Unpopular opinions?

jasmineh7777 · June 2010

Emily, I personally think that athletes are overpaid, and that too much value is placed on those abilities. I also can't relate to being happy or sad if a team wins a sport. Will this team winning affect me in my day to day life? Not really. Even the physical accomplishments are not my accomplishments. I didn't in any way contribute to their success.

L-Bride · June 2010

I just read through this whole thread and the only thing I can think of is that someone called Football pansy. Wtf?

georgia_bride09 · June 2010

I do agree that professional athletes are highly overpaid, as are actors/rappers/musicians/etc.

salt78 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]I just read through this whole thread and the only thing I can think of is that someone called Football pansy. Wtf?
Posted by L-Bride[/QUOTE]

<div>Seriously. Ray Lewis will kill you. </div><div>
</div><div>Ahhhh no one is going to get that joke at all. </div>

alixzafiris · June 2010

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[QUOTE]Emily, I personally think that athletes are overpaid, and that too much value is placed on those abilities. I also can't relate to being happy or sad if a team wins a sport. Will this team winning affect me in my day to day life? Not really. Even the physical accomplishments are not my accomplishments. I didn't in any way contribute to their success.
Posted by jasmineh7777[/QUOTE]

The same can be said for any form of entertainment. By your definition, you should also not watch television, go to movies or listen to any music for fear of perpetuating a cycle of overpayment for something that in no way affects your life.

So... do you watch television or movies? Read popular books? Listen to music?

jasmineh7777 · June 2010

I didn't say you couldn't or shouldn't watch. I said I don't understand being personally invested in the outcome. I think that is pretty clear in my post.

lilgina64 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]I was unaware that asking somebody to put their glasses in the sink, their clothes in the hamper, and their cans in the recycling was asking them to do housework. I always thought it was just asking them to clean up after themselves. Silly me.
Posted by NuggetBrain[/QUOTE]

I can get behind this statement 100%. My mother would have had a hissy fit if we didn't pick up after ourselves. I don't see why adults would think they are exempt from this either.

wadingmoose · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Totally agree. I have a friend that has been to England twice, and insists on calling her neighborhood bar her "local", and fries are called "chips". Sorry, honey, you grew up in Detroit. Lose the pretentious affect. You are not Madonna.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

Fries are chips.

emilyinchile · June 2010

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[QUOTE]Emily, I personally think that athletes are overpaid, and that too much value is placed on those abilities. <strong>I also can't relate to being happy or sad if a team wins a sport. </strong>Will this team winning affect me in my day to day life? Not really. Even the physical accomplishments are not my accomplishments. I didn't in any way contribute to their success.
Posted by jasmineh7777[/QUOTE]

This is the part I don't get. I don't think you're wrong or bad, I just don't get it. Because I DO feel happy or sad whether because I feel a connection to that team (same college, same town, same country) or just because I've played sports and know how it feels to win/lose, so I just relate to them as athletes. I know that me watching TV doesn't influence how "my" team plays, and of course you're right that my life isn't affected by the outcome, but I feel like part of the community behind the teams I support.

I Want Cake · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Wow, I don't think I've ever disagreed with every single thing a person wrote. Until now.
Posted by ohwhynot[/QUOTE]

I'm totally with you, but then again I'm one of those liberal Save-A-Gay-Communist-Baby-Seal types that actually gives a tiny rat's ass about others.

Life must be so easy when you don't give a damn about anyone but yourself.

NuggetBrain · June 2010

Also I am firmly on board the Fische train regarding football. IT IS MY RELIGION. I bleed purple and gold y'all! And frequently, since the Vikes can never seem to quite go all the way. They're like a guy who has problems with premature ejaculation - you get all excited, then they blow their load right before it counts and you're all "WTF happened? Seriously? That's it, you're done already??"

lilgina64 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Totally agree. I have a friend that has been to England twice, and insists on calling her neighborhood bar her "local", and fries are called "chips". Sorry, honey, you grew up in Detroit. Lose the pretentious affect. You are not Madonna.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

ooh... that's special.

Although I do think if you fully immerse yourself into a culture you tend to pick up on some slang, but two visits to another country does not = immersion. My husband is Scottish but he's picked up some American venacular, he's been here 7 years, it's to be expected.

