OK, I gotta ask...

[fourflys]

what in the heck does ATMO mean on these forums? I goggled it and just came up with an abbreviation for atmosphere...
Thanks,
Chris

[mcteague]

Dude, do a search within this forum. This has been covered many times.

ATMO = According To My Opinion

Tim McTeague

[Viper]

According To my Master's Opinion

[Ti Designs]

There are some who are just more "cool" than the rest. The value of your opinion on any internet forum is directly related to how cool you are. So, for those dangerously cool people it became more than just voicing their opinioins like they were worth no more or less than others. They also found that the laws of supply and demand insured that their opinions would always have a place. But at the same time they found themselves spelling out the word opinion far too much. Hot keys were added to keyboards only sold to cool people, but they just wore out. The Fellowship of Unquestionably Cool Kids formed it's own university, adopted ATMO as it's motto, fight song and letterhead, and left this forum for a far cooler place.

[fiamme red]

http://serotta.com/forum/showpost.ph...8&postcount=11

Or, if you don't like matryoshka dolls, here's the direct answer:

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showpo...5&postcount=78

In short, it's an acronym invented by e-RICHIE (i.e., Mr. Sachs). He uses it at least once in every post, I think. It's often used with humorous intent, so even a question (where "according to my opinion" doesn't make any sense) can end in "atmo."

When I saw e-RICHIE a few weeks ago at the Mercer Cup, he was wearing one of these:

[fourflys]

thanks...I think I much prefer IMHO (in my humble opinion) or YMMV (your miliage may vary) or...just post my statement and assume everyone knows that it's my opinion since I'm posting it.

BTW- if you do a search for ATMO....you'll get all the posts that have ATMO in them. It was much easier and quicker to ask the question and get an answer in 5 minutes...

[Viper]

There's only so much cool to go around.

ATFO:

[fourflys]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

In short, it's an acronym invented by e-RICHIE (i.e., Mr. Sachs). He uses it at least once in every post, I think. It's often used with humorous intent, so even a question (where "according to my opinion" doesn't make any sense) can end in "atmo."

ATMO has made it's way over to bikeforums also.... Thanks for the info!

[jvp]

When I'm asked about it, I explain that my opinion is often cited as a reference source.

[Fixed]

De omnibus dubitandum
imho
cheers

[Ken Robb]

I think I remember that Richie said he heard it used by a European bike guy for whom English was not his primary language, thought it sounded cute, and adopted it himself. It beats the heck out of "I was like, ya know, when he went like let's go back to college and get a Master's in English." ATMO

[Viper]

Originally Posted by Fixed

De omnibus dubitandum
imho
cheers

Scooby dooby doo!

[Viper]

[dekindy]

Originally Posted by fourflys

thanks...I think I much prefer IMHO (in my humble opinion) or YMMV (your miliage may vary) or...just post my statement and assume everyone knows that it's my opinion since I'm posting it.

BTW- if you do a search for ATMO....you'll get all the posts that have ATMO in them. It was much easier and quicker to ask the question and get an answer in 5 minutes...

+1 on IMHO and the search observation. I had to ask also because when I did a search I could not get an answer. If you had done an advanced search and limited it to thread titles only you would have found a 03/08 thread with the answer.

I don't know why the forum members thought they needed to reinvent the wheel since IMHO is universal and means exactly the same thing and is more humble imho.

[Elefantino]

I believe that atmo should always be accompanied by ®.