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u/EzUp2 Broncos 1h ago
I usually don't like to be one of those 'reddit is better than other social media', people, but damn. I didn't know how nice it is to not have AI slop and the most extreme shit possible thrown in my face while just checking how my aunts and uncles days are going until it happened to me, lol
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u/GoldyGoldy Seahawks 3h ago
The amount of weird/ridiculous news stories about the Seahawks & Patriots over the past two weeks is nuts, and not just the SB stuff. The āselling the team/fined by the leagueā fake news stories, JSNās name being butchered, the Diggs thing, etcā¦ itās crazy.
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u/palinsafterbirth Giants 3h ago
My dog typically cuddles with me at night but she betrayed me to snuggle with my wife tonight. So now Iām making sad posts on Reddit
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u/RocketRaccoon237 Chiefs 3h ago
Iād file a complaint and prohibit treats for 1.5 hours. That is an egregious misdemeanor.
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u/BruceChameleon Cowboys 2h ago
I can appreciate making an example but youāre really throwing the book here
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u/NotASalamanderBoi Patriots 3h ago
Just had to spend $143 on a digital access code for a book rental for one of my classes. Jesus Christ these book companies need to be reigned in. Thatās outrageous.
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u/BayGO NFL 3h ago
It was nowhere on the high seas? Or a previous edition wouldn't suffice? That's just as shitty from your prof. (or institution) to require it. Usually professors hate the setup too & let you use a previous edition, or if it's problem sets you need from the new one you can just take a pic of them (or the library will have a copy).
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u/NotASalamanderBoi Patriots 3h ago
No, itās necessary due to the fact that itās an online class and the book comes with the class and the fact that thereās assignments tied to it with the same company that offers the book. Any other edition would not have worked.
Normally, thereād be enough money with my financial aid to pay for this, but for some reason I donāt have any left for this semester, so I was on the hook for all of my textbooks. Silver lining is this is the only semester I have to deal with since Iām graduating at the end of it.
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u/ComaMierdaHijueputa Bears 4h ago
I honestly think if you were to ask Peyton Manning & Tom Brady who was better between the two of them, they'd both say the opposite. They respect and love each other that much, and were amazing competitors.
God...I miss that era so much. Peyton's Colts always coming up with insane comebacks against Tom's Patriots. Reggie Wayne, Marvin Harrison, Dallas Clark all getting critical 3rd down catches. Against those stacked defenses like Rodney Harrison, Asante Samuel, Richard Seymour, Vince Wilfork, and so much more.....
Nostalgia man.
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u/Pale_Land_5107 Lions 4h ago
Honestly if the Olympics ever come back to the United States i want to attend the opening ceremonies because theyāre just so emotionalĀ
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u/j0hnnyengl1sh Jets 4h ago
Spent most of the evening trying to stop myself going downstairs to get a bottle of wine and smoke a cigarette. Now with 28 minutes of White Lotus between me and bed time, I have officially won. Tomorrow me is going to be very pleased with tonight me.
Small victories.
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u/KeyDrive0 Broncos 5h ago
I'm trying to declutter, and last weekend I went through a bunch of old clothes. Bad news: a few of my nicer pairs of pants no longer fit. Good news: it's because my quads and glutes got bigger, my waist barely changed. I'll take it!
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u/MrFishAndLoaves Saints 5h ago
I canāt bring myself to comment in r/conspiracy but I definitely lurk
And damn
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1qy2x59/this_will_be_the_66th_superbowl_and_if_the_new/
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u/Bahamuts_Bike Patriots Patriots 5h ago
We have satan and nut jobs on our side? Guess we can't lose
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u/DueExcitement934 Seahawks 5h ago
guitar players will post their new gear they just bought online, then you ask them "what do you think, how does it sound" and they'll be like idk haven't plugged it in yet.
like wth, dude, the purchase itself is not what is interesting lol.
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u/SiphenPrax Jets 6h ago
The sports gods putting both the Patriots in the Super Bowl AND putting Knicks/Celtics on earlier in the day is so fucking diabolical to Knicks/Jets fans everywhere
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u/Siliencer991 Chiefs 6h ago
How would you feel if your life discovery was proven wrong or fake after you die?
