Analysis Whipping Boys - 2023 edition

[noideaatall]

As some of you are probably aware, I am a highly educated person who has published a number of academic papers on sports related issues.

I wanted to address the supposed negative aspects of the game-day thread.

Concept of Catharsis - Why we vent and rant

1. To make ourselves feel better. Catharsis is the idea that diverting negative emotions to less aggressive actions will reduce pent-up of aggression. It is considered an old concept that we can trace back to being mentioned by Aristotle and into the theories of Sigmund Freud. Research has demonstrated time and time again that ranting and venting makes us feel better.
2. Ranting and Venting assists with aggression. I bet you also believe that if we can release our negative emotions in a reasonably harmless way, and then the likelihood that we will increase aggression might decrease. But you would be wrong.......Ranting and venting assists aggression and facilitates mongrelness. In fact, psychology shows that ranting to be an ineffective way of decreasing aggression. This research by Bushman, Baumeister, and Stack (1999) showed that participants who engaged in cathartic activities actually did not help lessen their aggression— and the opposite occurred. This was more reinforced by a study that revolved around predicting that countries that are currently participating in wars would show less domestic aggression. (Bauer, Cassar, Chytilová & Heinrich, 2014).
3. Ranting and venting assists in team building. In the longer term, ranting will render you dependent on others, and this will assist in making bonds with other ranting individuals.

The dangers with dealing with footy rationally.

Some people scoff at ranting and venting but dealing with losses rationally has a negative impact on the fan or is just plain ridiculous. Consider these points around what psychology has to offer::

1. Acting rationally can assist in acceptance and recognition of the situation: In positive psychology training, having a good perspective of the things that you can control can help you shift your focus off negativities. But I ask you, how can meekly accepting a loss be an advantage?
2. Relaxation and calming practice: Taking a walk, going for a massage, listening to music can calm a person down but what good is that?.
3. Finding your peace: Slowing down, or sitting quietly with your thoughts can supposedly benefit you. But I call that first step in becoming a wimp.
4. Gauging the situation if it is worth your time: Are you kidding? Is being a pie fan worth it?
5. Finding other distractions: When you’re done venting, try to take your mind of footy by doing non-aggressive activities like reading a book recording or by doing art. Please give me air….
6. Counting to ten: A useless suggestion to pie fans who cant count.
7. Changing routine: Start supporting the Premier League?. You're kidding me.

Ranting and Venting increases aggression and assists in cultivating mongrel behaviour. It assists pie fans to bond with other ranters. It is a positive force on our community.

Markfs, thanks for the rant. I just wanted to point out the meta-snalysis conducted by a.hole, b.whole & c.hol which found that focusing hatred towards the pies had significantly reduced the piles of manure at the tigers door. It may undermine your second conclusion.

 

[Markfs]

Markfs, thanks for the rant. I just wanted to point out the meta-snalysis conducted by a.hole, b.whole & c.hol which found that focusing hatred towards the pies had significantly reduced the piles of manure at the tigers door. It may undermine your second conclusion.

well i was ranting so the rules of logic dont apply.....

 

[Markfs]

i just watched the jack crisp

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Jack Crisp

Age

31

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.2

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.7

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

MG

307.6

4star

D

17.7

4star

K

10.7

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

3star

MG

307.6

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.0

5star

black and white show...... and I'm astounded....what are those ear-rings for? Is he trying to upset his wife? Are they a secret cache for ginnivan's drugs? They are ..........absurd....absolutely ridiculous. Surely he knows this. Even grundee would balk at wearing those pieces of nonsense....They must be the result of a dare ....or it's an initiation into some secret society ....

He had such promise too...

 

[Markfs]

I miss the good old days when we still won, but half the team was mentioned in here, when we could glorious whip then all to our hearts content

well its good to see that you can see the negative side of things. That's half the journey. Now all you have to do is to connect to your innermost hates with all those pie players that you dislike and voila!!

And as for the good old days, we decided to update our strategy and allow the balloon to be pumped up to ridiculous proportions before we pop it.... it's been secretly filled with shit and the resultant splat is going to be spectacular... you never know, you might see the new jackson pollock original tomorrow night...

 

[Markfs]

A few of you probably noticed the fox crew bagging pete frampton last weekend and it was pretty sophisticated stuff and took me a while to realise what they were doing.

They started to refer to the pie backline as a "5 man backline". I was a bit surprised by the comment at first and then I realised that they were giving Pete a passing sideswipe.... because he was worse than next to useless, he was actually useless.....

