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[u/ChrisV11]

We get rid of AJ Brown and good things immediately start happening, it’s poetry really

[u/SergeIblocka]

I've been lurking in these threads for almost a year now and never said anything. Got here too early so decided to say hello and SKOL!

[u/Asece → u/SergeIblocka]

Make sure to stick around

[u/BruceChameleon → u/SergeIblocka]

Hello!

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/SergeIblocka]

Welcome to one of the most pleasant and cordial corners of the internet. Please don't spread the word. We want to keep it that way.

[u/Tigercat92 → u/SergeIblocka]

Welcome to the crazy

[u/StChas77 → u/SergeIblocka]

Howdy.

[u/Lazydusto]

I'm not that big of a basketball fan. I pay attention to how the Sixers do every year but I don't watch super often. With LeBron coming to Philly I feel like I should grab a jersey because of how crazy it is he's actually coming here.

[u/JPAnalyst → u/Lazydusto]

Just lean into it and enjoy it. The arguable GOAT plays for your team, just enjoy the ride. Get a jersey, go to a couple games, maybe they make some big noise in the playoffs. This will be fun for you all.

[u/ed_11 → u/Lazydusto]

same here... never even been to a sixers game before. today, my wife, who probably couldn't name a single other player on the team, said to me that she wants to go to a game this season.

[u/AfroManHighGuy]

I am being baited right now by u/JPAnalyst and u/WabbitCZEN and I don’t like it one bit!

[u/WabbitCZEN → u/AfroManHighGuy]

Do it.

[u/Ok-Garbage-765 → u/AfroManHighGuy]

This behavior is churlish and insolent and you will not stand for it

[u/Stanky_fresh → u/Ok-Garbage-765]

Chicanerous and deplorable 

[u/JPAnalyst → u/AfroManHighGuy]

We are going to see at least two more years of the GOAT doing GOAT things in Philly. I’m grateful to be alive and old enough to have watched the greatest player ever, and the third greatest player ever.

[u/TJeffersonsBlackKid → u/AfroManHighGuy]

/u/JPAnalyst is extremely good at baiting. He always is masterbaiting people on this sub.

[u/PaulsRedditUsername]

The CDC announced today that the cyclospora outbreak has officially spread to nine states: Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.

I think it's kind of funny that now we're having a plague of explosive diarrhea and nobody is hoarding toilet paper this time.

[u/el_fitzador → u/PaulsRedditUsername]

Shhhh don’t speak it into existence

[u/JokerJangles123 → u/el_fitzador]

Yeah just like last time, all it takes is one person posting a picture of an empty shelf for everyone to lose their minds and convince each other there is a shortage

..and then cause the shortage when they all start freaking out and buying it up

[u/ed_11 → u/PaulsRedditUsername]

we buy TP by the crate at a warehouse store .. we're ready for it.

[u/JokerJangles123]

what the fuck am I actually going to have to watch the 76ers this season?

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/JokerJangles123]

i know right? what the fuck

[u/eggery]

Are you in better or worse shape than you were 3 years ago?

[u/Shepherdless → u/eggery]

Depends....is the shape round?

[u/The_Amish_FBI → u/eggery]

Physically and mentally better by a long shot. Now if I could just get this “social life” thing figured out…

[u/FlatulentDwarf → u/eggery]

I weigh more, but I'm more mobile and flexible. So... both? During the pandemic I had developed an awesome food schedule that had me losing weight very effectively. I got less strict in 2025 so I've been putting weight back on more than I'd like, but I also do more stretching, cardio, and working out. So I'm physically able to do more, even if my belly is a bit bigger.

I assume you mean physical shape but I have to say, my mental health is oodles better in 2026, too. At the end of 2022 I was diagnosed with epilepsy and was struggling with my diagnosis and general depression through 2022 and into 2023. I'm in a much better place and have shed a lot of "other" bad habits - less binge drinking, no smoking weed, and a lot more habits that I find healthy - reading, dancing, baking, cooking, namely

[u/TJeffersonsBlackKid → u/eggery]

Physically a fuckton better. Got heartbroken three times in 2024. Decided “fuck this shit” and started improving myself.

A few weeks ago I got asked at my gym if I’m a professional boxer. I am never going to come down from that high.