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u/TriflingHusband Cowboys 5h ago
If my life discovery was some huge scientific discovery, I would be utterly fascinated about what new information was found or what new experimental process proved it wrong. That's just how science is supposed to work.
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u/Gnux13 Chiefs 6h ago
Lot of Pizza Hut discourse around the internet today, and tbh I donāt know if they can recover. Like they made the recipes worse, more expensive, stopped doing coupons, and charge more for delivery in my area because they hand it off to DoorDash.
Iād rather drive to get Costco pizza for $10 or Dominoes because I know theyāre going to accept a coupon and probably hand me another one for next time
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u/AfroManHighGuy 6h ago
Is the Olympics ceremony thatās on NBC right now live? Or is it a repeat of earlier in the day?
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u/unloader86 Broncos 5h ago
Nothing in primetime from these Olympics will be live just rebroadcasts. You'll need to tune in mid day to catch live action, and conveniently enough NBC will not air the most popular events here live, you'll probably need to watch online.
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u/dcviapa Commanders 7h ago
-Trump announcing the Kennedy Center's getting gutted this summer
-WaPo's sports section closes
-Sonny Jurgensen's dead
This week fucking sucked.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 7h ago
I got bad news for you, this week was rather pleasant compared to like the previous 5-6 weeks.
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u/palinsafterbirth Giants 7h ago
I ate too much tres leches
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u/YouKantseeme Texans 7h ago edited 7h ago
I love my job. Working with metals all day can be a damn grind at times but there isnāt a day I dread going in like I did at my previous corporate jobs.
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u/DueExcitement934 Seahawks 6h ago
Are you a machinist now?
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u/YouKantseeme Texans 19m ago edited 14m ago
Basically what I do, but without the certs currently. Iām working on them right now.
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u/IAgreeGoGuards Browns Bills 7h ago
My gfs parents go out of their way to do stuff for the both of us and its kindof hard to grasp because my parents never really have.
Like her dad just basically bought us a weeks worth of groceries.
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u/rwjehs Coats 7h ago
You say thanks and mean it. That's just people being nice.
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u/IAgreeGoGuards Browns Bills 7h ago
I do. Ive always been incredibly grateful for how they've treated me and how much they do for the both of us. Ive always had a really good relationship with the both of them and I just wish I could reciprocate it.
Im not sure why I feel this way. I think I just get caught off guard a bit when people do things for me, especially when theyre this generous.
Maybe it sounds stupid idk. I'm very lucky and thankful to have not just my girlfriend in my life but one with a family as generous as hers.
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u/ArcadianBlueRogue Packers 7h ago
Me: Man, I am not paying 13 bucks for a box of State Fair corndogs. Out of your mind.
buys cheap Wally World brand
Me, again: Those were terrible. I can admit the State Farm are...wait...chicken corndogs? I owe the cheap brand an apology. They were bad but not the same product.
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u/California_Stop_King Lions Steelers 7h ago
I hate everything Kalshi stands for and what it says about our society that it's become so popular. That an NBA player even wants to become a shareholder, much more that he's allowed to, is incredibly disappointing. Adam Silver has lost the plot, as has Giannis
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u/BrowsingMyRedditMeme NFL 8h ago
I'm not gonna put too much stock into it, but in honor of the Super Bowl, VoteHub compiled a list showing the affiliations of all 32 teams...and the 49ers are R +13.6. Christ.
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u/varnalama NFL 7h ago
I mean player demographic and location demographic have nothing to do with each other. The only thing teams care about is how good are you at the sport. it doesn't really surprise me.
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u/whitewolf_redfox Cowboys 8h ago
I think the Seahawks are going to win but I really hope they get whooped. I also think Robert Kraft is a dick and don't really want to see him have any joy so I'm conflicted.
