Yes, it was a joke about the word "supersized."
Interesting Comment on Scott Frosts room and pool in general
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Yes, it was a joke about the word "supersized."
So what did you mean when you typed " hoodie"?
Looks like I need to slow down when I type. lol
l think everyone is just messing with you - l know l was. this ain't no grammar / spelling forum.
pt did have a good question though.
was it really a hoodie? I never seen one of those used as a dress-up accessory.
best,
brian kc
Yes, because golf and pool have such similar histories and cultures.
While I get your basic gist with the billiards and golf comparison, they actually do have some similarities in their histories. Billiards did have it's moment of being and elitist game like is golf is generally considered and while amateur golfers from well to do backgrounds had it good, early pros had it pretty rough. They weren't allowed in the clubhouse, they had to change in the pro-shop, which in those days could be a garden storage shed. Hogan and Nelson talked about having their tires stolen on their broken down cars and not always being able to eat. Hogan had to deal cards at night to being able to play and practice during the day. A lot of golfers made more money hustling/gambling with wealthy club members than they did as players or club pros. The money that the pro golfers are making today came from some humble beginnings.
I figured as much. I didn't think people were malicious with their comments.
This is what I was wearing around my neck.
http://www.mcdermottcue.com/90st851.php
And yet, he was wearing a hat from Scott's room. Kind of mixed signals, no?
Yup, I checked the McDermott site..all their hoodies are hoodless.
Maybe they’re akin to “hoods” that have been subject to urban renewal...
...they ain’t exactly hoods anymore.
Seems like the OP has his own definitions....
...he might not like what my gambling circles described as a ‘chemist’.
Nope, a ‘chemist’ was a consistently losing gambler..
...he would turn his bankroll into crap.
Oh, stop it. Pool's "image" has nothing whatsoever to do with it's lack of popularity.
It is a simple matter of what activities are available to the youth who must inevitably replace the old in any hobby.
The youth of today have high definition video games and social media consumption to entertain themselves when they get bored. Both of these trigger an almost instantaneous dopamine release when they participate in these activities, making billiards dull by comparison. Historically, billiards is the domain of young men with too much testosterone who need to compete against each other. This is what drives all competitive hobbies for young men from 16 to around 28. Video games with all their tournaments and public leaderboards have displaced many many hobbies for this demographic.
So, on to the matter of meeting the opposite sex. This historically was another reason to be in a place that had pool tables. Now, all manner of quick "hit me up" type dating and "casual acquaintance" apps negate the need to go to a random business and "hope" to meet a member of the opposite sex. It is MUCH simpler for young people to meet each other, so all businesses that were historically all about getting random people together are falling by the wayside. The ones who continue to be successful are those that offer lots of entertainment options, multimedia, etc. And proximity to other entertainment options, such as movie theaters, malls etc. Which necessitates that these will tend to be in high rent areas. High rent areas either a. don't put in pool tables because they take up too much room, or b. charge an arm and a leg for the table time, making them nothing more than date night accessories.
Those who keep insisting pool is failing because of "image" simply don't have a clue about the societal / entertainment pressures facing the industry. Image has never been pool's problem, as long as aggressive young males were drawn to the game, which has ALWAYS been the case when there wasn't much else to do. When entertainment options began to grow and carve off young males in the late 50's, the seedy "image" of pool was the very thing that saved it, with the release of "The Hustler" in 1961, as young aggressive males loved the idea of going and taking money from each other across the green baize, if they were good enough, and could retain their anonymity and win a ton of money. Another short upsurge in pool in the mid 80's after "The Color of Money", but before video games got anywhere near as advanced as they are now. And before the ability to check on someone's identity through the internet became a thing.
These days, anonymity is no longer available when anyone can snap your picture on their phone and identify you in minutes, and there is no money in pool because the dopamine high that one historically got from gambling at pool is now more readily and safely achievable through video games. Have a gambling obsession that video game lootboxes don't assuage? Casinos and poker rooms got your back, dawg...
There are a number of reasons that pool is failing. Image is not one of them. That is simply a convenient reason for those that are not aware of the real reasons and are searching for an answer to why the game they love is no longer popular.
Short Bus Russ
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