How long do you stay mad?

• like_that

  

  Tiernan;1551682 wrote:Hey great to see some of you mofos are finally coming around to acknowledging what I've been saying about TWHPIH since he tankd the FL game.

  Nobody knows what you said, and nobody gives a fuck. Hope this helps.
• Automatik

  

  Tiernan;1551682 wrote:Everyone tankd the FL game.

  FTFY
• Manhattan Buckeye

  '98 Michigan state game, worse than this year.
• Con_Alma

  Automatik;1551649 wrote:Even if we won, I still don't think Smith makes it in the NFL.

  
  Agreed.
• Con_Alma

  like_that;1551584 wrote:Wrong.

  I respectful disagree. I do indeed offer your welcome.
• like_that

  

  Con_Alma;1551702 wrote:I respectful disagree. I do indeed offer your welcome.

  Wrong.
• Con_Alma

  I disagree.
• like_that

  

  Con_Alma;1551705 wrote:I disagree.

  Good For You.
• Con_Alma

  It might be, I just can't really tell. I do appreciate you pointing it out.
• Mulva

  

  like_that;1551358 wrote:If you think it is just entertainment, then so be it, but billions of people disagree with you. So many examples around the world where sports help bring a high sense of morale, pride, and nationalism.

  Not to mention tens (hundreds?) of thousands of jobs and tens of billions of dollars globally.
  
  "It's just a game" is such a meaningless statement. You could say that about anything. It's just a job. It's just money. There's no context to any of it. It's as if the people who make that argument think it's impossible to have more than one focus in your life.
• Con_Alma

  Those jobs exist no matter who wins so long as the entertainment value of the game is enough for it to continue and have another season, another contest another opportunity for people to go watch. That doesn't mean if people don't get mad they aren't entertained by the event.
  
  People can have many focuses. People can also choose where those focuses exist. If someone doesn't choose for it to be so vested in whether a team wins or loses doesn't mean they automatically think those that do are foolish.
• Tiernan

  like_that;1551683 wrote:Nobody knows what you said, and nobody gives a fuck. Hope this helps.

  Ohhh I believe plenty of you know. Don't try to be such a tough guy...you can't pull it off.
• vball10set

  Manhattan Buckeye;1551698 wrote:'98 Michigan state game, worse than this year.

  That was tough, but not as tough as the '06 NC...jmo
• Laley23

  

  Con Alma is Can Alma'ing the shit out of this thread lol.
• like_that

  

  Laley23;1551783 wrote:Con Alma is Can Alma'ing the shit out of this thread lol.

  Aspergers.
• Laley23

  

  like_that;1551786 wrote:Aspergers.

  no. dyslexia
• Classyposter58

  

  Not long, I just hate when my teams lose. I'm still salty about Big Papi's Grand Slam in Game Two, but I only get mad about sports losses I played in. Blowing a 9 point lead in a high school basketball game with 90 seconds left was the worst loss I've ever been apart of, also shooting a 46 on the back 9 to miss All-Conference honors sucked
• Pick6

  

  usually over games not right when its over or the next day. I'm pretty used to disappointment when it comes to that.
  
  If its something going on in life..it just depends. I always get over it in time. Currently grudge free.
• like_that

  

  Laley23;1551794 wrote:no. dyslexia

  I was speaking about con.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Belly35;1551321 wrote:Getting anger over the out come of something that you have zero ability the alter the results is a waste of human energy.

  This might be the most retarded statement ever.
• Con_Alma

  It's more like anger is completely under your control. It's not involuntary. You choose what you are angry over. One's family be killed is worthy of being angry over while entertainment isn't.
• like_that

  

  Con_Alma;1551838 wrote:It's more like anger is completely under your control. It's not involuntary. You choose what you are angry over. One's family be killed is worthy of being angry over while entertainment isn't.

  Speak for yourself, that's your opinion.
  
  /con_alma
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Con_Alma;1551838 wrote:It's more like anger is completely under your control. It's not involuntary. You choose what you are angry over. One's family be killed is worthy of being angry over while entertainment isn't.

  Shut up, you take what everyone says on here as literally as possible. So when belly goes "Getting anger over the out come of something that you have zero ability the alter the results is a waste of human energy." You should take that as you shouldn't get angry over anything you can't control, such as family goes down in a plane, traffic, you get rear ended, etc etc.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  Con_Alma;1551838 wrote:It's more like anger is completely under your control. It's not involuntary. You choose what you are angry over. One's family be killed is worthy of being angry over while entertainment isn't.

  And why would i get angry over things i can control? If i can control something, I'm probably not going to intentionally make myself angry.
• Con_Alma

  Raw Dawgin' it;1551842 wrote:And why would i get angry over things i can control? If i can control something, I'm probably not going to intentionally make myself angry.

  
  So do you want me to shut up or not? First you tell me to and then you ask me a question. Your actions are contradicting.
  
  Although anger is a normal emotion, it's intensity is usually based on the level of importance we place on the instigating trigger. We choose that importance level. A sports loss may not have been chosen to be as important as one's family and some horrible event like you described in your example.
  
  The physical reaction and behavior portion of anger are completely controllable while the cognitive portion may not be entirely controllable but dictated by the importance we place on the triggering event.