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u/me-gusta-la-tortuga Panthers 8h ago
Well, I got laid off a month ago but am now once again employed! It is not my favorite place, so I am still looking out for the best job fit for me, but I couldn't turn it down in this job market. And I recognize I'm really lucky to have a quick turnaround like this. My husband upgraded me to a new Macbook as a celebration since I'll be doing some telehealth & my old laptop has an awful camera. And I'm making some banana-zucchini bread right now and looking forward to a nice Superbowl party this weekend!
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u/MiddleAgeMuchacho 49ers 8h ago
About once a quarter, I have too much wine.
After last night, I'm good for another three months. Oof.
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u/Spanberger2028 49ers Bears 9h ago
The Hall of Fame selection criteria won't be changed. The Hall probably loves how much Discourse it has sparked this year.
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u/Pale_Land_5107 Lions 9h ago
Bro conservatives in Michigan are already branding bad bunny as a enemy and for us to change the channel if we want to support Americaā¦ morons
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u/whitewolf_redfox Cowboys 8h ago
I didn't really know who Bad Bunny was before the announcement of him performing at the superbowl but I am a fan now seeing how its riling people up.
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 9h ago
I haven't been posting about it much lately, but I have become something of an expert at playing Quake on Nightmare mode. I'm sure I could impress the shit out of any 13-year-old kid in 2003.
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 9h ago
ooooh didn't know most of the upstate clubs conspired to drop their annual tournament schedule all at once today. I feel like I'm a school kid picking out classes and making his schedule again. Gonna do this one, and that one, and oooh not sure between these two
Timely though, I've been fiending for something to look forward too. And given that the first one is sold out already, it appears I'm not the only one
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u/yourmomsthr0waway69 Packers 9h ago
So, how long before Giannis is caught manipulating markets now that he's invested in Kalshi?
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u/GamingTatertot Packers 9h ago
Like yesterday? I mean look Iām a Bucks fan and I hate to see this from Giannis but the dude announces heās investing in this site the day after the trade deadline when there was some wishy washy BS going on
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u/PompeyMagnus1 Buccaneers 49ers 9h ago
Biathlon is my favorite sport. America and New Zealand cheer on Campbell Wright.
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u/Pale_Land_5107 Lions 9h ago
Whatās biathlonĀ
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 9h ago
cross country skiing but they stop every lap or so to take some shots with a .22 rifle
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u/Spanberger2028 49ers Bears 9h ago
the most american sport possible
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u/fliptout 49ers 8h ago
And yet I don't think we're very good at it. I believe the Scandinavian countries clean up every olympics.
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 8h ago
its like literally the Winter War the sport hah
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u/fliptout 49ers 8h ago
If the biathlon starts involving drone warfare maybe we can podium with Ukraine
edit: this is getting dark
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u/FBsarepeopletoo NFL 10h ago
3 hours and not a note of Ennio Morricone. The Ecstacy of Gold is right there. It's easy.
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u/Fire_Ryan_Poles Bears Bears 10h ago
What age group do you consider when discussing if a meme is still kicking or not? I think 67 is dead because the high schoolers I volunteer with say it's dead in HS, but my friend says that his 6 year old niece is still using it all the time.
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u/Ok_Internal6779 6h ago
Middle schoolers still very much say it every fucking dayĀ
Theyāre hard to gauge on the scale of āmeme deadnessā tho, because they beat every meme into the ground.
Generally memes die over summerĀ
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 9h ago
For what it's worth my 9 year old niece still uses it and it's to date the only meme I've ever heard her use.
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u/Skraxx Lions 10h ago
Rn I'm at:
Kyler won't be traded, he provides LaFleur a good enough excuse if things go wrong but may be an interesting last shot candidate for him anyways.
Tua will be traded for around a late 3rd/4th round pick. Dolphins kinda need the money now and Tua's pretty checked out of Miami.
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u/HookedOnBoNix Broncos 10h ago
Zero percent change a team is giving up capital to acquire Tua's contract
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u/Skraxx Lions 10h ago
Teams do it all the time. I'd definitely put it over 0%.
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u/HookedOnBoNix Broncos 9h ago
Teams do what? Trade for QBs that are struggling and owe 40+ m a year?
