And today I learn I'm a bad person for riding FW

FW is 'feather weight' and I'm not.   Over a decade ago some tiny hineys in the most populated region were griping about how its so hard for them to get into regional placings versus especially heavyweights because of wives who add their non-riding spouse to the membership to support AERC and # of placings is taken by the # of registered members in a weight division rather than by the # of folks actually entering rides.

I thought it was BS and that the org has too many weight divisions and posted that "well put your DH in your weight division, its perfectly legal to be heavier that the weight division boundaries. if they do enter 1 or 2 rides some year" and then I thought "I can't make them have fewer weight divisions but I can put myself in the lightest division."  Years pass with me only owning dinks and not getting to enough rides to be competitive no matter what.

Then I got Tanza, stayed in the FW division and wow,  he has been in the standings a couple times and yes I noticed that the LW, MW and HW divisions were all more competitive in our region and the bottom point level listed in them was much higher than the # of points we had earned.  So I felt a bit of 'white privilege' type guilt but then thought  Oh well:  I didn't just pick the least competitive division and it is not like weighing more gives me some advantage over actual tiny hineys so I'm just going to leave myself in this division anyway;  I'm sure at some point there will be a few high level tiny hiney riders and it will no longer be the easy division for year end point accumulation.

So today I read a post griping about heavier riders changing to FW and knocking the true waifs out of placings.  I think the big gripe was about folks who had started in a heavier weight division and then dropped down mid-season.   I still think its a bunch of whiny B.S.   If someone is kicking your teeny little ass point wise, but being left in the dust by a Christoph or someone and they drop to your skinny waif division and make it more competitive you have the option of going to more rides,  or riding at a higher speed to get placings points or doing a 100 for the bonus points if getting a jacket or vest is a big deal to you.   Shut up and ride.