OK... what poster is this?

[WeWant9]

Man, this dude is going get ripped on the internet for no real reason. Good on Herro, obviously made that guy’s day.

 

[The_Godfather_rivals]

Didn't even cry on the cross. Next.

Let me guess. You're a devout Christian?

Devout Christian who is most pissed off in life when some young person is moved to tears. Jesus is spinning in his grave.

 

[OhhTheIrony]

Almost nothing pisses me off more than seeing Zoomers cry when something good happens to them. Why are people teaching kids this is acceptable?

I am not. You can find videos weekly of young people reacting this way. Give a child a puppy, and they start contorting their face and forcing themselves to cry as if that's an appropriate reaction. This guy should have been pumped and jumping around, instead he's forcing himself to cry to show how great the moment is.

I got puppy during Thanksgiving break while in Kindergarten. His name was Biff. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Biff died in my arms my senior year of college. That made me cry.

My dad scored tickets to the 1998 Final Four. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Many years later, my dad was extubated after a brief battle with pnuemonia, and he passed away in his hospital bed while I was holding his hand. That made me cry.

One time I asked a chick I thought was hot if she wanted to go out for some dinner. She actually said yes. I was pumped. I didn't cry. She dumped me two years later. That made me cry.

With all that said, my initial question stands.

Didn't even cry on the cross. Next.

Greatest Generation
Silent Generation
Boomers
Gen X
Gen Y/Millenials
Gen Z/Zoomers

Human beings are judgement rendering animals. I am one such animal.

There's a wide chasm between being a tough guy and wearing your p***y on your sleeve.

You mean his maternal cousin that presaged his anointed purpose within his own mother's womb? That "friend"?

Yeah, again, there are appropriate times to cry. That was surely one.

LMAO, so you were so triggered by a younger guy getting emotional over something meaningful to him that you needed to have a meltdown on an anonymous internet message board over it?

Ohh, the irony just can't be ignored.

 

[BBUK_anon]

Let me guess. You're a devout Christian?

Devout Christian who is most pissed off in life when some young person is moved to tears. Jesus is spinning in his grave.

Uh, Jesus is alive.:raised_hands::100points:

 

[FiveStarCat]

I am not. You can find videos weekly of young people reacting this way. Give a child a puppy, and they start contorting their face and forcing themselves to cry as if that's an appropriate reaction. This guy should have been pumped and jumping around, instead he's forcing himself to cry to show how great the moment is.

I got puppy during Thanksgiving break while in Kindergarten. His name was Biff. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Biff died in my arms my senior year of college. That made me cry.

My dad scored tickets to the 1998 Final Four. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Many years later, my dad was extubated after a brief battle with pnuemonia, and he passed away in his hospital bed while I was holding his hand. That made me cry.

One time I asked a chick I thought was hot if she wanted to go out for some dinner. She actually said yes. I was pumped. I didn't cry. She dumped me two years later. That made me cry.

With all that said, my initial question stands.

Your first problem is assuming that every human being should react the same way you do to every situation.

 

[catsfanbgky]

Greatest Generation
Silent Generation
Boomers
Gen X
Gen Y/Millenials
Gen Z/Zoomers

Maybe, just maybe the kid is special needs or something. But hey, good job, tough guy. You sure put him in his place. I bet he would feel even better if he knew what you thought of his jubilation.

 

[CELTICAT]

Let me guess. You're a devout Christian?

Devout Christian who is most pissed off in life when some young person is moved to tears. Jesus is spinning in his grave.

idk about devout, just trying to get better one day at a time

 

[CELTICAT]

LMAO, so you were so triggered by a younger guy getting emotional over something meaningful to him that you needed to have a meltdown on an anonymous internet message board over it?

Ohh, the irony just can't be ignored.

who is having a meltdown? It’s not like I’m crying. Laughing my *** off at people’s reactions more than anything.

 

[Cardsstink]

It's obviously @HerrosHeroes

[laughing]

 

[GonzoCat90]

Here's another place where the criticism loses me:

"That kid's reaction to meeting and interacting with Tyler Herro was way over the top. It's just a game and he's just an athlete.

I should log on to a sports message board where I, a grown adult, have thousands of posts over several years and tell those other fanatics how his reaction was overboard."