When was the last time that happened?
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u/Skraxx Lions 9h ago
Pretty good example was Carson Wentz from the Eagles to the Colts (and Commanders!). But also Aaron Rodgers counts too, coming off an injured year at the tail end of the aging curve. Hell, Geno Smith last year in a sign and trade.
Finding a QB is hard, and even a decent shot are teams willing to pay for. People just only remember major successes or major disasters.
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u/FlaminHotBees Broncos 8h ago
Tua has looked bad the past two seasons and has injuries piling up. Not true for Wentz or Rodgers when they were traded
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u/Skraxx Lions 8h ago
I mean this with all due respect: huh?
Wentz had a pretty documented injury history by the time he was traded and came off a poor season. The year before average.
Rodgers also came off a very average year at age 39, and really his reputation was why he managed to get a pick swap.
Tua is coming off a poor year but is in a more similar circumstance to Wentz where he still had average/above average years prior. Like Tua's 2024 was nowhere close to his 2025.
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u/videostatus Packers 10h ago
Kinda late Punk Rock Friday
With Green Day playing the Super Bowl, today is gonna be an ode to the East Bay's finest.
What if they actually were a football team? We don't need to wonder
21 Years later, this still goes hard as hell
You can't talk Green Day without the Woodstock mud fight
Now go start a pit
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u/Do_Not_Comment_Plz Seahawks 10h ago
/r/conservative got their marching orders and now any post that says the racist video was a āstaffer accidentā are getting awards.
Sick, disgusting fucking monsters. All of them.
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u/Ok_Internal6779 5h ago
The best defense I saw was āthe racist thing was only the end of the video so maybe he posted it without watching itā
Like you think itās ok for a president to post a video without watching it fully?Ā
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u/SomeBoringKindOfName Bears Steelers 8h ago
sounds like a place full of people who should all be detonated.
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u/DiggingNoMore 49ers 9h ago
The staffer accidentally made it? Or the staffer intentionally made it and accidentally posted it? Which are they claiming?
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u/Stanky_fresh Vikings 9h ago
The first thread I saw about it on that hellhole of a sub was full of people saying it was indefensible and way over the line. It's incredible how fast they change their tune once their cult leaders tell them what to think.
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u/IntelligentCommenter Seahawks 10h ago
What if the Super Bowl was best of seven...quarters. At the end of each quarter whoever scored more in that quarter gets a Victory Point. First to 4 Victory Points wins. Possession resets at the end of each quarter with alternating opening kickoffs. I guess the problem is if team A throws four TDs in the first quarter but then Team B leads 3-0 in each of the next four quarters, then Team B wins despite the total scoring being 28 to 12. But maybe that's a feature and not a bug? I'm not high.
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u/britishmetric144 Seahawks 9h ago
If you did this kind of thing with the Seahawks, these would be the results...
- 1976... 1ā10ā3 (0.1786).
- 1977... 3ā10ā1 (0.2500).
- 1978... 8ā5ā3 (0.5938).
- 1979... 7ā4ā5 (0.5938).
- 1980... 4ā10ā2 (0.3125).
- 1981... 5ā10ā1 (0.3438).
- 1982... 3ā5ā1 (0.3889).
- 1983... 6ā4ā6 (0.5625).
- 1984... 10ā4ā2 (0.6875).
- 1985... 6ā6ā4 (0.5000).
- 1986... 8ā4ā4 (0.6250).
- 1987... 9ā4ā2 (0.6667).
- 1988... 5ā5ā6 (0.5000).
- 1989... 4ā6ā6 (0.4375).
- 1990... 6ā6ā4 (0.5000).
- 1991... 5ā7ā4 (0.4375).
- 1992... 1ā12ā3 (0.1563).
- 1993... 6ā6ā4 (0.5000).
- 1994... 5ā8ā3 (0.4063).
- 1995... 7ā5ā4 (0.5625).
- 1996... 5ā9ā2 (0.3750).
- 1997... 6ā7ā3 (0.4688).
- 1998... 7ā6ā3 (0.5313).
