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[antipop]

So, in the end, I guess what I'm saying is that you are acting like an L.S.U. fan.

oh snap!!

 

[buzd]

And he's a redneck, which makes anything worse.

But, I didn't know he was a redneck. That changes everything.

I didn't realize Fat City and Da Parish had so much cultcha.

 

[St. Widge]

I didn't realize Fat City and Da Parish had so much cultcha.

Don't hate on us just because you're some snobby Uptowner who likes to slum at Zebra concerts and Cowboy bars.

We are salt of the earth types. Unlike those lazy rednecks. Well, I am lazy too, but I'm also salt of the earth.

Party lamps.

 

[The Mongoose]

I don't think Duncan is that bad. Yes, the Twitter stuff is dumb and unprofessional, but I think that is the nature of that type of media. Guys are just sending out stream of consciousness stuff and a guy like Duncan isn't built that way. He's a newspaper reporter which means he is used to thinking about a story for a while during the game or during the week, writing it and then having it edited by the paper. Twitter is too immediate and too much freedom for him.

And, I actually think the stuff he writes in the paper is pretty good and that he does a good job on reports from training camp. So, while I don't think he is a great reporter, I don't think "hack" is quite fair. Of course, I think I compare all Saints' reporting to what Kenny Wilkerson did so my standards are pretty low in that regard.

So, in the end, I guess what I'm saying is that you are acting like an L.S.U. fan.

That's because you aren't good at accepting nuance. Things are either-or with you. If something exists that you haven't explored or that you don't fully understand, you insert it into a one of the tiny boxes in your tiny head that make sense. You're thoughts are always: "should I push this old lady down a flight of stairs and raid her pocketbook" or "should I not push this old lady down a flight of stairs and take her pocketbook."

It's an odd trait for someone who's supposed to be a smart guy.

(In case you can't tell by now, calling me a lsu fan is fighting words )

The nuance in this case that you're missing lies in the fact that I don't really care about Reggie Bush. I liked the dude and constantly expected the next play or the next game or the next season would be his breakout, but I'm not bitter that we shipped him. I've always thought that our offense performed better without him, and the numbers back that up. I think Payton is better play caller when he's not trying to get Reggie involved.

So while I liked having him, I'm not crying that we bounced him. So very much unlike the lsu fan comparison that you made, my issues with Duncan are more about Duncan himself than a reaction to him publicizing an area where he disagrees with me. I don't really disagree with him.

That doesn't mean he's not taking part in hackey behavior. I generally think he's industrious and solid. There is no art to what he does, but I don't think artfulness is part of his job description, so it's okay.

But when he gets petty and lets his brain and his personal thoughts seep into what's supposed to be a solid column of facts and events, I'm well within my rights to then hate his brain and the petty, simple little thoughts that are revealed to lay within. Even though Reggie is the subject matter, Reggie really has nothing to do with it.

Dude is some redneck interloper who came to this market to make a career. I'm sensitive and envious of writers because I feel like I would be better at it than they are, so I'm critical of them when I get the chance. When the writer is a redneck hack who has a job that I'd probably prefer doing more than my own, well let's just say that guy doesn't have to slip up very much to tick me off.

That is the nuance that you're not accounting for.

 

[buzd]

Don't hate on us just because you're some snobby Uptowner who likes to slum at Zebra concerts and Cowboy bars.

So you understand that rednecks are my people, then?

 

[buzd]

That's because you aren't good at accepting nuance. Things are either-or with you. If something exists that you haven't explored or that you don't fully understand, you insert it into a one of the tiny boxes in your tiny head that make sense. You're thoughts are always: "should I push this old lady down a flight of stairs and raid her pocketbook" or "should I not push this old lady down a flight of stairs and take her pocketbook."

It's an odd trait for someone who's supposed to be a smart guy.

(In case you can't tell by now, calling me a lsu fan is fighting words )

The nuance in this case that you're missing lies in the fact that I don't really care about Reggie Bush. I liked the dude and constantly expected the next play or the next game or the next season would be his breakout, but I'm not bitter that we shipped him. I've always thought that our offense performed better without him, and the numbers back that up. I think Payton is better play caller when he's not trying to get Reggie involved.

So while I liked having him, I'm not crying that we bounced him. So very much unlike the lsu fan comparison that you made, my issues with Duncan are more about Duncan himself than a reaction to him publicizing an area where he disagrees with me. I don't really disagree with him.

