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SignUp Now!The refs sucked, but it’s hard for me to get too upset about the officiating when Roach/Moore/AJ combined to shoot 7/32 from the field and 1/11 from three, and the team as a whole shot 60% from the line. All we needed to win fairly comfortably was for them to go 10/32 and 2/11, and 70% overall on FTs. Shooting fucking killed us, as I was always afraid of.
I don't plan on having children, but if I do I'll allow them to do drugs but forbid them from watching sports.I am still surprisingly taking this well. I remember how I felt after 1999, and 2002, and 2004. I was in 6th-11th grade during that stretch, and I tell you, I may have killed myself if this was experienced during those years.
I remember taking every loss so hard back then. I don't know if it's maturity or just now being numb to everything.
I don't think I'll ever have children at this point, but I don't think I will force sports fandom unto them if I do. Just seems like few opportunities to have legitimate high points to counter all the lows that come with it. If they choose to like Duke, I hope I have a different home than NC
What section were you in? This dude was insane. Flipped out on a young Asian kid then lost it on an older gentleman.Was his name Tate? And he’s from Oxford, NC? Because….same.
I didn't and, for the most part, it's been great. Somehow, Duke fandom slipped through to my oldest though, who took last night pretty hard. Them not caring about baseball or football is the best thing I have done as a father.but I don't think I will force sports fandom unto them if I do.
I think it's healthy and generally beneficial to be a big fan of at least a few misery teams, like Duke football, Buffalo Bills, Sacramento Kings, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Maple Leafs, Duke basketball 2021-22, etc.
You learn to appreciate and cherish good things that happen in life. If you happen to also luck into being a fan of a team that is regularly not miserable to follow, like Duke basketball until March 2022, you don't completely take it for granted. And when something miraculous happens to one of your misery teams, like Kyrie Irving hitting The Shot, you're satisfied forever.
I don't think you want to raise someone to be a fan of only UNC basketball, Ohio State football, Yankees/Red Sox, Tom Brady, Boston Celtics, Detroit Red Wings, etc., since that is probably purely harmful to their development and life. Constant tribalism and resulting stress that hasn't been balanced appropriately through legitimate adversity, with titles they're basically numb to.
I think it's healthy and generally beneficial to be a big fan of at least a few misery teams, like Duke football, Buffalo Bills, Sacramento Kings, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Maple Leafs, Duke basketball 2021-22, etc.
You learn to appreciate and cherish good things that happen in life. If you happen to also luck into being a fan of a team that is regularly not miserable to follow, like Duke basketball until March 2022, you don't completely take it for granted. And when something miraculous happens to one of your misery teams, like Kyrie Irving hitting The Shot, you're satisfied forever.
I don't think you want to raise someone to be a fan of only UNC basketball, Ohio State football, Yankees/Red Sox, Tom Brady, Boston Celtics, Detroit Red Wings, etc., since that is probably purely harmful to their development and life. Constant tribalism and resulting stress that hasn't been balanced appropriately through legitimate adversity, with titles they're basically numb to.