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haljordan posted:Yeah now imagine you're a fan of the team who lost to the "putrid" Patriots. It sustains me. I feed on morsels of misery to grow as a bad person.
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WugLyfe posted:It sustains me. I feed on morsels of misery to grow as a bad person. Can one of our Greek majors tell me what the opposite of Eudaimonia is?
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Chichevache posted:Can one of our Greek majors tell me what the opposite of Eudaimonia is? "Dysdaimonia"? (I know nothing about Greek.)
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Cruel and Unusual posted:"Dysdaimonia"? (I know nothing about Greek.) Correct per the "Oxford Handbook of Happiness": http://books.google.com/books?id=Hw...aimonia&f=false ...and Andrew Maslow, if this source is accurate: http://philosophythink.blogspot.com/2012/09/eudaimonia-frequently-translated-as.html
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Febreeze posted:Welcome to how most spoiled Patriots fans currently work. "WE AREN'T UNBEATABLE ANYMORE, WE LOOK KINDA BAD, EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE, WAAAAAAA" Which is funny, because I remember Patriots fans being incredulous at the idea that some felt the Pats winning the Super Bowl RIGHT after 9/11 being weird timing and claiming the fix was in. Funny how that accusation only seems baseless when it doesn't benefit you to these people. Note: I do not actually think any Superbowls were rigged in any way. I do think there are some incongruities in some other major sports, but I don't want to derail.
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Someone posted a terrible Patriots writer without quoting Dan Shaughnessy's latest masterpiece? Shameful. http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/09/12/not-lot-display-prime-time-foxborough/gxJmWm9ubpPTo1vLL1Hi3H/story.html quote:The Patriots staggered and sloshed to a 13-10 victory over the Jets Thursday night. It was virtually unwatchable professional football. In the words of my new favorite Twitter friend, it was like watching a start by Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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superaielman posted:Someone posted a terrible Patriots writer without quoting Dan Shaughnessy's latest masterpiece? Shameful. quote:Tom was unusually demonstrative throughout the night. He was John Lackey-like (circa 2011).
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Sep 13, 2013 21:39
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superaielman posted:Someone posted a terrible Patriots writer without quoting Dan Shaughnessy's latest masterpiece? Shameful. I like how he says "looks like the worst 2-0 team in NFL history" when you could go back to literally just last year to see the Eagles were far, far worse at 2-0.
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Febreeze posted:I like how he says "looks like the worst 2-0 team in NFL history" when you could go back to literally just last year to see the Eagles were far, far worse at 2-0. Also the worst 3-1 team in history too! But probably better than some teams that ended up 4-12.
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Febreeze posted:I like how he says "looks like the worst 2-0 team in NFL history" when you could go back to literally just last year to see the Eagles were far, far worse at 2-0. The best part of that Eagles team is they were 2-0 with a point differential of... 2. (also accomplished by the Mark Brunell led 2005 Washington) The worst recent team was probably the 2002 Bears though. They beat a bad Vikings and an okay Falcons team by a combined 4 points enroute to a 4-12 season. The Dick Jauron experience. Kalli fucked around with this message at 22:45 on Sep 13, 2013 |
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Febreeze posted:I like how he says "looks like the worst 2-0 team in NFL history" when you could go back to literally just last year to see the Eagles were far, far worse at 2-0. *AHEM* 2012 Arizona Cardinals
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There was a season where the Packers finished below .500 but still scored more points than they allowed and for the life of me I can't remember which year it was.
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Febreeze posted:I like how he says "looks like the worst 2-0 team in NFL history" when you could go back to literally just last year to see the Eagles were far, far worse at 2-0. I was thinking that myself, but I didn't want to brag about recent Eagles history too much.
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Sep 13, 2013 22:56
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Chris Gaines posted:There was a season where the Packers finished below .500 but still scored more points than they allowed and for the life of me I can't remember which year it was. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/
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Ozu posted:You probably mean 2008 when they went 6-10 with +39 in points and +7 in turnovers. You can see all point differentials on PFR. 
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"I was thinking of putting a Twitter reference in my column" - a fucker
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Chichevache posted:*AHEM* That Cardinals team probably would have ended around .500 if Kevin Kolb's ribs had stayed attached to his sternum.