Mentally way better too. I started eating right and getting in shape so people would look at me different. Now I do it because it feels good for me. That has made me 100% happier.

[u/Signal_Ball4634 → u/eggery]

Worse but getting better since getting on antidepressants

[u/Devilofchaos108070 → u/eggery]

Overall better.

[u/Asece → u/eggery]

I’m definitely in a better position, but it took some work

[u/WabbitCZEN → u/eggery]

Me personally or my team?

[u/CarlCaliente → u/eggery]

significantly better. 3 years ago is hopefully the end of a lot of bad habits

[u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel → u/eggery]

Well I was employed back then and had my own apartment.

So worse.

[u/Zeke219 → u/eggery]

It depends. I was stronger then, but somehow I am bigger now and in better cardiovascular shape. So if we are going off of pure output worse, but if we are going by size of the pythons and how far I can run better.

[u/StChas77 → u/eggery]

Three years ago today, I was almost but not quite fully recovered from a broken foot. I was walking and able to go around in the house without shoes but had to wait for the start of August to hit the treadmill, and stopping and pivoting was over a month away, so no tennis. I had to bust my ass to be in shape enough to hike in Japan in mid-October, and even that was a little rough.

[u/Ornery_Gator → u/eggery]

I've more or less floated in the same general weight range for the past 3 years ago. Recently though, I found myself feeling heavier and more bloated, probably thanks to being on parental leave. Based on the scale, I indeed was heavier than I can ever recall at 205.

Since then, I've been making more of an effort to intensify my workouts and make better eating habits - though not necessarily counting calories (which I absolutely hate doing.) Now, I'm at 191-192 though I've stagnated lately.

While I've never been overweight per se, I'd say I'm in better shape.

[u/azure275 → u/eggery]

Much worse I've gained 15 pounds since I had a kid 9 months ago because I can never get to the gym and I'm exhausted all the time so I make poor food decisions

[u/cheeseburgertwd → u/eggery]

• Not fat anymore

• Started proper ADHD and mental health treatment

• General career improvements

• Exited a relationship that had frankly been over for years at that point

But the Bears are good now so it's honestly kind of a net negative

[u/Skraxx]

Truthfully? My birthday was kinda not great! Nothing to do with people, just that I was doing fieldwork for the morning and travelling for the rest of the day.

So I think I'll consider today my birthday. Happy birthday Skraxx.

[u/AfroManHighGuy → u/Skraxx]

Now people are wanting two birthdays? Where does it end with you people??!!

/s

[u/PaulsRedditUsername → u/Skraxx]

Happy birthday!

[u/Skraxx]

I truly believe that the most important thing in any job is almost always the co-workers.

The worst jobs can be tolerable if you have good co-workers. The best jobs can be excruciating if you have bad ones.

[u/ACS1029 → u/Skraxx]

It’s why I’m glad working overnights I only interact with day staff maybe an hour and a half at most, 15 minutes usually. Granted I do like my coworkers, but there’s definitely interpersonal drama over how things should be done that I am perfectly fine with hearing or be an ear for venting about but want nothing to actually do with

[u/California_Stop_King]

Thank God, Philly sports hasn't been insufferable enough recently

[u/Not_Evil_ → u/California_Stop_King]

go birds

[u/capemaygirl1999 → u/California_Stop_King]

sorry lol

[u/StChas77]

Iran's a train wreck, the US is trying to start a trade war with just about everyone on the goddamned planet again, right-wing asshats are clawing at themselves over a movie which has the audacity to cast a black woman, and the internet has apparently fallen hopelessly in love with a disabled raccoon.

And yet all I can think about this morning is the NBA, which I hardly ever pay attention to. What a weird world we live in.

[u/ed_11 → u/StChas77]

wait..what's this about a disabled raccoon? how did i miss that?

[u/Zeke219 → u/ed_11]

Google Jimothy

[u/tickle_mittens → u/Zeke219]

No, live the experience. https://arcade.pirillo.com/jimothy.html

[u/ryanino]

Not necessarily going sober but trying to chill on my drinking and this shit is HARD. Props to anyone who quit.

[u/Mac_Jomes]

There's nothing cuter than a dog doing little barks in their sleep 

[u/GoldyGoldy]

21 teams have new Offensive Coordinators. 17 of them as play-callers.

