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Whip Slagcheek: Sep 21, 2008; Finally
The Gasoline And Dynamite
Will Light The Sky
For The Night

If it's ANYONE but Stewart I think it's immediately hand waved away as an unfortunate and tragic circumstance. But because if that previous interaction it's going to cast Stewart in a bad light when combined with his past behavior.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 19:53

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krispykremessuck: Jul 22, 2005; unlike most veterans and SA members $10 is not a meaningful expenditure for me

I'm gonna have me a swag Bar-B-Q

also the moon landing was fake and the holocaust wasn't real

# ? Aug 10, 2014 19:59

bloops: Dec 31, 2010; Thanks Ape Pussy!

Wait it's a parody post from a goon meltdown.

maxallen posted:

I was trying to go to sleep a few minutes ago and for some reason the enormity of these events finally hit me and I couldn't stop crying. I have no real life friends who give a poo poo about stock car racing, so this is basically the only place I have to express these feelings, but I really feel the need to express them.

I would like this thread to be about our personal feelings about the death of Tony Stewart, and how it has personally affected us. Just TV-IVing about the details as they come in, or wondering about the NASCAR's future, and all of that bullshit has no place here. I need to write about my feelings about Tony Stewart. Obviously these posts will be mocked elsewhere on the forums, but gently caress em. If you feel the need to say anything, say it.

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Tony Stewart is a murderer. He killed another race car driver. We will probably never know exactly what he was thinking. Obviously I did not know Tony Stewart. I never saw him in person and never spoke to him. But he represented something very special to me. In such a cut-throat, dirty, dark, often disgusting, business he was one of the good ones. When people talked poo poo about racing and the bastards involved in it, you could always muffin out Tony Stewart as the exception to the rule. He was the one you could muffin to as a true professional who honored the sport he loved, who was passionate about it, who proved that you could dedicate your life to professional racing without being insane or scum or a monster. He was the ace in the hole. He was the one who wasn't in it for the pussy or because he was a failed jock in another sport or because he wanted to get rich quick or because he wanted to be a movie star or because he saw racing as a means to an end. He was in it for racing. He was dedicated to being the best race car driver he could be, and it showed on the track.

I wanted to be a racer since I was a little kid, and one of the very worst moments of my life was a cold night in San Antonio when I was on the phone to my girlfriend a thousand miles away and finally admitted to myself and to her that coming to Texas to be a race car driver had been a mistake. Coming to grips that I was simply not athletically or charismatically talented enough to be a race car driver was one of the worst moments of my life. The business glorifies the boyhood dreams that come true. My boyhood dream wasn't going to come true, and it was an upsetting, soul-crushing revelation that upsets and discourages me to this day.

Since then I lived vicariously through Tony Stewart in a lot of ways. He wasn't a man who was destined to be a NASCAR champion. He couldn't talk. He wasn't charismatic in the usual way. He was quiet. He was short. The only thing he had going for him was his work ethic. He wasn't a third generation race car driver. He wasn't physically gifted. He wasn't someone who had words come easy to him. But through sheer effort he was able to become one of the greatest professional race car drivers in history. By 40 years-old.

Tony Stewart was only forty three, and he was already a legend on the verge of myth. That's how talented he was, and how respected.

I cannot reconcile in my mind that the man who unnecessarily gave back so much to the sport could end his life the way he did. I can't understand how a man could spend weeks and months trying to give back to younger guys like Joey Logano, putting forth the care and effort to help them find their voice on the track, and that that same man could run over another guy only weeks later. It doesn't make sense. It shouldn't have happened this way. Not for him, not for Danica, and not for their child.

Tony Stewart owed me nothing. But I still feel the loss. I selfishly lived through many of his accomplishments and now feel lost. I can only speak for myself, but I feel that for a lot of us Saturdays and Sundays are rocks of stability in a storm of stress and uncertainty. Every week the show goes on. Every week the show is from somewhere new, somewhere in the world, but every week it comes into our homes.

And that will continue. But Tony Stewart is dead. And he died a murderer. And whether it be insanity, drugs, or just the actions of a clear-eyed monster, what is done is done. And one of the pillars for the guys backstage and one of the pillars for fans is gone. And everything that pillar held up is tainted and dripping with blood.

Tony Stewart was a murderer. And I don't know how to accept that.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 21:03

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; bone shaking.
soul baking.

holocaust bloopers posted:

Wait it's a parody post from a goon meltdown.

Yeah that's the Chris Benoit post. It's still great to see it used right. They did a decent job with that one.

