I guess Bill Simmons is right

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  1. chris_in_pdx

    chris_in_pdx OLD MAN

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    We are a bunch of whiny, insecure, needy little fucking Soccer Moms.

    Perspective, people. Get some.
     
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    If that's true, then Simmons must be a Blazers fan.
     
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    How many moms on this board? How come every time men act dumb they say they are acting like women, when it's men doing it?

    Just wondering.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    Fans of anything who are on the internet are easy targets because they are by definition zealots, and zealotry is easy to mock. It lacks the irony and self-awareness of normal fandom, or casual like. If you like something enough to profess love for it in front of strangers then you're by definition a target for ridicule. Bill Simmons is that guy who will ridicule you. Does that make him a bully? Yep. Does it change the fact that we are easy targets? Nope.

    I still think Simmons can take a long walk off a short pier for his fanbaiting. Canzano does the same thing, and can also do likewise. But we set ourselves up for it by interacting with the jackholes.
     
  5. chris_in_pdx

    chris_in_pdx OLD MAN

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    So what's your opinion on the term "Deadbeat Dads"?

    I've never had an issue with you, crandc, because you and I see eye-to-eye on a lot of stuff, but your hypersensitivity to anything relating to gender inequality lately is becoming tiring. Can you tone down your outrage level a tad, please? Not every man is out to subjugate anything with a vagina every minute of every day.
     
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    I think he means the fans act like moms at soccer games cheering on their kid. Their kid is great, everything their kid does is great, etc. etc.
     
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    EXECUTE PLAN.... "Thread Hijack"

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    "Thread Hijack" COMPLETE.
     
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    Hulk Angry! Sorry, but it's just a visual representation that I get once in a while on this board while reading things from some people.

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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The irony is overwhelming.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Yup. Gender is largely irrelevant ... But if he was describing fans as being "Soccer Dads" I suppose that would mean they are ready and willing to fight anybody who touches their kid or says their kid sucks. It's a conundrum.
     
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    His alt-logins have him on ignore.
     
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    Yeah, Soccer Dads are violent, aren't they?
     
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    Those are football, basketball, and baseball dads.

    Soccer dads are on their knees praying that their son decides to play a real sport. :devilwink:
     
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    Whoa! I hate soccer, but if baseball is a real sport, so is Soccer
     
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    I forgot hockeydads to my list.

    Baseball is a real sport that requires more than one athletic skill (outside of being a pitcher).

    Soccer is kicking a ball. Toddlers can kick a ball.
     
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    Baseball is a sport where fat people can be professionals. Soccer players are elite athletes.
     

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