It may seem like it, but it is not an exaggeration to think of vintage Honda forum members as kindergartners. This of course is a term that, like "preschoolers" or "plebes" or "cadets" or "newbies" or "novices" is one of comparison. It denotes a status that is yet undeveloped, still maturing. Inexperienced. Unknowing. But most of all, and particularly in the case of most sohc4 forum members, not even aware of what they don't know. None of these labels is perjorative or contemptuous. No shaming. No judging. They simply speak of a certain innocence. An early stage of growth. The term is accurate because sohc4 forum frequenters are blissfully unaware of, and demonstrably incapable of dealing with, reality. The harder truths are hard to accept.

Again, it's a comparison word because it implies a backdrop of experience, expertise, knowledge. Of the things the forum visitor has not yet assimilated. If you're one of these, you may be offended by this characterization. But I don't want you to be. As I say, it's not neant to harm. There simply is a whole world of facts that are not popular on user forums. Not ambraced, even shunned. Yet emperically true. And you do not know them. And you don't know them because of no great fault of yours. You're a beginner. The fault is in the forum leadership. In their obsession with their own aggrandizement, they are keeping from you the truth. Such is the nature of forums. And this like everything else you are unaware of.