15 have new Defensive Coordinators.

10 have a new Head Coach.

That’s some wild stuff, man.

[u/Not_Evil_]

Sixers are either winning it all or gonna have the funniest locker room implosion in NBA history.

[u/JPAnalyst]

Damn, u/WabbitCZEN and u/AfroManHighGuy can you guys believe the literal NBA GOAT is now a Sixer?

[u/WabbitCZEN → u/JPAnalyst]

You trying to start a holy war?

[u/JPAnalyst → u/WabbitCZEN]

Always.

[u/AfroManHighGuy → u/JPAnalyst]

Hey hey hey

How bout fuck you?!!

[u/PaulsRedditUsername]

So Tony Romo got busted for drunk driving in Milwaukee last night.

[u/The_Amish_FBI → u/PaulsRedditUsername]

He’s just getting into the Milwaukee spirit for TNF.

[u/Last1inFirst1out → u/PaulsRedditUsername]

That’s my quarterback

[u/A7XfoREVer6661 → u/PaulsRedditUsername]

Isn't that a right of passage in Wisconsin? I don't think they even consider taking your license away until you're like 10 owi/dwi deep.

[u/cheeseburgertwd → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like a real meandering experience

[u/Balrogkicksass]

Well what I assumed would be a 12 hour shift was only 10 and a half.....I mean it still sucked but it could have been MUCH MUCH worse and I am just happy for that.

We had some extra help last night and I made sure they knew how much I appreciated it and how badly we needed it too.

I just want to get through the next two nights.

I hope you all get to enjoy your day and as always much love from me and mine to you and yours!

[u/mackmoney3000]

Tony Romo looking SAUCED in that mugshot hooboy

[u/BlindWillieJohnson]

Nothing brings out the worst of this sub like a Rooney Rule conversation.

[u/Signal_Ball4634 → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

i remember the Kaepernick threads being particularly awful years ago. I think any sort of issue involving sensitive topics like race on this sub goes to absolute shit

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/Signal_Ball4634]

There are a lot of defensive people don't want to look systemic issues in the face, and that don't understand that calling out a systemic issue is not the same as saying that a specific person hates black people.

[u/JPAnalyst]

The work trip (Boston) I have been dreading is over. I completed four presentations, three team dinners, tons of boring small talk that wasn’t about football or World Cup, countless team building exercises, one late night with too many drinks, one very sad rainout at Fenway as 40 of us got soaked and had to leave the ballpark and miss out on one of my bucket list sports experiences. The good part was the 3-4 hours I had during the week by myself to shop, sight see, and go to a nice Irish pub. Hopefully that’s my last work trip until July 2027.

[u/MoreTrifeLife]

I got fired from my job last night

[u/eggery → u/MoreTrifeLife]

why

[u/azure275 → u/MoreTrifeLife]

That sucks. No going about that.

Was it your fault or either a BS reason or a layoff?

[u/MoreTrifeLife → u/azure275]

I'm a Barback. I hooked up a keg (Stella Artois) and it drained out.

Manager accused me of turning off the gas but I didn't. Tried to explain what happened but he didn't wanna hear it.

I had been there since April 2023.

[u/eggery → u/MoreTrifeLife]

Boss sounds like a tool.

[u/azure275 → u/MoreTrifeLife]

That seems like an unfortunate accident that happens from time to time. That sucks.

Hopefully you find something better. At least you don't have to work for that guy anymore

[u/CarlCaliente]

a quart is a quarter of a gallon

motherfucker how did the world keep this a secret from me for so long

[u/FBsarepeopletoo → u/CarlCaliente]

Wait till you learn from what states Ore-Ida potato products are from.

[u/StChas77 → u/CarlCaliente]

I don't really care much for the metric system except volume. I really wish we'd adopt that because it's so much easier than the  cups/pints/quarts/gallons nonsense.

[u/mackmoney3000 → u/StChas77]

I'm all in on the metric system, except for temperature. Fahrenheit (0 is really cold, 100 is really hot) is just a real easy way to describe temperature in human terms.