# ? Aug 10, 2014 21:06

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

So looks like Cleveland fans are setting themselves up for a whole boatload of heart ache when they demand Johnny Manziel start and leads his team to a 1-7 start while Hoyer gets traded away to a team he might be able to win it's division with him

# ? Aug 11, 2014 18:39

Whip Slagcheek: Sep 21, 2008; Finally
The Gasoline And Dynamite
Will Light The Sky
For The Night

Cleveland is, shockingly, a competitive team if Josh Gordon is in the lineup and Hoyer is healthy. That division is as weak as my erection and they've got a pretty solid young core.

# ? Aug 11, 2014 20:05

SquirrelyPSU: May 27, 2003

Whip Slagcheek posted:

Cleveland is, shockingly, a competitive team if Josh Gordon is in the lineup and Hoyer is healthy. That division is as weak as my erection and they've got a pretty solid young core.

We'll see if the end of August brings the annual "Steelers lose 2 Starting Offensive Lineman for the Season", otherwise yeah.

# ? Aug 12, 2014 00:31

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

SquirrelyPSU posted:

We'll see if the end of August brings the annual "Steelers lose 2 Starting Offensive Lineman for the Season", otherwise yeah.

Winning the opener in Pittsburgh against Ben would make me so happy I wouldn't care if we lost the next 15.

# ? Aug 12, 2014 00:41

SquirrelyPSU: May 27, 2003

Flikken posted:

Winning the opener in Pittsburgh against Ben would make me so happy I wouldn't care if we lost the next 15.

The offense is going to be better than most people think, the defense is going to be worse. I'm thinking like 9-7 with a couple of just hilarious poo poo stompings in there and maybe back door into the Wild Card.

# ? Aug 12, 2014 00:47

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

SquirrelyPSU posted:

The offense is going to be better than most people think, the defense is going to be worse. I'm thinking like 9-7 with a couple of just hilarious poo poo stompings in there and maybe back door into the Wild Card.

You're talking about Pittsburgh right?

# ? Aug 12, 2014 00:51

pkells: Sep 14, 2007; King of Klatch

"Bottomless for Browns" :nws:

is apparently a legit thing online now, according to the Browns subreddit. I may have to start rooting for them as my second team this year.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:30

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

# ? Aug 14, 2014 22:13

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Goddamn.

# ? Aug 15, 2014 02:11

RichieHimself: May 27, 2004; No way dude, she looks like Gargamel.

Any interest in a gip fantasy foosball league this year? I've got 3 guys so far and will most likely set it up on ESPN unless there's a better free site out there I don't know about. Holla at me boyz.

# ? Aug 17, 2014 13:16

SquirrelyPSU: May 27, 2003

The Steelers Running Back Depth Chart just got popped with weed charges. Hoooraaaaaay

# ? Aug 21, 2014 00:50

Fucitol: May 8, 2005; Ceterum autem censeo mundum esse delendam

Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris

can't w8 4 the steelers to implode in glorious fashion

# ? Aug 21, 2014 01:43

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Kyle Orton is now a Buffalo Bill.

Today is loving amazing.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 05:40

Nick Soapdish: Apr 27, 2008

FAT SLAMPIG posted:

Kyle Orton is now a Buffalo Bill.

Today is loving amazing.

YEEES! The fact that drunk is still in the league makes me so happy. Got a free Orton jersey when he poo poo the bed during one of the '03 games and someone tossed it toward the field. Gonna wear it tomorrow when I get drunk and disappointed that Purdue will lose to MACtion.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 06:04

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Best part is, Orton is now the best QB buffalo has

he's going to start

week 1 vs chicago

life is incredible

# ? Aug 30, 2014 06:05

Bloodborne: Sep 24, 2008

Kyle Orton's face offends me.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 12:29

Helldump Immunity.: Aug 2, 2013; Fuck you

Michael Sam cut from the Rams :lol:

# ? Aug 30, 2014 22:00

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Helldump Immunity. posted:

Michael Sam cut from the Rams

That team is stacked at defense, he'll find a spot somewhere else.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 22:02

the dad farm: Dec 6, 2005

cant wait for the riots

# ? Aug 30, 2014 22:23

Nostalgia4Butts: Jun 1, 2006; WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Flikken posted:

That team is stacked at defense, he'll find a spot somewhere else.

Yeah, he did well in Preseason, someone will grab him.

# ? Aug 30, 2014 23:18

Fucitol: May 8, 2005; Ceterum autem censeo mundum esse delendam

Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris

there should be a contest for the sjw-est post concerning Michael Sam. consideration should be given to people who readily admit to never watching "those dumb sportsball things."

e - i just found the amazing hilarity of the Seminoles playing the okie state cowboys. The trail of tears will originate from Oklahoma this time, tho.

Fucitol fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Aug 31, 2014

# ? Aug 31, 2014 03:33