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FBGMDude I'm not trying to gang up on you or anything, but you called him pathetic and once he posted in this thread you tried to be super nice and supportive and said to ignore the haters. Calling someone pathetic is pretty hateful. I don't think anyone is reading too far into anything, I think what you said is kind of fucked.
Also, word of advice, if there's anyone's posts you shouldn't read too far into, its skiierman's. You should know that. Everybody knows that.
I didn't call him pathetic. Photoshopping a photo like that is pathetic, not really saying he himself is pathetic. And considering he's one of the best skiers as it is, it's silly and unnecessary to feel like he has to do that.
MinggI didn't call him pathetic. Photoshopping a photo like that is pathetic, not really saying he himself is pathetic. And considering he's one of the best skiers as it is, it's silly and unnecessary to feel like he has to do that.
Right, but saying something he did is pathetic is still pretty hateful. I get what you're saying, but in response I think that you're the only one who is twisting your words.
fuck I get all the way to page 5 and it's just this bs about ming what else is new. I was just looking to see what mod deleted those top notch comments for no reason. #telluswhy #explainyourself
Pretty hilarious how NS is one of the few sites (if not only) in action sports that has Pros come and explain themselves after being called out for some shit.
LucasPretty hilarious how NS is one of the few sites (if not only) in action sports that has Pros come and explain themselves after being called out for some shit.
LucasPretty hilarious how NS is one of the few sites (if not only) in action sports that has Pros come and explain themselves after being called out for some shit.
NS is all powerful. A hungover, petty, wild, zero fucks given kind of power.
FBGMRight, but saying something he did is pathetic is still pretty hateful. I get what you're saying, but in response I think that you're the only one who is twisting your words.
HP123fuck I get all the way to page 5 and it's just this bs about ming what else is new. I was just looking to see what mod deleted those top notch comments for no reason. #telluswhy #explainyourself
QFE. That mod knows they fucked up and wont own up to it. They'll probably delete this comment too..
MinggI didn't call him pathetic. Photoshopping a photo like that is pathetic, not really saying he himself is pathetic. And considering he's one of the best skiers as it is, it's silly and unnecessary to feel like he has to do that.
Ming day one
"wow, that's actually pretty pathetic in my opinion.
You're one of the best skiers out there, what the fuck are you trying to accomplish with these? You don't need to edit your photos like that to be respected... at all. This is so stupid."
Ming day two
"
Dude, you kill it. You're one of the best skiers in the game right now, you don't need to prove anything to anyone!
Everyone has haters, and that's all they are. Keep shredding for yourself and keep doin you. The kids who are genuinely stoked on skiing will be stoked on you and your real content. Fuck anyone else who wouldn't have seen the awesomeness in the original.
Most people, myself included are just messing around in threads like this. Almost everyone on here has so much respect for you. That's not gonna change over a stupid picture. Don't get too bummed on it. (:"
Went from pathetic and stupid to you do and be awesome!!!!:):)
LonelyMing day one
"wow, that's actually pretty pathetic in my opinion.
You're one of the best skiers out there, what the fuck are you trying to accomplish with these? You don't need to edit your photos like that to be respected... at all. This is so stupid."
Ming day two
"
Dude, you kill it. You're one of the best skiers in the game right now, you don't need to prove anything to anyone!
Everyone has haters, and that's all they are. Keep shredding for yourself and keep doin you. The kids who are genuinely stoked on skiing will be stoked on you and your real content. Fuck anyone else who wouldn't have seen the awesomeness in the original.
Most people, myself included are just messing around in threads like this. Almost everyone on here has so much respect for you. That's not gonna change over a stupid picture. Don't get too bummed on it. (:"
Went from pathetic and stupid to you do and be awesome!!!!:):)
"wow Osama Bin Ladin is a total dick. I can't believe he killed all those Americans."
*Osama Bin Ladin apologizes for 9/11 attacks*
"Wow Osama, you got guts. good on you for owning up to killing all those innocent people"
"wow Osama Bin Ladin is a total dick. I can't believe he killed all those Americans."
*Osama Bin Ladin apologizes for 9/11 attacks*
"Wow Osama, you got guts. good on you for owning up to killing all those innocent people"
I literally never said good on him. I never even implied that what he did was acceptable at all.
