The Big Picture: A Nerd By Any Other Name
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Bob, this was by far your best episode yet. You had excellent points, and I totally see what you're saying. Thank you for not screaming this week and having a normal conversation.
Also, your jab at Yankees fans was great
Also, your jab at Yankees fans was great
Definitely My Little Pony fans, definitely.HankMan said:
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Fuck the Red Sox...
<-- Yankees fan.
Wow! I'm probably not the first, but I was just saying this to a friend (and tweeting this to the masses) while in a sports bar in New York months ago. We were watching football, having some beers, and overhearing some enthusiastic Sports Nerds comparing a wide gamut of player stats a couple seats down. "Sports Nerds!" My exact words! I was certainly proud at the time; at least no one I knew had said it prior.
Damn. Wish I had a web-TV show.
Anyway, well done, Bob! ^.^
Damn. Wish I had a web-TV show.
Anyway, well done, Bob! ^.^
OMG ur such a trul dats nut fairPayJ567 said:
Just becoz Im smarter den dem ppl who go to pubs and play spots I shudent be opprsed cus deyr scared of my intellekt
...MY MUM SAYS I'M COOL
This one is vastly superior to your previous big pictures. Well thought out and argued. Got a friend who rattles off professional athletes and their stats as if he were there when they were recorded and he jokes on his cousin because the cleanest thing in his room is his unopened x-men figurines. Tried explaining this same concept to him and he couldn't grasp it.
Regarding 3:45 Your not wearing a Tom Brady costume. Your just wearing a replica shirt.
If you were wearing the full gear, pads and helmet included, then its a costume and then you get the same funny looks you would do if you wore a star fleet costume. A guy at my work came to work in a star fleet hoodie and no one batted an eyelid and if I show up in my american football shirt the same will happen.
If he shows up in full costume, someone will say "Whats that for?"
If I show up in a full american football outfit, someone will say "whats that for?"
But then again I'm likely to show up in shorts tomorrow despite the snow and someone will say "Colin WTF ARE YOU DOIN?!?"
Also great slam on Twilight Fans by calling them Yankies Fans...
hehehehe see what I did there?
If you were wearing the full gear, pads and helmet included, then its a costume and then you get the same funny looks you would do if you wore a star fleet costume. A guy at my work came to work in a star fleet hoodie and no one batted an eyelid and if I show up in my american football shirt the same will happen.
If he shows up in full costume, someone will say "Whats that for?"
If I show up in a full american football outfit, someone will say "whats that for?"
But then again I'm likely to show up in shorts tomorrow despite the snow and someone will say "Colin WTF ARE YOU DOIN?!?"
Also great slam on Twilight Fans by calling them Yankies Fans...
hehehehe see what I did there?
Now this is what The Big Picture should be!
Since this show debuted a month ago or so, I was left feeling a bit empty. I had the impression (which I still believe correct) that this would be a structured rant/discussion on issues around today. But with the first four videos, I didn't really feel that. It seemed more of an unstructured list of facts with no little redeeming value. But this week's video seems a bit different, a closed loop of discussion that can bring us to a new understanding or idea.
I still think The Big Picture can go further with this though. I love all your thoughts on pretty much everything Bob, but I think you can still get a bit more interesting and illuminating with the Big Picture.
But whatever you want to do, keep up the good work!
Since this show debuted a month ago or so, I was left feeling a bit empty. I had the impression (which I still believe correct) that this would be a structured rant/discussion on issues around today. But with the first four videos, I didn't really feel that. It seemed more of an unstructured list of facts with no little redeeming value. But this week's video seems a bit different, a closed loop of discussion that can bring us to a new understanding or idea.
I still think The Big Picture can go further with this though. I love all your thoughts on pretty much everything Bob, but I think you can still get a bit more interesting and illuminating with the Big Picture.
But whatever you want to do, keep up the good work!
It has to do with popularity. Few people play dungeons and dragons, tons of people play fantasy football. What is done by a few is viewed as strange and wierd. What is done by many is viewed as cool.
People playing fantasy football in the 1970s were nerds and dorks. Now there's celebrity fantasy football teams because everyone is playing it. It's all a game based on numbers and statistics, it's just popularity.
If you do what everyone else is doing - you're cool. If you're doing something different from the norm - you're strange. That's all it is.
People playing fantasy football in the 1970s were nerds and dorks. Now there's celebrity fantasy football teams because everyone is playing it. It's all a game based on numbers and statistics, it's just popularity.
If you do what everyone else is doing - you're cool. If you're doing something different from the norm - you're strange. That's all it is.