No, not me…the real swimfan. This place used to be happy, useful and informative until the guy with the chip on his shoulder showed up. Now it’s like a bad day in grade 3…it’s like a classroom full of kids calling each other names.
Yeah, a little wit and sarcasm is occasionally fun…that’s why we have Paulo (or SAC to be exact) or Chip, but they never cross the line (though Chip may gross us out a lot). Swimfan has brought out a ‘wild west’ mentality here on the forum, where anything goes. It’s not about triathlon anymore…now it’s about making derogatory comments about people who are IM finishers, who are clydesdales, who use bento boxes, why ride Cervelos, who are african american, who are soccer moms…any reason goes, it’s becoming ridiculous.
Cathy is right. This place is starting to suck.
I have a swimfan alias because I though that maybe he’d go away if he lost his identity, but it hasn’t happened. I can’t comment for the other guys, but it seemed to calm him down when all these imposters appeared last week - maybe he saw how stupid he sounded? Regardless, now he’s back to being ignorant and worse, and this forum is taking a dive because of him. And it’s a shame to see.
A 14 hour IM finisher should never be made to feel bad about what they’ve done, but hey…those are just my thoughts.
A 14 hour IM finisher should never be made to feel bad about what they’ve done,
sorry, but you just managed to do just that…
Huh? I don’t see that. He’s not saying anything bad - I think he’s referring to how Swimfan refers to people that finish IM in over 12+ hrs as slow.
A 14 hour IM finisher should never be made to feel bad about what they’ve done,
sorry, but you just managed to do just that…
I don’t see how he managed to do that???
I finished 13:56:38 this year. I certainly don’t feel bad! Oh yeah, I have a dirty little secrte too: I WALKED parts of the mary!!! <shock and horror ensues!>
heh heh. I’m also fat, lazy and I sometimes eat chocolate!!! But I don’t feel bad about finishing an IM in >12 hrs. I’m not elite and can admit it! Most of my co-workers/friends/family outside of triathlon still love me and worship the 26.2 miles of ground that I covered (whether I was walking or running on that ground, they don’t care!)
I love that I am out here setting a good example for my kids, my family, my co-workers, whomever takes a moment or a second to give a sh!t. My enjoyment of the accomplishment transcends time. I wish more were like that.
BTW… I’m not wearing my finisher’s shirt today but i was yesterday!
Trolls are people and thus respond differently to different reactions. I’ve seen some simply go away when ignored and I’ve seen others ratchet up even worse. I have also seen the exact opposite having the “troll” become a valuable member of the community by not being ignored.
In the end there is no pat answer, cept maybe “Carry on”. If you can’t handle the irritating post’s, don’t read them. Some of however, assuming some level of thought in the post, actually like controversial posts.
Even I however could do without the “You’re a poopy pants” type of posts. OTOH isn’t the question “Why so many fatties” a viable one?
You’re just being overdramatic. If the Drama Queens would just ignore the posts that has “Swimfan” as the OP, it would just roll to page 2 in minutes. Everytime someone “Trolls” it, the post goes right back up to the top, which is stupid on their part.
Like any “Shock Jock”, if there is not some excellent form of natural wit, the topics will become stale and act will disappear. If Swimfan is good, it’ll be good in the long run. If not, then Swimfan’s 15 minutes will be up (Swimfan only started being the Swimfan we know this summer).
Now if only Paris Hilton would stop buying those extra minutes with daddy’s money and just go away already.
The Bicycling Forum has a guy like that – Shamrocks – a real jerk and bully on the forum, but when he finally got outed it turned out he was a fat, insecure, twerp.
Anonymity seems to always turn the twerps into badasses.
"The Bicycling Forum has a guy like that – Shamrocks – a real jerk and bully on the forum, but when he finally got outed it turned out he was a fat, insecure, twerp. "
So you are saying Swimfan is a fattie, plus 14 hrs poser who actually uses two Bento boxes?
Like any “Shock Jock”, if there is not some excellent form of natural wit, the topics will become stale and act will disappear…then Swimfan’s 15 minutes will be up
I gotta say, Swimfan reminds me a lot of this guy. 15 minutes of fame, baby…
All I’m saying is that Swimfan hasn’t proven to me to be a Conan O’Brien or David Letterman.
I do think it’s hilarious on how other people just freak out and become melodramatic so quickly. It’s like watching those soaps on Telemundo. Ay-yi-yi!!
I agree that Swimfan represents a cancer in this forum. I’ve wondered why Slowman hasn’t banished him or blocked him or whatever. Granted, those of us who find him/her/it offensive can ignore him, but you don’t ignore cancer. You get rid of it before it spreads.
I actually don’t mind his presence, assuming swimfan is a male. I’ve responded to some of his posts (is that wrong of me?) only because he is so over the top that he can’t possibly be serious. So I play along with some of the sillier posts. Maybe its just my sense of humour.
It is when someone is condescending and I know they are being serious, that is what bugs me.
But I don’t feel bad about finishing an IM in >12 hrs. I’m not elite and can admit it! Most of my co-workers/friends/family outside of triathlon still love me and worship the 26.2 miles of ground that I covered (whether I was walking or running on that ground, they don’t care!)
