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[Agent 47]

The fact that Australia is over represented in relation to their total population is absolutely irrelevant

MATHEMATICALLY INCORRECT. (the "irrelevant" part).

Americans are superior at basketball to Australians.

GENETICALLY INCORRECT. (see "Whose Genome is It?", at - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/H ... rns-82.pdf ).



Again you just go around and around in circles. Actually that would be consistent with someone that had a short attention span - perhaps someone with a mental condition such as ADD, or ADHD. All your points are old ones that I have already previously covered. All the answers are already there, and all you have to do is read them. But if you can't be bothered reading them, then I sure as hell can't be bothered re-typing them all out again for you.

And your demonstrated ongoing complete and utter failure to comprehend the mathematical significance of adjusting for different population totals only reinforces my theory that you have a MATHEMATICAL LEARNING DISABILITY. Possibly DYSCALCULIA.

But the thing that makes you truly idiotic though, is that someone like you, with an apparent MATHEMATICAL LEARNING DISABILITY, such as you seem to have, would start a MATHEMATICAL/STATISTICAL argument against someone normal. It's THAT that makes you SUPREMELY STUPID.


You really need to take some of your own advice when it comes to talking about anything to do with statistics and mathematics -

don't talk about things you have zero clue about.

And if ever I had any doubt before I came on this website that sports fans were SMALL MINDED, BRAIN-DEAD JERKS, then you Detroit/Polite single handedly confirm it even more. Your generally insulting attitude towards me on here right from the very beginning just keeps adding more and more proof to that. Good one D/P, you finally do have a purpose in life - you are useful as a BAD EXAMPLE.

And every time you try to insult me again, you just confirm it yet a little bit more. So you can't win. You can only lose. Sucked in Sesame Street boy.

[Agent 47]

Dickfilthy,
I understand the theme of these conversations but this thread is starting to sound like a sports debating team. NBA NBL NFL BFG STFU very boring.
Greencom

Sorry to hear that you found my substantial de-bunking of olympics hype so boring. I thought it was a classic piece of literature! Cheer up Greencom, here's a joke for ya - I'm sure you'll like this one - you too Sergey -

Q: What's the difference between banging your head against a brick wall, and listening to sports talk?
A: No difference - they're both good when they stop.

[Earl]

I like your joke, too.

[greencom]

Dickfilthy,
I understand the theme of these conversations but this thread is starting to sound like a sports debating team. NBA NBL NFL BFG STFU very boring.
Greencom

Sorry to hear that you found my substantial de-bunking of olympics hype so boring. I thought it was a classic piece of literature! Cheer up Greencom, here's a joke for ya - I'm sure you'll like this one - you too Sergey -

Q: What's the difference between banging your head against a brick wall, and listening to sports talk?
A: No difference - they're both good when they stop.

Dickfilthy,
Please don't get me wrong, I do appreciate your efforts. It's not your de-bunking I found boring, I think you did a bang up job but I felt beat up after reading all those sports acronyms and trying to reason with Polite24 is a bit pointless. I did enjoy the joke.
Greencom

[Lewis]

Q: What's the difference between banging your head against a brick wall, and listening to sports talk?
A: No difference - they're both good when they stop.

lol. Thats really good

[Agent 47]

Yeah, sorry about all the sporting references folks. Don't worry, that was the most boring research I've ever done in my life!

Glad you's liked the joke though. Iâ??ve tried to keep my jokes original up until now, but I must confess I googled that one, so I canâ??t take the credit for it. But in the process of doing that though, I came across another anti-sport website. It's a pretty small website, but it's anti-sport, so it's all good. Check it out at - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sharpton ... tball.html

[Polite24]

Im sorry but you're a fucking moron.

On a global scale, Australia basketball means nothing. Zero. The fact that their league folded means nothing. They've had a very few amount of NBA players. What the fuck don't you get about that?

