Meh. You say I've over-reacted, but claim that a part of you has died due because of someone else's component choices on their bike? I suspect I'm not the only one to spot a teeny weeny bit of irony there.
I guess I'm just not really cut out for the Bike Porn/Anti-Porn/dissing other people on Current Projects thing. Maybe it's a personal failing on my part, but I really just don't care enough. I like seeing other people's bikes, but if someone else likes something different to me then that really doesn't bother me. Maybe I should be more judgmental. Maybe I should delude myself into thinking that other people care about my subjective tastes. But I'm not going to, because at the end of the day, I still don't really care.
Anyway, I'm off to find one of the more important things in my life which I claimed to have. Must be one around here somewhere, even if they are proving rather hard to find at present.
Dan, have a Snickers.