Barstool Thread 2.0

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by wes tegg, Apr 23, 2015.

  1. Aaron Hernandez

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    Short of a tornado of sexual harassment lawsuits surfacing, I just don’t understand the mechanism that is going to be used to remove Dave for his old content.
     
  2. Wendel Clark

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    So it makes less racist if it happened 20 years ago? And less racist because they apologized for it?
     
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  3. Gallant Knight

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    if he was going to get #metoo'd it would've happened already

    he was gross when he started barstool and then married for a lot of it. pretty sure he has only been a cocksman for a couple of years
     
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  4. Gallant Knight

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    less racist because he agrees with their current day politics
     
  5. wes tegg

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    Unless Dave wants them to be firmly in the Clay Travis white fragility lane, he needs to pull himself back from politics, get off of Tucker Carlson, and acknowledge that he's a dumbass who has nowhere near the qualifications to opine on politics or social justice issues. An ounce of self-awareness wouldn't cure the heat they're getting (or will continue to get), but it's the right thing to do.
     
  6. bro

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    you are the only one comparing the level of racism to different incidents.

    Something is more attributable to a person's current views and stances if they did something egregious 3-4 years ago and continue with similar conduct than someone who did something 20+ years ago, has apologized, and their conduct has moved beyond that incident.
     
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  7. bro

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    ya, there are definitely no other reasons why the situations are different. You nailed it.
     
  8. Gallant Knight

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    what incentive does he have to change? he got $100 million a couple months ago
     
  9. wes tegg

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    You're asking a question I've already answered.
     
  10. Gallant Knight

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    gotcha. i would be stunned if he cared about that
     
  11. Where Eagles Dare

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    More severe than him saying N****R on Twitter?
     
  12. wes tegg

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    Which is a problem for me.
     
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  13. Pasta88

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    The people largely yelling for barstool to be cancelled have already personally cancelled barstool or never were fans. I don’t see what more they can really do. Barstool’s platform is largely isolated - you either consume their content or you don’t, so it’s not even like they can really be pulled from things, blacklisted, etc. I would imagine there will always be advertisers willing to work with them.
     
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  14. Where Eagles Dare

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    "You can be racists as long as you later say something nice"
     
  15. Gallant Knight

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    guy who paid last week to get on DDTG said he hopes no one else inquires about advertising there because he was doing so well because of it
     
  16. Gallant Knight

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    think there is a large gap between current day portnoy and clay travis
     
  17. bro

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    First, you are in a thread with several consumers expressing concern. Second, look at Tucker Carlson's advertisers, or what is happening to Facebook. People will make advertisers bend to public pressure, and then there is a domino effect, and then you are staring in the face of utilizing the My Pillow Guy for 60% of your advertising.
     
  18. wes tegg

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    It's getting narrower and narrower.
     
  19. Gallant Knight

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    that's fair.
     
  20. Pasta88

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    To stop consuming all barstool content, yeah. I’m not going to stop listening to my favourite hockey podcast, for example, because of something Portnoy said on twitter. I can see why some may, but I also don’t think it makes one a bad person to continue.
     
  21. bro

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    Nobody is shaming you for listening to chiclets. Relax
     
  22. wes tegg

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    I don't think we're too far from seeing a lot fewer good guests appearing on barstool platforms, especially if Portnoy leans into the indignant victim millionaire roll.
     
  23. Pasta88

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    Yeah it’s possible I’m underestimating it. The world is changing for the better so maybe it all catches up to him.
     
  24. bro

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    PMT having Fauci on and then Dave’s Fauci rants really highlight the differences between the two entities, but create an overall environment where important people pass on going on PMT because of Portnoy.
     
  25. Pelican Grove

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    I agree with this. Another poster said recently that Dave thinks he has the best answers/responses for every situation, but best option is to sit back.
     
  26. spagett

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    Nope. He is too good at explaining the pain of being a fan of certain teams. He understands the dynamics of each team and he is naturally pessimistic about them, like most chicago fans
     
  27. Jack Parkman

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  28. bro

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    Cancel culture is the new SJW. A term meant to belittle those who have an issue with your past or recent actions.
     
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  29. Gallant Knight

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    what do you want to happen
     
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  30. spagett

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    Republicans have been pretty good at creating terms to detract from what's really going on

    It's why they don't think they're racist at all.
     
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  31. Gallant Knight

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    if dave gets canceled glenny will probably lose his job. i don't think many of yall have considered that aspect of this.
     
  32. Gallant Knight

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    and cancel culture is really just a term for woke millennials who spend a lot of time online

    watching gen z people roast millennials really made my realize how much most of our generation sucks
     
  33. Pelican Grove

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    I think canceling can do some good, but overall I’m not a big fan of cancel culture as I think it’s comprised of people with disingenuous actions in hopes to draw attention to themselves rather assist a movement or change.
     
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  34. BWC

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    How is being around for two decades relevant to the issue at hand?
     
  35. Pelican Grove

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    Why?
     
  36. IrishLAX2

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    Most of their advertising is not much of a step up from My Pillow Guy. The Unilevers and P&Gs of the world have never knocked down their door.
     
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  37. Pelican Grove

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    A lot of what he’s saying doesn’t make much sense.

    Especially the part about how things Barstool has said in the past gets a freebie/hall pass because “times change.” Dude you’re talking three years ago, not 1965.
     
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  38. Gallant Knight

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    bud light gave them a shit ton of money before covid
     
  39. wes tegg

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    KraftHeinz has done a lot of advertising with them, as have Anheuser-Busch and other alcohol producers. They have a deal with E&J Gallo to make an alcohol.
     
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  40. wes tegg

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    I don't think that's correct at all.
     
  41. Druce

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    It's relevant in the way that this website being around since 2009 is relevant and if we really dug through the shit on here then I'd be willing to bet a fuck load of posters would be "cancelled" for shit they posted when they were 21. It's relevant in that you are not defined by your past and that people are allowed to say dumb shit and make mistakes. People love to act like they did nothing wrong when the reality is that if everything everyone did in the past was online then everyone would be too busy covering their own asses to cancel anyone. Something something stones something something glass house.
     
  42. wes tegg

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    I think the point is more that Barstool is the glass house in that phrase.
     
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  43. Gallant Knight

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    i deleted my facebook without going back through it just because i was sure if someone read through stuff i said when i was 17-19 i would look like an absolute moron
     
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  44. MA

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    How old was Dave four years ago? Was he 21?
     
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  46. bro

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    and the term woke has been co-opted by conservatives to use as an insult against those who care about things.

    You can have a conversation about these things without flippantly throwing around these terms to make yourself feel better.
     
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  47. Gallant Knight

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    i feel neutral

    i spend too much time on this website for fucking sure, and way more now during quarantine, but i'm glad i'm not mad online all the time
     
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  48. BWC

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    The clip is not even 4 years old? How is what you've said here relevant either?
     
  49. Druce

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    I mean I just tagged you in the Kaep thread where posters were calling Kaep a "faggot" or another poster "fucking retarded" and calling his protest ignorant.
     
  50. BWC

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    Yes, and let's keep the discussion in the more relevant thread. Granted, it's quite obvious relevancy isn't your strong suit.