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Not sure we should continue this in the Griez thread, but OK why not. I mean I did go off on a tangent so might as well finish.
You're not level headed bruh. You've proved it by producing an emotional essay where you're accentuating certain words showing how pissed off you actually are at my apparent intolerance and thinking I'm persecuting anybody. Because apparently being vocal about my views towards certain trends in footballer lifestyle is persecution or maybe some form of hate speech Fuck me. Amusing.
Not to mention you're very comfortable with using "people" and attaching group mentality to your own opinion. That's nice, haha.
You seem to have blown this out into extreme for some reason. Everyone chooses their clothing as they see fit for a given occasion. If they want to walk around town wearing anything they bloody want it's completely cool. But you miss an obvious correlation between people with certain negative personality traits and the way they talk or dress, purely based on what they think is cool or comfortable. That applies across disciplines BTW, office jobs, whatever.
If you went walking around, I dunno, Brooklyn anytime between 1990 and now for example, you'll see similar trends. Observation, not an opinion.
Ah, you could ask Atletico fans throughout this season whether they fully agree with what you said here in the last sentence.
Nonetheless I agree, dude seems like a very good footballer that you can hardly find any problems with on the pitch. He seems down to earth and was known to be rather shy, and these types of people hardly grow into anything bad.
How he fits into locker rooms is possibly a different story, but doubt he'd be a troublemaker and he's worked under Simeone so I'm sure he's seen it all.
Perhaps you're right. There is historical importance attached to samba and how it was chosen to represent a certain style of football etc.
Just not sure how you can relate daft celebrations like a dab or that L and make them become a symbol of joyful football. Not that you've got to have that in your mind while you do it. But that then goes back to the argument that some people made here - Griez should probably do it once and ditch it, because otherwise he'll get a pointless tag attached to himself with a statement "Look at me! I play video games. All Fortnite gamers unite!" that serves zero purpose in the real world.
So many things to say to you here.. And you're right, the whole point of this discussion was to think beyond the celebration and look into the social aspects of today, so it does extend beyond football.
- I play games, I use social media. Double miss.
- There is correct and incorrect behaviour, and it depends on what you do and where you do it. For example, you don't go to the cemetery to have a picnic. Remember Pokemon Go and teenagers running into a Holocaust museum to catch a poison gas pokemon? I see the youth of today doing such things very frequently. But these are just examples of lack of education and values teens live by today. And to bring it back to football for a moment, Gattuso recently said to some young player who was making skill videos of himself to put on social media that if he'd seen him do it again, he'd knock his teeth out. Wonder where you stand on that, because I damn sure know where I do
- I used socially weak here in reference to the majority of deep gamers being introvert and anti-social, which IS a weakness, often one they don't care to admit publically. There are whole taboons of people complaining about lack of friends and underdevelopment of social skills. Numerous researchers did studies on how social media makes majority of its regular users dreadfully unhappy. Very same case with deep gamers many of whom are in denial about being unable to go outside and be social. They actually tend to form cliques within their own gaming world, don't learn how to cook their own meals, don't develop any other transferrable practical skills, who think they don't need them... and then they go and complain how shit their lives are under Jordan Peterson videos.
- No, I'm not superior, but far more acceptant of my own flaws, to the extent that I do not fear my world view being challenged. Something many conflictless people don't want to have to deal with and prefer to shout something like "how dare you?"
Oh yes, we would be doomed.
Movie star =/= celebrity. Singer =/= celebrity. Celebrity is somebody who for the most part doesn't deserve the fame they're getting. These sorts of people tend to be attention whores and feel comfortable putting their life in front of a camera on a near daily basis.
And I'm not so sure why anyone would want to be that for any sensible reasons.
Good discussion though. You could tone down the outrage and emotion
You're saying I'm not level-headed and then proceed to viciously attack the 'character' of an entire generation of people and relatable athletes for playing video games??? Jesus Christ lol, this is not a good look for you. People really don't seem to think your comments are "level-headed" at all, if anything just a bitter, angry persecution of those who live a different lifestyle from yourself. To actually believe that people are inferior in character for playing the most popular game in the world, and that athletes who do some funny things or participate in social media represent "a failure in education and upbringing"..... Talk about taking it too far.
You're not level headed bruh. You've proved it by producing an emotional essay where you're accentuating certain words showing how pissed off you actually are at my apparent intolerance and thinking I'm persecuting anybody. Because apparently being vocal about my views towards certain trends in footballer lifestyle is persecution or maybe some form of hate speech Fuck me. Amusing.
Not to mention you're very comfortable with using "people" and attaching group mentality to your own opinion. That's nice, haha.
DonAndres said:This is an ENTERTAINMENT business, footballers are not here to dress/act plainly like they're in some 9-5 office job with strict behavioral codes. Acting like you can only be commendable if you're like Juan Mata who does nothing to stand out in the public eye and then does some notable charitable work is crazy. Forcing them to walk on a thin tightrope in life just to be seen as "respectable" by guys like you.
