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Portnoy is still the face of Barstool but I don't think he's married. But you are kinda describing KFC.
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I googled. Portnoy is definitely the one I'm thinking of. He's a Magary if he were less funny and desperately trying to get frat dudes to like him.



(I should say "was", I don't know if he still is. This is circa-2009/10.)
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rass wrote:Because pft commenter might be a national treasure?
I agree. I find the majority of Barstool personalities to be pretty insufferable but PFT is a comedic genius. My favorite thing he's ever done is when he went to a GOP debate and asked Ben Carson if he would travel back in time and abort fetus Hitler.
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mister d wrote:I googled. Portnoy is definitely the one I'm thinking of. He's a Magary if he were less funny and desperately trying to get frat dudes to like him.



(I should say "was", I don't know if he still is. This is circa-2009/10.)
His public persona is now built around wanting to physically harm Roger Goodell in the name of the Patriots so I think you'd probably still like him lots
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Oooo. Think he's really gonna do it???
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Ryan wrote:
mister d wrote:I googled. Portnoy is definitely the one I'm thinking of. He's a Magary if he were less funny and desperately trying to get frat dudes to like him.



(I should say "was", I don't know if he still is. This is circa-2009/10.)
His public persona is now built around wanting to physically harm Roger Goodell in the name of the Patriots so I think you'd probably still like him lots
Somehow Portnoy isn't even the most annoying Patriots fan on that site. Their Patriots blogger, Jerry Thornton, is like 50 years old and he still insists on calling Bob Kraft "Mr. Kraft," like he's a child talking about his elementary school teacher.
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rass wrote:Because pft commenter might be a national treasure?
I've followed him on Twitter forever...had no idea he was affliated with BarStool.
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rass wrote:Because pft commenter might be a national treasure?
I've followed him on Twitter forever...had no idea he was affliated with BarStool.
Same
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I think his move there was relatively recent. Part of the reason for my response to the original question.
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Johnnie wrote:Because they sold 51% of the company for 10-15 million last year to Peter Chernin and relocated to Manhattan where the website expanded and went bigger than the niche they already had.

Which leads to bigger things from there like Comedy Central picking up their daily headlines podcast/webisode, The Rundown, for the week prior to the Super Bowl.

And Colts punter Pat McAfee retired to join them. Also, porn chick Asa Akira joined them as well as Rone (Adam Ferrone) of the rap battle league King of the Dot.

Also, their podcast Pardon My Take is #1 ahead of Bill Simmons and the like.
My list of cultural blindspots keeps growing. Rap battle league? WTF? Next thing you are going to tell me there is a televised video gaming league with teams, or ESPN airs a drone racing league.
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The Sybian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:Because they sold 51% of the company for 10-15 million last year to Peter Chernin and relocated to Manhattan where the website expanded and went bigger than the niche they already had.

Which leads to bigger things from there like Comedy Central picking up their daily headlines podcast/webisode, The Rundown, for the week prior to the Super Bowl.

And Colts punter Pat McAfee retired to join them. Also, porn chick Asa Akira joined them as well as Rone (Adam Ferrone) of the rap battle league King of the Dot.

Also, their podcast Pardon My Take is #1 ahead of Bill Simmons and the like.
My list of cultural blindspots keeps growing. Rap battle league? WTF? Next thing you are going to tell me there is a televised video gaming league with teams, or ESPN airs a drone racing league.
Heh. There are also professional vaping leagues too.
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Johnnie wrote:
The Sybian wrote:
Johnnie wrote:Because they sold 51% of the company for 10-15 million last year to Peter Chernin and relocated to Manhattan where the website expanded and went bigger than the niche they already had.

Which leads to bigger things from there like Comedy Central picking up their daily headlines podcast/webisode, The Rundown, for the week prior to the Super Bowl.

And Colts punter Pat McAfee retired to join them. Also, porn chick Asa Akira joined them as well as Rone (Adam Ferrone) of the rap battle league King of the Dot.

Also, their podcast Pardon My Take is #1 ahead of Bill Simmons and the like.
My list of cultural blindspots keeps growing. Rap battle league? WTF? Next thing you are going to tell me there is a televised video gaming league with teams, or ESPN airs a drone racing league.
Heh. There are also professional vaping leagues too.
Holy shit! He's not kidding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9puCt7HccOY
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If all the team names aren't shit like "Vape Me, My Friend", drop an anvil over the building.
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Vape Culture
Totally Kafkaesque
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Shirley wrote:Vape Culture
That may be a cultural oxymoron, not blind spot.
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Ummm, what are "Vs"?
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"Vs" means "versus" in that post.
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Joe K wrote:"Vs" means "versus" in that post.
Oh. Well that's embarrassing!
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Here's something that must have passed me by: When Johnnie suggested the name "Shreveport Ratchets" for one of the teams in our OOTP Baseball league, I was completely unfamiliar with that use of the term "ratchet." Even after reading through those entries, I'm still not sure that I do.
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I'm so old, I thought it had something to do with her.

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Having lived in that god forsaken shithole, I'm far too familiar with a level of ghetto fabulous that no one should ever be familiar with in the first place.

This viral video from 5 years ago should clear up everything:

https://youtu.be/tT3htTWBogU
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So is it like a basic but for black girls?

Note - I may not have the greatest handle on what a basic is either.
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Ratchet is more ultra ghetto fabulous.

