"Big 10 Refs are bad and they should feel bad" (Basketball Edition)
All I have to say has been said in the title.
Wow.
Sorry your potentially awesome game was painfully taken away from you, Ace. On behalf of the MGoBlog community, we hope you'll feel better soon.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:17 PM ^
Delaney can't allow the loss of two top 5 rankings in the same week.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
That would be retarded and turn out badly for the B1G. Gotta let them play. What's going to happen to Haas when he gets into situations where defenders are actually allowed to guard the entry pass?
Amazing how close we came even with that BS
January 9th, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^
Please get a thesaurus and utilize a different fucking word
January 9th, 2018 at 11:34 PM ^
Stop being that one guy. Nobody gives a flying fuck about whether or not it was the perfect word for the sentence because it doesn't matter.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:37 PM ^
He's taking about retarded, nincompoop.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
And I'm saying I don't care "nincompoop"
January 9th, 2018 at 11:43 PM ^
If you had a family member or close friend with a developmental disorder. How do you think those people would feel if they heard you use that word?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:47 PM ^
Maybe if we actually used the word retarded to describe a mentally ill person I would care, but nowadays people fling the word around right and left synonymously with stupid. So although it is not the most apt word to describe the situation it doesn't need to be pointed out and ridiculed.
And by the way I went through 9 years of school with a kid with Asperger's syndrome in a 20 person class and I continue to go out of my way to help him out so get off your high horse.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:50 PM ^
"We" don't use that word anymore. People who "fling it around" are shitty people.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:01 AM ^
Go into any public setting with 13-17 year old kids and you will be surprised how often you hear it
January 10th, 2018 at 12:07 AM ^
As a seventeen year-old kid, I will say it is not used much by kids who aren't jerks.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:10 AM ^
If you are truly 17 you know damn well that retarded is used a lot by young teens, I'm not arguing it's right, but I'm saying it's not an uncommon occurrence from normal kids. For them it's nothing more than any other curse word.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^
Maybe by 10 and 11 year-olds.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
Last I checked there is no such thing as tenteen and eleventeen
January 10th, 2018 at 7:39 AM ^
This race to zero by UMichWolverines is pretty fascinating. Take your ball and go home, dude.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:51 PM ^
"And by the way I went through 9 years of school with a kid with Asperger's syndrome in a 20 person class and I continue to go out of my way to help him out so get off your high horse."
Wonder how he would feel about you saying all of this. What if he was reading this conversation right now?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:59 PM ^
why would he care if a random man online called another random event retarded. Face it, retarded is an outdated term and it is no longer appropriate.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:09 AM ^
Sorry meant to ask this in my previous response: is your avatar a picture of Alvin Kamara? Why? I'm guessing you managed to draft him in your fantasy league this year...is that right?
January 10th, 2018 at 12:12 AM ^
I actually picked him up on the waiver wire. He has quickly blossomed into one of my favorite NFL players, as the saints are my favorite team.
January 10th, 2018 at 2:13 AM ^
Whoever negged this can actually fight me. It's fine if you wanna neg all of my other posts, I don't care. But never neg my boy kamara.
January 10th, 2018 at 9:13 AM ^
"I'm not racist. I have a black friend!"
January 10th, 2018 at 12:06 AM ^
Looks like there is an interesting knowledge/communication gap here, let me clarify: using that word synonmously with stupid is bad, just as it is bad to use that word to describe a mentally ill person, because it too slurs people who have that condition. Said another way, flinging that word around right and left synonymously with stupid is exactly the problem. I like that you're on board with not using that word as a stand in for all mental health issues; I hope you will join me in also not using it to describe conspiracy theories (I think that was the OPs point?) or anything else that has a negative connotation.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^
I completely agree with the fact that it SHOULDN'T be used, but I'm just saying that it is not worth a snarky post over as it is unimportant.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:18 AM ^
So you're against the use of the word, but you don't think people should be called out for using it?
