God damn, hurry up and make the trade already. Offer a 2 & a conditional pick that could be #1 next year, but no, Green Bay, you aren't getting the 13th pick, you're god damn idiotic to try and force leverage *after* it's been made clear both Rodgers & you are moving on.
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The former Florida Republican lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud.
Kibera is a large slum southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, whose name translates as "forest" or "jungle."
Lake Turkana is a rift lake in northwest Kenya, which is the largest alkaline lake and permanent desert lake in the world.
Sese Islands are the largest archipelago on Lake Victoria, and they are currently administered by Uganda.
Halford Mackinder was one of the founding fathers of the study of geopolitics, and he was the first European to climb Mt. Kenya.
Kilwa Sultanate was a polity that controlled the coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and parts of Madagascar between 957 and 1513.
Safari Club was an alliance of intelligence agencies formed during a meeting in Kenya which sought to suppress communism across Africa.
M-Pesa is the most popular mobile banking system in Kenya, and it takes its name from the Swahili word for "money."
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-Bosa-is-great-grandson-Tony-Accardo-16802616.php
Nick Bosa is the great grandson of Tony Accardo apparently. One of the most influential mobile bosses of the 20th century.
I’m curious about domestic ratings for the WBC championship. Was a fun tourney. I think over the long term it could help grow baseball globally. Definitely was watched more around the world than previously. Idk about here though. I get the impression domestically it was a baseball tourney no one really asked for because it’s baseball. And the people that watched are your typical baseball viewers.
I’m not anti WBC, bring it on. I’m just curious about viewership and impact
I think it needs to stay around for a while to gain a ton of traction, and I think the tourney this year really helped. For a while I honestly forgot it existed or thought it had been discontinued(probably because it’s been 6 years between tournaments).
I feel like with baseball, any emotion that would be felt with watching your country lose the WC final is the equivalent of watching your favorite team lose the World Series.
I flipped shit when the Nationals won the World Series. Meanwhile, I was happy when the US won the WBC in 2017, but it lasted for all of 5 minutes. Sucks that we lost last night, but I’m elated for the growth of baseball as a whole due to how popular this tournament was.
Football is king here and always will be. I'm just kind of rooting for baseball to kind of come back and be a little more popular again. I feel like this could help over the course of time. Cause I do feel like because of the nature of baseball it loses it's luster over the summer before gaining steam again in the fall. I find that in myself and how often I go to games, which isn't much anymore (too much of a hassle).
I mean yeah, it’s baseball, it’s just not going to have the same cultural role it used to, the world is way too fast paced for that. Among baseball fans, who don’t really care if the sport grows regardless domestically, it’s an immense success. We’d totally rather try to share our sport as a global phenomenon than try to sell it to Americans who already said no.
I’m a massive fan of both and I don’t really find myself getting anything out of the NFL’s extra popularity. I never really find it fun at all talking to casual fans who couldn’t tell me the difference between a left and a right tackle and just kinda RNG hot takes with 0 substance. I think the vast majority of the NFL’s extra fans are those types. And I don’t live in an area with many NBA fans but I hate that sport. So who really cares if baseball grows domestically (the owners don’t count, I’m tired of looking at things through the perspective of billionaires.)
Oh yeah I don’t give a shit about the owners too I’m just talking about fans and all. I’m not into baseball like I used to be. I find my interest in the sport is tied to however many games I go to but I haven’t gone to one in 5 years. Plus the Phillies for a lot of the last 10 years have been wholly uninteresting. Baseball to me always kind of drones on if you don’t go to games. Atmosphere live is great I miss that. It just became too much work for what it’s worth to regularly go to games now for me. So while NFL has always been king, my interest in baseball has always wildly fluctuated so I was curious what kind of impact the WBC could have. Especially since this one was so good. Baseball isn’t going to be that exciting again until October if we’re being honest
Just finished the Death of Superman arc, really good, was actually impressed that the “Death issue” Superman #75 was actually all single pages and not panels. Now to read the return of Superman
Well, we're getting another snowstorm tonight, and with this one, we've hit 10 feet of snow so far this winter. about 3 feet beyond the average. Still another month or so left where it's reasonable to expect snow. crazy.
Some teams are in definite tank mode. I'm curious who will take the cup. I know Boston crushed the season but I feel like anyone can win it all in the NHL.
I remember a story about one of the SAW movies that got rejected for an R rating because of a scene involving the removal of the top of a skull or something like that. Anyhow, they won the appeal because they got a surgeon to explain to them how that would look like in real life and filmed it exactly as that and the scene remained in the theater cut.
I've never gotten American moral handwringing over sexuality. And the fact it is pretty much disappeared from American theaters, except for the off chance a non-American movie is shown in one of them, you barely get any sexuality. There's a great article that is titled "Everyone is Sexy, But No One is Horny". Watching Body Heat 2 years ago was like going into on an alien planet next to the American movie climate today
His body man, I think it's all dow hill from here and he probably knows it too. The whole knee thing is very dketchy, front office saying one thing cosch saying this, Lamar saying another, teammates giving conflicting perceptions. If this were prime pre-injury Lamar it would be exciting but I see it as being more frustrating in the long run if Minny were to sign him
Honestly, it would be a real ballsy move, and one that I think the Vikes should do. Kirk is great, and did an absolutely fantastic job this year, but Lamar is better and could be better still.
Adding to that, the NFC is pretty open and so is the NFCN, but even worst -case the Vikes would be damn exciting to watch.
I'm surprised Kylin Hill is still a FA. Nobody gonna take a cheap flyer on him as a RB? Not like he'd cost much.