Basic is more extra regular boring.

I guess it comes down to style and personality.

White girls can be ratchet as fuck. Example: the Cassh Me Ousside girl. Black girls can be basic. Example, imo: Simone Biles
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Johnnie wrote:Having lived in that god forsaken shithole, I'm far too familiar with a level of ghetto fabulous that no one should ever be familiar with in the first place.

This viral video from 5 years ago should clear up everything:

https://youtu.be/tT3htTWBogU
That song and video are pretty hilarious. I vaguely knew the term ratchet, but it wasn't until reading the Urban Dictionary definition that I realized it was a misheard version of "wretched." That's funny.
Totally Kafkaesque
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Why have people gone crazy over TEA?

Whenever I'm in a mall I see huge lineups at Teavana or David's Tea. That shit is expensive and pretty much flavorless. How did this happen? I thought the Red Rose type tea at supermarkets was already a step up. But now it's insane.

Tea is something they give away for free at Chinese restaurants. The other day I bought Artichoke Tea to make my wife horny(er) and it was $3 for 20 bags. I thought that was a ripoff.
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Guess it didn't work.
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P.D.X. wrote:Guess it didn't work.

ha it worked fine.
but still, $3 for tea!
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degenerasian wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:Guess it didn't work.

ha it worked fine.
but still, $3 for tea!
Friggin' newlywed. We went out for a really nice dinner on the weekend. $130 with tip and the wife was asleep by the time my teeth were brushed.

Everything has been upgraded and "artisanalyzed." You ever seen an Olive Oil bar?
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Pruitt wrote:
degenerasian wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:Guess it didn't work.

ha it worked fine.
but still, $3 for tea!
Friggin' newlywed. We went out for a really nice dinner on the weekend. $130 with tip and the wife was asleep by the time my teeth were brushed.

Everything has been upgraded and "artisanalyzed." You ever seen an Olive Oil bar?
I've never had such a nice dinner. I'm such a commoner.
$80 for 2 is pushing it for me. And that's usually a seafood buffet at a casino.
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degenerasian wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
degenerasian wrote:
P.D.X. wrote:Guess it didn't work.

ha it worked fine.
but still, $3 for tea!
Friggin' newlywed. We went out for a really nice dinner on the weekend. $130 with tip and the wife was asleep by the time my teeth were brushed.

Everything has been upgraded and "artisanalyzed." You ever seen an Olive Oil bar?
I've never had such a nice dinner. I'm such a commoner.
$80 for 2 is pushing it for me. And that's usually a seafood buffet at a casino.
We have kids at home and are old. Dinner is the entire night out.
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Pruitt wrote:Everything has been upgraded and "artisanalyzed." You ever seen an Olive Oil bar?
One of my local grocery stores has this.
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Sabo wrote:
Pruitt wrote:Everything has been upgraded and "artisanalyzed." You ever seen an Olive Oil bar?
One of my local grocery stores has this.
Hell, there's entire specialty stores devoted to olive oil.
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You can eat lots of bread and oil for free!
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mister d wrote:You can eat lots of bread and oil for free!
Yes! that's true!

I know things advance. I understand how coffee for example went from $1 a cup to gourmet $5 a cup. The custom of sitting at a coffee shop has always had a sophisticated feel to it anyways. Cafe in Paris, Espresso in Rome etc... you are paying for the experience too.

But tea and bread and oil.. that's crazy.
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In May, I went to the Teavana store at the fancy Stanford mall and bought my wife some teas for her birthday. You are so right about how overpriced it is! A lot of those teas contain less tea and mostly dried fruit! The mark-up must be enormous. (I'll admit that the hot young salesgirl played me for the dumb old fart that I am.)

The good news is that my wife loved her gift and noted that she would now try to recreate some of the teas herself with hibiscus, herbs and dried fruit.
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degenerasian wrote:
mister d wrote:You can eat lots of bread and oil for free!
Yes! that's true!

I know things advance. I understand how coffee for example went from $1 a cup to gourmet $5 a cup. The custom of sitting at a coffee shop has always had a sophisticated feel to it anyways. Cafe in Paris, Espresso in Rome etc... you are paying for the experience too.

But tea and bread and oil.. that's crazy.
There are different price points for all of those things though. Having access to more expensive varieties doesn't mean the cheap ones aren't still there.
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degenerasian wrote:The other day I bought Artichoke Tea to make my wife horny(er) and it was $3 for 20 bags.
Pruitt wrote:We went out for a really nice dinner on the weekend. $130 with tip and the wife was asleep by the time my teeth were brushed.
sancarlos wrote:The good news is that my wife loved her gift and noted that she would now try to recreate some of the teas herself with hibiscus, herbs and dried fruit.

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rass wrote:
degenerasian wrote:The other day I bought Artichoke Tea to make my wife horny(er) and it was $3 for 20 bags.
Pruitt wrote:We went out for a really nice dinner on the weekend. $130 with tip and the wife was asleep by the time my teeth were brushed.
sancarlos wrote:The good news is that my wife loved her gift and noted that she would now try to recreate some of the teas herself with hibiscus, herbs and dried fruit.

GOD DAMN IT MEN!
I've been married 21 years. I was just as excited to watch a movie that my wife wasn't interested in.
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Posted in the Thanksgiving thread - Entertaining, but I simply don't get it.

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<hack stand-up’s voice>”White people dance like this, but black people dance like this.”
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