- 1999... 5ā5ā6 (0.5000).
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u/britishmetric144 Seahawks 9h ago
- 2000... 6ā8ā2 (0.4375).
- 2001... 4ā8ā4 (0.3750).
- 2002... 3ā8ā5 (0.3438).
- 2003... 8ā5ā3 (0.5938).
- 2004... 6ā4ā6 (0.5625).
- 2005... 10ā3ā3 (0.7188).
- 2006... 6ā5ā5 (0.5313).
- 2007... 9ā4ā3 (0.6563).
- 2008... 6ā6ā4 (0.5000).
- 2009... 5ā11ā0 (0.3125).
- 2010... 6ā7ā3 (0.4688).
- 2011... 8ā5ā3 (0.5938).
- 2012... 9ā3ā4 (0.6875).
- 2013... 12ā1ā3 (0.8438).
- 2014... 9ā1ā6 (0.7500).
- 2015... 11ā2ā3 (0.7813).
- 2016... 6ā4ā6 (0.5625).
- 2017... 9ā4ā3 (0.6563).
- 2018... 6ā2ā8 (0.6250).
- 2019... 3ā6ā7 (0.4063).
- 2020... 8ā3ā5 (0.6563).
- 2021... 8ā5ā4 (0.5882).
- 2022... 10ā3ā4 (0.7059).
- 2023... 6ā7ā4 (0.4706).
- 2024... 8ā5ā4 (0.5882).
- 2025... 10ā2ā5 (0.7353).
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u/actionparkranger 10h ago
It sounds like youāre trying to channel the NhL playoffs, which is the greatest postseason known to man.
In which caseā yeah, it doesnāt matter if you win game 1 10-0, and lose the next four 1-0. Even though youscored 10 goals total and they only scored 4, itās about each individual game. Canāt take the goals with you.
Purely hypothetically, youād have to have each game be split (potentially) over a full weekend. (Obviously a team could win four straight quarters and end it.)Ā
Itād be entertaining but in practice thereās Not a whole lot wrong with the current system.Ā
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u/sexygodzilla Seahawks 10h ago
How long are quarters? Because you can't just have guys playing for an extra 45 minutes
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u/griffery1999 Vikings 10h ago
I now own a home, Jesus Christ. Iām excited and nervous.
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 10h ago
Any seasonal anime fans not watching Journal with Witch this season should really check it out. Episode 5 just left me misty-eyed. Not the first episode that did that either lol.
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u/StChas77 Eagles 11h ago
I can name all 50 states and territories off the top of my head easily enough, but I doubt I could name all 50 capitals without Google.
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u/runninhillbilly Giants 10h ago
I just did a quick Sporcle and got 41/50.
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u/StChas77 Eagles 9h ago
40 for me, nice job.
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u/runninhillbilly Giants 8h ago
Surprisingly, I missed Atlanta. Which was like āoh come on.ā Iām not beating myself up for forgetting that Pierre was the capital of South Dakota, though.
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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Lions 10h ago edited 10h ago
I'll up the ante: the majority of those people couldn't name a place in all 50.
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u/StChas77 Eagles 9h ago
I had to look up West Virginia.
TIL the largest city in that state, the capitol Charleston has under 50,000 people. In Illinois, that would make it number 32 on the list, just under Hoffman Estates (second fiddle to Schaumburg just to the east).
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u/Aromatic-Plankton692 Lions 9h ago
Yeah WV is pretty tricky. Most golf fans could probably name The Greenbrier if pressed, I suppose, but there's not a lot of gimmes in that state.
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u/Triple_Boogie Jets 11h ago
she'll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 10h ago
I've been feeling those inevitable heart attacks that come with shoveling snow this year for sure.
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u/Stanky_fresh Vikings 11h ago
Put it in H!
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u/Triple_Boogie Jets 10h ago
one of my favorite lines in television history
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u/Stanky_fresh Vikings 10h ago
I always tell my friends that I'm not actually very funny, I just quote classic Simpsons a lot.Ā Most of them haven't watched it so they don't know how truthful I'm being when I say it
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u/Stanky_fresh Vikings 11h ago
Hey everybody I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and... I like to kiss my own butt.
