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    OT: NBA Monthly Thread - May 2013

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    posted 3 weeks ago by Athletic Supporter gangnam style to basketball, nba, off-topic  |  988 comment(s)

    I estimate only 10-12 Primates care about straight NBA players, but with our own thread, we won’t detract from what this site is really about: gay NBA players and craft beer.

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    1. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on February 01, 2013 at 03:58 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm still planning on Kinsale's tomorrow, even more so if Shooty will be wearing a poseur shirt!
    2. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on February 01, 2013 at 03:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    LATE WARNING: Do not click the link to mantoman.com in item #3 on the football hipster list. I don't know if that was actually Michael Cox's website before Zonal Marking, but if it was then it's something very different now. Or Michael Cox had very different professional interests.


    It's a play on words.
    3. Mattbert posted on February 01, 2013 at 03:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    LATE WARNING: Do not click the link to mantoman.com in item #3 on the football hipster list. I don't know if that was actually Michael Cox's website before Zonal Marking, but if it was then it's something very different now. Or Michael Cox had very different professional interests.
    4. Mattbert posted on February 01, 2013 at 04:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    It's a play on words.

    Yes, that much became obvious after I'd been punked.
    5. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 01, 2013 at 04:02 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'm still planning on Kinsale's tomorrow, even more so if Shooty will be wearing a poseur shirt!

    I will be wearing THE poseur shirt.
    6. I am going to be Frank posted on February 01, 2013 at 04:46 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Just turned on Toulouse - PSG. Its on Univision Deportes - no Beckham but I don't conceivably see where he would play.
    7. Mattbert posted on February 01, 2013 at 04:46 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Erm yeah. I guess there are other aspects of Irish culture you needed to know about.

    So says the bear.
    8. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on February 01, 2013 at 08:42 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I'll send Shooty an e-mail as well, but hopefully he checks in here, I came home and discovered my bathroom ceiling is in the process of collapsing owing to a leak. Supposedly a plumber will be coming in tomorrow morning, so I'm going to have to skip out on Kinsale's to await his arrival. Sorry about that.
    9. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on February 01, 2013 at 09:02 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This one snuck in under the wire, or I missed it yesterday: Anelka to Juventus.
    10. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:31 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    25 Steps to Becoming a Football Hipster

    I think several posters here are between one-quarter and one-third of the way there.

    I would say I follow (to various extents) 2, 12, 13, and 14. I think I can be excused #12 what with being a Spurs fan and all.
    11. Matt Clement of Alexandria posted on February 02, 2013 at 07:22 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Googling about, it seems football hipsterism is a new thing to be despised by people who share 75% of the traits they despise in football hipsters. (The hipster is generally defined as a person who complains at length and with specificity about "hipsters".)

    I like the first picture joke on the Football Hipsters tumblr.

    Here's a story about a man with the the paradigmatic football hipster allegiance: Partick Thistle.

    The primary football hipster allegiances appear to be Napoli, Borussia Dortmund, and Athletic Bilbao under Bielsa. For fans outside the UK and Ireland, Spurs are pretty clearly the analogue. Football Weekly keeps coming up, too. And especially Inverting the Pyramid and tactics blogging. Whether football hipsters adore the 0-0 and think goals are overrated seems to be in some dispute. Anyone who loves Napoli and Dortmund and fergodsakes Bielsa can't look down on goals that much. Perhaps it is a higher level of hipsterism, once you move past the obvious non-English side support.
    12. Arnett Mead (Arjun) posted on February 02, 2013 at 08:20 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Whether football hipsters adore the 0-0 and think goals are overrated seems to be in some dispute.

    Probably because they're a couple of kinds of hipsters; those who want to score tons of goals in a Napoli/Dortmund/Bielsista side and those who hate all offence (I'm the, err, second category). Different kinds of hipsterdom, but still a hipster, I think.
    13. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:03 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Partick Thistle shout out! At least Freiburg is below even the hipster radar. The funny thing is is that there's a non-zero chance I may one day be a Partick season ticket holder. Mrs. Shooty really wants to live there and I sort of despise the Celtic-Rangers nastiness.

    No problem about today RB. Anyone else going? I'm not going to be the weird guy alone at the bar drinking Guinness at 10 in the morning. I'd go if Spurs were playing but I'm not braving the cold alone to watch Stoke-Arsenal.
    14. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:11 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Jenas! (slaps forehead in frustration)
    15. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:25 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Jenas to Townsend to Zamora...Spurs reunion! No goal, of course.
    16. Mattbert posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:29 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So is Loic Remy injured? He didn't even make the bench...
    17. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:31 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Hamstring injury, I believe.
    18. Mattbert posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:35 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Five current/former Spurs on the pitch, huh? Wild.
    19. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:35 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Five current/former Spurs on the pitch, huh? Wild.