Not a single one of us can pass judgment on someone else's investment into sports. The very existence of this entire place is borderline psychotic.

 

[UK90]

I am not. You can find videos weekly of young people reacting this way. Give a child a puppy, and they start contorting their face and forcing themselves to cry as if that's an appropriate reaction. This guy should have been pumped and jumping around, instead he's forcing himself to cry to show how great the moment is.

I know what you're talking about in this paragraph. It's amusing how different the reactions of young people today can be when they know a cell phone camera is on them compared to when it's not.

Seems the social media age has conditioned many to think of themselves as "performing" their way through life ...almost as if they see life as their own reality show seen on the Facebook and Instagram TV networks.

 

[Atrain7732]

I am not. You can find videos weekly of young people reacting this way. Give a child a puppy, and they start contorting their face and forcing themselves to cry as if that's an appropriate reaction. This guy should have been pumped and jumping around, instead he's forcing himself to cry to show how great the moment is.

I got puppy during Thanksgiving break while in Kindergarten. His name was Biff. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Biff died in my arms my senior year of college. That made me cry.

My dad scored tickets to the 1998 Final Four. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Many years later, my dad was extubated after a brief battle with pnuemonia, and he passed away in his hospital bed while I was holding his hand. That made me cry.

One time I asked a chick I thought was hot if she wanted to go out for some dinner. She actually said yes. I was pumped. I didn't cry. She dumped me two years later. That made me cry.

With all that said, my initial question stands.

Quality post. Well done.

 

[CELTICAT]

Quality post. Well done.

I think what’s being overlooked here is that Biff lived to be 22 years old. Holy shite that’s an accomplishment. I would’ve cried too man.

K-12 then almost 4, so he was a solid 16.5 years old. Loved that dude!

 

[Atrain7732]

K-12 then almost 4, so he was a solid 16.5 years old. Loved that dude!

haha yeah edited my post to reflect my lack of math skills. Neglected to take I to account that kindergarten doesn’t start at birth. 17 years is a hello a run for a dog tho

 

[EliteBlue]

I am not. You can find videos weekly of young people reacting this way. Give a child a puppy, and they start contorting their face and forcing themselves to cry as if that's an appropriate reaction. This guy should have been pumped and jumping around, instead he's forcing himself to cry to show how great the moment is.

I got puppy during Thanksgiving break while in Kindergarten. His name was Biff. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Biff died in my arms my senior year of college. That made me cry.

My dad scored tickets to the 1998 Final Four. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Many years later, my dad was extubated after a brief battle with pnuemonia, and he passed away in his hospital bed while I was holding his hand. That made me cry.

One time I asked a chick I thought was hot if she wanted to go out for some dinner. She actually said yes. I was pumped. I didn't cry. She dumped me two years later. That made me cry.

With all that said, my initial question stands.

Agree. But idk if they are “forcing” it. This newest generation is just extremely soft. Or as they’d call it, “in touch w their emotions”.

The majority of women have cried “happy tears” for generations. Now it seems as tho men are doing the same over things that aren’t their wedding day or birth of their child.

 

[CELTICAT]

Nah, I created a new handle to post in general. I just felt like having some fun at the expense of intellectually inferior zoomer.


Just for kicks, what would be the irony in it?

I'm generally of the opinion that irony is a literary device, where the author manipulates the reader into believing a certain set of circumstances will occur, only to subvert those expectations and have something unexpected, given the buildup, happen. With that in mind, I'm not really sure irony exists in the real world.

But casually speaking, if we use irony to simply mean a result that was unexpected, it would be unexpected that you would chide me for being "triggered" when, in fact, my posting was the entire rasion detre for your handle's existence.

And I'm not a Zoomer, so begone.

 

[Blueaz]

I am not. You can find videos weekly of young people reacting this way. Give a child a puppy, and they start contorting their face and forcing themselves to cry as if that's an appropriate reaction. This guy should have been pumped and jumping around, instead he's forcing himself to cry to show how great the moment is.

I got puppy during Thanksgiving break while in Kindergarten. His name was Biff. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Biff died in my arms my senior year of college. That made me cry.

My dad scored tickets to the 1998 Final Four. I was super pumped. I didn't cry. Many years later, my dad was extubated after a brief battle with pnuemonia, and he passed away in his hospital bed while I was holding his hand. That made me cry.

