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    • MajorRage
      MajorRage last edited by MajorRage

      Starting this off in the sports forum as it'd be good to keep it on topic related only to sporting things and I think it's a good idea ...

      Anyway, to start it off - Dale Steyn. It seems that resident commentator Simon Doull noted that he'd grown his hair out and called it a mid life crisis hairstyle ... Steyn has responded with the below rant. Doull has not responded (publicly at least).

      Is there something I've missed? Is hairlength-ism some sort of bigoted thing in SA that cannot be joked about? Or is this just an epic sense of humour failure?

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      • Bones
        Bones @MajorRage last edited by

        @majorrage haven't seen the hair in question, but all I'll say is it's lucky Fakatava isn't as thin-skinned. It's not like rugby commentators have plenty of "free" time to fill gaps in play too...

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        • MajorRage
          MajorRage @Bones last edited by

          @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

          @majorrage haven't seen the hair in question, but all I'll say is it's lucky Fakatava isn't as thin-skinned. It's not like rugby commentators have plenty of "free" time to fill gaps in play too...

          Don't think I could talk about him in my local curry house. Tava is their specialty curry (and it's epic).

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            scribe @MajorRage last edited by

            Steyn’s comments reminded me of another Sth African sportsman’s sense of humour failure. I give you Brendan Venter’s interview from 2010.

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            • MajorRage
              MajorRage last edited by

              Looks like he takes it pretty seriously given this response to somebody ... although it makes a bit of a mockery of his soapbox rant here ...

              @scribe said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

              Steyn’s comments reminded me of another Sth African sportsman’s sense of humour failure. I give you Brendan Venter’s interview from 2010.

              I was worried about Venter when I saw that. Turns out he was just totally taking the piss in some sort of stand about being gagged to talk about referees.

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              • mikedogz
                mikedogz last edited by

                Feb 27, 2021  /  sports

                ‘I have no time for you as a human’: Dale Steyn slams Kiwi commentator over tasteless remark in PSL

                ‘I have no time for you as a human’: Dale Steyn slams Kiwi commentator over tasteless remark in PSL

                Dale Steyn was furious after Simon Doull’s comments about his hair during PSL 2021.

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                • MN5
                  MN5 last edited by MN5

                  South Africans are quite a serious bunch. Steyn certainly does himself no favours by whinging online about it.

                  I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a sense of humour free zone quite like Hanse Cronje when he was interviewed, he was probably worried about matches to fix rather than looking for opportunities to make cheeky quips I guess.

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                  • canefan
                    canefan @MajorRage last edited by

                    @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                    Starting this off in the sports forum as it'd be good to keep it on topic related only to sporting things and I think it's a good idea ...

                    Anyway, to start it off - Dale Steyn. It seems that resident commentator Simon Doull noted that he'd grown his hair out and called it a mid life crisis hairstyle ... Steyn has responded with the below rant. Doull has not responded (publicly at least).

                    Is there something I've missed? Is hairlength-ism some sort of bigoted thing in SA that cannot be joked about? Or is this just an epic sense of humour failure?

                    alt text

                    Seems Dale is very touchy. He always had wild eyes though

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                    • mariner4life
                      mariner4life last edited by

                      god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

                      yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

                      Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

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                      • MajorRage
                        MajorRage @mariner4life last edited by

                        @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                        god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

                        yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

                        Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

                        Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

                        I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

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                        • mariner4life
                          mariner4life @MajorRage last edited by

                          @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                          @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                          god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

                          yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

                          Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

                          Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

                          I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

                          no, nothing, nothing at all. But a joke about long hair turned in to Dale lumping himself in with those suffering homophobia, racism and any other form of modern oppression you care to name.

                          It was a inoffensive as a throwaway line can be.

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                          • MajorRage
                            MajorRage @mariner4life last edited by

                            @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                            @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                            @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                            god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

                            yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

                            Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

                            Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

                            I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

                            no, nothing, nothing at all. But a joke about long hair turned in to Dale lumping himself in with those suffering homophobia, racism and any other form of modern oppression you care to name.

                            It was a inoffensive as a throwaway line can be.

