JC
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Remember all those other top Chinese women players? Me neither. They're in prison camps now after losing too often.
They play for a lot more than the money. It's life or death over there in commie land.
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Remember all those other top Chinese women players? Me neither. They're in prison camps now after losing too often.
They play for a lot more than the money. It's life or death over there in commie land.
JC
My bet is that race is an exposed nerve in this country. Enough that making race-based analogies may be over played to exaggerate severity similar to nazi-based analogies.
However you’re using the analogy to describe gender-based prejudices so it’s not a far stretch that an analogy to race-based prejudices would be used. Both are protected classes due to historical (and present) discrimination. People like to roll their eyes at gender discrimination because they are less likely to acknowledge it exists than they are race discrimination.
But in general you run the risk any time you use an analogy. Someone will always scrutinize the analogy itself into specific detail instead of just taking the more general point. I’ve learned to avoid analogies more and more in favor of just expressing my point more directly.
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Snowflakes my friend, snowflakes.
Anyone horny after reading this one?
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Because it's been so abused by the left since Trump won the election that it now causes immediate tuning out. Thank god the girl isn't Russian.
You had a bunch of good points I think because at the end I tuned out and forgot what you were saying now.
Besides race based bias isn't the same as gender based so it was not that strong of an analogy.
JC
I've heard people referring to "snowflakes," and I know it is derogatory. But I have to confess I don't know what it means.
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True story:
30ish or so years ago a buddy of mine went on a date :grin-devilish:with a female bodybuilder. She was a big girl and no fat anywhere from what I remember.
The next day he came to the pool room and someone ask him if she made him feel like less of a man after undressing and if he had a hard (no pun intended) time "performing" :kiss
he was the total opposite of a bodybuilder....picture "pool player6"..lol), well, he sat there for a second and then said "you know what?, I was scared stiff all night:shocked2: She picked me up and threw me from one side of the bed to the other. I'm just glad she did break anything":shocked:Old memories........:rotflmao1:
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It starts from something positive and gets mocked into something negative. Take the idea that every person is unique and special. Like snowflakes, no two people are the same. Then take how you can make each individual feel special. That can go in directions of anti-bullying and looking for opportunities to raise their self-esteem so that they build the confidence needed to try hard later on. These are often associated with liberal values.
It turns negative when faced with conservative values. Some (not all or necessarily most) young kids enter adulthood feeling entitled to special treatment. They don’t think they need to work to earn anything. Conservatives think this is the outcome of a generation raised with liberal values. Kids getting participation trophies and not keeping score in sports leads to adults expecting promotions without needing to compete and work for it. Overly sensitive whiners.
I think this whole approach is just a way to over simplify a complex topic into a meme that further entrenches us in our political divide. It’s a way of injecting politics into a topic that isn’t political. Usually done by people so immersed in political argument that they can’t help injecting it into all their conversations.
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She's not a girl. She's a woman. I don't think you'd refer to the top male player as a "boy." I just don't get these rules with the button phrases and stuff like that.
The analogy made sense. The claim was essentially, Because I'm male and have testosterone, a female--any female--beating me at pool is inconceivable to me
It is hard to find a statement that matches the absurdity. It is so ridiculous that the insult isn'y even to females; it is to all thinking human beings.
No Jew is going to out-think me. No black is going to beat me at golf. No muslim is going to run faster than me. The analogy is about the vile absurdity involving a significant fraction of the world's population... These others are just as ridiculous...
Thank you. That makes sense.
Shhhhh, if you point out the obvious absurdity of the claims made in this thread, others wont have the ability to say these type of things about people pointing out this issue, like
Theyre just jealous
Now you have done your job, and killed some more action.
Pool "needs this"
No champion ever emerges without that kind of heart
All the haters out there have to stop bashing
I guess you can chalk it up to being the age of the internet, where everyone wants to be a wise guy. (edited from: where everyone's an expert.)
Clusterfook threads like this only come around once every couple or 3 years on AZB. Its best to treat them like a nice bottle of whiskey. Pour them into a decanter and let them breathe for a while. Then sit back, pour a few fingers of Pappy Van Winkle and enjoy the lunacy displayed by those who cannot see the forest for the trees.
JC
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Sorry if my sense of humor isn't up your alley. Be offended if you must.
I have referred to many males in their 20s as boys they don't seem to get all up in the undies over it. As in, the boy can play! And yes, that girl can play!
JC
I wasn't suggesting anything. But, just in case I wasn't as clear as I thought I was, I'll go a little deeper into these shark infested waters.
Even absent strength, which is an enormous factor in most sports, at some point during competitions, more so at the higher levels, skills and knowledge will take a backseat to determination, aggression, and will. Men, via testosterone, are genetically engineered to be dominate in those areas compared to women. With few exceptions that is a fact. Even in pool, where the factor of strength isn't nearly as important as with other sports one can see the usual differences in will and aggression, men are naturally much more intense in these areas. But again, there are always exceptions, perhaps she is one of them and I wish her luck.
As for the "fargogate" rating system, I suppose it's not unlike The Daily Racing Form, The Tale of The Tape, or any other system that gathers and processes past performance data. They do what they do well, but the Vegas bookmakers are still making a fortune. Mike, if I'm wrong, chime in.
Snowflakes: the new generation of people who believe that everyone is different and special, deserves a participation trophy, are easily offended, and expect the fruits of other people's labor. :smile:
Do you think the Chinese communists got it about right regarding gender after they murdered 75 million of their own people?
Sounds to me like you are calling for reeducation.
Sounds to me like you are ignorant of the history. Furthermore I am souring on your whole rating system.
Why don't you mind your own business and let folk do what they are inclined to do.
Holy cow, this thread!??
I don’t have a dog in this race, straight up.. this thread has gone so many loop de loops it’s crazy, several topics not connected all being tossed around at once. Here’s what I can see so far, and perhaps a more meaningful end idea to certain topics.
First of all, as has been discussed, with John doe having only played 5 fargo rated matches his rating is worthless. This association to that threw half this thread off the rails from the get go. As far as J doe woofing anonymously, and calling out the top female in the world, it could have been more discreet 50 ways from sunday, he is getting the attention he wanted out of it though. I think he enjoys the idea of knocking the dust off the pillows a bit and getting everyone rustled up to make silly bets in the name of bringing some swagger and excitement to the community. Guy wants to get a game, I want to watch, willing to pay to see, personally not super excited to bet on the match... If I had a better idea of john doe’s speed I might feel different for pocket change for sake of greater entertainment.
I don’t have a dog in this race, straight up.. this thread has gone so many loop de loops it’s crazy, several topics not connected all being tossed around at once. Here’s what I can see so far, and perhaps a more meaningful end idea to certain topics.
First of all, as has been discussed, with John doe having only played 5 fargo rated matches his rating is worthless. This association to that threw half this thread off the rails from the get go. As far as J doe woofing anonymously, and calling out the top female in the world, it could have been more discreet 50 ways from sunday, he is getting the attention he wanted out of it though. I think he enjoys the idea of knocking the dust off the pillows a bit and getting everyone rustled up to make silly bets in the name of bringing some swagger and excitement to the community. Guy wants to get a game, I want to watch, willing to pay to see, personally not super excited to bet on the match... If I had a better idea of john doe’s speed I might feel different for pocket change for sake of greater entertainment.
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