One time I asked a chick I thought was hot if she wanted to go out for some dinner. She actually said yes. I was pumped. I didn't cry. She dumped me two years later. That made me cry.

With all that said, my initial question stands.

great stories and point well made....

But, let's all stop and thank baby Jesus, that you stopped there... i was afraid i was going to read some TMI that I could never unforget

 

[Drcats2025]

Let me guess. You're a devout Christian?

Devout Christian who is most pissed off in life when some young person is moved to tears. Jesus is spinning in his grave.

Why do people find it necessary to criticize someone for criticizing someone, while then criticizing something that could be in connection to that person, ala religion, in this scenario? Bizarre to me. Two wrongs make a right for some people, I guess.

 

[BIGBLUE402]

I almost cried at Marley and Me but I held it together.

I can say I did not....luckily was at home by myself so no one witness it.

 

[CELTICAT]

I doubt he felt the same. Probably thought you were some weak loser who just quit on him in the end.

Wait, I'm sorry, do you think dogs have complex human emotions and thought patterns? You really are a zoomer. Sorry I offended your hopeless generation.

 

[Blueaz]

Why do people find it necessary to criticize someone for criticizing someone, while then criticizing something that could be in connection to that person, ala religion, in this scenario? Bizarre to me. Two wrongs make a right for some people, I guess.

 

[GonzoCat90]

Without regard to this guy, I'll just say that I definitely know what you're talking about in this paragraph. It's amusing how different the reactions of young people today can be when they know a cell phone camera is on them compared to when it's not.

Seems the social media age has conditioned many kids to think of themselves as "performing" their way through life ...almost as if they see life as their own reality show seen on the Facebook and Instagram TV networks.

I feel like people already saw themselves that way. Social media was the market's answer to that desire. We've all always been the protagonist of our own little story.

It's absolutely narcissistic and self-serving, and now the reward and recognition is much stronger, but I don't think it's a new phenomenon.

 

[funKYcat75]

This thread is everything I thought it would be, even before I knew it existed. Rafters, you never disappoint. Also, knowing the word 'zoomer' is the most boomer thing imaginable.

 

[MWes11]

lmfao.

 

[Jkwo_rivals113955]

She dumped me two years later. That made me cry.

So what I'm getting from this is that Celtic cat is kinda soft.

 

[Cawood86_rivals]

I ain't gonna cut on a kid that got to have a moment like that for himself. Who knows the background or situation for this kid?

 

[UK90]

Agree. But idk if they are “forcing” it. This newest generation is just extremely soft. Or as they’d call it, “in touch w their emotions”.

No, I think a lot of them are forcing it. It's a consequence of having been raised in the age of cell phone cameras and social media, which often encourages exaggerated or forced reactions.

As an example, I was amused watching college kids while walking on Siesta Key during last Spring Break season. They'd be looking bored staring blankly at their cell phones, until someone pointed a camera their way ..when they'd instantly grab their beers and start whoopin, jumpin and actin like they were in the middle of a wild raucous beach party! ...but as soon as the cameras were off, they'd go back to blankly looking at their phones.

It's like they were just "playing the role" of wild spring breakers instead of truly being in the moment ..because "wildness" was the image of the trip that they later wanted to display on their Facebook and Instagram accounts.

1989 spring breakers needed no external encouragement to act like drunken fools ....it just came naturally to us. And we felt no need to fake it when not in the mood.

 

[Jkwo_rivals113955]

Yes. Although I think it would be ok to cry if your friend’s head becomes unattached regardless of whether there is a familial relationship.

I'd go so far as to say that the attachedness of my friends' heads is a major source of joy in my life.

 

[Blue Bigfoot]

So what I'm getting from this is that Celtic cat is kinda soft.

Depends. We need pics. She may have been cry worthy.

 

[ManitouDan_anon]

Yeah maybe I’m missing something but I don’t understand the hate? He seems like a young kid and just go a bit over emotional at getting a really cool headband/ souvenir from his probable IDOL?

i mean I get it.. he’s crying and it may be a bit much but who cares? We really have a bunch of grown *** dudes on here arguing about the kids emotions lol. Kid is obviously a huge UK fan....

what am I missing? Gotta love this board.

