suicidal over badminton

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[Bioture]

I've been there. And I feel his pain.

[milosh]

tl;dr

[HateTheFake]

LOL the best reply

Be a man and do it.

[Xog]

I've been there. And I feel his pain.

same here, I've been in the same situation as him with hockey.
It really does just suck to know you'll never be a good player.

[Doc Flabby]

Accepting ones mediocreness is the route happiness :wub:

[Displaced]

cry me a river...

[DankNuggets]

people play this competitively? i know i've seen it in the olympics, but honestly i've NEVER seen anyone playing this sport outside of a friendly back yard game. the people who always want to be a pro confuse me. Unless it really is your favorite thing to do (side note soccer was my favorite thing to do for a while) then there's virtually no way to keep up with the training needed to be a professional. The sooner this kids learns that being a professional athelete isn't really a good goal to have, the better. I've seen so many people waste time and effort instead of learning and having fun, it's not even funny. I voluntarily gave up soccer because i wanted more time to do other things, not because i wasn't good enough to continue to compete. Typical 15 yr old.

[Kim]

people play this competitively? i know i've seen it in the olympics, but honestly i've NEVER seen anyone playing this sport outside of a friendly back yard game. the people who always want to be a pro confuse me. Unless it really is your favorite thing to do (side note soccer was my favorite thing to do for a while) then there's virtually no way to keep up with the training needed to be a professional. The sooner this kids learns that being a professional athelete isn't really a good goal to have, the better. I've seen so many people waste time and effort instead of learning and having fun, it's not even funny. I voluntarily gave up soccer because i wanted more time to do other things, not because i wasn't good enough to continue to compete. Typical 15 yr old.

That's quite ignorant but we'll forgive you.

[DankNuggets]

That's quite ignorant but we'll forgive you.

Aw, you striving to be a professional badmiton player too? It's ok, I wouldn't suggest killing yourself over it. I mean, there's a lot of fame and fortune to be made from wasting your life in the pursuit of becoming a professional shuttlecock swinger, but I'd stick to mastering continuum if i were you.

[Bioture]

people play this competitively? i know i've seen it in the olympics, but honestly i've NEVER seen anyone playing this sport outside of a friendly back yard game. the people who always want to be a pro confuse me.

This basically tells me that you've either never been outside of the U.S. or outside of someone's backyard.

[Dabram]

nm

[Emaho]

nm

:P

[DankNuggets]

This basically tells me that you've either never been outside of the U.S. or outside of someone's backyard.

while I've never been outside the US, i really would like to if you wouldn't mind footing the bill

and i actually read the damn post, so I'm pretty aware of at least the leagues in the UK.

also, one of my best friend's father played a hell of a lot of badminton, and even went to referee/judge it at the Atlanta Olympics in '96. I'm aware it's popular on an international level.

What you all failed to see was my emphasis of how I said I've never seen it played. Meaning that there isn't any coverage of any badminton (outside of a couple Olympic games). Meaning that there isn't a huge badmidton following (at least where I live, after all I said "I've NEVER seen"). Meaning that I don't even know if there's a National League or anything like it in the US. Meaning that there isn't any fame or fortune (comparatively) to be made in pursuing a professional career in badminton. Meaning that I'm perfectly justified in poking fun at the sport, and making the post that I made.

So F U ignoramuses

[soup]

same here, I've been in the same situation as him with hockey.
It really does just suck to know you'll never be a good player.

what the fuck you serious?

That's ridiculous, therefore I call you an idiot!!