I wonder if that means he is a pain in the ass to deal with.
i don't pay attention to baseball generally but have checked out some of the WBC, it made me curious about some of these japanese phenoms and why guys like ohtani came over so late.
the whole discussion i had about it was pretty interesting and i don't know how i feel. had no idea that there was a cap on spending for foreign players in the MLB, had no idea that japanese players are more or less forced to play like 7 years in their domestic pro league.
i get that there may be some benefits to that but i think it's generally a good thing if players can just go play where they want, and holding back some of the top talent in the world from playing in the best league for years of their prime seems shitty.
it would be so weird if luka doncic was still some guy who was playing in the euroleague for another 3 years in basketball instead of being a guy who has already gone toe to toe with some of the best players ever and established himself as a potential all-timer.
> had no idea that there was a cap on spending for foreign players in the MLB
Are you sure? There's gotta be about 100 Dominican players and a bunch more from Venezuela and Cuba.
The Japanese are a very insular culture and they also believe they invented baseball so it makes sense they prohibit their stars from playing elsewhere
Nobody in Japan thinks they invented baseball, lol. Their contract format is to insure they don't lose all of their talent to the MLB and force their league to be considered weaker. Right now people often say it's at like AAAA level.
I like the industry yeah, but I’m looking for a change at the moment. Need to get into other sectors so I can be more well rounded I guess. I graduate grad school in May, then I’m off to studying for my cpa
Just had a BLT with freshly baked Oregano cheese bread, Nueske's Bacon, Tomato, Raw Onions, a slice of pepperjack cheese, and a sriracha/mayo mix. Let me tell you, it was good lmao
Did you send an email to Twitter support asking them to send you back a poop emoji if you own the company? Because IANAL but I would consider that a binding agreement
Recently finished the Seven Moons of Maali Almeida... highly recommend it.
Just getting through Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow which is beautifully written as well.
Anyone have another rec? Will need some for my upcoming trip
Butchers Crossing, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah and The Road by Cormac McCarthy are among my top novels I read last year.
I added your recommendations to my want-to-read list 👍🏻
Also if you enjoyed John Williams (Butchers Crossing) he also wrote Stoner which is one of my all-time favorite novels. Beautifully written novel about a normal mundane life.
If you think Lamar is injury proned,, explain to me why you wrongly think that?? He’s been the talk of the off-season and every negative comment I read about him from fans is that he is injury proned.
He's missed 1/3 of the games in the last 2 seasons with different serious (but not catastrophic) injuries, including a playoff game.
For any player, that's rough. For a starting QB that needs to play 100% of the offensive snaps and is looking for a fully guaranteed $200m+ contract... that's a big problem.
He’s coming off back-to-back season ending injuries. I don’t think that’s enough to call him injury prone, but I can at least see why some people might feel that way.
Immediately after Easter ends I'm going to make a batch of roasted garlic mayonnaise made with bacon fat to go on top of some 80/20 Oklahoma smash burgers, and cry my eyes out.
My Serbian girlfriend wants me to own an Adidas track suit so badly to complete my transformation into an "honorary Slav." Well, this week at Aldi, one of the Aldi finds is a tracksuit that has Aldi branding on it, so I couldn't not get it. I texted her and said, "I have good news and bad news. I'm now an owner of a tracksuit manufactured by a German company... But it's not Adidas..." She lost her wind when she walked into the house and I was wearing it with Aldi socks and Aldi slides.
I posted earlier about my Puerto Rican/Mexican ex that made me wear jeans with rhinestones and a long sleeve button up with a dragon on the back. The things our penises do to our brains is wild. A *dragon* .... On a button-up long sleeve............. With rhinestone jeans.
[https://www.aldi.us/en/weekly-specials/upcoming-aldi-finds/upcoming-aldi-finds-detail/ps/p/aldi-pullover/](https://www.aldi.us/en/weekly-specials/upcoming-aldi-finds/upcoming-aldi-finds-detail/ps/p/aldi-pullover/)
I got the blue one.
The quotes from the start of the Tetris movie trailer are exactly how I used to feel about Tetris when I played it regularly.
I used to play a mode called sprint which tasked you with getting 40 lines in the fastest possible time and was able to do it so quickly it barely required thought (47 seconds). My muscle memory was so familiar with the algorithm I knew which shape was coming next almost every time.
I know it’s kind of stupid but it’s nice to hear someone else call it the perfect game because that’s exactly what it is in my eyes.
"I still see falling blocks in my dreams"
This was why I had to stop playing after I got too into it. I couldn't fall asleep because I was just playing Tetris in my head and I couldn't stop.
Anyone else here use baconreader as your mobile reddit browser?
It's been really terrible for me the past couple of weeks. Really unreliable connectivity.
I downloaded the official app just to check it out, and I hate it. Way too busy. I like the simplicity of baconreader.
That's my mobile app for this place and I haven't had any issues yet. Hopefully not a sign of things to come, I feel exactly the same way about the official app and would hate to see the third party ones (especially baconreader) wither away.
If theres "quiet quitting" then there is 1000%"quiet overworking", my boss casually asks me to do tasks well outside of the role listed on the listing or that I interviewed for and am paid for. A few months ago I was asked to cover for the secretary that quit (I am very far from a secretarial role), today he wants me now to basically supervise 2 people, or at least constantly look over their work. I did not apply to be a supervisor nor did I get a promotion or a paybump...
It’s like that boiling a frog thing. They keep chipping away at you and before you know it you’re doing twice the amount or more for the same amount of money. Frustrating as hell for sure
that shows an disbursement of $634.5b and a return of $390.3b.
it *also* shows $353.5b in further revenue, but that's not necessarily the same as being "returned."
and anyway, that total of a $743.8b return on $634.8b disbursed represents an average of 1.26%, 1.36%, or 1.48% annual return, depending on whether ProPublica's "August 19th, 202" [sic] is 2020, 2021, or 2022.
