Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[WhyAlwaysMe]

If Lyon has depression there was no need to come out publicly with it the day the story of his friendship with Brownless breaking down after sleeping with his ex wife hit the papers. If Lyon has had depression for four months he's had plenty of time to reveal this and "step down" from media commitments. I mean the depression is why he's stepping down from media commitments, right? Doing it on the day this story has broken appears to be a cop out and it doesn't help the perception people will have of others with depression and other related mental illnesses.

Point is Lyon has chosen a shit time to reveal all this if true and no way it lets him off the hook for what he has done.

 

[The Inspiration]

Sorry to move away from that disgusting human Garry Lying but I want to talk about something worthwhile....my beloved Port Adelaide.

I have had a real good look at them this pre-season and there is a real air of confidence and expectation around the group. I am extremely confident we have learnt from our mistakes and barring horrendous injury I am tipping a return to Prelim final weekend. I have long said anything can happen from there but I have invested my hard earned in a top 4 finish.

Carn the Pear!!!

 

[bacharach]

Mmmm. So there's a few things I want to say about this.

1. Every AFL person that has cited mental illness has been harangued for it.
Chris Tarrant, Nathan Thompson, Cam McCarthy - the view of `mental illness' as a copout is so pervasive that it is impossible to use as a reason with copping shit from the general public for it. The only thing close to acceptance of this would be Phil Walsh's son after the event, because his action was so drastic you couldn't deny he was unwell.

2. Pretty much everyone would prefer any gaps in their CV explained by just about anything else than `mental illness'
"I left my last job because I fell in love with my co-host's ex" is about a million times less damaging to a career than "For a long time I've been spiralling downwards and had to take time out to work through my depression", and thats in any industry. Being a philanderer doesn't have to affect your work, but mental illness can mean Workcover claims, and a million other negative perceptions that probably aren't true.

3. For much the same reasons as claiming rape accusers are making it up being damaging, questioning/disbelieving people that state that they are suffering from mental health issues is going to take down ten times as many genuine suffers as there are imposters - who genuinely `fakes' mental illness?

I am absolutely ready to believe Garry Lyon could have some form of mental health issues, he's always been a bit of a downer as a persona IMO. Yes, he can still go and eat a satchel of units for what he has said about Port, but if he says he's dealing with mental health issues, I absolutely believe it.

If you want to help out people with mental health issues, and improve the acceptance of them by society, the way you do that is by believing it when people speak about them, not doubt them as the default.

Case in point Portia.

AFL footballer Mitch Clark shares shocking attack on Instagram

http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports...m/news-story/b9ca1df639baadc83e5b0a9e702d94e5

 

[edgie]

All DC properties are awful

AC/DC properties are awesome though

and yet the Redskins is still a thing

Weren't they originally Baltimore, not Washington? Which is a crime ridden hole, which makes the name bullets even more baffling.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Case in point Portia.

AFL footballer Mitch Clark shares shocking attack on Instagram

http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports...m/news-story/b9ca1df639baadc83e5b0a9e702d94e5

We have to accept that in society there are low lives who have access to social media and do not live by the code of normal human decency: Murderers, paedophiles, abusers, wife bashers, liars, psychopaths, sociopaths, narcissists and downrighty nasty immature intelligent and sub-intelligent people and they will continue to post such stuff sadly.

 

[BIG BILLY F]

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All Class mate...

Nice

 

[PatientMental]

We have to accept that in society there are low lives who have access to social media and do not live by the code of normal human decency: Murderers, paedophiles, abusers, wife bashers, liars, psychopaths, sociopaths, narcissists and downrighty nasty immature intelligent and sub-intelligent people and they will continue to post such stuff sadly.

and 12 year olds

 

[Prison bar Pete]

I've been to Washington & didn't see any gun crime. I was there for a full 4 hours too. Therefore; over-hyped gun crime reputation IMO.

 

[Wind Power]

QUOTE="Dylan8, post: 42981763, member: 142379"]and yet the Redskins is still a thing[/QUOTE]

One of my favourites as a kid.