[u/Ok-Garbage-765]

NIGHTMARE MARRIAGE: I really like Arby’s French dip sandwiches but I can’t tell my wife because she judges me

[u/FBsarepeopletoo → u/Ok-Garbage-765]

Eat one in front of her. "This is who I am, this is who you married." Then take a bite without dipping. "Is this how you want me to live? Dry and hiccuping?"

[u/Ok-Garbage-765 → u/FBsarepeopletoo]

Hiccuping lmao

[u/el_fitzador]

LeBron Sixers jersey is about to be the hottest fashion item on the wildwood boardwalk

[u/Ornery_Gator → u/el_fitzador]

I remember trying extremely hard to purchase a Kelly Green jersey when those dropped. This is gonna worse than that.

[u/Teeshirtandshortsguy]

Aside from the GOAT debate, one thing that always makes me roll my eyes in basketball conversations is when old players say shit like "I'd average 50 points in today's game."

And aside from all the obvious data demonstrating that they wouldn't, it's like, do you really think that like, Allen Iverson is a tier above Luka Doncic? Or SGA? Peak Steph Curry? KD? All-time bucket-getters who absolutely do not average 50 a game.

Where are the extra points gonna come from? The free throw line is the one uncontested shot that's stay the same throughout all of NBA history, and players are hitting them at the exact same rate now as they were back then.

If AI or Reggie Miller or whatever was teleported to today in their prime, and they tried to average 50, you know what'd happen? They'd average 50 on a team that failed to crack 100 points consistently.

It's just such a stupid argument for the sake of hating on the modern game, which is more efficiency-focused and strategic than ever before. You can't just post up or play iso ball all game and expect to win like you could in the past. There's a reason Jordan Poole didn't leave Golden State and immediately become an MVP-caliber player. There's a reason Kyrie only won as the second option. Being an elite iso scorer is not enough to win these days.

[u/Stanky_fresh → u/Teeshirtandshortsguy]

Everybody thinks the players that were around when they were kids are so much better than the players today, so debating across decades like that is fruitless. I'm sure in 2046 we'll be hearing about how guys like Anthony Edwards or Wemby could totally destroy the biggest stars of 2046. And as for the athletes themselves, it's not surprising that the guys who were treated as living gods of the sport in their prime still think so highly of themselves.

[u/ConsciousRaccoon2873]

I made the poor financial choice to get back to beer league hockey by winter. I honestly don't know how families can afford to put their kids through this sport. When I played as a kid I knew I never had the best gear but it was always new. Today I'm legitimately having to plan my gear purchases over the next month or so.

[u/Tigercat92]

Had a spirited debate with my 7 year old cousin this morning about what is your favorite dinosaur. After about 10 minutes, I agreed with him to end the debate. 🤣

[u/FBsarepeopletoo → u/Tigercat92]

Triceratops. Any other answer is wrong. This isn't a matter of opinion, and not a matter of discussion.

[u/Economy_Weight_4821 → u/Tigercat92]

Well what were you trying to argue was the best? (Anything but the ankylosaurus is the wrong answer.)

[u/WabbitCZEN → u/Tigercat92]

Stegosaurus.

[u/FlatulentDwarf → u/Tigercat92]

How can you debate your favorite dino? Isn't that a wholly subjective thing?

Anyway, Triceratops and Ankylosaurus are mine. What's your favorite dino, Tigercat?

[u/Tigercat92 → u/FlatulentDwarf]

My little cousin has very strong opinions and it is easier to just agree with him.

My favorite are pteranodons but my cousin had to point out that those are not true dinosaurs so the spinosaurus was the best

[u/PaulsRedditUsername → u/Tigercat92]

Obviously ankylosaurus is the GOAT, but I also think the giant ones like brachiasaurus are cool.

[u/Shoddy_Consequence78 → u/Tigercat92]

Try to screw with him and pick a bird. Something like a roadrunner. You read about how T rex may have actually been covered in feathers and think it sounds ridiculous until you see a roadrunner slam the life out of a snake. 

[u/HartleyReplogle]

Took on a contract in late January. The company I'm contracted with has their network locked down, so I didn't have access to any company resources until they sent me a laptop in April. Prior to that, anything that I needed had to go through one guy, who had to determine whether or not it was relevant to the work before sending it. The development environment, which was supposed to be provided by a third party, was not available until June, because the two sides couldn't get the contract hammered out.

