Julio Jones (June 6 Update - Traded to the Titans)

If I remember correctly I got bored with reading "Waiting for Godot" that is why they made Cliff Notes... is this play really the "most significant English language play of the 20th century"??

Pretty much the same feeling about Julio Jones, this a manufactured albeit poorly scripted NFL drama.

Jones will just end up on the team that offered the 1st round pick for the 33 year-old receiver, right?

"No, we said we'd give you a 'first run [guitar] pick'".

DarrylS said:

If I remember correctly I got bored with reading "Waiting for Godot" that is why they made Cliff Notes... is this play really the "most significant English language play of the 20th century"??

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I would argue so. It's a commentary and a satire on people who sleepwalk through their lives, or spend the majority of their lives waiting for something good to to happen to them. Of course it never does (or rarely does). It's a lesson to all of us about the reality of how fast life just goes by.

The bad thing about great literature is that it's often taught the wrong way or by teachers who are just not knowledgeable, or are just flat out bad, or bored with what they're teaching, to the extent that the greatness, the significance of the literature, is lost on the students.

Sometimes a whale is just a whale.

PP2 said:

I would argue so. It's a commentary and a satire on people who sleepwalk through their lives, or spend the majority of their lives waiting for something good to to happen to them. Of course it never does (or rarely does). It's a lesson to all of us about the reality of how fast life just goes by.

The bad thing about great literature is that it's often taught the wrong way or by teachers who are just not knowledgeable, or are just flat out bad, or bored with what they're teaching, to the extent that the greatness, the significance of the literature, is lost on the students.

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Variations of the truth.

Patsgofor4 said:

Also, cryptic tweets by professional athletes are so annoying.

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Right? For all we know, he had his car detailed and can see out better.

PP2 said:

I would argue so. It's a commentary and a satire on people who sleepwalk through their lives, or spend the majority of their lives waiting for something good to to happen to them. Of course it never does (or rarely does). It's a lesson to all of us about the reality of how fast life just goes by.

The bad thing about great literature is that it's often taught the wrong way or by teachers who are just not knowledgeable, or are just flat out bad, or bored with what they're teaching, to the extent that the greatness, the significance of the literature, is lost on the students.

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Or by professors who think they know things they don't regarding the motivation of the writer and the singular interpretation they regard as canonical even though it was never revealed by the author.

50-yard-line said:

Or by professors who think they know things they don't regarding the motivation of the writer and the singular interpretation they regard as canonical even though it was never revealed by the author.

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But if you cannot know what the author intended and there's no meaning to the work, how can anyone learn from nothing? And how is one's interpretation of nothing more insightful than any other's view of nothing? Please give me 1,200 words on why Beckett did not want women performing any of the parts of this particular play. Also, to keep thread on track, throw in a paragraph on Julio Jones' thoughts as well. Thank you.

PP2 said:

I would argue so. It's a commentary and a satire on people who sleepwalk through their lives, or spend the majority of their lives waiting for something good to to happen to them. Of course it never does (or rarely does).

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So @DarrylS was waiting for Waiting For Godot to get better and it never did? That is just so meta!

Wax Frog said:

So @DarrylS was waiting for Waiting For Godot to get better and it never did? That is just so meta!

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I'd wait for Gadot however the hell long she wanted me to.

This Julio Jones thing will be my boiling pot theory. The moment I look away I’ll hear that he’s been traded. But damn it’s hard not to keep checking the forum!

Maybe Julio watched some Cam Newton film..

Lansdowne said:

This Julio Jones thing will be my boiling pot theory. The moment I look away I’ll hear that he’s been traded. But damn it’s hard not to keep checking the forum!

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I am starting to think it's more of the same crap we had with Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. These players can talk about being traded all they want. In the end, who's going have the draft capital and cap space? Very few. Fewer still will pay the ransom wanted for older HoF caliber players on the back 9 of their career.

I always preferred Waiting for Godot 2: We're Still Waiting (in Paris!!!)

Clonamery said:

But if you cannot know what the author intended and there's no meaning to the work, how can anyone learn from nothing? And how is one's interpretation of nothing more insightful than any other's view of nothing? Please give me 1,200 words on why Beckett did not want women performing any of the parts of this particular play. Also, to keep thread on track, throw in a paragraph on Julio Jones' thoughts as well. Thank you.

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We used to have thread for that (Thread about Nothing).

Clonamery said:

But if you cannot know what the author intended and there's no meaning to the work, how can anyone learn from nothing? And how is one's interpretation of nothing more insightful than any other's view of nothing? Please give me 1,200 words on why Beckett did not want women performing any of the parts of this particular play. Also, to keep thread on track, throw in a paragraph on Julio Jones' thoughts as well. Thank you.

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Because only Julio Jones can determine the relationship of the reader (Julio Jones) to the work, and he will bring as much to the "cool" medium that is a book as did the author, of course.

The Brandon Five said:

We used to have thread for that (Thread about Nothing).

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Eye No.

XLIX said:

I'd wait for Gadot however the hell long she wanted me to.

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She's my celebrity hall pass

ashley1992 said:

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They already gave lamar some young talent through the draft.