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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Bader's model is new, and it looks grossly flawed. What do I have again? Common sense.
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Ok, let's play a game. Think about how you talk about Bader's model and the general level of respect you have for it, right?
Ok, keep that in your head.
Now, imagine he didn't have a model. Imagine he was some random guy who had nothing but self-proclaimed "common sense," and instead of being unemotional and objective (because he was basing opinions on a model, even if it was flawed) he was constantly emotional and abrasive, and went on rants about reality and how everyone is wrong and blah blah blah you get the picture, keeping in mind we're talking about a game played for entertainment.
Imagine how much respect that second person would get, and how people would view that person, generally, compared to the first person. So, if you view the first person's opinion poorly, how do you think the second person's opinion would be viewed? In general, imagine how much respect Bader deserves, and then imagine how much less the second person would deserve.
End of the day, it's all a bit tiring. This is all supposed to be fun and entertaining, and though watching posters lose their #### complaining about things that happen in a game put on for entertainment IS fun and entertaining, it has its limits.
My advice would be to enjoy hockey. Some of you make it out to be significantly harder than it is, and seem absolutely determined to make sure that everyone knows it, and that everyone enjoys it as little as you do. It's not an endearing or interesting quality to have. I think what the adults are saying is that it would be nice to enjoy our entertainment again instead of every discussion being derailed by "I'M JUST BEING OBJECTIVE BUT REALITY IS THAT EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE AND WE'RE DOOMED AND EVERYTHING IS BAD AND I HATE THIS TEAM." Scream into a pillow, big dog. Your opinion doesn't matter. It's just negative and annoying for the sake of both. Grow up time.
It's cool to talk about mistakes, or trades that suck, or whatever. Let's all be honest. But it's the extremes. The posters who keep taking every little thing to an extreme rant about the state of the team just look stupid. And I'm kind of over stupid people. Maxed out. Too many, too loud. Let's quiet down the stupid around here and just have a good time, yeah? Maybe? Cool.