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The "new" Davone Bess....

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by CANEPHINS, May 22, 2012.

  1. Starry31

    Starry31 Phins and Heels.

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    Hmm, a four page thread on Davone Bess, interesting. *reads OP* Ohhhhh
     
  2. Conuficus

    Conuficus Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Thank you. I have a good number of tats myself, most can be 'hidden' so to speak, but I have a tat on each forearm. The tats are my children's names. And frankly, if the job thinks that those visible tats define me, then I think they need to accept that what I would call their ignorance defines them as well. I can understand their point about a professional appearance in the workplace etc., but this also isn't the 1930's anymore either and if my work is up to snuff, and my general appearance is managed appropriately, it shouldn't be an issue. Not one to get me fired or remove me from consideration for the job anyways.

    Tattoos for the most part do not carry the stigma they used to, nor should they. Its a social norm and those change with every generation. Consider that 100 years ago a woman couldn't show her damn ankles without causing a tizzy. If anyone brought that up now as an issue they'd likely be committed.
     
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  3. MikeHoncho

    MikeHoncho -=| Censored |=-

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    Black Ninja!
     
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  4. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    As long as the new Dbess finds le endzone, I really do not care what his hair or tats look like.

    Td's fellas, it's all about Td's
     
  5. Conuficus

    Conuficus Premium Member Luxury Box

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    TD's stand for 'The Dreads'. Its all about the dreads.
     
  6. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Sad really, dolfans do not even know what Td's look like.

    ;)
     
  7. sloppyjoer

    sloppyjoer New Member

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    I don't care for tats personally, nor will I look down. Unfortunately, for many, perception is reality. Regardless of how successful or smart you think you are; if you look like a freak, odds are, people that don't know you will treat you as such.
     
  8. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    To me, I think maybe they can screw people up down the road, especially if they get readily apparent ones.

    DBess and footballers can get away with them, "average person" maybe not so much.
     
  9. bran

    bran Senior Member

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    if i had dreads i would cut them off before i played football just due to the heat and the fear of getting pulled down by them and hurting my neck or something. as for tattoos give me a break tattoos every walk of person has tattoos i have had teachers both male and female have tattoos its just art on your body
     
  10. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    I agree. Sounds like someone is basing his money management skills by his tattoos. There is no logical reason he is any more or less likely to manage his money well, simply because he likes to get tattoos. Unless of course, someone believes getting tattoos is an indication of overall poor judgement, which would seem pretty silly to me.
     
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  11. NYFinFan

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    For whatever it's worth, when I was getting my acl repaired the anestesiologist walked in with a Mohawk about 6 inches up and from his neck and arms there was not a single inch of skin not covered by ink. Not once did I fear for my life because he had silly hair and a bunch of tats. If you're smart enough you can do anything regardless how you look.
     
  12. Starry31

    Starry31 Phins and Heels.

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    Of course we know what TD looks like.

    [​IMG]
     
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  13. Kanye West

    Kanye West 'Parcells' Guy

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    Get off the mans jock about the dreads fam. They looked nice
     
  14. padre31

    padre31 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Licensed profession NYFF, huge difference in that and just a regular job.
     
  15. unifiedtheory

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    I fell asleep and woke up in the 60's...we are judging people based on appearance and appearance alone. **** off with that rubbish.
     
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  16. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Lots of old and confused white people in this thread. It's like POFO is leaking.
     
  17. Two Tacos

    Two Tacos Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    He's a ninja, he's black, he's black ninja!


    I assume your post was referencing the single greatest ninja movie ever made.

    Sent from my SGH-T959V using Tapatalk 2
     
  18. pennphinfan

    pennphinfan Stelin Canez Arcade Scorz

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    this guy agrees

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  19. NYFinFan

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    I understand that, what I'm saying is you have to be well educated for that career path, obviously terrible hair and a bunch of ink doesn't effect intelligence levels. It's silly to judge a person based on tats and hair.
     
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  20. Sceeto

    Sceeto Well-Known Member

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    I guess he's definitely a gentile. :pointlol:
     
  21. Kanye West

    Kanye West 'Parcells' Guy

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    I know smh
     
  22. FanMarino

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    Tats? What? 21 Century. Its all about choice my man! :-) You sound like his mom! I couldnt care less what he looks like. Its called being an individual and himself. I like Bess no matter what he looks like!
     
  23. Puka-head

    Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member

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    I decided a long time ago to do whatever the ___ I wante3d to do, and accept the consequences of those actions. Two things on the Never do list for me are needles and little boys. Tattoos on others, dreadlocks mullets crew cuts, who cares?! Not my body, not my problem, dig it?

    D Bess is going to be D Best reciever on this team this year...yeah I said it, he is way smarter than the average picnic basket.
     
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  24. hammer

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    My nephew just graduated with a masters degree in actuary science. He's got tattoos and ear rings and spiked platinum blonde hair. He's had over 10 offers at 70K+ ENTRY level.

