Being called a "try hard" is apparently an insult now. What is our society coming to?

I heard a recent hs grad use it when he showed up at our high school's track practice last Spring. I wanted him to get away form my athletes.

Anyone who utters this phrase is a complete joke. It's just an excuse used by lazy people when they look bad.

I was personally on the receiving end of this insult in JV basketball. I was our 12th man on a team of 12 and one of the starters started laughing at me in warm ups one day stating, "You are that kid that always tries hard but never gets to play." It pissed me off to no end.

I got the last laugh when I received a large scholarship to a top 25 academic university to run. I made first team all conference and NCAAs 3 times. I not sure if that kid ever graduated from JUCO.

Although I'd never heard of this term either, research seems to indicate it is generally used as an insult. That doesn't mean trying hard is a bad thing. It's like when an adult tells a kid not to get smart with them. It doesn't mean being intelligent is bad. It's just usage man, don't be such a try hard.

Hbeautil story, dude.

See, this is what separates the Ryan Tannehils (who cussed out a practice squad player for intercepting him) of the world from the Tom Bradys (who would PAY practice squad players if they intercepted him) of the world.

One guy sees TryHards, the other encourages the best from his teammates. (And, say what you want about cheating scandals; Brady is a freaking winner.)

This has to have been around, in some form, for a century or more.

British university men would deride as "swots" the students who worked hard in classes. And for a long time in athletics, people who tried to train to their capacity were tagged with the same. The ideal was to win on natural ability, without having to make an effort.

The level of stupidity on display is off the charts.

"He tries hard" has been a condescending comment for many decades, connoting a lack of ability to produce results.

And you fools all chime in you have never heard this as if proud of your groupthink ignorance.

No wonder the Zi*nists were able to take over our country so easily

I like Letsrun because I can always find people I am more superior to. People like this.

Chewbacca wrote:

I bet you're one of those people who whines about the war on Christmas, too.

"Try Hard" doesn't insinuate that someone is making their best effort, it is saying that they are a poser and/or a brown noser.

Example of a try hard: Guy with the $500 GPS, compression sleeves, $200 shoes and coach on 3 sessions a week. The person who takes running seriously and puts in the hours isn't.

The teachers pet is a try hard. The student who just gets their work done isn't.

Thejeff wrote:

It is used to describe someone without much relative talent, but who gives a lot of effort. It is meant to be condescending.

I thought that trait was admirable? What did I miss?

I was ripped on all throughout College for working a lot harder than the talented group. They got the last laugh when they kicked my butt every weekend still. I must not have trained hard enough.

Please fool wrote:

The level of stupidity on display is off the charts.

"He tries hard" has been a condescending comment for many decades, connoting a lack of ability to produce results.

And you fools all chime in you have never heard this as if proud of your groupthink ignorance.

No wonder the Zi*nists were able to take over our country so easily

Oh, the irony!

LOL @ the Millenials who once again thought that they invented something only to find out it's been around forever!

Irony detector wrote:

Please fool wrote:

The level of stupidity on display is off the charts.

"He tries hard" has been a condescending comment for many decades, connoting a lack of ability to produce results.

And you fools all chime in you have never heard this as if proud of your groupthink ignorance.

No wonder the Zi*nists were able to take over our country so easily

Oh, the irony!

Oh the inventiveness, the originality.

Good try, K5.

[quote]K5 detector wrote:

Good try, K5.[/quote

Violence / Detentions — West Bank, Jerusalem 104 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since October 1 (List) IMEMC 27 Nov — The full list of the 104 Palestinians and 16 Israelis killed since October 1st is below. In the latest numbers on injuries, from this past Friday, November 20th, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that more than 10,000 Palestinians were injured since October 1st, including at least 1458 who were shot with live army fire, and 1070 shot with rubber-coated steel bullets. The Ministry also said that 300 Palestinians suffered fractures and bruises after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary settlers in the West Bank, in addition to 26 Palestinians who suffered burns due to Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades, while 6400 Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

There's the anti-Semitic K5 we all know and love! How are the "investments" doing?

Donald Trump’s nutty/scary claim that he saw thousands of Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks in Jersey City has been widely debunked in the media, but few are pointing out the story on which Trump’s claim is based: the arrest of five Israeli employees of a moving company who were said to have watched the towers fall from Weehawken, NJ, with jovial expressions.

Trump himself has sought to back up his claim by tweeting a passage from an article in the Washington Post on September 18. That article said:

In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners’ plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.

Who was detained? Israeli employees of a moving company:

Politico has an article that mentions the Washington Post article but doesn’t tell you that the arrested men were Israelis; while Slate downplays the incident as the “strange tale of the dancing Israelis” in a piece on 9/11 legends. It says that story has taken on a life of its own among anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists.

Whether the story is repeated by conspiracy theorists is irrelevant. The case was not a strange tale or a legend. The men were held by US authorities for more than two months before they were deported. This ABC News piece months later describes an investigation of suspicious behavior by the men:

Five men were arrested after they were seen filming the attack and apparently celebrating it too…

The driver of the van, Sivan Kurzberg, told the officers, “We are Israeli. We are not your problem. Your problems are our problems. The Palestinians are the problem.” The other passengers were his brother Paul Kurzberg, Yaron Shmuel, Oded Ellner and Omer Marmari.

Any more genius comments you want me to respond to with facts that are typically hidden from the US public?

There are hundreds of them.

When a critical mass of the American public finally understands what Israel really is and its influence in America there are going to be some big changes,

And all the efforts to keep the truth from us are doomed to fail.

John Chambers III wrote:

Ha ha. The OP is posting under to different names to make it appear that he didn't make this shit up. Epic failure!!!! Ha ha ha ha.

I forgive you.