Ben speaks

[COR-TEN]

I yearn for the days of

Recaps from OTA's
Discussion of what the fuck is going on with position battles
The health and well being of players...Injury recovery. Players who came into camp in shape physically and mentally

What I get is

Antonio Brown's clothing choice
The Steelers on social media
Pirates pierogies sexist
Horror themed visors

What's your hypothesis as to why that has happened? It's all about emotion for the masses. Click bait for the casual fan. Position battles only matter to die hards. Injuries are only interesting when someone breaks a leg on the field or in practice, but run out and get your horror themed visor in time for halloween.

The prognosis is pretty simple, IMO: the internet convinced everyone that all information should be free and immediate. So, in order to attract eyeballs to attract advertiser dollars, news had to transition fully (split infinitives are barbaric) to newsertainment.

Not going to lie, though. I like watching Shannon Sharpe have seizures. I just like the dude.

It's mind boggling people can't admit money is the reason the shit jumped the shark. For free market capitalists, capitalism is never to blame.

[Legacy User]

https://triblive.com/sports/first-call-antonio-brown-makes-raiders-debut-pirates-pierogies-sexist/

The design of the Pirates’ racing pierogies is sexist.

At least that’s what one Pittsburgh publication suggests.

The City Paper posted a story pointing out that the female pierogies — Jalapeno Hannah and Pizza Penny — ”both have lipstick, mascara, earrings, and a purse.”

“It feels like they gave the pierogies purses and jewelry because it’s how unprepared they imagine women to be to take on any sport,” author Hannah Lynn wrote. “It feels like Hannah and Penny are a small byproduct of how women aren’t taken seriously in athletics.”

The female hot dog in Cleveland also has a purse and make up.

The “racing Anchormen” in San Diego don’t include Vanessa Corningstone.

There are no female characters at all in the Milwaukee racing sausage promotion.

And the racing presidents in Washington don’t have any women represented eith … uh. Well.

Should the popular vote count?

The point is we have made great progress in terms of gender equality in America. We’ve become “woke.” But we may not be ready to push through the mascot plush-ceiling just yet.

Wow! That's really something.

[Kodiak]

It's mind boggling people can't admit money is the reason the shit jumped the shark. For free market capitalists, capitalism is never to blame.

It might be because most people haven't taken an economics class, much less understand free market theory.

Free markets don't really exist in their purest form. To truly work, participants all need to have perfect information and act rationally. But neither exists in the real world. When regulation incentives rational choices and removes information asymetries, it can be effective. When regulation attempts to engineer "fairness" and other social outcomes, it often makes things worse (or creates other negative externalities).

[Kodiak]

Wow! That's really something.

How am I supposed to know if the Hot Dog is a woman if there's no purse and lipstick.....wait a minute, trick question!

[Legacy User]

Wow! That's really something.

How am I supposed to know if the Hot Dog is a woman if there's no purse and lipstick.....wait a minute, trick question!

This is an excellent point. Just put lipstick on the hotdog and all the progressive bases will be covered simultaneously.

[Donnie Brasco]

Roethlisberger, as the franchise quarterback, speaks to the media at large one day each week, although he does make time for individual interviews.

My 2 cents

Ben doesn't like the media
Ben doesn't trust the media
Ben really doesn't hide his feelings on either thing
Without the sports talk show Ben's access to the media is the bare minimum...Keeping them at arm length is such an understatement

Sports media is dying a slow death...The media I and many people grew up with is dying or dead.

Ben isn't flashy on the social media.
Ben no longer likes the night life
He is plain vanilla...To the point of now being boring off the field
He is dismissive to the point of being disrespectful to most media...He hates them and he knows they hate him...Its just the way it is

I yearn for the days of

Recaps from OTA's
Discussion of what the fuck is going on with position battles
The health and well being of players...Injury recovery. Players who came into camp in shape physically and mentally

What I get is

Antonio Brown's clothing choice
The Steelers on social media
Pirates pierogies sexist
Horror themed visors

I think Ben's annoyance with the media started his rookie year from a couple of events:

THe "Game Manager" Label
And the whole thing with his broken toes leading up to the AFCCG

So I definitely subscribe to your theory that Ben and the media are at odds

[stillthere]

Without taking a stance, I would only point out that criticizing (mistakenly or not) structures for oppressing others is not the same thing as saying that white males are not acceptable by virtue of their being white and male.