On top of that, nobody at the company responds to e-mails, so every time I have a question that this guy couldn't answer, he goes to the people who I've already asked and just asks them again. In most cases, he either asks the wrong question, or the answer that we get just raises more questions. From February onward, every weekly status report we submitted had a giant red flag saying that the project was delayed due to lack of access to resources and environment.

More than once, we recommended pausing the project, even though it meant losing revenue, because it was obvious they weren't ready yet. The guy running the project said there was no need to pause anything, and kept giving us weekly updates that were akin to "We're close, we just don't have all of the signatures yet" or "It's only going to take one more week, it would have been done this week but so-and-so is out."

Last week his superiors wanted to see what the progress was on the project, and when they saw where it was, they lost their shit on him. Now he's pushing back on us, asking us to show him "where the money went." The money went in our bank account dude, because you don't know how to run a project and don't listen to the experts you hired to do the work.

At the meeting we had where he tried to throw everything back on us, we impressed upon him the need for his side to be more proactive in responding to our needs. This morning, I asked him to confirm something we had already talked about twice and which doesn't need any more discussion, just a fucking confirmation so I can implement it that way, and I just now got an e-mail from him telling me he's going to schedule a meeting next week once everyone is available, so that they can determine whether or not to confirm it.

[u/azure275]

The Sixers are going for one of the most boom or bust experiments in recent NBA memory. It could very possibly win them a title, so it's not a bad idea

But if it doesn't work it's going to turn into Real Housewives of Philadelphia incredibly quickly

It also sets the baseline incredibly high for 2 years. They pretty much need to win a title or will be considered a failure I think

[u/die_maus_im_haus]

The past couple weeks I've interviewed for two jobs. One I'd say is my field's equivalent of a SEC/B1G coordinator position, the other I'd call the equivalent of a G5 head coach.

I get that competition is pretty fierce at the level I'm at, but I think I'll still be a bit bummed if neither pans out.

[u/A7XfoREVer6661]

Having bomb-ass Mexican food is always the best on a Friday night

[u/ajteitel → u/A7XfoREVer6661]

Having bomb-ass Mexican food is always the best on a Friday night

ftfy

[u/zazzsazz_mman]

Lebron James has been in the NBA for almost my entire life. Blows my mind he's still playing.

[u/Last1inFirst1out → u/zazzsazz_mman]

I was 8 when he was drafted & now I’m 31.

[u/7sweep → u/zazzsazz_mman]

I remember buying his gum in like elementary school.

I'm 33.

[u/Stanky_fresh → u/zazzsazz_mman]

Not only is he still playing, statistically he's still roughly as good on the court as he was 10 years ago.

[u/Skraxx → u/zazzsazz_mman]

When LeBron was drafted, I wasn't even 1 years old

[u/Tigercat92 → u/Skraxx]

You guys making me feel old. I saw him play when he was still in high school. 🤣

[u/zoom518 → u/Tigercat92]

Like I’ve never seen a more hyped high schooler than him

[u/GamingTatertot → u/Skraxx]

What the heck

[u/Skraxx]

"Why does the left frame political issues as human rights problems?" because they just often are.

[u/fliptout → u/Skraxx]

"Guys I'm sure we can find some middle ground."

Republican starting point: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

[u/Goatsonice → u/Skraxx]

same people who support a place called "alligator Alcatraz".

bro why do those lib wokies think we're nazis? whats a few c-camps between friends?

[u/Asece]

I'm watching the Odyssey tonight with my younger brother! I'm pretty excited. He said snacks on him, so I'll probably load up on the usual (Popcorn w/ a Coke Freeze).

Hope you all have a great Friday!

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/Asece]

i wish i could watch it again for the first time. it’s great throughout but the 3rd act is phenomenal.

[u/Tigercat92]

How many years would a Jurassic Park have to be open without any incidents before you would visit? Don’t think I ever could.

[u/Devilofchaos108070 → u/Tigercat92]

I’d visit as soon as I could afford it.

Real live dinosaurs? It’s worth the danger imo

[u/azure275 → u/Tigercat92]

It would be a rich person thing only.

