Chewbacca
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10 minutes ago, MrX said:
MPJ profiles as a good defender because of his length and rebounding ability. Then he steps on the court. He showed some promising steps forward in 2023 then was awful in 2024 and awful/hurt in 2025. Now that he’s on the Nets, I doubt he ever becomes even a middling defender.
I’ll take Cam Johnson all day because I’m trading elite (but streaky?) wing shooting for good wing shooting and an uptick in everything else. The next time MPJ puts the ball on the floor and makes a play will probably be the first time.
Not to mention saving $17 million in cap space at the same time.
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4 minutes ago, crash_davis said:
Except that's the THING in St Elmo. The general store (one of the few actual buildings in that ghost town) sells sunflower seeds so that you CAN FEED the chimpmunks. I agree that's not something you generally do.
It's not something you should ever do. I don't give a shit if they sell seeds for it or not.
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23 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:
You're right. I didn't think anyone would give a shit enough to write anything about the shitty Cam. My bad.
Cam Johnson will be interesting to watch this season. He will finally have a real point guard who is incredible at creating open looks, and he has a much higher shooting % than MPJ did. What they lose in defense may be greatly out gained in offense. Nuggets fans should be very high on their team now.
MPJ is bad on defense. Nuggets not losing anything there. I'm a big fan of the moves they made this offseason. They finally have a legit NBA bench.
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3 minutes ago, midtown said:Most lounges are trash now. With PP being the worst. AMEX you can barely get into because the whole planet has a plat now and even the guest rule hasnt seemed to help. The united lounges are hti and miss; they can get crazy crowded and they are filled with kids its seems. Its almost better now to sit out in the concourse and have a bite and drink out there.
We hit up the United lounge in DIA in May when our flight to Reykjavik was delayed (had access through Icelandair). I was sorely disappointed. Food was terribad and I had to pay $15 for a Hendricks and tonic. We should have just stayed in the terminal and gotten some food.
Amex lounges are much better but, as you say, quite overcrowded. Amex needs to raise their fee to cut some of the riff raff.
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1 minute ago, LCHorn said:
On the Chase side, the Priority Pass lounges are crowded, ghetto or non-existent. I might swing by for a free Diet Coke, but I’m not drinking a fucking Heineken and stuffing my face with a ham and cheese croissant right before I depart, and because I fly out of ABIA I’m usually sprinting to my connect. It’s frankly been more valuable when you can get credit at some random restaurant.
I presume that’s why Chase is trying to build out their own lounges.
Most of my lounge time is in the Amex lounge in either DFW or IAH when my flight gets delayed, but I have managed to swing by a couple of Chase lounges. Agreed on the Priority Pass lounges. They are trash.
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1 minute ago, midtown said:
If you are beholden to a hotel and airline franchise owning their branded cards is a no brainer. There is almost no day to day spending you should do on a plat. The only reason to have it is for the lifestyle credits and the GE/Clear and ailine fee reimbursement which for me personally I can get my fee back. Their lounges are completely unusable at this point.
I put business spend on the plat and personal spend on the CSR. I know I could optimize for points but I don't really care to. Currently sitting on about 1.5 million miles combined.
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16 minutes ago, LCHorn said:
Do you? I’m pretty down conceptually on how the supposed credits are “tuned” to limit their value (like selling a $120 Door Dash credit but it’s actually $10 a month for 12 months-both of these cards are replete with that kind of chicanery).
Precheck is $120 once every four years. Chase touts it because it’s marketing their card as the best for travelers, so it’s a complimentary offering, but the actual value isn’t that high.
My big concern with switching is a) Chase and Amex are really pretty good when it comes to resolving disputed charges, b) additional warranty coverage on some purchases and c) built in trip insurance (which I actually have reason to need because we do a good bit of flying out of ABIA (so not direct) and I bet we end up delayed 50% of our trips.
Don't forget lounge access, too. That's worth a few hundred a year to me since I use it probably 5-6 times.
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1 hour ago, LCHorn said:
Same, my wife is keeping hers, however (at least that’s the plan, currently).
I haven’t found a suitable replacement yet; our travel is predominately foreign and it seems like some of the better alternatives (Amex, for example) are far less widely accepted than VISA.
I’m a little skeptical on some of the proposed use cases for AI, but a good one would be to analyze spending patterns and to recommend the best card.
I haven't found anything that beats the combo of CSR and Amex Platinum. I know fees are high, but you get 80-90% of that back through credits and things like Precheck.
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2 hours ago, Captainant said:
What if frogs had wings so their ass didn't scrape the ground when they hop?
It blew up BECAUSE they are both executives and public figures at a pre-IPO company. It isn't hard to validate that they aren't married to eachother, considering they're both on their public "about us" page lol
The internet is going nuts because this is FAFO. Degenerates love seeing some good FAFO play out
Maybe I'm out of the loop with how tech companies operate, but 8 C-level people seems like about 4-5 too many. And they don't even have a CFO listed, so that would be at least 9.
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After slogging through Book 5 of the Stormlight Archive, I found the Blacktongue Thief. Really enjoyed the first book and I'm halfway through book #2. Highly recommend.