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4 minutes ago, AnotherLawyer said:

Yeah, I'm sure. When a phrase is widely used to mean something different, that becomes the meaning. Language evolves. "The customer is always right" is an example of language evolving. It was originally a marketing phrase meaning the market determines the viability of a marketing strategy. Now it the meaning has to do with customer service, not marketing strategy.

The original Latin phrase that was mistranslated to "begging the question" meant "to assume the original premise"--basically that the conclusion is not based on reason. It's simply a conclusion or, like you said, a logical fallacy. An example would be "broccoli is good for you because it contains sulphurophane." This assumes sulphurophane is good. It lacks reason. It's a logical fallacy, even if true. It's been so often misused that it's evolved to mean "raises the question."

But why trust me? I'm just that lawyer guy.

Okay sure I’ll trust you. Thanks.

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36 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

I’m curious about opinions on “the law of averages.”

That depends.  Is the phrase being used by some over the hill jock wearing a $5K suit and a $10K watch (and tennis shoes), waving a pen and trying to opine about the likelihood of a given upcoming game's outcome?

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10 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

This thread the last 48 hours is peak— and I mean PEAK offseason morass. 3 days before the season starts. proving the rule “never peak too early”?

either way, 3 more days 

You say peak more ass off season and there are zero pics. I would have really liked a peak, and it's never too early for more ass.

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9 hours ago, Park Gothic said:

I just want it noted for the record that I did not intend to start this line of discourse and that I think Quinn Ewers was a neat QB at Texas. 

I really liked Ewers, Major, Simms, Colt and Sam. I absolutely loved Vince Young. Does that make me racist? Or is that the exception that proves the rule? 

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11 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

This thread the last 48 hours is peak— and I mean PEAK offseason morass. 3 days before the season starts. proving the rule “never peak too early”?

either way, 3 more days 

I don’t mean to be the grammer police but I think you meant “more ass” just trying to keep you honest. 

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12 minutes ago, AnotherLawyer said:

No. Just saying. My kids laugh at me for calling everything 'tennis shoes.'

The problem is I refuse to say "sneakers." 

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43 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

You say peak more ass off season and there are zero pics. I would have really liked a peak, and it's never too early for more ass.

Shit you beat me to it. Happy Adam Scott GIF by Sky

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I think we next leveled the offseason discourse with Greek and Latin lessons, so I mean at least we continue to prove we are the smarties of the mouth breather conference. 

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8 minutes ago, troph said:

I think we next leveled the offseason discourse with Greek and Latin lessons, so I mean at least we continue to prove we are the smarties of the mouth breather conference. 

Hey, now. We were the smarties of the last mouth breather conference, as well.

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10 hours ago, Park Gothic said:

I just want it noted for the record that I did not intend to start this line of discourse and that I think Quinn Ewers was a neat QB at Texas. 

You're just biding time until you can creep back and defend Major Applewhite.

43 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

You could go the English route and call them tennys 

I thought they just called them "trainers." 

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57 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

You could go the English route and call them tennys 

Mexican people pop out of the womb calling them tennies

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On 8/26/2025 at 8:07 PM, cabowabo said:

Good Luck Quinn.
 

Seriously

Now that he's not losing games for us with an amazing defense, I no longer want him benched. I hope he does great in the NFL and makes a shit load of money holding a clip board. Tua is going to go down, Zach Wilson will probably stink, and he will get a chance in the next couple years. 

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20 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Most of these schlubs can't afford to shop at Brooks Brothers, and the ones that can still probably wouldn't because I don't think they sell cargo shorts and old T shirts. 

Or they don't go to XXXL

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38 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Seriously

Now that he's not losing games for us with an amazing defense, I no longer want him benched. I hope he does great in the NFL and makes a shit load of money holding a clip board. Tua is going to go down, Zach Wilson will probably stink, and he will get a chance in the next couple years. 

i keep seeing this posted- the inevitably of quinn ewers becoming the starter for the dolphins. one question though: how? he’s had his entire life to get good at qb and yet a few months ago, after years working closely under the best qb coach in football, quinn still wasn’t even the best qb on his own college roster, and again, was ranked 12th out of 14 sec qbs, and 200th out of qbs nationally. on what planet does he go from “plateaued in college where he was one of the weak links on his team” to “ready to play the toughest position in all of sports”? he couldn’t even move the ball against uga, tosu, arkansas, texas a&m, or arizona freaking state, but he’s about to be master an nfl offense, develop pocket presence, strengthen his arm, and wildly improve in composure, accuracy, and decision making, all while the game gets 10x faster and more complex? you sure about that?

i mean do y’all hear yourselves? tua and zach wilson are objectively better qbs than the oft-injured quinn ewers, and yet half this thread hasn’t shut up since april about how those two guys are so shitty and injury prone that the much shittier and also injury prone quinn ewers is destined to pass them and become the starter. literally just because he came to texas, and based zero percent in how good of a qb he is. weird how nobody ever predicts that the perennially underperforming tight end or safety or running back is on the verge of nfl stardom. always the qb.

if quinn ewers was the exact same qb with the exact same college career but he went to a&m he’d be this board’s favorite punching bag. but because he wore burnt orange he’s some sort of footballing hero who is destined to become the dolphins starter. fanatical. totally fanatical.

