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7 minutes ago, Johnnycage46 said:
I had a flu test a few years back and it was the exact same test (the swab of your brain)...they basically told me "right at the point where you can't take it anymore, is about when we're done"...and they were right lol. I was about to lose my mind, then they said "ok all set". It was NOT fun.
Yep! Awful stuff.
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6 minutes ago, Buftex said:
I had a test a few weeks ago... I honestly didn't think it was too bad at all.
There are two tests... entry test is the nostrils and the “further” testing (for surgeries, etc.) they extend 5 inches and swirl in each nasal cavity. The second is not pleasant, even for titans, bad boys and pounders of Genny Cream Ale.
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If you’ve never experienced the current test, you don’t know how welcomed this news is!
#brainpoke
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23 minutes ago, JohnNord said:
Not sure how this is newsworthy
Our coach and staff were humble enough to reach out to a perennial winner, HOF and SB winning head coach to talk through their opportunities. Why is that news-worthy? Because it’s a first for this organization. Here’s a coach who’s won where few have. Despite his clout and the right to be egotistical about what he’s done, he’s still hungry, driven and humble enough to ensure his areas of opportunity (experience) don’t go without effort to rectify. This is the first time I’ve seen a winning coach for the Bills make a move like this. Either ego (Ryan, Marrone, Gailey, Williams) or ineptitude (Jauron, Mularkey) has prevented it in the past. Closest I’ve seen (Lynn and Schwartz) was experience issues. This is very impressive to hear in my opinion.
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Just now, Da webster guy said:
I see their point, but the Motor's running style with his dead stop jump cuts is nothing anyone else is doing at that level.
Not just effective, the most fun guy to watch run the ball in the whole league if you prefer the Barry Sanders style over the power guys like Dalvin Cook, Derrick Henry etc.
His running mate can do very much the same, but is considered a power back by many who didn’t watch him. Zach Moss is gonna wow the fans. A guy that physically imposing shouldn’t be able to move the way he does. One of the most exciting and severely underrated elements of the Buffalo Bills this year will be the ground game in my opinion.
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8 minutes ago, dubs said:
Anyone who watched trumps press conference today would realize the usps issue doesn’t exist. But then again...cnn
Agree 100%. But there’s an annoying little disturbance in the force that can neither be reasoned with nor made to understand truths beyond the fiction he propagates. So instead he just posts a bunch of random spam that he doesn’t actually believe in, but 14 year olds gonna 14, so...
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6 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Thanks for the posts, DR! This is incredible for the world. This should be a MAJOR focus of approval, but it’s not even a trending story due to coverage. Sad.
Side note - Imagine being so awful and miserable in your real life, that instead of celebrating a life-saving accord (regardless of its involvement with Trump), you instead either discredit the man behind it or spam a friendly message board with willful ignorance and stupidity...
Imagine being “that guy”? I wouldn’t be able to look at myself if I was that poor and morally bankrupt. Thank God for the ignore list!
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1 minute ago, Deranged Rhino said:
Even more hilarious is that the MSM is barely covering this incredible and historic event. I say “hilarious” but it’s sad. But that’s what that group has become. Sad.
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I’ll guess Barack Obama. Totally serious.
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7 hours ago, JoPoy88 said:
And a “profession of faith” is not an answer. To any question. It’s a dodge
To someone who doesn’t believe in the same thing, sure it may seem that way. But your hardline stance on the matter makes you just as intolerant as the person you’re condemning.
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8 minutes ago, purple haze said:
1. The bolded part was more of that scripture he used, and my suggestion of how he could have used it in an answer regarding the current climate in the country at large, not related to his specific comment about guns (although it’s a weird “joke“ to tell). Giving part of that scripture leaves out an important part of it that is entirely relevant to what is going on.
2. He provided part of a scripture. An application would be the actions taken based on that scripture, i.e. the works. I didn’t miss anything. Love God and love people. There’s many who claim to love God and hate certain people. The scripture states it’s not possible to do both. So, he could have said turn away from race based violence or discrimination. THAT is an application. Telling someone they should put out fires is right. Telling them to, therefore, call the fire dept. or douse the fire with water if it’s small enough is an application.
