You really are a child. For some reason you think that your posting insults at other posters shows your superiority, while it only makes clear that your insecure and use these forums to make yourself feel better about yourself. Your nonsensical posting that "you can always tell a non Iowa fan" was the reason for my post, (and as usual just shows that you have NO idea what your posting about). I couldn't give a rats *** if its of interest to you or not. I have no need to converse with people who can't carry on a conversation without insulting other posters simply to try to further their narrative. Bye now.....
Let me break it down to where it all started. This all started because some loser called out other users for being emotional during a game in a live game thread. He was called out like the douche he was, and those who also pull the same petty garbage came to his defense. I decided to mockingly play by your rules this time around, and it upset you.
But it looks like I’ll need to break this down to its most basic premise so that even a geriatric can understand.
What is a live game thread? What is its purpose? A live game thread is a thread dedicated to live reactions from sports fans for a specific game on that specific day. It has multiple purposes, such as keeping everyone’s thoughts on the game in a single place as to not clog the board and to allow fans to have live, raw reactions to what is going on. Humans are, by nature, emotional and irrational creatures. Sports only enhance that nature. By having this thread, it allows fellow fans to have a place to share their thoughts about the current game and vent the positive and negative emotions that come with reacting live. Is it right or wrong to emotionally react to your favorite sports team? Ultimately, that’s up to the individual to decide. Will a fan inevitably say something irrational? Sure, but that’s a part of the experience.
Now the question is, what good comes from commenting or critiquing those raw, emotional posts after the game has concluded? What does it add to the conversation? What does anyone reading the post get out of it? For any person that has a shred of honesty; absolutely nothing.
You don’t look cool, you don’t sound smart, you don’t come off as a more rational person. Instead, it comes off as egotistical, petty, pedantic, attention seeking, and desperate for validation. In short, it makes one look like a pathetic douche.
For example:
User A replies in the thread as the game is happening:
“Wow, we look awful. We’re going to lose by 30 if this keeps up.”
3 hours later after the game has concluded, User B replies to User A’s post with:
“Wow…lol. Looks like you were wrong. Pretty sad you’d think this when we won the game. Guess you’re not much of a fan…”
What does this do for the conversation? What does this do for User B? Sure, User B is feeling pretty good about themselves. But anyone else reading this conversation sees it as nothing more than a petty jab at another fan. There is nothing to take away from this exchange, nothing to discuss further. It’s just User B on an ego trip doing their best impression of Captain Hindsight from South Park.
This is why people point and laugh at those who do it, and rightfully so. Be a man and post live with the rest of us, or ignore all the emotionally charged posts and share your thoughts after the game and leave it at that. But that requires a certain level of emotional maturity which those who play that game don’t usually have to begin with. If you don’t or can’t understand the purpose of a live game thread and accept what comes with it, then you probably need to get off the board entirely, but your ego won't allow it. I would say it's time to grow up, but when you're pushing 70, it's likely a little too late for that.
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