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- Mon May 06, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6268
- Views: 376216
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
I watched The Contestant on Hulu last night. It's a documentary about a game show contestant in Japan, and it's fucking WILD! In 1998, in what seemed like a live variety show, they had this guy living in a tiny windowless apartment, and he couldn't leave until he won $1 million Yen ($8,000) in swee...
- Mon May 06, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 159
- Views: 5731
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
I figured it was a little less diluted than some sports. But I guess the same teams win all the "big" sports, too. One interesting thing with lacrosse is that it's spread all across the country at the high school level, but it's fairly stagnant at the college level because of Title 9 issu...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
- Replies: 6268
- Views: 376216
Re: Television (no longer temporary)
Finished "Shogun" last night. Whole lotta head chopping off going on in that show...which lead to the question: Does a head really just come off that easily? Does it depend on the technique? Sharpness of the blade? I think katanas are actually quite good at that, with a little practice. M...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3330
- Views: 222079
Re: Getting the spins
This new AI DJ in Spotify is actually pretty cool.
- Mon May 06, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 159
- Views: 5731
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
Admittedly I don't follow lacrosse, but being ranked #5 and two of those losses against top teams were fairly close...that seems like national championship caliber. Honest question, is it really that top heavy? Fair enough. The ACC has always been loaded in lacrosse. Four of the top 5 right now. An...
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 159
- Views: 5731
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
I'm hoping UVA figures out what's broken. They've lost 4 in a row for the first time in a long time. Now, 2 of those 4 losses were to #1 ND and another to #3 Duke (the fourth was to #7 Syracuse - brutal schedule!), but still. This is a team that should be national championship good.
- Mon May 06, 2024 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 414
- Views: 16530
Re: EPL 2023-24
And now with Crystal Palace beating Man U (keep going, lads!), Chelsea might just earn some European football next season. Wild to think that after the topsy turvy season they've had, but it's there for the taking with 3 games to play.
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
- Replies: 3893
- Views: 241360
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Maybe not the greatest speech (which is fine, because like 10 guys could probably hear it), but what a great scene.
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 414
- Views: 16530
Re: EPL 2023-24
Kinda wish there were an additional 10 EPL games this year. It seems like the Chelsea kids are really starting to figure things out. What's kind of wild is that Poch recently made an interesting formation change where Cucarella moves inside when Chelsea has the ball. That seems to have really streng...
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Singularity
- Replies: 264
- Views: 28843
Re: The Singularity
This is nuts. These guys programmed a robot dog to be able to move via an exercise ball by walking on it. They did this by training it on a simulator and used ChatGPT to help. This worked so well it worked in the real world the first time they actually tried it. https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1...
- Fri May 03, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9310
- Views: 502062
Re: Random Politics
Or pregnant women might have to wear tracking devices. Fortunately I’m a straight white guy so I don’t have to worry about things like that and I can entertain either party in office. Biden's president now and I'm at the point I'd risk being stopped if I tried to travel to your state with my oldest...
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
- Replies: 2053
- Views: 59515
Re: To the extent it comes up: Trump crap post-WH years
Holy shit. We really have completely lost our collective minds.
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276162
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
I didn't realize the USA was in the group with France. I like that, because I have tickets to a France game in Nice. Maybe it'll be the US game! I'm pretty sure the schedule is out. ETA - Yep https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/football Oh, that's right. I forgot that I saw that before. I j...
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276162
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
I didn't realize the USA was in the group with France. I like that, because I have tickets to a France game in Nice. Maybe it'll be the US game!
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 147
- Views: 3629
Re: Electric Vehicles
Very promising. It's so interesting seeing how much innovation and better design we're getting from new companies. We can all hate Elon, but there's no denying the impact that Tesla has had.
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Electric Vehicles
- Replies: 147
- Views: 3629
Re: Electric Vehicles
It's just so jarring and when you look at how cool/clean the lines are on the Rivian you really have to wonder WTF ppl are thinking. I really like the Rivian too. BTW, what the fuck is Elon doing with firing his entire Supercharger team? That's the one clear competitive advantage Tesla still has.
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1319
- Views: 80311
Re: Return of Confessions
My boys are 20 and 23 would get it instantly. And would have for the last 10 years. I did recently ask my younger son if his friends knew Monty Python (which to most kids just means The Holy Grail), and he said that some do and some don't. But it's not universally unknown. (at least not a UNC)
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Return of Confessions
- Replies: 1319
- Views: 80311
Re: Return of Confessions
My boys absolutely loved (and love) Monty Python and the Holy Grail. We watched it many, many times together. So, the kids do still like it.
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: I love you, Dad
- Replies: 25
- Views: 203
Re: I love you, Dad
Man, I'm sorry to hear that, man. It's great that his family was around at the end though. I think that's all we can hope for - that our family loves and cares enough to be there.
