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How to trash talk?
This post spurred from a post on another site.
Everyone in that topic has good points. I'm new to that site but I think
I know a thing or two about trash talk. Trash talking isn't just saying
how you hate a team. The examples in the link above differentiate the
difference.
Boasting is cool but going over board isn't trash talk. It's showing
that you're a sore loser. Granted, when you win it's ok to boast about
it. Just don't take it over board.
Show respect to the other fans of the Greatest Conference in NCAA
Football (SEC for those of you that don't know). Respectful trash talk
is much more entertaining than hate talk. It can be done, it's not hard.
Not only do you make yourself look stupid if you just say nonsense in
your post. Trash talking consists of intelligent discussion. Trash
talking isn't just talking bad about the other team. A lot of times
just stating the stats and facts of a situation is the best smack talk
you can do. Saying a team is going to get spanked but not backing it up
makes you look stupid and other fans of that team dumb. You don't
represent just yourself. When you act like an idiot wearing whatever
jersey or sports apparel you're wearing, you are representing the
entire fan population. Someone visiting from out of town seeing you act
like an idiot just for a split second may very well be the only thing
they see while in town.
That being said, just be respectful in your posts. Back up what you're
saying with stats. It's ok to let personal opinion in but at least show
that you know what you're talking about and not just posting to stir up
trouble. A good opening post will bring a lot more intelligent
discussion to come. A poor post will just have a ton of responses of
people stating what an idiot you are and the point of the thread will
be lost. If you want others to agree with you, back it up.
Last but not least, don't attack the person. If you have to result to
attacking the person in your trash talking (IE: You [insert team] fans
are morons) you've already shown you can't discuss things in a mature
manner and no one will take you seriously. The second you do that,
you've lost you're argument. Hopefully you learned something about how to trash talk effectively and will keep it in mind next time you start laying on the smack talk.
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