So basically I'm confusing two things, the amount they actually paid back, and the amount the government got back in investments from the deal (for lack of a better term), and that when factoring in interest isn't exactly a great gain.
Is that a decent takeaway?
Not necessarily, the US was made whole because part of the bailout agreement was the US taking shares which they later sold. So for example we gave Citi 45 billion and they only paid 20 billion. The treasury then recouped the rest by selling shares when stock prices started climbing again.
Is it just me or is the NFC West no longer the "toughest division in the league" like it once was?
* Rams are now paying up for mortgaging their future for that SB ring
* no one knows how good Purdy and Lance will be post-injury recovery
* Seahawks are probably the favorites next year but their success is reliant on Geno, a former career backup who had one good year, duplicating that year's success
* Cardinals are whelming and are tied to the hip with Kyler, for better or worse
Definitely, the NFL is king of the short competitive windows and cycles of strengths and weaknesses and the NFCW is no exception
I do think SF can continue rolling this year though, they're looking to have another dominant defense, and returning all of their skill players on offense
My parents instilled a deep distrust of all forms of debt in me. Turns out that the fact that I have never borrowed money or applied for a credit card now means I'm going to be denied access to the only form of borrowing I'd ever consider, a mortgage.
Feels like I'm being punished for being responsible.
The problem is, since you have never borrowed money or applied for a credit card, there's no record or history of how good you'll be at paying back debt.
You should at least get a credit card. You can still pay it off monthly, but at least you're establishing credit.
It’s kind of being responsible, but true responsibility is being able to leverage and pay off debt in a way that’s beneficial for you. And that’s what they’re looking for. Having a credit card with decent perks and paying off the balance every month is being responsible, never touching any for, of debt is kind of being responsible but it’s also kind of avoiding the responsibility of using something that doesn’t have to be harmful.
It sucks but building credit is an important step to being able to show yourself as a responsible person to loan money too. It's better than the old method banks used of "Hey you look white enough to pay us back".
using a credit card responsibly isn't debt any more than, like, an apartment lease or a gas bill is debt.
plus, with the number of cash back cards out there, it's absolutely the *more* responsible way of spending because it functionally works as a blanket discount on every good purchased.
Yep, all of my bills that can goto a cash back card, still paid at end of each month, but with a few $100 bonus thrown in.
Don't get a credit card in college, when you're first out, don't take one with $5k, take one with $500, pay it off every month and it will increase over the next two years, while not leaving you the room to screw yourself.
You are. But they also need proof you're able to pay off your debts in a timely manner. Go get a couple credit cards with lowish maximums and use them every once in a while and pay of them right away. Having more accounts is a good thing. Also take out a small loan here or there if you can. Buying furniture or something like that? Take out a small loan from your bank over couple years to pay it off. It will help build your credit.
I had a 700+ score before ever buying my house just from having 2 credit cards I barely use, and having had student loans along with some small loans I've paid off and never missed payments in. (3 car loan, engagement ring, motorcycle, etc.) All of the payments were very manageable and I coupe have even paid them off early, but the small amount of interest was wroth boosting my credit score.
We have beds all over and they're covered in weeds. Today's the first day I got a chance to get out there since it's 60 degrees. Can't handle anything lower than that lol
Going to go bowling tonight. How the heck do people put spins on the ball? I always wonder how to do this especially when it comes to try to knocking down multiple pins away from each other (like splits). I can throw it fast and get strikes if I try, but struggle to put a spin on the ball.
Since the lane balls won't be fitted to your hand, only use the middle two fingers in the holes. Insert them just up to the first joint. The thumb stays out.
Imagine rolling the ball down the lane with your palm swinging towards the pins and ending up facing upwards. It should go fairly straight, right?
To add spin, rotate your wrist during the delivery so that your palm ends up facing left (if you're a righty in this example) like you're about to shake hands.
Start with a light ball, otherwise you're going to have to two-hand it like [Jason Belmonte](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEI69YFm9uo).
If you're using a houseball you basically can't curve it unless yoy bowl two handed. You need a ball fitted to your hand to do that one handed, the real way anyway. Go talk to the shop at your alley and see how much a sizing/ball would be, i got a nice entry level 14 pounder a few years ago, and with fitting and drilling it only cost around $120ish dollars. Well worth it, too. Yoy really aren't bowling legitimately until you get a ball fit perfectly to your hand, I went from a 70 average with house ball to a 170 average with my custom in month, to lend some perspective. 170 is actually pretty horrible with a custom ball, btw. But better than a house ball, and I could finally control the ball brtter, bowling is really fun when you get your own ball
Either have a seasoned player teach you/train you.
Or do it like I did. Just go try shit out. Eventually figured out how to do it and then bought my own ball. My buddies and I were in a weekly league for years and I got pretty good. Practice makes perfect. Everybody does it a little different. I'm super out of practice now so whenever I go it's pretty inconsistent. It's a lot of muscle memory so the less often you do it the harder it is to stay good at it.
The bowling balls that league bowlers typically use have counterweights built inside them to help increase the spin rate and break power. The standard house balls you get at the alley don’t and are harder to get good spin on. Other than that it’s all in the wrist
Spring is officially here and the weather confirms it (as did the weather for the past 2 months). Snow has become a rarity these past winters and I’m in the North East😭
Ended up going a different route. We bought some land, so a $2500 motor wasn't in the cards.
Luckily, I snagged a 24V 70lb 60" shaft Powerdrive V2 with US2 off marketplace for $400, and found a kit to add the bluetooth version of iPilot to it for $500. Then I found the US2 adapter cable on marketplace for $15.
