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Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« on: November 17, 2010, 02:16:31 PM »

Offline Lucky17

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I was expecting to see an Onion article in yesterday's 'Miami "Fan Up"' thread. I was a day off.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/careless-blazers-goofing-around-with-basketball-sh,18448/
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 03:38:35 PM »

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Seems like tasteless humor to me. The poor guy hasn't been able to stay healthy, and if he was heatlhy he would be a heck of a player. I don't see it as his fault.
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2010, 05:17:31 PM »

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Great article.

Definitely not tasteless, but definitely offensive for some. But most Onion parodies are offensive to someone. News parody that doesn't get someone riled up isn't doing a good job.

Making someone who is making millions of dollars but is injured hardly seems unethical to me. He is still an NBA player. He still has a bright future either in the NBA or investing his money post NBA. Oden is not someone who needs to be protected.

I find the 'old man' jokes far more offensive than the injury prone ones.
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2010, 06:12:37 PM »

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Very funny.

TP.
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2010, 07:07:14 PM »

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Quote from: rondo987 on November 17, 2010, 03:38:35 PM
Seems like tasteless humor to me. The poor guy hasn't been able to stay healthy, and if he was heatlhy he would be a heck of a player. I don't see it as his fault.

welcome to the onion.

actually, my favorite article from the onion is still....

http://www.theonion.com/articles/christ-converts-to-islam,754/

it is hard to beat this for breaking news. gosh, i love the onion.
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2010, 07:44:27 PM »

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I think its pretty funny; I always enjoy the onion.

Tip that some might find useful: before a (potentially) stressful presentation at work or other type of event I read over the daily onion to get my mind off of things.  It works well for me.
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2010, 12:34:34 PM »

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Wow - as usual the Onion is very prescient.  They haven't been this far ahead of the curve since this article:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/
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Re: Greg Oden shatters into "a thousand pieces"
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2010, 01:25:49 PM »

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Quote from: fairweatherfan on November 18, 2010, 12:34:34 PM
Wow - as usual the Onion is very prescient.  They haven't been this far ahead of the curve since this article:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/

Well that's just straight up eerie.  I had never read that before...TP.
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