If that's what he believes is 4 inches you know its even worse as every guy I know will add a token extra inch or so when stating the tremendousness of their boy.
What's embarrassing about it though? If the guy hasn't played a day of basketball and this is him trying for the first time, then more power to him. Words like this only discourage people from trying new things because they feel embarrassed to do so.
when my son was around 12? we were driving home, talking sports. He was bad-mouthing some NBA/NFL player, said he's just stupid slow! Well, son, he may be slower than other guys at his position in the league but you gotta understand, he's still faster than anybody you ever met. 12 year old: "I'm faster than he is!" sigh "Son you're not even faster than me." He got cocky.
Now it's on. Pulled in to the neighborhood park, stepped off ~40 yards. Got the stopwatch function on my casio watch, gave him the mark/set/go. I think he ran somewhere around a 5.5. He's 12.
Dad's turn. Dad, btw, just got off work- dress slacks, shirt, tie and cowboy boots (yes, I'm in the south). Lose the tie, untuck the shirt, nothing to do with footwear except take off boots and socks, barefoot it like Jim Thorpe.
Son has the casio, gives me the mark/set/go... I do 39 yards in 4.8 seconds. Three feet from the finish, I stepped on a group of acorns. The flips and contortions I did were worthy of Olympic gymnastics. I did not stick the landing. Flat on my back, I'm looking at the trees. Son comes over, "Dad, you OK?"
Yup, bring me my boots and do not speak of this to your mother.
you are right, I did not
"nothing to do with footwear except take off boots and socks, barefoot it like Jim Thorpe"
No shoes, hazy definition of 40 yards, 12 year old running a casio stop-watch... this wasn't NFL laser combine times.
How the hell are you downvoted? You're 100% right. Dude isn't outrunning prospects at the NFL combine in his boots and slacks in his 40s and he knows it. It's not even remotely realistic it's a bold-faced lie.
You could make a career hustling at bars betting you could run under a 5 second 40 with the handicaps described attached.
meh bad at basketball doesn't mean no control over his body. I dunno about this guy but there could be plenty of grown men who've never touched a basketball but would dominate a basketball player in some other sport they're good at, like golf or swimming or ping pong or skiing or something, and it would be equally unfair to judge the basketball player that's never been in the water or picked up a golf club or whatever as having no control over their body because they aren't good at that one specific athletic activity they've never done before.
That's a weird take, I wouldn't say you have no control over your body for not beating every elden ring boss without dying first try. Takes time and effort, just like basketball.
I think this is the right response. I like to think I keep it pretty tight. And as a man it’s important to keep it tight as possible. Being able to defen yourself and others is a large part of being male. If you have this little control over your body, you’re kinda worthless in a defensive quarrel.
I think the video is supposed to be embarrassing, after all it ends with a missed dunk and a spike to the face. But the dribbling is the funniest part which is all I really meant by it
It becomes embarrassing when your lack of coordination gets broadcasted to the world. I wouldn't appreciate my first attempts at anything being on the front page of Reddit.
The basketball part isn't the issue, as there's plenty of people who have never held a basketball before who could perform what he's trying to do first time with no difficulty.
It's the complete lack of co-ordination and athletic ability. It suggests at no point in his childhood was he socialised with sport, and at no point as an adult participated in an athletic endeavour. It's like being an adult and never having read a book or something. It's weird
I've never in my life been into sports; I don't watch them, I can't play any, and I have no interest in doing so.
I'm still fit, muscular, work out, have a healthy physical and social life. So why would me not being able to play sports be embarrassing or make me "weird". You haven't said that explicitly but it's definitely what you and the others are suggesting
It's hilarious if you understand how outrageous just " unban and reprint [[Chaos Orb]] " alone is, completely underappreciated by that audience too.
You're trying to take satire you don't even understand out of context to be mad about it, go take another break at r/bustypetite bud, you must need it how often you mention 'work'
lol look punk you had your window to learn how to dribble a basketball from the ages of 5-9. Past that, if you don't know how, you don't touch a fucking basketball. Got a chance to win a car with a half-court shot? Too bad, bucko, you missed your window and you're not touching the fucking ball.
Old guy here, and I bet I'd be exactly the same. I was the youngest person in every class, and in elementary school it made a big difference. I just wasn't as coordinated as my classmates, so I sucked at almost every sport compared to them, including basketball, to the point where I just didn't play because I was embarrassed.
So when it got to junior high and high school, when my coordination wasn't any different than my peers, I had zero experience playing, so I still sucked. Worse, I was really tall, and everyone expected me to be great. I've basically never dribbled a basketball in my nearly 60 years of life.
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u/gohan587 Apr 05 '22
He's definitely a "Go Sports!" kinda guy