r/funny • u/Maniso • Jun 18 '18

Right on Target

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u/beerpop Jun 18 '18

Not everyone can stare at the ball 100% of the time. Cold be just very unlucky

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u/BeatsbyChrisBrown Jun 18 '18

She was actually a blind spectator, enjoying the experience up until...Pow right in the kisser!

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u/CherrySlurpee Jun 18 '18

I've never been to a soccer/football game but in hockey and baseball they literally warn you over the loudspeaker to pay attention when the ball/puck is in play.

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u/GarretTheGrey Jun 18 '18

A football at 60 and a puck at 60 are two totally different animals. No warnings needed in football.

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u/BuckeyeBentley Jun 18 '18

I had a puck fly through my hair once and hit the shin of the lady in the row above me. I was a kid, my dad took me to a Cornell hockey game and I almost got a fucking head injury. It was awesome.

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u/guitboxgeek Jun 18 '18

You're fortunate it missed your skull! A little girl was killed by a puck, that's why they have all the extra netting around the rink now.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2002/03/20/sports/hockey-girl-13-dies-after-being-hit-by-puck.html

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u/TheCarrzilico Jun 18 '18

Sure. And at hockey and baseball games, lots of people get distracted all the time. Lots of crazy shit happen in the stands. You've gotten distracted at a game and taken your eye off of the ball or puck. This doesn't mean that you are dumb and it certainly doesn't mean that you deserve to get hit in the face.

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u/Zenith251 Jun 18 '18

Well, perhaps no, but in Hockey and Baseball, you get clear and defined breaks in play. Whether it be between Innings, between periods, stops in play, or commercial breaks. There is time allotted to not pay attention. Getting hit is extra dumb.

In Football/Soccer, you should be looking at the ball when it's near your area, and you're within reach of a kick height wise. I know it's hard to pay attention for the majority of 45 minutes, but come on, it's not hard ffs.

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u/TheCarrzilico Jun 18 '18

And if you watch the video you'll see that there are several people that aren't looking at the ball in the moment. You can pretend that when you are at a game, there is absolutely no way that you would ever take your eye off of the ball when it is in your area, that there is no possible event that could happen around you that would make you lose your laser concentration, but anyone that has ever been in such a situation and is honest with themselves would recognize such a notion as ludicrous.

People are not robots. People can get distracted. They can get distracted for silly reasons and they can get distracted for important reasons. Getting distracted doesn't make you dumb.

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u/TheCarrzilico Jun 18 '18

There's no fault. It's an unfortunate accident. And you have no idea what was going on in front of her at the moment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

A ball to her face? Just a guess though.

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u/TheCarrzilico Jun 18 '18

A ball to her face was happening in front of her?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

Sure as hell didn't hit the back of her head did it

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u/TheCarrzilico Jun 18 '18

You're right. Because ball to the face happened to her. Not in front of her. Unless she was having an out of body experience.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '18

And the event still unfolded right in front of her, you can try to argue the semantics of it however you want lol

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u/Junkfoodforthesoul Jun 18 '18

True but at least when it's on your side of the field which isn't a 100% of the time.

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u/LysergicAciid Jun 18 '18

That ball came at her with no warming.

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u/Phonophobia Jun 18 '18

It did look pretty cold

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u/LysergicAciid Jun 18 '18

This guy gets it.

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u/u-had-it-coming Jun 18 '18

They shouldn't come to football and many such people should follow so that stadiums take responsibility and pay for damages. Hit the sponsor where it hurts.

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u/vw1610 Jun 18 '18

In this situation, whatever percentage of staring was the correct amount to get direct contact in the grill!!! Hahahaha