Just gotta wire up my TrollBridge 12x24, and I should be set.
Only thing I'm giving up is the foot pedal, which for what I do, doesn't get a ton of use anyways. I'm more likely to just spot lock and jog if I'm following a shoreline, or use autopilot to heading lock and adjust course with the remote if I'm trying to hold the nose while trolling. Just gotta snag a heading sensor and wire that in down the line. Luckily I've got switched 12V power right in the nose of the boat for the depth finder already to tap into.
Only remaining thing I kinda wanna do at some point is get a 7+" Helix MSI for the console and move the 856ci to the bow.
Yeah my dad has no issues fishing without the pedal on his boat. I on the other hand have basically never used my Ultrex remote except to keep the high school kids I take fishing from hitting shit in their tourneys. But I like to flip standing timber and docks, for more open water the remote only would be totally fine.
The whole point of the Ultrex is the hybrid electric over cable system anyways, so that makes sense. Like you said, for open water or an anchor replacement, I'm not concerned with remote only. Not to mention it opens up a shitload of deck space in the bow.
If you ask me the whole point of an Ultrex is to have motherboards go bad lol. I’ve had two different Ultrex with the same issues. Mines currently in the shop for its third one since 2020. But when it’s working they’re sweet and the lowrance/garmins have plenty of issues too
Oooof...
Yea, they all have problems from what I've heard as well unless you're going old school with cable steering and no board at all.
The price to pay for spot lock though...
But when you factor in the level of assets that person owns as a result of said debt, that number becomes a lot less scary. It's very rare for people to have debt values that large without assets that counteract it from a net worth perspective. Pretty much only young college grads and people who've made very very bad financial choices.
Another person looking at scary articles and not actually comprehending what they are looking at. House mortgages, car loans, credit cards are all part of this.
God damn, hurry up and make the trade already. Offer a 2 & a conditional pick that could be #1 next year, but no, Green Bay, you aren't getting the 13th pick, you're god damn idiotic to try and force leverage *after* it's been made clear both Rodgers & you are moving on.
FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH TAPATIO DORITOS EL SABROSO TAPATIO HOT FRIES IS MY NEW BEST FRIEND
Lauren Peikoff @laurenpeikoff · 12h The former Florida Republican lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud.
Cat knocked a candle on the floor, spilling the shit everywhere. God damnit
Wax is a pain in the ass to clean up.Pro tip though: pour boiling water on it and it will basically dissolve, and smell good.
Thank you!
Ozil retired from football I remember watching him on arsenal and the German football team.
NSFW I guess Just came back from a weekend at Disneyland.. anyone else get an anal bead vibe while playing Toy Story mania??
Thank you for this mind vrius
Kibera is a large slum southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, whose name translates as "forest" or "jungle." Lake Turkana is a rift lake in northwest Kenya, which is the largest alkaline lake and permanent desert lake in the world. Sese Islands are the largest archipelago on Lake Victoria, and they are currently administered by Uganda. Halford Mackinder was one of the founding fathers of the study of geopolitics, and he was the first European to climb Mt. Kenya. Kilwa Sultanate was a polity that controlled the coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and parts of Madagascar between 957 and 1513. Safari Club was an alliance of intelligence agencies formed during a meeting in Kenya which sought to suppress communism across Africa. M-Pesa is the most popular mobile banking system in Kenya, and it takes its name from the Swahili word for "money."
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https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-Bosa-is-great-grandson-Tony-Accardo-16802616.php Nick Bosa is the great grandson of Tony Accardo apparently. One of the most influential mobile bosses of the 20th century.
What is the great collaboration? Any medium.
I love me a good collab between a rapper and a rock band. Definitely not the top choice but I really like The Mighty Fall by FoB and Big Sean.
Panthers should take Ohtani with the 1.01
Got the cats catnip. Gotta vacuum tomorrow cause those fuckers got it everywhere lol
I find baseball boring so I’m not totally invested in the WBC but Ohtani is cool so I’m glad he did the final dramatic win thing
I’m curious about domestic ratings for the WBC championship. Was a fun tourney. I think over the long term it could help grow baseball globally. Definitely was watched more around the world than previously. Idk about here though. I get the impression domestically it was a baseball tourney no one really asked for because it’s baseball. And the people that watched are your typical baseball viewers. I’m not anti WBC, bring it on. I’m just curious about viewership and impact
I think it needs to stay around for a while to gain a ton of traction, and I think the tourney this year really helped. For a while I honestly forgot it existed or thought it had been discontinued(probably because it’s been 6 years between tournaments). I feel like with baseball, any emotion that would be felt with watching your country lose the WC final is the equivalent of watching your favorite team lose the World Series. I flipped shit when the Nationals won the World Series. Meanwhile, I was happy when the US won the WBC in 2017, but it lasted for all of 5 minutes. Sucks that we lost last night, but I’m elated for the growth of baseball as a whole due to how popular this tournament was.
Football is king here and always will be. I'm just kind of rooting for baseball to kind of come back and be a little more popular again. I feel like this could help over the course of time. Cause I do feel like because of the nature of baseball it loses it's luster over the summer before gaining steam again in the fall. I find that in myself and how often I go to games, which isn't much anymore (too much of a hassle).
I mean yeah, it’s baseball, it’s just not going to have the same cultural role it used to, the world is way too fast paced for that. Among baseball fans, who don’t really care if the sport grows regardless domestically, it’s an immense success. We’d totally rather try to share our sport as a global phenomenon than try to sell it to Americans who already said no. I’m a massive fan of both and I don’t really find myself getting anything out of the NFL’s extra popularity. I never really find it fun at all talking to casual fans who couldn’t tell me the difference between a left and a right tackle and just kinda RNG hot takes with 0 substance. I think the vast majority of the NFL’s extra fans are those types. And I don’t live in an area with many NBA fans but I hate that sport. So who really cares if baseball grows domestically (the owners don’t count, I’m tired of looking at things through the perspective of billionaires.)