It is possible that Shannon Sharpe just thinks Ben is kind of a douche bag. Sharpe also said there was no way in hell he would accept AB as a teammate. So Sharpe did not simply give AB a pass.

Sharpe was all over AB with the facebook live incident. Said that would have been it for him and AB because he was more interested in what he was up to than what the team was up to. Sharpe has always hated Ben but he does have love for Ray the Knife. As far as a pass goes with Assclownio he kinda rides a fine line currently. He will give the guy a pass when he bashes Ben but when someone brings up JuJu he immediately back pedals and says Assclownio was wrong. Very much like a political flip flopping on a stance/issue.

[stillthere]

Terrell Edmunds liked AB’s Two Face tweet. That will go over well.

Ben is kind of two faced though...a much milder form of Harvey Dent. Pre-motorcycle accident Ben and post-motorcycle accident Ben. Nose and teeth never the same.

[Jobu]

Terrell Edmunds liked AB’s Two Face tweet. That will go over well.

Ben is kind of two faced though...a much milder form of Harvey Dent. Pre-motorcycle accident Ben and post-motorcycle accident Ben. Nose and teeth never the same.

Social media...


Now get the fuck off my lawn!

[COR-TEN]

Wow! That's really something.

How am I supposed to know if the Hot Dog is a woman if there's no purse and lipstick.....wait a minute, trick question!

This is an excellent point. Just put lipstick on the hotdog and all the progressive bases will be covered simultaneously.

I admit. I did an image search for a hot dog with a vagina.

As you might expect, the results were non-conclusive.

[COR-TEN]

split infinitives are barbaric

I had to duck for that one.

[Steel Ubaldo]

Wow! That's really something.

How am I supposed to know if the Hot Dog is a woman if there's no purse and lipstick.....wait a minute, trick question!

This is an excellent point. Just put lipstick on the hotdog and all the progressive bases will be covered simultaneously.

Well done guys! This exchange made my day incrementally better, which is all I can really ask for anymore.

[R_S]

Crazy how with all the non stop talk about bias in the country, one comment about some isolated bias against the wrong skin color and everyone flips a lid like its impossible.

Ya think there'd be a large contingent of folks screaming that Bill Cosby was muthafuckin framed in every news article and facebook comment section if he was an old white guy?

[JPPT1974]

Big Ben seems more mature and grown up. And really age can get to you to make that.

[FC]

Big Ben seems more mature and grown up. And really age can get to you to make that.

Age can also build hatred...I sit back and reflect on what Brasco pointed out about the game manager label...The media pointing out Ben seems always to be injured...Yeah Ben fucking hates the media

Social media...


Now get the fuck off my lawn!

[swissvale72]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

[K_C_]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

Ben didn't do a single thing wrong.

Not one single thing wrong.

Brown ran a shitty route. Ben said so. Ben also blamed himself for throwing Brown the football.

Said he should have thrown it to JuJu instead. Ben is 100% right on that.

Brown acted like a bitch because he is a bitch. In the last year he's been accused of pushing one of his baby mama's down and nearly killing people by throwing furniture off a balcony.

Roethlisberger apologized because he has class and wanted to be the bigger man. Brown acted like a cunt, because he is a cunt.

[R_S]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

Ben didn't do a single thing wrong.

Not one single thing wrong.

Brown ran a shitty route. Ben said so. Ben also blamed himself for throwing Brown the football.

Said he should have thrown it to JuJu instead. Ben is 100% right on that.

Brown acted like a bitch because he is a bitch. In the last year he's been accused of pushing one of his baby mama's down and nearly killing people by throwing furniture off a balcony.

Roethlisberger apologized because he has class and wanted to be the bigger man. Brown acted like a c*nt, because he is a c*nt.

Swiss has turned into the board CU-NT

[AZ Stiller Fan]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

Ben didn't do a single thing wrong.

Not one single thing wrong.

Brown ran a shitty route. Ben said so. Ben also blamed himself for throwing Brown the football.

Said he should have thrown it to JuJu instead. Ben is 100% right on that.

Brown acted like a bitch because he is a bitch. In the last year he's been accused of pushing one of his baby mama's down and nearly killing people by throwing furniture off a balcony.

