After basketball season ends, Arnold emails Rowdy to say sorry that he beat them and sorry their season went downhill, but he replies saying that they will kick their butts next year. Throughout this brief chapter, Rowdy and Junior start rekindling their friendship in an odd way.
The irony of the title of this chapter “Rowdy and I have a long and serious discussion about basketball” is that in contrary, they actually had a short and casual conversation. On page 196, Rowdy replies, “We’ll kick your asses next year, and you’ll cry like the little faggot you are.” Junior writes back: “I might be a faggot, but I’m the faggot who beat you.” and the conversation ends with Rowdy saying, “ha-ha.”
In conclusion, their chat only lasted for three lines and the language used was extremely casual and humorous, which explains the irony of “long and serious discussion.”
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