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A perfectly legitimate question... (Original Post) True Dough Jun 2021 OP
and defend second place war trophies underpants Jun 2021 #1
Which city? ShazzieB Jun 2021 #2
Mobile? N/t bluecollar2 Jun 2021 #3
Richmond Va. underpants Jun 2021 #9
Richmond VA underpants Jun 2021 #8
Got it! 😉 ShazzieB Jun 2021 #16
Now that's just mean........perfectly suitable. jaxexpat Jun 2021 #4
Rubes rally that way. Really! czarjak Jun 2021 #5
And the people who mock others for being too easily "triggered" over minor things... Tommy Carcetti Jun 2021 #6
Came in second TWICE TxGuitar Jun 2021 #7
+2 . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2021 #18
Well, I don't mock participation trophies, but I don't agree with them either. Escurumbele Jun 2021 #10
I mock participation trophies and "no-score-keeping" ... NurseJackie Jun 2021 #11
I am in favor of the message soldierant Jun 2021 #12
I worked in an office where the worst employee got a "bonus" for having a perfect attendance record. NurseJackie Jun 2021 #14
Well, they do arrive in short buses relayerbob Jun 2021 #13
Love it! Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #15
The former fuck's flaming flotilla of failure Blue Owl Jun 2021 #17

Tommy Carcetti

(43,157 posts)
6. And the people who mock others for being too easily "triggered" over minor things...
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 05:39 PM
Jun 2021

...are crying today because Jill Biden got a Vogue cover story and Melania Trump didn't.

Escurumbele

(3,383 posts)
10. Well, I don't mock participation trophies, but I don't agree with them either.
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 05:52 PM
Jun 2021

You must get a trophy for winning, or coming 2nd or 3rd, but not for participating and coming in last, I do believe it sends the wrong message.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
11. I mock participation trophies and "no-score-keeping" ...
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 05:59 PM
Jun 2021

... and I don't attend Trump rallies. (He's talking about the election and not the primaries, right?)

soldierant

(6,836 posts)
12. I am in favor of the message
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 06:29 PM
Jun 2021

"It's not enough to show up, you need to also at least suit up" - and a participation trophy which sends that message is fine with me.

A participaton trophy for just showing up, maybe not so much.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
14. I worked in an office where the worst employee got a "bonus" for having a perfect attendance record.
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 06:52 PM
Jun 2021

Ugh! She did the bare minimum and got rewarded for it.

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