Yes, when Americans are born they're not automatically better basketball players. But something happens between then and the time they start to grow up that makes them better.

Holy fuck, what don't you get? I can't believe your overanalyzing bullshit is actually being received well, especially by Earl.

I'll admit, I'm not too good at math. I got a 23 on my ACT, so I'm not stupid either.

Wow, you can't make this stuff up. You say I'm saying the same things, as are you, just in different ways.

And the fact that the main basketball league in Australia folded doesn't mean basketball is dying in the least bit. That's wishful thinking on your part. Don't kid yourself buddy.

The only thing I've been trying to say in this thread is that Australia is not that good at basketball. That's it. That's something that's globally accepted. I can't believe how you have responded.

[Earl]

I can't believe your overanalyzing bullshit is actually being received well, especially by Earl.

What?! I wasn't commenting on dickfilthy's "overanalyzing bullshit" one way or the other. All I was saying was that his joke that he told in his very last post was funny. Silence on my part does not necessarily imply consent or disagreement with what anyone has been saying, and sometimes I don't feel free to speak.

[greencom]

Hey Impolite24,
The fact that you're so upset about this basketball bullshit with Australia and the NBA means you're the moron. It's all meaningless stupid bullshit, who cares who's better? Sports fans really are idiots and every time you post something you further this forum's cause. Thank you for helping us out.
Greencom

[rotten]

Now, i wan't you to know polite that i'm not just picking on you, but i don't want you to acuse me of ignoring part of your post, so i am responding to all of it.

Im sorry but you're a fucking moron.

On a global scale, Australia basketball means nothing. Zero. The fact that their league folded means nothing. They've had a very few amount of NBA players. What the fuck don't you get about that?

What is it with people who don't understand the simple math he is talking about. Yes, there are few players who are Australian in the NBA, but there are also few Australians in the world. By matter of a simple ratio, comparing world population to the NBA then, yes, there are more Australians proportionately then there are in the world. Of course, Americans are way over represented as well.

It's like the following example. I made it so simple that even a "fucking moron" can understand it.

Orange planet has 45,000,000 people.
Green planet has only 30 people.
In this universe there is a club for the smartest people.
This club has 100 people.
71 are from the Orange planet.
29 are from the Green planet.
Now even though 29 is smaller then 71 do you see how the Green planet is overrepresented per capita?

I can't make it any simpler then that. If you still can't understand this concept, you may need to go retake a few years of school.

Yes, when Americans are born they're not automatically better basketball players. But something happens between then and the time they start to grow up that makes them better.

Yeah, it's all about us being very fortunate, living in a land with such great resources, and therefore, we aren't just spending all our time trying to scratch rocks out of the ground with a stick so we can get something to grow in the middle of the desert. We aren't just struggling to live. We aren't fighting with our government trying to keep them from taking all our work we do and giving it to a dictator so he can live with his many wives in his many palaces. It's so easy here to live we have time to play games. We have time to devote our lives with playing games for a living. Even minimum wage workers earn enough in one hour to supply all their food to live for one day, instead of toiling away in a hot factory for 14 hours a day, just to earn just enough to keep them from starving. We even get to go to school for 12 years (more for some of you) where sports are emphasized instead of working in a sweat shop all day just to be able to eat.

Holy fuck, what don't you get? I can't believe your overanalyzing bullshit is actually being received well, especially by Earl.

Earl just said he enjoyed his joke. As far as over-analyzing, i thought that's why you guys like the color commentators. That's all sports broadcasting is. What the hell is a post game show but over-analyzing what just happened. Anyway he isn't trying to over-analyze this, he is trying to get you to understand ratios.

I'll admit, I'm not too good at math. I got a 23 on my ACT, so I'm not stupid either.

Good, then maybe you can learn to understand the ratio thing, and my time isn't wasted here.

Wow, you can't make this stuff up. You say I'm saying the same things, as are you, just in different ways.

