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riverboy
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon
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 Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Agreed Bangbayed. I'm not much of a fan of Nascar, but I am not suffering from any type of resentment for people who do. The only sport I resent of Golf to be honest, and that's because of the whole class structure and arsehole mentality of it.
Remember Gopher, during the whole runup to the election you were in League with those Morons!
You kind of reminded me of a disgruntled sports fan at times. It's funny... the similarities |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| The only sport I resent of Golf to be honest, and that's because of the whole class structure and arsehole mentality of it. |
Oh, so true. Golf should be singled out especially. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Bangbayed: lighten up. Chill, baby. Did not realize I had so struck a nerve on this topic with you and others here.
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ROFL, Riverboy. I support the Republican Party and therefore I am the same as a Nascar fan -- because, presumably, all and only Republicans are Nascar fans. Sounds like run-of-the-mill, clich� leftist nonsense to me, ni�ito. Have any data to cite that show that? You guys will never, not in a million years, experience an independent, non-dogmatic thought on any single thing. Must suck to be you.
What, pray tell, is next? Gonna call me a Bible-thumper...? |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Depends where you grew up playing it as regards class structure. I played for roughly 50 euros a year junior membership. I definitly miss playing a round or two with my brothers.
Mises
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| I get little satisfaction from watching grown men play a game. |
I think you could put anything down like this. You don't like drama? I don't like watching adults play pretend.
I love sports and I follow sports from several different countries. I am mesmerised by them. I could watch a barry sanders or a brian westbrook for hours, every move is a thing of beauty.
I especially love reading about sports. the Irish newspapers, where gaelic games are written about like sagas from a distant past. I love how intensely local gaelic games are, how parrish teams are like families, how every second sunday in spetember has a plot, north vs south, redemption. I love it when northern teams come at the kingdom like barbarians at the gate and win in a rout, the shock of it.
American sports also have numerous extremely intelligent blogs out there dedicated to them.
As any person who has a deep passion for something, I find it hard to accept why others don't agree. I suppose I have to though, to each their own. I just wish people could try to articulate more closely why they don't like sports. Like, really guys, would you really prefer to talk politics or israel/palestine than watch an nfl playoff game? Reed's second pick today, that is art. It should be appreciated. |
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sharkey
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Bangbayed: lighten up. Chill, baby. Did not realize I had so struck a nerve on this topic with you and others here.
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ROFL, Riverboy. I support the Republican Party and therefore I am the same as a Nascar fan -- because, presumably, all and only Republicans are Nascar fans. Sounds like run-of-the-mill, clich� leftist nonsense to me, ni�ito. Have any data to cite that show that? You guys will never, not in a million years, experience an independent, non-dogmatic thought on any single thing. Must suck to be you.
What, pray tell, is next? Gonna call me a Bible-thumper...? |
gopher, chill. go grab a budweiser, throw on your wife beater and trucker hat and go watch some good old nascar with your family
good old dale earnheart jr ... hes deadly on the straightaways, eh ? |
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riverboy
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:22 am Post subject: |
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I thought I'd get a chuckle out of you Gopher. Seriously though, I am only makking the exact same generalisation as you did about people who watch sports.
Your man John McCain is an avid Boxing fan, your girld Palin, a moose hunter and good ol Bush owned a baseball team. And.. You voted for all of them. You voted for jerks! |
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riverboy
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:59 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like run-of-the-mill, clich� leftist nonsense to me, ni�ito. Have any data to cite that show that? You guys will never, not in a million years, experience an independent, non-dogmatic thought on any single thing. Must suck to be you.
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When have I ever given the indication that I was leftist? Or, dogmatic for that point? |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
Bangbayed: lighten up. Chill, baby. Did not realize I had so struck a nerve on this topic with you and others here.
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ROFL, Riverboy. I support the Republican Party and therefore I am the same as a Nascar fan -- because, presumably, all and only Republicans are Nascar fans. Sounds like run-of-the-mill, clich� leftist nonsense to me, ni�ito. Have any data to cite that show that? You guys will never, not in a million years, experience an independent, non-dogmatic thought on any single thing. Must suck to be you.
What, pray tell, is next? Gonna call me a Bible-thumper...? |
...and not a mention of Palin...hmm...off that horse, are we? 
We be lighted up here, my man. |
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bangbayed
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like run-of-the-mill, clich� leftist nonsense to me, ni�ito. Have any data to cite that show that? You guys will never, not in a million years, experience an independent, non-dogmatic thought on any single thing. Must suck to be you.
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When have I ever given the indication that I was leftist? Or, dogmatic for that point? |
Say it isn't so! Gopher put a label on you? No, not Gopher!  |
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riverboy
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Say it isn't so! Gopher put a label on you? No, not Gopher! |
I think it comes from his being the last one picked for every sport he ever played.
It's Ok Gopher, some people are meant for less manly things. I'm sure there is a fabulous needle point, or macrame thingy you can do. The world needs things like that too. It is what makes us diverse! |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| riverboy wrote: |
| The only sport I resent of Golf to be honest, and that's because of the whole class structure and arsehole mentality of it. |
Oh, so true. Golf should be singled out especially. |
Agreed.
I am able to pretend to like this and that sport when in the company of sports fans. But I can't for the life of me fake an appreciation for golf. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
Depends where you grew up playing it as regards class structure. I played for roughly 50 euros a year junior membership. I definitly miss playing a round or two with my brothers.
Mises
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| I get little satisfaction from watching grown men play a game. |
I think you could put anything down like this. You don't like drama? I don't like watching adults play pretend. |
And to each his own. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Well that was just an example actually of reducing something to its basic level as a reason not to like it. I don't dislike anything categorically.
I guess I was looking for a deeper reason for your dislike of sport.
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| I am able to pretend to like this and that sport when in the company of sports fans |
Well I doubt you are convincing. I'm pretty sure after 5 minutes of conversation with someone on premier league soccer for example, I would know they are bluffing. I don't like being patronised in that way either. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: |
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"Sports fans are generally jerks" says nothing about whether one participates in or enjoys sports, JMO.
You and others here chronically demonstrate an inability to stay on point. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:23 am Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
Well that was just an example actually of reducing something to its basic level as a reason not to like it. I don't dislike anything categorically.
I guess I was looking for a deeper reason for your dislike of sport.
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| I am able to pretend to like this and that sport when in the company of sports fans |
Well I doubt you are convincing. I'm pretty sure after 5 minutes of conversation with someone on premier league soccer for example, I would know they are bluffing. I don't like being patronised in that way either. |
I don't live in Europe and don't know socialize -as far as I know- with a single soccer fan so that isn't a problem. But I get a few papers to my door and occasionally leaf through the sports sections to see what is up. And anyways, the society is so sports obsessed that it is hard to not be able to hold a conversation on the topic. It seeps into all media.
As to why I dislike it. I don't. I don't like watching sports. |
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