Kobe Bryant likely has a torn achilles tendon
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All you said was (or at least as far as I looked) "Why are hockey fans so sensitive about their dying league"
but if that's what you meant to extract from that, go right ahead
and don't give me that garbage talk you ps3er
Red Blaster
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two lockouts in 8 years and playoff games on the versus network is the sports equivalent of hospice care; the nhl is a second tier league for a second tier sport
little wonder that starcraft is more popular now
Dastardly Jerks
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:lol
I stopped posting because the discussion was degenerating and not relevant to what we were talking about, and I said that. I've actually been discussing this topic further with people in PMs who were actually being relevant to the topic. But since this thread has now become anything but relevant...
I gave you the chance and all you were doing was sinking lower and lower into a cesspool of butthurt teen attitude. So what are we meant to do, keep this going simply because you're trying to be an internet tough guy? No chance. You're a childish nobody to me, so why would you be worth any extra effort after you proved it. When you get to the point of careposting and acting like a passive aggressive dickhead instead of coming back with actual relevant substance, then just like in reality, I'm gonna shake my head, pity you and walk away. Nothing constructive comes out any resulting effort, so why bother? Nothing I put any value in is on the line here, it's not like your words actually mean anything to me whatsoever, so why bother? Why would I want to see more of them? Or are you upset simply because now you've lost a channel in which you can vent and be a passive aggressive dickhead through? In which case, sort your god damn life out.
I own my words I've said in here, I put forth an amazingly controversial and crass statement and it wasn't designed to personally hurt anyone who would post here, but people will take things like that personally and feel the need to turn their frustration into anger and attacking. The only thing I regret is offending people who have been through Achilles tendon injuries before and sympathise with Kobe because of it. Hanging shit on professional athletes is one thing, but personally offending people on a forum is not my intention.
Some chose to turn it into healthy debate and had fantastic viewpoints which I found enlightening, and others just chose to be children. Shit I don't have time or any actual care for, which is why I stopped and continued with discussions via PM instead.
Chill the fuck out, it's the weekend :lol
Herpes Reasons
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Oh this is some first grade fiya.
Oh Red Blaster, you're just trying too hard. I appreciate the commitment to the art form though.
He couldn't even handle the few shots the bulls gave him without crying like a bitch after the game. I mean he actually complained that a little white guy held him instead of letting Lebron lower his head and Adrian Peterson him into the 3rd row.
No clue why anyone would think its a good idea to pick a fight with the basketball fans here. NBA GAF is fucking ruthless to their own, good luck starting shit as an outsider and managing to make it out with your soul in tact.
To be fair, when players got held/tackled in the 80's and 90's they complained also. Im not sure why we would pretend that they didnt. They bitched when they were fouled hard. The difference between now and then isn't the players complaining about hard fouls, its the frequency of them. I too am not convinced Lebron could not have played during those eras. He may have whined more than most did back then, but I have never seen anything to suggest that he would not have been able to compete.
To be fair, when players got held/tackled in the 80's and 90's they complained also. Im not sure why we would pretend that they didnt. They bitched when they were fouled hard. The difference between now and then isn't the players complaining about hard fouls, its the frequency of them. I too am not convinced Lebron could not have played during those eras. He may have whined more than most did back then, but I have never seen anything to suggest that he would not have been able to compete.
is being "ruthless" on an internet message board supposed to be threatening?
It's too much fun and they can't resist.
No more so than starting shit in the first place.
It would have been fantastic if you had this viewpoint when you clicked on this thread
Ninja Scooter
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Jordan bitched to the media and refs when players were rough with him too. Take off the nostalgia goggles.
What does this clip, from 1992, tell you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToN9FpJD4CI
That even back then it was common knowledge that MJ, like all star players, was protected by the refs. That shit didn't start with Kobe and Lebron while Michael had to rough it in the 80s where there was a "no blood/no foul" policy.
chill son, I'm on your guys side on this one. Importance of thread or whether it should be a thread is up to a mod, i have no stake there, frankly I hope this isn't it for Kobe. Watching him play live was pretty damn awesome when I had the chance.
Byakuya769
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It is a pity that people couldn't have taken the initial brilliant post of yours and discussed this matter maturely.
Oh, wait. Never mind. You're full of shit. You came in here calling players pussies and telling them to walk it off basically, then you run and hide when you start to get worked over?
Now you want to talk about these pretend PM's you're getting? Please. Keep acting like the hockey guy that you are and opt to burn down the place when you see something happening that you don't like.
Dastardly Jerks
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Believe me, I would've toned the belligerence down intentionally if I knew people were going to be personally upset and angered by a faceless nobody on the internet calling professional athletes 'pussies'.
freenudemacusers
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I really have no dog in this fight here but this is like the longest 'I'm not mad and I don't care about any of this' post I have seen in quite some time.
