Offside Chat Archives (2014-2021)

man, if AJ just actually gave football a shot, he’d honestly be the best wide receiver on the planet, I'm telling you, forget about those three fingers of Eric Odellko, AJ would be out there absolutely dominating guys like Emari; he's just built different 😂

Where on earth is Limoy 🙂

brightpilot6 said:By the way, man, I know you’re just trolling us; at first, I actually thought you were being serious, but once you mentioned you guys were just messing around and tossing it fifty yards at a time, the whole thing became crystal clear.

Even seasoned pros like NFL QBs often struggle to hit those kinds of distances, and I was just reading that Joe Flacco, who is widely considered to have one of the strongest arms in the league, holds a record of about sixty yards.

But here you are, chucking it thirty, forty, fifty yards like it's nothing, probably aiming at a fly on the wall.

Sixty yards under what circumstances—during a game or just whenever? I personally can't heave that ball more than 50 yards. Fine, maybe it wasn't 50 yards, perhaps it was less; maybe the official ball had a different mass than the one we were using, though that seems unlikely, I suppose... Look, I’m ready to stand in front of the FBI headquarters and take a shot at you from 20 yards away, and it never even crosses my mind that you wouldn't be able to hit me from that same distance without any trouble at all...

man, seriously, just stop trolling already🙄

Robin Fox2 said:Sixty yards under what circumstances—during a game or just whenever? I personally can't heave that ball more than 50 yards. Fine, maybe it wasn't 50 yards, perhaps it was less; maybe the official ball had a different mass than the one we were using, though that seems unlikely, I suppose... Look, I’m ready to stand in front of the FBI headquarters and take a shot at you from 20 yards away, and it never even crosses my mind that you wouldn't be able to hit me from that same distance without any trouble at all...

And you think 50 to 60 yards is a short distance? Even NFL goalkeepers can't throw "our" kind of ball that far, and they’re throwing it like a discus—meaning they aren't gripping it between their fingers, which inherently costs them power because you can't swing through with as much force, and they don't even have to worry about putting any spin on it.

Robin Fox2 said:Sixty yards under what circumstances—during a game or just whenever? I personally can't heave that ball more than 50 yards. Fine, maybe it wasn't 50 yards, perhaps it was less; maybe the official ball had a different mass than the one we were using, though that seems unlikely, I suppose... Look, I’m ready to stand in front of the FBI headquarters and take a shot at you from 20 yards away, and it never even crosses my mind that you wouldn't be able to hit me from that same distance without any trouble at all...

What on earth is VRM13 doing out in front of the Library of Congress? Throwing a rugby ball around. Oh my God. 🙏 🙏 🙏

To circle back to the main point—I’m not actually disputing your ability to throw that ball, but I find the claim that you could launch it as easily as any standard football to be pretty hard to swallow.

ruggedjackal46 said:What on earth is VRM13 doing out in front of the Library of Congress? Throwing a rugby ball around. Oh my God. 🙏 🙏 🙏

Naturally, this all happens during those brief interludes in our academic deliberations. One can't help but wonder if we are facing a sudden descent into total madness, a true *mens insana in corpore* 😂
where everything just falls apart.

ruggedjackal46 said:What on earth is VRM13 doing out in front of the Library of Congress? Throwing a rugby ball around. Oh my God. 🙏 🙏 🙏

Look, the reason NASA is out there is because they’ve already finished their business with the Library of Congress and can finally enjoy the view, whereas you lot are still stuck waiting for your turn to go inside... though I suppose you'll get there eventually... 🙂

brightpilot6 said:Naturally, this all happens during those brief interludes in our academic deliberations. One can't help but wonder if we are facing a sudden descent into total madness, a true *mens insana in corpore* 😂
where everything just falls apart.

Oh boy, here we go. Back to elementary school logic, I see.

That isn't a ball.

ruggedjackal46 said:What on earth is VRM13 doing out in front of the Library of Congress? Throwing a rugby ball around. Oh my God. 🙏 🙏 🙏

🤣🤣

Matthew Young35 said:That isn't a ball.

Glad someone finally said it.☕

Matthew Young35 said:That isn't a ball.

And here we have the nerds, sitting there watching a broadcast from the NFL.

It's way easier to throw an NFL ball underhand. You get that nice parabola, so you can easily hit 30 yards without breaking a sweat.

restlesssurfer97 said:No chance in hell 😂

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Matthew Anderson4 said:It's way easier to throw an NFL ball underhand. You get that nice parabola, so you can easily hit 30 yards without breaking a sweat.

That is only true if you manage to get a decent spiral on it.

restlesssurfer97 quietly drifts over to the "the die is cast" thread, wondering just how much effort it actually takes to throw a dice. 😂

Hey there, restlesssurfer97. ☕

Is it actually harder to toss a ball 2x8 meters in San Francisco or just throw it 2x8 meters into the river?