KatyRoseM · June 2010

There is a fine line between picking up after yourself and housework. Does it change if you don't have a dishwasher? Is it ok to put things in the laundry basket but not take it down to the laundry room? It all comes down to the people involved and their understanding of what each person should do

CLSchramm · June 2010

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[QUOTE]Also I am firmly on board the Fische train regarding football. IT IS MY RELIGION. I bleed purple and gold y'all! And frequently, since the Vikes can never seem to quite go all the way. They're like a guy who has problems with premature ejaculation - you get all excited, then they blow their load right before it counts and you're all "WTF happened? Seriously? That's it, you're done already??"
Posted by NuggetBrain[/QUOTE]

LOL!! I love you!

laladypoet · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Fries are chips.
Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]
not in detroit.

jasmineh7777 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : This is the part I don't get. I don't think you're wrong or bad, I just don't get it. Because I DO feel happy or sad whether because<strong> I feel a connection to that team</strong> (same college, same town, same country) or just because I've played sports and know how it feels to win/lose, so I just relate to them as athletes. I know that me watching TV doesn't influence how "my" team plays, and of course you're right that my life isn't affected by the outcome, but I feel like part of the community behind the teams I support.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

I can't relate to that feeling, which is why I don't understand the attachment. I've never been much into sports. So, I can't relate to the emotional attachment.

laladypoet · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : I'm totally with you, but then again I'm one of those liberal Save-A-Gay-Communist-Baby-Seal types that actually gives a tiny rat's ass about others. Life must be so easy when you don't give a damn about anyone but yourself.
Posted by I Want Cake[/QUOTE]
you should meet my gay baby whale.

NuggetBrain · June 2010

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[QUOTE]There is a fine line between picking up after yourself and housework. Does it change if you don't have a dishwasher? Is it ok to put things in the laundry basket but not take it down to the laundry room? It all comes down to the people involved and their understanding of what each person should do
Posted by KatyRoseM[/QUOTE]

No, there's not. If you finish drinking out of a glass, you don't leave it on the living room table and go to bed. You put it in the sink. I will put all the dirty dishes in the sink in the dishwasher. I will run the dishwasher. I will handwash, dry and put away any dishes in the sink that can't go in the dishwasher. And I will put the clean dishes away from the dishwasher. All I ask, is that you put the goddamn glass in the goddamn sink.

salt78 · June 2010

I am suddenly dying for pre-season to start. 2 MORE MONTHS!!!!

I need a ticker.

KatyRoseM · June 2010

I also don't agree that people who don't like health care or have issues with how others use unemployment or are in general conservative don't care about others. They just have different values and believe that others are better off if they are given different incentives, or if they arn't given handouts. Being liberal doesn't mean you care more, it just means you care in particular ways.

L-Bride · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Seriously. Ray Lewis will kill you. Ahhhh no one is going to get that joke at all.
Posted by salt78[/QUOTE]

I think I get it.....maybe. He talks a big game because everyone thought he was too small? He reminds me of Mr. T "I pity the foo who don't think I can be a linebacker!"

Sing2phins · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : Seriously. Ray Lewis will kill you. Ahhhh no one is going to get that joke at all.
Posted by salt78[/QUOTE]
I got it! And it made me chuckle.

shanlubey · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : What's Portuguese for shut thehell up?
Posted by ohwhynot[/QUOTE]

I am a lurker (reg on my local board) but I wanted to tell you, it's "vai para o inferno" (go to hell) or "cala-te" (shut up.) In Portuguese, we don't get Shut the hell up. :(

laladypoet · June 2010

oh, and I totally understand feeling an emotional reaction to sports. the Oscars are MY superbowl, and I care a lot about that.

and sports often have very emotional moments. who was that dude who played basketball right after his dad died and his team won? my H talks about it...

salt78 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : I think I get it.....maybe. He talks a big game because everyone thought he was too small? He reminds me of Mr. T "I pity the foo who don't think I can be a linebacker!"
Posted by L-Bride[/QUOTE]

<div>Oh no he's not small by any means. He's giant and will rip your face off.</div><div>
</div><div>Or stab you to death, which is what he was arrested for like 10 years ago. He was acquitted though. Wrong place at the wrong time and all that. </div>

smokeybailey · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : I can't relate to that feeling, which is why I don't understand the attachment. I've never been much into sports. So, I can't relate to the emotional attachment.
Posted by jasmineh7777[/QUOTE]

I can't relate to this.

salt78 · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : I got it! And it made me chuckle.
Posted by Sing2phins[/QUOTE]

<div>Hahaha thank you, local friend. :)</div>

NuggetBrain · June 2010

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[QUOTE]oh, and I totally understand feeling an emotional reaction to sports. the Oscars are MY superbowl, and I care a lot about that. and sports often have very emotional moments. who was that dude who played basketball right after his dad died and his team won? my H talks about it...
Posted by laladypoet[/QUOTE]

I think that was football and Brett Favruhruhruh.

laladypoet · June 2010

I didn't realize OJ had a doppelganger

smokeybailey · June 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Unpopular opinions? : No, there's not. If you finish drinking out of a glass, you don't leave it on the living room table and go to bed. You put it in the sink. I will put all the dirty dishes in the sink in the dishwasher. I will run the dishwasher. I will handwash, dry and put away any dishes in the sink that can't go in the dishwasher. And I will put the clean dishes away from the dishwasher. All I ask, is that you put the goddamn glass in the goddamn sink.
Posted by NuggetBrain[/QUOTE]

I've been asking this for 5 years now. No-can-do. I have accepted it. Or given up. Either way...

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