Correction... that’s the application you WANTED. Another application is to apologize because he honestly knew he was wrong. He did that. So he did apply what he was speaking in a follow-up convo. Just not to your liking which is fine, but not fine enough to say he’s wrong.
Side note - It’s totally ok seeing from your perspective - and several quality posters here do. I’m not at all trying to demean that. But I don’t see it that way. Appreciate the conversation staying respectful. ?
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Just now, GunnerBill said:
Jesus won't return so I feel good about that.
Boooooo!
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4 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I respect an act of faith. But it isn't enough on its own to be an explanation. Which is what Jake sought to use it as.
I have muslim friends, jewish friends, my best friend is a devout catholic. I always respect the faith of others - but I also always expect them to do more than lazily throw out the 'God card' when they are taking a position on something.
He wasn’t asked for an explanation though. He was asked his thoughts on what’s going on. His answer was a profession of faith (quoting the Bible). The interviewer wanted him to relate it to his insensitive comment (as do many of the posters here - which please know I don’t condemn at all.). But if you go into a conversation expecting to receive a specific answer, ask question(s) that direct the conversation. Don’t condemn a guy for answering a general question with a faith-based answer (not directed towards you, Gunner)... Is that really where you want to be when Jesus returns? ?
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
But you understand that someone who is not religious isn't going to see it that way, right?
Not everyone understands a kippah or hijab, yet how much less significant does it make it to the person wearing it? Personal acts of faith (non-violent of course) don’t need to meet the expectations of people. Quoting Jesus whether a person agrees or not is an act of faith. It should be respected.
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16 minutes ago, purple haze said:
Slave owners quoted Jesus too (wrongly). So did preachers from the Jim Crow era. People hiding behind their misuse of scripture is not new. Not that Fromm is doing that, but just for clarifications sake.
Fromm got into some hot water. He’s had to face teammates and he stated he’s had some difficult conversations and is starting to see the world in a new perspective. MLJ asking what, then, is his view on current events is legitimate. What Fromm offered in return, is a basic Christian truth, but displays no hint of learning anything from difficult conversations he has supposedly had or what his new perspective might entail. If he truly has a new perspective, what in these conversations he’s had facilitated that? What was his perspective before these conversations? There was a lot to be said.
For those who clamor about cancel culture or “the media” meaning (liberal)—conservative media is no different and Fromm might be scared to speak on a new perspective that his base of support might not like; specifically, southern, white, more-Christian-than-thou, super-Patriotic-yet-Confederate flag waver, Fox-OANN types. And others. Or maybe he doesn’t truly have a new perspective. Faith without works is dead. If you provide a scripture don’t stop there. Give us an application of it too. It’s not hard to do.
Love God first then love others. Violence, hatred and discrimination toward people based on their skin color or for being who they are, even if I’m not a part of that community, is not God’s intention, it is not of God or Godly. I really don’t want to contribute to that. If anyone hates his brother, but says he loves God he is a liar. For those who hate their brother who they have seen, cannot love God who they have not seen (how bout that part of the scripture?) I am troubled by the racial discord I’ve spoken to my teammates about and I’m searching for a way to make a positive impact in (insert thought here.)
How hard is it, really, to say something like that?
He was asked his thoughts on what was going on in the country. He gave what he felt was a solution rather than belabor any narrative. He’s apologized already. Maybe we could all take a page from the ol’ Biblical playbook and practice forgiveness. And to the bolded part above, declaring a stupid comment as an act of “hatred” instead of youthful stupidity is gross.
And lastly he gave you the application of the scripture when he profusely apologized. You missed it because you were too focused on his answer to a completely different question.
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Just now, Chandler#81 said:
#winning
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11 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Also, if you read Marcel’s twitter feed, he is nothing but cordial and respectful in responding to people who question him. I think he is a great reporter and such an upgrade of what we have had.
