Your “All Eras Must End” Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

  • NFL officiating & rules are again in focus this morning:
    • Gene Steratore’s crew in Oakland had two national spotlight moments last night.
      • The first was the index card. Steratore said the card “reaffirmed”  the call on the field:
        • “The ball was touching the pole. I put the card in there and as soon as it touched, it was nothing more than a reaffirmation. The decision was made based on my visual from the top looking down and the ball touching the front of the pole.”
        • Jim Daopoulos, a former NFL official and former supervisor of officials, told Florio’s word salad factory that, while there’s no specific rule in place, referees have been told over the years that they are “never allowed to use anything other than their eyes to make that decision.”
      • The second was the touchback on Derek Carr’s failed touchdown dive.
        • That one made sense, if only because I had been at the last time this call happened. Plus, Carr’s had the decency to bounce into the endzone & then go out of bounds.
          • But coming after seemingly gifting Dallas the first down just feed the conspiracy theorists.
        • Deadspin had the best headline: $13 Billion Industry Uses Folded-Up Piece Of Paper To Determine Outcomes
    • Speaking of conspiracies, “what is a catch” is alive & well thanks to the Steelers inability to finish off the Pats and losing Antonio Brown in the process.
      • I think it was during one of the Saturday games when I hea the announcers debating why a running back can dive into the endzone & lose the ball during the flip but the score counts, yet a receiver has to not only stick the landing but hold onto the ball the whole way through the routine.
  • Panthers owner & generally awful southern white stereotype Jerry Richardson has gotten in front of the mounting scandal & announced he will be selling the team at season’s end.
    • Sexual harassment AND racism? It’s a Weinstein plus the full Sterling.
      • The sexual harassment stuff sounds pretty weird, but sadly atypical.
      • The racism aspect has me curious. We goof on Jerry Richardson being racist a fair bit, but I want to know what “directing a slur at an African-American scout” means.
        • And you just know there’s more. As SI notes, Flagstar (the company Richardson owned prior to buying the team; Hardees & Denny’s, among others) was accused multiple times in the 90s of racist behavior, including segregating its restaurants and making black customers pre-pay for meals.
          • The Charlotte Agenda notes Richardson stepped down from Flagstar in 1995, the first year the Panthers began play. The company had faced several lawsuits alleging racial discrimination. Richardson said he wanted to devote his time to the Panthers.
  • ESPN boss (& chief sports Libtard, if Twitter is to be believed) John Skipper is resigning from his position to deal with his substance abuse issues.
    • All the proof you need that it’s out of control is the $1.9 billion a year ESPN is paying through the 2021 season for the rights to Monday Night Football.
    • Since I was at Deadspin anyway, a trip through their comments found the joke I was looking for:


Finally, it seems to be the end of a couple of eras in Seattle.

First, yesterday’s obliteration at RAMMIT’s hands brought out the already-tense locker room situations. The latest bubble to burst was due to defensive teammates taking shots at each other.

  • Earl Thomas made an aside about how Bobby Wagner maybe shouldn’t have played with his gimpy leg, and Wager shot back with a tweet telling Thomas, “E, keep my name out yo mouth!”
  • this tweet summarizes where all the hurt comes from.

  • All that’s left is for them to decide on a rebuilding strategy for the offseason.
    • Fix the defence & ignore the O-line
    • Fix the O-line & plug the defence as needed
    • Go full Patriots & rebuild constantly around a franchise QB

Secondly, the final American airline Boeing 747 flight is this week, a Tuesday Delta flight from Detroit to Seoul.

  • It was supposed to have been Sunday, but the flight was cancelled / delayed to Tuesday because they didn’t have enough staff for the flight.
    • The 747 requires 4 pilots, and FAA rules mandate one flight attendant for every 50 passengers.
  • The majority of the planes were built in the Seattle area because Boeing was already at capacity in its other locations due to commitments to the 707, 727 & the Apollo missions.
    • They built new assembly plants, and at its peak Boeing employed over 100,000 people in Washington state, and currently employ about 70,000.
      • Nearly 30,000 more than the 43,000 employed at Microsoft, the region’s second largest employer.

