this got me angry

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 16 Sep 2006 20:11

http://boards.nbc.com/nbc/index.php?showtopic=612175
some dude says.... well just click the link and read it. i got pissed off at what the one guy said so i made a username on nbc's forum and yelled at him. hehehe........ i hope he reads that...

Wumbo · Post by **Wumbo** » 17 Sep 2006 02:30

ye me too... but i dunno if its worth it, the guy might not change his mind on this, and others wont, too. i bet he cant even do a toe stall so his words are blank. or maybe he is angry on footbaggers cuz he was kicked out of a show because of a more impressive footbagger or whatever... and juggling with feet or with hands is not the same. he got no idea.

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 17 Sep 2006 06:09

People are ignorant, don't let it get to you. You know what it really is, he probably just thinks it's kicking the bag around.

bluntobj3ct · Post by **bluntobj3ct** » 17 Sep 2006 08:40

nice work, couldn'a done that better myself, i would have used a lot more insults probly, haha

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 17 Sep 2006 09:07

james_dean wrote:People are ignorant, don't let it get to you. You know what it really is, he probably just thinks it's kicking the bag around.

yeah thats what i figured. thats y i posted those video links.

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 17 Sep 2006 15:42

He's probably one of those guys that can only do consecutive strong side inside kicks, and can keep it up for a few contacts, if he's lucky.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 17 Sep 2006 16:24

Although it is just his insecurity and narrow mindedness that makes him look like a fool, I experience shit like that soooooo much. Why do people have to be so F*CKING ignorant. WHY!? It's totaly unnecessary... there's lots of stuff that I don't understand out there, so I do my VERY best to keep an open mind and never look at something new with a negative attitude.

Just today a girl that I was taking out on a date was disrespecting. I told her how excited I was for KICKASS II (and explained what it is) and she's like "I can't believe there's such thing as a Hacky Sack tournament!" Now, I'm usually a very peacfull guy, but I do admit that the fleeting though of knocking her teeth out DID cross my mind. This type of shit is EVERYWHERE and I want it to stop.

If I chose one of my non-footbagger friends and counted how many times that I've corrected them in saying Hacky Sack of Footbag, I'd be well into the tripple digits nomatter which friend I chose. There's CLEARLY a HUGE lack of effort on thier part in trying to use propper terminology... it would be so F*CKING simple and it would make me so happy for everyone to call it footbag, but nobody cares.

This is an issue that has been driving me insane ever since I started playing. Respect is NOT this difficult... It still gets to me (clearly) and I refuse to just accept it. This is one of those cases where THEY ARE SIMPLY WRONG and thefore THEY should change. I will be steadfast.

HG · Post by HG » 17 Sep 2006 17:14

I know that almost everyone goes through these three phases:

1. Starting footbag. Still calls it hacking. Maybe shredding or footbagging, doesnt care if others say hack, hackysack, etc.

2. Calls it footbag. Only. Gets pissed when other people dont and tries to correct them about it.

3. Calls it footbag. only. Doesnt give a shit when others call it hackysack/hack because it doesnt matter.

I am on stage three.

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 17 Sep 2006 18:31

you're not even that old.

Oroza · Post by **Oroza** » 17 Sep 2006 19:49

RawSko wrote:Although it is just his insecurity and narrow mindedness that makes him look like a fool, I experience shit like that soooooo much. Why do people have to be so F*CKING ignorant. WHY!? It's totaly unnecessary... there's lots of stuff that I don't understand out there, so I do my VERY best to keep an open mind and never look at something new with a negative attitude.

Just today a girl that I was taking out on a date was disrespecting. I told her how excited I was for KICKASS II (and explained what it is) and she's like "I can't believe there's such thing as a Hacky Sack tournament!" Now, I'm usually a very peacfull guy, but I do admit that the fleeting though of knocking her teeth out DID cross my mind. This type of shit is EVERYWHERE and I want it to stop.

If I chose one of my non-footbagger friends and counted how many times that I've corrected them in saying Hacky Sack of Footbag, I'd be well into the tripple digits nomatter which friend I chose. There's CLEARLY a HUGE lack of effort on thier part in trying to use propper terminology... it would be so F*CKING simple and it would make me so happy for everyone to call it footbag, but nobody cares.

This is an issue that has been driving me insane ever since I started playing. Respect is NOT this difficult... It still gets to me (clearly) and I refuse to just accept it. This is one of those cases where THEY ARE SIMPLY WRONG and thefore THEY should change. I will be steadfast.

try harder

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 17 Sep 2006 20:14

lol Henry, that is so true.