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Grozz Nuy posted:That Cardinals team probably would have ended around .500 if Kevin Kolb's ribs had stayed attached to his sternum. Probably. But that would also require that team to have a line that wouldn't kill every quarterback in the league, which it didn't. And with Kolb gone I think they were the worst in the league last year.
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Average Citizen posted:I am a longtime reader of MMQB and have never written before, but your question about the University of Minnesota allowing Jerry Kill to coach football was insensitive. People in the workplace who have epilepsy are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act. As a parent with a child who has epilepsy, I know the concerns about my son having seizures at work—he is a high school teacher and wrestling coach. Plain and simple, it is discrimination if his employer was to limit his ability to earn a living doing what he loves. The ADA requires his employer to make accommodations so that he can “enjoy equal employment opportunities.” As long as his doctor clears him for his duties, his employers would be in violation if they tried to remove him from his position for having seizures. Peter King posted:I’m simply asking the question about how practical it is to have a college football coach on the sideline or in a locker room, going down more than once a year, on average, with a seizure—in full view of a television audience and a stadium full of fans. I’m not trying to be insensitive. I’m trying to be practical. It just seems the wrong job for that. Am I wrong? Probably. Am I being insensitive? Maybe I am. He's just asking whether or not it would be more practical for people with epilepsy to cease existing. Does that make Peter King an ignorant, disgusting human being? Maybe, but I guess we'll never know for sure.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:He's just asking whether or not it would be more practical for people with epilepsy to cease existing. Does that make Peter King an ignorant, disgusting human being? Maybe, but I guess we'll never know for sure. To be fair, there are many jobs that having epilepsy would disqualify you for. I don't think football coach is one of them though. To me, the "insensitive" thing about King's statements is more the perspective he is taking. I personally don't think Jerry Kill should coach college football. Not because of how it might hurt the team/school/program, but because I worry about his health. It's unclear what type of epilepsy he has, but the long hours, high-stress, full days of practice in the sun, etc could certainly be triggers or at least contributing factors to his seizures. The fact that the majority of his episodes occur during games gives support to this theory. From that perspective, I would prefer Kill step away for his own good. What is gross about King's argument is that it sounds like he doesn't care about Jerry Kill, but the effectiveness of the Gophers and their number of wins...
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I doubt Minnesota would fire Kill for having epilepsy, at least they would be incredibly stupid to do so. They could easily say he isn't meeting performance expectations. The best thing would just be to not extend or renew his contract, isn't it only for another year? I have seen that he has seizures at other times, which to be fair does impact his ability to do his job. It takes time away from recruiting and coaching. It would be best for his own health to either step aside, or take a smaller role for some other team if he wants to continue coaching.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:He's just asking whether or not it would be more practical for people with epilepsy to cease existing. Does that make Peter King an ignorant, disgusting human being? Maybe, but I guess we'll never know for sure. There are plenty of things to poo poo on Peter King for without making things up. If the guy is having multiple seizures on the sidelines, which he has, it seems fair to ask if it is still safe for him to coach. You don't need to cram words he did not say into his mouth. Peter King sucks enough without creating reasons out of thin air as examples of why he sucks.
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He described a reporter as "notable" without saying why he was notable. It's such a small thing but it really shows how he writes these columns on a fly-by-night basis without giving a poo poo.
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The worst part of the King response is that he treats legal requirements as just vague suggestions. "I'm simply asking whether it's more practical to follow or to violate federal law."
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Rap posted:The worst part of the King response is that he treats legal requirements as just vague suggestions. "I'm simply asking whether it's more practical to follow or to violate federal law." Must be a side effect of all that time he spent with Goodell.
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Just bathe yourself in this Rick Reilly. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9689220/redskins-name-change-not-easy-sounds quote:"We have two great tribes here," says Kingston assistant school superintendent Ron Whipkey, "the Chicasaw and the Choctaw. And not one member of those tribes has ever come to me or our school with a complaint. It is a prideful thing to them."
