(generic climbing thread)

(A question).

(You're gonna die)

Muscrat wrote:

(A question).

(if you have to ask...)

Muscrat wrote:

(A question).

(A three-paragraph long discussion of an issue tangentially related to your question)

(tries to bring back to original context of thread by OP. gets lost in own tangent)

(I haven't read the entire thread, but I will post advice identical to what's been covered already)

(a current response to a 7 year old thread)

This may have been mentioned before - I didn't read all 26 pages of the thread!

(adds own insight which was mentioned 17 times in the last 26 pages)

(A post by rgold that actually hits the nail right on the head both on a technical level and in terms of basic human decency - but everyone will ignore it and continue the pointless argument)

(A complete noob posts some crazy bullshit about how rgold's advice is completely unsafe with a heavy flow of dogma)

eli poss wrote:

(A complete noob posts some crazy bullshit about how rgold's advice is completely unsafe with a heavy flow of dogma)

(You really ought to hire a qualified guide.)

(value of OP's life vs the piece of equipment in question)

(two individuals still talking past each other 20 replies in on a tangent)

(grades are subjective anyway)

(I spilled [insert innocuous random liquid here] on my rope. Should I still use it?)

Marc801 C wrote:

(I spilled [insert innocuous random liquid here] on my rope. Should I still use it?)

(Retire it unless you value it $100 more than your life)

(send it to me for proper disposal)

eli poss wrote:

(Retire it unless you value it $100 more than your life)

(send it to me for proper disposal)

Actually, I work in a lab on something totally unrelated to nondescript liquid or ropes or anything remotely interesting and according to some data I found, I clearly have no idea what I am talking about.  I included the links below. (Links don't work).

Additional caveats that prove to myself that I am smart and know what I am talking about.

(Doesn't realize post is years old and has been resurrected multiple times, says, "it depends", and asks OP for more specific information in order to give a better answer.)

Andrew Krajnik wrote:

(Doesn't realize post is years old and has been resurrected multiple times, says, "it depends", and asks OP for more specific information in order to give a better answer.)

(Points out that post is years old, and speculates that OP has either found answer to original question, or died in the process.)

Un related sentenses with pore gramer that completely mis the mark of what the threads all about.

Don Ferris wrote:

Un related sentenses with pore gramer that completely mis the mark of what the threads all about.

(Grammar Police pointing out that quoted post didn't use parentheses, and also providing spelling and grammar corrections. "unrelated", "sentences", "poor", "grammar", "miss", "thread's". Adds nothing to the conversation.)

(Michael Jackson continues to eat popcorn).