Biggest Tool in World Sport
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@Nepia
Why would he?Would you?
Do half the world's employees quit their job because one or a few aspects disappoint them?
I've never had a job that's 100% fine and great.
Not arguing Neps, just trying to hold him accountable to the same values of myself and the people around me whom I consider genuine.
Once you objectify the actual occupation, he's just a kid in the world (albeit a public one) in my opinion.
And the job opportunities and sponsorship and prize money (wages) just keep rolling in because of his talent, so why wouldn't we keep working till something demonstrably better comes along?
edit: he's not a shitty contractor mate, he's top 20 in a pool of 6 billion!
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@Virgil
Yeah but you and I sound like complete fuckwits to people we don't know and people who know nothing about our lives.We gonna change what we do to satisfy people we don't know?
Not having a go mate, just my way of rationalising that statement
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@MajorRage
Yeah the Wawrinka thing was poor in my (non judgemental opinion
) but he apologised and if I had all my shit comments playing sport publicised I'd come out heaps worse.It ain't black and white but still I think my premise of "who knows and who gives a fuck what people I see on the tele are like"
All those years in Asia and Thailand, Rage, where you start a bagging someone conversation with Asians and get a shrug of the shoulders and a genuine "Up to him" or "not my business" - and they REALLY don't seem to give a fuck as they strive to get through the day happy (especially the dirt poor ones) - a nice lesson I reckon
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@antipodean
Braveness in my opinion because he says things we all know people don't want to hear. Contrast with the hollow forced apologies that we're supposed to swallow (Woods, Nugget every NRL player) for "PR" reasons - that's not brave, that's deceipt -
In summary I can see how people don't like him (I think calling him mentally unfit might be over egging the cake a bit) but I've tried to look at it from other angles and am more comfortable with my opinion - but opinions are like arseholes eh?
I do think that a hotel cleaner performs more of a function for society than a sportsperson or actor and I do think the likes of dysfunctional bankers and politicians are more in the ilk of fuckwits because they can and do real harm to me and my kin.
And I value brutal honesty
Thanks for taking the time to reply to me though
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@Hooroo said in Biggest Tool in World Sport:
Off topic, but I think of a wet lettuce as being freshly washed and crisp.
Correct, washing a lettuce makes the cells absorb more water via osmosis, making them more turgid / less flaccid.
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@TeWaio said in Biggest Tool in World Sport:
@Hooroo said in Biggest Tool in World Sport:
Off topic, but I think of a wet lettuce as being freshly washed and crisp.
Correct, washing a lettuce makes the cells absorb more water via osmosis, making them more turgid / less flaccid.
Unless the lettuce has become wet through mild rot from being left in the fridge for too long.
I need to change my diet.
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Serene Williams fast becoming the next biggest 'tool' at least in tennnis
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@Virgil said in Biggest Tool in World Sport:
Serene Williams fast becoming the next biggest 'tool' at least in tennnis
Read my mind. She is certainly up there.
To get back on topic - a mate found a Maccas big mac under the seat of his car. Reckoned it must have been there for 6 months and the lettuce was still green. WTF do they do to it?
@Bones Are you being literal there about Gayle?
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@Virgil i understand about the interview stuff, but the Auckland thing is a bit rough, she even said the other day in an unrelated presser at the Open how disappointed she was not to get to play in Auckland, she really wanted to.
She's always been a bit prickly, this is nothing new really.
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@Virgil said in Biggest Tool in World Sport:
Serene Williams fast becoming the next biggest 'tool' at least in tennnis
Especially after how she left the Auckland event a couple weeks ago, now this.I am so fine with her response to this. She was showing respect to opponent.
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@Siam said in Biggest Tool in World Sport:
@Nepia
Why would he?Would you?
Do half the world's employees quit their job because one or a few aspects disappoint them?
I've never had a job that's 100% fine and great.
Not arguing Neps, just trying to hold him accountable to the same values of myself and the people around me whom I consider genuine.
Once you objectify the actual occupation, he's just a kid in the world (albeit a public one) in my opinion.
And the job opportunities and sponsorship and prize money (wages) just keep rolling in because of his talent, so why wouldn't we keep working till something demonstrably better comes along?
edit: he's not a shitty contractor mate, he's top 20 in a pool of 6 billion!
Nah I think he is a shitty contractor and he's been suspended because of it. He's good at one aspect of his job, at times, but at other times he's shitty at it and he's shitty at the other parts pretty much non stop. Just because he's good at the hitting the ball over the net part of his job it doesn't mean he's a good contractor. To give you an example, at my work we just let two lecturers go, both great at teaching what they teach (acting and cinematography) but completely hopeless at the other aspects of their job (attendance, marking, being collegial etc).
I also don't believe this kid bullshit, he's an adult, he needs to grow up. And no I don't in the least think he's brave for carrying on like a twat. Jeff Wilson didn't enjoy rugby for a time, he said that and then went and did something else. He didn't keep repeating it over and over again (coincidentally these outbursts seem to happen every time he's had a loss).
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I read an article from his former coach that implied he's practicing less than an hour a day. And now he's out in the 2nd round of his home Open, losing to a lesser opponent. If we must compare sport to normal jobs, that's insufficient effort leading to failing to meet expectations, and that would normally involve some sort of discipline.
