I think that if Eaton would have set the world record at the Olympics instead of in Eugene, more people would have been impressed. Regardless, this guy is a special athlete.
Somehow it seems that he didn't get the recognition he deserved. Bruce Jenner and Daley Thompson received a lot more press when they were at their height.
I think Bong Boy and Bikinigirl got the Wheaties box this year!
wtfunny wrote:
Just to clarify things, here are 2 posts from body master, one immediately succeeding the other (emph added):
Rudisha's 800m WR is not impressive because we knew he could already do it. It was just another personal best. His 1:41:01 was about as good as that. It's just a different number.Both Blake and Rudisha were impressive.
That's some consistent thinking there.
This is the same person who goes on to say:
A world record is not significant to us. Nor is olympic gold.
Which, if I may, is possibly the most ridiculous comment on this forum so far.
Aren't you the retard who couldn't? Couldn't beat me in an argument. Couldn't give me a reason for Rudisha's signifance. Couldn't give me details as to why I was "silly". Couldn't understand context. I thought i dismissed you from this thread already.
Unless you're dating/affiliated/married/family with Rudisha than his WR and Olympic Gold are NOT significant to you. Did you coach him? Did you mentor him? Were you there all the way from the beginning for his success?
No? Are you a fan? Then it's only IMPRESSIVE. Yes, a world record is impressive to us. Olympic Gold is impressive to us. But it can hardly be significant unless you're some kind of stalker freak.
Let's look at what significant actually means.
"having a major effect"
Did Rudisha's WR have a major effect in your life? Perhaps you won a bet and made thousands?
Now let's look at impressive.
" making a strong or vivid impression; awe inspiring"
I'm quite positive that it's this definition.
How many times am i not only going to reject your post/ideas but provide support and logic to reject them? How many times will you keep on calling me "ridiculous" with no basis to back it up except your own bruised ego's opinion?
Skyart wrote:
Woah, I thought all the WR's this year were significant... guess I gotta rethink everything
Honestly, body Master doesn't understand the meaning of significance
They are. But not to you.
body master wrote:
Skyart wrote:Woah, I thought all the WR's this year were significant... guess I gotta rethink everything
Honestly, body Master doesn't understand the meaning of significance
They are. But not to you.
You doesn't make any sense
SkyArt wrote:
body master wrote:They are. But not to you.
You doesn't make any sense
One day you'll realize what's important to you in life. Rudisha's WR is not one of them.
body master
Yet your first post here states emphatically that Rudisha's wr is NOT impressive?
Blake's 9.69 is less significant to me. It's a great run. An awesomely impressive run. But the annals of T&F will highlight Rudisha's performance over that run. They'll also highlight the women's 4x100. And Eaton's performance. And Bolt's OG performance.
Details why you're silly? Because you don't think an OG gold medal and wr performance that makes a powerful claim to the 800m GOAT is significant. And that's just one illustration of your silliness in this thread.
Your adulation of Blake's performance doesn't seem to be as significant to most folks on this thread; for good reason.
I can't think of what effect Blake's run has had on me.
How tall are you?
wtfunny wrote:
body master
Yet your first post here states emphatically that Rudisha's wr is NOT impressive?
Blake's 9.69 is less significant to me. It's a great run. An awesomely impressive run. But the annals of T&F will highlight Rudisha's performance over that run. They'll also highlight the women's 4x100. And Eaton's performance. And Bolt's OG performance.
Details why you're silly? Because you don't think an OG gold medal and wr performance that makes a powerful claim to the 800m GOAT is significant. And that's just one illustration of your silliness in this thread.
Your adulation of Blake's performance doesn't seem to be as significant to most folks on this thread; for good reason.
I can't think of what effect Blake's run has had on me.
How tall are you?
LOL. This post has confirmed ALL my suspicions about your mentality on this subject.
Who CARES about YOU. This isn't about you. This is about the sport. Remember when i told you to stop thinking on an egocentric plane and start thinking broader?
The most intelligent people see this thread and think of something that affects the sport, the athletes, not themselves. Then there are the ones just like yourself who continually whine so selfishly about their perspective and can't fathom why they need to explain their egotist view. The reason you can't explain is because you're making this too personal. You only see what you want to see and nothing else matters.
You can't think of how Blake's run effects you because it probably doesn't! Even if it doesn't effect YOU, that does not mean you shouldn't consider it. Stating only what effects you is called bias. The best responses eliminate bias as much as possible. But you my friend, have done the complete opposite.
BTW. My first post meant to say his WR was not THAT impressive. After all my posts i never continued down that path or argued that it was not impressive. A left out that only someone like yourself would care to dig up, and take quite literally to heart.
The only reason Blake isn't getting any fanfare here is A) 95% of the posters are distance runners and B) they can't differentiate between impressive and significant
How is it that if you created another thread called "Most Impressive T&F performance of 2012" you would undoubtedly get Rudisha again? Yet these words are not synonyms.
body master wrote:
One day you'll realize what's important to you in life. Rudisha's WR is not one of them.
Track is important to me, thus thing that happens in track are important to me, doesn't matter if it's not as important as something like family.
I am a sprinter myself, yet I don't find Blake's run more significant that most of the other things that were mentioned, and I'd bet most sprinters would agree.
