Celebrini for Calder

[Pinkfloyd]

I just think name calling is super childish.

I agree it's childish and I don't tend to engage with that sort of thing but we also follow young men playing a kid's game. I think an element of childishness is okay and at least can be tolerable.

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

None of the name calling on here is a big deal and most of it is actually pretty funny once you accept the irony of the situation. "AHL Smith" in particular is hilarious.

 

[Zarzh]

Especially weird considering the CSO (Chief Smurf Offender) is most likely smaller than everyone they call a smurf

Some of the guys listed at 5'11 are absolutely tiny to be fair, especially the undrafted players.

 

[timorous me]

None of the name calling on here is a big deal and most of it is actually pretty funny once you accept the irony of the situation. "AHL Smith" in particular is hilarious.

I mean, it's better than saying "beanie" in every other post, but considering it's from the same person, I think we can all agree that they deserve to be sent to a farm upstate anyway, or at least have earned every uncontrolled rage reaction that they receive.

 

[jMoneyBrah]

Agreed but I think there's enough wiggle room here to say that calling someone a smurf, accurate or not, isn't that bad. It's not something that needs corrective action or you're being creepy. Same for the open net miss sort of conduct. That has happened in GDT's many times during the Marleau/Thornton era. I'd need a concrete example of what we're talking about that crosses the line into creepy for whoever describes it as such. I didn't think our posters have been that way. Not sure about other platforms.

I think there’s a distinction between unpleasantness and harmful that has seemingly been blurred broadly across modern internet zeitgeist.

Calling a public figure a smurf may be unpleasant to read, but is not an attack on any member of the conversation, any helpless bystanders, or anyone other than someone who has entered a profession that at least tacitly makes room for this type of discussion. IMO, while in poor taste, it doesn’t rise to any level that requires action by moderators. At the same time, calling out and shunning that sort of vernacular by the greater community shouldn’t be unexpected either.

Basically, if you’re gonna be a f***ing weirdo, you’ll be treated like a f***ing weirdo.

 

[Jargon]

Nicknames are fine if you land the joke. Tanko Tankonen was fantastic. The requirement is to be funny.