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  1. I'm thankful for vaping in a personal selfish sense.  I'm sure vaping is harmful too and may have bad side effects we don't even know about yet, but switching from smoking to vaping saved my dad's life.  His O2 levels were low enough to the point that it would wake him up in the night and he was getting close to needing an oxygen tank.  He switched from smoking to vaping and his oxygen levels returned to the normal range within the first year.  

    I mean, yeah, he should have just quit smoking a long time ago, but he'd been addicted for 50+ years.  I don't think that quitting was ever in the cards for him.  He's absolutely better off vaping though.

    Agreed though that it's probably not a bad idea to try to discourage youth vaping along with smoking, though. 

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  2. On 12/3/2021 at 12:06 PM, henrygandorf said:

     

     

    Not gonna lie, that looks really terrible.  I'm kind of disappointed that Seth Rogan has settled into this formula of "Let's just throw a bunch of bad words into animation and shows that look like they would otherwise appeal to kids" and thinks it's automatically funny.

  3. 39 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    I kind of prefer Bert these days.  Used to be a Tom guy, but I thought Ball Hog sucked, and ever since Tom totally blew up he's just seemed less relatable and more out of touch.  YMH has gone up it's own ass a bit, too.

    Bert's last few stand ups have been funnier.  Tom is a punchier joke writer, but I'm just a sucker for a good story.

    They're at their best riffing off each other.

     

    You just lost your life as far as your job goes.

     

    Agree with you on Ball Hog (didn't think it sucked, but it wasn't as good) and the more recent YMH episodes, but I prefer Tom's standup at his worst over Bert.  And I don't have anything against Bert's standup. Tom's just a better comedian, IMO.  Bert's just more of a funny personality.

    YMH is funnier with guests and too many have just been him and Christina rehashing the same bits ever since they moved to Austin.  2Bears1Cave has suffered too, though.  I think they've been banking and saving up too many and going through the motions with all of the change and upheaval the past couple of years.  There was one weeks ago where they were talking about seeing No Time To Die at the theater, and the next week Burt made some additional out of the blue comment on it without context.  It felt like  they recorded both podcasts back to back on the same day and Burt had forgotten that they were talking about that on the previous episode.  That's just one example, but the both of them trying to marathon through episodes back to back to back and save them for weeks later I think is making the quality drag.

    I'm trying to find some new similar comedy podcasts to mix in, but I'm not having a ton of luck.  Tiger Belly is okay but I can only take so much of Bobby Lee.  Any other recs? 

  4. On 11/30/2021 at 9:54 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

    Two things that I brought up on the old site that I still don’t get:

    Men, who aren’t pimps, wearing pinky rings.

    Westerners that grew up using forks and knives insisting on using chop sticks. I give the exception to sushi, where chop sticks actually work better. But for a bowl of noodles, no. One of my roommates in college was Chinese. He said his grandmother would eat pizza with chop sticks. That makes sense because all her life she ate food with chop sticks.

     

    I brought up the chopsticks thing too somewhere on this site or the old one and got pushback from a poster or two that I probably wasn't using them right.

    Wrong.  Silverware is just more efficient and enjoyable to eat with.  Food doesn't taste any different or better with chopsticks.  I used to be self conscious about using silverware at an Asian place, but I finally quit giving a shit.  If I'm at an Asian restaurant and they only set out chopsticks, I'm sending the waitress back to bring me a fork.

     

    On 12/1/2021 at 6:06 PM, GringoSalado said:

    Worked with a guy way back who (allegedly) lost his ring finger checking a load of hay (ring got stuck somewhere as/when he jumped down) or something. 

    I don't even wear a watch. Next time you're wondering what time it is, make a good effort to guess before you check (your phone, duh).

     

    The watch doesn't really serve a specific purpose anymore with always having a phone on me, but there's just something I like about it since I've always worn one.  It's just a comfort thing and I like the way it looks.  Luckily I don't work for big hay.

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  5. The president getting photographed on private property behind a sign saying "masks required" with his mask under his chin when he is struggling to get half the country to follow simple guidelines is at a minimum a gaffe and looks bad.  I stipulated that the Post sucks, but it's still not a good look.

    Even though Trump was terrible beyond belief it's still okay to point out things Biden could do better.  He's not above reproach and criticism, no matter how big or small, even when it doesn't meet the level of storming the capitol.  But message received.  Consider me firmly put back in my place. 

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  6. On 11/28/2021 at 8:52 AM, Neonmoon said:

    Boom totally busted. You got ‘em 

     

    On 11/28/2021 at 10:35 AM, mchookem said:

    like i said...lame 😄

     

    On 11/28/2021 at 10:53 AM, Biff Tannen said:

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    On 11/28/2021 at 11:20 AM, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

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    On 11/28/2021 at 11:49 AM, JimmyJames said:

    Impeach him! 