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:56 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
- Replies: 1309
- Views: 195792
Re: Comedy...stand-up and otherwise...
I always heard it as "what's the difference between jelly and jam?" I think of that joke during most of my grocery store visits.
- Wed May 01, 2024 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Cartography
- Replies: 254
- Views: 13138
Re: Random Cartography
This is an interesting map of the US by cost of living.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Cartography
- Replies: 254
- Views: 13138
Re: Random Cartography
I'm glad they included Guinea in there to give a better sense of scale.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:50 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
- Replies: 3085
- Views: 276162
Re: All threads are temporary. This one's about soccer.
Yes, that foot is offside. I don't like that rule though.
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 7:49 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: A New Brushes with thread
- Replies: 868
- Views: 80048
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
- Replies: 143
- Views: 3775
Re: 2024 NFL MOCK DRAFT EXTRAVAGANZA
I almost entirely avoid all of the pre-draft nonsense, so maybe this wasn't surprising to others, but I couldn't believe when I checked and saw that the Steelers got Peyton Wilson with their 4th pick. That dude is a beast! You obviously never know how these things will turn out, but I'd say Pittsbur...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
- Replies: 1069
- Views: 39889
Re: Twitter:The New Batch
For reference: that's a lyric from a new Taylor Swift song. It led people to Google her childhood home. It's a really nice home. Shocker. https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/where-did-the-catchphrase-you-wouldnt-last-an-hour-in-the-asylum-where-they-raised-me-come-from-the-tortured-...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: The Autism Thread
- Replies: 345
- Views: 21701
Re: The Autism Thread
Love this kid. He and Max were classmates for a while. I asked him to throw out a first pitch at a class A game our org attended a few years back. He called when when he got the first pitch call from the O’s and told me he was getting “called up”! Well that's just awesome. Good for you, bfj, and go...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: EPL 2023-24
- Replies: 414
- Views: 16530
Re: EPL 2023-24
That was ugly. The midfield trio of Enzo, Caicedo, and Gallagher has been soft defensively all year. When you pair them with Badiashile in the back, the sieve becomes a gaping wound. I told my son after the last game he played that he should never don a Chelsea shirt again. But then we started him o...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
- Replies: 8943
- Views: 446469
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
- Replies: 477
- Views: 61842
Re: Checkmate, Bitches! The Chess and other Board Games Thread
Whew
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Lacrosse The Thread
- Replies: 159
- Views: 5731
Re: Lacrosse The Thread
Hey you don't speak the language, welcome to this new school, how about this crazy sport that will make no sense...love it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/21/north-county-lacrosse-brothers/ That's a great story. And kudos to those kids. That takes a lot of guts. All of that, actually.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3330
- Views: 222079
Re: Getting the spins
Yeah, it's pretty boring, tbh.Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:14 pm The new Taylor Swift album seems fine so far, but I have to say, I prefer her older stuff, before she became less commercial.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
- Replies: 1069
- Views: 39889
Re: Twitter:The New Batch
Same. And I'm pretty online.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3330
- Views: 222079
Re: Getting the spins
Any word from the kids on the quality of the album? I'm still playing The Allman Brothers today, but I do want to check it out. My oldest doesn't care for the first album but the 2nd is better. To them. I'm listening to it now. Not sure whether it's 1st or 2nd. I guess she put out two albums and th...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Getting the spins
- Replies: 3330
- Views: 222079
Re: Getting the spins
Any word from the kids on the quality of the album? I'm still playing The Allman Brothers today, but I do want to check it out.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: NFL 2024 Offseason
- Replies: 319
- Views: 20754
Re: NFL 2024 Offseason
From the stupid, conspiratorial shit I've heard other pro athletes say out loud, I suspect Rodgers has a lot of teammates who agree with him.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Gregg Allman
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1685
Re: Gregg Allman
I saw Gregg and Dickie perform as the Allman Brothers back when I was in college. Saw them with Little Feat at an amphitheater in St. Louis. Great show. I'm not sure I knew Dickie Betts's name at the time though. Unfortunately, I drank a bit too much and ended up throwing up on the carpet in my girl...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: Random Politics
- Replies: 9310
- Views: 502062
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: WNBA Draft
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5518
Re: WNBA Draft
Gregg Doyel has been a raging asshole for a long time now. Maybe this will be the last straw.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: The Swamp
- Topic: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
- Replies: 2800
- Views: 108228
Re: CUBE LIFE! Office Etiquette
Since I don’t really have anything else going on and I’ll probably never get the opportunity again I decided to apply for a post office job for the Antarctic summer (October to April) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica and I passed the first round of vetting. So still many rounds to go but wish me luck...