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Come on, just say it.
This isn't even true.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Not the Boston fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swampdog
Maybe not entirely.Quote:
Originally Posted by belial
However, it IS true that in every group of people, there are jerks. And sometimes, those jerks are louder and more noticeable than the non-jerks, even if the jerks are the minority.
Well yea
Ever notice that, those who constantly refer to others as jerks, are quite often considered to be jerks themselves?
No but I noticed one too many commas.
Really? And now YOU are going to correct spelling, grammar and punctuation? You REALLY want to go there, Hater?
I noticed one too few in that one.
Oh my God.
Can opened, worms everywhere, Hater. Big mistake, based on what I've seen from you.
Well - you were the one that took 'jerk' to the personal level. I just spoke in general terms. You made an implication that I was a jerk. But right, I'm the bad guy. Don't worry, you'll get HGM's me-toos to agree with you.
I don't think he was calling you a jerk. He was saying that some consider you a jerk.Quote:
Originally Posted by belial
Actually, you made it quite clear that you consider all Boston fans to be jerks. I have made it quite clear that I am a Boston fan. How is that not personal? You must be joking.
I, uh what? I said generally Boston fans are whiners (which they are), spoiled brats (most New Englanders are), and few other things. I don't ever recall saying 'all', and if I did then I have no friggen clue why I did that.
You didn't say "all" but it was pretty much implied.Quote:
Originally Posted by belial
No way should anything anybody says about a large group of people ever be taken as a blanket statement.
It wasn't. Who the **** would make a blanket statement about a group of people that large?Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
When you say Group X IS something PERIOD...that seems pretty blanket to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by belial
I thought everyone knew blanket statements are always wrong. WTF Why would anyone assume anything is a blanket statement?
Right, because no one ever speaks in general terms.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
And yeah, he covered his *** but you have to be pretty friggen dense to claim he didn't mean to call me a jerk in his passive-aggressive manner.
When they do, they generally don't say it in a way that leaves no other options. For example, you later said "Boston fans are generally jerks." That's speaking in general terms. "Boston fans ARE jerks, PERIOD" is not speaking in general terms.Quote:
Originally Posted by belial
Like I said, I didn't count on people being that dense. Obviously, what I meant is now clear. Let's get on to what swampdog meant.
or not...
You know, people aren't on the forums 24/7.Quote:
Originally Posted by belial
Swampdog : Look, I am in no way aggrieved to see Boston-area fans getting a ahnce to celebrate success. Boston does have an incredibly passionate fan base, no doubt about that at all. I just get annoyed when I make a PREDICTION, then am suddenly getting called out as foolish and deluded when a PREDICTION doesn't bear out. Dickishness annoys me, call me crazy.
I agree wholeheartedly that smugness tends to be directly related to sustained success. Definitely, if the Yanks AND the Giants AND the Knicks (I could barely add them and maintain a straight face) were all winning titles, NY fans would be acting exactly the same.
Ok, well lets find out what he meant by what he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
This annoyance moniker stuff has to stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yogi Berra