January 10th, 2018 at 12:23 AM ^
I'm saying it doesn't matter, why does it need to be called out if it is so minor. All it does is make the speaker sound unintelligent, that's not my problem.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:35 AM ^
You’re arguing for the use of the R-word. And for what? So you feel better about yourself because you “won” an argument online? I shouldn’t have even responded to you.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:44 AM ^
You clearly have some reading comp issues; I have stated at least 3 times that the word should not be used. I just think it's not a big deal compared to some of the other things that take place on the internet so it doesn't need a snarky response. Stop trying to twist my words.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:03 AM ^
“The word should not be used”
You’ve used it three times in this thread, and have argued with everyone who got angry at the first person for saying it, as if you were defending him.
“It’s not a big deal”
Then why are you against us not wanting it to be used? You are arguing for the sake of arguing. Stop, please.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:32 AM ^
I never used it in a negative connotation; every time was to say that it is not an appropriate word to say. Honestly originally I was just pissed about the Purdue game but your attitude started to bug me. Plus the condescension you used is really annoying , so I am arguing because I don't want to let you just walk away when you are really just a 17 year old who thinks you know everything.
January 10th, 2018 at 2:16 AM ^
is mentally handicapped.
Its a queer topic to begin with.
Also my favorite color in spanish is black.
Also Louis Ck was right that deer deserved everything he said about it.
Just leave me 100 points for the topics ill never post please and thank you.
January 10th, 2018 at 7:02 AM ^
"...people fling the word [retarded] around right and left synonymously with stupid."
the self troll game here is on point, IMO.
become a better human, asshole.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:21 PM ^
Well I'm definitely never posting again on this account, but did you even read what I said. I think it is not an appropriate word but that it isn't worth my time of day to go fight people that say it online. Whatever you guys can't read and that's your fault.
January 10th, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
so what you're saying is that you know better.
as opposed to, say, a 14 yo who likely doesn't know any better?
January 9th, 2018 at 11:54 PM ^
Thought it didn't go through smh
January 10th, 2018 at 6:30 AM ^
and was not offended. No harm was meant.....
Sometimes we all are a bit too PC.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:42 PM ^
No shit he's talking talking about retarded. We all knew what he meant.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^
Get fucked.
January 10th, 2018 at 2:19 AM ^
Seems kinda insensitve to say that with whats going on these days.
Username certainly doesnt check out.
January 10th, 2018 at 12:28 AM ^
I care, and I think it matters. I don’t personally get offended when people use it carelessly, because I understand that sometimes you just don’t think about who you might he offending, or demeaning. A lot of us grew up thinking it was ok/funny. When I was a kid it was similarly common to casually call someone a fag. But to defend it, rather than apologize for it, and attack someone who is understandably offended suggests (to me, at least) that you are a fucking asshole.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:44 AM ^
around here.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:03 PM ^
You should care. He’s not the only one. Find a better word ya dummy.
January 10th, 2018 at 1:31 PM ^
Man, that was a lot of points well spent on negs for this. Pro-tip: when even you acknowledge that you're on the wrong side of the argument, or when you're relying on "well 13 year olds do it", maybe stop arguing and stop aspiring to the maturity and class of a 13 year old.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:18 PM ^
fuck the B1G and their refs, I fucking hate you mother fuckers!!!!
January 10th, 2018 at 12:12 AM ^
Appreciate the intensity, but isn't the real issue replay itself? Seems like replay puts the refs in impossible situations.
January 10th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
The issue is replay and when to use it. When there is a loose ball and two players are going for it, replay is awesome. When the ball is poked from behind like it was, replay didnt need to be used. It sucked the life out of a great game and added insult to injury to a Michigan team that got a road whistle all night long, at home.
January 10th, 2018 at 10:03 AM ^
The issue is replay and when to use it. When there is a loose ball and two players are going for it, replay is awesome. When the ball is poked from behind like it was, replay didnt need to be used. It sucked the life out of a great game and added insult to injury to a Michigan team that got a road whistle all night long, at home.
January 9th, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
No excuse for this other than the refs wanted Michigan to lose. A ten minute replay is not indisputable evidence unless you want the team to lose. Fuck the B1G
January 9th, 2018 at 11:29 PM ^
Dilly Dilly! If we drank everytime a ref or Big Ten screws Michigan we'd be drunker than the Irish. Refs and B1G screw us any chance they get. Like we aren't paranoid: it only happens to Michigan, no one else. The football gods curse us, and the Big Ten likes to screw us ontop of that. Can't catch a break, aside from basketball with Beilein.