  • Since the first one built in 1969, over 1500 were built in total, and 500 are still in service today.
    • The 747 will still be in use by Lufthansa, British Airways and Korean Air Lines.
  • They still build or complete the 737-MAX and the 777-X in Washington state.

Game preview: Falcons at Buccaneers

This game has absolutely zero curb appeal, outside of fantasy points & minor playoff implications.

Thanks to the Packers & Seahawks losses yesterday, the only concern left for Atlanta is the Cowboys and Lions. If Atlanta wins out, or goes 2-1 at worst, they are in the playoffs, because they have already beaten Detroit, Seattle, Dallas and Green Bay this season. Realistically, there’s a chance they could catch the Panthers & Saints for the division lead and/or a higher seed, but that still means they play on Wildcard Weekend.

Right now, they are the #6 and scheduled to play the Rams. So the risk of them choking away another Super Bowl seems incredibly remote right now.

The Buccaneers have been generally awful this season. But they have figured out how to draw fans to tonight’s game:

Yep. And the fans’ reaction?

But, at least one fan is still taking it very seriously,

I’m just rooting for Atlanta so I don’t have to buy any Seahawks playoff tickets.


Tonight’s sports:

  • NFL:
    • Falcons at Buccaneers – 8:15PM | ESPN / TSN
  • NHL:
    • Blue Jackets at Bruins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
    • Kings at Flyers – 7:00PM | NHLN
  • NBA:
    • Celtics at Pacers – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1 / NBATV
    • Warriors at Lakers – 10:30PM | Sportsnet1 / NBATV
      • the Kobe’s jersey retirement game
  • NCAA:
    • Men’s basketball: (of note)
      • Nebraska (Omaha) at Kansas – 7:00PM | ESPN2
      • Northern Illinois at Marquette – 7:00PM | FS1
      • Tennessee State at Texas – 9:00PM | ESPN2
  • WWE:
    • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
      • it’s one month to the Royal Rumble, so things may start taking shape.

I’d like to thank the NFL for already deciding on my playoff rooting interest. Since the Packers & Seahawks are all but out, I’m down to “ambivalence” or “anybody but the Patriots”. NOT A GOOD LOOK, ROGER!

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I’m sorry, I refuse to believe any of the Grudens fuck.

Gratliff

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Senor Weaselo
Spur

play him off

JustStopDude

Chucky here just looks weird not sitting in front of his trailer, his feet in the plastic wading pool, while in cut off jorts, drinking warn Bud Ice.

litre_cola

Anyone else watching this shit and wondering why the fuck aren’t they doing this on a Sunday so we don’t have to watch this????

deviantBastard

The Bucs can have ESPN fit his accommodations bill.

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Holy shit. Gruden has kids? Three of them?

Gruden fucks?

litre_cola

Have you not met Deuce Gruden strength coach for the redacteds?

Gratliff

This guy-my penis-This guy! I call him MJD because he’s oddly shaped and gets in when he shouldn’t!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

3″ and a cloud of dust?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gratliff

One half of football left in the Cowboys’ season! #RiseUp #vomitedinmyownmouth

Spur

the Falcons can still catch MRSA and have to forfeit the season or the Lions, Falcons and Panthers can all have tie games for the next two weeks.

/grasping at straws.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Spur

what a timely posting. it fits in well with the earlier discourse.

litre_cola

With the tough times at ESPN Suzy picked up a moonlight job at one of Tampa’s fine establishments, hence the outfit this evening.

Spur

Warren Sapp is going to ask her if she can get him in with no cover and some free funny money.

Spur

i have feeling tomorrow bowl game is going to top this games excitement
Boca Raton Bowl – Akron “Zips” vs. Florida Atlantic ” The Humping Joey Freshwaters”

Senor Weaselo

It’s the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl, can’t forget that.

