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  1. I remember when Ashlee Simpson’s career basically ended for getting caught lip syncing on SNL.  Seems like the musical guests don’t even try to hide it anymore.  Whoever that rapper was on Chappelle’s episode last night didn’t even try to pretend like that was her.

  2. 46 minutes ago, Distinguished Gentleman said:

    You should sell. XRP has a history of pumping and fading.

    @ajax You should not listen to BTC maximalists.  XRP has consistently been a top 3 coin in market cap that tumbled down the top 10 because of the lawsuit filed in December 2020.  The price tanked down to something like 20 cents and has never been able to participate fully in bull runs for the past four years because it was pulled off of exchanges and had an SEC lawsuit looming over its head.  
     

    This current run has been sparked by the news of the SEC chairman getting replaced, the expectation that the appeal is going to go away, as well as Robinhood adding it back on their exchange, followed by FOMO.  The SEC appeal is still lingering, so I would hold cautiously but not sell.  There will be a hard pullback at some point like all coins get, but unless a new lawsuit is filed it’s not crashing all the way back down.  Timing the market, however, is a bitch.  

    And yes, I’m holding a pretty good sized bag too.

  3. Twitter was the worst, least user friendly social media platform even prior to Elon taking over.  It’s just gotten much worse with him at the helm.  I’m sure I have a profile out there I should have probably deleted years ago, but I can’t remember the last time I’ve logged in.  I never used Twitter regularly.

  4. 34 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    The PSU and Rutgers trips to the west coast are going to be equally awful for them. You love to see it 


    Someone should invent a west coast conference.  Like a Pacific Coast Conference, with all the PST time zone schools.

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  5. On 2/22/2023 at 11:19 AM, Hermanator said:

    I think you need to be educated on opinions and personal taste. Just because somebody doesn't like what you like doesn't mean they're wrong, it may mean you're a fucking idiot for expecting that of them. 

    But just to be thorough I went to YouTube and looked up the best of this guy. Found this 30 minute highlight clip and watched about 23 minutes of it.

    Since it is a highlight clip all of this should kill, but it is poorly done. His delivery sucks, his timing sucks, and his situations are implausible. The Starbucks thing was complete bullshit anyway, they don't say anything about "eat". They say "what can I prepare for you today". Immediately after that he almost saves it with the InNOut which was funny, but he immediately ruins it by pushing it too far. He doesn't know when to cut after hitting with a solid punchline. 

    It's like he wants to be a mix of Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan but he has none of Gaffigan's awkward  comedic timing and none of Seinfeld's plausible social commentary. 

     

     

    Look, you're allowed to your own opinion and personal taste, but if you think he's going for a mix of Seinfeld or Gaffigan I don't think you really understand what he's doing at all.

    And as far as his delivery, timing, and such, you couldn't be more wrong.  But I guess you're right; you are entitled to your own opinion.  Your opinion is just a terrible take.

  6. 41 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

    Until this thread I had no idea Segura has been on a Rogan show. Rogan is literal trash, that makes me think less of Segura. Still funny though. 

     

    They're old friends.  I can't remember the smaller details but Rogan somewhat discovered Segura before he blew up, befriended him, and took him on the road as an opener or feature act.  Segura was also one of the first guests on Rogan's podcast when it was just in Rogan's living room with something like 7 listeners.  Convinced Segura to start his own podcast.  

    I'm not a big Rogan fan but Segura is his own guy.  They're friends, but Segura outshines him as a standup and does a completely different thing.  

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  7. 3 hours ago, Whitewater Horn said:

     The upocoming special will be his best yet and it will be interesting to see which bits make the cut. 

     

    I hope so and that's encouraging to hear.  He's one of my favorite standups but Ball Hog was fairly disappointing compared to his older specials.

     

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  8. This new season of Love After Lockup really dropped the ball.  I just don't care about any of these couples and am struggling to pay attention the whole episode.  Considering this thread fell to page 4 I'm guessing I'm not alone in that opinion.

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  9. Appreciate all the great advice y'all always give.  I think I will try to dip my toes back into meetings.  If anyone has any good group suggestions they recommend in the Fort Worth area, feel free to let me know. 