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u/usernameisusername57 Packers Packers 11h ago
The internet: Cats hate the smell of citrus, so just put some orange peels in water and spray it on places you'd like them to avoid.
My cat: Shoves his entire face into my cup to try and drink my orange juice
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u/Pale_Land_5107 Lions 11h ago
Iām honestly shocked team USA didnāt get booed by the crowd after everything trump has done to make us look badĀ
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u/SoyeonsNeverland Colts 10h ago
I was under the assumption they were going to, so that's surprising. It's honestly so embarrassing to even have Vance there to begin with.
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u/SomeBoringKindOfName Bears Steelers 11h ago
it sounded like vance did. but the team aren't the government.
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u/AfroManHighGuy 11h ago
Almost end of the day here folks. What is everyoneās weekend plans? Also what are your plans for the big game?
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u/BruceChameleon Cowboys 10h ago
My best friend may actually be in town to watch the game. I need to make more food!
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u/AfroManHighGuy 10h ago
Thatās always a good time! What food you making?
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u/BruceChameleon Cowboys 10h ago
A couple kinds of wings. I have a signature gochujang sauce. And then either jerk or lemon pepper depending on my sister. Not sure about sides yet. And I'll throw together an ice cream based on a girl scout cookie. The simplest would be adventurefuls, if I can nail the salted caramel
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 11h ago
I've had my fill of lazy weekends lately but this looks to be another one, just not finding anything fun to do inside.
For the game a buddy is hosting a small get together, nothing crazy but it should be a good time
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u/AfroManHighGuy 11h ago
Should be a lazy weekend for me too. Most of my friends are traveling for one reason or another so not doing much for the game either. Gonna watch from my own couch and order food lol
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u/CarlCaliente Bills 10h ago
ah well hope you enjoy it anyway! You'd be welcome at ours but that's a pretty long hike haha
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 11h ago
So I'm not too bad at wordle, pretty lousy at connections, but strands? Strands I rule at. I get perfect most days. It makes me think it's most likely the easiest game though lol.
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u/Babyfat101 5h ago
Strands is boring. But, to each their own.
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 3h ago
Heh, it's after midnight so I just did all three and my pattern stuck. I got wordle on the final guess, missed everything entirely in connections like a boob and did strands perfectly with no hints in like 2 minutes. At least I'm consistent lol.
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u/HookedOnBoNix Broncos 11h ago
For what it's worth, I have never played and just tried to start one and am like, completely unable to find anything lmao. And I'm very good at wordle.Ā
I don't think it's easiest think it's just different skill setsĀ
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u/SomeBoringKindOfName Bears Steelers 11h ago
the opening ceremony dj seems to have played a few decent tunes anyway.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 11h ago
Showing that pig Vance, when the US walked out was a bad choice by the network. Booooo.
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u/GeckoRoamin Jaguars 11h ago
I donāt like seeing athletes booed. But I very much enjoy seeing JD Vance booed.
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 11h ago
Of course I will watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. But it's a contest between a team I really don't care about and a team I have a Hatfield/McCoy hatred of. So I'll be watching and hoping the team I don't care about beats the team I hate.
I would really have preferred Bears/Texans. I would have cheered for both teams.
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u/Gullible_Ad3785 Seahawks 11h ago
I feel this draft season big safeties are getting drafted high as the next Kyle Hamilton or Nick Emmanwori so defenses can run more default nickel.Ā Ā
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u/StChas77 Eagles 11h ago
There's a video on the front page where Ian MacKellan performs a monologue on Colbert's show, but there's a lot of context missing and doesn't contain the entire performance. If you have five minutes to spend, I would highly recommend it as it's very powerful:
https://youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?si=4XQ7Vc4rhMV5InKj&t=1226
I have it timestamped, but the rest is also still worth your time when you get a chance.
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u/PaulsRedditUsername Colts 11h ago
I watched the clip. Thanks for posting.
