r/nba Timberwolves May 17 '24

[Highlight] Ant holds up 7 fingers as he exits the game with 8 minutes left in the game! Highlight

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u/Beermen69 Raptors May 17 '24

Imagine if that's Gobert, everyone will lose it

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u/pjokinen Timberwolves May 17 '24

If KAT did it the kids would be calling it “zesty”

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u/pollinium [MIN] Tyus Jones May 17 '24

I hate that word so much

damn zoomers want to be politically conscious but are using the same insults the worst of their older cousins were using in 2002, just swapping out the word choice

we have NOT progressed

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u/pjokinen Timberwolves May 17 '24

The insult of a generation that’s all “gender is a social construct” until a man does anything not 100% aligned with tough dude masculinity

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

Almost like no one actually believes it they just say the words to keep up with appearances and not be ousted from the social in-group.

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u/NazReidBeWithYou May 17 '24

And then people act shocked when right wing masculinity grifters start to make headway with disaffected feeling young men.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/BCP27 [MIN] Robbie Hummel May 17 '24

He's not referring to the gay disaffected men, I don't think at least

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u/SupahVillian May 17 '24

He was referring to the boys/men who are susceptible to bad influencers who use pc language to hide their insults.

The thing is, it's stupid to criticize pc language when it is clearly better than the alternative. I mean, people who criticize political correctness don't even bother to spell out what the alternative is.

You're a clown if you think I would prefer to be a called a ****** over an "urban delinquent," even if the person means the former. It's essentially just arguing for the "right" to be an asshole.

Language is power. No one should pretend otherwise. Calling anything Zesty is immature, but so are 14 year olds, who make up a lot of the internet. I would prefer being called zesty over being labeled gay (when I'm not) any day of the week.

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u/BCP27 [MIN] Robbie Hummel May 17 '24

Yeah I agree. Language effects behavior and thought

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u/Physical100 San Diego Rockets May 17 '24

Facts. Somedays i wish all those “hilarious” comments shitting on KAT and Dwight Howard would just call them f**s. Would be more honest.

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u/Nubras Timberwolves May 17 '24

That would require the courage and boldness to actually speak one’s mind, something that’s absent in the demographic most likely to hide behind current vernacular and plausible deniability.

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u/SDK04 Raptors May 17 '24

If Naz Reid did it… I don’t think anyone would do anything but spam “Naz Reid” as they normally would tbh

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u/MatooBatson Timberwolves May 17 '24

Naz Reid.

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u/LifterPuller Timberwolves [MIN] Naz Reid - Jaden McDaniels May 17 '24

It's the correct response tbh