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  10. First time caller, long time listener.

    What would the AA community's thoughts be on someone who's been sober for almost 2 years starting AA, getting a sponsor, and working the steps?  I've been wanting to try AA for a long time, but I have this serious hang up that nobody there will take me seriously because I already have a lot of sober time.  I also feel like I may be wasting others' time over people who really need help now.

    For background, I'm an alcoholic.  I struggled off and on with quitting throughout my late 20's and 30's.  I went to rehab years ago but didn't stay sober.  Relapsed within two weeks of getting out and had another 3+ years of hell.  Got to a point after COVID where my health was really starting to take a turn for the worse from drinking so much.  I was diagnosed with diabetes, blood work was bad in just about every way from cholesterol, triglycerides, ALT/AST, etc.  I had liver pains all the time.  I had the realization that I was probably not going to live many more years if I kept on drinking, and I didn't like what my life had to show for it from drinking it away.

    After a thousand starts, something just clicked at the right time, and I got sober through sheer white knuckling. I meant to go to AA seriously at some point, but I just kept pushing through on my own.  I think because a lot of good things happened to me in early sobriety from the complete reversal of my diabetes, my health returning, losing a ton of weight, and social/life experiences improving that the highs just sort of carried me through the early months.  I had a ton of close calls and cravings that peaked around the 10th month mark where I actually bought booze for the first time before finally pouring it down the sink without ever actually taking a sip. From that point on, for some reason, I've been in a much better state of mind and don't really get any serious cravings or anxiety anymore.  I feel like I've worked on my inner self a lot, am more confident, and don't really think about drinking all that much except in passing.  I'll even go on dates and hang out with friends in bars and there's not much more than passing thoughts about drinking that I'm easily able to push away with very little effort. 

    So why do I want to go to AA now?  I've sort of hit a wall on my personal mental and spiritual growth, and I wanted to feel the spiritual awaking that's described in the 12 steps and see if helps me grow even further.  I've also just sort of always admired the sober AA community and camaraderie from a distance.  Would AA and the 12 steps even do anything more for me at this point at 20 months sober or would I be wasting everyone's time?  

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  11. 5 minutes ago, Alien Octopus said:

    Or; They like making money and reject social equity promises because their world experience does not show this line of thinking to be realistic or attainable. We Cubans have lived the true side of socialist agendas and reject that bullshit for what it is. You will find this is the case with Central Americans, Mexicans and the rest of the Hispanics who have made their way here largely by working, and not working the system.
    Side note; I am quite embarrassed that 44% of my fellow Texans continue to run some Irish kid who changes his name to Beto for political gain. You fuckers are less self aware than the nazis in BCS. 

     

    You don't even know what socialism is, but keep on fucking that boogeyman. 

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  12. 5 hours ago, SHOOTER12 said:

    I like Popeyes but screw them, I'll never spend another dime at that over priced shithole.

    2 weeks ago Mrs. Shooter asked me to bringer a 3 piece chicken strip meal with mashed potatoes and Cole slaw, $19.48! Yes I'll say it again Fuckem!

     

    4 hours ago, tbone_ said:


    You thinking other places are different?

     

    For a three-tender combo?  Yes.  Unless prices in Austin or wherever y'all are is double that of DFW.  $20 for fast food is unreal.  I can go to most sit-down restaurants and pay less than that.  I feel ripped off paying $10 for fast food at most places.

    Shooter, are you sure you didn't actually get charged the wrong amount and legitimately ripped off?

  13. We somehow have more than one person in the same regional office who have the image icons for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. at the bottom of their signature as if to link to our company's social media pages.  Except you can't even click on them.  They're just images.  And they send this out to customers daily.

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  14. 6 hours ago, PilotsError said:

     

    Stewart bombed hilariously on Apple.  Whatever he once was, has died.  His episode on how horrible white people are was probably the kill shot in his career.  You can't call him cringey because it's beyond that.

    But the groomers and pedo supporters will still rally around him I'm sure. 

     

    I'm confused.  Maybe you can clarify.

    Your first paragraph sounds like you're dismissing Jon Stewart, but your last sentence sounds like you are still rallying around him.  

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