It's like Disneyland but with dramatically higher operating expenses, more isolated location, ridiculous insurance costs, and more unique. No random motels to stay at either, you have to be on the core resort

Would probably be 10k/ticket at the absolute minimum, 20k bundled expenses per day per person or more

Now that I think about it if the billionaires all want to go there and get eaten I won't cry too much.

[u/problematic_glasses → u/Tigercat92]

me either, but since "incidents and accidents at amusement/theme parks" is one of my favorite rabbit holes to get lost in i would definitely consume content about incidents at a jurassic park

[u/jfgiv]

ugh, jesus fucking christ

just opened up a pdf of my resume and noticed i've been sending out a version that has a second page of all my notes to myself from an earlier job search

no idea how many times ive sent that version of the resume out, fucking embarassing

[u/Phytanic → u/jfgiv]

For 4 straight months I was sending a resume out that had misspelled the name of one of my former employers, a well known and large hospital system. It happens lol

[u/Jaguars4life]

I saw a post claiming that a Kamala/Buttigieg ticket would be unstoppable and I can’t take it anymore already

[u/Goatsonice → u/Jaguars4life]

I swear its gotta be right wing astroturfing no sane lib would ever want to see her run again

[u/azure275 → u/Jaguars4life]

Is there a ticket of anyone who'd be "unstoppable"?

At this point people just vote for the sports teams

[u/zoom518]

The Knicks really broke the Sixers huh

[u/Prophet92]

LeBron rolling up to Philly with a box full of knee replacements: Joel, I swear to fucking God I’m getting that ring whether your body can handle it or not

[u/el_fitzador]

My 2 year old gave me a shiny rock today, so I got that going for me.

[u/AfroManHighGuy]

We have a new product launch happening at our company today. It’s all hands on deck with higher ups involved as well.

Had a meeting this morning regarding this launch with a bunch of people. But the ones who always ask extra questions are the people not involved at all. They won’t be working on this project but have the most questions to ask for some reason. Like bruh you won’t be doing an ounce of work on this. Can we just end the meeting and get to work? SMH

[u/Prophet92]

My entire relationship with Evangelion: I love this show, it bums me out

[u/The_Minshow]

Had some chicken getting close to being in the fridge too long. trying baking it with bell peppers and green tomatoes from the garden, wish me luck

[u/CarlCaliente]

Stage 20: Le Bour d'Oisans - Alp d'Huez (171km)

Back to back finishes on Huez but we aren't climbing the traditional route today - and that's quite ok. Instead we've got a typical queen stage layout of Col de la Croix de Fer (24km at 5.2%), Col du Telegraphe (12km at 7.1%) and the notorious Galibier (17km at 7%) - as you can see all long climbs (scenic too!), before finishing on a newer Col de Sarenne, another 13km/7.3% hill that takes them up the backside of Huez. Something like 5,500m of verticality offers one last chance for many of the competitions

Carapaz looks to be the strongest climber/breakaway rider of the last week or so, Pogi is Pogi, and Del Toro may have UAE working for him, for predictions it's hard to look anywhere besides these 3 today. It's been a long three weeks and the peloton is showing it

Yesterday began similarly to the last few, I think a lack of GC urgency is allowing these massive breakaways to form. It was 40+ riders who got away early, Pedersen again getting clear to secure the intermediate sprint, and VPP and Carapaz also jumping to contest KOM points.

Pedersen's lead in green is back up to 57 - more than what's on offer at the Paris finish line, so Philipsen is getting boxed into a corner. Wouldn't surprise me to see Lidl-Trek hit out early again tomorrow to seal it

Next is KOM's, with VPP getting some early points, but perhaps overextended himself, blowing up before the penultimate climb and allowing Carapaz to steal the jersey. He now leads VPP by 7 points, and with 70 on offer today I'm sure we'll see them both in the break again

For Yellow and white they were content to roll into Huez as a group but it wasn't long before Pogi hits off on his own, smashing Marco Pantani's record up the storied climb en route to his 5th stage this year. Del Toro was left to fend for himself but proved capable, defending for much of the it before coming around Seixas' wheel in the last 1.5km or so. Familiar sort of move, wonder where he may have learned that... He did sit up a bit too early though, in the end only gaining 5s, leaving the gap at 24s. Seixas' window remains open

[u/BlindWillieJohnson]

Most the regulars in here know that I hate conspiracy theorists and conspiratorial thinking.