Hey frank -- FWIW I dont think pointing out the fans's reaction was pretty over the top is hating on this young man . I'm glad he's a UK fan and I'm glad TH gave him a souvenir . Ok , I shook my head at the crying part but its light years from " hating" on anyone . Man do people get fired up here over the smallest of things . Carry on

 

[whack0001]

This is indicative of the feminization of the western male. It’s a sweaty wristband from a dude that throws a damn ball in a basket for a living. Quit crying like a little girl and grow a pair.

 

[chroix]

Personally just grossed out by the idea of touching someone else’s sweaty sweatband. I might cry too.

 

[CELTICAT]

So you do admit you are attacking this guy in the video then? Why attack if you aren't triggered by it? opcorn:

SO YOU DO ADMIT

Ok, Perry Mason slow your roll. I'm pretty sure you can read what I posted to understand why I posted it. I don't like seeing young men cry over things that aren't worth crying over.

 

[GonzoCat90]

This is indicative of the feminization of the western male. It’s a sweaty wristband from a dude that throws a damn ball in a basket for a living. Quit crying like a little girl and grow a pair.

This has to be satire.

 

[Backer cutter]

Can’t wait to call some kid a zoomer . That’ll make them look up from the phone.

 

[FrankUnderwood]

Hey frank -- FWIW I dont think pointing out the fans's reaction was pretty over the top is hating on this young man . I'm glad he's a UK fan and I'm glad TH gave him a souvenir . Ok , I shook my head at the crying part but its light years from " hating" on anyone . Man do people get fired up here over the smallest of things . Carry on

Fair enough. Good point!

 

[GonzoCat90]

Also, the term "Zoomer" is *awful*

 

[Mojocat_rivals48469]

As an example, I was amused watching college kids while walking on Siesta Key during last Spring Break season. They'd be looking bored staring blankly at their cell phones, until someone pointed a camera their way ..when they'd instantly grab their beers and start whoopin, dancin and actin like they were in the middle of a wild raucous beach party! ...but as soon as the cameras were off, they'd go back to blankly looking at their phones.

Lot of interesting stuff in this thread - amusing, too - which I'll leave alone. but this point strikes a chord. So true! And while it's most obvious with kids, adults have also fallen victim to this kind of mentality. Everyone wants to present their lives in the most glamorous, most positive, most awesome way. It's crazy. I think most people intuitively know the version they see of others on Instagram or Facebook isn't real, it's contrived and played up and counterfeit, but people still feel inadequate somehow when comparing themselves to others online. Old folks think this is just one more bit of evidence of an impending apocalypse, young people think old people are stupid and overreact. Who's right? Who knows. I saw that depression among adolescents spiked in ways never before seen from 2010 to 2015, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand what changed in society in that timeframe. Certainly, we are a "softer" nation now. Like anything else, that's good in some ways and bad in others. My gut tells me it's false to think of that in some sort of cosmic balancing way - one side will win out eventually. Either we are softer (use whatever adjective you wish), and it will lead to our detriment - or we are softer, and it leads to more enlightenment (or use whatever adjective you wish).

Technology is truly a terrible, wonderful thing.....

 

[Atrain7732]

Wow

reading this thread is entertaining. Lots of overreaction regarding what was clearly a pretty harmless post describing an overreaction.

Throw out all the literary definitions of irony that you want but overreacting to a post that was made about an overreaction fits into the ironic category for this guy.

Anyone who watches that video and the reaction who didn’t say wow that really seemed to be an over the top reaction to events isn’t wired properly IMHO.

To point that out in a harmless and kidding way is not out of line in the slightest. I’m happy for the kid that TH clearly made his millennium, but it was a strange reaction to say the least. Nothing wrong with saying that either. The people who get offended and triggered about every little observation, even if it’s clearly true, wear me the f out.

so that’s my two cents. If anyone is offended, sorry not sorry.

 

[FrankUnderwood]

Also, the term "Zoomer" is *awful*

I personally think all of those terms are cringy AF.

I see it on Reddit or twitter / Facebook all the time.

“Uhhh stupid bOoMeRs!”

“Uhh stupid MiLLeNNiAL !”

i mean people of all ages can suck equally lol.