What individuals do you cheer against?
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We are discussing rooting for an individual wrestler, in a wrestling match.
I am with @Nitlion1986 on this. I had no problem rooting against the US Women's Soccer Team because I was not sure of some of them having allegiance to the USA. The Big Bad Soviet Union is gone. We don't need to dominate the Olympics to prove anything globally anymore. If I don't like you as a person or agree with your actions, I am not cheering for you only because you have USA on your uniform.
I root against people who put the butter in the refrigerator, people merge onto the freeway really slow, and against people who don’t replace the toilet paper rolls!
If someone wanted to make such a simple-minded and lacking of complex thought suggestion the answer would be, "if that is how you want to describe it then knock yourself out."
You realize you can root against the success of an athlete in a sport without booing or wishing them failure? There are more than 2 options when it comes to rooting against. As stated before if you are rooting for wrestler A to win you are in fact rooting for wrestler B to lose. There is no other option if you have a winner then to have a loser. And when wrestler B loses and walks off the mat you can still respect him and his efforts and wish him well personally in life and root against him in his next match.
You must of .missed his takedown at nàtty's.
You root against Iowa? Or is my vision failing and your avatar pic is Steelers not Hawkeyes?
That's sick and twisted. If I want liquified fat on my bread, I keep olive and avocado oil for that purpose.
Yianni Diakomihalis
I genuinely liked him until the whole lawsuit thing. I never root against Team USA members, but he made it difficult. Thankfully he’s no threat for that anymore.
I genuinely liked him until the whole lawsuit thing. I never root against Team USA members, but he made it difficult. Thankfully he’s no threat for that anymore.
That's the exception. Bend the knee while wearing the flag. I'm not cheering for you. Other than that, I consider any Murican that isn't cheering for the USA, a commie sympathizer. (Half joking)
In fact no. Your schema limits rooting to Ws and Ls. Thereby trying to define the contestants in that way. I don't do that.
I am rooting for something different. I am ambivalent to wrestler B. I wish wrestler B to similarly find success and growth from the contest regardless of its outcome. I am not made materially more happy by wrestler A's victory.
And the way I root comports well with how I understand PSU wrestling coaches' philosophy. So I am fine with how I root.
That is a rather naive concept used to make yourself feel more self-aware. You can root for wins or losses as you say but if thats the case then no need to watch the contest with any vested interest. No need to be a fan of any specific wrestling team. Under your premise if AJ Ferrari wrestled Aaron Brooks to a competitive and fair wrestling match you would have the same internal feeling about the outcome if either guy won? Maybe your completely devoid of feelings which I would suspect would make you inhuman. I have not asked Cael but if Brooks and Ferrari both wrestled the perfect competitive match he would still want Aaron to win. If that was not the case when Davis got taken to his back and still won the match against Ohio State in his post match comments he would have said so rather than considering the long term mental well-being of his wrestler.
It need not be so, simply because you believe it is.
From coaching young persons, I am very aware that there is nothing to be gained from rooting against the opposing team in favor of your own. Absolutely nothing. And as this is the case, I have learned not to waste energy on rooting against.
Coaches both have a vested interest while refraining from rooting against. I'm sorry if you are having trouble understanding this to the point of a weak attempt to insult my intentions.
Per your hypothetical, my rooting for Aaron Brooks does not mean I need deride AJ in the process. And if AJ should win, he would've earned it. And though I might be disappointed for Aaron for not reaching his goals, I wouldn't be saddened in the least.
Buddhists know how not to have so strong attachments and aversions, and they are most certainly human.
I missed wherever it was where Cael said he was rooting against Vince Kilkeary.
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I have been rooting against this kid since day1. There is room on the train. Get on board.
I like Jacob Warner’s mom, she’s got it going on!I still like Yianni's Mom.
Andrew Long ruined his career for thinking that way.🤨
Well I ended my career in 9th grade because I wanted to go skiing, and my HS team became state champs so I am sure they did not miss my mediocre talent. And now I am too old, and married for 35 years, to mess anything up that way. Though my wife says I mess things up, in small ways, daily….
I don’t rude against someone, but I will often root for the opponent of certain people because victory by an opponent or a team helps Penn State. It’s more positive for the guy against them
That said, I really laughed when that lady broke her glasses. My wife who does not care much about wrestling made me rewind it like multiple times. She found it hilarious.
That said, I really laughed when that lady broke her glasses. My wife who does not care much about wrestling made me rewind it like multiple times. She found it hilarious.
No intentions to imply anything about you .
Probably should of worded it different. I'll change or take down.
It was just intended to be a joke .
Sorry
No! I totally took it as a joke, and tried to reply with one. Sorry mine missed the mark!!!
I was poking fun at myself, both mediocre talent, age, and everything else!
Heck, life is too short to not laugh at yourself! I am fairly secure in my own skin also, I am happy with what I achieved, I could have done better but I also could have done a whole heck of a lot worse. I have a loving family, friends, a warm house and food on the table. Life is good!
And the Jacob Warner’s mom comment was a joke also, that has entered forum lore at this point.
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Strangely, I've always rooted for Suriano, even after he left. I don't really know why. He's an extremely odd dude. Granted, had he transferred to Iowa or tOSU, I certainly wouldn't have.
Well I was rooting for Darth Vader and he did come through in the end.
I root for Suriano also. As far as his dad goes I root for the bugs.
She didn't take it as a joke, no wonder she's angry. No one likes their heart strings toyed with..
Every Ohio State coach not named Earle Bruce. Absolutely every Ohio State football coach has been an egomaniacal cheater to one degree or another. I dislike them personally. I always hated Tressel's pretend good guy act. Although I have a soft spot for Hayes. He hated Southern teams because he said they killed his great-grandfather at South MTN on September 14, 1862. That's pretty funny.
The wrestler I hated most in recent times was Delgado. But mostly I just hate guys who are dirty, like that maniac DeSanto.
In HS wrestling, if I'm not associated with a team I generally root for the small school/ non private school team. I guess that means that I am rooting against the big school, /private school team. In college wrestling I generally root against all Iowa wrestlers and all Ohio State wrestlers just out of principle. I root against Russia and Iran in Freestyle because I am a red blooded American. All that said in general I have respect for everyone who toes the line. I wrestled in HS and at the international level in the military. It's a grueling lifestyle to live and I raise a glass to all who do it at a high level.
Can I get you to come over to my place and heckle my son?
Idk if it's funny.
Back when they still had the annual Blue/Grey college all-star football game, the people I grew up around in SEPA had a definite rooting interest. We cared about that otherwise meaningless game.Don't get me wrong, they shot my great great grandaddy at Gettysburg on July 1. He survived, albeit with a permanent arm injury. And for what? So they could keep "their" slaves?Idk if it's funny.
A$$holes
I'm the only person in my whole ****ing house that has changed a toilet paper roll in the last 15 years I shit you not. Don't even get me started lmfao.
I try not to hate anybody, especially somebody I am competing against. Ohio State.
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I'm the only person in my whole ****ing house that has changed a toilet paper roll in the last 15 years I shit you not.
Pun intended?