He’s a great person as well and I think that needs to be echoed in this thread. Incredibly respectful and is extremely well-versed and knowledgeable. Agree with that sentiment 100% even if I don’t agree with the context of the Fromm questioning.
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1 minute ago, Gregthekeg said:
I wonder if Fromm would have said anything about "Elite Whites" to his brothers in the locker room.
I don't doubt that he regrets sending the texts, and hopefully he has learned from them. He could have easily answered that he understands how his statement was ignorant and in speaking with his team he understand that they have a negative connotation and do not reflect how he feels about minorities in the country. Again I can't imagine the Buffalo Bills PR team didn't prepare him for that.
I enjoy MJL's work, and I believe he is much better than other writers Buffalo has had in the past who try to kick up dirt for news. (Looking at Vic C) Vic even had a dumb question on Stefon Digg's intro call that you could tell Digg's didn't appreciate. Even the way he asked it was just to be confrontational and do gotcha journalism, and Diggs threw it right back at him asking what he publicly said.
Good post! I’ll raise my hand to this as a former coach. I had to quell many an inappropriate conversation in our locker room because as players, you’re brothers to the core. As such, your tolerance for what comes out of your brother’s mouth may be more lenient than it should be at times. Even in jest, some of what I’ve overheard in my time coaching as “accepted viewpoints” makes me cringe even to this day. From high school to the collegiate level, you’ll find no greater a place for unchecked freedom of speech than a winning team’s locker room - save for maybe a long-standing community barber shop. It’s at the NFL level that this changes instantly (and for good reason). Unfortunately there are a lot of great coaches in the world, but few that seize the teaching moment when these conversations occur (myself included).
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Some of the open dialogue in this thread and the civility within the conversations is among the best I’ve seen from most public forums. Kudos to all on that. To quote White Goodman... “There’s a good energy in the Gym!”
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3 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Imagine if more people could do this.
Truth, my friend!!!
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7 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
seems he's aware of it.
This seems a little disingenuous though.
Does seem like his issue was that he wanted more of an answer about Fromm's whole situation.
“While I do believe he feels bad, I didn’t hear anything other than the predictable responses we are used to hearing 2 months after that text was aired out, I’d like to hear from him why that “elite white people” comment was wrong & what he’s learned about minority communities”
Marcel and I are in the same field. My advice (which may not be worth a Canadian Pesos), is if you want more specific answers ask more specific questions. What Marcel asked was answered. The degree of which can be debated. But reading Marcel’s follow-up thoughts and speaking only from a journalistic perspective... The answers we seek lie in the questions we ask. My opinion...
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4 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Maybe the problem isn't with some hypothetical monolithic BLM entity sees it.
Fromm said nothing "wrong" from an abstract perspective, but he also said nothing indicating that any learning or broadening of perspective has occurred for him, can we agree on that?
Perhaps if an individual reporter who has spent his life as a black man in this country sees Fromm's response as an inadequate reflection on what he says has been a couple months learning on racial inequities and different perspectives, the problem isn't "the BLM", the problem is, in fact, the response?You bring up great points and some I don’t agree with, but always appreciate the grace in which you share! ?
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1 minute ago, Jauronimo said:
Marcel didn't disrespect Fromm's faith. Only a person with a persecution complex would suggest otherwise.
I don’t think you and I are going to agree and that is totally OK. So let’s just agree to disagree.
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3 minutes ago, NoSaint said:
your missing that in the context of a conversation about what he got himself into with a racially questionable comment and him talking about his big difficult conversations and then transitioning to what do you think about the racial issues going on... his answer by very definition is going to be showcasing what he’s learned.You really had to stretch the actual conversation to fit all of the things you were expecting from the conversation. So if I’m to look at that intelligently, it looks like you were expecting something to come from a conversation just like the reporter was expecting. That’s not wrong. What’s wrong is condemning Jake’s response because it didn’t fit what you were expecting. He still deserves to have his faith respected just as he deserves to be expected to respect others.
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