Definitions by Solid Mantis
Poser
Someone that thinks a team wants to be like another team because the other team has the better record. Nobody likes to lose, but would you rather lose as you or win as somebody else? It doesn't take any honor to win.
If you're not fighting as you, what's the point of being undefeated? People wouldn't allow their team to lose without a fight, but before they wouldn't let them lose, they wouldn't let them become a poser team. They would rather their team be losers or underachievers who were themselves than to be overachievers who were somebody else, even if it seemed stupid to everybody else.
Poser by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Ally
There's a difference between standing for something that's right, and kissing people's asses. A lot of white guys nowadays think they owe somebody with darker skin or hair an apology for something some other white guy (or girl) did to someone with darker skin than them, and that being an ally to people you don't even know is wise. Is every black guy an ally of another black guy because they both have darker skin? Is every black female an ally of every black male? Before a white guy gives in to the demands of a group of people, it would be good if he thought about shit like that, and whether any of the people in this group were ever really his allies.
Sometimes it's better to openly be enemies than to pretend to be friends with somebody else to avoid conflict. Not everyone who is black is an ally of each other, so why wouldn't a white guy determine on an individual basis which black people were friends and which black peole were foes, even if he ended up looking racist because of it? Wouldn't that make more sense than blindly putting trust in a group of people you never met to support an agenda you have no good information about?
Ally by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Bounty scandal
Bounty scandal by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Bounty scandal
If it's been done in the NFL, it's possible to do it in the NBA. A couple guys on an injury list isn't unusual, but half the team at one time a short time before the playoffs is a bit suspect, and their are people who would try to win at any cost to everybody else, and would go even further to try and cover it up.
Someone not getting caught in a bounty scandal doesn't mean there's not one. If enough people were part of one, they'd be hard to catch.
Bounty scandal by Solid Mantis April 16, 2021
Made whole
If somebody that was part of a community dies, the community doesn't get made whole again, and actions don't get undone. It's now what was the whole community minus one.
What the police don't tell people is if they take a life, it doesn't get replaced. To be made whole, the guy would have to come back from the dead, and that is something you don't see.
Made whole by Solid Mantis April 15, 2021
Carbon monoxide
What somebody is going to breathe instead of oxygen if you stick their head next to an exhaust pipe intentionally.
If a guy has a knee on his neck while his head is right near an exhaust pipe of a car, he has nothing to take in but car exhaust. Just like somebody sitting in a garage with the grage door closed and a car running. Death is from both lack of oxygen and carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide by Solid Mantis April 14, 2021
Derek Chauvin trial
By saying Derek Chauvin is not responsible, the justice system is really saying that one guy's image matters more than thousands of lives. If their lives don't matter, neither does his image.
Derek Chauvin is the reason George Floyd is dead, a spade is a spade. The Derek Chauvin trial doesn't change reality.
Derek Chauvin trial by Solid Mantis April 14, 2021