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  1. Just now, blacklab said:

    Is it just me or does this color commentator sound like Jimbo Fisher?

    I thought I heard someone's wife getting gangbanged in the background!

  2. I love the Masters broadcasts. I am watching more actual golf shots (tracers and shaping) in the last 2 days than a whole years worth of golf TV broadcasts.

    With that said, holy shit everyone seems to be hitting fades the last 2 days. I can understand cuts into the fast as shit greens to help the ball hold but I'm predominantly seeing fades off the tees into fairways.

    Someone help me understand, is it because of the 20-30 mph wind or has a cut become the shape of choice on tour?

  3. Damn, par 3 4th hole is 226 yds, playing 265 yds adjusted for the wind. At the end of the day, I'd like to see that hole's scoring average.

  4. 22 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

    Golf channel just focusing on Jordan and breaking down his swing and fundamentals. Pretty painful. I don’t know when or why Jordan changed up what he was doing (or coaching him) but he needs to go back to what made him great initially. Cuz the shit he’s doing now ain’t working. And it’s painful listening to him been broken down to sloppy fundamentals. 

    Fundamentals is subjective. No one would EVER teach Scottie's footwork on his swing, but he's striping the shit out of the ball. I hope he never changes it because it's working well. If it works, it works.

    When Jordan was consistently winning, it wasn't because of his ball striking. He was making putts from all over the green. With that said, I'm not sure why he changed his swing to what it is now. Not sure what was wrong with the previous swing to make such a drastic change. I'd like to see his GIR average now vs when he was winning. I can't imagine it's that much different.

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  5. 34 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

    I think this is part of a broader conversation (what forum am I in, what can I say politically?) about Chinese governments incentives to over-manufacture and flood markets with goods. Janet Yellen tried to rein this in a bit last week on her visit to China, folks are mad China is compressing prices on things, etc.

    I get being protectionist (and China isn’t paying $20/hour minimum wages and healthcare etc), but some things are good to be price compressed like solar panels helping folks (as discussed in climate thread)

    Disposable plastic goods is disposable plastic goods. I'm not the least bit mad that China, whatever the motives, is keeping downward pressure on those products. 

    I'll pay extra money for quality on the more advanced, technical shit, but for disposable crap, I'm usually going cheapest.

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  6. 7 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

    They’re getting more than they even thought they would out of this because everyone is talking about it. 

    If he's not going to make the cut, he's going to maximize his sponsor's air time. 

    Sales Working GIF

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  7. 15 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

    That's just about the sexiest campaign slogan I can think of. 

    "Bike lanes house the homeless."  

    That makes no got damned sense but hits all the feels and will get him re-elected for sure.

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  8. China deserves all the shit they get. But one thing is for sure, China mass manufacturing keeps prices low, except when asshole corporations inflate the fuck out of prices because some assholes need their $40M annual bonus. I've never purchased anything from Temu. I see their ads all over the net, especially on Instagram. I've perused the site every now and then. They offer fantastically cheap prices for shit that most people don't need but will buy just because it's so cheap. Hence this article...

    https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/temu-victims-parents-kids-bargain-shopping-ca25ef93?st=tmpfgz0vuohmywu&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

    LaTonya Mullins-Mobley was surfing the web for Arizona Cardinals gear when she stumbled across an ad for Temu, the Chinese online-marketplace app known for ultra-discounts. She couldn’t believe the low prices.

    These days, Mullins-Mobley, who is 53 and works for a cellphone carrier, jokes that she’s “having an affair” with the app. She buys clothing, including T-shirts with Bible quotes for her daughter. She started a sunglasses company, picking up pairs from Temu for $3 and selling them for around $15.

    Her 19-year-old-daughter, Angeline Mobley, isn’t impressed. 

    Angeline recently made a TikTok in which she begged viewers to take the Temu app away from her mother, actually, any mother, “expeditiously. ASAP. Stat.” She hit a chord. “My mom bought 57 of the same spatulas bc they were .03,” one commenter commiserated. 