                            Clearly knows nothing about a mid life crisis either ... not even close to an insult

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                            • Marty
                              Marty @MajorRage last edited by

                              @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                              Starting this off in the sports forum as it'd be good to keep it on topic related only to sporting things and I think it's a good idea ...

                              Anyway, to start it off - Dale Steyn. It seems that resident commentator Simon Doull noted that he'd grown his hair out and called it a mid life crisis hairstyle ... Steyn has responded with the below rant. Doull has not responded (publicly at least).

                              Is there something I've missed? Is hairlength-ism some sort of bigoted thing in SA that cannot be joked about? Or is this just an epic sense of humour failure?

                              I'll take this seriously when I see the armbands being rolled out

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                              • MN5
                                MN5 last edited by MN5

                                It’s a wonder Steyn survived as long as he did in the game and compiled the ( extremely impressive ) record that he did if he is this much of a crybaby.

                                They say you should never meet your heroes....perhaps that needs to extend to never reading their tweets as well.

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                                • mariner4life
                                  mariner4life @MN5 last edited by

                                  @mn5 said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                  It’s a wonder Steyn survived as long as he did in the game and compiled the ( extremely impressive ) record that he did if he is this much of a crybaby.

                                  They say you should never meet your heroes....perhaps that needs to extend to never reading their tweets as well.

                                  i honestly don't remember hearing much from him at all over his career? Just seemed like a silent killer

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                                  • mariner4life
                                    mariner4life @Marty last edited by

                                    @marty said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                    @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                    Starting this off in the sports forum as it'd be good to keep it on topic related only to sporting things and I think it's a good idea ...

                                    Anyway, to start it off - Dale Steyn. It seems that resident commentator Simon Doull noted that he'd grown his hair out and called it a mid life crisis hairstyle ... Steyn has responded with the below rant. Doull has not responded (publicly at least).

                                    Is there something I've missed? Is hairlength-ism some sort of bigoted thing in SA that cannot be joked about? Or is this just an epic sense of humour failure?

                                    I'll take this seriously when I see the armbands being rolled out

                                    justiceforshithaircuts

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                                    • MN5
                                      MN5 @mariner4life last edited by

                                      @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                      @mn5 said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                      It’s a wonder Steyn survived as long as he did in the game and compiled the ( extremely impressive ) record that he did if he is this much of a crybaby.

                                      They say you should never meet your heroes....perhaps that needs to extend to never reading their tweets as well.

                                      i honestly don't remember hearing much from him at all over his career? Just seemed like a silent killer

                                      Well I think any number of batsmen have a bit of ammo should they feel the need to engage in a few verbals.....

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                                      • Bones
                                        Bones @mariner4life last edited by

                                        @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                        @marty said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                        @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                        Starting this off in the sports forum as it'd be good to keep it on topic related only to sporting things and I think it's a good idea ...

                                        Anyway, to start it off - Dale Steyn. It seems that resident commentator Simon Doull noted that he'd grown his hair out and called it a mid life crisis hairstyle ... Steyn has responded with the below rant. Doull has not responded (publicly at least).

                                        Is there something I've missed? Is hairlength-ism some sort of bigoted thing in SA that cannot be joked about? Or is this just an epic sense of humour failure?

                                        I'll take this seriously when I see the armbands being rolled out

                                        justiceforshithaircuts

                                        I mean, if you need a mascot for the group. Hi.

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                                        • booboo
                                          booboo @mariner4life last edited by

                                          @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                          @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                          @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                          god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

                                          yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

                                          Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

                                          Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

                                          I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

                                          no, nothing, nothing at all. But a joke about long hair turned in to Dale lumping himself in with those suffering homophobia, racism and any other form of modern oppression you care to name.

                                          It was a inoffensive as a throwaway line can be.

                                          You're clearly ageist.

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                                          • booboo
                                            booboo @booboo last edited by

                                            @booboo said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                            @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                            @majorrage said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                            @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                            god i was so disappointed when i read this story. Steyn is one of my all time favourite players. And this? This is fuuucking pathetic

                                            yes Dale, you are woke as fuck. Look at you , standing up for the oppressed.

                                            Jesus H Christ, Dale, get a fucking haircut, you look ridiculous.

