NyQuil
Big F$&*in Q
Feels like a great idea to inject a little humanity into discussions!
Just need a few markers and a few "Hello My Name Is:" nametags.
Feels like a great idea to inject a little humanity into discussions!
I should have been more clearWe should do another HF Sens meet at MacLaren's.
The last one involved Ray Emery fighting Marty Biron and then Andrew Peters, so it's been awhile.
I'm not afraid to disclose my positions or my perspective.
I actually think meeting people in person helps to de-escalate relationships.
It's the anonymity of social media in general. I didn't specifically mean in here.
There's a lot that's been written about it
Positivity isn't inherently better than negativity if it's less grounded in reality.
I think we can peacefully say we live in different realities
I'd be interested, but I don't live in Ottawa. Maybe one day I'll fly down there again and I can be taken to the wood shed with my terrible analysis.We should do another HF Sens meet at MacLaren's.
The last one involved Ray Emery fighting Marty Biron and then Andrew Peters, so it's been awhile.
I'm not afraid to disclose my positions or my perspective.
I actually think meeting people in person helps to de-escalate relationships.
I frequent a lot of forums and they're almost always relatively reasonable. People are motivated to be there usually for their own benefit. It's definitely the twitter, facebook comments, anonymous reviews, etc. realm where it gets really bad and people are obviously trolling.That's clear for sure.
It's the same reason why online reviews tend to skew intensely negative.
If you're happy, you don't tend to feel the same desire to tell everyone about it as a coping measure.
Using an example, I think Ridly Greig is going to be a decent 2nd liner/good 3rd liner and someone else may argue that he's the second coming of Mike Richards and is a future star.
That interview this morning was insane. Is he drunk on truth serum?
Let's see your critical analysis. Nichols publishes his. Its not a universal thing. He often makes several points.. so if you want a real discussion .. lets see how your analysis differs.It's constant negativity. And he twists things and cherry picks quotes to mislead people and to fit his agenda.
My apologies to you Hale. I had to re-read your initial postIt's honestly shocking to me that you could disagree with that.
Using an example, I think Ridly Greig is going to be a decent 2nd liner/good 3rd liner and someone else may argue that he's the second coming of Mike Richards and is a future star.
Is the latter opinion "better" because it's more optimistic? Is the former opinion "worse" because it's more pessimistic?
I'd argue whichever opinion is more reasonable and closer to reality is the better one.
I frequent a lot of forums and they're almost always relatively reasonable. People are motivated to be there usually for their own benefit. It's definitely the twitter, facebook comments, anonymous reviews, etc. realm where it gets really bad and people are obviously trolling.
Some people spam local businesses with awful, untrue review after review and it can really be a problem. A good buddy who owns a little food shop is fighting that right now.
Arrogance as wellAnonymity makes negativity easy
Ahhhh I see where you’re coming from.I guess I feel like support and love, if it is unconditional, has less value, because it isn't the outcome of an objective decision-making process, but rather an automatic or rote response.
I'd rather feel that kind of support from someone who isn't always supportive, because it's more meaningful.
I remember Mrs_NyQuil once told one of her colleagues to stop laying on the compliments because they had no meaning due to their frequency and in response to everything that she did.
Players will earn my appreciation by their play on the ice. Until then, I'm hopeful but watching.
Again, as I alluded to earlier, different people work differently, and I do understand why some people feel that they should start from a position of 100% support.
I think we have different definitions of what ‘unconditional’ means. From your example it seems as though you equate it to mean not real or perfunctory in nature, where to me it means that it is given without any requirements given back from the receiver, as in there are no conditions on my expression of love for you. It’s dangerous and leaves one open for sure, but it can be argued that the rewards can be stunning.
Good points. You have to give people room to be irrational. Most of us come back down to Earth eventually, but it's tough in the moment sometimes. And for sure it's going to bring more content, just like drama and controversy over smooth sailing. It is what it is really.Part of it is also undeniably the emotional release associated with venting. It's why I typically don't judge people for what they say in a GDT/post-GDT.
