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BurntEyes

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  1. Sausages upset my stomach anyway, but what am I clicking? Is that some sort of tool? Betsy said Casper Millen uses them on his dog show.
  2. What is a padf and that's way too small to read.
  3. The broader heritage/genetic aspect of crime is still in early discovery, too many alinging factors that could point to alternative factors particularly socio-economic and parental. However, the mental health aspects appear to be far more conclusive regarding genetics, and a tie in to criminal behavior there is stronger as well in certain aspects/areas of crime. Drug addiction/crime shows the clearest correlation and abuse aligned with those mental/drug ailments. That said, mental health is so complex and individual it's very dangerous to cast any wide nets. Some medicines work great for one but not another. Some therapy helps one but not another. Sadly, there's more we don't know than do. Derka hit on it but the lack of funding for good mental health care and research in the US is terrible. Conversely as others have noted sometimes all the support in the world won't prevent suicide. When working my mental health I had a client suffering from depression when a drunk driver ran into the car carrying his wife, son and only child, daughter in law and grand child. They all passed. He was in his mid 50s. He was getting help and had family support but ultimately took his own life as everyone most important to him in his life was gone in one moment. He was a Longhorn fan and I would talk to him about the prospect of a new season or what was going well outside that but honestly, it was really, really hard to dispute his logic of wanting to join them in the after life. (He was very spiritual) Then there was another who suffered horrible schizophrenia with voices that told him to kill himself. He got medicated and affected that he had gotten better and no longer heard the voices nor wanted to harm himself. Once released within a day or two he took his own life. We should do everything we can from cheering on people we know and supporting those in our circle to pushing for funding. We should also never make assumptions about a situation or what someone was suffering. Particularly, we should never assume those around them weren't helping as best they could. That's potentially putting blame on someone already suffering is just additional cruelty.
  4. Well, I completely brain farted on the CCG champs getting auto bids. It was early, I was tired or something.. perhaps its just my on going regards.
  5. As long as the billionaire media power brokers use extortion to disrupt and over charge all consumers for the AI games, I'm in.
  6. Bravo good sir!
  7. What are you trying to say? I'm very unclear about your message.
  8. I think this is all on point. One thing I simply can't see happening is an SEC or B1G conference champion being left out for any reason, unless its absolutely clear. It can happen in the SEC this year but a 10-3 ccg winner vs a 11-1 non-participant when the SOS is seriously worse. Say, top 5-10 vs top 25-30 with zero good ooc wins. I agree that SOS is non-scientific and requires a great deal of perceived variance to be relevant. I think it is being pushed more for TV ratings than anything else. Few people but hardcore fans of a team playing, and equally hardcore college football junkies/gamblers care about a Sam Houston vs Texas. Say hypothetically Georgia, who gets a big boost this year from GT being truly relevant but with Marshall, Austin Peay and Charlotte most years Texas' close loss to OSU would look "better" than all of their wins if the conference teams they faced were equally off balance in ranking or perceived SOS.
  9. Not that I don't believe you at all, but for my gratification and education, could you show your math?
  10. I had no idea there were so many Catholics on Surly. Multiple people have been defending them in this thread and their 0-2 season. 0-2 season cause that's their record against teams that aren't shit. And the 2 "great" teams they beat? Aggie and fraudulent Miami from the shit conference ACC that they don't even lead.
  11. So you're saying the billion dollar brands legally extorting you mid season for the only product you care about, all while asking you to "vote" or "click" or whatever the fuck is frustrating. This is a mafiaoso member telling you to lodge a complaint with the cop who protects him from legal trouble after making you aware your payments will double after you reopen your bar they've shut down.
  12. Haven't posted in a while. This is Darlene's not so subtle way of trying to relax while at the same time let me know she is ready and willing to head outside immediately. Valerie, meanwhile would just like to know wtf is going on.
  13. Definitely agree on your broader context of Franklin waiting for the right job. There is a crossover of running late for NIL portal starting Jan 2nd. Just spit-balling I'd say after Thanksgiving is that point with a note of the earlier the better to assess current talent and team needs prior to pushing for potential portal options "recruitment" if you will. I don't know enough about NIL money to speak intelligently but my instinct is between VT, Sparty and UNC, I'd guess North Carolina. Then again, they just got burned by that shitty experiment and the Sugar Daddy and his boss are still coaching.
  14. I never say never, but the first question I always ask myself in these types of things is Why. Why would he. If someone can provide a good answer to that question that isn't "money" because while all HCs like money, that was never Saban’s only motivation. As such, I can't come up with any good reason.
  15. Yeah I know some above have pointed out the losing the spot light aspect, but I agree with you. He seems like maybe he's regressed to full crazy Cajun. Perhaps got some bad crayfish etouffee or pissed of the wrong traiteur.
  16. Lol, my insane brain caught a glimpse of Sark rolling out 12 personnel for the first possession. As they take the field, Sark finds a camera, stares right at it and gives Texas fans one of these:
  17. Yeah, NIL dramatically altered the landscape in a lot of ways. Some very positive in that former doormats like Vandy and also rans like Tech and ASU do have the capability to run with the blue clippers, to a degree. I think, broadly speaking, it's created more parity across a select group. I do think that group is bigger now for a chance to complete. That said, on the down side the haves really have and back door deals that Saban and Alabama lived on just don't exist like they did prior. Mainly because you can stack talent 3 deeps who are college starters much less NFL caliber, particularly around the lines where Saban and Bama always dominated. Saban saw the writing on the wall and GTFO while he could. I don't think hed come back because there's a very real chance, no matter where he went, for his legacy and mythos to be tarnished. Add to it, the additional strain and work required with PR and such for the HC, I dont think it would even interest him. A HC isn't or really shouldn't (imo) be an Xs and Os guy anymore. The consistent winners will, I firmly believe, end up being the OSU model. HC manages the program and "character" of the team, not what happens on game day. (Aside from ref shenanigans and bullshit - I'm looking at you Kirby)
  18. I mean, perhaps I'm misreading, but it seems like we are largely in agreement save some minutiae over opinions we'll never be able to settle. So... I'll just tip my cap and say I really appreciate the logical, non-rhetoric based discussion.
  19. No you said: I said from the start: You brought in deserve based on their schedule. We've not disagreed on making the CFP, we've disagreed on merit of it based on schedule and performance. You moved the goal post and avoided my question.
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