Slowsis · Post by **Slowsis** » 18 Sep 2006 10:43

HenryG wrote:I know that almost everyone goes through these three phases:

1. Starting footbag. Still calls it hacking. Maybe shredding or footbagging, doesnt care if others say hack, hackysack, etc.

2. Calls it footbag. Only. Gets pissed when other people dont and tries to correct them about it.

3. Calls it footbag. only. Doesnt give a shit when others call it hackysack/hack because it doesnt matter.

I am on stage three.

4. Calls it footy-sack, leg-ball, kickysack and other pet names, and yells "REGISTERED TRADEMARK" everytime anyone says hacky-sack.

Spontaneous Spaz · Post by **Spontaneous Spaz** » 18 Sep 2006 11:46

i like to call it hacking/shredding cuz just saying "hacking" or "hack" makes u sound 1337. liek, i "haxxored" or had a crazy ass "haxing" session.

in any of these case you can substitute hack/hax for shred/footbagging.

but w/e, i tend to call it shred just as much as hack

jon · Post by **jon** » 18 Sep 2006 11:59

Slowsis wrote:
HenryG wrote:I know that almost everyone goes through these three phases:

1. Starting footbag. Still calls it hacking. Maybe shredding or footbagging, doesnt care if others say hack, hackysack, etc.

2. Calls it footbag. Only. Gets pissed when other people dont and tries to correct them about it.

3. Calls it footbag. only. Doesnt give a shit when others call it hackysack/hack because it doesnt matter.

I am on stage three.

4. Calls it footy-sack, leg-ball, kickysack and other pet names, and yells "REGISTERED TRADEMARK" everytime anyone says hacky-sack.

Stage four for me without the yelling part.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 18 Sep 2006 12:34

Oroza wrote:

try harder

what's this about? You don't know me. This is a thoughtless and unsupported comment that you threw in just to be a jerk. Either back that up, or don't say anything.

The Actual Sized E · Post by **The Actual Sized E** » 18 Sep 2006 14:56

I think he was just pointing out the contradictory nature of the sentence he bolded to the rest of your post. For example:

you wrote wrote:there's lots of stuff that I don't understand out there, so I do my VERY best to keep an open mind and never look at something new with a negative attitude.

and then ended with wrote:This is one of those cases where THEY ARE SIMPLY WRONG and thefore THEY should change. I will be steadfast.

I'm not trying to pick on you, I'm just pointing that out. The vast, vast, vast majority of the world doesn't know or care about footbag. You're not going to change their minds by getting upset when they call it hacky sack, you'll probably just make them laugh for getting upset over something as trivial as kicking a stupid beanbag around (in their minds):roll:. I doubt footbag will ever be called anything other than hacky sack by non-serious players, and that's just the breaks. It's just like Frisbee or Kleenex. I really don't care much about facial tissue and hence I still call it Kleenex, but I'm sure there are some hardcore tissue enthusiasts/13 year-old boys out there who get plenty pissed off at the drop of the Kleenex brand name. It's just not worth getting upset over.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 18 Sep 2006 15:02

yeah, sometimes when i toke and play i get in this weird state of mind where im still playing, but im not actually paying attention to what im doing, im just bugging out looking down at what im doing, because those are the rare times when i can see footbag as people who never have before, and it does look ridiculous. cool, if you appreciate it, but definitely not suprising that people often think its ridiculous. whipping your legs around and catching a tiny bag on different parts of your foot? think about it.

professor · Post by **professor** » 18 Sep 2006 17:29

I thought about it....and still think is cool. Not ridiculous in any way.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 19 Sep 2006 12:22

i cant do it when im not high either.

RawSko · Post by **RawSko** » 19 Sep 2006 15:55

The Actual Sized E wrote: I'm not trying to pick on you, I'm just pointing that out. The vast, vast, vast majority of the world doesn't know or care about footbag. You're not going to change their minds by getting upset when they call it hacky sack, you'll probably just make them laugh for getting upset over something as trivial as kicking a stupid beanbag around (in their minds):roll:. I doubt footbag will ever be called anything other than hacky sack by non-serious players, and that's just the breaks. It's just like Frisbee or Kleenex. I really don't care much about facial tissue and hence I still call it Kleenex, but I'm sure there are some hardcore tissue enthusiasts/13 year-old boys out there who get plenty pissed off at the drop of the Kleenex brand name. It's just not worth getting upset over.

thanks alot for elaborating. I guess that was a tad contradictory

... whatever. lol

I just mean that people often think that ignorance is okay and you can talk shit about whatever you want, even when you have no idea what you're talking about. It just makes people look stupid...

...because they are

keep it real