Gratliff

I don’t see the bad in the new Star Wars movie. It’s somewhere between A New Hope and the best of the Old Republic pre-release trailers, which become the third best Star Wars movie when combined.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyYbvVAtlWk

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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“No, no, you can stay there, I’ll just go under…..”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Senor Weaselo

Because they’re talking about the DARPA bots righting themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt9pR5_9OSU

LemonJello
Senor Weaselo

Oh, they wobble, and they fall the fuck down.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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LemonJello

Nightmare fuel.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I see Julio is not holding up his end of the negative 20 point performance deal tonight

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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LemonJello

Well, you make a couple good points, let’s discuss this further?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Viva La Tabula Raza

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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LemonJello

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Is it bad that when I saw the “Sarah Palin’s Son Assaulted His Dad” stories, my first thought was, “I guess he was Trig-ered”?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

No, seems to be a logical assumption……

litre_cola

Well there were witnesses from Russia.

Spur

there is a white russian joke in here somewhere i just can put it together.

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It means your brain is ruined but all of our brains are ruined now.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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LemonJello

I can’t keep track of all these Game of Thrones characters.

JustStopDude

They both remind me of my second wife…

litre_cola

Big mouthed woman was she?

JustStopDude

More like cold blooded, slimy, and left teeth marks…

Viva La Tabula Raza

Could she unhinge her jaw? That would seem to make for an interesting fellatio experience.

JustStopDude

Buc’s going with the patented “Give the receiver a 10 yard circle to sit in” defense…let’s see how this works for them…

Spur

poorly?

Doktor Zymm

I guess Tampa didn’t fly in via Hartsfield-Jackson airport

LemonJello

They have to fly into private airfields due to the quarantine procedures.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Includes a courtesy visit by CDC.

Senor Weaselo

As long as it’s not evidence- or science-based.

Spur

this deadly outbreak might make us look bad especially after people find out we cut emergency response team funding .Better ban the word “quarantine “.

– Trump appointed CDC official.

Gratliff

Holy fuck. Chris Farley has been dead for 20 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmtkNrufSwQ

BrettFavresColonoscopy

We old

Shogun Marcus

Haven’t most of us? In some way?

WCS

So has David Spade’s career.

LemonJello

Rob Schneider softly weeps behind the Arby’s dumpster he calls home.

Gratliff
BrettFavresColonoscopy

Rob Schneider is why I stopped going to Home Depot

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Is he in lumber?

Spur

didn’t his assistant try to kill him?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Horrible person alert!

“You would have thought the smell would have dissipated by now, but he was pretty big.”

Doktor Zymm

If I started a Twitter account called @russianfakenewsbot how long do you think it would take to get Trump to retweet me?

Senor Weaselo

Paging Hippo and tWBS, we need a pool!
/My bet is 6 hours. Because he needs to golf in between.

WCS

Say something vile about immigrants, or praising his golf courses,… about ten seconds.

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Star Wars HOT TAEK!

Aside from Empire, none of the movies are that great because they’re hokey kids movies and every fan boy shit fit over the new ones is based on reviewing a similar quality movie at an adult instead of a kid.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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It appears my take was merely mild.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Medium…. you can taste some heat but want more.

LemonJello

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JustStopDude

I saw the Last Jedi today. There is a wonderfully restored cinema here in Roanoke.

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It was built in 1932. When filming “What About Bob?” Bill Murray hosted a benefit to try and keep it open but sadly, it went under. A local group came together to form a foundation. Its been fully restore and you can see movies for dirt cheap (like $5 during the week). Usually art films…they were showing the Last Jedi.

I wanted to fire bomb the fucking place after sitting through that shitty movie.

The fucking film “The Room” was better written.

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Here’s some heat.

JustStopDude

I want to fucking know why every fucking character now does quips like they are fucking Han Solo.

Seriously…fucking Leia is yelling at….fuck…one of the many reoccurring new characters that have left zero impression on me…the dude that flies around like an idiot in an x-wing fir the terrible losses they have experienced…and then she makes a Han Solo quip.

Luke Skywalker is trying to train new girl…Han Solo quip.

The fucking fleet is getting blown the fuck up…let’s have everyone do Han Solo quips! That establishes the fucking mood.

The entire movie is like “The Usual Suspects” except the twist would be that the after Kevin Spacey’s character leaves the police building, a fucking safe lands on his head.

