The Jumper Thread

[kid_a]

Is it really necessary? (runs for cover)

This.


Part of accepting a group of people as your equal and normalising their existence is to like maybe not draw attention to their point of difference.

All for coming down harder than a hammer on anyone who attacks or tries to undermine them, but maybe part of accepting them is just that...just accepting them as normal people like anyone else.

I know I'll get some retorts to this view but it's genuinely how I feel about it and I apologise if anyone thinks I'm being insensitive or anything, that truly isn't my aim by any means at all.

 

[MeltMan]

We've spent dozens of years not bringing attention to it, and have Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

doing may as well be gay since we lost the granny, our players self reporting for 4 weeks of bans, Adelaide fighting tooth and nail for 4 weeks of bans and looking like tossers.

A: let's give bringing attention to it a shot, because just hoping everyone isn't a dickhead doesn't seem to be working.
B: don't watch the w games if you don't want, but man it's kind of fun to watch games where we win sometimes.
C: I just thought it was nice to have an actually designed jumper.

 

[Matele]

As a guy on the alphabet, it’s nice to be recognised as existing sometimes.

 

[InTheWings]

Is it really necessary? (runs for cover)

Agree. There are a lot of things that could be recognised.

As a priority, I would prefer to see a men's mental health round. So many men, of all walks of life, suffer in silence.

 

[Boohemian]

Really?? It’s not jarring at all.
Not as much as using an m after afl

AFLM is jarring? Yeah, sure. Only for those with a brain the size of a peanut.

 

[Mr Q]

I dare say there's a higher percentage of gay AFLW players than the blokes. Much higher.

Likely both true and not as much higher as you might be led to believe.

 

[Boohemian]

Agree. There are a lot of things that could be recognised.

As a priority, I would prefer to see a men's mental health round. So many men, of all walks of life, suffer in silence.

Yeah. If only there were something that we men could do about men's suffering.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Mitch Brown Round almost rhymes!

 

[MeltMan]

"Guys we've tried doing nothing and we are all out of ideas."

"Maybe we can try something?"

"BOOOOO this man"

 

[KBLT]

Infinitely higher (than zero)

I can say with 100% certainty that its not zero.

 

[uptheWC]

I can say with 100% certainty that its not zero.

May well not be, but as of now we don’t publicly know

 

[MeltMan]

Mitch Brown Round almost rhymes!

He was on the b Kelly footy podcast today.
With the browns and Marnie

 

[Ochre]

Well obviously the best thing we could do for mental health would be nothing so as not to draw attention to it.

I mean, is it really necessary?

 

[Mr Q]

May well not be, but as of now we don’t publicly know

Yeah, we do.

The chances of there not being any gay men in a group of close to 800 is so vanishingly small that it can safely be called zero.

 

[Dazzler9]

I think the AFL might be a little spooked at the prospect of a Pride Round due to Israel Falou types who would condemn it and boycott that round on religious grounds. The AFL would be between a rock and a hard place in defending LGBTQI+ rights, and religious diversity. Didn't that already cause a furore in the ALFW one time?

 

[uptheWC]

Yeah, we do.

The chances of there not being any gay men in a group of close to 800 is so vanishingly small that it can safely be called zero.

Perhaps, but it must be said that due to the inherent nature of the sport and the blokes who play it the percentage of lgbt players would comfortably be much lower than the general male population.

 

[Boohemian]

the inherent nature of the sport and the blokes who play it

Care to elaborate further on this one?

 

[uptheWC]

Care to elaborate further on this one?

Not really. It seems you have an issue with it though?

 

[Boohemian]

Not really. It seems you have an issue with it though?

Why on earth would you even bother to comment if you're going to run away with your tail between your legs at the mere suggestion to clarify your point?

 

[Goroyals22]

AFLM is jarring? Yeah, sure. Only for those with a brain the size of a peanut.

A bit like the alphabet identifiers you can make it up as you go along.


There is no AFLM so go ahead and just show total stupidity, a tip though…the girls still won’t sleep with you even though you want to virtue signal your progressiveness

 

[uptheWC]

Why on earth would you even bother to comment if you're going to run away with your tail between your legs at the mere suggestion to clarify your point?

I highly doubt you don’t know what my point was. But if you need me to elaborate I can?

 

[Ochre]

No better argument for why we need pride jumpers/round than when someone argues against them.

 

[Boohemian]

A bit like the alphabet identifiers you can make it up as you go along.


There is no AFLM so go ahead and just show total stupidity, a tip though…the girls still won’t sleep with you even though you want to virtue signal your progressiveness

I'll call it AFLM because it's the mens competition facilitated by the AFL.

It's not a hard concept to grasp, but I can appreciate that it's different for those that are as dumb as dogshit.

And give the "tHeYrE nOt GoInG tO SleEp wItH yOu" schtick a rest. It's pathetic and it reveals far more about your motivations than you realise.

 

[squashface]

"Why bother with Pride Round? What we need is Men's Mental Health Round"
"What about the gay men whose mental health is suffering from lack of representation and support?"
"No not those men"

 

[Boohemian]

I highly doubt you don’t know what my point was. But if you need me to elaborate I can?

Can you? It's a bigger build up than it deserves, bud.