Rabbits, Blinkity

Over in the land of professional tennis, there's been a lot of talk lately about so-called "grunting". It seems certain tennis player make a noise when they hit the ball. And whether you call it grunting, or screaming, or growling, or "I-hate-that-turn-it-off," opinions can be found everywhere from USA Today to FOX Sports Australia to every tennis blog, forum, and TV commentator. Every time you turn around, somebody else has something else to say about it.

It's horrible and distracting. It's borderline gamespersonship, and the players should complain. It's not actually that bad, and people should just put the TV on mute on if they don't like it. It's not actually that bad live; it's just the microphones that make it seem loud. It's even worse live, you can hear it from the next stadium over. It's contrary to the spirit of tennis; it's a sign tennis is evolving beyond its country club roots.

So, naturally, I have some feelings about this too. And my number-one feeling is, get over yourselves! Here's why.
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Look, I'm used to trolls, okay? I've been using the Internet since Yahoo was a only a web index and not a search engine. I've even read Encyclopedia Dramatica on occasion. But I still don't understand this:

they call these s.lut.s professionals
-- boredwithnba

welcome to the PMS league..the WNBA is CRAP PY
-- saylaka2000

Now, I do understand, say, stupid tasteless comments on youtube - there are 'related video' links and 'featured videos' there to tempt you. Plus, it's an obvious enough target that you might just search for things just to be an asshole. But to make rude comments on an espn.com box score, you have to:

• A: Know that the game is going on.
• B: Be interested enough to check for box scores.

And you very likely care enough to actually watch the game. Which, in fact, the various "slut" commentators did, because many of them mentioned specific events from the game.
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