                                            Serious question .... what is woke about a joke about long hair???

                                            I cannot see a single thing wrong, from any point of view, with what Doull said! Agree it’s disappointing, Steyn is a dead set legend.

                                            no, nothing, nothing at all. But a joke about long hair turned in to Dale lumping himself in with those suffering homophobia, racism and any other form of modern oppression you care to name.

                                            It was a inoffensive as a throwaway line can be.

                                            You're clearly ageist.

                                            Sorry: 'your'.

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                                            • Snowy
                                              Snowy last edited by

                                              Dale got all shirty when Wags was hitting him all over the place too. Came up with a terrible "sledge" about batting with the team captain (Kane was at the other end). A "be responsible" type thing. He might as well have said "would you stop that" as Wags knocked it out of the park again.

                                              It is very amusing to those with a sense of humour to watch those without one.

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                                              • barbarian
                                                barbarian last edited by

                                                It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

                                                Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

                                                Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

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                                                • mariner4life
                                                  mariner4life @barbarian last edited by

                                                  @barbarian said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                  It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

                                                  Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

                                                  Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

                                                  i bet you are fun at parties

                                                  you know, if you ever got invited to any

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                                                  • Donsteppa
                                                    Donsteppa last edited by

                                                    Steyn must have been so easy to sledge during his Proteas days. Wonder if he has many like minded team mates.... would help to explain South Africa's many Cricket World Cup semi final disasters.

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                                                    • MN5
                                                      MN5 @Donsteppa last edited by

                                                      @donsteppa said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                      Steyn must have been so easy to sledge during his Proteas days. Wonder if he has many like minded team mates.... would help to explain South Africa's many Cricket World Cup semi final disasters.

                                                      Well, to be fair if Steve Waugh told me I’d dropped the World Cup I’m not sure I’d ever get over that.

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                                                      • Rapido
                                                        Rapido @barbarian last edited by Rapido

                                                        I preferred his "shut up mister ugly moustache" response. Pure gold.

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                                                        • Rapido
                                                          Rapido @barbarian last edited by

                                                          @barbarian said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                          It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

                                                          Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

                                                          Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

                                                          Subconcious?

                                                          The test of Warner / de Kock blow up.

                                                          I believe the Aussie close in fielders spent the entire innings of Markram harping on about his un-ironed shirt (whites).

                                                          According to Mike Haysman in Crossing The Line documentary on youtube.

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                                                          • barbarian
                                                            barbarian @mariner4life last edited by

                                                            @mariner4life said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                            @barbarian said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                            It's a great way to respond to a very minor insult, isn't it.

                                                            Imagine someone having a crack at you about wearing a poorly ironed shirt at work, and you responding with "I have no time for people who mock others on the basis of race, gender, sexuality or the quality of their ironing".

                                                            Instantly makes an innocent sledge seem absolutely horrific. I'm using it today.

                                                            i bet you are fun at parties

                                                            I've got no time for people who make statements mocking someones race, gender, social life or sexuality.

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                                                            • nzzp
                                                              nzzp @barbarian last edited by

                                                              @barbarian that's some seriously funny shit, well done

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                                                              • Billy Tell
                                                                Billy Tell last edited by

                                                                Really find this thread offensive. Not funny at all.

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                                                                • Bones
                                                                  Bones @Billy Tell last edited by

                                                                  @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                  Not funny at all.

                                                                  Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

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                                                                  • Billy Tell
                                                                    Billy Tell @Bones last edited by

                                                                    @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                    @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                    Not funny at all.

                                                                    Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

                                                                    I'm thinking whoooosh

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                                                                    • Bones
                                                                      Bones @Billy Tell last edited by

                                                                      @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                      @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                      @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                      Not funny at all.

                                                                      Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

                                                                      I'm thinking whoooosh

                                                                      Sounds fast.

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                                                                      • Chris B.
                                                                        Chris B. @Billy Tell last edited by Chris B.

                                                                        @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                        @bones said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                        @billy-tell said in Sport Sense of Humour Failures:

                                                                        Not funny at all.

                                                                        Just like your favourite comfy armchair huh?

                                                                        I'm thinking whoooosh

                                                                        It's hard to tell who is doing irony - except for Markram.

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