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Foosters

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  1. 29 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    What’s the point of watching Arch have another bad game. He’s going to magically do a 180 this week? I don’t buy it. I’d start Caldwell next week. He’ll need the reps for Fla and OU. 

    I don't buy it either, but if it's not an injury then it's 100% a mental thing, that could, in theory, solve itself. Different than a QB who has never shown anything to be positive about. Of course, this could be a thing he can't shake in which case, we're proper fucked.

  2. 6 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    Lacey would get fucking killed and be a turnover machine with this oline and wr group. Caldwell is the only real option and he was already turnover prone playing against a bunch of scrubs. There’s not another option on the roster at the moment. It is what it is

    I'm not advocating for him as next man up, just highlighting that I honestly don't think it would get much worse. The o-line does suck, but there were plenty of plays where Arch had time and a pocket and missed his receiver by 3 yards.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    Who?

    How should we know? But arguing that no one better is on the roster at the moment is an affirmative claim that of the four rostered quarterbacks, none are capable of completing basic slants, screens, outs, and - well, just about every conceivable throw on the field - whether covered or wide open. Nor are they capable of recognizing wide open receivers, even when that receiver was the first option and they're staring right at him. That's the current situation with QB1.

    Lacey being told, "throw to option 1 , or throw it away" would yield better results than what we're seeing with Arch.

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  4. 47 minutes ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

    At this point I've stopped being foolish enough to think we've hit rock bottom. Less disappointment that way. This is decades of ignored issues in America coming home to roost and it's gonna take decades to unfuck 

    Same. I just look for the schadenfreude and the humor in the absurdity where I can find it. Kinda like a protagonist in a Soviet-era, Russian novel.

  5. 15 minutes ago, dcbc said:

    It's all designed to make you angry and/or scared so you'll keep watching and they'll sell ads.  Some time ago, I disconnected from all of it with the idea of there's literally nothing i need to know RIGHT NOW.  Legacy 24 hour news is just crap.  But sometimes, I get you have to just throw it on (I haven't gotten there yet though).

    Same. Also off Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and no more subscriptions to NY or LA times. I haven't watched news of any kind on TV for a couple of years now.

    But honestly, my reflexive opening up Surly every 15 mins is a problem. I'll go through periods where I intentionally avoid DT (board for culture issues)and CR (politics and culture issues) but I lack the self control to really stay away. The nights when I'm on my couch with a book are ALWAYS so much more enjoyable than the phone, but I lack the discipline 

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    11 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    It's strange that people forget that the far right calls anyone they consider to the left of them facists too.

    They don't forget, they ignore. Like the dozens and dozens of posts over the last several days detailing political violence from the right and demonization of the left as scum, cockroaches, and vermin.

    And then their next post is "gosh, why is the left so violent? Why does the left have so much hate?"

    Etc., etc., etc.

    It's classic Internet trolling but for some reason we have to keep acting like they're posting in good faith.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

    based upon the website this is from, and the sources they used, I am skeptical of the accuracy, so take this all for whatever you think its worth

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/breaking-social-media-users-believe-they-may-have/

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    come on, man.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit

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    The Gateway Pundit (TGP) is an American far-right[2] fake news website.[1] The website is known for publishing falsehoods, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories.[35]

    Founded in 2004 by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit expanded from a one-person enterprise into a multi-employee operation, supported primarily by advertising revenue.[36][37] During the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, the site received over a million unique visitors per day.[38]

    In September 2021, Google demonetized the site for publishing misinformation.[39][40][41] In April 2024, Hoft announced that the TGP parent company, TGP Communications, had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming multiple defamation lawsuits.[42] The bankruptcy case was dismissed in July 2024, with the judge finding it had been filed in bad faith to avoid the lawsuits against the site

     

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  8. Juggling 2 books at the moment, one for a book club that I recently joined

    Playground bookcover

    I've really enjoyed all of Powers' works. The Overstory remains one of my favorite reads from the last 5 years and I'm about 60% of the way through this one. Focuses on three characters - two men who grew up together in Chicago (one White, one Black) and attended Illinois together. Both were geniuses. They were inseparable. One went on to become a Jobs/Zuckerberg type character. The other, ends up living a simple life on a small island in the South Pacific. The third character is a woman who trailblazed deep-sea diving and oceanography during a time when men dominated the field. 

    For the book club, I'm reading this:

    The Correspondent by Virginia Evans | Goodreads

     

    The entire book is a collection of letters written by and to the protagonist - a retired lawyer in her 70s. The correspondents range from her neighbors, her kids, former colleagues, and even some famous folks like Anne Patchett and Larry McMurtry. The letter are in chronological order and tell her life story through anecdotes and the conversations within the letters. A very ambitious way of telling a story, and despite my hesitancy and skepticism, I've quite enjoyed it so far. 

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