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Re: Two Texas Rangers fans: douchey or not?
Sorry. Wasn't on this board this time last year.
No, it was a kid about 10 yo. I should look at the video, then I'd be able to tell you for sure.
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home DI was wondering why everyone was discussing a year old article. Usually we're more up to date than that.
Ah yes. Well that makes sense then. Heh.
Yeah I read everyone's comments before I watched the video and I pictured something completely different happening.
That wasn't douchey in my opinion. I don't think the guy saw the kid, there were 15 different people grabbing for it. And I think that the announcer's comments are a little bit over the top.
Haha, this, basically. No, kids don't deserve these things more than adults. However, instead of looking at this like, "goodamn spoiled kids need to learn that LIFE IS NOT FAIR", we might look at it from the angle of children learning kindness by having it extended towards them.
It reminds me from the line in Lebowski--"You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an a$$hole."
Finally saw the video. The guy wasn't trying to be a jerk, he went for the ball in excitement, as did many people, and got it. I don't understand why we all have to look around for anything we may catch and make sure there isn't a kid around who isn't screaming for it and then give it to that kid.
What does that change? If you see the kid crying within 30 seconds you have to give him the ball? A bunch of people stood up, he was focused on the ball, then caught it. So now, he sits down next to the kid and notices he's crying. So he has to turn around and say "Oh, you're crying, guess I have to give you the ball"?
I used to sleep through church and wake up very grouchy. It's possible that the kid could have had his knee banged against the seat when the parents got up and/or sat down quickly and been crying over that.
What if a kid saw the kid get the ball on the jumbotron and then started crying for his own? Is Kid A obliged to give the ball to younger Kid B? Should the baseball players just give out a ball to every kid who cries for one?
ETA: The guy was a bit self-absorbed, at worse. The TV presenters and their comments were a bit over the top. All of that leaves me feeling much worse for the guy than the kid.
My point was that the only reason it IS douchey is because a kid was involved. To say that age doesn't matter is bull. It did matter in this case. It wouldn't have been douchey if the douch-ee was a kid.
Look, I think he is a douche. You don't. Woopie!
Please. I hear kids crying all damned day, especially in public places. Very rarely do I think I'm the cause.
And by very rarely, I mean never. lol
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Sorry.
Oh no, not douchey.
I just didn't read the whole post.
I don't know...I think it's kinda douchey. I mean...it's not a special ball. Players usually throw balls into the stands for kids...just give the kid the dang ball, what is the harm? Do we really need to have deep life lessons for everything?
It's a kid...and a ball. Just give the kid the ball...and especially don't act like douches posing with the ball..
You know how we do
I'm definitely on Team Douche. Catch the ball, give it to the kid. It means more to the kiddo.
I have another anecdote. About 6 years ago, my H and I were in Chicago, and I took him to American Girl Place. I got my American Girl doll the year they came out, collected cans to buy clothes for them, read all the books. They were a big contributor to my interest in women's history and the history of girl culture. These dolls were a big part of my growing up and development.
I got my dolls new outfits, and we got on the list for afternoon tea. When we made it in, there was a mother and daughter (with her well-worn doll) waiting as well. I decided to give up our place to that girl and her mom and her doll. Why? Because you're only a kid for so long, and I'll be an adult forever. I can go and have tea as an adult at AGP forthe rest of my life. That could have been her only chance to experience that as a girl, with her mom and her doll.
Basically, if you can do something nice for a kid, you do it. The transition from crushed to elated on that girl's face was better than any tea.
RIP DCMS.
exactly