inner ted: you: irrelevant examples

me: those examples are irrelevant

They're only irrelevant if you're so stupid that you can't understand almost perfect analogies from other arguments that have actually, very stupidly, been made

.Magorn: Player are often stupid, but raely about things that extend thier careers, and there IS some valid science behind thier ideas.

There are some allegedly concussion-reducing helmets out there now that most players eschew because they don't "look cool". They are not a bunch that are good at adapting to change.

This one seems interesting.

Again, I'm with the people with some sense on this one - I'm all for reducing concussions. But I think that solutions lie in smarter design and understanding the game, rather than advocating elimination of safety equipment or regressing, especially when the previous stage one is advocating was one that was filled with deaths which made the helmet a requirement.

JohnBigBootay: IAmRight: And if we took seat belts out of cars, people would drive more carefully, because they'd be more likely to die if they got in a wreck.

It was an interesting idea when I first heard it. Fresh prospective, counterintuitive, etc. Worth thinking about. However, when examined closely, it's completely idiotic. Whatever football ends up being it's still gonna have really huge fast guys and cleats and running and falling on the ground. So, the face and ears and eyes and mouth and shiat. They're important too.

so the reason it won't work is cause football still consists of huge fast guys & cleats and running and falling on the ground???

so like soccer.
remind me of the helmets soccer players wear?

(and yes, i'm aware that soccer players suffer concussions. i would ask then: how many more concussions would they have if they all wore helmets?? all of them running about with some inflated sense of security & protection.)

inner ted: so the reason it won't work is cause football still consists of huge fast guys & cleats and running and falling on the ground???

so like soccer.
remind me of the helmets soccer players wear?

Okay, well done trolling. But at this point you've gone so far into the deep end of the idiot pool, I can no longer even pretend that you're an actual person that actually believes what you're saying.

justtray: JohnBigBootay: inner ted: wow..........

So he gives you video footage. I give you an extremely on-point study counter to your supposition. What the fark do you bring to the table? Your feelings that they'd play differently. Thanks. You're lucky this debate isn't being graded.

Seconded. What a maroon.

When all the Fark "regulars" who spend all day arguing with each other stop down and agree long enough to come together and call you a maroon, you're probably a maroon.

Di Atribe: Hey, you guys know that "now kiss" rage drawing? I wish they had a "now fight" rage drawing because watching the two of you go at it would be the most amazing internet fight ever. And I say that as someone who genuinely likes you both.

Rangers/Devils Eastern Conference Finals are a real possibility. Buy your tickets now.

Slow To Return: justtray: JohnBigBootay: inner ted: wow..........

So he gives you video footage. I give you an extremely on-point study counter to your supposition. What the fark do you bring to the table? Your feelings that they'd play differently. Thanks. You're lucky this debate isn't being graded.

Seconded. What a maroon.

When all the Fark "regulars" who spend all day arguing with each other stop down and agree long enough to come together and call you a maroon, you're probably a maroon.

more like when all the farking 'regulars' have someone not agree with all they say... it blows their world to pieces.

i would continue to argue my point, but it's painful obvious that most here are only interested in having folks agree with them. or have trouble with reading in the first place.

perhaps this thread is just filled with football players. it would explain a lot.

Di Atribe: This needs to be internet-engraved on the front of the sports page. Awesome.

I don't want to be mean. God knows I've made some idiotic arguments in my day I admit the first time I saw a columnist float the no helmet idea I thought, 'huh, that's interesting, I would not have thought of that, I wonder if it's workable?'. Then I read more about the history of the game and why they started wearing helmets in the first place. And why they added facemasks Then somebody says, 'hey guys, the helmetless rugby players actually might get MORE concussions than the NFL guys - look at this', well, then I figured that while interesting and worth of consideration, that's probably a non-starter.

At any rate, maybe there is a helmetless football in our future. But it won't be the game we know. It'll be rugby with forward passes. And there will still be a shiatload of concussions to go along with the increased dental bills. And eyepatches will come back into style. And I'll probably watch something else. I do actually like flag football though. Problem is I reallllllllll like the current game.

Di Atribe: Rugby is much more fluid, so it seems to me that everyone's kind of going the same direction, but still trying to stop the other team, if that makes any sense. It's still rough as hell, but it's not the same game.

That's what I was thinking. If they do eliminate helmets, they definitely better eliminate kickoffs completely.

Honestly, though, we incredulously mock how the league "might as well become flag football"...but ultimately, flag football is pretty dang fun. I'd probably watch that.

inner ted: more like when all the farking 'regulars' have someone not agree with all they say... it blows their world to pieces.

Shattered does not begin to describe how I'm feeling.

i would continue to argue my point,

This could be fun if that wasn't all you were doing. You got nothing but conjecture yet dismiss out of hand anything concrete that's floated in return.

but it's painful obvious that most here are only interested in having folks agree with them.

Horse. shiat. We can occasionally find some common ground but mostly we bicker. That we don't get our feelings hurt constantly when someone disagrees is why we keep coming back. Wait - I don't know why we keep coming back. Sometimes there's boobies - maybe that's it. For the record I would say MOST farkers disagree with my position on the saints issue.

Oh, and one more thing. As far as I can tell the first recent guy to advocate removing the helmets was a neurosurgeon back in 2010. Well then, ok - that's something. A neurosurgeon, well that certainly gets my attention when we're waxing on about brain injuries. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE, then putting the helmets back on for the game. Just to reduce the number of shocks to the brain. Because he isn't crazy.

