GDT: [Game #70] Dallas Stars vs. Arizona Coyotes – 7:00 PM CT (BSSW)

[Frozen Failure]

why is it delete worthy? if it doesn't fit your sense of humor, fine, move along, but don't try to make every one else's fit yours.

it's not like this was an endorsement of killing animals or players from their teams. i really don't understand why ppl are up in arms about this.

I mean, 99% of reactions to seeing roadkill aren't AW YEAH f*** THAT ANIMAL CARS RULE.. because that's the sort of shit a sociopath would say. I don't even like the concept of shooting coyotes as a pest animal, though, so maybe I'm weird.

I'm pretty sure is what they were going for... AW YEAH f*** THAT OTHER HOCKEY TEAM STARS RULE, which is fine if you do it with something you can't really feel empathy with... Even Wiley never really dies in the cartoon.

It's not constructive or particularly funny... or really enforcing healthy competitive vibes. Man versus animal... animal does not have a Remington 700 or F-150. Just ACME.

 

[Troy McClure]

I have gotten to the age (31) where I don’t really care about team’s social posts unless they’re really funny

These posts do nothing for me. I don't care what team social media people say to each other.

 

[LT]

Is it a pasta? I’m unfamiliar with the recipe

something about a baby dolphin

 

[Satan]

Is it a pasta? I’m unfamiliar with the recipe

that's some hfboards 2008-2012 type shit

 

[Zapp]

that's some hfboards 2008-2012 type shit

i'd rather u not push yourself like this with playoffs so close. can't have our best players getting burnt out in the 2nd round.

 

[eartotheground]

I mean, 99% of reactions to seeing roadkill aren't AW YEAH f*** THAT ANIMAL CARS RULE.. because that's the sort of shit a sociopath would say. I don't even like the concept of shooting coyotes as a pest animal, though, so maybe I'm weird.

I'm pretty sure is what they were going for... AW YEAH f*** THAT OTHER HOCKEY TEAM STARS RULE, which is fine if you do it with something you can't really feel empathy with... Even Wiley never really dies in the cartoon.

It's not constructive or particularly funny... or really enforcing healthy competitive vibes. Man versus animal... animal does not have a Remington 700 or F-150. Just ACME.

shrug. i agree with everything you say except i found the poast amusing. (that was a typo i'm leaving bc it should be lexicon.. a post that's a roast)

i do think from a marketing perspective, using ACME/WEC would've been smarter.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I never knew so many hockey fans would get pressed over a photo of road kill. Reddit is in full melt down, Twitter is in full melt down, it's crazy.

Was it in poor taste and a little weird? Yeah, maybe. But why can't people look at something that is slightly uncomfortable and move on with their life?

 

[Zapp]

I never knew so many hockey fans would get pressed over a photo of road kill. Reddit is in full melt down, Twitter is in full melt down, it's crazy.

Was it in poor taste and a little weird? Yeah, maybe. But why can't people look at something that is slightly uncomfortable and move on with their life?

 

[Troy McClure]

I never knew so many hockey fans would get pressed over a photo of road kill. Reddit is in full melt down, Twitter is in full melt down, it's crazy.

Was it in poor taste and a little weird? Yeah, maybe. But why can't people look at something that is slightly uncomfortable and move on with their life?

One of the worst jobs going has to be corporate social media. You're one of the lowest paid people they have, but you're also one of the most public. Your bosses want you to try to be edgy to get reaction, but they'll also immediately fire you if you cross an invisible line a dozen people don't like. It's a job you take knowing you're going to get fired.

 

[Frozen Failure]

I don't even think the line is hard to avoid, its just gearing your thought process to think "could a significant portion of people feel empathy before humor when I make this joke/metaphor/allusion?"

In this case? Yeah I think a lot of people don't find the unfortunate destruction of life to be in good taste...

 

[eartotheground]

One of the worst jobs going has to be corporate social media. You're one of the lowest paid people they have, but you're also one of the most public. Your bosses want you to try to be edgy to get reaction, but they'll also immediately fire you if you cross an invisible line a dozen people don't like. It's a job you take knowing you're going to get fired.

or they force everything through an approval process, which covers your ass from reactionary firings, but makes your content so dull that no one engages, so you still get fired.

I don't even think the line is hard to avoid, its just gearing your thought process to think "could a significant portion of people feel empathy before humor when I make this joke/metaphor/allusion?"

In this case? Yeah I think a lot of people don't find the unfortunate destruction of life to be in good taste...

if you only use humor that the majority find funny, you won't be very funny. they days of friends being the pinnacle of humor are long gone. if that aired today ppl would think it's the lamest shit ever.

 

[Frozen Failure]

if you only use humor that the majority find funny, you won't be very funny. they days of friends being the pinnacle of humor are long gone. if that aired today ppl would think it's the lamest shit ever.

No, you'll still be funny but you're going to cut the expected target market down pretty harshly. Why do you think Big Bang has been so successful? Because everyone but nerd/geeks think its hilarious.

And I don't think Big Bang is entirely funny. And Friends is basically just a show about delivery, otherwise its comedy about nothing, like Seinfeld.

Actually, most comedy is mainly about delivery. And sometimes your delivery drops a mangled box on your doorstep.

 

[Satan]

I never knew so many hockey fans would get pressed over a photo of road kill. Reddit is in full melt down, Twitter is in full melt down, it's crazy.

Was it in poor taste and a little weird? Yeah, maybe. But why can't people look at something that is slightly uncomfortable and move on with their life?

soft generation, only going to get worse

 

[MrHeiskanen]

soft generation, only going to get worse

I donno about 'soft generation' its more just a natural progress. Each generation has it easier than the last.

 

[Satan]

I donno about 'soft generation' its more just a natural progress. Each generation has it easier than the last.

soon we're gonna be able to shitpost via a brainchip

 

[redbeardtx]

I finally found the picture people are referring to. It's just a picture of some roadkill. It's not like they ran over the fox on purpose just to make a photoshoot out of it. Who gives a shit

 

[Troy McClure]

soft generation, only going to get worse

The softness comes from the corporate suits who panic about a dozen angry replies.

 

[Sports2]

The fact that it was clearly a fox and not a coyote is a fireable offense. This mf had never seen a coyote before?

 

[piqued]

I'll cop to witnessing Nils' tentativeness to start things out, but he's not going to show up from the press box. And he's not going to feel better about it from there either.

FreeNills back onto the ice. MakeSuterUsefulAgain.

This is an incredibly late reply, but I think this post hits on something.

Setting aside completely the Nils-Wars as it relates the player himself no matter what your stance, his presence is like a bonus 2-for-1 deal. He turns Suter into a positive contributor, for whatever reason. And since Suter will never be scratched, does it not make sense to get more out of him?

 

[starsfan86]

This is an incredibly late reply, but I think this post hits on something.

Setting aside completely the Nils-Wars as it relates the player himself no matter what your stance, his presence is like a bonus 2-for-1 deal. He turns Suter into a positive contributor, for whatever reason. And since Suter will never be scratched, does it not make sense to get more out of him?

Suter looked great last night indeed.