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4 minutes ago, Derka said:

i keep seeing this posted- the inevitably of quinn ewers becoming the starter for the dolphins. one question though: how? he’s had his entire life to get good at qb and yet a few months ago, after years working closely under the best qb coach in football, quinn still wasn’t even the best qb on his own college roster, and again, was ranked 12th out of 14 sec qbs, and 200th out of qbs nationally. on what planet does he go from “plateaued in college where he was one of the weak links on his team” to “ready to play the toughest position in all of sports”? he couldn’t even move the ball against uga, tosu, arkansas, texas a&m, or arizona freaking state, but he’s about to be master an nfl offense, develop pocket presence, strengthen his arm, and wildly improve in composure, accuracy, and decision making, all while the game gets 10x faster and more complex? you sure about that?

i mean do y’all hear yourselves? tua and zach wilson are objectively better qbs than the oft-injured quinn ewers, and yet half this thread hasn’t shut up since april about how those two guys are so shitty and injury prone that the much shittier and also injury prone quinn ewers is destined to pass them and become the starter. literally just because he came to texas, and based zero percent in how good of a qb he is. weird how nobody ever predicts that the perennially underperforming tight end or safety or running back is on the verge of nfl stardom. always the qb.

if quinn ewers was the exact same qb with the exact same college career but he went to a&m he’d be this board’s favorite punching bag. but because he wore burnt orange he’s some sort of footballing hero who is destined to become the dolphins starter. fanatical. totally fanatical.

That's not at all what he said.

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1 minute ago, Derka said:

i keep seeing this posted- the inevitably of quinn ewers becoming the starter for the dolphins. one question though: how? he’s had his entire life to get good at qb and yet a few months ago, after years working closely under the best qb coach in football, quinn still wasn’t even the best qb on his own college roster, and again, was ranked 12th out of 14 sec qbs, and 200th out of qbs nationally. on what planet does he go from “plateaued in college where he was one of the weak links on his team” to “ready to play the toughest position in all of sports”? he couldn’t even move the ball against uga, tosu, arkansas, texas a&m, or arizona freaking state, but he’s about to be master an nfl offense, develop pocket presence, strengthen his arm, and wildly improve in composure, accuracy, and decision making, all while the game gets 10x faster and more complex? you sure about that?

i mean do y’all hear yourselves? tua and zach wilson are objectively better qbs than the oft-injured quinn ewers, and yet half this thread hasn’t shut up since april about how those two guys are so shitty and injury prone that the much shittier and also injury prone quinn ewers is destined to pass them and become the starter. literally just because he came to texas, and based zero percent in how good of a qb he is. weird how nobody ever predicts that the perennially underperforming tight end or safety or running back is on the verge of nfl stardom. always the qb.

if quinn ewers was the exact same qb with the exact same college career but he went to a&m he’d be this board’s favorite punching bag. but because he wore burnt orange he’s some sort of footballing hero who is destined to become the dolphins starter. fanatical. totally fanatical.

I said I'm hoping he does well, not that I expect it.

If he does well, it reflects well on the university.

Dude hung 50 on blowU his freshman year, it wasn't all bad while he was here dawg

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We all know the idea of a strawman (we are messageboard herectics, after all),but what has become popular these days (at least to me) is the use of Steelman/Steelmanning and how it's being used wrong in popular media.

(saw derka posted about quinn, so trying to get the thread back off track which--ironically enough-- is better than on track. the thread that proves the rule via exception).

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1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

While I don't disagree with much of what you wrote, your obsession with Quinn Ewers resembles the losers like Motown who follow your ass around to antagonize you. Weird

yes, me responding to posts about quinn ewers in the quinn ewers thread DOES resemble motown’s absolute lunatic behavior which has seen him banned no less than five times because of it.

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4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

That's not at all what he said.

 

1 hour ago, Zeus said:

Tua is going to go down, Zach Wilson will probably stink, and he will get a chance in the next couple years. 

ok.

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17 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Derka, serious question, why do you hate Quinn Ewers so much?  

i have serious question for all of you: what is wrong with your adult brains that makes you think that being critical of someone means you hate them? 

i hate jeff fisher. i megaloathe shaka smart. and then i come in here, and i read yalls thousands of posts about quinn ewers being a heisman candidate, and a first round draft pick, and maybe the no.1 overall draft pick, and how awesome he is despite all evidence to the contrary, and how he’s definitely going to be a starter in the nfl, and then i use stats, facts, and empirical evidence to tell you that you’re being blatantly homeriffic with your appraisals and predictions on quinn ewers.

then you fanatics, who’ve propped him up to this level that he has objectively never been at, say that i hate quinn ewers, simply because i try and reel y’all back in. you guys hate me and my rational posts 1,000x more than i “hate” quinn ewers.

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I'd ask you to say who exactly has Quinn as their "wonderboy" but I'd guess it's anyone who disagrees with you and Derka. 

It seems most are rooting for him because he's a Horn

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1 minute ago, Js1 said:

I'd ask you to say who exactly has Quinn as their "wonderboy" but I'd guess it's anyone who disagrees with you and Derka. 

It seems most are rooting for him because he's a Horn

The guy who said Quinn could start for 2 NFL teams right now is the prime example. But the wonderboy stuff was for those who defended his poor play and made every excuse for him in this very thread while at Texas.

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5 minutes ago, Derka said:

i have serious question for all of you: what is wrong with your adult brains that makes you think that being critical of someone means you hate them? 

i hate jeff fisher. i megaloathe shaka smart. and then i come in here, and i read yalls thousands of posts about quinn ewers being a heisman candidate, and a first round draft pick, and maybe the no.1 overall draft pick, and how awesome he is despite all evidence to the contrary, and how he’s definitely going to be a starter in the nfl, and then i use stats, facts, and empirical evidence to tell you that you’re being blatantly homeriffic with your appraisals and predictions on quinn ewers. then you fanatics, who’ve propped him up to this level that he has objectively never been at, say that i hate quinn ewers, simply because i try and reel y’all back in. you guys hate me and my rational posts 1,000x more than i “hate” quinn ewers.

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