harleynbarley
harleynbarley
harleynbarley

I played college rugby as a severely undersized fullback, and constantly had bigger dudes running straight at me. Still wasn’t hard to tackle without using my head as a battering ram.

Scrum caps.

Theres probably a reason you only played to high school level if form tackling is that much of a mystery.

That’s because they are.

Watch a rugby game.  Most tackles are shoulder to waist.  Or cheek to cheek as my college coach used to say.

A proper form tackle doesn't have your head anywhere near the ball carriers head.  Seriously, watch a rugby game.  Shoulder to hip.  This isnt reinventing the wheel - there is a globally popular sport that has been tackling without pads or helmets for longer than American football has existed.

Every rugby player ever disagrees with you. Sucks that meatheads 90 years ago couldnt figure out how to tackle without using their head, but rugby union, rugby league and Aussie rules have all figured out how to tackle without pads or helmets.  Use your shoulders and wrap the ballcarrier.

So basically, play rugby.

It’s really not that hard. Tackle by leading with the shoulder and then wrapping the player with your arms. Rugby figured this out decades ago, and old timers who played in the 60s can still walk and remember their own names.  You don't actually need the helmets at all.

I mean, those things have literally happened.  Straw man is about an unrealistic hypothetical

Tweeting doesnt do anything to stop oppression.  And fuck, the angst on Twitter itself is oppressive.

You don’t get it.

If someone is getting shit on in all aspects of life, denying them the right to at least crack wise is just asking for resentment to bubble into violence.

Black person here. Black people can be racist. See Zimbabwe, South Africa.

You don't even need the sarcasm, as this is pretty clearly the mindset.

Only if he sucks.  But bigger point is tgat owners aren't incentivized to make an honest effort at winning.  From a payroll standpoint, winners get punished - unless your GM is actually good.  Sucking and underpaying high draft picks = profit

Godwins Law

She’s not going for intelligent or witty. She’s going for the most emotionally devastating response she can think of. And there’s nothing quite like reminding a peon of their place in the social hierarchy.

Team Chloe definitely won. The whole purpose of a lesser known in starting feuds with big names is to get more attention. KK would have won by just ignoring her, instead, she got way more people talking about Chloe than would have been otherwise

Not even remotely true. Women care and police the sexuality/appearance of other women way way more than men do. Women are cruel to other women for petty, ego-driven reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with how men feel or think.