 

[Wind Power]

and yet the Redskins is still a thing

One of my favourites as a kid!

 

[Eddie Dingle]

One of his favourites as a kid.

 

[Prison bar Pete]

There used to be an "Indigenous American" on the wrapper

 

[powermacs]

Thant NBA dunk contest was ****ing amazing!!

 

[Doctor Feel]

Finally got my car back after over two weeks and a full engine replacement. My mate picked it up from the mechanics and presented it like this when i came to pick it up, lol:

 

[PepeSilvia]

Thant NBA dunk contest was ******* amazing!!

Agreed. Gordon should've won though.

 

[chiwigi]

Your wife of 20 years that you are deeply in love with springs on you that she is leaving. No reason given. You are heartbroken, devastated, in shock.

Your best mate turns up the next day and says "oi mate just jumped off your ex missus, fancy a pint down the pub?"

And Chiwigi says "none of my business what you do with your **** old salt, lets get on it"

Yeah right.

Once you aren't together yeah, if you are together and they betray you that's a different matter altogether.

In that example it,would be a clear case of pre planned stuff or stuff going on when we were together, so you'd be Pissed off by the betrayal from when you were together.

 

[powermacs]

Agreed. Gordon should've won though.

Yeah, those dunks with the mascot were huge.

 

[I Dont Care]

My 2 cents is: An ex isn't 'property', but also transparency between 'mates' is a good thing. If Lyon started doing her well after the break-up but gave the heads-up first, it's up to Billy to deal with it. If Billy found out out through other avenues and not from his mate, then one couldn't blame him for being a bit pissed off

 

[raman]

Once you aren't together yeah, if you are together and they betray you that's a different matter altogether.

In that example it,would be a clear case of pre planned stuff or stuff going on when we were together, so you'd be Pissed off by the betrayal from when you were together.

OK so if you add a caveat to that scenario where you're unequivocally certain that nothing was going on before the breakup, you're heading to the pub for a pint?

 

[charcolechaddy]

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One of my favourites as a kid!

I liked fads,but they where only popular for a short time

 

[SilenceOz]

Once you aren't together yeah, if you are together and they betray you that's a different matter altogether.

In that example it,would be a clear case of pre planned stuff or stuff going on when we were together, so you'd be Pissed off by the betrayal from when you were together.

You cant be sure about that.
Maybe your now ex-wife of 1 day wanted to give her single life a test drive and go out drinking, runs into your mate also drunk and they go at it.

That's all fine
Play on
No problems
Hell next time you will even drive her to his house and crack a bottle of wine on the front porch to celebrate their new friends with benefits arrangement.

 

[SilenceOz]

I love Rocket League, but I'm pretty shitty at it.

I haven't even played it online yet, because I struggle against the Pro difficulty bots, and I'd rather not be a liability. Maybe playing online is the way learn, I don't know.

It is an awesome game though. I'm surprised it took someone this long to come up with it.

Dont worry about that, casual games online are a mixed bag.

You have people in there who are flying around the sky knocking in shots from impossible angles while the other 5 players are struggling to understand the concept of car hit ball, ball move.

 

[I Dont Care]

Probably who left who has a bit of influence on things as well, if a woman leaves a bloke, he is prone to still be emotionally attached, but time should heal this, it's not healthy to linger

 

[chiwigi]

You cant be sure about that.
Maybe your now ex-wife of 1 day wanted to give her single life a test drive and go out drinking, runs into your mate also drunk and they go at it.

That's all fine
Play on
No problems
Hell next time you will even drive her to his house and crack a bottle of wine on the front porch to celebrate their new friends with benefits arrangement.

Yup!
If it was such that it was spontaneous and hadn't been going on or set up when I was with her, it's none of my ****ing business, just the same as it wouldn't be hers if I did the same. I can't hold somebody else to a higher standard than I'd be willing to be held to.

Edit; I actually tried to set up one of my exes with a mate, they were far more compatible.

 

[I Dont Care]

Finally got my car back after over two weeks and a full engine replacement. My mate picked it up from the mechanics and presented it like this when i came to pick it up, lol:

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You'll have to do your mate now