What are you implying, Wikipedia?

Dear Wikipedia,

Thank you for teaching me interesting things, such as the chemical reaction for rust involving road salt:  O2 + 4 e− + 2 H2O → 4 OH−.

And thank you for helping me understand why I need to wash my car despite my flawed theories about rust.

But, Wikipedia, you also said this: "Rust is a commonly used metaphor for slow decay due to neglect . . . . In music, literature, and art, rust is associated with images of faded glory, neglect, decay, and ruin."

While I am the first to admit that I should have cleaned off my road bike after riding it in that mid-December thaw, and I did intend to do that (honest!), I'm a little hurt, Wikipedia, by your tone.

Technically, I did neglect my bike, but to suggest decay or faded glory, or even some sort of ill will, crosses the line. I didn't know that my chain would get super rusty, and forgot that my bike was a mess, during all the fall work travel hubbub.

I was genuinely shocked and, okay, yes, awed, when I pulled out my road bike yesterday for a brisk, but dry, ride to the MS Society team captain meeting out in the mysterious suburbs. Who knew something like that would - and could - happen so rapidly? At least it was an old chain that would've needed to be replaced relatively soonish.

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