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kureta ,

I don’t know anything about American football, or baseball and I guess DB doesn’t mean database.

BigTrout75 ,

Seems to have a lot of head space

phoneymouse , (edited )

Why are we considering the view points of 19-20 year olds who happen to play a sport?

When I was 19-20 and smart enough not to play a sport that scrambles your brain, I did not get a news article in the national press reporting that I did believe in space.

America worships the wrong people.

EdibleFriend ,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Worships? Dude… This article is basically making fun of him for being a dumbass. That’s the entire story. Dumb fuck said dumb thing.

phoneymouse ,

The mere fact that he is being talked about in this regard is annoying. Who the fuck cares about this person. What he believes is not a matter of national interest.

EdibleFriend ,
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It’s a stupid little fluff piece about somebody saying something so stupid it’s funny. It’s not like it’s a massive story. The news has always been like this. Giant earthbreaking news and then stupid little fun fluff pieces.

Stop trying to make it some deep societal issue dude.

Xanis ,

If I had to register a guess, OP was probably (or hopefully) basing their comment on how sports like Football and Baseball have traditionally been viewed in the U.S., and possibly Futbol (Soccer) pretty much everywhere else. Whatever he based it off of, I can say there is just a bit too much funding and weight that goes into sports in Highschool and many Colleges. While dumb comment be dumb, it is certainly true that many people do place obscene amounts of importance on sports in general. For schools it’s often to the fundamental detriment of educational curriculums.

I’m not really trying to defend OP. Just pointing out that from what little I have grasped, one is almost seen as a cultural outcast in some professions if they don’t “talk sports”, for example, and the stories I’ve heard of people found wearing the wrong team colors, wild. It’s all a bit silly, tbh.

EdibleFriend , (edited )
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

I get where you’re coming from but at the same time it’s still just… Absolutely hilarious that he’s trying to call this worship. It’s like seeing atheists making fun of a particularly stupid passage in the Bible and then telling them that they’re worshiping god.

kureta ,

I don’t think they were talking about this specific instance. They were talking about actually famous and successful singers and athletes. Also the only reason there is a news piece mocking this kid is the fact that ordinarily Americans care a lot about what famous athletes and pop stars say. It’s not like that they would make a similar piece mocking a baker or handyman or something. This news article exists because it’s relevant to how important professional athletes’ words are.

riodoro1 ,

Then they go voting for Trump.

sweetpotato ,
@sweetpotato@lemmy.ml avatar

Not really the point of a news outlet is it?

adaveinthelife ,

To generate revenue? No, but here we are.

EdibleFriend ,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

As I said below the news has always had both big breaking news and stupid little fluff pieces. This is how it is always been.

Rozauhtuno ,
@Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Oh no, he figured out the sky is just a crusty jpeg!

Deploy the Illuminati agents.

popemichael ,
@popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Gotta love the marriage between tramatic brain injuries and an under funded education system.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Gotta love the demands of an athletic program overriding academic integrity.

It’s almost like student athletes shouldn’t be monetized or training camps for professional teams or something.

Like they should have their own secondary league players can participate in and be paid to do so without simultaneously being a financial burden on 95% of schools.

GladiusB ,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

How did he pass any of his science courses?

RizzRustbolt ,

He got a sub to take the tests.

Phoonzang ,

“This is some big shot of the football team. He’s not a C student. Grade again.”

Source: TA’d at a prestigious west coast Uni with a good football team.

GladiusB ,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

I understand that angle. I just don’t agree with it being helpful to their future.

darklamer ,
@darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Maybe he lied and pretended to believe that space exists in order to pass?

bradinutah ,

This guy’s ignorance probably extends to not knowing anything about Buzz Aldrin’s religious communion on the Moon.

harry_balzac ,

Texas Tech? Checks out.

Asidonhopo ,

Dont hold it against him, this rambling wreck might make a heck of an engineer someday.

billwashere ,

Me thinks this is the effect of too much head trauma.

Duamerthrax ,

People say he broke his brain using his head to tackle with. Course, couldn’t have been too smart to do that in the first place.

CoffeeJunkie ,

Well he obviously wasn’t picked for his intellect.

badbytes ,

I don’t believe there is anything in the space between his ears.

raynethackery ,

I volunteer him for the Mars colony.

stoly ,

Doesn’t this just tell us something about his university? They are obviously not doing that much in the way of teaching their football players.

TopRamenBinLaden ,

I think it says something about the elementary school he went to. University education is advanced past the point of teaching basic concepts. Most kindergarteners are aware of the concept of space. We have all heard little kids say that they want to be an astronaut when they grow up.

stoly ,

Then you’ve raised the question of why there university would admit him just cuz sports. He’s tarnishing the reputation of every person who graduated from there, which is principally why plagiarism is handled so strictly.

inclementimmigrant OP , (edited )

I think it says that our higher education system holds sports above education but that’s been the case since I was in high school and college. 20+ years ago.

stoly ,

Yes, agreed. I work for an R1 university and feel some shame about the resources devoted to sports.

Siethron ,

Does he believe all matter exists at a single point?

postmateDumbass ,

We exist in a diarama.

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