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Ozu posted:Just bathe yourself in this Rick Reilly. This might be the literal worst piece of sports journalism I've ever read. quote:Trust us. We know what's best. We'll take this away for your own good, and put up barriers that protect you from ever being harmed again.
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Sep 19, 2013 01:26
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I hope Rick Reilly gets fired for that.
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Reilly's pretty fortunate to have such a multicultural family he can use to justify being a racist hack.
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ah yes, the reservation of worrying whether a name is offensive. I mean at this point trolling is a widely used clickbait practice, Reilly is basically just doing his best Skip Bayless impression. It doesn't make it less wrong, it's just expected
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Rap posted:ah yes, the reservation of worrying whether a name is offensive. I mean at this point trolling is a widely used clickbait practice, Reilly is basically just doing his best Skip Bayless impression. It doesn't make it less wrong, it's just expected I think it's more of a problem with Reilly because for whatever reason, there still seems to exist a perception that he's this elder statesman who knows what's best, and people should listen to him. Nobody thinks that of Skip Bayless. And I don't think he's trolling. I think he seriously believes this.
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Several months ago Rick Reilly wrote a poem (a terrible poem, our Farthouse goons made better stuff) for his column. I cannot seriously believe he didn't do that for the attention. I think on some level Reilly is without a doubt a troll. It seems pretty standard for the industry trolls. Do your thing, but occasionally do something controversial and stupid because it gets you attention just as people start to forget. Peter King is totally honest in his stupidity, I'll give him that.
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I understand that line of thinking but I would say there's a very real possibility he's trying to reach out to the "Society has become too P.C." crowd, who would just prefer to leave things like this and the Cleveland Indians logo alone. I suspect a reasonable amount of those types probably read SI.
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A main reason I think he's trolling sometimes is that one unscripted comment he made demanding that someone give him credit for breaking a story he didn't break. He knows he's poo poo as a journalist and he has to scrape up pageviews somehow.
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Rap posted:A main reason I think he's trolling sometimes is that one unscripted comment he made demanding that someone give him credit for breaking a story he didn't break. He knows he's poo poo as a journalist and he has to scrape up pageviews somehow. Have you considered the possibility he's not a very smart person?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I think it's more of a problem with Reilly because for whatever reason, there still seems to exist a perception that he's this elder statesman who knows what's best, and people should listen to him. Nobody thinks that of Skip Bayless. Skip has the potential, at least, to be legitimately entertaining. Rick Reilly has the potential to...what?
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Gregggg Easterbrook was on NPR yesterday shilling his new book. It was exactly as pompous and shitheaded as you'd expect from Easterbrook. You missed nothing of value.
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Rap posted:A main reason I think he's trolling sometimes is that one unscripted comment he made demanding that someone give him credit for breaking a story he didn't break. He knows he's poo poo as a journalist and he has to scrape up pageviews somehow. Yeeesssss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbjCKEmOaD4 Wasn't it also the case that he didn't actually "have it first"?
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NCAA instead of NFL, but Dom Cosentino has been publishing some garbage on Deadspin as of late. http://deadspin.com/why-sis-oklahoma-state-series-sucked-the-inside-story-1337305723 http://deadspin.com/nebraska-will-not-fire-bo-pelini-for-saying-gently caress-a-lo-1343013362 On the one hand he seems to have led the Bo Pelini says gently caress story from last week, which felt like the most breathless coverage of the F word this side of a church publication. On the other he's a big critic of the SI Oklahoma State expose. While I'm in agreement that it's hardly news to anyone that college football players are getting some food money, smoke weed and having sex- or for that matter that anyone cares or would want it differently- Dom's argument seems all over the map. After wandering through the "author just hates OSU" and "well he didn't interview everyone at the University" arguments, Dom ends up with a conclusion that the problem is SI's report was not actually in depth enough. Just to remind you: this is from the guy who wrote multiple posts on Coach Saying F Word. He also has something about the return of scholarships to Penn State that seems to equate the corrutpion of Penn State with the money-sex-weed environments of virtually every other FBS school... Fidel Cuckstro fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Cross-posting from SAS' journalism thread. Reilly's not letting go of the Washington name issue easily: http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1272/rick-reilly-mailbag-sept-25-2013
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