I'd just like to sound off here (not that anyone cares): The tired trope of "common sense not being so common anymore" is one of the most inane thoughtless and pointless statements one could make. It serves no worthy purpose other than to say "I am smarter than all those other idiots." People are not more or less stupid than they have been in the past. That guy who was rolling a wooden cart down a dirt road in 1451 isn't any more or less likely to have an IQ equal to someone born in 2001.
Also, consider the fact that the person writing the warning on the Wolf Tooth product manual probably didn't spend hours deliberating about what warnings to put in the manual. They likely just typed the first things that came to mind and continued along with making the rest of the manual and then had a second coffee. There is almost certainly no big conspiracy against common sense. The person that wrote that manual is probably a bike nerd just like any of us. Writing product manuals isn't some elevated science. I've written lots of product manuals and it isn't the most exciting task.
March 21, 2022, 9:38 a.m. - WheelNut
I'd just like to sound off here (not that anyone cares): The tired trope of "common sense not being so common anymore" is one of the most inane thoughtless and pointless statements one could make. It serves no worthy purpose other than to say "I am smarter than all those other idiots." People are not more or less stupid than they have been in the past. That guy who was rolling a wooden cart down a dirt road in 1451 isn't any more or less likely to have an IQ equal to someone born in 2001. Also, consider the fact that the person writing the warning on the Wolf Tooth product manual probably didn't spend hours deliberating about what warnings to put in the manual. They likely just typed the first things that came to mind and continued along with making the rest of the manual and then had a second coffee. There is almost certainly no big conspiracy against common sense. The person that wrote that manual is probably a bike nerd just like any of us. Writing product manuals isn't some elevated science. I've written lots of product manuals and it isn't the most exciting task.