Roethlisberger apologized because he has class and wanted to be the bigger man. Brown acted like a c*nt, because he is a c*nt.

Amen. And his "Two face" tweet just hours after the interview aired just solidified it even more.

[Legacy User]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

You're really gonna die on this hill, aren't ya?

To reiterate my position:
Antonio Brown is a piece of shit and I'm glad he's gone. I think the team will be better for it.

[Ice]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

I think you've (conveniently) gotten the chronology wrong here.

1) Ben issues apology; adult, well thought out and reasoned apology, publicly and on camera.

2) AB issues childish two word tweet, reconfirming that he is a dickhead.

3) Steelerfury posters react logically by calling him a dickhead.

4) Swiss jumps predictably to his defense.

[swissvale72]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

Ben didn't do a single thing wrong.

Not one single thing wrong.

Brown ran a shitty route. Ben said so. Ben also blamed himself for throwing Brown the football.

Said he should have thrown it to JuJu instead. Ben is 100% right on that.

Brown acted like a bitch because he is a bitch. In the last year he's been accused of pushing one of his baby mama's down and nearly killing people by throwing furniture off a balcony.

Roethlisberger apologized because he has class and wanted to be the bigger man. Brown acted like a c*nt, because he is a c*nt.

Swiss has turned into the board CU-NT

Sticks & Stones, RS....but keep on pushing that white agenda. That's very becoming.

[swissvale72]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

You're really gonna die on this hill, aren't ya?

To reiterate my position:
Antonio Brown is a piece of shit and I'm glad he's gone. I think the team will be better for it.

No hill, and not dying.

[Thrillsseeker]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

You're really gonna die on this hill, aren't ya?

To reiterate my position:
Antonio Brown is a piece of shit and I'm glad he's gone. I think the team will be better for it.

Absolutely better.

[Legacy User]

You asshats are something else!!

Ben apologizes, acknowledging having made mistakes leading to the dissolution of his relationship with Antonio Brown, and it's somehow spun to make AB a bigger dick!!

But that's okay, 'cuz the Steelers signed some JAG from Jacksonville. All's good in SteelerLand!!

No, it's okay because the Steelers are improving overall as a team. No one ever said one guy was going to replace AB.

Is your new strawman-making business profitable?

[955876]

Ya. Swiss. Man.

You’ve kind of gone off the deep end here with this AB stuff.

The guy is a fucking douche that literally forced himself off the team all by himself. This didn’t need to happen and ONLY happened because AB and his slime ball agent set it in motion. Period. It’s not even debatable.

[swissvale72]

Ya. Swiss. Man.

You’ve kind of gone off the deep end here with this AB stuff.

The guy is a fucking douche that literally forced himself off the team all by himself. This didn’t need to happen and ONLY happened because AB and his slime ball agent set it in motion. Period. It’s not even debatable.

Right....you guys mother-fuck this guy for the past four months, act like a bunch of sixth graders. Steelers lose the best receiver in the game, disrupt probably the best passing combination in Steeler history, the quarterback apologizes for his role in the dissolution of this combo....but I'm the one off the deep end???

[955876]

Yes. Yes in fact you are.

We recognize what was lost on the field.

You are not recognizing how far AB went to force himself off the team.

Oh boo hoo my QB said I ran the wrong route. I can’t possibly deal with that. My ego is so shallow I’ll whine like a sissy bitch that didn’t get Bieber tickets.

Even though I’ve set records with that QB. Even though I could do more great things with that QB.

No. It’s all about me. AB’s bizzness boomin...

[Thrillsseeker]

Swiss. Calling us asshats and sixth graders is really separating yourself into a very very
Small club that thinks this team may slide further south losing AB.

Do you honestly believe or worry about replacing that complete cancer diva? Yes he had 15 TD’s and has done some amazing things. Then, JuJu starts to ball out, teammates vote him team MVP ( NOT surprising it wasn’t AB and his shit attitude) AB spirals out of control like a little spoiled bitch mental midget.

I think we agree we still have Tomlin the dumbfuck running the show but do you seriously, honestly believe our offense will suffer or be any worse than last season. Because we lost that piece of shit quitter?

[Legacy User]

Yo swiss wtf? White agenda? Lmao WHAT!? You seriously trying to push some race shit? Defending Brown? Lmao how bout you follow another team or leave this board you fucking jag.