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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
- Replies: 348
- Views: 25049
Re: NFL 2024 Offseason
ETA: and poor Olivia Munn. She is dealing with breast cancer and just had a double mastectomy, and yet the cancer wasn’t the worst thing that’s ever been inside her. Holy shit. How is a dude like me who's always online just now learning this. I read her post. Just awful, awful, awful for her. On th...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9404
- Views: 521496
Re: Random Politics
Just think of how central phones are to modern life - especially to the youngs - and to how much data they have access to. They can control the camera and microphone, read location data, read your texts, see what websites you visit, possibly even listen in on phone calls, read your phone screen (an...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9404
- Views: 521496
Re: Random Politics
Several of you guys are completely missing the point. The issue isn't Tik Tok's videos or algorithms and whatnot. It's all the data the app is collecting on the phones - much more than most users realize - and sending back to China. Early investigations revealed serious privacy concerns bordering on...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
- Replies: 628
- Views: 39678
Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24
UVA won the Virginiaiest game ever last night. They struggled all night to string together any made baskets. They trailed nearly the entire game before grabbing the lead with a minute to go. They hadn't helped their cause by missing seven straight free throws (including a front-end) in the second ha...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
- Replies: 628
- Views: 39678
Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24
You know, I thought Sampson was a solid coach at Oklahoma, but not a great one. And then he fucked up at Indiana. It's wild to seem him step up at Houston to being truly elite. You don't really see coaches do that late in their career like that. But he's done over the past ~4 seasons at Houston has ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9404
- Views: 521496
Re: Random Politics
Exactly, the issue is the ownership and control by the Chinese government. I'm not sure they really helped their case when they apparently sent out a push message to all Tik Tok users with the name and info of their local Congressman along with an easy button to call or message them. It's great to k...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
- Replies: 628
- Views: 39678
Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24
In the least surprising coaching news imaginable, Louisville finally put the Kenny Payne era out of its misery. In all my years of following college hoops, I can't think of a more disastrous coaching tenure. Given the status of that program and just how unbelievably awful his two teams were (KenPom ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18652
Re: Presidential Election 2024
I think you’re missing the bigger picture. First those outlets don’t have the personnel to track down every lie by every GOP politician. Especially the relatively smaller fish like Britt. What this DOES show is the critical importance of local media still. She was a small fish up until she gave the...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:44 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9404
- Views: 521496
Re: Random Politics
I mean, the critiques are fair, but they were also equally fair 4 or 5 years ago. And back then, Tik Tok wasn't nearly the behemoth it is today.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:42 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Live Music thread...
- Replies: 2134
- Views: 187422
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Long Reads
- Replies: 287
- Views: 23853
Re: Long Reads
Heart-breaking story about a mom in Colorado Springs who fell down the FoxNews/QAnon rabbit hole, and moved "off the grid" with her sister and her 13 year old son... “Please I Will Give Anything for You to Come Back” Talon Vance, 13, lived in an apartment complex in suburban Colorado Spri...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6297
- Views: 393010
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
ScarJo as Katie Britt is great. Loving it. For anybody who missed it: https://twitter.com/mmpadellan/status/1766684885282861482?s=46&t=EE1Ye28Yvhgf1Mr4AtYGWQ I mean, she did a great job. Technically brilliant. But was it funny? The problem with lampooning stuff like this (see Trump, Donald) is ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18652
Re: Presidential Election 2024
Perfectly normal stuff here... Biden effigy beaten at GOP event in Kansas; ex-official calls for resignations Attendees at a Kansas county Republican Party event punched, kicked and took a baseball bat to an effigy of President Biden on Friday, sparking backlash from former party officials. The Joh...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, 4/1, 9:30 pm ET
- Replies: 94
- Views: 3900
Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, 3/11, 9:30 pm ET
Another one that I saw many years ago, but left little impression on me. I just remember Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, and I think hula hoops? And lots of old timey newsman/movie star type talking.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NBA Regular Season 2023-24 f./ NBA In-Season Tournament 2023-24
- Replies: 413
- Views: 17964
Re: NBA Regular Season 2023-24 f./ NBA In-Season Tournament 2023-24
The Twitter explosion of "I watched some 90s games and it proved that Jordan sucked" was wild the last week.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 449
- Views: 19898
Re: EPL 2023-24
Tottenham fans had a stress free day as Spurs tore Villa to shreds today. Any team that features filthy Matty Cash and that asshole keeper Martinez is already a bit gross, but check out Captain John McGinn's butchering of Destiny Udogie. Fuck that team. It wasn't until checking the results of that ...
Re: Movies
I watched Old Boy with my son the other night. The original Korean one, not the Spike Lee remake. I had seen it once about 10 years ago. What a great, fucked up movie. It sort of defies categorization, and I won't say much about it to avoid spoiling any of it. But if you haven't seen it, I suggest c...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
- Replies: 628
- Views: 39678
Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Yeah, they aren't up to historic Syracuse levels yet, but Boeheim didn't leave him much (other than Mintz, who's quite good). The last two teams were pretty poor and clearly only built around the idea of getting the ball to his son(s). I hope Autry pans out, because the ACC's coaching talent pool ha...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NCAA Basketball 23-24
- Replies: 628
- Views: 39678
Re: NCAA Basketball 23-24
Fortunately for Syracuse, it seems likes Red Autry has gotten off to a pretty good start. Not great, but solid (and better than last year under Boeheim).DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:21 pm Great guy, but a bad fit from the jump. Went over this last year when it was announced he was returning for this season.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:55 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3109
- Views: 284428
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
This was shared in the MIB "Raven" newsletter this morning...author John Green's trip to AFC Wimbledon (he's a part owner) for their match against Milton Keynes. Great stuff... https://youtu.be/yA7W1MmQH58?si=QAOpjfTQYVDQq19y Coincidentally I was in Wimbledon that rainy Saturday, having s...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
- Replies: 348
- Views: 25049
Re: NFL 2024 Offseason
Holy shit. I wasn't aware of his story either. Incredible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Kramer
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Culinary Hot Takes
- Replies: 962
- Views: 52771
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
This seems like an appropriate thread for an interesting article about why jalapeño peppers aren’t very hot anymore.