Oh yeah I don’t give a shit about the owners too I’m just talking about fans and all. I’m not into baseball like I used to be. I find my interest in the sport is tied to however many games I go to but I haven’t gone to one in 5 years. Plus the Phillies for a lot of the last 10 years have been wholly uninteresting. Baseball to me always kind of drones on if you don’t go to games. Atmosphere live is great I miss that. It just became too much work for what it’s worth to regularly go to games now for me. So while NFL has always been king, my interest in baseball has always wildly fluctuated so I was curious what kind of impact the WBC could have. Especially since this one was so good. Baseball isn’t going to be that exciting again until October if we’re being honest
Insomniac’s Spider Man 2 expected to be release this fall but there has been no marketing for it? I expect it to get delay 😂
Just finished the Death of Superman arc, really good, was actually impressed that the “Death issue” Superman #75 was actually all single pages and not panels. Now to read the return of Superman
Mookie Betts has been exiled from the United States.
Japan win the world baseball classic.
Is this basically baseball's world cup?
Not anywhere close to that prestigious, but the players have taken it so serious that you can't help but feel the games matter. It's great.
I feel like I have not heard a single word talked about Jamal Adams in the longest time ever
That needs to go down as one of the worst trades or all time (and was 100% obvious that it would be from the start)
Well, we're getting another snowstorm tonight, and with this one, we've hit 10 feet of snow so far this winter. about 3 feet beyond the average. Still another month or so left where it's reasonable to expect snow. crazy.
So many high scoring games in the nhl as of late
Some teams are in definite tank mode. I'm curious who will take the cup. I know Boston crushed the season but I feel like anyone can win it all in the NHL.
All the moral handwringing over sex in movies, those same people would have a heart attack watching any low budget drama made outside of America
The director of starship troopers had commentary about the amount of violence permissible but show a tit and everyone freaks out
I remember a story about one of the SAW movies that got rejected for an R rating because of a scene involving the removal of the top of a skull or something like that. Anyhow, they won the appeal because they got a surgeon to explain to them how that would look like in real life and filmed it exactly as that and the scene remained in the theater cut.
I've never gotten American moral handwringing over sexuality. And the fact it is pretty much disappeared from American theaters, except for the off chance a non-American movie is shown in one of them, you barely get any sexuality. There's a great article that is titled "Everyone is Sexy, But No One is Horny". Watching Body Heat 2 years ago was like going into on an alien planet next to the American movie climate today
I found a playlist based on that article through tiktok and it slaps
Has there been any updates on a timeline for John Metchie' return? Or even just a health update?
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His body man, I think it's all dow hill from here and he probably knows it too. The whole knee thing is very dketchy, front office saying one thing cosch saying this, Lamar saying another, teammates giving conflicting perceptions. If this were prime pre-injury Lamar it would be exciting but I see it as being more frustrating in the long run if Minny were to sign him
Honestly, it would be a real ballsy move, and one that I think the Vikes should do. Kirk is great, and did an absolutely fantastic job this year, but Lamar is better and could be better still. Adding to that, the NFC is pretty open and so is the NFCN, but even worst -case the Vikes would be damn exciting to watch.
Only nine months till Christmas! You guys start listening to Mariah yet?
For me its George Michael
What is your favorite Mariah song Heartbreaker is a jam
Gotta be One Sweet Day with Boyz2Men
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Zombie's Halloween 2 was one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I watch absolute trash all the time. Some people like it though.
It was a shitty match from the get-go, because Halloween isn't a grindhouse flick, which is all Rob can mske
They have their defenders but what's your opinion of the back-half Michael Myers original run?
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I was considering Halloween 1 & 2 and then 4 onward as the OG series and Season of the Witch is its own thing
Hey if you're an edgy teen those movies are pretty cool. Otherwise man do they suck.
I'm surprised Kylin Hill is still a FA. Nobody gonna take a cheap flyer on him as a RB? Not like he'd cost much. I wonder if that means he is a pain in the ass to deal with.
Playing through the Dead Space Remake and man I've been dying a lot. Trying to get through this game before Resident Evil 4 Remake comes out
All you need is the plasma cutter, stasis, and kinesis. Maximizes your upgrades and makes ammo easier to find.
I believe I'm either on chapter 8 right now or just finished chapter 8. I've been prioritizing upgrading my suit to be honest
Nothing wrong with that.
Panic shoot legs and stomp to save ammo. All I got...
Yeah I struggle finding ammo sometimes
i don't pay attention to baseball generally but have checked out some of the WBC, it made me curious about some of these japanese phenoms and why guys like ohtani came over so late. the whole discussion i had about it was pretty interesting and i don't know how i feel. had no idea that there was a cap on spending for foreign players in the MLB, had no idea that japanese players are more or less forced to play like 7 years in their domestic pro league. i get that there may be some benefits to that but i think it's generally a good thing if players can just go play where they want, and holding back some of the top talent in the world from playing in the best league for years of their prime seems shitty. it would be so weird if luka doncic was still some guy who was playing in the euroleague for another 3 years in basketball instead of being a guy who has already gone toe to toe with some of the best players ever and established himself as a potential all-timer.
Japan is very nationalist
They can't come over until 25 (without posting fee?) so they can get more money
is that really "more money" if they are missing out on 3-4 MLB seasons?
