i perceive...

Has this phenomenon ever occured to you:
You were once close. And everything they did - their voice, the way they laughed, the way they smiled, etc etc.
(If the other person is opposite gender), then all of those things were cute.
(If the other person is the same gender), then all of those things were awesome.
Yeah? Gotta love the way they move *insert riff*

But now you have fallen out. And everything they do - their voice, the way they laugh, the way they smile, etc etc.
And all of those things are STOP BEING WITHIN MY SURROUNDINGS. WHY MUST YOU DO THOSE THINGS RELENTLESSLY. DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW ANNOYING YOU ARE?! ETC ETC.
Yeah? Gotta hate everything they do. *no riff here*


Pardon the horribly crude transition to a related topic, but for the same reason, why is saliva so acceptable within your own mouth, but say if you drooled into a cup and drank it again, it's the most disgusting thing ever?


Have you been condescending towards any activity, just because you aren't involved in it? This is easiest to demonstrate with sport.
(Hey Max, I'm actually quoting you for once. But I DID point this out to you when you did it so we're good, yeah? 8D)
As you probably know, Max knows the rules of basketball and none of soccer. Me? Well I'm vice versa. I know soccer and none of basketball.
So here I have him asking questions that go like

"Hey, are formations even useful in soccer? I mean you just run around and kick the ball and shit. What's the point of a team structure?"
"Is there any skill in soccer? How can one person be better than another person at soccer? Are there any skills involved in beating one person (or whatever he used to mean "anklebreak")?"

For anyone who has played soccer, you probably know these are two ignorant questions put into a condescending form. I don't find it fair to claim that soccer structures are more apparent than in basketball, or that intricate footwork is much more impressive than bouncing a ball quickly. Because I don't watch basketball, haven't played it properly, and probably still don't know half of the 300 or so rules, I really have no knowledge of basketball. And how can I possibly pass judgment when I'm biased like I am?

I'm not claiming holiness either, though. I've made comments like
"Do people care about being good at basketball, or like, just try to draw as many fouls as possibly by waving around in the key?"
"Why do people even bother shooting properly if you can just charge through everyone in the key and layup/dunk the ball when you get close enough?"


There also a similar incident with someone else, but I'm not certain who it was so I'm not going to name names.
But it went along the lines of an athletic vs swimming relay.

Personally I do not see the skill in swimming relay. When the other person is about to touch the wall then you jump in and swim. No teamwork involved. It doesn't matter who the person before you was. That doesn't affect your own performance. Essentially swimming relays are just an aggregate of the individual swimmer's times.

Athletics relays, however, are hugely dependent on the interaction between two runners. That's why people practise baton changing for relay. Let's talk about the change between first and second leg.
When 1st is about 7m away from 2nd, 2nd should go out on a full out sprint. After about 5-6 strides, 2nd should stick their hand out, and receive the baton (without looking back). In doing this, the baton should travel at a constant speed; the acceleration time of 2nd runner should have occurred while 1st runner was catching up to them.
This is why the world record for 4x100 relay is 37.10s. Which is miles faster than Usain Bolt's 9.58 multiplied by 4. Because most Olympic sprinters have the same top speed - all that separates them is the time taken to reach the speed (Usain Bolt's massive acceleration makes him a god).
But in 4x100m relay, the changes should essentially delete any acceleration times from the equation (except for the 1st leg starting off), and just be top speed all the rest of the 370-ish metres down the track.


Wow notice my beautiful segue off topic - I started with friends falling apart, then about saliva, then about people not understanding other sports, then sports full stop. What a multi-talented post =)
Just like MEATLOAF HI5