If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place — Page 15

Sonofabitch. Now bitching about the Bulls losing. D-Wade 4 point play, D-Rose missed free-throw - AAARRRGHH! I guess "the rest of the Eastern Conference Finals" was one game >:( Next year Frink...

Longley is an Aussie, so is Paddy Mills from Portland. There were a few others that played in the NBA, but none I can think of that actually got minutes.

While I'm bitching about basketball, I HATE how nearly every commentator now uses "and 1" as a fucking noun.

Acceptable: "He makes the shot, and 1."

Unacceptable: "He makes the shot and gets the and 1."

SHITS ME TO TEARS! (Don't think I've heard Marv do it yet).

You know what I hate: "he's always had trouble scoring the basketball."

What the hell else would he score?

Oh, and Bulls? :-(

Maybe he has trouble scoring the basketball because he's supposed to be scoring points. It should be "scoring with the basketball" so that is wrong on multiple counts. I blame texting for the destruction of our language. There's another bitch for ya ;)

srsly

Bingowings said:

As an outsider on the biological reproduction front I have noticed that some children are living saints and others are demons from hell and often the quality of and effort put into parenting makes very little visible difference.

Actually, while I don't have any kids of my own, I spend most my time around children and I see a good deal of their parents as well, and I've made the exact opposite observation. The effort put out by the parents seems to make a world of difference.

I have little doubt the reason TheBoost's kid is so mild mannered has everything to do with the controlled and scheduled environment he lives in. Sure, unquestionably, some kids have a natural tendency to be more of a "handful" than others, but regardless of that, all children test limits to see what they can and cannot get away with. I've encountered many parents who shrug their shoulders and let their kids get away with a lot because they feel like there is nothing they can do about it. Well, kids know where their boundaries lie, if you say "no" but don't enforce it, they know that "no" doesn't really mean "no".

My best friend has three kids, the second one is amazingly mild mannered, the third is too young to know what he is going to be like, but the oldest is a complete and total handful. Every time I come to visit she is extremely hyper, bouncing off the walls and showing off for me, but when her dad snaps his fingers and says sternly, "Honey, it is time for the adults to visit now; you can go play in your room, or you can find something quiet to do and stay in here with us." she knows he means it and obeys right away.

My friend often expresses the same annoyance as TheBoost, other parents are constantly so impressed with the level of control he has over his kids, they'll ask how he and his wife do it, when they give an answer: controlled environment, discipline, boundaries, etc., they are usually met with an "I guess I was just cursed with a demon child." or "Wish we'd had gotten as lucky as you." I've seen the effort my friend and his wife go through, it is a lot of work and definitely not luck.

Dear NFL Owners and Players,

WTF!!!!?!?!?!!!   WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS!?!?!    WHY IS TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT YOU GUYS SIT DOWN AT A TABLE AND WORK OUT A DEAL?!?!   WE HAVE A RECESSION GOING ON AND YOU BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES ARE SQUABBLING ABOUT HOW TO DIVIDE YOUR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS DOLLARS OF PROFITS!!!!!!  THERE IS PLENTY OF MONEY FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED!!!    JUST MAKE A F___ING DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE BASEBALL STRIKE OF 1993!!!!!!  WHY MUST PLAYERS AND OWNERS OF OF SPORTS LEAGUES ACT LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN?!!?!!    WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS ACT LIKE ADULTS AND MATURELY SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT AND SETTLE YOUR DIFFERENCES?!?!?!   WHY CAN'T EACH SIDE ADMIT THE OBVIOUS THAT NEITHER SIDE IS GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THEY WANT AND COMPRISE AND MAKE A DEAL?!?!?!   WHY IS IT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO ACT LIKE ISRAEL AND PALESTINE?!?!    I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THAT THEY WILL NEGOTIATE A PEACE AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU GUYS DO!!!!

PLAYERS, STOP COMING OUT WITH STUPID STATEMENTS COMPARING PLAYING IN THE NFL TO SLAVERY!!!!!  THAT IS INSULTING AND OFFENSIVE ANY REAL SLAVE THAT EVER EXISTED!!!! SLAVES DO NOT GET PAID MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!!!  SLAVES CAN'T JUST QUIT WHENEVER THEY WANT TO!!!  YOU GUYS THAT MAKE STATEMENTS COMPARING PLAYING IN THE NFL TO SLAVERY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!!   YOU DON'T LIKE WORKING IN THE NFL, FINE, QUIT AND TRY TO FIND WORK IN THE REAL WORLD AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE THAT!!!!!  