I'm not sure anyone here is really PERSONALLY upset...but what would you expect if you went into any other thread and tried shooting down whatever the topic was or what you knew the majority of the people participating in the talk had a passion for?
I could see that after a while you realized that you might actually offend people who went through it, but you can't deny that your first few comments weren't anything productive and were mostly chest thumping for the NHL/trolling.
theignoramus
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why the fuck do you care about Gaf real estate? If I see a thread that dont mean shit to me, I just move on. I dont gate crash and bitch about why it exists. Because Im not a fucking brat.
why you go there dy
Dastardly Jerks
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Oh please, like I said, I own everything I said. But if nobody is capable of retorting in the same manner (some were, a mixture of crass and fact) and instead just going to be personally hurt and angered then it just degenerates into undirected butthurt. I wasn't out to upset anyone personally, I just straight up assumed we could dish some salt back but be relevant in our exchanges. That's what sports fans usually do. We call the other teams players dipshits, we tell whole other cities they suck, but as soon as some guy tries to drunkenly half-heartedly land a punch then you know it's time to stop.
Nobody should have that much emotional investment in the faceless words of somebody on the internet.
I don't deny it one bit. I own those words. I wouldn't do it with any other topic but something related to sports. I assume that sports fans are capable of taking it in stride and dishing it out. Isn't that kind of the point of trash talk?
FrenchMovieTheme
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Damn I should put down Dark Souls and pick up MW3 by your amazing logic.
Ninja Scooter
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Or I should go into MW3 threads and call everyone a pussy for not playing Dark Souls, by your logic.
I don't think people trash-talk the seriousness of injuries like a full Achilles rupture.
I don't know what kind of sports fan you are, but most sports fans (in my experience) don't make fun of injured players. It's just not cool.
Did you seem me do that?
FrenchMovieTheme
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you would be right to do it
Dastardly Jerks
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One thing I've come to realise after people posting in here about their own personal experiences with it, and just exactly how specific the repercussions of it are to an NBA player.
BadAss2961
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Its one thing to complain about fouls, but the thing about LeBron is that shit talking and physical play can actually rattle him. It's happened to him a number of times where he got punked and bounced from the playoffs.
Some of the players and teams from the 80's and 90's would've eaten him alive.
equippedwithtowel
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I feel like those are two different topics, feel free to keep going though.
T.M. MacReady
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Hey that's a long thread for a Kobe injur-oh my god.
So much butthurt, everywhere.
So much butthurt, everywhere.
freenudemacusers
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Is dark souls really that obscure, though?
Ninja Scooter
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so the video game equivalent of the NHL is like...some random Loli jrpg? That's probably a better comparison.
Go back to your Anna Torv folder.
Dastardly Jerks
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Generally no. But the LA Kings and their fanbase have a history of applauding players of opposing teams who get hurt. A logic I shouldn't have applied to the Lakers fanbase.
Yeah, I can see that comparison. It's generally how people outside of America look at the NBA. The obscure title with the occasional fanboy.
you just picked the wrong time, player, and place to talk that kind of stuff. nothing against you, but whenever someone goes on here and starts comparing injuries or telling somebody what kind of pain threshold they should feel, it's really annoying. if that isn't puffing your chest out I don't know what is
that isn't what your intention in the end was, but you probably know by now how you came across. trash talk's cool and there should be a wide variety of it but that kind of stuff just wasn't amusing for this topic
every sport has its own culture that's all. I never think too much of it
It's grown on me over the past week. Thought it was decent at first but I find myself listening to it more and more. At the least its reminds me more of Songs For the Deaf rather than a continuation of Era Vulgaris. Frankly I'm just glad to see QOTSA releasing new material, and that list of guests makes me more interested to see the final result.
spread the gospel brother.
FrenchMovieTheme
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i started to believe we would never see a new queens so i'll be happy with whatever we get. REALLY curious to hear the songs with nick. can't wait to see them live again!
equippedwithtowel
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I'm sorry we can't all share in your wondrous league where the same three teams win every year.
wsoxfan1214
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Second tier? haha. Hockey is less popular because it's expensive to play as a kid and because of bullshit nationalist stuff.
If I wanted to watch people flopping around and getting called for fouls for slight contact in a league where the last two minutes take twenty and the refs obviously side with one team to give them 50 fucking FTs so they make the playoffs instead of another so the same 3-4 teams win every year...
Oh wait. I wouldn't. Ever. My bad.
ClovingWestbrook
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If only the NBA followed the example of a league where outside the jerse... errr nightgown wearing, octopus throwing, tooth missing, obsessed fan; nobody can name one team in the league, let alone who won a championship trophy named after something you drink from.
Woah now, I didn't realize we had switched over to EPL hate!
bonesmccoy
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I think it's time to switch the debate over to how much better basketball is than tennis.
Sounds fucking awesome.
Ninja Scooter
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Well if Serena Williams walked into a room people would at least recognize her so I guess Tennis is a step up in competition.
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