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It is astounding to me how celebrated alcohol is in our culture despite all the documented damage it does. Alcohol = most overrated thing ever.

What he is saying isn't a whataboutism. It's simply a lesson that people should be way less judgmental. So many people throw stones inside their glass houses. Sure, there's different extremities in terms of hazardous things that risk people's lives, no doubt. But some people have this attitude as if there can be no reconciliation and yet never look at themselves. No one is above the possibility of this happening to them. That's the point and more people need to think about that before they sling their rocks. And yes, I think Larussa should have been canned (never hired, actually, but yeah).

The idea is to wait until everyone is and can be safe before resuming the season and people here are... angry about this? Cynical? What am I missing here? Isn't this a good thing?

Fair enough. It just seems weird to me. Arguing and trolling occurrs regularly here. I just don't let people off easy is all.

If they used more money elsewhere, I think I'm cool with keeping Colome for a while. Figure I'm not alone on that.

Sometimes I wonder what a forum is for when people are discouraged from engaging when someone is reluctant to be sensible. I get it what you're saying, but do you get what I'm saying?

I have never understood this perspective. If you are presenting data and opinions contrary to another's, that is an argument. And if you aren't trying to persuade, then what really is the point of actually pulling data? Ultimately if you are gonna be passive aggressive anytime someone presents something to you, never take their information into account and never take any thing seriously... then there's no fucking point in conversing with you. Either way, I will never have to resort to what you resort to because I am an adult. You do not appear to be. Justify it any way you want; it's childish and unnecessary. Period. Grow up. Because your childish and tiresome smarky amd condescending comments are just pompous and stupid and renders what you say not worth Jack shit. This isn't anger, it's just a dose of reality that the petulant child you are needs to hear.

Yeah, it's so odd that I would think someone who is pulling statistics to try to prove arguments is being serious. So you're just doing it for shits and giggles. No real point other than to just mess around with people and called them "buddy" and "pal" in a condescending manner all the time. What in the actual fuck. That is one of the most fucking bizarre things I have ever heard. (Translation: it's not serious anymore if I get called out for making a fool of myself; then it's just having a good time, man! Don't take things too serious!) Your passive aggressive routine is really sad.

Ok, that's a sensible response. But that problem goes way beyond TLR and sadly I don't think skme of what you mentioned ends up being realistic, especially the part about lifetime car bans. Not saying I disagree with you at all. It's just the demonization that bothers me, and how people keep attacking him for being "sincere" who clearly don't grasp the hold addiction has. We are all flawed as human beings and are full of shit at numerous points in our life. That is just the way it is but so many people want to act like their shit doesn't stink. I'm more turned off by Larussa's archaic attitude about a great many things than I am about an addiction to something.

How and why? And to whom?

Maybe answer a sincere question instead of being a douche.

1. Agreed. 2. That's not how addiction works, LOL. This is just supporting my point. 3. I'm not calling him a victim in any way, shape or form. That is 100% strawman.

Oblivious take.

I suppose I could be ignorant, but I just don't understand what the big deal is. Changing the name of a team isn't going to educate people on the history of a race of people or deceptions about them. I don't see how changing a name solves anything other than fueling turmoil over identity politics. Is the name actually offensive? How?

Wait. What? If you're being sarcastic here, fine. But again, not fair to judge a person so harshly that you believe it's perfectly fine for them to be put in a situation where they are screwed in all aspects of life because no one will help them because they have made mistakes. Mistakes, mind you, which are not beyond any single one of us, yourself included. And if you're being serious, that's just messed up. I don't think I even need respond to something so ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, Tony La Russa has a serious problem and the way this organization has handled his hiring, much less hiring him in the first place, has been so ridiculous and shouldn't have happened. But some of the extreme takes around here from people who are so judgmental and apparently have never faced addiction or made mistakes in their life are just vomit inducing.

BS. If you're saying you're not being serious then why bring statistics up? Why present actual arguments? Exactly what parts are serious and which aren't? You saying you don't take it serious is just an excuse for when you're wrong or act like a jackass and get called out for one or both of them. I don't need to be snarky to make a point.

We aren't your best friends. There's a clear difference between messing around with your buddies and having a serious discussion and clearly you have no idea how handling the latter poorly reflects on you in the adult world. Define, "attack." When someone is wrong, I correct them. I will be Frank. But I never namecall and use snarky comments (on a couple of instances I did but apologized). I don't need to. At this point, the sheer amount of people you constantly have to fend off this same criticism from should be a sign that MAYBE there's validity to it.

I have never called anyone here a moron or an asshat. You have me mixed up with someone else.

Who said it was worse? It still shows you're a prick. If your words carry enough weight to support your arguments, then you don't need to act like that and make those comments. Yet you do. In almost every single post. Whataboutisms don't justify it. It's fucking childish and tiresome. Period.

LOL. Go back and read what I edited my post to say BEFORE you quoted it... "Pal!"

This is way too extreme. People are still people. We all have flaws. Addictions. Vices. You don't just say, "fuck that guy" and expect no one to help. That's not productive either.

You have zero self-awareness. You're almost incapable of not making snarky comments (this very post is such an example). Seriously, the amount of times you say, "buddy" or, "pal" at the end of a sentence condescendingly could start drinking games and betting pools around here.

And rightfully so.

What you're saying is subjective, but ok.

They didn't "pay" anything. They gave up a prospect. I'm actually not in favor of the trade; never was. I agree. But that's irrelevant now and not the point here. It's a die roll. You can't measure WAR as a comparison to what they gave up because we possibly don't even know what we gave up yet. It's possible we got a steal and don't know it yet. Not likely, but acting as if Lynn hasn't been good (his 2020 was also solid anyway) is just laughable.