This stupid fucking movie is going to make BILLIONS and Disney is going to keep shitting these god awful flicks out until our entire culture implodes due to the shear gravity of the shit piling up.

Gratliff

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The reality is there was never a need to make more Star Wars movies, including the prequels. The story was complete, but Lucas in particular couldn’t leave well enough alone.

JustStopDude

The whole “Greedo Shot First” nonsense shows that Lucas is an utter idiot and the only reason the first two of his Star Wars films were successful was because he had extremely limited control.

His stupid ideas came out on the re-cuts because fuck it…idiots will lap this shit up so the studio didn’t care.

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This is exactly right. Empire was good because of a lot fine-tuning by talented people.

JustStopDude

The original script that Lucas gave Spielberg for the third Indiana Jones film was a setup where Indy goes to a haunted mansion and spends an hour and a half fighting ghosts.

Spielberg took away Lucas’ script writing rights on the project.

The Last Crusade was going to be a fucking Scooby Doo episode.

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Oh and the original cut was about three hours long (and I felt this movie was too long), so imagine an extra half hour of quips!

JustStopDude

The film is best described as “plot Spackle”.

They flung as much shit on the screen to see what would stick.

Doktor Zymm

I honestly don’t understand the Star Wars phenomenon at all. The original movies had great special effects when they were released, in the 70s, so I can understand people who were wowed in the theaters having fond memories and nostalgia. I was born after the movies came out, and didn’t see the originals until I was in high school and they were re-released. They were okay, and I’ve never had any urge to see any of the new ones.

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You answered your own question: Because you saw them in high school.

They are kids movies and everyone who adores them saw them as a kid when mediocre stuff is way more impressive.

Doktor Zymm

I’m aware of that, but there were so much better kids movies in the 80s, why Star Wars? Is it just cause their parents liked it and pushed it on their kids?

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Star Wars doesn’t know it’s a kids movie, though.

And I don’t know many ~60-70 year olds gushing over Star Wars. It’s all 40-something folks.

Unsurprised

Empire and Jedi were basically 80s movies. Jedi was the first movie I remember seeing in a theater (I was 3). They had an out-sized effect because of cable, the toys and merchandise (where the real money is, as the Spaceballs joke goes), and yeah, a lot of parents dug it and foisted it on their kids. Especially because Lucas and Spielberg were bros, so inevitably watching ET or Indiana Jones would lead to seeing Star Wars.

Then the novels came out, and they were incredibly popular before YA was considered a legitimate genre, and a lot of people only really became huge fans of Star Wars in the late 80s or early 90s reading Stackpole or the Thrawn novels and the entire Extended Universe – which tapped into the root desires of the nerd brain to build up everything in exacting, useless detail. But because the EU was tightly controlled by Lucasfilm for continuity, the quality remained fairly consistent and filled the itch that people wanted for references in the movies as well as the inevitable “and then what happened?” question for people who wanted more after Jedi, especially when a decade passed and George Lucas didn’t seem interested in making Eps. 1-3 or a sequel to the original trilogy.

With the EU, people got stories of ancient Jedi, the Clone Wars, Luke rebuilding the Jedi Order and Han’s and Leia’s kids, etc. etc. The same stupid shit kids and nerds can spend years on building up in their own imaginations and cataloging on websites, and fostering all that debate fodder than comes with it.

Another important thing to note is the effect it had on pop culture because of those effects, but also because it was something nerds could enjoy openly (and Star Trek) because everyone knew what it was. That nerd kid really loves Star Wars? Okay. It beats whatever the fuck Doctor Who or that other British shit is he’s always going on about.

There’s also the matter of it finally being a story where the good guys win, which was huge by 1977. Lucas followed the hero’s journey and created a very clear-cut story of good and evil and winners and losers and people desperately wanted that in 1977 through the 80s kind of like why superhero movies are so popular right now.