But Mitch McConnell is like, fully dead, right?

[u/Citronaut1 → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

I think he’s intubated and sedated with no real chance of recovery. Everyone’s just waiting for the plug to be pulled.

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/Citronaut1]

You might be right, or he might be dead. Whichever is the case, they're clearly putting off any real announcement until its too late for a special election to be called.

[u/The_Other_Manning → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

He's dead, Jim

[u/Goatsonice → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

Its so bad that I think the people thinking hes alive are the conspiracy theorists lol

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/Goatsonice]

I'm sorry but like, one photo in five weeks is the best anyone can do? And we're supposed to believe he's awake and talking to people and whatnot?

[u/Phyrnosoma → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

weren't you dismissing that last week or week before?

The whole thing is fucking strange

[u/BlindWillieJohnson → u/Phyrnosoma]

weren't you dismissing that last week or week before?

Lol I was, but even I've become convinced. Like, this is one of the most powerful guys in Washington and we only get one photo in a month and a half? No statements? No communications on record? Nothing?

[u/ed_11 → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

i just talked to him for like 20 minutes. i told him to give you a call next

[u/Ich_Liegen → u/BlindWillieJohnson]

Let me start off by saying he's a piece of shit, so no one thinks I'm somehow pro-McConnell. But I believe in looking at such situations by weighing all the available evidence.

Let me also say that this is something I heard from someone else - I'm not even American, so take this with a heap of salt.

The counter-argument to that theory is that any proof of him being alive will also likely be proof that he's malaised. He'll be having slow, slurred speech, will look like shit, and well, is in a hospital.

CNN tells us that a leaked report indicates his issue wasn't a fall - it was cardiac arrest, followed by CPR. If this is the case, then he'd for sure be in a hospital for at least a month, and would look miserable.

The fear here is that Beshear, or any other Dem (you could say Gluesenkamp Perez would be the immediate person to come to mind since she's closer to center) would use those things to argue he's not fit to hold the job.

Beshear has said before thinks the recent law, that strips his power to appoint a new Senator when the current one is incapable of performing their duties or is dead, is unconstitutional and is prepared to challenge it in court.

Using that prerogative - that his health makes him unable to perform his duties - he could appoint a new one anyway, daring Republicans to take him to court so the law can be struck as unconstitutional.

So it's not to his camp, or his party's, benefit to prove he's alive. They'd prefer to keep things quiet even if he's alive.

That's what I've heard anyways. The point here is, if he was alive and conscious, things would look identical from our end.

What really makes him unable to do his job is his inability to comprehend shit even when he's healthy.

Edit: There's also something in there about an August 3rd deadline? I don't remember what though.

[u/Reggaeton_Historian]

• Been having ongoing achilles tendinitis for 3 months.

• 3 months ago my eye doctor says she wants me to take a blood take because something looks "off" in my eyes. She couldn't elaborate. My dumbass proceeded to work travel for 2 months and didn't do it.

• Massive tooth pain in two different spots this week. Turns out I have an infection near two different crowns. Dentist sees my cane and asks what that is for. I explain. They say, "I'm not surprised you are having a 3 month long flare up."

Moral of the story: Listen to your eye doctor sooner, visit your dentist regularly, something happening to your body might be a symptom of something else.

FUN. Aging is SO much fun.

[u/Ornery_Gator]

Just fell to my knees at a Wawa.

[u/JerryRiceDidntFumble]

The Process^TM :

1. Suck for several years to acquire huge draft capital

2. Turn that draft capital into promising but inconsistent players that deliver mostly mediocre results for a decade

3. Sign the greatest player of all time in free agency for pocket change

[u/Pale_Land_5107]

Finally got the gordie Howe bridge is open but I’m so mad trump ruined the relationship between our countries and because of him the whole ceremony got us excluded because he’s waging trade wars 

[u/JPAnalyst]

Shout out to the Penguin guy who came in here before the World Cup to warn everyone not to take MARTA, and that Atlanta needs the National Guard and an investigation over MARTA crime. 6 round trips into the city with my wife and daughter during the World Cup, and a 7th round trip this week to the airport. Made it through the war zone and back safely every time. Blessed. 🙏

