you people

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"Calls to the police reporting men's assaults on their wives or intimate partners rose 10 percent in areas where the local National Football League team lost a game they were favored to win, according to an analysis of 900 regular-season NFL games, reports researchers in a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. The ten-year study followed six NFL teams, including the Carolina Panthers, using national and local crime reports. The disappointment of an unexpected loss, the researchers concluded, raises the risk that football fans may react inappropriately, especially when the home teams lose to rivals. "

3/22/2011 8:27:48 AM

A good gf/fiance/spouse should know when to avoid confrontation. After a bad loss if one of those times.

3/22/2011 8:30:13 AM

Often that's when they instigate confrontations.

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"It's just a game."

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"Oh shut up, it's just a game."

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"It's just a stupid game."

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"Why do you even care so much, it's just a stupid game."

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"It's a game and it doesn't matter 10 minutes after it's over."

etc.



[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 8:57 AM. Reason : ]

3/22/2011 8:45:58 AM

I blame the victim.

3/22/2011 8:47:23 AM

They probably rooted for the other team in spite

3/22/2011 8:51:33 AM

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"A good gf/fiance/spouse should know when to avoid confrontation. After a bad loss if one of those times."

A good bf/fiance/spouse should know that it's a game and it doesn't matter 10 minutes after it's over.

3/22/2011 8:52:55 AM

most sports fans are neanderthals this is not surprising

3/22/2011 8:53:49 AM

A good gf/fiance/spouse should know when to avoid confrontation. After a bad loss if one of those times.

3/22/2011 8:58:02 AM

A good gf/fiance/spouse should be just as heart broken by a bad loss of your shared favorite team.

I'm looking at you, NC State-Maryland football game.

3/22/2011 9:00:40 AM

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"A good gf/fiance/spouse should know when to avoid confrontation. After a bad loss is one of those times."

QFT. Usually when NC State loses, I just go to the garage or outside and take out my frustration on some project or something.

3/22/2011 9:31:26 AM

lol @ people who get emotionally involved in sports/games they don't play

3/22/2011 9:36:33 AM

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"lol @ people who get emotionally involved in sports/games music they don't play"

3/22/2011 9:38:15 AM

At this point I get much more upset at Carolina winning a game they shouldnt than State losing a game the shouldnt.. I'm looking at you Miami, Clemson, Washington etc.

3/22/2011 9:40:08 AM

^^ i agree completely...for example, folks who get angry when other people don't like the same music they like are pretty fucking lame

[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 9:40 AM. Reason : .]

3/22/2011 9:40:50 AM

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"A good gf/fiance/spouse should know when to avoid confrontation. After a bad loss if one of those times."

lol agreed

3/22/2011 9:41:44 AM

If she doesn't give me at least 15 minutes to cool down, then I don't need a tank top to be a wife beater.

3/22/2011 9:42:58 AM

All joking aside...I honestly was like this in high school and maybe early college. But my girlfriend at the time was a smart one and knew to avoid me and that she shouldn't expect much out of me for the rest of the day.

But I've grown up and/or become numb to NC State athletics. So although losses disappoint me, they don't affect anything else.

And significant others should be alert for things that upset their partners...sports related or not. I know how to handle my gf when she comes home after a bad day at work. I expect her to learn how to respond when I'm in a bad mood as well.

We are creatures of adaptations. If your boyfriend gets upset after a bad loss, leave him along and go outside and water the flowers or go to the kitchen and bake something.

3/22/2011 9:44:52 AM

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"I know how to handle my gf when she comes home after a bad day at work. I expect her to learn how to respond when I'm in a bad mood as well. "

Fuck that noise. I don't care what kind of mood you're in, there is no excuse to hit your spouse. Fucking caveman.

Also, how the hell do you get upset at a sports outcome to the point where it ruins the rest of your day? Christ.



[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 10:05 AM. Reason : \/ bad troll]

3/22/2011 10:01:35 AM

Closed fists are a definite no-no, but everything short of that is fair game if she is clearly violating your right to mourn after a stomach-punch loss.

3/22/2011 10:04:04 AM

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"They probably rooted for the other team in spite"

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Lol

3/22/2011 10:04:59 AM

...TO THE MOON , ALICE!

3/22/2011 10:07:30 AM

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"That's right and if they give ya any lip, beat them with a sack of Florida oranges, it won't leave a bruise and it'll show 'em who's boss."

3/22/2011 10:08:49 AM

I smack my gf everyday for being a pain in the ass.

3/22/2011 10:09:17 AM

bitch should learn to shut her mouth

3/22/2011 10:10:40 AM

where is this from? I have a friend I want to send it to that more than likely helped with that 10% increase

3/22/2011 11:36:12 AM

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"Fuck that noise. I don't care what kind of mood you're in, there is no excuse to hit your spouse. Fucking caveman."

I never hit her, but I would shove the shit out of her.

3/22/2011 12:10:42 PM

SHAKE THE SHIT

SHAKE!

3/22/2011 12:11:25 PM

[Edited on March 22, 2011 at 12:17 PM. Reason : i knew that didn't sound quite right]

3/22/2011 12:17:25 PM

it's ok boo

you can shake me all you want

3/22/2011 12:18:33 PM

^ I don't think he gets it.

3/22/2011 12:19:01 PM

3/22/2011 12:19:50 PM

there were a lot of women getting beat in the Charlotte area last season.

3/22/2011 12:46:16 PM

He is a she

3/22/2011 12:48:19 PM

^^ Nah b/c when are the Panthers ever favored?

3/22/2011 1:27:13 PM

Football losses = the new "burning the pot roast"???

3/22/2011 1:31:39 PM

this is an excellent way to help your wife/gf develop an interest in football. if she knows she's getting a beatdown if the Bears lose, she will, as a matter of course, become a Bears fan.

3/22/2011 6:02:32 PM

I'm pretty sure domestic violence causes football upsets.

3/22/2011 6:34:07 PM