Books can be, and have been, written about this. What it comes down to is that it gives a lot of people a very good feeling for many reasons, but like everything it is fleeting and prone to all the negative shit that comes with obsession and holding onto a piece of someone else’s property and story too tightly. It’s a kids movie, but the people who really love it and are getting mad don’t want to accept that.

Gratliff

Thrawn trilogy was the absolute best. Better than anything Lucas could ever do.

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Viva La Tabula Raza

The first one came out when I was a senior in HS. This was before VCRs, so watching movies meant going to the movies. Star Wars was a popular choice for us because the special effects, such as they were, were great when you were stoned.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes; I was HAF and they were kinda fun at the time.

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Honestly, if every fanboy just smoked a blunt before seeing the new movies, we’d all be better off.

Unsurprised

Or just smoked one at all.

deviantBastard

I can respect that. I never understood the appear of the Harry Potter or LoTR series. I watched all 3 LoTR movies and I felt the minutes of my life just wasting away. I still don’t have an interest in watching.

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I’ve seen none of those movies and don’t particularly have interest in doing so.

Most of these epics are just version of The Hero’s Journey narrative in one form or another so it’s just a matter of which version resonates with you and which doesn’t.

I first saw Star Wars when I was about 10 or so, so naturally it stuck with me even though I never became a deranged fanboy.

Senor Weaselo

Madre Weaselo is watching something on DARPA bipedal robots. I don’t know, Tombstone could take ’em all.

LemonJello

How did that slip past SkyNet’s sorting algorithm?

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Fuckin’ Millennials

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Unsurprised

I’m 40 and dealing with this shit.

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The original is actually much dumber.

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Unsurprised

I should’ve recognized it.

Don T

Who’s the artist? Subtle Fitzham?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I think his name is Idiot Rorschach.

Senor Weaselo

Good to know my job is safe from robots. On the other hand, EDM and DJs. So my job’s already been slashed by robots!

Doktor Zymm

Just got home, how soggy of a shart has this game been so far?

LemonJello

3 day Taco Bell bender level?

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Unsurprised

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How did I not know McDonald’s had a diarrhea cup? This is very much my thing.

Unsurprised

They’re pretty new.

LemonJello

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No wonder the Bucs locker room was MRSA-ridden.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Well, at least he’s already in the shower.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Did two girls make this?

deviantBastard

I still haven’t seen that nor do I want to. I’ve heard about it, but nothing compels me to watch it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Pussy. No, I keeeed, actually you should watch the reaction videos; those are pretty funny.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh
LemonJello

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Unsurprised

I heard it was Brady or someone; something about a GOAT.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Dunno.
Haven’t been able to watch any of it yet.

Maybe that’s a silver lining.

Spur

#24 on the Bucs defense avoided tackling on that last play.

Viva La Tabula Raza

I don’t think Raiders-Eagles qualifies as best Christmas gift to unwrap, Sean.

Gratliff

Raiders-Eagles and Pittsburgh-Houston. A fine bag of ritual sacrifices, or fantastic schadenfreude for the other 49 states.

LemonJello

RAIDERS! EAGLES! A SHITSMAS MIRACLE! Next Monday night.

Spur
scotchnaut

Damn! That’s some good Kricfalusi!

Redshirt

Oh, come on! Have we learned nothing from Shazier? Keep. Your. Head. Up!

ballsofsteelandfury

THIS

LemonJello

Winston trying to get his receiver decapitated like fresh caught crab there.

Spur

am down 9 points in FFL. I have DeSean and my opponent has the ATL kicker. i think am toast.

scotchnaut
Senor Weaselo

Can’t watch it in the US, Scotchy. Damn Viacom.

deviantBastard

VPN for the win.

litre_cola

Evening all. Have we ever had a bucs fan in the DFO ranks?

JustStopDude

I once got an STD overseas….I think that is about as close as any of us has come to being a Bucs fan.

litre_cola

Dirty sailors going from port to port.

deviantBastard

Actual ports or “ports” ports?

deviantBastard

I’ve been to Tampa a few times and seen Raymond James Stadium. My parents went to the Ravens/Giants SB.

Spur

how about Jags or Dolphins. any team from Florida?

litre_cola

Mike Wallace and Gromit?

