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Wacky's World / Re: Wacky Ban

« on: April 15, 2024, 04:17:37 PM »

hope the intervention starts before it's too late

kickball team is in the playoffs i wouldn't hold your breath

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 15, 2024, 04:10:19 PM »

maybe the royals wouldn't be a small market team if their fans would actually pay for whatever channel is required to watch them, good gracious. now more than ever they need you to stop being Midwest Cheap

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shame Yourself

« on: April 15, 2024, 04:07:00 PM »

Since the JoCo library eliminated late fines I just return my books whenever I want.

i don't think there's any shame in playing by the rules, ben ji man.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Documentaries

« on: April 15, 2024, 04:06:07 PM »

Currently watching Quiet On Set. Oof.

i just finished watching this.  what’s your take on dan schneider?

on a scale of 1 - 10, how likely am i to recommend this to a friend? i would say 8. maybe 9.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Documentaries

« on: April 15, 2024, 04:04:48 PM »

Currently watching Quiet On Set. Oof.

i just finished watching this.  what’s your take on dan schneider?

i mean, no doubt he was/is an absolute creep and pervert, who has no business working with children, or women for that matter. What i can't get a read on is whether he did anything that rises to the level of criminality. Like, having children perform thinly veiled sex acts is absolutely gross and should probably put him on a watchlist, but i'm not sure if having someone squirt some goo on Jamie Lynn Spears' face is quite criminal. I think if he was touching or showing i'm sure victims would have come forward by now like they did w/ those other guys. I wouldn't be surprised if he is soon accused of something criminal, but it just seems like he doesn't really have any leverage to keep them quiet so i don't know why his victims wouldn't have said something by now.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Having trouble with your golf game?

« on: April 15, 2024, 09:11:33 AM »

It's a fine line... Definitely easy to get information overload to a point where you're just twisting yourself in knots. I admire how bubba Watson has purportedly never taken a formal lesson, but he's also an exceptional talent. If you don't fully understand the mechanics it can be very valuable to have someone who does say "hey quit moving your head around so much" or w/e and like bam game changer that just fixed a bunch of your issues

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: KSU Booze Cats

« on: April 14, 2024, 09:41:13 PM »

If we go on a cooler I’m kicking every one of you in your asses and also balls

I'm not sure this is even a cooler this is more like a deep freeze but anyway several of you need to line up for you ass kicking and also balls

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 14, 2024, 06:58:29 PM »

Kind of adorable story but my mother in law (royals fan) didn't watch the games but I guess gets a certain type of headline in her news feed and this morning was (totally serious not trolling) inquiring because she saw my (Mets) shortstop had broken both of his ankles in yesterday's game and I would have been more  about it but winning cures a lot of ills so haha

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread

« on: April 14, 2024, 11:24:10 AM »

It is of no concern that it is 100% a fact that there have been years I have paid more in taxes than these billionaires (when they were prominent billionaires), no what's important is the syntax. Excellent job not missing the point at all, and rather zeroing in and again, so matter-of-factly addressing my mental faculties.

Ironically, the longer i let this bounce around in my brain, the closer I get to clinical insanity.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread

« on: April 14, 2024, 11:11:08 AM »

Ya know what I owe sys an apology. I was imprecise in my wording. They all take turns on the years they pay $0 in Federal income tax (or even claim a refund like Bez) and haven't all paid $0 in the same year. You are correct I am completely insane. Totally off base. Out of my rough ridin' gourd. So there i stand corrected and humbly apologize.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 13, 2024, 09:56:25 AM »

I will submit this for consideration... 1948 Cleveland Indians (their last WS championship) and 1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC champions).  They both shared Municipal Stadium.

Tom

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread

« on: April 13, 2024, 08:11:31 AM »

Like I, me personally, I paid more in taxes than Jeff bezos, Elon musk, and Bill Gates combined.

what an insane thing to believe.

When you have a moment to take a break from your perpetual boot licking, you should consider reading the Panama papers.

But please, explain to me in what way the ultrawealthy come even remotely close to paying their fair share

what constitutes someone's fair share is subjective, but what you've paid in taxes is not, and it is objectively funny that your understanding of the world is so inaccurate that you could genuinely entertain the possibility that the sum you've paid in taxes is greater than the sum bezos, musk and gates have paid in taxes.

What's not subjective is that you are a miserable deeply unlikeable person, and the fact that you and I are diametrically opposed on virtually every topic imaginable gives me great comfort that I must be doing something right in this life

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread

« on: April 12, 2024, 11:47:28 PM »

Like I, me personally, I paid more in taxes than Jeff bezos, Elon musk, and Bill Gates combined.

what an insane thing to believe.

When you have a moment to take a break from your perpetual boot licking, you should consider reading the Panama papers.

But please, explain to me in what way the ultrawealthy come even remotely close to paying their fair share

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 12, 2024, 11:33:44 PM »

Known stud Tom is technically correct, as both of those championships were won in the calendar year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy nine. But that was the '78 football season.