Yeah, I thought what he did was super lame and I still think it's lame. I was responding to him talking about haters in his apology or whatever. That had nothing to do with anything I said before at all.
MinggI literally never said good on him. I never even implied that what he did was acceptable at all.
Yeah, I thought what he did was super lame and I still think it's lame. I was responding to him talking about haters in his apology or whatever. That had nothing to do with anything I said before at all.
You fail to realize that continuing to argue and defend yourself just makes it worse. Just don't reply. It's pretty simple.
skiermanYou're just a flip-floppy fan girl with zero integrity whose attitude resulted in the collapse of the greatest democracy in the history of human civilization. That's all.
"wow Osama Bin Ladin is a total dick. I can't believe he killed all those Americans."
*Osama Bin Ladin apologizes for 9/11 attacks*
"Wow Osama, you got guts. good on you for owning up to killing all those innocent people"
Nah, it's more like
Ming:"ahh man this guy's an asshole for photoshopping his pic, booooo"
*Gus responds*
Ming:
O MA GAD A PRO SKIHER
omg big fan I heart you. U da best gussy!
gkenworthyI don't have much to say other than that I'm sorry. I feel like a pretty big loser right now. I have talked about wanting to live authentically and then I fucked with a picture to make it more impressive. I think I have just felt the need to try and impress you guys, the skiers that follow me, a lot since I came out. A lot of you unfollowed me after I came out and that's fine, I'd actually rather that than have people following me and making fun of me and leaving hurtful comments. I spend about half of my time on Instagram deleting comments from kids calling me a faggot or worse and blocking the kids that wrote them. The thing that sucks about it though is that when I look at their pages, those kids are almost entirely young skiers. It genuinely bums me out to get that kind of negativity on my page from kids who I had hoped would've been the one's able to connect with me, regardless of my sexuality, over a shared love of skiing. Anyway, I know that after an 8 month hiatus from skiing last spring / summer because of a blown knee and then coming out publicly in the fall that there hadn't been much ski-related content on my page in a while and that my audience had changed quite a lot. That's why I've tried to go as hard as possible since my first day back on snow this season. That's why I filmed and posted the little insta-edits on the rails at Keystone and Breck to show that I was back and that yes I was a "faggot" but that it didn't change anything in terms of my skiing capabilities. Yes, I sheepishly admit that I used an app on my phone to make the picture in the pipe look bigger. Why? I don't really know. While I was posting it I thought to myself, "this is so lame. People are gonna notice" but stupidly I ignored my better judgment and posted it anyway. I just wanted to post a ski picture that would be impressive. In hindsight it was really fucking stupid and it's embarrassing to have to admit that I did that. I am not proud of it but, sometimes, I can be a very insecure person and as a result I have said and done some things that don't align with the type of person I want to be. This being one of those instances. I thought about trying to say I didn't photoshop the pic and that it was the way it was sent to me but I think it's better to just own up to it. It was a mistake and it won't happen again. I deleted the picture, I don't know what else to do beyond that. I'm sorry for being an idiot. Hope you're all having a good season so far.
hahaha dude noone hates you for being gay, they hate you for being you
"wow Osama Bin Ladin is a total dick. I can't believe he killed all those Americans."
*Osama Bin Ladin apologizes for 9/11 attacks*
"Wow Osama, you got guts. good on you for owning up to killing all those innocent people"
lmao hahahaha
DeforestationNah, it's more like
Ming:"ahh man this guy's an asshole for photoshopping his pic, booooo"
*Gus responds*
Ming:
O MA GAD A PRO SKIHER
omg big fan I heart you. U da best gussy!
HAHAHA!