Spur

good one.

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There was a guy at KSK who went by Small Man on Campus. He was one.

ballsofsteelandfury

He briefly joined us here, but I think he discovered girls. IIRC, he was in his teens.

Spur

i thought he as college age

Viva La Tabula Raza

So he should be back in 20 or so years when the divorce is final and his bank account has been cleaned out by his ex?

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We play the long game here at DFO.

Spur

Viva – did you know about our old home at Kissing Suzy Kolber?

Viva La Tabula Raza

No, I only came across this site when someone made a reference to it on Deadspin. From what I have learned subsequently, it sounds iike it was pretty interesting.

Spanky Datass

Yep, that kid was always, like “Fuck it, I’m goin’ deep!”
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Don T

JerBearL

JustStopDude

“directing a slur at an African-American scout” means.

The minority scouts and other front office personnel are “House N*****s”.

The minority players are “Field N*****s”.

Its standard rich racist asshole protocol.

blaxabbath

As a white man, is it wrong to refer to Marco Rubio as an Uncle Juan?

Redshirt

I’m still surprised he’s Cuban. Its like Barack Obama. They’re technically a minority, but I don’t see it.

/ not racist

King Hippo

/no ofence

Unsurprised

Tio Pepe.

blaxabbath

Oh! I feel like that….

No — that’s even worse.

Don T

Gusano (“Worm”) is the traditional one for yanqui-Cubans.

Redshirt

(Marge Schott flashbacks intensify)

Spur
King Hippo

u think ur so grate cause ur ancestors nevar owned ppl smh

JustStopDude

Oh no…I would not go that far there eh…

The numerous times I have been up to Canada…there are some folks up there with the Wisconsin passive-aggressive racism in them.

Its just hard to take them serious because the accent makes you think they were just severely concussed.

ballsofsteelandfury

Did Vancouver have race issues with Asians coming in from the Far East?

JustStopDude

They are having those issues NOW….

Seriously…foreign money is inflating the price of hosing in Vancouver and Toronto and its….its starting to get ….ugly….

litre_cola

Very much so. It has made it unaffordable for people. I think Wakezilla said he was moving here due to his wife and the cost of homes.

ballsofsteelandfury

I figured. My neighborhood went through that in the 80s. It got somewhat ugly, but now it’s all done. They’re completely assimilated and are on City Council and stuff.

JustStopDude

I volunteer time on a web site for answering questions for expat workers. You have to be verified to even post answers to questions. Like we got immigration lawyers, head hunters, shit like that.

My god we get so ,many GOD DAMN FUCKING CLUELESS AMERICANS that will post something like…”I’m 22, a degree in criminal justice, no work experience. I hate the way Trump is moving this country. I need to move to Canada because better schools, better healthcare, and so I can afford a house”.

You would not fucking believe the freak outs I get when I explain to people that housing in Canada is about 2.5 times more expensive than the states and that you are taking a pay cut…IF you can find someone stupid enough to import you for your labor.

Viva La Tabula Raza

No wonder no one wants to play for the Raptors or the Blue Jays.

Spur

did not a player traded to the Raptors refuse to join the team? The Raptors ended up having to trade him.

JustStopDude

Toronto is amazing in the summer and the fall. The rest of the year…I can’t stand the weather and the cost of housing there is just staggering.

You money will just go a lot further if you live in the US and this is lost on a lot of Americans.

Also the simple fact that the average American worker is not worth the cost and time to import to another country.

blaxabbath
ballsofsteelandfury

Still one of my favourites.

blaxabbath

I think I may have made that gif myself, you know.

litre_cola

If you are saying you have rights to that we are based in Puerto Rico now and you will never get our money Dr.

Col. Duke LaCross

Moral quandary! Got a twelve point lead going into tonight in the last-place game where there’s some type of undefined punishment involved for the loser. He’s got Sanu and Doug Martin in his lineup. Do I say something about Martin to him in the next fifteen minutes so maybe he can sub somebody in? He is my little brother (sucking at fantasy football runs in the family this year) and he has a newborn baby so he’s probably not paying attention.

