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Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Sep 06, 2016 1:20 pm

That your best attempt at a tinder pick up line?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:05 pm

Johnnie wrote:That your best attempt at a tinder pick up line?

well played.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:06 pm

This may need to go in the Confessions thread, but I have friends posting on FB about Burning Man, and how "life changing" it is, but I'm sorry....it looks like the worst version of Hell that I can imagine.

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:20 pm

My default position is that anyone who thinks Burning Man is awesome probably sucks.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:29 pm

No desire to go either, but I think its interesting as a microcosm of humanity. What once started as something pretty egalitarian and (for lack of a better term) authentic has slowly shifted to the more corrupt, divisive, and artificial as it's gotten bigger and more popular.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/201 ... -hooligans

(My main beef is that I'm not going to spend my precious PTO around the same fuckwads that I have to suffer in my liberal bubble, but if someone said "here's a week off, free tickets, and an RV" it would be a no-brainer.)

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 5:56 pm

Fuck John Tortorella, you nazi fascist piece of fucking garbage. So sick of this shit, you guys.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:27 pm

Add the owner of the Washington Spirit NWSL team to your shit list, Doc.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:45 pm

This country is so fucked. People don't have the vaguest idea of freedom.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:58 pm

howard wrote:This country is so fucked. People don't have the vaguest idea of freedom.

On the bright side, Kaepernick now has the #1 best selling jersey of any player in the NFL. It's good to see that he has that level of popular support after the initial reaction from many league executives and insider media types was that he'd be permanently shunned. Honestly, I think the absurd overreaction from league insiders and right wing media types did as much to fuel support for Kaepernick (and Rapinoe, Jeremy Lane, etc.) as anything he said.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:39 pm

howard wrote:Fuck John Tortorella, you nazi fascist piece of fucking garbage. So sick of this shit, you guys.

A Bud Kilmer moment would be sooooooo good.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:25 pm

govmentchedda wrote:Add the owner of the Washington Spirit NWSL team to your shit list, Doc.

Doc can also add an extra skidmark next to everyone's favorite forced anger peroxide blonde Tomi Lahrens. What a vile bitch.

I mean, can't these dykes just be happy we don't kill them all? Now they want to be treated like people, too? Next thing you know, they'll want the right to vote, too!

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:40 am

maybe a confession but im a measured 6 ft 5 and i have long arms and ive never dunked. always wanted to. i have no vert...its sad

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:24 am

6'3, can still touch the rim (270 POUNDS!), have dunked one time, and it was a cheapie on a putback. I have tiny little Trump hands.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:31 am

I want to go to Burning Man once.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:31 am

Joe K wrote:
howard wrote:This country is so fucked. People don't have the vaguest idea of freedom.
On the bright side, Kaepernick now has the #1 best selling jersey of any player in the NFL. It's good to see that he has that level of popular support after the initial reaction from many league executives and insider media types was that he'd be permanently shunned. Honestly, I think the absurd overreaction from league insiders and right wing media types did as much to fuel support for Kaepernick (and Rapinoe, Jeremy Lane, etc.) as anything he said.

You mean the parts where everyone instantly proved him right?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:30 am

Gunpowder wrote:
Joe K wrote:
howard wrote:This country is so fucked. People don't have the vaguest idea of freedom.
On the bright side, Kaepernick now has the #1 best selling jersey of any player in the NFL. It's good to see that he has that level of popular support after the initial reaction from many league executives and insider media types was that he'd be permanently shunned. Honestly, I think the absurd overreaction from league insiders and right wing media types did as much to fuel support for Kaepernick (and Rapinoe, Jeremy Lane, etc.) as anything he said.

You mean the parts where everyone instantly proved him right?

Ha, perfect.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:59 am

The Sybian wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:Add the owner of the Washington Spirit NWSL team to your shit list, Doc.
Doc can also add an extra skidmark next to everyone's favorite forced anger peroxide blonde Tomi Lahrens. What a vile bitch.

I mean, can't these dykes just be happy we don't kill them all? Now they want to be treated like people, too? Next thing you know, they'll want the right to vote, too!

I keep sharing this as much as I can on Facebook to people reacting to her. Tomi Lahren is a phony. Deadspin linked this but not overly. Here she is just two short years ago moderating a panel about tuition increases at UNLV. She looks like your average journalism student. So she's running the Fox News Playbook to get people pissed off. I wish someone with a large audience would play this every time she's shared.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:27 am

There's no more infuriating combination of traits than duplicitousness and extreme ambition.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:31 am

mister d wrote:There's no more infuriating combination of traits than duplicitousness and extreme ambition.

She's following the Ann Coulter/Laura Ingraham playbook.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:49 pm

Broadcasters of Paralympic swim races where armless swimmers win gold should try their best to avoid the phrase "so-and-so grabbed their first medal of these games".

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:01 pm

If I saw a guy without arms, I'd probably avoid swimming euphemisms, but here we are.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:22 pm

I'll simply say it. "Bob".

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:16 pm

Of all the Serena U.S. Open looks, I think I like the Bill Fralic sleeves the most

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:06 am

Just occurred to me somehow if BSF gets married to his girlfriend, his wife's name will be Meg White.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 10:12 am

brian wrote:Just occurred to me somehow if BSF gets married to his girlfriend, his wife's name will be Meg White.