    And both managers have Spurs ties.
    20. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:38 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Townsend looked good today. It's good to see Jenas playing again, too. I honestly hope he does well.
    21. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 10:41 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    What would be the most hipsterish game for me to watch now? Newcastle-Chelsea? Hoffenheim-Freiburg? Or Ghana-Cape Verde?
    22. frannyzoo posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:11 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The bitrate makes detail tough, but the pitch at Sassuolo today v. Empoli (game actually played in Modena) is tremendously awful. Fun, fun stuff. Btw, what's Sassuolo going to do about a stadium if they are promoted?
    23. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:16 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Cape Verde is the hipster flavour of the month.
    24. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:29 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Cape Verde is the hipster flavour of the month.

    Is it really hipster to latch onto a Cinderella story? That seems a universal trait.
    25. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:35 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Demba Ba is getting stitches in his face from a high boot and Newcastle fans are booing him for diving. Heh.
    26. Langer Monk posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:42 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think Ba is trying to breathe out of his ears. Torres coming on.
    27. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:42 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Jonas scores and Torres coming on for Ba. Chelsea are doomed today.
    28. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:42 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    And everyone gets to boo now. Newcastle fans can boo Ba off and Chelsea fans can boo Torres on. It's a win win situation.
    29. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:44 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    And down goes Torres. Chelsea players are like Spinal Tap drummers today.
    30. Langer Monk posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:48 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think Lampard forgot his was defending that first corner there.
    31. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:48 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Ghana - Cape Verde has been very dull. I haven't been too impressed with this year's Africa Cup of Nations from the games I've watched. The teams seem to have very little attacking skill.
    32. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on February 02, 2013 at 11:56 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Clearly Biff is not a hipster.
    33. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Clearly Biff is not a hipster.

    Or, he's so hip his hipness has imploded in on itself like a collapsing star and he's emerged as a chav? Huh? Think about it... (I don't even know if I'm using chav right. Would that be the opposite of a hipster?)
    34. Textbook Editor posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:01 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    If liking Napoli makes me a hipster, I don't want to be a square.
    35. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:02 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I hear it's hip to be square.
    36. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:04 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Or, he's so hip his hipness has imploded in on itself like a collapsing star and he's emerged as a chav? Huh? Think about it... (I don't even know if I'm using chav right. Would that be the opposite of a hipster?)


    Possibly, but...

    I hear it's hip to be square.


    This is confirmation he is not.
    37. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:12 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Asamoah Gyan wins a penalty, but they don't let him take it... Ghana up 1-0.
    38. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Asamoah Gyan wins a penalty, but they don't let him take it... Ghana up 1-0.
    Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...

    No sign of the plumber, incidentally
    39. Biff, highly-regarded young guy posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:16 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The second half of this game has been a lot better. Cape Verde have actually had better chances, but their finishing has been poor.
    40. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:19 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Aston Villa up 3-1 at Everton.
    41. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:20 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Or, he's so hip his hipness has imploded in on itself like a collapsing star and he's emerged as a chav? Huh? Think about it... (I don't even know if I'm using chav right. Would that be the opposite of a hipster?)

    Chavs do have their own fashion music and "culture". I would think the opposite of hipsters would be people who don't care about those at all.
    42. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:22 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Damn it Villa, we've already decided you're going down. Knock it off!

    Stupid Chelsea.
    43. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:25 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Stupid Chelsea.

    That's my fault, shouldn't have switched to England - Scotland.
    44. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:28 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Vive le France!
    45. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Sissoko needs to learn to kiss the badge and not the corporate logo.
    46. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:32 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Sissoko just ran past Ashley Cole! Wow.
    47. I am going to be Frank posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:32 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    2 Million for Sissoko. Seriously was every other English team sleeping?
    48. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:33 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    2 Million for Sissoko. Seriously was every other English team sleeping?

    I would have liked Spurs to go in for him. He's quality.
    49. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:38 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    2 Million for Sissoko. Seriously was every other English team sleeping?


    He couldn't sign anywhere else. Newcastle have claiming rights in France.
    50. I am going to be Frank posted on February 02, 2013 at 12:38 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    United should have got in on him. Instead 10 million for a Championship player who plays wide and isn't needed until next season!

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