A lot of people point out that the threads for losses are usually longer than the threads for wins.
It's not really that surprising.
Some might think it's unfair, but it's not surprising.
It's hard to be objective, because when you have a pre-conceived notion about something, there's a lot of confirmation bias.
Players that I do not like as much, their gaffes and errors appear that much more apparent. Well of course, I'm looking for them, while I might gloss over the errors by my favourites.
That's where analytics and statistics can help a bit, as well as the opinions of others that I respect.
Ask yourself this: did you feel unconditional love for her on your first date? I don’t think it’s guarded, I think it was likely not available as a shareable emotion.That's the kind of love that I reserve for my son and immediate family.
Even my wife, it's progressed to that point, but I certainly didn't profess my unconditional love for her on our first date. It's a state of being that has built up through mutual trust and support over the years.
You may call that guarded or cautious perhaps, but I just think it's prudent and respectful.
I do put conditions on my admiration for players in the Senators line-up. The conditions aren't all the same. I don't have the same expectations for players with very different skillsets.
Or maybe it's a player whose on-ice style I don't particularly like, but as I've gotten to know the player behind the scenes, I end up admiring that aspect of their personality. Someone like Brassard has really grown on me based mainly on the snippets of his character around the rest of the team.
But that's fairly rare - for the most part, I admire them for what they bring to the ice because that's the form of entertainment I'm choosing to indulge in, and I don't have either the time, the inclination or the opportunity to get to know them as individuals.
I can't like all the Senators equally, and in some cases, I don't like them at all. I want them off the team because I feel that they are a negative influence on either the success of the team or my understanding of the chemistry of the team.
I get that there are people out there who will support everyone in a Senators uniform, but I'm not one of those people. As I said earlier, my respect is earned, as is my disregard.
Sure, there are the goods and bads. Though we aren’t exactly devoid of draft picks now are we? I mean we’ve had a ton, so we’re looking Boucher who gets panties rustled, and then we have Chychrun, and then we have a downgrade from 7th oa to a later pick with some sweeteners tossed in the mix to make it feel better. We’re not actually missing much at the top end in terms of picks
As for prospects, we have a slew of middle and bottom six guys pushing and on their way, and we have a handful of D prospects on the way. We don’t have a bunch of top end guys pushing because they are already on the team, and we don’t have room in the top six or top 4 for a prospect anyways.
To me it’s just a glass half empty narrative that avoids the realities of what’s on the team, choosing instead to just look at the prospect list and mope. Wish we had more top dudes in lower leagues, but we have a team filled with great young players so there’s that small detail.
As for PD the human? Well, some folks are just ridiculous in how they judge the guy giving interviews. I always find it ironic on the internet given the stereotypes surrounding dudes who spend copious amounts of time at a computer screen, in regards to their social skills lol.
I see a guy who likes to share in these interviews, and is starting to enjoy them more. He’s even able to acknowledge and laugh at his own gaffs at times. He’s not smooth, but he is authentic.
What I think is that some people are unable to separate the difficulties of the job, with the human being having to speak about it in front of the camera. Furthermore, I think some people take team mistakes personally and are quite vengeful, which further hinders their ability to evaluate the human objectively, let alone respectfully.
Unconditional love can also suck and be pointless.
It's for simple people who don't like to think objectively. But that's just my opinion.
I thought sport is meant to be simple and mindless entertainment for the masses. It is a form of distraction.
I thought sport is meant to be simple and mindless entertainment for the masses. It is a form of distraction.
It can’t be completely mindless when billions of dollars are invested in it.
We should do another HF Sens meet at MacLaren's.
The last one involved Ray Emery fighting Marty Biron and then Andrew Peters, so it's been awhile.
I'm not afraid to disclose my positions or my perspective.
I actually think meeting people in person helps to de-escalate relationships.
I am not saying the business of. and not for the athletes and owners. for the masses