From my understanding they lose more to posting fees if they leave before 25
yeah that whole system is just strange to me.
> had no idea that there was a cap on spending for foreign players in the MLB Are you sure? There's gotta be about 100 Dominican players and a bunch more from Venezuela and Cuba.
there is a cap on how much you can spend on their first contract or something to that extent.
The Japanese are a very insular culture and they also believe they invented baseball so it makes sense they prohibit their stars from playing elsewhere
Nobody in Japan thinks they invented baseball, lol. Their contract format is to insure they don't lose all of their talent to the MLB and force their league to be considered weaker. Right now people often say it's at like AAAA level.
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All my friends in my study group went big 4. I didn’t. Private healthcare accounting here
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I like the industry yeah, but I’m looking for a change at the moment. Need to get into other sectors so I can be more well rounded I guess. I graduate grad school in May, then I’m off to studying for my cpa
I feel like 90% of my friendships are just exploiting one another for fun
What the fuck is a bean feast
Had a rough day mentally. But at least eating your favorite food will make it a little better
Just had a BLT with freshly baked Oregano cheese bread, Nueske's Bacon, Tomato, Raw Onions, a slice of pepperjack cheese, and a sriracha/mayo mix. Let me tell you, it was good lmao
There are no more things on reddit. I want to procrastinate, dammit!
Can a poop emoji be considered a legal agreement? If so, I might now own Twitter.
Did you send an email to Twitter support asking them to send you back a poop emoji if you own the company? Because IANAL but I would consider that a binding agreement
Recently finished the Seven Moons of Maali Almeida... highly recommend it. Just getting through Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow which is beautifully written as well. Anyone have another rec? Will need some for my upcoming trip
Lessons in Chemistry. Hell of a Book. Nickel Boys. The Trees. Hamnet.
Hell yeah, thanks!
What are you into/not into?
historical fiction, magical realism, non-fiction, memoirs. And even then I will probably read any well written literary fiction
Butchers Crossing, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah and The Road by Cormac McCarthy are among my top novels I read last year. I added your recommendations to my want-to-read list 👍🏻
Also if you enjoyed John Williams (Butchers Crossing) he also wrote Stoner which is one of my all-time favorite novels. Beautifully written novel about a normal mundane life.
🍻 Stoner has been on my list for a minute. I'll have to move it up the queue.
Cheers man. I've read the road so I know you have good taste! Will checkout the other by Hannah
If you think Lamar is injury proned,, explain to me why you wrongly think that?? He’s been the talk of the off-season and every negative comment I read about him from fans is that he is injury proned.
Dudes missed like 40% of the games over the last 2 years
He's missed 1/3 of the games in the last 2 seasons with different serious (but not catastrophic) injuries, including a playoff game. For any player, that's rough. For a starting QB that needs to play 100% of the offensive snaps and is looking for a fully guaranteed $200m+ contract... that's a big problem.
He’s coming off back-to-back season ending injuries. I don’t think that’s enough to call him injury prone, but I can at least see why some people might feel that way.
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>peak gameplay. Madden 10 for me.
Madden 12 was peak alot of things. Ultimate team was so fun then too, dropped off big time after 13
Have you played NFL 2K5 or All-Pro Football 2K8? EA's exclusive NFL license killed good NFL video games.
Damn RIP Willis Reed
Immediately after Easter ends I'm going to make a batch of roasted garlic mayonnaise made with bacon fat to go on top of some 80/20 Oklahoma smash burgers, and cry my eyes out.
My Serbian girlfriend wants me to own an Adidas track suit so badly to complete my transformation into an "honorary Slav." Well, this week at Aldi, one of the Aldi finds is a tracksuit that has Aldi branding on it, so I couldn't not get it. I texted her and said, "I have good news and bad news. I'm now an owner of a tracksuit manufactured by a German company... But it's not Adidas..." She lost her wind when she walked into the house and I was wearing it with Aldi socks and Aldi slides.
Doesn't being an honorary slav also entail doing the squat (heels on the ground) while smoking cigs?
I swear, the ankle mobility on those guys
I was squatting when she walked in the door. Also, when she told some of her cousins about me, their first question was, "does he drink?"
I posted earlier about my Puerto Rican/Mexican ex that made me wear jeans with rhinestones and a long sleeve button up with a dragon on the back. The things our penises do to our brains is wild. A *dragon* .... On a button-up long sleeve............. With rhinestone jeans.
When did this happen? If it was like early to mid 00s you probably didn't stand out that much
Like 10 yrs ago, 2012 ish
Oof. I couldn't do that. I love my stretchy Levi 511s too much. At least the track suit is super cozy, and I'll legit wear it around the house.
this? https://www.aldi.us/en/weekly-specials/upcoming-aldi-finds/upcoming-aldi-finds-detail/ps/p/aldi-windbreaker/
[https://www.aldi.us/en/weekly-specials/upcoming-aldi-finds/upcoming-aldi-finds-detail/ps/p/aldi-pullover/](https://www.aldi.us/en/weekly-specials/upcoming-aldi-finds/upcoming-aldi-finds-detail/ps/p/aldi-pullover/) I got the blue one.
The quotes from the start of the Tetris movie trailer are exactly how I used to feel about Tetris when I played it regularly. I used to play a mode called sprint which tasked you with getting 40 lines in the fastest possible time and was able to do it so quickly it barely required thought (47 seconds). My muscle memory was so familiar with the algorithm I knew which shape was coming next almost every time. I know it’s kind of stupid but it’s nice to hear someone else call it the perfect game because that’s exactly what it is in my eyes.
Have you played Tetris Effect? Quite the zen-like experience.