 

[sr36]

It was the best of times. It was the worst if times.

I've enjoyed us winning, but it's resulted in some ****er posting this:

"Johnny F*cking Noble is a beast of a workhorse who strikes fear into our competitors every time he comes flying out of nowhere towards the sherrin"

It's time to up the whips. The positivity nuffers have gotten out of hand

 

[Markfs]

It was the best of times. It was the worst if times.

I've enjoyed us winning, but it's resulted in some *er posting this:

"Johnny F*cking Noble is a beast of a workhorse who strikes fear into our competitors every time he comes flying out of nowhere towards the sherrin"

It's time to up the whips. The positivity nuffers have gotten out of hand

latest news is that little johnny is going to be driving in those cars that his daddy runs. He had a go at them last weekend and it seems he did ok once they found a suitable cushion so he could see over the dash.... i think the transition from being dumped off the list will be seamless

 

[jmac70]

Great news for whippers this week with the selection of Johnson. Could be even better if Wilson comes into the side.

The game day thread might break the internet!

 

[Wearmouth]

Geesuss, what a page. For a moment I thought my work was done, enlightment for the masses kinda thing. Next moment Markfs treatise on everything. I know a lot of you wondered why I spent 3 months living on a sand dune drinking my own pee. Truth is that has been preferable to what people call water outside of Tassie. But I did have a vision that markfs might have something worthwhile to hear. Finally we have it. Then I come upon Ronnie's mess, greater than even a pelican can regurgitate. Top it off we have a great match to look forward to, potential for many spuds.

Quick response, stay on the path folks, WHE will present for at least the next couple of games. Read markfs's treatise & raise one question - it's the least we can do. And Ronnie. Think of a small rodent pooing all over a plain only to discover where elephants actually poo. No doubt Ronnie will learn to poo where they should one day.

There in lies your problem. After drinking your own pi55 for 3 months. The process of concentration would have started about day 5. By that stage you were getting to a point of toxic shock.

And those weren’t elephant patties your were looking at. They were your own fecal deposits. Which sadly for you after day 10 of your urination hydration you were chowing down on. Unknowingly.

As by this stage you were in a total state of disrepair. And in your state of mind your altered reality had you believing you were enjoying a Heston style gastronomical degustation. When in fact you were just filling yourself with your own sh1t…….It’s amazing what tricks the mind can play when under duress.

Just have a quick look around you. Are the 4 walls you are currently residing in familiar. And those people around, do you recognize any of them. Don’t be alarmed if you don’t. They are all there to help you.


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[Vicky Park]

It was the best of times. It was the worst if times.

I've enjoyed us winning, but it's resulted in some *er posting this:

"Johnny F*cking Noble is a beast of a workhorse who strikes fear into our competitors every time he comes flying out of nowhere towards the sherrin"

It's time to up the whips. The positivity nuffers have gotten out of hand

Just when I was thinking that this thread is getting too analytical. Like Bucks on AFL360. Some of us are tuning out.

Then you go and pluck that quote from God knows where in the murky depths of this forum and suddenly we are back to the beginning. Back to square one.

If there is a single person on this planet who refers to JF Noble as a ‘beast’ who ‘strikes fear’, then our work is not done. Let’s regroup and support each other.

 

[sr36]

Just when I was thinking that this thread is getting too analytical. Like Bucks on AFL360. Some of us are tuning out.

Then you go and pluck that quote from God knows where in the murky depths of this forum and suddenly we are back to the beginning. Back to square one.

If there is a single person on this planet who refers to JF Noble as a ‘beast’ who ‘strikes fear’, then our work is not done. Let’s regroup and support each other.

The cancer runs deep. I reported the post to the mods, yet the troll hasn't even been banned.

 

[Markfs]

Just when I was thinking that this thread is getting too analytical. Like Bucks on AFL360. Some of us are tuning out.

Then you go and pluck that quote from God knows where in the murky depths of this forum and suddenly we are back to the beginning. Back to square one.

If there is a single person on this planet who refers to JF Noble as a ‘beast’ who ‘strikes fear’, then our work is not done. Let’s regroup and support each other.

i think some of it started with that port guy getting run down on the boundary and then allowing little johnny to "brutalise" him.....talk about putting yourself at the bottom of the food chain.... i can only imagine how low port players have allowed themselves to go, when i see that georgie ardies guy (i think it was him, they all look the same) humiliate himself at the G.

It seems now that little johnny has got it into his head that he's a tough guy and it probably hasnt been helped with the rest of the boys mocking him at his birthday celebration, making him think that he's one of the boys. What a mess!