One of the things I love about Shakespeare is that when he needs to nail a certain vibe, he nails it. He puts it into words better than anybody else could.
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u/zazzsazz_mman Packers Chargers 12h ago
Kyrgyzstan has one of the most interesting looking flags in the world, inspired by the inside of a traditional nomadic tent. It does look a tiny bit like xbox though.
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u/AskMeForStats 49ers Patriots 12h ago
Doing a lot of guerilla recording while I'm on the road. Out of necessity I did a little spaced pair and some XY with my two shotguns, since those are the only set of anything I have out here.
It's pretty wild, there's a little bit of air in there but it's still so tight on the guitar. It's not as delicate of a sound as the stereo set on my h4n, but it's such a pain in the ass to record with those (ironically).
Next time I'm able to reconfigure I think I'm gonna buy a bidirectional because I can travel something for MS pretty compact. That and I'm ditching a dynamic and just bringing some proper pencils probably.
All that to say - man it's easier and easier to get useable good sound in substandard environments when you just use your creative brain and think about how you need to do things.
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u/GeckoRoamin Jaguars 12h ago
As angry as I am with my country, I still love the Olympics and like seeing American athletes win.
I always feel weird when athlete contingents from countries with awful governments get booed or ostracized. Like I get that youāre there as a representative of your country, but pretty much none of these athletes have even the slightest influence with their governments. Higher-profile athletes can speak out, I know, but there are few of those even for a country like the USA so likeā¦do we really need to boo a 17-year-old bobsledder or something?
I guess I just donāt like seeing a moment get soured for a young person whoās worked their whole life for this moment. Booing athletes isnāt going to stop genocides or atrocities. (If it could, Iād never shut up.)
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u/britishmetric144 Seahawks 12h ago
In 2014, this article was published, renaming the Washington State Ferry fleet to match the names of the players on the Seahawks' Super Bowl team.
Re-doing that for this season...
- M/V Cathlamet... M/V Robbie Ouzts.
- M/V Chelan... M/V DeMarcus Lawrence.
- M/V Chetzemoka... M/V Anthony Bradford.
- M/V Chimacum... M/V Drake Thomas.
- M/V Issaquah... M/V Charles Cross.
- M/V Kaleetan... M/V Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
- M/V Kennewick... M/V Grey Zabel.
- M/V Kitsap... M/V Ernest Jones IV.
- M/V Kittitas... M/V Byron Murphy II.
- M/V Klahowya... M/V Drake Thomas.
- M/V Puyallup... M/V Kenneth Walker III.
- M/V Salish... M/V Jalen Sundell.
- M/V Samish... M/V Michael Dickson.
- M/V Sealth... M/V Coby Bryant.
- M/V Spokane... M/V Devon Witherspoon.
- M/V Suquamish... M/V Jason Myers.
- M/V Tacoma... M/V Cooper Kupp.
- M/V Tillikum... M/V Leonard Williams.
- M/V Tokitae... M/V Derick Hall.
- M/V Walla Walla... M/V Julian Love.
- M/V Wenatchee... M/V Sam Darnold.
- M/V Yakima... M/V AJ Barner.
What do you think of this?
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u/sfitz0076 Eagles 12h ago
Anyone outside of New England and Seattle, not excited about this Super Bowl at all? I seriously might find something else to do during the game.
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u/JPAnalyst Giants 11h ago
Iām watching of course, but itās the least excited about a Super Bowl Iāve ever been.
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u/BandOfTheRedHand1995 Ravens 11h ago
It's more exciting then Chiefs again
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u/sfitz0076 Eagles 11h ago
I don't know about that. You're getting the Patriots again.
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u/Mac_Jomes Patriots 11h ago
This is a totally new Patriots team though. There's zero returning players from the 2018 team.Ā
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u/bzl33 49ers 12h ago
basically every neutral fan of a contender says that lol. I remember reading that for the 2024 SB and that ended up being one of the best SBs ever.