Or let him twist in the wind?

blaxabbath

Fuck ’em.

Col. Duke LaCross

That little bastard won the league three years in a row a while back, so yeah. Fuck him!

blaxabbath

I mean, what has fantasy football ever done for Kyle Orton fans?!

ballsofsteelandfury

I doubt he could sub anyone. Tell him and wish him good luck

Senor Weaselo

All’s fair in love and fantasy.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Thanks for the music recs, Spur et al. Keep em coming!

Spur

you got to let the group know what you like.

/Is that ok Shogun Marcus? Can i ask other DFOers questions?

Shogun Marcus

Go push someone’s shit in. Is what you like.

Redshirt

You boys play nice or I’ll start flaming ponies.

Senor Weaselo

Flaming as in on fire? Because I could use me a hellhorse.

Redshirt

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Spur

but am a bottom. Guess i’ll try.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I can’t take these links as homework?

Greta van Fleet has been the only new thing lately that turned my crank. That Bleachers song is decent if a little poppy but I still need to plow through all the recs.

Unsurprised

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Spur
Redshirt

Boy, its amazing how bad the Bengals season has completely derailed. Its disastrous.

Why is everyone staring at me with shocked faces?

deviantBastard

I think the shock is from you coming to that realization in Week 13 instead of after Week 1. You’re welcome. 🙂

scotchnaut

“Oh deviant! You’re such a..a… Sorry, just can’t find the word.”

deviantBastard

Awesome? I know. I’m also a Raider fan. Where’s the whiskey?

scotchnaut

“Much Like Visa, It’s Everywhere You Want To Be”

/this is not a sponsored post

Redshirt

I only have empty bottles.

theeWeeBabySeamus

deviantBastard:
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Spur

you saw that article about trading for Hue?

Spur
Spur
Spur
Redshirt

Well, its happened. The Progressive Insurance commercials have become “Tom and Jerry” cartoons where I hate the hero because they are too cocky and I feel sorry for the villains because they are so hapless.

Spur

I’m still rock hard from last nights game. But am slowly going flaccid from the realization the Bucs hold my team’s chance in their PCP shaken hands.

Oh well, at least Zeke is going to go beast on the Seahawks and Eagles. Fuck the Birds!

Shogun Marcus

Zeke should die of AIDS on the practice field, spraying it on every teammate and coach in the face and eyes. Then on the way to the hospital, they get fucked by the Outlaws in the mouth, thrown in a fire, their ashes pissed on by orphans and the grave forgotten forever.
See how stupid you sound?

Spur

you ok Marcus? want to talk about it?

Shogun Marcus

Your ridiculous irrational stupidity? No. I’ve got enough with holidays. Sometimes I’m not sure whether you’re mad or jealous. Either way, address your cock issues. Suck it, or suck it up.

Spur

So I can’t make dick jokes? Got it.

Shogun Marcus

It’s the ONLY JOKE you make! Move on!

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Shogun Marcus

Oh but when he does it EVERY week because it’s the one note he has, it’s fine. Evolve. Or…go die. I’ll meet you either way.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Let’s not do this here.
I’ll reach out privately if that’s OK?

blaxabbath

FUCK YOU PEACEMAKER!

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Shogun Marcus

You know where I stand. There’s no discussion. We’re either better than Barstool and the like, or we’re just the dregs. I’m not staying for the latter.

blaxabbath

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theeWeeBabySeamus

OK, here then I guess…

You know how it is around here and the jokes which get made. I don’t think anyone around here intends harm or hurt. Not that I’ve seen.

I also get that those jokes sometimes will hit some people the wrong way. Venting in the moment is something we’ve all done, myself included.

But we can’t have you singling out users and going after them.

I’m happy to talk to you about any of this and help in any way I can. I’m sure others feel the same way. Because we love you, dude.

But this kinda thing has to stop.

blaxabbath

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Shogun Marcus

Hmm…good to know.
Anal rape jokes…acceptable
Fans being shot in the face…acceptable
Fans and players being sodomized in a fire together…Also ok.
Calling someone on their shit by not really going over the top…too far.
Ok then. For fucks sake.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Like I said already, I’d have preferred to do this privately….