But as I re-read mocats query, he did say which year, not which season.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: The Royals

« on: April 12, 2024, 05:30:47 PM »

what's the last shared parking lot to win a super bowl and world series in the same year?

dunno if its ever happened but if it has my guess would be philly

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shame Yourself

« on: April 12, 2024, 05:10:09 PM »

oof guys i need to culpa my mea...just yesterday learned a (new to me) acronym and i was so excited to run to this blog and tell everyone, but i'm not a total dummy, and i typed it into the ol' search bar first. Turns out, there was a blogger on this very webbed site using this acro as a username back around 2010. So. just learning an acronym that's been around for no less than 14 years. I still intend to dust it off and get a ton of mileage out of it. that acronym? DILLIGAF.

Since its been around for so long i won't type out what it stands for, but i am (unashamedly) enjoying the crap out of it rn. (2024)

Do I look like I give a eff?

bingo

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves

« on: April 12, 2024, 10:04:42 AM »

Precision is needed in professional environments like law or research and totally understandable. Everyday common speech though? Get over yourself imho. 

I have a similar peeve for people who correct something grammar/usage wise despite knowing exactly what you meant, which is really the whole point of language if you think about it.

The best example of this are people who insist that you cannot end a sentence with a preposition (which often makes sentences more convoluted) while simultaneously refusing to use the Oxford comma.

fun news, the Grammar Police have recently issued a ruling that it's actually fine to end a sentence in a preposition. I guess the whole "no ending a sentence in a prepo" comes from latin-based languages, which english is not, so like, its actually fine. Wish they would have issued that ruling when i was in high school and having to write lots of papers.

Which means it was never a rule. That also doesn’t stop a lot of people going around trying to impose the made up crap they learned in 7th grade English class like they’re that Japanese soldier who kept fighting WWII for 30 years after it was over.

take it to the dan carlin hardcore history thread

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves

« on: April 12, 2024, 09:23:39 AM »

Precision is needed in professional environments like law or research and totally understandable. Everyday common speech though? Get over yourself imho. 

I have a similar peeve for people who correct something grammar/usage wise despite knowing exactly what you meant, which is really the whole point of language if you think about it.

The best example of this are people who insist that you cannot end a sentence with a preposition (which often makes sentences more convoluted) while simultaneously refusing to use the Oxford comma.

a couple of additional thoughts on this:
I keep my grammar elitism to myself, mostly. Like if you say "I am not one to XYZ", I can assure you that I am not wont to give you the ol' WELL ACTUALLY!
I think around the time it was codified that "literally" can mean either "literally" or "figuratively" i was like "ya know what? this whole language thing...its completely made up. we just made it up. i'm not going to get mad"

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)

« on: April 12, 2024, 08:32:44 AM »

here's the scenario i'm currently allowing to run on repeat in my head:

UK: hey Scott Drew wanna coach here?
Drew: no
also Drew: (under his breath) You guys don't have the weird religious culture that i crave. honestly...baylor isn't weird-religion-y enough for me...

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves

« on: April 12, 2024, 08:27:37 AM »

Precision is needed in professional environments like law or research and totally understandable. Everyday common speech though? Get over yourself imho. 

I have a similar peeve for people who correct something grammar/usage wise despite knowing exactly what you meant, which is really the whole point of language if you think about it.

The best example of this are people who insist that you cannot end a sentence with a preposition (which often makes sentences more convoluted) while simultaneously refusing to use the Oxford comma.

fun news, the Grammar Police have recently issued a ruling that it's actually fine to end a sentence in a preposition. I guess the whole "no ending a sentence in a prepo" comes from latin-based languages, which english is not, so like, its actually fine. Wish they would have issued that ruling when i was in high school and having to write lots of papers.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Shame Yourself

« on: April 12, 2024, 08:24:36 AM »

oof guys i need to culpa my mea...just yesterday learned a (new to me) acronym and i was so excited to run to this blog and tell everyone, but i'm not a total dummy, and i typed it into the ol' search bar first. Turns out, there was a blogger on this very webbed site using this acro as a username back around 2010. So. just learning an acronym that's been around for no less than 14 years. I still intend to dust it off and get a ton of mileage out of it. that acronym? DILLIGAF.

Since its been around for so long i won't type out what it stands for, but i am (unashamedly) enjoying the crap out of it rn. (2024)

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TexAgs politics board gems thread

« on: April 12, 2024, 06:25:48 AM »

If that would've had more spelling and grammatical errors I would've thought fanning wrote it.

"dewshy" immediately put me into wackycollie08 mode 

Knew from the 2nd paragraph it most definitely wasn't wackycult08

We're a rule based society. The society works if most everybody follows the rules. I feel like there are a lot of rule breakers now and the ones following rules are the suckers. They pay higher insurance and retail prices because of all the chaos rule breakers get away with.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: PORTAL KOMBAT

« on: April 11, 2024, 09:27:47 PM »

FWIW if an Australian tried to say "emaw"...it might sound a lot like Oumar

Something to consider

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves

« on: April 11, 2024, 08:45:07 PM »

Respect the game you street urchin

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)

« on: April 11, 2024, 06:28:50 PM »

Can you imagine him trying to explain the play-hard chart to your average Kentucky basketball fan? What a spectacle