That 9.69 will not have as if of an effect on the world as any of that previously mentioned events will. If you don't understand why then all hope is lost in the world
body masterI was actually referencing your own comment that Rudisha's performance is not significant to me. You said:
Unless you're dating/affiliated/married/family with Rudisha than his WR and Olympic Gold are NOT significant to you.
And my point is that Blake's performance is far LESS significant to me. I can't answer for anyone else. And nor can you.
You seem to think it's somehow significant to people 5'10" or shorter who run 100m races. IMO, a wr/Olympic gold is more significant to a whole host more people, and to the sport as a whole.
And many people have argued the same in this thread. That you think this is because people here need you to define the word significant for them is testimony to your own ego, nothing more.
I apologize if you didn't mean your posts to be taken literally. For someone who seems to concentrated on the distinguishing delineations between "significant" and "impressive", I'd have thought you did indeed mean for your posts to be interpreted as they're written. Apparently not.
If you seriously need someone to articulate for you why a world record is more significant than Blake's PB, I wish you well. If you seriously need someone to articulate for you why an Olympic gold medal is more significant than Blake's PB, I wish you well. If you seriously need someone to articulate for you why a Rudisha's dominant performance is more significant than Blake's PB, I wish you well. The same could be said for the women's 4x100, and the decathlon wr.
Yohan Blake's height is of no importance, and has no effect on T&F. Whatsoever. No more than the color of his skin.
Have fun with yourself.
wtfunny wrote:
body master
I was actually referencing your own comment that Rudisha's performance is not significant to me. You said:
Unless you're dating/affiliated/married/family with Rudisha than his WR and Olympic Gold are NOT significant to you.And my point is that Blake's performance is far LESS significant to me. I can't answer for anyone else. And nor can you.
You seem to think it's somehow significant to people 5'10" or shorter who run 100m races. IMO, a wr/Olympic gold is more significant to a whole host more people, and to the sport as a whole.
And many people have argued the same in this thread. That you think this is because people here need you to define the word significant for them is testimony to your own ego, nothing more.
I apologize if you didn't mean your posts to be taken literally. For someone who seems to concentrated on the distinguishing delineations between "significant" and "impressive", I'd have thought you did indeed mean for your posts to be interpreted as they're written. Apparently not.
If you seriously need someone to articulate for you why a world record is more significant than Blake's PB, I wish you well. If you seriously need someone to articulate for you why an Olympic gold medal is more significant than Blake's PB, I wish you well. If you seriously need someone to articulate for you why a Rudisha's dominant performance is more significant than Blake's PB, I wish you well. The same could be said for the women's 4x100, and the decathlon wr.
Yohan Blake's height is of no importance, and has no effect on T&F. Whatsoever. No more than the color of his skin.
Have fun with yourself.
Aaaand.... you lose again. Obviously i called you out into answering all those questions but you can't. GG nub!
SkyArt wrote:
body master wrote:One day you'll realize what's important to you in life. Rudisha's WR is not one of them.
Track is important to me, thus thing that happens in track are important to me, doesn't matter if it's not as important as something like family.
I am a sprinter myself, yet I don't find Blake's run more significant that most of the other things that were mentioned, and I'd bet most sprinters would agree.
That 9.69 will not have as if of an effect on the world as any of that previously mentioned events will. If you don't understand why then all hope is lost in the world
Dude wow. You're obviously wtfunny. You aren't fooling anyone. Not to mention you try to capitalize "Master" in my name to make it look like you're a different person. Way too suspicious.
You don't think i wouldn't recognize the same kid who i've been arguing with this entire thread? LOL. Come on bro
Anyone, i call BS that you're a sprinter. There is NO WAY you would know that much distance lore if you were a real sprinter. What a joke.
wtfunny wrote:
Predictor wrote:Let me give a simple answer instead of the 1000 word disertations that you seem to love.
Actual performances are more significant than implied potential.
Rudisha went from the dominant 800m runner of the current time to arguably the best of all time with his performance.
Same with bolt.
Blake's performance, according to you, suggested short people can run fast.
^ this ^
Predictor is also wtfunny. You AUTOMATICALLY lose the argument for stooping so low. Not only did you get wtfpwned by my logic but it bruised your ego so bad you had to get not one but TWO different aliases to try and triple team me. And still lose.
body master wrote:
Dude wow. You're obviously wtfunny. You aren't fooling anyone. Not to mention you try to capitalize "Master" in my name to make it look like you're a different person. Way too suspicious.
You don't think i wouldn't recognize the same kid who i've been arguing with this entire thread? LOL. Come on bro
Anyone, i call BS that you're a sprinter. There is NO WAY you would know that much distance lore if you were a real sprinter. What a joke.
OMG lol wow dude
First of all, no, I'm not wtffunny. I like to put caps i names when ever i can. plus I have keyboard issues with my n and b button, which is why there are plenty of typos i my previous posts, ice try though. Also I barely know anything about distance running lol, when the hell have I ever posted ANYTHING about a distance event/athlete, other than mentioning Rudisha's WR in this thread? that's what I thought
Go home kid
Believe it or not, there is more than one person who doesn't believe that a short person running almost as fast as a tall one is not the most significant event of the year.
Believe it or not, there is more than one person who doesn't believe that a short person running almost as fast as a tall one is the most significant event of the year.