But if you want to view it that way, then I have to say “yes”.

As far as I’ve seen, the types of jokes you’re referring to have always been made. In irreverence. It’s what we do…you know that. To my knowledge no one has ever directed any of these things at you personally (feel free to point me in the direction of them if I’m wrong).

Shogun Marcus

Irreverence. Uh huh. When “witty bon mots and irreverence” start, let me know. Cuz frankly, all the dumb ” shit-pushing” “fans should be shot in the face” and sodomy jokes across the board should’ve died long ago. Fuck anyone who thinks sodomy is a joke. Fuck you.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I’m sincerely sorry you feel that way, fwiw.

Just know that singling out, and REPEATEDLY going after users, regardless of your opinion of them…

Will no longer be tolerated.

Shogun Marcus

Yes. Because I’m wrong. Got it. Fwiw I have no issue with Mr. Spur most of the time. Quite the opposite. He just needs another hobby.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I’d rather not do anymore of this publicly. I know you’re pissed at me right now. I get that.

In a day or a week or whenever….when you’re less pissed, please do reach out privately. I’m a good listener.

ballsofsteelandfury

One of the few rules around here is that we are not to attack each other in the comments.

If you have a problem with someone, contact one of us, but don’t spray stuff on the site.

JustStopDude

I say we let this play out…

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blaxabbath

I always wondered if the actors on Springer knew each other. Like, I’m sure they met somewhat in advance but were they like an improv troop? Or how do you go out and play fight a stranger while still keeping things manageable?

JustStopDude

Always have to have a safe word.

theeWeeBabySeamus

OK then, I’ll presume it’s not OK.
You know how to find me tho.

Redshirt

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Spur

Folks.

Redshirt

Evolved primate.

Shogun Marcus

That’s debatable.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Spent the day with my thoughts evolving from “What a drag for the Steelers, glad that call went our way” to “Well, it’s a shitty rule but they called it correctly” to “Well, maybe if they had been able to do more than a 3-and-out after the Pats made it 24-19” to “Tough titty, if you’re going man-to-man coverage on Gronk with a guy who’s six inches shorter than him, you deserve what you get. Toughen up, buttercups.”

Full Pats-fan mindset re-achieved.

WCS

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LemonJello

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It’s the only way to be sure.

Redshirt

https://twitter.com/CamrynSobczak_/status/942553735900925957

Damn, I love the taste of Steelers Schadenfreude. If this was a playoff loss, I would’ve climaxed so hard the every Commentist that is, was or ever will exist would’ve felt it.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Need something new musically to get out of a rut. Who’s got recs? I’m not hip, so most things from the last four years will be new to me.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you’re not talking to me.

theeWeeBabySeamus
theeWeeBabySeamus

Newest RHCP also very worth the listen. If it wasn’t all electronical on phones and ‘puters these days, I’d have worn out a coupla copies by now.
Entire album, I mean fwiw. But here…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0oIoR9mLwc

BrettFavresColonoscopy

That’s pretty solid, actually

Spur

challenge accepted.

Viva La Tabula Raza

These guys have been around for quite a while, but they pretty much fly under the radar, they had a couple of songs on the radio 20 years ago (and wrote the theme song for King of the Hill) as the Refreshments. They put on a hell of a show and I always make a point of seeing them whenever they’re on tour.
https://www.youtube.com/user/RCPMvids

scotchnaut

This fella broke through at the age of 36 after years and years of trying to perfect his craft. His prowess on the gee-tar doesn’t automatically translate to him strutting around the stage. He just wants to make the sound right. His name is Adam Granduciel and his band is The War On Drugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf56kvFznf0

scotchnaut

There are so many things going on in this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnybirLa4xY

Shogun Marcus

Whaddaya mean “remote”? They’re going to outright do it. Tonight.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

/Reads title

“Halfway there”

–Dyslexic Van Gogh

theeWeeBabySeamus

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scotchnaut

Shout out to the 747 The Canada style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVvh-MRYNlk

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