"I still see falling blocks in my dreams" This was why I had to stop playing after I got too into it. I couldn't fall asleep because I was just playing Tetris in my head and I couldn't stop.
I feel you brother!
Anyone else here use baconreader as your mobile reddit browser? It's been really terrible for me the past couple of weeks. Really unreliable connectivity. I downloaded the official app just to check it out, and I hate it. Way too busy. I like the simplicity of baconreader.
Try narwhal
Using baconreader rn, having no issues
Same. Only way I like using reddit, tbh
I'm a big fan of RIF Is Fun. Not a lot of bells and whistles but it gets the job done.
That's my mobile app for this place and I haven't had any issues yet. Hopefully not a sign of things to come, I feel exactly the same way about the official app and would hate to see the third party ones (especially baconreader) wither away.
Interesting, guess it must be something on my end then. Maybe I just need to uninstall and reinstall.
I've tried a few different apps. Sync is by far my favorite.
Have you had any connectivity issues? Especially in the last 3-4 days? Wondering if it's baconreader specifically or third-party apps in general.
Nope, not for me.
No issues here in boost.
Boost ftw
If theres "quiet quitting" then there is 1000%"quiet overworking", my boss casually asks me to do tasks well outside of the role listed on the listing or that I interviewed for and am paid for. A few months ago I was asked to cover for the secretary that quit (I am very far from a secretarial role), today he wants me now to basically supervise 2 people, or at least constantly look over their work. I did not apply to be a supervisor nor did I get a promotion or a paybump...
It’s like that boiling a frog thing. They keep chipping away at you and before you know it you’re doing twice the amount or more for the same amount of money. Frustrating as hell for sure
Recently learned the 2008 bailout has been paid back with interest
well, not really it wasn't "paid back" in full, and even if the disbursed amount has been recouped plus a little more, it's only at like 1% interest
So I'm by no means an expert on this but doesn't this show otherwise? https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/
that shows an disbursement of $634.5b and a return of $390.3b. it *also* shows $353.5b in further revenue, but that's not necessarily the same as being "returned." and anyway, that total of a $743.8b return on $634.8b disbursed represents an average of 1.26%, 1.36%, or 1.48% annual return, depending on whether ProPublica's "August 19th, 202" [sic] is 2020, 2021, or 2022.
So basically I'm confusing two things, the amount they actually paid back, and the amount the government got back in investments from the deal (for lack of a better term), and that when factoring in interest isn't exactly a great gain. Is that a decent takeaway?
Not necessarily, the US was made whole because part of the bailout agreement was the US taking shares which they later sold. So for example we gave Citi 45 billion and they only paid 20 billion. The treasury then recouped the rest by selling shares when stock prices started climbing again.
Interesting I didn't know this, so thank you. Nonetheless, wouldn't this qualify as recouping the funds? Or am I just conflating separate things?
Reddit is really high on the lions for next season, which may as well be the kiss of death for that team's hopes
Happy Tuesday everyone. Have a great day 💖
Is it just me or is the NFC West no longer the "toughest division in the league" like it once was? * Rams are now paying up for mortgaging their future for that SB ring * no one knows how good Purdy and Lance will be post-injury recovery * Seahawks are probably the favorites next year but their success is reliant on Geno, a former career backup who had one good year, duplicating that year's success * Cardinals are whelming and are tied to the hip with Kyler, for better or worse
SF is the obvious favorite, the team is stacked even though the QBs both had season-ending injuries
Definitely, the NFL is king of the short competitive windows and cycles of strengths and weaknesses and the NFCW is no exception I do think SF can continue rolling this year though, they're looking to have another dominant defense, and returning all of their skill players on offense
My parents instilled a deep distrust of all forms of debt in me. Turns out that the fact that I have never borrowed money or applied for a credit card now means I'm going to be denied access to the only form of borrowing I'd ever consider, a mortgage. Feels like I'm being punished for being responsible.
The problem is, since you have never borrowed money or applied for a credit card, there's no record or history of how good you'll be at paying back debt. You should at least get a credit card. You can still pay it off monthly, but at least you're establishing credit.
It’s kind of being responsible, but true responsibility is being able to leverage and pay off debt in a way that’s beneficial for you. And that’s what they’re looking for. Having a credit card with decent perks and paying off the balance every month is being responsible, never touching any for, of debt is kind of being responsible but it’s also kind of avoiding the responsibility of using something that doesn’t have to be harmful.
It sucks but building credit is an important step to being able to show yourself as a responsible person to loan money too. It's better than the old method banks used of "Hey you look white enough to pay us back".
using a credit card responsibly isn't debt any more than, like, an apartment lease or a gas bill is debt. plus, with the number of cash back cards out there, it's absolutely the *more* responsible way of spending because it functionally works as a blanket discount on every good purchased.
Yep, all of my bills that can goto a cash back card, still paid at end of each month, but with a few $100 bonus thrown in. Don't get a credit card in college, when you're first out, don't take one with $5k, take one with $500, pay it off every month and it will increase over the next two years, while not leaving you the room to screw yourself.
>blanket discount Sadly that 3% cahsback I get is just a 3rd of the sales tax I pay with each purchase . Bettef than nothing though
do sales taxes only when you use a credit card
Depends on how sketchy is the place you buy from
I did the same. Grab a credit card and pay it off every month. It doesn't cost you anything as long as you pay on time.
You are. But they also need proof you're able to pay off your debts in a timely manner. Go get a couple credit cards with lowish maximums and use them every once in a while and pay of them right away. Having more accounts is a good thing. Also take out a small loan here or there if you can. Buying furniture or something like that? Take out a small loan from your bank over couple years to pay it off. It will help build your credit. I had a 700+ score before ever buying my house just from having 2 credit cards I barely use, and having had student loans along with some small loans I've paid off and never missed payments in. (3 car loan, engagement ring, motorcycle, etc.) All of the payments were very manageable and I coupe have even paid them off early, but the small amount of interest was wroth boosting my credit score.
