Surprised no one has posted this yet. This story is INSANE:
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It's totally worth the read.
To me, just as interesting as the hoax is that the mainstream media, in its rush to mythologize the guy, never bothered to verify whether his "girlfriend" actually existed.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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I think one of three things is going on here.
1. Te'o was the victim of a hoax and fell in love with a Twitter account that he believed was a real person. Which still means that he lied when he said that he visited her in Hawaii, etc.
2. Te'o was in on the hoax, which he and his friend(s) (and his parents?) made up to further mythologize him as part of his Heisman campaign.
3. Te'o and Tuiasosopo were gay lovers buy couldn't come out because of cultural issues; the fake Twitter account was how they communicated, and a cover for what was really going on.
I am inclined to believe #2, but I wouldn't be surprised by anything at this point.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Teo's statement:
"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."
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Originally posted by revo View PostTeo's statement:
"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life. I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Originally posted by Erik View PostI think one of three things is going on here.
1. Te'o was the victim of a hoax and fell in love with a Twitter account that he believed was a real person. Which still means that he lied when he said that he visited her in Hawaii, etc.
2. Te'o was in on the hoax, which he and his friend(s) (and his parents?) made up to further mythologize him as part of his Heisman campaign.
3. Te'o and Tuiasosopo were gay lovers buy couldn't come out because of cultural issues; the fake Twitter account was how they communicated, and a cover for what was really going on.
I am inclined to believe #2, but I wouldn't be surprised by anything at this point.
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Questionable make-up and a weird addiction to social media? He just moved up to the top of the Miami Dolphins' draft board!
What a nutso story, by the way. Even my wife was flummoxed. Her initial response: "The most unbelievable part is that an attractive and renowned football player was ever in an online-only relationship and called her his girlfriend. You're telling me this guy couldn't get a date? I'm calling bullshit."
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Originally posted by Bodhizefa View PostWhat a nutso story, by the way. Even my wife was flummoxed. Her initial response: "The most unbelievable part is that an attractive and renowned football player was ever in an online-only relationship and called her his girlfriend. You're telling me this guy couldn't get a date? I'm calling bullshit."Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Mant....what
So my morning drive in was spent listening to Sports Talk radio about this story...... what a waste of a ride in.It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years and we must stop it.
Bill Clinton 1995, State of the Union Address
"When they go low - we go High" great motto - too bad it was a sack of bullshit. DNC election mantra
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this story is just so bizarre.
Biggest question -- if Te'o was duped by a male family friend, as he now claims, then why would he make up all this nonsense about 8-hour phone calls, sending flowers, etc.? Obviously he never spent 8 hours talking on the phone to any chicks, because none are involved here, even on the hoaxers side. Why would he tell his father about meeting her in Hawaii, etc.?
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I once fell in love with someone over the internet. So much so I nearly left my wife over her.
Turned out it was just Heyelander playing a prank on me. I still hate him.Considering his only baseball post in the past year was bringing up a 3 year old thread to taunt Hornsby and he's never contributed a dime to our hatpass, perhaps?
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Originally posted by Pogues View PostI once fell in love with someone over the internet. So much so I nearly left my wife over her.
Turned out it was just Heyelander playing a prank on me. I still hate him.I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...
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