Burrrlapzhahaha dude noone hates you for being gay, they hate you for being you
gkenworthyI don't have much to say other than that I'm sorry. I feel like a pretty big loser right now. I have talked about wanting to live authentically and then I fucked with a picture to make it more impressive. I think I have just felt the need to try and impress you guys, the skiers that follow me, a lot since I came out. A lot of you unfollowed me after I came out and that's fine, I'd actually rather that than have people following me and making fun of me and leaving hurtful comments. I spend about half of my time on Instagram deleting comments from kids calling me a faggot or worse and blocking the kids that wrote them. The thing that sucks about it though is that when I look at their pages, those kids are almost entirely young skiers. It genuinely bums me out to get that kind of negativity on my page from kids who I had hoped would've been the one's able to connect with me, regardless of my sexuality, over a shared love of skiing. Anyway, I know that after an 8 month hiatus from skiing last spring / summer because of a blown knee and then coming out publicly in the fall that there hadn't been much ski-related content on my page in a while and that my audience had changed quite a lot. That's why I've tried to go as hard as possible since my first day back on snow this season. That's why I filmed and posted the little insta-edits on the rails at Keystone and Breck to show that I was back and that yes I was a "faggot" but that it didn't change anything in terms of my skiing capabilities. Yes, I sheepishly admit that I used an app on my phone to make the picture in the pipe look bigger. Why? I don't really know. While I was posting it I thought to myself, "this is so lame. People are gonna notice" but stupidly I ignored my better judgment and posted it anyway. I just wanted to post a ski picture that would be impressive. In hindsight it was really fucking stupid and it's embarrassing to have to admit that I did that. I am not proud of it but, sometimes, I can be a very insecure person and as a result I have said and done some things that don't align with the type of person I want to be. This being one of those instances. I thought about trying to say I didn't photoshop the pic and that it was the way it was sent to me but I think it's better to just own up to it. It was a mistake and it won't happen again. I deleted the picture, I don't know what else to do beyond that. I'm sorry for being an idiot. Hope you're all having a good season so far.
Tl dr.
1.Gus. No. You definitely did NOT lose recognize any unfollowing on Instagram/Twitter. If I recall correctly, you actually gained close to TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND followers on Instagram.
2. You literally just pulled the most shameless 'It's because I'm gay,' card. People don't care, man. People wouldn't care if you fucked dogs. Being insecure about being gay isn't necessary. Homophobes are meant to not be listened to.
It's not a very BAD thing you photoshopped it, it's just funny. Don't think we all hate you. The paragraph you just typed was awesome, by the way. Just chill out with trying to impress people. You're fucking Gus Kenworthy. /buttkissed
It's pretty absurd that in this day and age there is such an emphasis on social media and "cultivating" ourselves for public consumption. I understand that Gus is a public figure and is under more scrutiny than most of us here, but that doesn't really get to the heart of the matter. Gus said it himself. He's insecure. Well, that's pretty obvious. I think there is an inherently vain and attention seeking undercurrent to this, and it's totally on Gus in this particular situation, but he's also clearly a product of the times and of the culture. And, I think it's sad and pretty lame. Gus is an amazing skier and has some unreal accomplishments under his belt, there's just absolutely no need to exaggerate any of it in such a way. Like, watch the guy land tricks from the Oslo big air. Why on earth would he feel the need to "lie" about his skiing? Well, he already answered that himself.
The second thing though is this: I really respect someone being willing to flat own up to their mistake. Gotta be a very embarrassing situation for Gus, though it was self-created. But that aside, it still takes balls to just come out and say, "hey.....I fucked up....and I am an insecure person". It's incredible how these situations can sort of resolve themselves when someone is just like, "yeah....about that.....sorry.....".
If I was good friends with Gus, I would look him dead in the face and say, "You know what man? No one is more concerned about what you're doing or not doing than you. People are wrapped up in their own lives. You are giving everyone else so much power in determining your moment to moment happiness and sense of worth, and it's ridiculous. You're a good person, you're a fucking ripping skier, and despite those things, you're a FLAWED, IMPERFECT human being. Big fucking deal. You don't need to bend over backwards to impress anyone, or to control how you're perceived. Just take it easy man."
"wow Osama Bin Ladin is a total dick. I can't believe he killed all those Americans."
*Osama Bin Ladin apologizes for 9/11 attacks*
"Wow Osama, you got guts. good on you for owning up to killing all those innocent people"
Randy_Quench logic: Okay, people seem to be bashing on Mingg, I could eeeaaasily jump on that traing and score some some street cred/NS karma. Hmm.. What should I do...? Fuck yeah! Compare a skier to a terrorist. It's America, everybody hates terrorists. And that skier's gay, so it's pretty much a bulletproof argument, Trump would've and look at him, he's winning!
The missing inner voice of Randy_Quench's logic: Randy, when people you respect dissappoint you, a feeling of betrayal kicks in. You get mad. When that idol later owns up to that mistake and apologize, you forgive them. It's human nature. Sorry, what? Well, Randy, we can talk about what human nature means another time.
