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The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 1:22 AM
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When i see the travis kelce pfizer thing now celebrities like taylor swift mixing with probably for a pre determined amount of time a famous team/person of the moment to sell whatever magazines or product placement or just promote themselves a little more, it makes me sick. The mannings the biggest shills on tv right now also.
throw into all of that the NIL in college , pay for play, agendas painted constantly on NFL endzones, 24/7 access with social media phones tablets internet. shout sports shows, everybody and there mother has a podcast now. now with sports betting from your phone.
no sports is not a distraction from anything the BLM stickers, demonstrations of whatever in the world at the time, and large corporation advertisements on jerseys wont ever let you forget the real agenda at play.
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It takes a lot of energy.....
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Oct 13, 2023, 2:48 AM
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.....to hate so much stuff using so many misspelled words and such horrible grammar.
Try to find something to make you at least a little happier...for all its faults, the world is still a very nice place to be.
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All-American [561]
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"hate" is in abundant supply; shining bright...
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Oct 13, 2023, 3:27 AM
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in your reply. Nearly blinded me when reading your backhanded, passive aggressive rebuke. Also, feels like it contains at least a pinch of projection.
Don't worry, be happy..maybe this'll help:
Let's go Brandon & the horse he rode in on—
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Re: "hate" is in abundant supply; shining bright...
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Oct 13, 2023, 8:37 AM
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you're even more triggered than OP.
Get a grip dude.
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All-American [561]
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100% a projection, simmer down, take a breath...
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Oct 13, 2023, 10:59 AM
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an EMT is in route–
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Indeed: the methods of modern denigration as a means of verbal
Oct 18, 2023, 4:39 AM
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control have been learned well by both sides.
One wonders if there is any room any more for just a discussion of, or searching for, the facts?
And did social media really mean to kill them so bluntly?
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Re: It takes a lot of energy.....
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Oct 13, 2023, 4:49 PM
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TigerNet ain't no Spellin' Bee!
And OP has a great point, albeit presented with hastened and careless grammar, coupled with a lack of proper syntax.
Sports are continuing to devolve into an excuse to market and hawk crap at the viewers. All da while, the media conglomerates that own the broadcasting of sports continue to hurl their narratives at viewers. Best to take in a game in person, when you can, to avoid the constant drivel that comes through the tube.
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I am confused good sir
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Oct 13, 2023, 5:57 PM
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are we supposed to orate like Roman Senators or Greek philosophers? Because if so then I am 100% for it. and yes I just wanted to use the word orate........
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Re: It takes a lot of energy.....
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Oct 13, 2023, 6:16 PM
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I think my real point was that it's easy to blame pretty much anything for things changing. Things will never be like the good old days - which quite frankly weren't always as good as we think they were. So if what you enjoyed or used as a distraction doesn't work anymore, find something else.
I agree attending live games helps but.....still bombarded with ads on the loud speaker (Tigers score 28 points, get your free BoBiscuit - or whatever that ad is) and on the scoreboard. IT's just part of our world.
And no, this "ain't no Spellin' Bee". But try to get close enough so one can get the meaning without guessing....
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Sir, the grammatical pretexts of AAVE....
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Oct 13, 2023, 8:20 PM
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were invoked by our fearless leader 'bawlhunter' on Juneteenth 2023, two rotations shy of the summer solstice. AAVE is fully accredited by the Yale Diversity Project, so:Yew don't think it bea like it is, but it doo. I'll rephrase for assured clarification: It don't bee like that now!
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 7:37 AM
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Don’t know how those guys came up with hate from your post. Let’s just say the times they are a changing. The Travis Kelces of the world were raised with cell phones and form opinions way earlier in life than is older guys did. If you were a world class athlete and someone offered you a quarter mil to promote something you believe in you would Probly do it. And Joe DiMaggio brought Marilyn Monroe to the Stadium back in the fifties. Nothing remains the same. Everyone wishes for the way it use to be
As to the Manning’s I do think 5 Head Peyton is one of the biggest fakes in sports.
Try my method. Don’t watch sports talk shows or listen on radio. It’s just the same thing over and over ad nauseum. The talking heads are enough to turn you off to sports
When I watch a game I turn the sound down
(And certainly don’t listen to Munson). After a few minutes you will start your own narrative in your head and won’t miss the miss the sound
Speaking of sports talk shows does anyone else think that the Pat MaCaffe show is a total knockoff of the Dan Patrick Show only with a wife beater. Dan should Sue him for copyright infringement
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 10:42 AM
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Totally agree. I do the same thing. Mute goes on for Beth Mowins games before she can pierce my ears and shatter my wife's precious crystal ware. Volume is lowered to ambient noise level for all others. No possible way I would every watch a Sports Talk show anymore since they basically became barroom brawls on tape. Also, the thought of watching the Mannings for another minute, turns my stomach.. Why in the world would I watch Opie of Mayberry and the Beluga Whale talk about anything? Good grief. Enough already! You boys need to take your entire overrated family and go back to Beau Chene, or whatever swamp y'all evolved from down there.
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
Oct 13, 2023, 6:00 PM
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I used to listen to sport podcast/radio at work, but I got tired of them only talking about the same teams over and over. and yes that included Clemson. So I switched over and started listening to history related podcasts. In case you are interested, "Timesuck" is a good one because he is a comedian who covers topics in a fun way. His two part series on the JFK assassination is amazing.