Yep. Pretty much have to name a son Jack at that point right?

cerrano · Post by **cerrano** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:02 pm

BSF21 wrote:
brian wrote:Just occurred to me somehow if BSF gets married to his girlfriend, his wife's name will be Meg White.
Yep. Pretty much have to name a son Jack at that point right?

jack fanatic. that name could be a little sticky.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:20 pm

The amount of conservatives creaming themselves because retired Admiral William McRaven gave his opinion on the sitting during the National Anthem stuff is staggering.

While I acknowledge the historical perspective he took in his commentary, it still doesn't fucking matter. You can scream into the wind tunnel hoping for change and progress, but you'll be met instantly with those in positions of power ignoring you. But the second you find a way to make people listen by way of, what should be, an innocuous stance, you get attention.

And that's the point. There isn't outrage from the masses in changing the establishment, but rather outrage that you don't fall in line with it unilaterally.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:23 pm

Am I right in thinking there's an implicit agreement that if a stoplight is out due to a power outage, you should treat it as a four-way stop? It seems like half of people get this and the other half are like "Fuck you, no light means I don't have to stop, ever."

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:27 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:Am I right in thinking there's an implicit agreement that if a stoplight is out due to a power outage, you should treat it as a four-way stop? It seems like half of people get this and the other half are like "Fuck you, no light means I don't have to stop, ever."

Huge pet peeve of mine. If it's totally dark yes it is a 4 way stop. But often times it is flashin yellow for main road and flashing red for cross streets. But then people on main road will still stop and fuck shit up for others.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:55 pm

I agree with Carwash. Disagree with AB.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 9:59 pm

sancarlos wrote:I agree with Carwash. Disagree with AB.

How? If you have flashing yellow hat is proceed with caution. Flashing red means stop til you can proceed safely.

Edit: obviously you have to slow down when on the main road, but you don't stop for a flashing yellow ever.

Post by **brian** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:41 pm

A_B wrote:
sancarlos wrote:I agree with Carwash. Disagree with AB.
How? If you have flashing yellow hat is proceed with caution. Flashing red means stop til you can proceed safely.

Edit: obviously you have to slow down when on the main road, but you don't stop for a flashing yellow ever.

I think Carwash was talking about a scenario where the light is completely out. As in a power outage. So no flashing anything. In that scenario should absolutely be considered a four way stop.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:59 pm

brian wrote:
A_B wrote:
sancarlos wrote:I agree with Carwash. Disagree with AB.
How? If you have flashing yellow hat is proceed with caution. Flashing red means stop til you can proceed safely.

Edit: obviously you have to slow down when on the main road, but you don't stop for a flashing yellow ever.
I think Carwash was talking about a scenario where the light is completely out. As in a power outage. So no flashing anything. In that scenario should absolutely be considered a four way stop.

That's what I was trying to say.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 5:36 am

Which was literally the second thing I said. Not the second response. The second sentence in my first response which you disagreed with.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:09 am

A_B wrote:Which was literally the second thing I said. Not the second response. The second sentence in my first response which you disagreed with.

"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - Syb

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:50 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Am I right in thinking there's an implicit agreement that if a stoplight is out due to a power outage, you should treat it as a four-way stop? It seems like half of people get this and the other half are like "Fuck you, no light means I don't have to stop, ever."

I'm pretty sure it's not just an implicit agreement, but it's the actual law and stuff.

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:54 am

Steve of phpBB wrote: I'm pretty sure it's not just an implicit agreement, but it's the actual law and stuff.

Yeah like totally.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:44 pm

I just got home from work, offline all day. Any beloved sports figures die today? Anything good on TV tonight?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:48 pm

We get lots of phone calls to our land line from people claiming to be taking surveys/opinions/polls. With the elections coming up, its frequency has picked up. I don't want to participate in these things, and of course, sometimes they aren't really surveys or polls, but rather thinly veiled sales calls or attempts to persuade your vote.

My solution to this offends my wife. I downloaded the "Fart Cushion" app to my cell phone. So, when they start blathering, I start farting at them, rapid fire.

You're never too old to be immature.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:04 pm

sancarlos wrote:We get lots of phone calls to our land line from people claiming to be taking surveys/opinions/polls. With the elections coming up, its frequency has picked up. I don't want to participate in these things, and of course, sometimes they aren't really surveys or polls, but rather thinly veiled sales calls or attempts to persuade your vote.

My solution to this offends my wife. I downloaded the "Fart Cushion" app to my cell phone. So, when they start blathering, I start farting at them, rapid fire.

You're never too old to be immature.

My approach on the surveys is to answer the questions in ways that break their software won't handle. For Yes/No questions I go "sometimes" or "it depends" Then when they push for a answer the fits the model I stick on my original answer. Then they tell me that I have to pick and I explain that it is a shame that my thoughts and views can not be pigeonholed into their low grade software/process/survey. Sometimes they hang up, sometimes they keep trying.

I feel a little bad for the minimum wage employee who is calling me, but figure they picked this gig.

Last night a DC United rep called me 15 minutes before the DC United home game kicked off. Nice lady, dated a lacrosse player from my university for a bit. Still figure she had something to do on a game day besides work the group sales calling list.