You know what really grinds my gears...

[Army of GOD]

Appeal to ridicule. You only see it as strange because it's something you're not culturally familiar with.

Also, from what I'm reading on Wikipedia, you completely misused this.

Now, I know you're going to come back in an effort to defend your pride, but I really would just like you to admit that you were wrong.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

My, or most Americans, love of sports has no resemblances of popular religions. You can interpret whatever you want from American sports to symbolize a concept from religion, but honestly I would rather you just not jerk off.

I dunno... I've seen fights break out between U of O and Oregon State fans during Civil War week.

Games are on Sundays...

People wear the jerseys...

....trololol....

-TG

[Army of GOD]

My, or most Americans, love of sports has no resemblances of popular religions. You can interpret whatever you want from American sports to symbolize a concept from religion, but honestly I would rather you just not jerk off.

I dunno... I've seen fights break out between U of O and Oregon State fans during Civil War week.

Games are on Sundays...

People wear the jerseys...

....trololol....

-TG

>only NFL games

Natty specifically singled out hockey earlier in the thread. I'm not sure why, because of the four main sports, hockey is dead last.

[Army of GOD]

Also, janitors wear uniforms.


JANITORS ARE A RELIGION

[natty dread]

Also, from what I'm reading on Wikipedia, you completely misused this.

From what I read on Wikipedia, you're asserting a point without providing any reasoning to back it up.

Now, I know you're going to come back in an effort to defend your pride,

My pride doesn't require defending, but thanks for asking. If you're having problems with your "pride", I suggest you consult your urologist.

[Army of GOD]

Ouch, should've saw a dodge and jab coming.

[Army of GOD]

ANYWAY

Appeal to ridicule, also called appeal to mockery, the Horse Laugh,[1] or reductio ad ridiculum (Latin: "reduction to the ridiculous"), is a logical fallacy which presents the opponent's argument in a way that appears ridiculous, often to the extent of creating a straw man of the actual argument, rather than addressing the argument itself.

john in no way made your argument look ridiculous. Maybe he committed another fallacy, but not Appeal to Ridicule.

inb4 you defend yourself and still don't admit you were wrong

[natty dread]

dodge and jab coming

I'm not really familiar with your slang, but it seems like there's been a misunderstanding... I don't swing that way, sorry.

[Army of GOD]

I'm sorry Army of GOD. I was wrong.

You're cute, by the way.

Thanks natty.


Thanks. =)

[natty dread]

Sausages. Tons and tons of sausages. They haunt my dreams every night, dripping with grease, looming menacingly. They threaten to drown me in ketchup. I wake up drenched in sweat in the middle of the night and make myself comfort bacon to ease my shattered nerves.

Yeah, I feel ya bro.

[BigBallinStalin]

It's their teams, they reserve the right, and they need the money to maintain the profitability of the soccer team (which ain't cheap, dawg).

I agree. That's why I'm not passing legislation disallowing them to do it.

The reason why I dislike it is because it's not aesthetically nor intellectually pleasing. The logos do a poor job at blending in with the uniforms and I very much dislike how a third party corporation insists on advertising in such a way.

I don't see why you think my disdain for such a thing is irrational. It's not like I say it's irrational for you to not like a certain painting or a musical artist.

What is irrational, however, is comparing religion to sports in the United States. Essentially, if you're saying that that comparison is ok, then if I was to object Microsoft from putting its logo on Stonehenge, apparently I am now a follower of the religion "ancient monuments". My, or most Americans, love of sports has no resemblances of popular religions. You can interpret whatever you want from American sports to symbolize a concept from religion, but honestly I would rather you just not jerk off.

Ohhhh, this is a B&M session on the ickyness of advertisements on soccer uniforms!







I mean, sure, it's not aesthetically/intellectually pleasing to you, because "appeal to emotions." There's nothing wrong with that, nor does it really lead anywhere, but that's not all that you said...


What's with this "sell out" mentality?

"-the fact that soccer teams think it's cool to sell out by having company logos on their uniforms."

So, if the logos weren't on uniforms, they wouldn't be sell-outs? Or does receiving funds from a corporation make one a sell-out? Where do you draw the line?

[Dukasaur]

religion > Tebow

[AAFitz]

-When people post the "so and so is on your ignore list. Click to view post" just to show that someone is on their foe list (inb4 someone does that to me in this thread).

-Political threads

-People who hurt someone physically or emotionally, completely pointlessly, and then say "I'm sorry, but that's life".



What grinds yours?

An idiot not using the Emergency brake when parking on a hill.

[Army of GOD]

So, if the logos weren't on uniforms, they wouldn't be sell-outs? Or does receiving funds from a corporation make one a sell-out? Where do you draw the line?

Yes, if the logos weren't on the uniforms, then it'd be ok. Once third party advertisements are on clothing, I get annoyed.

[Timminz]

Why are uniforms no good for logos, but fields are? When watching the game, you can't see the front of anyone's shirt anyway.

[Army of GOD]

Why are uniforms no good for logos, but fields are? When watching the game, you can't see the front of anyone's shirt anyway.

Because shut up

[Lootifer]

Are you really complaining about advertising on uniforms?! It doesn't even impact the game...

Compared to the stupid amounts of ad breaks during handegg matches that actually impact the viewing of the game... You sir are crazy.

Also I believe Australian Rugby League is the worst when it comes to uniform advertising:
For example

[Gold Knight]

religion = Tebow

Fixed.

[Army of GOD]

Are you really complaining about advertising on uniforms?! It doesn't even impact the game...

Compared to the stupid amounts of ad breaks during handegg matches that actually impact the viewing of the game... You sir are crazy.

Also I believe Australian Rugby League is the worst when it comes to uniform advertising:
For example

I swear to fucking Science, stop calling football handegg =(

[Lootifer]

haha, first time Ive done it tbh, just giggled at the pic in the other thread. Apologies good sir.

um but yeh, really grind your gears yet the stupid bud light ads every 30 seconds doesnt? Thats cool in all, just something i cant understand

[Army of GOD]

haha, first time Ive done it tbh, just giggled at the pic in the other thread. Apologies good sir.

um but yeh, really grind your gears yet the stupid bud light ads every 30 seconds doesnt? Thats cool in all, just something i cant understand

Oh, I remember someone referred to it as handegg a few days ago. I thought it was you.

Also, commercials aren't as prevalent as you think.

[Aradhus]

Team sports are retarded. In fact the only sport worth watching is Tennis.

It really grinds my gears that people don't know this.

[john9blue]

Team sports are retarded. In fact the only sport worth watching is Tennis.

It really grinds my gears that people don't know this.

it's hard to appreciate tennis on TV unless you know what's going on. for a lot of people, it's just two guys hitting a ball back and forth.

[Army of GOD]

it's just two guys hitting a ball back and forth.

I think Aradhus is confusing tennis with sex

[BigBallinStalin]

You know what really grinds my gears...

LTAs


(Little Tebow Arguments)


=D