    But I do have a problem with the long hair, especially with teams that play in Florida. You cannot tell me that all that hair does not make the player significantly hotter and more prone to dehydration and that can't be good.
     
  25. WharfRat

    WharfRat Malignant Lunatic


    Agree.

    "Judge a man by the depth of his mind, not by the length of his hair" ~ Unknown

    If a company doesn't want to hire me based on my hair being a little longer, or the fact that I have a few tatoos, then that is a company I wouldn't want to work for anyway.
    That type of Ultra-Conservative, high and tight, narrow minded element of our society wants everyone to conform to the "Father Knows Best" model. ** News Flash ** Father Knows Best went off the air in 1960, nobody spends an entire career with one company anymore, most homes are now "two income" households, and people have started to desire individuality and personal freedoms.
    Personally, I think it's past time to judge others by such shallow, superficial means as hair length or ink... and start judging by intelligence, ability (gasp!), character and communications skills, etc... you know.....the stuff that REALLY matters.
     
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  26. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    The last player I was worried about was Davonne Bess. The ONLY WR I'm not worried about is Davonne Bess.
     
  27. UCF FINatic

    UCF FINatic The Miami Dolphins select

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    I couldn't agree more. I am doing research at UF and one of the Doctors has sleeves on both arms; one tattoo is a picture of an organic molecule: cortisol (the stress hormone lol).

    [​IMG]

    He wears dress shirts to cover them up, but he is great with patients and one of the best Doctors I have ever been around. He is smart as hell and if you saw him walking around in his non-work clothes you would think he is more likely to be in a biker gang or be a tattoo artist than a Doctor. You can't judge a book by the cover.
     
  28. MikeHoncho

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    Well, you could probably learn some biochemistry off this particular cover... lol
     
  29. the 23rd

    the 23rd a.k.a. Rio

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    where the rubber meets the road
    it's all about football
    everybody has to step up & compete to play

    a WR you must catch the ball
     
  30. PhinsRock

    PhinsRock Premium Member Luxury Box

    I like the dedication aspect, however I look at Troy Polamanu (sp?) and all that hair hasn't seemed to hurt his game.
     
  31. FinzLombardi

    FinzLombardi Armchair GM

    This topic is getting a bit "hairy".......I "dread" the outcome, when multiple generations of Dolphins Fans are at each others throats. Differences in expectations will naturally occur between generations, and that is okay.
     
  32. ASUFinFan

    ASUFinFan Uh huh

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    My only reactions to this...he looks more cut up now, and that he will be faster. That's it.
     
  33. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    The differences have nothing to do with generations. I've been a Dolphins fan since 1967 and tattoos and dreads are a 100% non issue to me. So it ain't like the old bastards are all anti tat/dread and the younger ones are all more enlightened.
     
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  34. Muck

    Muck Throwback Uniform Crusader Retired Administrator

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    If nothing else, he's been liberated!

    Long hair for dudes becomes more trouble than you'd like. It's also cooler living in FLA. And not only do you feel lighter, you look lighter. When I cut mine years ago, I got mad compliments from females saying I'd slimmed down, when all I got was a haircut. Donating it to Locks of Love got bonus points.

    As for tats, I think it's pretty short-sighted for a lot of guys. You'll have a hard time convincing me that 21 year old guy covered in tats did for little more than social conformity or addiction (to tats). Just my opinion. Doesn't make someone less of a man. Just perhaps immature. ;)
     
  35. gamblerx

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    How is this going to affect his game?
     
  36. Trowa

    Trowa A world of pain

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    :lol: :lol: :lol:

    You're not really serious are you? No one is that deluded to think that a player's determination to the game varies based on haircut, right? RIGHT? RIGHT?????????
     
  37. WharfRat

    WharfRat Malignant Lunatic

    While I agree with the points about long hair, I choose to wear mine a bit longer anyway, I like the way I look with longer hair, as does my wife. So, since they are the only ones I care about "liking" my sometimes shoulder length hair, I do what I wan... because I can.

    About the ink though.... I chose not to get a tat until I was a little older, I was almost 30 when I got my first. My wife and I just went last year and got another each.... I'm 48, and she is 50... and while we both may at times act a bit silly or "not so grown-up-ish".... I don't consider either of us "immature". It wasn't for "social conformity" reasons.... it was because we liked the artwork and it has meaning to us... :wink2:
     
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  38. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Weight ratio relative to speed...lol..
     
  39. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    To me, the funny thing will be after Bess has his best season ever in 2012, the anti-dreads crowd will probably crow that his success was due to cutting them off, when in actuality it will be because he is in an offense that best suits his skill set and would have had the same results even if he had kept the dreads.
     
  40. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    Those awful dreads. Just think, if Ricky would have cut his off before the 2002 season, he would have probably gained 5,000 yds rushing, averaged 10 yards a carry, the team would have been undefeated and of course won the Super Bowl. It just didn't happen because of those awful dreads. ;)
     
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