The WTAF thread

[fizman]

Please spare a thought for me, I support Cronulla and Aston Villa - two clubs that choke at exactly the wrong time.

Research shows teams with "a" at the end of their name and wearing sky blue in their uniforms are losers.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

Please spare a thought for me, I support Cronulla and Aston Villa - two clubs that choke at exactly the wrong time.

Research shows teams with "a" at the end of their name and wearing sky blue in their uniforms are losers.

We (everton) played our part in trying to keep the scummy barcodes out of the CL, you could have at least scraped a draw. Bullshit call that no goal for Morgan Rogers though

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

why dont you simply, come 17th and win the Europa league? HMM?

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Please spare a thought for me, I support Cronulla and Aston Villa - two clubs that choke at exactly the wrong time.

Research shows teams with "a" at the end of their name and wearing sky blue in their uniforms are losers.

Fizman me too!

I can’t believe that stupid incompetent ref blew his whistle and cost us the possible lead and a champions league berth!!

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

not great bob!

 

[Frenzy.]

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It's true.

Explains decades of falling short.

While you've been away I have banged on about this, in less scientific terms, for a few years. The colours we wear are loser colours. No team in poofy pastels has ever dominated. EVER. This is why I love EVERY black jersey and haye every sky blue jersey except the original and that's only because at least it has chevrons. V for Victory.

 

[Frenzy.]

Well the black doesn't do us any favours either.

We don't use it enough.

 

[Frenzy.]

The 2 most schizophrenic teams in the league right now are the Sharks and the Broncos. Ironic that they are advocating for Mental Health about 3 weeks out from the actual Mental Health round.

Gotcha4Life, Find ya feet and these other types of worthy organisations are great for MH advocacy but seem to be an anchor to the Sharks dragging them down to Davy Jones' locker.

Always a different view,

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

what about my mental health?
how about take care of business in a game where the opposition is down 5 regulars due to rep footy ?

no?

ok then. hold hands. be connected

 

[Chimp]

This post could easily go into the Petty things thread, but I’ll keep it here for now….

Mental Health - It’s great there’s so much support out there, it’s great men can talk more freely nowadays, it’s a very real issue…. That being said (and accept this might harsh), in my opinion, being a truly elite sportsman should require elite levels of emotional resilience/mental good health. I can’t be a professional rugby player because I’m not fast enough or strong enough physically - the same could be said for those who are not mentally strong enough.
And again, whilst it’s great to support mental health charities/initiatives, pushing it too far and talking about it too much, particularly if we’ve got a couple of players who are actually quite mentally fragile is counter productive.
For all awareness and the ability to be more open about feelings is good, the fact is, since we started talking about mental health a lot more, suicides have gone through the roof and continue to do so.
On a completely different note, I liken it to how extreme porn is now readily available on mobile phones, so people become sanitised to it, and it’s no longer extreme - so then the boundaries of normality get pushed…..
Hearing of a suicide in the 80’s/90’s even early 00’s was a massive shock and a rarity, sadly not nowadays. Suicide has been normalised by talking about it too much - it’s become a normalised viable option to people who are struggling.
Similarly with kids identifying as being gay/trans etc… kids that are struggling with finding themselves and working out who they are, what they stand for, many of them now just assume ‘ah it’s because I must be gay/trans/whatever’.
Worlds gone nuts.

 

[Frenzy.]

This post could easily go into the Petty things thread, but I’ll keep it here for now….