     

    On 11/28/2021 at 2:05 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    Just like this other fraud:

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    There's real criticism warranted here if he's actually walking around with his mask on his chin.  Not sure if he was or if someone snapped an ill timed photo when he maybe pulled it down for a second for whatever reason.  This is the first I'm seeing of the pic and the New York Post isn't super reliable.

    I'm pretty sure plenty of us criticized the hell out of Trump for not wearing a mask or ever taking it seriously. I'm not going to give Biden leeway on something just because Trump did it too.  When the people who do supposedly take it seriously and tell everyone else they need to mask up are caught not practicing what they preach, it need to be called out.  There have been numerous photos of Democrats standing around talking and hugging in groups maskless just before putting them on for the photos and TV cameras, and it's a problem.  Either you believe masks work and you follow the same guidelines you tell others to follow, or it's all theater and you're setting the same irresponsible example as Trump.

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  7. 19 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    He's young as well.  He's got plenty to do between now and then.

    If he focused on the next few years of building a machine of sorts and getting out and shaking hands, he could easily win in '26.

     

    I mean he's 52.  He's not exactly a spring chicken.  Although it is a two and a half decade head start on the age to run for president and win in this country, so who knows?

  8. Still makes the most sense geographically.  We'll be in the same conference with our three biggest historical rivals.  The top 3 programs of the SWC will be reunited.  It's a positive for those reasons.

    It's just going to suck getting our asses kicked by everybody if someone doesn't figure out how to quickly turn this ship around.  I'm also still not sold on the idea of super conferences.  I'd be more than happy if someone could wave a magic wand and conferences go back to the original 1998 BCS conference affiliations. 

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  9. 1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

    I was told the economy sucks.

     

     

     

     

    I just want to take this opportunity to thank Sleepy Joe for single handedly building the greatest economy the world has ever seen.

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  10. 8 minutes ago, immortal13 said:

     

    That wasn't my point and I never claimed reserves haven't been used in the past. Biden is desperate because his approval rating is in the toilet and soon to be in the sewer. All you guys can do is scream "Trump" instead of owning the failures of this administration. We 

     

    We what?

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  11. Are y'all sure he wasn't talking about someone paying for BJ Foster to get playing time because he's black?

    Imagine seeing a team full of players lacking talent, most of whom are black, and your first thought is, "A couple of those who are also playing shitty are white.  That has to be some conspiracy."

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  12. 23 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    i'm 37 years old, born in 1984, and myself and my friend group decidedly do not fit the description of what defines a millennial. i know that there are multiple interpretations of when the cutoff is, some going back as far as saying that folks born in 1980 are millennials, but we aren't. i barely used the internet when i was in HS. text messaging came out my senior year. when i was 15 i spent damn near every waking moment outside. we had a rotary phone and an atari growing up. my first truck came with a tape deck; not even a cd player- a tape deck. this is not the life experience of a millennial. i remember kriss kross, but like i said, i'm  not a millennial by any definition, other than a largely debated birth year cutoff.

     

    19 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    to me, the hallmark of being a millennial is growing up with the internet/smartphones/technology that kids whose childhood was in the 90's did not grow up with. it's the biggest difference in life experience/personality between millennials and those who came before them.

     

    I'm a year older than you and had internet from the time I was in 7th grade.  I didn't have my own cell phone until college, but many my age had them in high school.  I also had an Atari, and every system after that growing up.  I'm a millenial.

    Not a single millenial grew up with a smartphone, which only started becoming ubiquitous in society in the last 15 years.  A few of my millenial friends did briefly have pagers, though.  Millenials are defined as people who would be graduating high school on or after the turn of the millenium or the year 2000 -- hence where the term "millenial" came from.

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  13. 5 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

    Three Sad Virgins was hilarious, and agree that new girl on WU was really good. 

     

    It's strange seeing these guys suddenly pop up on SNL now.  I went down a Twitter rabbit hole and discovered some of their skits and followed them last year.  This was a good one from a while back.

     

     

     

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  14. 20 minutes ago, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said:

    It’s those darn republicans!

     

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    Those darn Republicans and those darn two Democrats.

     

    What else can you expect since compromise with the opposition party will get you anything from primaried to stripped of your committee assignments to your number and address being leaked so a bunch of psychos can send you and your family death threats?  The only thing that matters to the minority party is making sure the majority party never gets a win. 

    Not saying that the Democrats don't obstruct either when Republicans are in charge, but the GOP operates on an entirely different level.

    The days of Reagan working with Democrats and Clinton working with Republicans are long dead, which is why the filibuster should also be dead.

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  15. 17 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

    Most directors do their best work early in their career.  It’s rare for a director to get better as they age. Michael Mann managed to keep a high level of production for an abnormally long time, but even he made that Chris Hemsworth hacker movie.

    Denis Villaneuve seems to be at the top of his game, but at some point he’s going to throw a dog.

     

    This is true and a good point.  Same goes for musicians, stand up comics, and pretty much any creative involved in the arts.

    I would hope he isn't at that point though after writing and producing so few things.  I wonder how much create energy and effort an ongoing series like Yellowstone saps out of him.

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