# Shut up and read, octopus, and you might learn something **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-and-read-octopus-and-you-might-learn-something/768138 "2016-10-10T08:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-and-read-octopus-and-you-might-learn-something/768138/34 "2016-10-10T19:49:20Z")
I’ve shared in other threads about this, but I’ll restate here. 4 years of Division 1 college baseball. LOTs of long bus rides, hanging around the field, hanging around the Motel 6 with other college age guys. And yes, the proverbial locker room. Yes, there were lots of crass, crude, smutty, lewd, and just generally obnoxious conversations. Not once did anyone brag about being a sexual predator, or even joke about it. Anyone who did (as I’ve said before) would have been shunned, or (hopefully) reported to the coach. If you try to handwave away Trump’s words as “just guys being guys”, you are not speaking for me. And, as a guy, I resent the fuck out of being lumped in with these DEPLORABLES. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-up-and-read-octopus-and-you-might-learn-something/768138)._