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KerouacsDog
Legend
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thanks for this, my favourite band of all time!
PC69
Legend
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Big_Rudy
Legend
Silver Level
Wow. I thought you were regretting not being here for the discussion on this. Guess not. Oh, and by the way, is Lucky Chippy aware that you consider him a "nobody" (your words, not mine). If "no one" cares how the US feels about soccer.... STOP ASKING.
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Big_Rudy
Legend
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Ummm...if you'll actually READ my post, you'll see I'm referring to the US when I'm talking about that. Clearly soccer is the most popular sport in the world EXCEPT in the US. Here it clearly isn't the sport of the future, present, or ever. That is all.
ChuckTs
Legend
Silver Level
...uh, katana? Those ****in things can cut through mother****ing street poles if used properly. Through human body parts like butter.
IveGot0uts
Rock Star
Silver Level
How about instead of arguing about which pointless bit of exercise is better, we argue that the trillions of dollars that are pointlessly funneled to useless crap and the respect and admiration be directed toward the sciences and things that matter at all?
xdeucesx
Bar Master
Bronze Level
nah, soccer sux ftw!
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Big_Rudy
Legend
Silver Level
You're living in a dream world, unfortunately. Bread and circuses.
IveGot0uts
Rock Star
Silver Level
How many people here would, at first though, pay lipservice to the idea that this a dreamworld. This indicates that on some level you aknowledge this being the worthier goal. I bet it's a lot of you. However I bet this is still brushed right past by opiates of the masses. Acting this way is what perpetuates the foolishness. Just saying.
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mikejm
Rock Star
Silver Level
Not a question...katana
LuckyChippy
Cardschat Elite
Silver Level
I go away for like 5 hours and I have to read 3 pages, wtf?
Also, I think a lot of good things came from the sports debate and we came to the conclusion of lets agree to disagree, Americans like there sports in their way (courtesy of Vanq's explanation) and we like ours. Then after it's all over big rudy has to come in and act like the biggest douche in the world. Lol at you haha.
You're the guy that no one invited because you do that thing that no one likes but we put up with you cause you're kind of all right and don't cause trouble.
Also, I think a lot of good things came from the sports debate and we came to the conclusion of lets agree to disagree, Americans like there sports in their way (courtesy of Vanq's explanation) and we like ours. Then after it's all over big rudy has to come in and act like the biggest douche in the world. Lol at you haha.
You're the guy that no one invited because you do that thing that no one likes but we put up with you cause you're kind of all right and don't cause trouble.
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Big_Rudy
Legend
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You're more right than you know. I don't just agree with you "on some level", I agree with you completely. However, in the real world "sport" plays a huge role. Much larger than much more worthy goals/topics/professions etc. I'm not saying this is right. In point-of-fact I believe it to be clearly wrong. However, it is what it is.
In case you're not familiar the term "bread and circuses" generally refers to the Roman empire and the concept employed by certain of its rulers that if you kept the general public fed and entertained they could care less as the world around them went to hell.
But, ask yourself.... which topic is going to have broader appeal here at CC, or almost anywhere else for that matter. Lets use soccer as an example since its the topic of the moment. People get so into it and it is so ingrained into the lifestyle (OUTSIDE the US
), that people riot and occassionally kill each other over matches/ favorite teams/ etc.Can you imagine people being that concerned, that partisan, over who won the last nobel prize in science? I long ago came to grips with the fact that the concerns of the masses are very base and to try to get them to a level even slightly higher is a monumental, if not impossible, task.
Can you tell I've spent considerable time in the teaching profession? Unfortunately, it IS a dream world in which you are living if you honestly think that the average man in the street is going to be more concerned with bettering the human condition as opposed to who won last night's (insert any random sport here) match. Its not right. It just is.
And, by the way, no, I don't teach any more. The masses have won long ago. I no longer have the strength to battle them.
WVHillbilly
Legend
Silver Level
Yep. Doesn't live in the building but hangs out and eats all our food anyway.
WVHillbilly
Legend
Silver Level
i'm playing rush poker for some reason
IveGot0uts
Rock Star
Silver Level
Didn't say I think it's flipping a switch, but playing along feeds the machine. Abstaining > contributing, and speaking out > either. Expression of valuable ideas has been successful at generating/sustaining momentum more than once. Look at basically every civil right gained by anyone ever.
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Big_Rudy
Legend
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So you got what you wanted after all, then? You got your questions answered about how Americans feel about soccer? Oh, wait, you couln't have since "no one really cares what the US feels about soccer"? So why ask? Just trolling to stir up some animosity? Do us a favor, next time your tempted to ask how Americans feel about soccer, stop yourself, remind yourself a) they hate it, and b) its totally irrevalent here. Questions answered. No need to even ask. But, you had to know this before you even asked in the first place. So, again, what was your real intent?
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