Definitions by Solid Mantis
Derek Chauvin
The reason George Floyd is dead, no matter who else was behind or benefitted from George Floyd's death.
Derek Chauvin by Solid Mantis April 17, 2021
Mouse
The two mice were in the creme, the first one drowned, and the second one ket struggling until it vhurned the creme into butter and crawled out until it could walk. So it didn't walk on water, but it did make it out of something that was liquid, until it could walk on solid ground again.
One thing is certain when all else seems uncertain if you don't keep struggling, you will be the mouse that drowns. You sink or you swim intil you can walk again, and once you can walk again, you start to have options of what to do and what not to do. Life is worth losing, so the worst case scenario is you end up the mouse that drowns or geys sick. Is that really the horror story the media tries to make it seem to be?
Mouse by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Defense
If you know your offense is struggling, and you feel like mice, there's the story about the two mice in the cream. The first one drowned, but the second one kept struggling until itchurned the creme into butter and crawled out until it could walk again. Really though, when you decide what you will allow to happen (on defense), and whether you will let somebody else determine the pace or the fate of what happens, is what makes the difference between whether it is hard enough to seem impossible not to lose, or whether it is actually impossible to lose. If you're going to fight, fight as you and not to be like somebody else, that way they don't determine your fate.
Defense is what makes the difference between whether it's hard enough to seem impossible to win with 93 points, and ehether it is impossible. If you give up before the end, it really will be impossible.
Defense by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Sports
Nowadays, with people who focus on just breaking records or mindless stats, the focus on why people came up with sports in the first place is lost. A group of kids with no pads and no formal rules getting together to play sports in a neighborhood is less likely to end up with any serious injuries than in pro sports, especially when kids know they're going to see each other again on a regular basis, in case the kid with the chip on his/her shoulder is thinking about breaking some bones and taking another kid out for an extended time, or in case another kid is thinking about hiding out for an extended time over an overextended ankle or sore thumb.
People who want people to focus on mindless stats or broken records are missing the point of why there are sports in the first place. Superheroes don't exist, so the point of sports is not to become one.
Sports by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Scapegoat
Scapegoat by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Scapegoat
The one that takes the fall for something negative (like a bounty scandal or worse), the face of something negative.
Though his entire band participated in it, he ended up being the scapegoat until the band got popular again, at which time they replaced his face with their own, front and center.
Scapegoat by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Scapegoat
The guy that got caught and took the fall for something like a bounty scandal, or worse. The guy who is the face of something negative.
He/she was the scapegoat when the going got tough, but once the band got popular again, somebody else was center stage, with their face front and center.
Scapegoat by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021