And the fact that the main basketball league in Australia folded doesn't mean basketball is dying in the least bit. That's wishful thinking on your part. Don't kid yourself buddy.

The only thing I've been trying to say in this thread is that Australia is not that good at basketball. That's it. That's something that's globally accepted. I can't believe how you have responded.

Maybe, Australian's just have better things to do with their time then to care about a silly game. And as far as the rest, see above about the ratio.

[Polite24]

I understand the ratio fully. It just has zero relevance in this conversation. The bottom line is the number of NBA players they produce, which is very little. Are they good for the amount of people they have? According to dickfilthy's stats, yes. That doesn't make them good as a country at basketball.

I've understood his argument the whole time. It's just a shitty argument that is grasping at straws.

I'm not putting down Australia as a country or anything like that. The only point I've been trying to prove is that Australia isn't good at basketball and their league folding means nothing to the NBA besides maybe a few NBA players here and there. That would be accepted as fact by anyone who follows sports.

[Polite24]

And if you're having fun playing basketball or any other sport I wouldn't call it a waste of time. You only live once(as far as we know) so you should do what makes you happy.

[rotten]

I understand the ratio fully. It just has zero relevance in this conversation. The bottom line is the number of NBA players they produce, which is very little. Are they good for the amount of people they have? According to dickfilthy's stats, yes. That doesn't make them good as a country at basketball.

It does have relevance, it means they produce more players that are suitable for the NBA then would be expected. It may not make them a "good" basketball country but it does make them an above average basketball country. Of course, they are a well developed fairly well resourced country like ours, with time to devote to such frivolous things.

I've understood his argument the whole time. It's just a shitty argument that is grasping at straws.

I'm not putting down Australia as a country or anything like that. The only point I've been trying to prove is that Australia isn't good at basketball and their league folding means nothing to the NBA besides maybe a few NBA players here and there. That would be accepted as fact by anyone who follows sports.

In your defense, yes, if the NBA lost all the Australian players there would still be plenty of players left. And for the record, most of us here don't follow sports.

[rotten]

And if you're having fun playing basketball or any other sport I wouldn't call it a waste of time. You only live once(as far as we know) so you should do what makes you happy.

It is a waste of time ( no different then playing video games, or messin around on the net) in places where they don't have the luxuries that we are so lucky to have.

[Fat Man]

Yes, when Americans are born they're not automatically better basketball players. But something happens between then and the time they start to grow up that makes them better.

Yeah! It's due to the declining quality of education in our high schools. They don't teach science and math anymore. They don't teach jack shit! They only teach sports and how to fold paper footballs.

That's why Americans are better basketball players and better football players.

Now on the other hand, in many countries overseas, they have better scientists and mathematicians.

When they are born they're not automatically better scientists or mathematicians. We're not much of anything when we are born. But something happens between then and the time they start to grow up that makes them better scientists and mathematicians. That something is a better education.

This chart shows how the USA ranks in science, reading skills, and math as compared to other countries.



Yes, some countries rank lower, like Third World countries and Banana Republics, but most countries rate much higher.

We are becoming a third world country.

This is because the USA has decided that it costs too much to supply a high school physics lab or chemistry lab with new equipment, that it's cheaper to put up new basketball hoops and buy new football uniforms, and fire all the science and math teachers so they can hire more athletic coaches.

We can always import techno-geeks from overseas.

And of course, those who are unable to become professional athletes, they end up bagging groceries and the only entertainment they can afford is to sit around the house watching football or basketball on TV and getting drunk on cheap beer.

Those of us who know too much, like me for example: we get beaten and bullied around, have our lives threatened, then some of us might suffer an emotional or mental breakdown as a result and spend a few weeks in the Ha Ha Hospital and get beaten some more and eventually raped, then we go on disability and draw a meager disability pension which just barely keeps us alive from one month to the next.

Thank you America.

Now, I hope you are still proud of our better basketball players, YOU SCHMUCK!!!