https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/20 ... me-aggies/
https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/20 ... me-aggies/
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Presidential Election 2024
- Replies: 571
- Views: 18652
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Nick Dunlap at The American Express
- Replies: 10
- Views: 436
Re: Nick Dunlap at The American Express
Strange spam. Maybe just testing if they can create an account an post? Mr. Elliott posted that riveting PGA update from an IP address in Vietnam.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
- Replies: 348
- Views: 25049
Re: NFL 2024 Offseason
I don’t know how many teams this would make this claim, especially one that’s over 90 years old like the Eagles, but two of their top ten players all time are centers, including arguably its best all time. I believe 2 of the top 6 Steelers in PFR's Hall of Fame monitor score are centers (1st and 3r...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
- Replies: 929
- Views: 75956
Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
Too truesancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:13 pm I just heard of this mineral and I’m shocked to learn it is a real thing. I’m guessing the guy who named it had a big evening planned!
Cummingtonite!
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 198
- Views: 7337
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
And to be completely fair to UVa, not having their top faceoff guy played a major factor on Saturday. They just couldn't get anything going momentum-wise, and when they did start to get hot the Jays' keeper shut them down. He was incredible in the 2nd half. I didn't see the game, but that's what I ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Weather
- Replies: 2505
- Views: 130476
Re: The Weather
While the Sierras are getting several feet of snow, apparently this could be the first year in recorded weather history (since late 1800s) with no measurable snow all year in the Triangle. Not even a trace amount.
Re: Movies
Watched killers of the flower moon. I think it fell apart in the last 30 or so. Coincidentally, I watched it yesterday too (on a plane). Pretty depressing story, all in all. I didn't have the same thought about the last 30 minutes, but in hindsight, it does seem like they kind of rushed through the...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1526
Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!
Of course, I googled for a video to show more explicitly how to do that and immediately found this video -
Gotta love exercise "science." There's no consensus on anything.
Gotta love exercise "science." There's no consensus on anything.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9404
- Views: 521496
Re: Random Politics
Just read about this guy - Next GOP Nominee For Governor of North Carolina There was the time he called school shooting survivors “media prosti-tots” for advocating for gun-control policies. The meme mocking a Harvey Weinstein accuser, and the other meme mocking actresses for wearing “whore dresses...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
- Replies: 929
- Views: 75956
Re: Hey, I Learn Something New Everyday, Two
I'm curious what new think you learned from this story. That calling in bomb threats is a crime?
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1526
Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!
One of the stretches he has me do is very similar to that piriformis stretch. For the foam roller, how big in diameter do you use? I have a couple in the house that my son uses, and their actually not really soft (despite the "foam" name) and are fairly wide in diameter. Maybe 6-7 inches?
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:31 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, 4/1, 9:30 pm ET
- Replies: 94
- Views: 3900
Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, BARTON FINK, 3/4, 9:30 pm ET
Watched Miller's Crossing last night. I hadn't remembered how much of a noir film it is. I was expecting more typical modern gangster movie (like Scorsese), but it's more like an old Hollywood gangster movie. They stepped up from Blood Simple with a much more complex movie, but a lot of the same ton...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2825
- Views: 115397
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Had a Zoom interview yesterday and I struggled not to crack up at the interviewer several times. He looked like a Mike Myers character, maybe Myers doing an over-the-top impression of Oliver Platt with a giant pompadour and Morty Seinfeld's glasses. He spoke a little slow and loud, and if I couldn'...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII
- Replies: 176
- Views: 5236
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1526
Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!
I get it once a year or so. Usually just goes away after a couple weeks, never did anything for it other than contorting in whatever way brings temporary relief. Guy I play tennis with tried everything and eventually had to have surgery. I didn't ask specifics, but he is finally back to playing and...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Sciatica! Sciatica!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1526
Re: Sciatica! Sciatica!
do you have a foam roller yes have you been using it? not suggesting it'll be a cure all by any means, but some serious foam rolling can make a world of difference, especially if you can figure out the area where it's triggering What exactly am I supposed to be rolling? This isn't a muscular issue....
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, 4/1, 9:30 pm ET
- Replies: 94
- Views: 3900
Re: Swamp Movie Club: The Coen Brothers, BARTON FINK, 3/4, 9:30 pm ET
Yeah, I watched it once many years ago. Don't really remember it, but I remember that it was weird and didn't really do it for me at the time. I hadn't yet developed my love for the Coen brothers yet (other than Raising Arizona) though, so maybe another try will be better. BTW, I'm gonna try to catc...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII
- Replies: 176
- Views: 5236
Re: NFL Swampcrash 2023 - SWAMPER BOWL LET'S SAY VIII
Amazing stuff. Love that the Super Bowl went down to the last question. Tough last question to score on though.