     

    The app is a particular hit with older shoppers—a development that is spawning a new genre of family friction. Gen Z’ers are roasting their moms, dads, grandmothers and uncles as “Temu victims,” saying they are buying cheap and sometimes useless stuff from the site.

    In March, Temu’s fastest-growing demographic was the 55 to 64 set. Sales attributed to that age group grew 271% since last March, according to Earnest Analytics. Temu is expected to spend nearly $3 billion on advertising this year, according to JPMorgan.

     

    As in most bargain shopping, Temu regulars say part of the appeal is stumbling across items they—or anyone—could probably do just fine without.

    “You’ve lived your life without that pasta spoon rest, but then you see it and you’re like, ‘Wow, that’s genius and it’s only 98 cents, and it’s cute,’ so you need it,” says Chaunda Thompson, a 44-year-old marine shipyard painter in Newport News, Va.

  9. Wife: What do you need from Costco?

    Me: $10,000 in gold and silver, please.

     

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/costco-gold-bar-sales-inflation-silver-coins-2024/

    The warehouse club has seen a spike in sales ever since it began selling 1-ounce bars of 24-karat gold last September. With the gold bullion selling out faster than the store could replenish its stock, the discount giant in January added silver coins to its offerings of precious metals. 

    According to a recent estimate from Wells Fargo, the members-only retailer now sells $100 million to $200 million worth of gold and silver a month. The burgeoning business comes as the price of gold is reaching new heights.  

    Sales have climbed partly because of "Costco's aggressive pricing and high level of customer trust," Edward Kelly, a Wells Fargo equity analyst, said in a research note. "The accelerating frequency of Reddit posts, quick online sell-outs of product, and Costco's robust monthly eCommerce sales suggests a sharp uptick in momentum since the launch."

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  10. YOLO! Yes, you do only live once.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/21-year-skier-dies-high-risk-stunt-jump/story?id=109123538

    21-year-old skier dies in 'high-risk' stunt trying to jump over US highway

    Investigators say he 'unfortunately lacked the necessary speed and distance.'

    A 21-year-old man has died while attempting to perform a “high-risk skiing stunt” trying to jump the width of a U.S. highway in Colorado, authorities say.

    The incident occurred on Tuesday at approximately 3 p.m. when the Grand County Communications Center in Colorado received a 911 call regarding a skiing accident on Highway 40, just west of Berthoud Pass Summit about reports of a 21-year-old male skier who was found “unconscious and not breathing,” according to a statement from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office released on Wednesday.

    “The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was attempting to perform a high-risk skiing stunt by trying to clear the width of Highway 40 and unfortunately lacked the necessary speed and distance and subsequently landed on the highway pavement,” authorities said. “The victim had been wearing a helmet and other protective gear.”

  11. Good news. Watson is running for re-election. I can't name one fucking thing that was accomplished from his current tenure. I guess the good news is that he didn't open the city to become a giant homeless camping free for all. Our expectations are real low at this point.

    Campaign slogan: "I haven't done shit. Please re-elect me!"

    https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/get-things-done-austin-mayor-kirk-watson-officially-announces-run-for-reelection/

    AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Mayor Kirk Watson is officially running for reelection, he announced Wednesday. The mayor had previously told KXAN that was his intent.

    “It was always the plan to run for reelection. It’s just that I also wanted to get some things done that needed to be done — in my view — to keep up our momentum at city hall,” Watson said in an interview with KXAN prior to the announcement. One of those things, finding a permanent city manager. “We landed that plane and taxied it to the gate last week and so it’s now time to move on to other things.”

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  12. When they ban Pop Tarts, only criminals will have Pop Tarts.

    https://www.fox7austin.com/news/man-assaults-employee-with-pop-tarts-austin-texas.amp

    According to arrest documents, a store employee accused Steele of shoplifting, leading to an argument between the two in the parking lot.

    Police said video captured the moment the altercation escalated and Steele threw Pop-Tarts at the employee, hitting them in the collar bone and causing minor injury.

    Steele remains in jail on a $1,500 bond.

     

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