goes . . .  BEST.  ARTICLE.  EVER.  If you don't agree, you're a dumb, retarded retard with heavy dose of douchey, assholeish douchebaggerific make the beast with two backswaddedness.  You dumb, douchey, retarded assholish make the beast with two backswad.  Retard.  

[NorDog]

And NorDog, I'd wager that there has never been an author in the history of written language as self-referential & anecdotal as Hunter S., but I bet you liked "Song of the Sausage Creature" 'bout as much as me. 

I love "Song of the Sausage Creature".  The rest of Thompson's work?  Not so much.

And ftr, I didn't say anything about "self-referential" and I have no problem with anecdotes per se  Rather the phrase was, "...unrelated narcissistic anecdotes."

Narcissistic writing is lame at best, and unrelated anecdotes do not make a good read, let alone a great article.  Unrelated narcissistic anecdotes are terrible.

[NorDog]

Then again, we're on teh interwebz, so I should prolly only express really extreme opinions about the article and its detractors.  So here goes . . .  BEST.  ARTICLE.  EVER.  If you don't agree, you're a dumb, retarded retard with heavy dose of douchey, assholeish douchebaggerific make the beast with two backswaddedness.  You dumb, douchey, retarded assholish make the beast with two backswad.  Retard.  

You're just upset because you can't find your titanium spoon!

[gregrnel]

Seriously, try the Index, it's a lovely crapper read.  The titanium spoon saves weight. It'll shave a hundredth or so off your 1/4 mile run when compared to silver, depending on center of gravity and how far the spoon is wedged up there.

Is that why you read Harper's while sitting on the crapper?   

[NorDog]

Seriously, try the Index, it's a lovely crapper read.  The titanium spoon saves weight. It'll shave a hundredth or so off your 1/4 mile run when compared to silver, depending on center of gravity and how far the spoon is wedged up there.

Thank God I gave up jogging!

[LA]

Words like envy, jealousy, and I hate rich people come to mind - or maybe I hate that I'm not.

LA

[akmnstr]

I think when men get old they like to reflect on their lives and need to be appreciated for all that they accomplished, my Dad was like that, and now that I am approaching old fartism I am trying to resist the urge to do the same.  I remember how uncomfortable my dad made me feel when he needed recognition for his life.  I got that feeling from this article only much worse because he was a rich old fart, with the before mention titanium spoon, and he wasn't my dad (plus all the stuff I said before). 

A custom made shaft drive MV (make the beast with two backser) [moto] [moto]