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You #### capitalist, hating commie
Oct 13, 2023, 7:42 AM
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🙄🙄🙄🙄
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 8:40 AM
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What?
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Solomon, do you hate your gold bars just because they might
Oct 13, 2023, 8:43 AM
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have dust on them? Seems like you might. Chill out, and take an online punctuation class while you are chilling out. Peace.
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 10:10 AM
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I do say the first long sentence was really hard to follow. However, it is the childish people on Tigernet who waste their time tearing apart someone's grammar or spelling in a chat post that as probably fat-fingered on a smartphone where you cannot read the whole screen.
That said, I get the whole thing. Sports truly are no longer common ground like they used to be. To me, the joy has gone out of it and now we see strife even in the middle of a fanbase to take a support position for the political stand of the day.
What if I don't want to wear a black band or patch on my uniform to support whatever? As a fan what if I don't want to watch Megan Rapinoe make her political stand and nor do I want to have to explain to other fans why I do or don't support kneeling during the national anthem. I just want to go to a game and enjoy it with everyone without ever having to take any kind of political/religious/environmental position or even to support some "noble cause".
Yes, I want to go to a Clemson Game, Greenville Drive game, or a Nascar race and be distracted from the world for a bit. This is increasingly not possible. Seems like I can't even go hiking or fishing these days to escape. Got protested for my fuel use at the docks in Florida this past June. Went to hike at a nature preserve in Hilton Head and got hounded to sign a petition in July.
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You called out the thread starter...
Oct 14, 2023, 9:53 PM
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for a run-on sentence and in the next breath you berate, the radical leftist from Cali for spell correction. Are you one of the founders who penned the pretexts of AAVE? If so, we all bow before your command of all languages, oh great one—
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Orange Blooded [2951]
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FYI......
Oct 15, 2023, 1:01 PM
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I'm not from California. I'm from Williamston, SC. I live in California - my career transferred me here and I like it. No need for you to make rude comments about me since, as far as I'm aware, you don't know me.
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All-American [561]
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OMG, forgive me for not making...
Oct 18, 2023, 4:02 AM
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the distinction clear that I was not referencing your birthplace. "Rude" is presumptuous and probably an indicator of my accuracy. The level of hypocrisy you've displayed in a single thread is commonly found in the leftist perspective-
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 10:50 AM
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Well, I have enjoyed a variety of sports for decades now - and i never considered them a distraction from reality - how sad that some of y'all feel the need to be so distracted.
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
Oct 13, 2023, 11:52 AM
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I bet you answer emails and phone calls for your boss while you are at a game.
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
Oct 14, 2023, 10:20 AM
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I am my own boss - always have been. And the only reason I even take my phone to the game is because my tickets are on it.
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We weren't all.....
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Oct 13, 2023, 12:56 PM
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blessed with the gift of ADHD from birth, so distraction doesn't come easy for us.
(If you ever wanna get rid of some of
your Adderall, lemme know)
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Re: We weren't all.....
Oct 14, 2023, 10:21 AM
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Whaddidhesay ??
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All-American [561]
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Focus son, focus****
Oct 15, 2023, 11:21 AM
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And I thought you missed one
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Oct 13, 2023, 11:05 AM
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till your last sentence on large corporations on jerseys. How ridiculous it was for me when I tuned in to the Braves for the first time all year, and there's a ludicrous QUIKRETE patch in their left shoulder sleeve staring up at the camera on every pitch.
This is ALMOST as bad as Don Munson having to include something about Food Lion donating meals every time we get a QB sac.
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Re: And I thought you missed one
Oct 13, 2023, 12:25 PM
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Yea but that yellow patch apparently added yellow to the Braves colors with all the yellow they wear
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Why Kelce pitching Pfizer make sad?***
Oct 13, 2023, 11:32 AM
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does he believe in the vaccine or the $20 million he got
Oct 13, 2023, 11:59 AM
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from Pfizer?
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Sports are still amazing.
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Oct 13, 2023, 11:53 AM
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Hopefully you can still find space to enjoy them even though you don't like some of the recent changes.
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I mean the games are still 99% sports
Oct 13, 2023, 12:02 PM
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You have to really reach hard to be upset over a few seconds mention of social Justice (which the NFL hasn’t even done much of in two years anyway).
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the only reason the nfl...
Oct 18, 2023, 4:45 AM
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did in the first place was because donald trump told them they couldnt !
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Naturally he's the scapegoat and alibi...
Oct 18, 2023, 5:17 AM
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of the programmed, indoctrinated, and cow-eyed viewers of MSM; consuming the propaganda to the point of gluttony, absorbing every word as fact—
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You just sound bitter and poor.***
Oct 13, 2023, 5:58 PM
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
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Oct 13, 2023, 6:56 PM
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I understand and agree for the most part. I liked the 1 o’clock games home games and the not waiting on the guy to take his countdown clock off the field. I sit there sometimes and think about how much time I’m sitting there with no on the field action. I understand it pays the bills but it’s not going to get any better I’m afraid.
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Its like Broadway Joe all over again !....
Oct 18, 2023, 4:42 AM
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absolutley sickening, lol !
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Re: The idea of sports as a distraction is over
Oct 18, 2023, 5:50 AM
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The places this chat went, smh.
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