PLAYERS AND OWNERS, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF YOU YOU WERE TOILING AWAY  ON SOME DEAD END JOB MAKING CLOSE TO OR AT MINIMUM WAGE  OR BE UNEMPLOYED AND BE WORRIED ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GOING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND PAY YOUR BILLS AND THEN HAVE TO SEE IN THE NEWS THAT BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRES ARE ARGUING LIKE CRY BABIES OVER MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!!!!  I AM SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR S__T AND YOUR GREED!!!!    SIT DOWN AND MAKE A DEAL!!!!!!!!!   I AM TELLING YOU NOW THAT IF YOU GUYS DON'T MAKE DEAL SOON, YOU MAY JUST LOSE THIS FAN FOREVER!!!!  I CAN GET MY FOOTBALL FIX VIA HIGHSCHOOL AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL, I DON'T NEED YOU!!!!  ONE LAST TIME, JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET THE MESSAGE: MAKE A F___ING DEAL!!!!!!!!

Sincerely, one very pissed off football fan,

The Warbler

P.S. JEFFREY LURIE, GET RID OF THE F___ING DOG MURDERER!!!  

:p

*sigh*

I would have read it, but the overload of caps and bolded letters hurt my head. It was like a Psycho Dayv post, only longer and way more intense.

However, from what I did read... YES WARB!!! Do it! Abandon your love of the NFL and follow college sports instead. More and more sports fans are doing that, and professional sports deserve to lose as many fans as are willing to venture elsewhere to have their needs fulfilled.

CP3S said:

However, from what I did read... YES WARB!!! Do it! Abandon your love of the NFL and follow college sports instead. More and more sports fans are doing that, and professional sports deserve to lose as many fans as are willing to venture elsewhere to have their needs fulfilled.

 Forget that. The only sport truly free from this kind of shennanigans is the world of the WWE. There athletes get paid entirlely on the whim of the owner. Not only are they not a union, technically they aren't even employees, inelligible for health benefits.

TheBoost said:

 Forget that. The only sport truly free from this kind of shennanigans is the world of the WWE. There athletes get paid entirlely on the whim of the owner. Not only are they not a union, technically they aren't even employees, inelligible for health benefits.

Dolphin killers! Those gosh darn rascals! Lemme at 'em! (I just watched to cove and will probably forget about dolphin's existence in a couple days.)

TheBoost said:

CP3S said:

However, from what I did read... YES WARB!!! Do it! Abandon your love of the NFL and follow college sports instead. More and more sports fans are doing that, and professional sports deserve to lose as many fans as are willing to venture elsewhere to have their needs fulfilled.

 Forget that. The only sport truly free from this kind of shennanigans is the world of the WWE. There athletes get paid entirlely on the whim of the owner. Not only are they not a union, technically they aren't even employees, inelligible for health benefits.

the WWE isn't a sport.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'm going to bitch about money. Yeah, goddamn motherfuckin' money. The world would be better off tossing the shit in the recycling bin and adopting a gift economy.

Gift economy? I am going to assume you are joking; it'll make me feel better.

RedFive said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'm going to bitch about money. Yeah, goddamn motherfuckin' money. The world would be better off tossing the shit in the recycling bin and adopting a gift economy.

I concur.  Trade-based economy.  Or even better, no possession.  Native American style.  Life would be so much better.

Would we really though? Hippies say this shit all the time, hell, even I spent way more time lamenting the ills of materialism than I care to recollect without feeling embarrassed for myself. But if you really stop and think of the implications of that, do you really like that idea that much?

As Rob pointed out, big screen TVs are kind of fun when you can afford them. And I am pretty fond of my car, my music collection, my personal library of books, and my computer. "It is all just baggage" is the usual retort, but so what? What is wrong with baggage? What is wrong with working forty hours a week and being able to eat whatever the hell you want and buy/collect whatever kind of worthless things you are into? Would the alternative of growing crops, hunting, and gathering really be preferable? I think most people who say things like this are talking out of their ass.

And a trade-based economy would be sooooo much better than the current BS we have going (which is BS), there'd be no poverty and everything would be so much better, fair, and more equal... because... well... you know... everyone always has something valuable to trade, and it isn't like one person would ever grow a particular crop (or produce a product or service) that comes out more plentiful and more appealing looking than his neighbor's making him... you know... more wealthy than them...

NFL is as much a sport as WWE only the story-lines aren't as amusing.

Drew Struzan's backwards special edition art. What the hell happened there? I'm thinking he just did what he was told? Jabba, fair enough, but how could the guy who did all those Indy posters get Harrison Ford's f@#$ing head flipped? Maybe he knew how George was screwing the movies and decided to reflect that in the artwork. He did get Empire pretty much right. Crappy special edtion art for crappy special editions.

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