Mental Health - It’s great there’s so much support out there, it’s great men can talk more freely nowadays, it’s a very real issue…. That being said (and accept this might harsh), in my opinion, being a truly elite sportsman should require elite levels of emotional resilience/mental good health. I can’t be a professional rugby player because I’m not fast enough or strong enough physically - the same could be said for those who are not mentally strong enough.
And again, whilst it’s great to support mental health charities/initiatives, pushing it too far and talking about it too much, particularly if we’ve got a couple of players who are actually quite mentally fragile is counter productive.
For all awareness and the ability to be more open about feelings is good, the fact is, since we started talking about mental health a lot more, suicides have gone through the roof and continue to do so.
On a completely different note, I liken it to how extreme porn is now readily available on mobile phones, so people become sanitised to it, and it’s no longer extreme - so then the boundaries of normality get pushed…..
Hearing of a suicide in the 80’s/90’s even early 00’s was a massive shock and a rarity, sadly not nowadays. Suicide has been normalised by talking about it too much - it’s become a normalised viable option to people who are struggling.
Similarly with kids identifying as being gay/trans etc… kids that are struggling with finding themselves and working out who they are, what they stand for, many of them now just assume ‘ah it’s because I must be gay/trans/whatever’.
Worlds gone nuts.

I work under the trauma informed care (TIC) approach. It's weel known and accepted by most that patients in my field are traumatised.

Why your sentence there makes sense is because of the 4th R of TIC - Resist Re-traumatization: Preventing Further Harm.

Bringing up the past is doing exactly the opposite.

You mention suicides are up. They are, and who's to say that isn't because we've gone from not talking enough to now talking too much before we are ready, thus causing trauma on trauma. It's kinda like now people are being cajoled into talking about things because it's the trend. They need to slow it down and keep it under the radar a little more IMNHO.

 

[Chimp]

I work under the trauma informed care (TIC) approach. It's weel known and accepted by most that patients in my field are traumatised.

Why your sentence there makes sense is because of the 4th R of TIC - Resist Re-traumatization: Preventing Further Harm.

Bringing up the past is doing exactly the opposite.

You mention suicides are up. They are, and who's to say that isn't because we've gone from not talking enough to now talking too much before we are ready, thus causing trauma on trauma. It's kinda like now people are being cajoled into talking about things because it's the trend. They need to slow it down and keep it under the radar a little more IMNHO.

After I’d posted, I nearly deleted it, because I did wonder if I might have overstepped the mark and piss off people with much better medical understanding of mental health, or people who are/have suffered from it - so I’m glad to hear I’m not necessarily a million miles from the mark.
In my opinion, barriers have already been broken on mental health, we should now be focussing much more on celebrating and advocating mental strength. Let’s talk about how good it is that people can go through hell and just crack on with life without crumbling and needing support. That’s a real positive characteristic.

 

[DJDL]

@Chimp is right about one thing - we all get de-sensitised to pretty much everything eventually.

As an example, once some genius figured out sex sells, advertising, tv, movies, music videos etc. just progressively got more revealing. To the point where full frontal barely raises an eyebrow, and hasn’t done for years.

The same with language.
I was a fan of the Screaming Jets back in the day and the backlash they copped for having the gall to sing Fat Rich Kharnts was endless.
Kicked off national tours, banned from venues and record stores, major arguments with their record company to have it included on their album. All sorts.

These days? The word gets uttered all the time in tv shows and movies. And not just by blokes. No one seems to bat an eye.

 

[Bookie]

… try to put a Palestine flag up at a concert but and see what happens

@Chimp is right about one thing - we all get de-sensitised to pretty much everything eventually.

As an example, once some genius figured out sex sells, advertising, tv, movies, music videos etc. just progressively got more revealing. To the point where full frontal barely raises an eyebrow, and hasn’t done for years.

The same with language.
I was a fan of the Screaming Jets back in the day and the backlash they copped for having the gall to sing Fat Rich Kharnts was endless.
Kicked off national tours, banned from venues and record stores, major arguments with their record company to have it included on their album. All sorts.

These days? The word gets uttered all the time in tv shows and movies. And not just by blokes. No one seems to bat an eye.

 

[shadowboxer]

To know how far we have come as a society, imagine sitting on a packed train to the city in peak hour and the bloke in front of me is watching porn on his laptop.
Happening as I type. I assume those standing in his vicinity are either happy for the distraction or that he has headphones in.
Enjoy the day - the sun is shining, which always helps counteract some mental grief