Rumor?

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 6:36am
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them rumor's? Not one so called rumor that I've read are true or even have a hint of truth to them.

Maybe they should post them as bench racing over a few beers with freinds. If your buddy tells you something and he says he heard it from a insider or a person in the know, please don't repeat them as a rumor.
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6/30/2010 9:39pm Edited Date/Time 6/30/2010 9:39pm
If they are posting them as a "rumor".......then how can you say they are posting them as a "fact"? Those are two different things. Sometimes the Rumor is nothing but just that....a rumor. But other times ( and depending on who you actually heard it from ) the rumor's usually have more truth behind it than most think.



What bugs the shit out of me is , that the riders , teams , ect.....are just normal people , just like you and me. people have bad shit go on in their lives , and when you are a top paid athlete........people want to know what color your toilet paper is. I think a lot of it should be kept private , but that is the nature of the beast when you make millions of bucks , and you are under the spot light........it's just how it works.
6/30/2010 11:00pm
I love real rumors, juicy ones. Like the if a pro secretly test another pro's factory bike, or a future team switch or something. Don't care too much about their private life affairs. Just race stuff. I mean just how many laps is Dungey really pounding down there with RC, that we don't know about??
7/1/2010 12:33am
It sometimes appears as though rumour and innuendo – the creation of and/or the dissemination of – is what helps us get through the week during the down-time between races. Accordingly, the stories, gossip and half-truths escalate to extraordinary levels during the excruciatingly long down-time between the MX and SX seasons; a.k.a. the silly season. Generally, there is little harm intended or caused by these rumours and most of the rubbish posted is done so with tongue placed firmly in cheek and/or for the purposes of humour – some of which is actually quite funny. On occasion there seems to be a more sinister motive behind certain rumours but this is infrequent and, when it does happen, the perpetrators seem to get 'clicked' pretty quickly.

Now, to add grist to the mill: A certain faceless, unnamed and entirely dubious source has confirmed having not heard unsubstantiated whispers, from a spurious industry insider, that JS7 may be competing in the final race of the Australasian Super X series to make up for his last-minute injury-caused no-show in 2009.

You didn’t hear this here.
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7/1/2010 1:01am
ESPN does it all the time.

I think LeBron James has signed with about 4 teams now.

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7/1/2010 1:59am
jeffro503 wrote:
If they are posting them as a "rumor".......then how can you say they are posting them as a "fact"? Those are two different things. Sometimes the...
If they are posting them as a "rumor".......then how can you say they are posting them as a "fact"? Those are two different things. Sometimes the Rumor is nothing but just that....a rumor. But other times ( and depending on who you actually heard it from ) the rumor's usually have more truth behind it than most think.



What bugs the shit out of me is , that the riders , teams , ect.....are just normal people , just like you and me. people have bad shit go on in their lives , and when you are a top paid athlete........people want to know what color your toilet paper is. I think a lot of it should be kept private , but that is the nature of the beast when you make millions of bucks , and you are under the spot light........it's just how it works.
Maybe it's because I know 99% of these rumor's are pure crap and I feel people are just throughing stuff around to see if it sticks. This is way I say their posting them as fact.

Since you want to see bullshit, it just shows you don't care about the truth. You just want to fill your heads full of bull.

What about when the rumor is never talked about again and they just go away. Your walking around repeating these things that aren't true, doesn't it make you feel stupid or is that normal for you?
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7/1/2010 4:09am
If you are walking around repeating rumors you got from here, you might be stupid and in need of a life.
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7/1/2010 4:25am
I just take them for what they are. I think some of them are funny to read. But I never think that any of it is true and repeat it as if it were. It's just a message board.. Maybe try having fun with it and just laugh. Nothing is going to change here in La La land.
7/1/2010 4:53am
Bookmark wrote:
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them...
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them rumor's? Not one so called rumor that I've read are true or even have a hint of truth to them.

Maybe they should post them as bench racing over a few beers with freinds. If your buddy tells you something and he says he heard it from a insider or a person in the know, please don't repeat them as a rumor.
Welcome to Rush Limbaugh and all his blind followers.
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7/1/2010 5:33am
Bookmark wrote:
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them...
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them rumor's? Not one so called rumor that I've read are true or even have a hint of truth to them.

Maybe they should post them as bench racing over a few beers with freinds. If your buddy tells you something and he says he heard it from a insider or a person in the know, please don't repeat them as a rumor.
Maybe one day the anonymous insiders will learn how to interact with the general public and not get all butt hurt when someone says something about their prized rider. There are a whole lot of people in this industry who could learn a thing or two from David Vuillemin. Amazing , a little personality goes such a long way.
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7/1/2010 5:51am
There should be a forum just for moaning and clogging up the board with even more pointless topics.
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7/1/2010 6:01am Edited Date/Time 7/1/2010 6:09am
Bookmark, I don't know if GuyB informed you when you came through the door, but participation is purely optional. You don't have to join, you don't have to read, you don't have to post. If someone says, for example only, that your team is going to be on orange next year, and you know your team is not going to be on orange next year, maybe just get a chuckle out of the dumbass and move on. I hope by the time you create your next alias account you have come to terms with this place and you are in a better mood.

7/1/2010 6:21am
Bookmark wrote:
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them...
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them rumor's? Not one so called rumor that I've read are true or even have a hint of truth to them.