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/mar/16/great-helmet-debate/

I don't doubt someone floated the idea prior to this guy but I thought it worth noting.

Hey, guys, monkeys might fly out of my butt.

You could argue that no one has ever had that happen, that it's biologically impossible, and you could show that monkeys tend to prefer not to ever be stored in any animal's butt...but I'm going to continue to say that it's likely based on my feelings and my complete inability to accept reason, logic, examples, or analogy.

You don't believe my stupid assertion? It's because I blew your friggin' minds with my brilliance.

redmid17: I don't remember what your position is, but I disagree with it out of principle.

I'm not gonna say unless you tell me yours first. So I can take the other side. (this is a secret - I do that sometimes. Because I like talking about football on the internet.)

IAmRight: Hey, guys, monkeys might fly out of my butt.

You could argue that no one has ever had that happen, that it's biologically impossible,

Horseshiat. Monkeys cannot fly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey

I know what you're gonna say already...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_monkeys

Those are fictional monkeys and do not count. As for your anus, I will not speak to that, be it literally of figuratively.

JohnBigBootay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey

Oh, NOW we accept wikipedia as a credible source. Gonna have to do better than that, my friend.

redmid17: Well I disagree with your statement that you like talking about football on the internet

I'll be right back as soon as I find a link to a study showing I like talking about football on the internet.

JohnBigBootay: redmid17: Well I disagree with your statement that you like talking about football on the internet

I'll be right back as soon as I find a link to a study showing I like talking about football on the internet.

I think you could show a screenshot of threads you have posts in.

IAmRight: Oh, NOW we accept wikipedia as a credible source. Gonna have to do better than that, my friend.

I have had it with you motherfarkers. You're just here so someone will agree with you and I'm not gonna do it. I don't think you could get a monkey in your butt in the first place let alone teach it to fly out.

redmid17: JohnBigBootay: redmid17: Well I disagree with your statement that you like talking about football on the internet

I'll be right back as soon as I find a link to a study showing I like talking about football on the internet.

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OK - that's pretty good. I mean my gut says something different but I'm not gonna sit here and contradict a graph that clearly shows I enjoy rectal bleeding more than I do talking about football on the internet.

Di Atribe

What if he ate the monkey whole?

Well then it would be dead. he didn't say anything about zombie monkeys. next question.

I go away for a couple of hours only to come back and see that this thread has degraded into the BEST. THREAD. EVER.

You guys crack me up.

Also, what exactly IS a maroon? Is that just Bugs' way of saying "Moron?" Like how he also says "gull-a-bull?"

Slow To Return: Also, what exactly IS a maroon? Is that just Bugs' way of saying "Moron?" Like how he also says "gull-a-bull?"

Now that you mention it, my first known recollection of hearing anyone call someone a maroon is Bugs Bunny.

MugzyBrown: I suppose you watch sports for the handshakes and hugging at the end of the game?

I watch sports for the drama, the competition, the unpredictability, the amazing acts of athleticism, etc

Yeah, hugging and handshakes.

JohnBigBootay: inner ted: more like when all the farking 'regulars' have someone not agree with all they say... it blows their world to pieces.

Shattered does not begin to describe how I'm feeling.

i would continue to argue my point,

This could be fun if that wasn't all you were doing. You got nothing but conjecture yet dismiss out of hand anything concrete that's floated in return.

but it's painful obvious that most here are only interested in having folks agree with them.

Horse. shiat. We can occasionally find some common ground but mostly we bicker. That we don't get our feelings hurt constantly when someone disagrees is why we keep coming back. Wait - I don't know why we keep coming back. Sometimes there's boobies - maybe that's it. For the record I would say MOST farkers disagree with my position on the saints issue.

i've never offered that my opinion was anything but that... opinion. that was the whole point... i had an idea to float out there.

you & others respond with articles that compare apples to oranges, yet you expect me to just bow down and apologize for questioning what isn't really hard fact.

as to the saints issue and your position... im' not aware of it.. we've been on the helmet thing for a bit now.

also: i like teh booooobs as well.

so as a way to share our common interest:

Di Atribe: JohnBigBootay: OK - that's pretty good. I mean my gut says something different but I'm not gonna sit here and contradict a graph that clearly shows I enjoy rectal bleeding more than I do talking about football on the internet.

It's in the graph, it has to be true (remember this when football season rolls around)


JohnBigBootay: Well then it would be dead. he didn't say anything about zombie monkeys. next question.

He also did not exclude them. NOW DID HE?

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I'll be damned, there it is. A graphical representation of the intersection of the sets butt-dwelling zombies and monkeys. I know when I'm beat.

inner ted: so as a way to share our common interest:

In the interest of comity I shall accept your boobies with gratitude. Extra points for thinking outside the box and providing some heretofore underappreciated black boobies.

Di Atribe: Bonus: the graph looks like a butt

Great. Here we go again. That graph does not look like a butt.

Di Atribe: Bonus: the graph looks like a butt

Pressed against the shower door, maybe.

redmid17: It looks like boobs

At the risk of feeding your ego by agreeing with you, I agree, which, as far as I can tell, is the only reason you are here. To be agreed with. About circle tits. Which don't look at all like a butt.

/di thinks about butts