The Fedora/Cringe thread

[DJoe]

yeah i guess so. forgot about setting fires lol. used to by a can of lynx and a lighter and set fire to tennisballs and stuff. never really got into gaming. i had a a megadrive and then got a ps2 when the ps3 came out

[Forum]

yeah i guess so. forgot about setting fires lol. used to by a can of lynx and a lighter and set fire to tennisballs and stuff. never really got into gaming. i had a a megadrive and then got a ps2 when the ps3 came out

Lol i was about to say, knock and run, deoderant flamethrowers, egging houses and just general lurking

[DJoe]

knock down ginger was jokes. untill my mate got callled the n word by an irish lady

[Forum]

under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, it is a criminal offence to "wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant, by pulling or ringing any door bell, or knocking at any door" punishable with up to 14 days imprisonment.

lol

[garethom]

the only purpose of sports is to train people to be nationalists and submissive to authority by indoctrinating children with the notion that you should arbitrarily align yourself with one "team"

You really think the only thing that comes in team form is nationalism?

[ultraspatial]

never bothered with sports tbh - well unless you count swimming and skateboarding but w/e
don't regret it tho as i believe it teaches competitiveness

[DJoe]

is competitiveness bad?

[soronery]

is competitiveness bad?

no

too much emphasis is on taking part.

kids at grade school getting a medal just for running the race

weve become a society that celebrates mediocrity

[ultraspatial]

the only purpose of sports is to train people to be nationalists and submissive to authority by indoctrinating children with the notion that you should arbitrarily align yourself with one "team"

You really think the only thing that comes in team form is nationalism?

what phig is saying applies more to places that already have some underlying national/ethnic w/e conflict

[hubb]

heads and volleys

better than football oh man I miss that

[ultraspatial]

is competitiveness bad?

yes because it only validates capitalist institutions and restricts individual interests to whatever is profitable

is competitiveness bad?

no

too much emphasis is on taking part.

kids at grade school getting a medal just for running the race

weve become a society that celebrates mediocrity

pc bullshit like that is just as bad only from a different direction

[soronery]

missing the point

[OGLemon]

Team sports also teach you the value of cooperation though

[hubb]

tbh djoes point is mute.. I mean its fine .. but the logic behind it is worked out by a person that hasn't spent time with the kid in question yet..

I'm sure at 2 or 3 you can already sort of see if the kid will be into sports or not..

ofcourse if they dont like football you'd have to force it on them.. only problem with that is that we can't do that to adults ............yet!

[DJoe]

is competitiveness bad?

yes because it only validates capitalist institutions and restricts individual interests to whatever is profitable

i get that making competitiveness an intrinsic quality in a person could do that. but i thnk its a bit of a stretch to apply that to someone wanting to be better at a sport than someone else

[topmo3]

overt competetiveness tho if it shows in a person can be one of the most irritating attributes someone might have. IMO it's sort of a sign of maturity if you can admit defeat and not take every damn little game or whatever so seriously

[Phigure]

the only purpose of sports is to train people to be nationalists and submissive to authority by indoctrinating children with the notion that you should arbitrarily align yourself with one "team"

You really think the only thing that comes in team form is nationalism?

that post was meant to be mostly tongue in cheek (I thought the last part of my post might make it more obvious but I guess not)

Im not anti-sports and I don't think really that's the "only purpose" it serves, but I do think there's some truth to it. it's obviously not the only "team oriented" form of organization in society, but I'd say it's definitely the most significant

Chomsky has a good quote on this where he says basically the same thing, I'm on my phone rn though

[hubb]

keeping in mind that in american society there's a lot of pressure with the scolarships, drafting and all that ... nfl being practically a war simulator

[DJoe]

overt competetiveness tho if it shows in a person can be one of the most irritating attributes someone might have. IMO it's sort of a sign of maturity if you can admit defeat and not take every damn little game or whatever so seriously

yeah exactly. i hate my mates need to be better at everything. sore loser and a worse winner. there just isnt anything wrong with a little competitiveness when its in the form of ambition

[ultraspatial]

is competitiveness bad?

yes because it only validates capitalist institutions and restricts individual interests to whatever is profitable

i get that making competitiveness an intrinsic quality in a person could do that. but i thnk its a bit of a stretch to apply that to someone wanting to be better at a sport than someone else

obvs depends on each individual's psychological traits, and on the parents too