[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Do you have a fuck for rent?[/quote]
I got one for you and ill only charge $8.99 a day for it
[quote]Nards wrote:
I always hated those cheesy sayings that just turn a phrase on itself…like “It’s not who you are becoming that’s important, it’s becoming who you are.”
That doesn’t fucking make any fucking sense…and there are thousands like that. [/quote]
Sounds like a quote from Batman/Darkknight/Begins/Ends/w.e
[quote]harrypotter wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
I always hated those cheesy sayings that just turn a phrase on itself…like “It’s not who you are becoming that’s important, it’s becoming who you are.”
That doesn’t fucking make any fucking sense…and there are thousands like that. [/quote]
Sounds like a quote from Batman/Darkknight/Begins/Ends/w.e[/quote]
Ladies and gentlemen, the most bullshit line in cinema.
Indeed the woman never needs to say sorry because if you find one that does you’re in the fucking Twilight Zone or something.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Indeed the woman never needs to say sorry because if you find one that does you’re in the fucking Twilight Zone or something.[/quote]
I found one that did.
I killed her soon afterwards. SORRY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
[quote]Nards wrote:
Indeed the woman never needs to say sorry because if you find one that does you’re in the fucking Twilight Zone or something.[/quote]
Speaking of the Twilight Zone, I really adore this one with Burgess Meredith. Might be my favourite.
I really like the one where everyone is operating on the lady’s “horrible” face and has a huge twist thrown in there. I feel kind of let down by 80’s Twilight Zones after all that 50’s goodness.
I love that one too. So many great episodes.
Loser talk. Same thing little kids do when they never win at anything. Stop competing and try to keep their dignity by justifying it.
I hate when people sa “it doesn’t matter if you win or lose, all that matters is that you tried” im sorry but that is complete bullshit. if it didn’t matter if you win or lose then there wouldn’t be trophies for the winners…thats just a line they feed you to make you not feel crappy for losing, when in reality you should feel crappy for losing. and take that feeling and use it as motivation to work harder and dominate next time
I am a pretty competitive dude. I love to win at stuff. I remember the raw emotional intensity and white hot drive that I brought to high school athletics and a number of other things I competed in afterwards. The thrill of victory really was a huge thrill and the agony of defeat was truly agonizing.
I did pretty well in sports, just lucky to be a big, strong reasonably athletic kid and I loved it. However, there’s a little bit of a big fish/small pond thing that goes on. As I get older and I broaden my athletic horizons I have found that the likelihood of my “dominating” in most of my endeavours has decreased. The club I row out of is the training facility for the our National and Olympic teams as well as a slough of high level collegiate athletes. The National team guys are on the water 20+x/wk with world class coaching, genetics, work ethic and laser-like focus on the sport. If I, as the 30 something novice recreational guy, needed to lead the field in order to enjoy my sport, well it’s a bit of a long shot to say the least.
I also remember trying to catch/beat a guy in a timed 2400m/1.5 mile run for a fitness test. The other guy happened to have gone to a Div 1 school on a full ride for track (400m/800m). He’s a little older now and has probably lost a step or 2 since his heyday, but it still wasn’t happening. I still gave an all out effort, turned in a personal best and finished in the top 5-10%. Didn’t really feel like defeat even though technically it was.
Similarly, I did a Spartan Race (5k obstacle course) on a whim about a month ago. That’s about twice as far as I would usually go on a “long” run with, obstacles and stuff added. Placed near the top 10% again, but absolutely “lost” in the objective sense of someone else did it MUCH faster than I did. However, I ground it out up a pretty killer incline (the bottom of an active ski mountain actually) and rough terrain, in the snow (yep, still covered in snow) with no real event specific prep. There were periods of time where the level of suck was pretty high. However, I challenged myself to get through as fast as I could and had a blast even though I got crushed in the winning and losing sense.
Next year I plan on competing in a Highland Games. We host a world class event here and, again, I expect to get crushed. I will be competing against way bigger, stronger dudes who throw heavy shit all the time. However I intend to wear a kilt, drink beer, throw heavy shit and generally have a hell of a time.
Very few of us will ever really be elite, so unless we severely limit the scope of our efforts we are pretty unlikely to really win all that often. So, while I love to win, it seems like the overwhelming majority of us are gonna need to find a way to enjoy our sports while “losing”, if we’re going to enjoy sports at all. It’s great to get out there and and compete, to give your absolute all, even when defeat is a foregone conclusion.
That being said, if I have the opportunity to crush someone of comparable ability to myself, I’m definitely in.
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