[quote author=kapp patel link=topic=48687.msg1336820#msg1336820 date=1293046834
But I honestly don't see it as too presumptuous to assume his environment is reflected in him. I think that's pretty much a given.
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no.
you've obviously not traveled or taken any psychology at all...ever. peoples' environment is what shapes them, true, but the way that it's effects surface could be direct opposites and often are. go anywhere on earth and you'll see the same cross section of personalities as anywhere else. fact. plus, it's almost a cliche nowadays for the rich kids to act/dress broke and the broke kids being the flashiest. i mean antwuan and theotis are from the same background, so c'mon son. get outta here with that, "it's a given" shit. you know nothing about human development.
People like him give the rest of us a bad name.
us who? don't go trying to put yourself on the same level as the average slap poster on the sly. just lurk more, and next time think first dumbass.
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now that that's said, Forrest killed it again. on and off the mic this time. i like how he actually rattled off every dope trick that went down before saying that joe gets the mvp for the photo. at least he's paying attention when he's not skating. that shit counts. the rest of them kinda voted on the buddy system. and did you see the little smile he let out at the end? i think that dude is probably just playing up his personality for the contest. i like him more now than ever. actually, the only thing that he's done so far that made me really be like, "that was fucked up" was the not thanking two dudes for loaning you a board after you broke them shits. that was hella weak, but all the shit talking and other verbal stuff, i think, is just funny as fuck. i get the impression he probably does too.
the part with mango's interview got me kinda stoked to see him step up. from what brook said, it sounds like he was actually ripping all day and got a lot of stuff, but wouldn't skate for the camera. i was under the impression that he just didn't get anything and that's why the footy was missing, this makes me interested in him again.
k