Maybe they should post them as bench racing over a few beers with freinds. If your buddy tells you something and he says he heard it from a insider or a person in the know, please don't repeat them as a rumor.
Welcome to Rush Limbaugh and all his blind followers.
Why don't you point out where Rush has lied, specifically. You can't, hell you're so dumb you probably think pObama is doing a great job.

Actually you should've stated: Welcome to pObama and all his blind followers.
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7/1/2010 6:28am
Rumor has it MXTrainer was the one that took TXMXER's avitar shot. I arrange all those girls to show up and lined them all up for the shot. Turned our pretty good.
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7/1/2010 6:28am
jeffro503 wrote:
If they are posting them as a "rumor".......then how can you say they are posting them as a "fact"? Those are two different things. Sometimes the...
If they are posting them as a "rumor".......then how can you say they are posting them as a "fact"? Those are two different things. Sometimes the Rumor is nothing but just that....a rumor. But other times ( and depending on who you actually heard it from ) the rumor's usually have more truth behind it than most think.



What bugs the shit out of me is , that the riders , teams , ect.....are just normal people , just like you and me. people have bad shit go on in their lives , and when you are a top paid athlete........people want to know what color your toilet paper is. I think a lot of it should be kept private , but that is the nature of the beast when you make millions of bucks , and you are under the spot light........it's just how it works.
Bookmark wrote:
Maybe it's because I know 99% of these rumor's are pure crap and I feel people are just throughing stuff around to see if it sticks...
Maybe it's because I know 99% of these rumor's are pure crap and I feel people are just throughing stuff around to see if it sticks. This is way I say their posting them as fact.

Since you want to see bullshit, it just shows you don't care about the truth. You just want to fill your heads full of bull.

What about when the rumor is never talked about again and they just go away. Your walking around repeating these things that aren't true, doesn't it make you feel stupid or is that normal for you?
Well....ok Bookmark. Since you know 99% of the rumors are pure crap , you are pretty much introducing yourself as an "insider" I take it? The only way you would know 99% of "EVERYTHING" would mean you have something to do with the industry and work inside it some way or another.....correct?

Because if you don't......Your just as full of shit as the next guy on this board. I have a few friends that race the nationals and SX's and even though i don't get to talk to them all that much any more , i'm still plugged into the general MX public at the races and so forth.

So.....are you saying that from now on , we should all come onto this board and ask for your "God like" approval on weather or not a rumor is true , or pure bullshit? I mean honestly....if you "know"............then why should any of us be left in the dark since you know 99% of EVERYTHING?

And no.......I could care less about the bullshit. And as far as the rumors go , I like to hear about the going on's of the teams , parts , what the riders are riding and so forth.........Racing stuff. The personal stuff.........Honestly i could give a shit less about.

But again.......it's the nature of the beast! And that's what happens in ALL professional sports!

I look forward to you coming on here and crushing all the rumors with all of your facts. We should all be so lucky to have somebody on here that knows 99% of everything that goes on in this sport.......and the other insiders on this board seem to know nothing i guess?

have a good day dude.
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7/1/2010 7:18am
Bookmark wrote:
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them...
Is anyone else getting sick and tired of reading people repeating things that they might hearing from their buddy, posting them as facts and calling them rumor's? Not one so called rumor that I've read are true or even have a hint of truth to them.

Maybe they should post them as bench racing over a few beers with freinds. If your buddy tells you something and he says he heard it from a insider or a person in the know, please don't repeat them as a rumor.
Hi Larry!

No more "LoopedOut"?
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7/1/2010 10:31am
Bookmark wrote:
Maybe it's because I know 99% of these rumor's are pure crap and I feel people are just throughing stuff around to see if it sticks...
Maybe it's because I know 99% of these rumor's are pure crap and I feel people are just throughing stuff around to see if it sticks. This is way I say their posting them as fact.

Since you want to see bullshit, it just shows you don't care about the truth. You just want to fill your heads full of bull.

What about when the rumor is never talked about again and they just go away. Your walking around repeating these things that aren't true, doesn't it make you feel stupid or is that normal for you?
This one is interesting.

You "know" 99% is crap?

Here's the thing...some folks get off on making up crap. I have no idea why. For most part, they think it's funny. Then there are those that WANT everyone to believe they are in the know. They hang on every word they hear at some track...then sprint back here to make a quick post. It's always "I heard", "can't say where", etc.

It's not going to stop. It's always been that way and always will be. PLENTY of people have posted bullshit and been ground down like a cigarette butt. They come back. They change ID's and come back. New ones show up. You gotta get over it.
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7/1/2010 10:46am
Here's an even funnier one.

Many of the rumors are true , but some agent or Dad , Mom, Family friend ect come on here and say's it ain't true.

it's easy for people hiding behind a veil to say oh those inter net kooks are at it again but then people get thrown in jail, suspended or talked to but it never happened because all the kooks on the net don't work and are all stupid.
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JB 19 wrote:
ESPN does it all the time.

I think LeBron James has signed with about 4 teams now.
He is going to the Wizards to play with the greatest pg ever.
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7/1/2010 11:43am
JB 19 wrote:
ESPN does it all the time.

I think LeBron James has signed with about 4 teams now.
uk125250 wrote:
He is going to the Wizards to play with the greatest pg ever.
Rumor!

This upsets Bookmark.

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