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How long do you stay offline after a devastating loss?
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:28 pm
Regardless of the sport, how long do you avoid the Internet after a devastating loss? Do you just dive right in to take the pain and put out your opinions or do you stay away for a while until the pain subsides, a least to some degree. Sometimes it might be a game where everyone expected your team to win and they blew it, other times it might be a game that you think you've won only to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
I generally resolve to stay away for a week or more right after the game but after a day or 2 my curiosity gets the best of me and I sign on again, like I'm doing today.
How about you other Ranters?
I generally resolve to stay away for a week or more right after the game but after a day or 2 my curiosity gets the best of me and I sign on again, like I'm doing today.
How about you other Ranters?
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Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:29 pm to Tideroller
I come back immediately and get it over with. I also get over it a lot quicker than when I was younger.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:29 pm to Tideroller
I normally just post on Arkansas boards instead of the Rant or Reddit for a day or two after a bad loss
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:29 pm to Tideroller
It’s just a game. You need therapy.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:30 pm to Uga Alum
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Uga Alum
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:30 pm to Tideroller
Depends on what I’m doing in real life.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:31 pm to Tideroller
Was posting the morning after 28-3. That said, I took the day off work and laid in bed all day licking my wounds. 
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:32 pm to Tideroller
Depends on what’s actually going on. Usually still around.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:32 pm to Porcine Human
I forgot that Arkansas fans put all their eggs in the sweet sixteen basket.
This post was edited on 3/26/23 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:33 pm to Tideroller
Not necessarily staying offline altogether, but generally for getting over a loss during the regular season, football about a week, basketball a few days, baseball shortly after the game ends.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:33 pm to Uga Alum
I would've posted that gif regardless of what you said
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:35 pm to Porcine Human
Curious to see what your teams’ sweet sixteen rings look like. Be sure to show me when they get them.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:35 pm to Tideroller
I just don’t care as much about collegiate athletics as when I was in my teens and 20s. Ultimately it’s just a game that I’m not even playing in. And the people that are playing are a lot younger than me so I refuse to grant too much emotional bandwidth to a game played by kids.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:45 pm to Tideroller
I survived the Chad Morris years. I'll post after anything.
Now, that having been said, I've cut back on my posting online in recent years. I'm the primary caregiver for my mother and that takes up a lot of time. Still, I try to keep my hand in when I can.
Win big, great. Lose big, well shite. You are a fan no matter what happens.
Besides, I'm mostly here to joke around with my various online friends and buddies.
Now, that having been said, I've cut back on my posting online in recent years. I'm the primary caregiver for my mother and that takes up a lot of time. Still, I try to keep my hand in when I can.
Win big, great. Lose big, well shite. You are a fan no matter what happens.
Besides, I'm mostly here to joke around with my various online friends and buddies.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:47 pm to Tideroller
If I was Bama, I'd never come back.
Ever.
Ever.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:48 pm to Tideroller
If we didn't post after devastating losses, there would be no Carolina fans on the board.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:48 pm to Uga Alum
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It’s just a game. You need therapy.
I'm sure you went straight to the Rant after 2nd and 26 followed by Jalen off the bench for the win in back to back Bama games in the same year.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 1:51 pm to Tideroller
Learn the reverse jinx method, then you can confidently walk back in and pat yourself on the back for predicting it.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 2:01 pm to Tideroller
Losses don’t affect me like when I was younger. It has more to do with how busy I am than the result of the game. Now sometimes I’ll specifically avoid gamecockcentral for a few days and let the irrational fans/trolls work their issues out.
Posted on 3/26/23 at 2:04 pm to Tideroller
I don't, because it's just a game and isn't important.
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