Ask you anything

[905]

This is the idea:

I throw a question out there. Anyone can answer. I choose my favourite answer, reprint it on my blog (https://www.notanothercyclingforum.net/index.php?board=142.0), then ask another.

First question:
Is it safe?

 

[al-onestare]

No

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Is it safe?

Is safety the most important thing?
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Ben Franklin

 

[905]

Is safety the most important thing?
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Ben Franklin

A fan of the Socratic method, I see. As was Laurence Olivier, who always pops into my head when I hear those three words:

Enlightening as it would be to interview old Ben about the world today, we're treading dangerous ground here, so let's move on to æsthetics. Is this or is it not one of the most beautiful cranks you've ever seen?

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(As I ride singlespeed exclusively, that superfluous chainring would have to go. And actually I prefer black and silver. But it still turned my head.)

 

[MattiThundrrr]

A fan of the Socratic method, I see

I was wondering if that would ruffle some feathers. My momma taught me never to answer a question with another question, but she's not as famous as Socrates. Still alive though, so...

 

[905]

Let's give this one more shot: Is beauty truth, and truth beauty? Bonus points if you answer in sestet.

 

[Tootyred]

They are both in the eye of the beholder, so yes and no.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Let's give this one more shot: Is beauty truth, and truth beauty? Bonus points if you answer in sestet.

We live in a post truth era of alternative facts. Image is everything, substance unimportant. Therefore, truth is far less important than beauty.

 

[doctor-bond]

Qantas.

 

[grantoury]

What is crooked cannot be straightened, what is lacking cannot be counted.