I have people close to me that work with dementia patients. He said his mom had dementia. Do you have a personnel connection with dementia? If not, I find it weird that you're most offended by that. Just sayin.
While I agree that making light of disabilities is in poor taste ("aspies being aspies" for example), I have been known to say that I will probably get dementia. My grandmother, and all her sisters had it, my dad is showing early signs of it, so it runs in my family...but it's the only running I will ever do.
I don't have to tell you what I have a close connection to. I don't find it tasteful to use disabilities as part of a joke or insult. Dementia or not. There are a shit ton of disabilities people don't ask for that people find hilarious and make jokes about. I'll call them out when I see them.
It's my understanding the cat is a she. He or she, I'm not talking shit about people like my mother. When that cat bathes her mother, cleans up her vomit, or calls an ambulance when she's completely unresponsive, maybe she'll understand that I'm making fun of the Laker post and not dementia.
As I have repeatedly said, I have empathy for you and your mother. I hope the best for her and you. I don't have to share any of the shit I have seen or dealt with. That's not what this is about. Again, I find it offensive when disabilities are used in even a "joking" matter. Tourettes or dementia. Or any others. There are so many people have no idea about.
Real life kids trapped in caves aren't funny either but you didn't say shit about that... The statements were exactly the same. Now leave me alone. Tracking my posts and shit... Jesus the people on this site... Do you need some catnip? Let's call a truce over a bowl of milk. Now please understand you're derailing the thread. If you don't like something I post, be an adult and send me a PM. I'm a reasonable person and ALWAYS try to empathize. I would listen. But no, you're like those people at work who go to the supervisor about some shit before they talk to you personally huh? Next time send me a PM and don't derail the thread. I'll try to do the same in the future too. Now in closing, Jimmy butler looks like a Tiki mask!
Sorry, but I disagree. Dame is 28 years old. If the Blazers traded for Butler he still isn’t the missing piece for contention. They’d still need a dependable starting SF and they would need Nurk and Collins to step up their contributions dramatically. They would have no clear path to the SF they need. Given that, the likelihood of Butler walking after one year is high. How do you build a contender from that point if you’ve essentially given CJ’s trade value away for one year of Butler? If FAs won’t come here with CJ, they sure aren’t coming if Dame is the lone star. I think the Blazers know that the Lillard/CJ window is about three years. If they don’t get to contention by then I’d expect we’d see Dame and CJ traded for picks and ending contracts and the Blazers would go all-in on rebuilding around the young guys they already have: Nurk, Collins, Trent and Simons.
Real life kids trapped in a cave were brought up by you. They are not funny either. That better? Why do I have to PM you? Just be a good person and realize there are people out there with disabilities and what you say (even if not to them, ya'know perhaps they are next to you and can hear) can destroy their little hearts. Don't flatter yourself. I'm not tracking your posts. You just happened to be the lucky one thinking tourettes was hilarious a couple weeks ago. Then making a "joke" out of dementia. No hard feelings. I'd call out @SlyPokerCougar all the same. Or @SlyPokerDog.
Sigh... Had you heard me say my post aloud I don't think you'd have this response... PM me because instead of talking about Jimmy Butler we're talking about our feelings. We can do that without derailing the thread. That's all. Again, I'd always listen and be willing to delete, edit, or apologize for what I say. I'm not some asshole who needs to be lectured to. I'm capable of listening to reason. And frankly, you going on about this is kinda unreasonable. It could've been handled more simply.
i hate to be that guy, but could someone move the OT stuff somewhere else? Preferably the OT section. The thread is about Jimmy Butler wanting traded, and I dont mean to be offensive because Dementia, kids trapped in a cave and all that is serious business but this isnt the place for it.
I disagree. I have been nothing but firm and respectful in my responses. You have to be firm when sticking up for kids with disabilities. But I digress. Back to the jimmy butler thread.
I've been tryna talk about Butler. Jimmy Butler trade update: Wolves owner makes Butler available despite front office's reluctance, report says One source reportedly said the Butler trade is 'just a matter of when' One of the calling cards of any successful NBA franchise is synergy between the front office and ownership. That's the exact opposite of what's currently happening with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jimmy Butler wants out of Minnesota, but head coach Tom Thibodeau and general manager Scott Layden have reportedly been reluctant to make a deal. On Friday, however, Wolves owner Glen Taylor apparently cleared up the situation. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Taylor told owners and executives at the NBA's Board of Governors meetings that Butler is available, and that if they're having trouble getting a hold of Thibodeau and Layden, they should contact Taylor himself. Via ESPN: The growing disconnect between Minnesota's ownership and front office has created an impression for opposing teams that a showdown between Taylor and Tom Thibodeau, the Wolves' president of basketball operations and head coach, looms as an increasingly plausible conclusion to Butler's trade request. "The owner's trading him," one Board of Governors attendee told ESPN on Friday. "That was made clear. It's just a matter of when." "He basically said, 'If you don't get anywhere with [Layden], and you've got something good, bring it to me," another high-ranking league official told ESPN. Taylor's point of view is understandable. He's trying to put a winning product on the floor after his team ended a 13-season playoff drought last year, and the last thing he wants is a malcontent who doesn't want to be there. The longer the team waits to make a deal, the higher the risk that teams back off and simply wait for Butler to become a free agent next summer. So Taylor appears to want to make sure they at least get something for their All-NBA wing. This isn't a good look for the Wolves' organization -- at times like this you want to either stay completely quiet (like the Spurs did after the Kawhi Leonard trade request) or present a united front. The Timberwolves are doing neither, and it only makes them look more desperate and confused to potential trade partners. Taylor has been around for trades involving franchise superstars Kevin Garnett and Kevin Love, and it appears he's ready to do what it takes to unload Butler as well.
So I was reading that Minnesota’s owner is going to step in and get something done sooner rather than later even if it means Thibs doesnt stick around. I wonder if we could get them to bite on a package of ET, Harkless or Aminu and a future 1st?