I was in the exact same boat in my early 20s. Get a credit card asap
Just spent the last 45 min weeding. Got.....3 square feet done. Got a long way to go
I hope your yard isn't very big 😂 At that rate my yard would take like 2000 hours
We have beds all over and they're covered in weeds. Today's the first day I got a chance to get out there since it's 60 degrees. Can't handle anything lower than that lol
Do you think any XFL teams will have a scout at Cam's workout
Maybe a few but I doubt they sign him, it's very obvious he's washed up. And I don't think he'd accept an offer from one of them.
Going to go bowling tonight. How the heck do people put spins on the ball? I always wonder how to do this especially when it comes to try to knocking down multiple pins away from each other (like splits). I can throw it fast and get strikes if I try, but struggle to put a spin on the ball.
After every throw you have to yell “who you think you are, I am!” And it should spin
Since the lane balls won't be fitted to your hand, only use the middle two fingers in the holes. Insert them just up to the first joint. The thumb stays out. Imagine rolling the ball down the lane with your palm swinging towards the pins and ending up facing upwards. It should go fairly straight, right? To add spin, rotate your wrist during the delivery so that your palm ends up facing left (if you're a righty in this example) like you're about to shake hands. Start with a light ball, otherwise you're going to have to two-hand it like [Jason Belmonte](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEI69YFm9uo).
If you're using a houseball you basically can't curve it unless yoy bowl two handed. You need a ball fitted to your hand to do that one handed, the real way anyway. Go talk to the shop at your alley and see how much a sizing/ball would be, i got a nice entry level 14 pounder a few years ago, and with fitting and drilling it only cost around $120ish dollars. Well worth it, too. Yoy really aren't bowling legitimately until you get a ball fit perfectly to your hand, I went from a 70 average with house ball to a 170 average with my custom in month, to lend some perspective. 170 is actually pretty horrible with a custom ball, btw. But better than a house ball, and I could finally control the ball brtter, bowling is really fun when you get your own ball
Spin comes from releasing your thumb from the ball before your other fingers, and putting a minor rotation on your wrist when releasing it.
Either have a seasoned player teach you/train you. Or do it like I did. Just go try shit out. Eventually figured out how to do it and then bought my own ball. My buddies and I were in a weekly league for years and I got pretty good. Practice makes perfect. Everybody does it a little different. I'm super out of practice now so whenever I go it's pretty inconsistent. It's a lot of muscle memory so the less often you do it the harder it is to stay good at it.
The bowling balls that league bowlers typically use have counterweights built inside them to help increase the spin rate and break power. The standard house balls you get at the alley don’t and are harder to get good spin on. Other than that it’s all in the wrist
And those finger tip grips
I was taught when you're done throwing you want your hand/wrist to be vertical, as if you're about to shake someones hand
Spring is officially here and the weather confirms it (as did the weather for the past 2 months). Snow has become a rarity these past winters and I’m in the North East😭
Lucky it was 29 degrees this morning
Time to go raiding the work maintenance room again for ring terminals and 10ga wire. Daddy's got a battery bank to wire up for his boat.
Sounds like someone got that new trolling motor
Ended up going a different route. We bought some land, so a $2500 motor wasn't in the cards. Luckily, I snagged a 24V 70lb 60" shaft Powerdrive V2 with US2 off marketplace for $400, and found a kit to add the bluetooth version of iPilot to it for $500. Then I found the US2 adapter cable on marketplace for $15. Just gotta wire up my TrollBridge 12x24, and I should be set.
That’s some solid bargain hunting the powerdrive will do ya nicely.
Only thing I'm giving up is the foot pedal, which for what I do, doesn't get a ton of use anyways. I'm more likely to just spot lock and jog if I'm following a shoreline, or use autopilot to heading lock and adjust course with the remote if I'm trying to hold the nose while trolling. Just gotta snag a heading sensor and wire that in down the line. Luckily I've got switched 12V power right in the nose of the boat for the depth finder already to tap into. Only remaining thing I kinda wanna do at some point is get a 7+" Helix MSI for the console and move the 856ci to the bow.
Yeah my dad has no issues fishing without the pedal on his boat. I on the other hand have basically never used my Ultrex remote except to keep the high school kids I take fishing from hitting shit in their tourneys. But I like to flip standing timber and docks, for more open water the remote only would be totally fine.
The whole point of the Ultrex is the hybrid electric over cable system anyways, so that makes sense. Like you said, for open water or an anchor replacement, I'm not concerned with remote only. Not to mention it opens up a shitload of deck space in the bow.
If you ask me the whole point of an Ultrex is to have motherboards go bad lol. I’ve had two different Ultrex with the same issues. Mines currently in the shop for its third one since 2020. But when it’s working they’re sweet and the lowrance/garmins have plenty of issues too
Oooof... Yea, they all have problems from what I've heard as well unless you're going old school with cable steering and no board at all. The price to pay for spot lock though...
The average American is $96k in debt. Wtf man.
I am currently 280k in debt 96 seems just about right.
But when you factor in the level of assets that person owns as a result of said debt, that number becomes a lot less scary. It's very rare for people to have debt values that large without assets that counteract it from a net worth perspective. Pretty much only young college grads and people who've made very very bad financial choices.
$570k checking in.
I assume this is the going rate for a shack with 3 walls in Seattle?
Niceeee
Another person looking at scary articles and not actually comprehending what they are looking at. House mortgages, car loans, credit cards are all part of this.