That doesn't mean he's not taking part in hackey behavior. I generally think he's industrious and solid. There is no art to what he does, but I don't think artfulness is part of his job description, so it's okay.

But when he gets petty and lets his brain and his personal thoughts seep into what's supposed to be a solid column of facts and events, I'm well within my rights to then hate his brain and the petty, simple little thoughts that are revealed to lay within. Even though Reggie is the subject matter, Reggie really has nothing to do with it.

Dude is some redneck interloper who came to this market to make a career. I'm sensitive and envious of writers because I feel like I would be better at it than they are, so I'm critical of them when I get the chance. When the writer is a redneck hack who has a job that I'd probably prefer doing more than my own, well let's just say that guy doesn't have to slip up very much to tick me off.

That is the nuance that you're not accounting for.

Would you please dumb this down for my little redneck brain?

 

[St. Widge]

That's because you aren't good at accepting nuance. Things are either-or with you. If something exists that you haven't explored or that you don't fully understand, you insert it into a one of the tiny boxes in your tiny head that make sense. You're thoughts are always: "should I push this old lady down a flight of stairs and raid her pocketbook" or "should I not push this old lady down a flight of stairs and take her pocketbook."

It's an odd trait for someone who's supposed to be a smart guy.

(In case you can't tell by now, calling me a lsu fan is fighting words )

The nuance in this case that you're missing lies in the fact that I don't really care about Reggie Bush. I liked the dude and constantly expected the next play or the next game or the next season would be his breakout, but I'm not bitter that we shipped him. I've always thought that our offense performed better without him, and the numbers back that up. I think Payton is better play caller when he's not trying to get Reggie involved.

So while I liked having him, I'm not crying that we bounced him. So very much unlike the lsu fan comparison that you made, my issues with Duncan are more about Duncan himself than a reaction to him publicizing an area where he disagrees with me. I don't really disagree with him.

That doesn't mean he's not taking part in hackey behavior. I generally think he's industrious and solid. There is no art to what he does, but I don't think artfully is part of his job description, so it's okay.

But when he gets petty and lets his brain and his personal thoughts seep into what's supposed to be a solid column of facts and events, I'm well within my rights to then hate his brain and the petty, simple little thoughts that are revealed to lay within. Even though Reggie is the subject matter, Reggie really has nothing to do with it.

Dude is some redneck interloper who came to this market to make a career. I'm sensitive and envious of writers because I feel like I would be better at it than they are, so I'm critical of them when I get the chance. When the writer is a redneck hack who has a job that I'd probably prefer doing more than my own, well let's just say that guy doesn't have to slip up very much to tick me off.

That is the nuance that you're not accounting for.

Just like an L.S.U. fan. If he doesn't understand something he claims it's the other guy that doesn't understand and then writes a book about it. At least you admit that you're jealous of Duncan. You're jealous of Duncan just like LSU fans are jealous of USC.

You'll be walking around the Dome saying "at least we have LSU" if we lose a game this season.

 

[The Mongoose]

So you understand that rednecks are my people, then?

It's not about one group or another being superior. It's about which group I'm in and which group I hate.

I never claimed objective superiority.

 

[St. Widge]

So you understand that rednecks are my people, then?

I'm afraid I can't understand those types of nuances.

 

[The Mongoose]

Just like an L.S.U. fan. If he doesn't understand something he claims it's the other guy that doesn't understand and then writes a book about it. At least you admit that you're jealous of Duncan. You're jealous of Duncan just like LSU fans are jealous of USC.

You'll be walking around the Dome saying "at least we have LSU" if we lose a game this season.

Was that book too long for your tiny eyes? Like striding against Usain Bolt, your eyes have to work twice as hard than a regular sized human?

 

[buzd]

It's not about one group or another being superior. It's about which group I'm in and which group I hate.

I never claimed objective superiority.

Which group ARE you in?

 

[The Mongoose]

Which group ARE you in?

The dudes who grew up next to the metairie canal group.

 

[buzd]

The dudes who grew up next to the metairie canal group.

Hmm. I'm going to have to look for some old material.

 

[The Mongoose]

Besides, since when do you get all touchy about hasty generalizations that everybody knows don't make sense?

 

[buzd]

Who's touchy? (besides wdf )

Heck, I didn't read most of it.