You seem to have blown this out into extreme for some reason. Everyone chooses their clothing as they see fit for a given occasion. If they want to walk around town wearing anything they bloody want it's completely cool. But you miss an obvious correlation between people with certain negative personality traits and the way they talk or dress, purely based on what they think is cool or comfortable. That applies across disciplines BTW, office jobs, whatever.
If you went walking around, I dunno, Brooklyn anytime between 1990 and now for example, you'll see similar trends. Observation, not an opinion.
DonAndres said:The ONLY thing that matters with regards to professionalism is how he carries himself on the pitch and in his duty towards his team. Griezmann is a thorough professional in both those areas. He doesn't dive, hardly ever bitches to refs, never acts in an unsportsmanlike way to competitors, respects his teammates and rivals, and puts out his full effort every single night.
Ah, you could ask Atletico fans throughout this season whether they fully agree with what you said here in the last sentence.
Nonetheless I agree, dude seems like a very good footballer that you can hardly find any problems with on the pitch. He seems down to earth and was known to be rather shy, and these types of people hardly grow into anything bad.
How he fits into locker rooms is possibly a different story, but doubt he'd be a troublemaker and he's worked under Simeone so I'm sure he's seen it all.
DonAndres said:I also love how "samba" is an okay form of playful expression in football for you, but only because it has historical presence and is associated with THE original football powerhouse nation. That is truly telling of how you're rigid and stuck in the past. Samba was then as this is now, a product of the fun/entertaining part of Western culture blending into football. And people loved it, people love to have players who play the game with joy and show some personality. People love to see that footballers are relatable to themselves.
Perhaps you're right. There is historical importance attached to samba and how it was chosen to represent a certain style of football etc.
Just not sure how you can relate daft celebrations like a dab or that L and make them become a symbol of joyful football. Not that you've got to have that in your mind while you do it. But that then goes back to the argument that some people made here - Griez should probably do it once and ditch it, because otherwise he'll get a pointless tag attached to himself with a statement "Look at me! I play video games. All Fortnite gamers unite!" that serves zero purpose in the real world.
DonAndres said:This 'commentary' of yours probably extends well beyond football, as an indictment on the entire current generation about what is "correct behavior" and how participation in the trends of today is representative of severe character flaws and failure to grow up. That comment about how we shouldn't even want to attract the "social media/gamer" demographic because they are "socially weak" is one of the most unpleasant things I've seen anyone say in this forum lol. Talk about being condescending and holier than thou, to actually think you are a superior man because you don't play games or use social media.
So many things to say to you here.. And you're right, the whole point of this discussion was to think beyond the celebration and look into the social aspects of today, so it does extend beyond football.
- I play games, I use social media. Double miss.
- There is correct and incorrect behaviour, and it depends on what you do and where you do it. For example, you don't go to the cemetery to have a picnic. Remember Pokemon Go and teenagers running into a Holocaust museum to catch a poison gas pokemon? I see the youth of today doing such things very frequently. But these are just examples of lack of education and values teens live by today. And to bring it back to football for a moment, Gattuso recently said to some young player who was making skill videos of himself to put on social media that if he'd seen him do it again, he'd knock his teeth out. Wonder where you stand on that, because I damn sure know where I do
- I used socially weak here in reference to the majority of deep gamers being introvert and anti-social, which IS a weakness, often one they don't care to admit publically. There are whole taboons of people complaining about lack of friends and underdevelopment of social skills. Numerous researchers did studies on how social media makes majority of its regular users dreadfully unhappy. Very same case with deep gamers many of whom are in denial about being unable to go outside and be social. They actually tend to form cliques within their own gaming world, don't learn how to cook their own meals, don't develop any other transferrable practical skills, who think they don't need them... and then they go and complain how shit their lives are under Jordan Peterson videos.
- No, I'm not superior, but far more acceptant of my own flaws, to the extent that I do not fear my world view being challenged. Something many conflictless people don't want to have to deal with and prefer to shout something like "how dare you?"
DonAndres said:And also about how "society would be doomed if it were led by people like that" is even more fucking LOL. It's ridiculous for you to even feel the need to draw parallels between how sportsman and "societal leaders" behave. They are athletes, more akin to celebrities like movie stars/singers than government representatives or leaders of industry. There isn't and shouldn't be ANY correlation between how those two groups of people behave, athletes are in the ENTERTAINMENT business as you keep failing to understand. Let alone the idea that society would actually be screwed just because a world leader at 40-50+ years of age happened to use social media and played games as a younger man/woman. Open your mind dude, the ONLY thing you've demonstrated with this rant of yours is intolerance.
Oh yes, we would be doomed.
Movie star =/= celebrity. Singer =/= celebrity. Celebrity is somebody who for the most part doesn't deserve the fame they're getting. These sorts of people tend to be attention whores and feel comfortable putting their life in front of a camera on a near daily basis.
And I'm not so sure why anyone would want to be that for any sensible reasons.
Good discussion though. You could tone down the outrage and emotion