re: Kobe's death has made things real awkward for Planters

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what are the names of the other three that died (without googling)?

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One of them was John Altobelli, a California community college coach and former University of Houston baseball player.

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And I’d counter that his talent is what allowed him to make money

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Lots of people have just as much talent. There are great teachers, doctors, artists and parents that possess just as much talent. Kobe was fortunate enough to have talent that earned him millions.

There are teachers and coaches that have had a more positive effect on more people than Kobe. They did it for little money. Pay Kobe a teachers salary and how many lives would he have touched?

Again, not saying he would have been different but all that money sure can buy you fame.

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Go ahead and explain how Kobe’s life had a greater impact or motr meaning than this random dead soldier.

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Most NBA fans can name more than a few team rosters. Can you say the same for some random deployment of troops?

No one is saying the random soldier is unimportant or worthless. They're just saying no one really knows their direct impact outside of family and friends. Kobe was known worldwide so more people have been impacted by his life.

Now whether or not some people have gone overboard with it is another conversation altogether.

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Lots of people have just as much talent.

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Different sorts of talents.
Man, lets deal in reality for a minute. Professional sports bring in hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore the market dictates that these athletes get paid the big bucks. Is it “right”? Ain’t for me to say.

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There are great teachers, doctors, artists and parents that possess just as much talent.

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but not the sort that lets them throw a ball in a hoop. And unfortunately no one is paying even the most talented teachers that kind of money, because people aren’t filling up stadiums to watch Johnny Pointdexter teach Freshmen English.

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There are teachers and coaches that have had a more positive effect on more people than Kobe. They did it for little money. Pay Kobe a teachers salary and how many lives would he have touched?

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And if my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle. It’s just not the way the world works.

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Different sorts of talents.
Man, lets deal in reality for a minute. Professional sports bring in hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore the market dictates that these athletes get paid the big bucks. Is it “right”? Ain’t for me to say.

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Pro sports, especially the NBA, is kinda a model of how the free market works.

Owners put up the most capital and therefore recoup the most profits.

Players provide a service essential to the success of the league and therefore are paid what the market dictates. Directly correlated to the value of the product produced.

Consumers pay for the product via ticket sales, cable/streaming packages, memorabilia/clothing, etc which again is directly correlated to the value of the product being put out.

All with limited government interference, although, this trend of tax payer funded stadiums is shady af.

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Hate to break this to you, but Kobe's life had a far bigger impact on the world than a random soldier.

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people don’t like the truth, clearly

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Planters has made things real awkward for Planters because pussies are everywhere

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FIFY

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Lots of people have just as much talent

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No, they don't.

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the same people that love to lecture everyone about celebrity worship don't really want to hear anything about our weird veteran worship

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You wouldn't be able to melt like this if it weren't for the troops, you ungrateful cuck.

This thread reads like some high schoolers who just smoked wee for the first time and are figuring out the world isn’t fair. A bunch of Anthony Soprano Jrs, if you will.