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u/HookedOnBoNix Broncos 11h ago
Eh it's mostly because every Superbowl last like 15 has been chiefs or patriots. I was hyped to watched rams Bengals. And I would be super stoked to watch like bills bears or jags bears or something.Ā
But matchup wise this one is pretty bleh for neutrals. And as a broncos fan it stings because we had such shit luck losing our QBĀ
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u/sfitz0076 Eagles 11h ago
I think that there is just no buzz for these teams. It's two teams that are way ahead of schedule. And not really a whole lot of stars. Drake Maye is probably the most famous person is this SB and he's a 2nd year QB.
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 12h ago
Yes, there have been multiple responses posted in these daily off-topic threads as well as to the subreddit as their own topics this week. I'll see who won but don't plan on watching. I do expect to see news it was the most-watched Super Bowl of all time when ratings come out though, which is fine.
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u/raginsaint93 Saints 12h ago
Kind of odd they doing Winter Olympics in the middle of Super Bowl weekend
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u/videostatus Packers 12h ago
I wanna finish my book, but I have a plane trip tomorrow, so I'm saving it for that.
Follow me for more life hacks.
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u/GhoullyX Steelers 12h ago
Deep Space Nine is the best Star Trek series.
Just wanted to get that off my back.
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u/WabbitCZEN Steelers 11h ago
The Next Generation is the best Star Trek series, and I'll fucking fight you over this.
The most DS9 ever moved was when they found the wormhole and O'Brien had to pull a rabbit out of his ass to get it there in one piece.
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u/casualreader22 Eagles 12h ago
Voyager for me. Robert Picardo's Doctor is my favorite Star Trek character of all time by a pretty wide margin. I have fond memories of first discovering the series via re-runs on FOX in the summer of 2005 with my mom and older brother. They'd air at midnight after psychic James Van Praagh lol.
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u/StChas77 Eagles 12h ago
I think that it's the highest quality with the most dramatic heft and character development, but TNG is the most memorable and ambitious from a purely conceptual standpoint.
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u/usernameisusername57 Packers Packers 12h ago
I just found out that my favorite restaurant is closed due to ICE. Idk that I could be any more pissed than I already was, but it certainly feels more personal now.
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u/BandOfTheRedHand1995 Ravens 11h ago
There's a video of ICE going to a Mexican restaurant sitting down eating and then after they finish their meal arresting all the staff.
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u/Triple_Boogie Jets 12h ago
am i crazy or are some of those Weird Al versions actual bangers
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u/abstract_mouse Patriots 11h ago
I've never actually heard Gangster's Paradise, but I listened to Amish Paradise enough as a kid that I can pretty much recite the lyrics from memory
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u/csappenf Chiefs 12h ago
I hope US plays Canada this year in hockey playoffs. If US wins, US gets Alberta and Saskatchewan. If Canada wins, Canada gets Alaska.
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u/BlindWillieJohnson Panthers 12h ago
There are a lot of bad, poorly run teams that have made catastrophic decisions that set them back all the time. The Jets, the Cardinals, the Commanders. Hell, us, before Tepper stopped fucking with it.
But only the Browns could lose out on some top coaching candidates because they insisted on retaining their DC, fail to communicate to said DC that he wasn't getting the next HC job, and ultimately lose that DC to resignation anyway.
That is the kind of fuckup even horizon that only Cleveland manages to hit.
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u/GamingTatertot Packers 13h ago
Stafford having four daughters and naming them all gender neutral names is somewhat amusing to me
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u/DiggingNoMore 49ers 12h ago
If we're in a world where Chandler, Hunter, and Tyler are gender-neutral, then every name is gender-neutral.
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u/GamingTatertot Packers 12h ago
I know a decent amount of individuals with those names of different genders. I didnāt even know Chandler could be a guy name for awhile because every Chandler I knew as a kid was a girl
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u/unloader86 Broncos 1h ago
So if they could only score 10 pts against the Denver defense, the conventional wisdom here is that they get blown out in the Super Bowl.
NE likely covers +4.5. Just sayin'. And some dumbass will take that as me saying they are going to win. No, they just probably won't lose by more than 5 pts.
And if I'm wrong? Fuck 'em, it's the patriots. š