There are so many factors working against us in this thread. We just need to persist....

 

[Horaceg]

I’m looking forward to the rise and rise of Bewanko, give him a game, it’s not the same since the Brown boys left. I miss the further back era since the Icon Blair removed himself from further acknowledgement. He did make an appearance at the Club, seemed like some whip free exposure, keeping his head down and being at the top of this game for so long has earned him his due respect.

 

[noideaatall]

There in lies your problem. After drinking your own pi55 for 3 months. The process of concentration would have started about day 5. By that stage you were getting to a point of toxic shock.

And those weren’t elephant patties your were looking at. They were your own fecal deposits. Which sadly for you after day 10 of your urination hydration you were chowing down on. Unknowingly.

As by this stage you were in a total state of disrepair. And in your state of mind your altered reality had you believing you were enjoying a Heston style gastronomical degustation. When in fact you were just filling yourself with your own sh1t…….It’s amazing what tricks the mind can play when under duress.

Just have a quick look around you. Are the 4 walls you are currently residing in familiar. And those people around, do you recognize any of them. Don’t be alarmed if you don’t. They are all there to help you.


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I like you Ronnie, you have potential.

I’m looking forward to the rise and rise of Bewanko, give him a game, it’s not the same since the Brown boys left. I miss the further back era since the Icon Blair removed himself from further acknowledgement. He did make an appearance at the Club, seemed like some whip free exposure, keeping his head down and being at the top of this game for so long has earned him his due respect.

Hahaha, I saw what you did there. Next you'll be talking about Cox walking tall.

 

[Markfs]

Just a slight diversion for a second. I was interested to see how many people turned up at the dogs-lions last night and I looked at the match report...

and I noticed that the cretin had listed the dog's best players and hadnt included noughton but had put treloar in second. It's probably indicative of the obsession with stats but noughton was almost as good as the bont because he tried his guts out and made up for that useless gutless wimp of a Lobb who was almost as pathetic as Ned Kelly jnr on a good day. I wouldnt say noughton showed mongrel but he showed a bit of ticker....but the stats show that he got 13 possessions compared to treloar's 28, so guess who gets the chocolates from the writer....

There really needs to be a stat for mongrel....or at least ticker ...to fairly assess the player who wins games that matter...

 

[Pie eyed]

Totally irrelevant to this thread.

I think Cox needs a bit of a whoopin, not playing simply because he is injured?
Look at that Jack Steele bloke who played with a broken collar bone?

Cmon Mason....HTFU

 

[Markfs]

I think Cox needs a bit of a whoopin, not playing simply because he is injured?
Look at that Jack Steele bloke who played with a broken collar bone?

Cmon Mason....HTFU

I think we should show some understanding in this thread for people with disabilities. Cox was born an american...

 

[Doc1763]

I think we should show some understanding in this thread for people with disabilities. Cox was born an american...

But not a Republican.

 

[Markfs]

But not a Republican.

ok...partial disability

 

[Markfs]

Time for some comedy relief... grundee dreaming of doing something interesting...

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I think Cox needs a bit of a whoopin, not playing simply because he is injured?
Look at that Jack Steele bloke who played with a broken collar bone?

Cmon Mason....HTFU

Cut him some slack, at that altitude the air is very thin and slows down the healing process. That’s why it took him two years to recover from a bit of dirt in his eye.

 

[sr36]

Time for some comedy relief... grundee dreaming of doing something interesting...

I knew he was a dumb woke. But I didn't know he was that dumb.

A) Don't sit at the front in a work meeting
B) if you do get stuck there, you've got to pretend you've got some interest in what the boring campaigners are saying.

Surely you'd have learnt that in a decade of work.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Colour suits him

 

[Markfs]

I knew he was a dumb woke. But I didn't know he was that dumb.

A) Don't sit at the front in a work meeting
B) if you do get stuck there, you've got to pretend you've got some interest in what the boring campaigners are saying.

Surely you'd have learnt that in a decade of work.

And he sits up the front on purpose to show that he is "engaged".... he is a shell of himself....in some ways I can understand it... he has been banished by the only meaningful thing in his life....its a sort of public humiliation. No wonder he has dulled his feelings to appear like he doesnt care anymore...

 

[Markfs]

Cut him some slack, at that altitude the air is very thin and slows down the healing process. That’s why it took him two years to recover from a bit of dirt in his eye.

i'm still debating with myself whether he was a better player before he regained his sight...