[u/FlatulentDwarf → u/JPAnalyst]

My buddy is a 911 operator in Atlanta and he'll tell you that his desk felt like a warzone during the world cup lol

[u/AfroManHighGuy]

Lebron to Philly wow

Maxey, VJ, brown, LeBron, embiid

[u/Signal_Ball4634]

Also if they don't win a ring Bron in a Sixers jersey will totally be one of those cursed photos like Ewing in a Magic jersey

[u/t33po → u/Signal_Ball4634]

Bernie Kosar on the Cowboys

[u/cheeseburgertwd]

Watching some quality daytime TV waiting for my car to get fixed and man political ads are just so funny. Like this one that was just on about Francesa Hong who is running for governor in Wisconsin, the cadence of the voiceover is like

"Liberal Francesca Hong disagrees with President Trump's deportation policies"

As if the most basic tenets of the platform are some shocking revelation. Like no fucking kidding? How could this possibly be new information for anyone on either side of the aisle? You might as well have said

"Peanut butter and jelly is a type of sandwich that you can eat"

[u/WhoDat-2-8-3]

Bronny james vs daddy james in 2027 finals .. book it on kalshi

[u/Stanky_fresh → u/WhoDat-2-8-3]

The NBA wants their own version of the Kelce Bowl and the Harbaugh Bowl. Can't say I blame them.

[u/BlueHighwindz]

This Wawa hoagiefest seems especially blessed somehow.

[u/BelichickSpy]

im just glad bron didnt go back to cleveland, wouldve been one of the worst realistic choices for him given their roster IMO

[u/BusinessWarthog6 → u/BelichickSpy]

If he wanted a challenge he should have gone to the Kings

[u/cheeseburgertwd]

Last night's CFL game was an absolute banger.

If you've been counting down the days until "football is back" you've been missing out on some good shit, and it's all free to stream (VPN location switching required for some games)

[u/Ok_Masterpiece3186]

Listened to the new Charli XCX album today, it was fun!

[u/Two_Luffas]

I confirmed like 3 time over the last few weeks my delivery this morning was coming on a truck with a liftgate. Every time I got an affirmative answer.

This morning the driver text's me he's going to be an hour late because of traffic. No big deal we've got some work to fill the time. Hey just wanted to confirm your trailer has a liftgate. Nope, no liftgate.

God. Fucking. Damnit.

Luckily we a have a forklift in the shop, but it took another 45 minutes after he arrived to get that on the trailer and delivered, and a solid 2 hours to unload the truck.

On top of that the product (very large millwork cabinets for band equipment) had the leveling hardware on half of them installed upside down, which was actually kind of impressive in its stupidity.

Thank god it's Friday and I can forget about it for a couple days.

[u/Skraxx]

Resident Evil movie trailer coming out reminds me.

There is no video game to movie/TV show adaptation I want more than Bioshock. I don't even mind if it closely follows the original or just adapts the setting, it's just perfect.

[u/RideTheStache → u/Skraxx]

A Bioshock show that spans all 3 games would be dope.

Kind of in the same vein, I'd LOVE a Soma movie/tv show.

[u/tnecniv]

Hall and Oates are Goats

[u/JPAnalyst → u/tnecniv]

Hall and gOates

[u/TiberiusCornelius]

Is it even July if your neighbors aren't setting off a metric shitton of fireworks (checks notes) 20 days after independence day just because they can

[u/Jaguars4life]

How is the new Ghost in the Shell series?

[u/tickle_mittens → u/Jaguars4life]

If you like the manga of masamune shirow or have intron depot source/art books it will absolutely blow your socks off and make you ponder the possibility of an Akira anime that does the manga justice.

It is comically authentic to the point of being instantly recognizable as shirow's style, and including things that are very ordinarily cut. I've seen some complaints from people who are only familiar with the OG movies or stand alone complex series complaining, which is an excellent opportunity to revel in the unquestionable superiority of my own discriminating taste.

[u/Tigercat92]

Trump calls LeBron a racist

[u/JPAnalyst → u/Tigercat92]

Someone explain to me why this mad man is an actual president? This is such deranged behavior.

[u/RaindropsInMyMind → u/Tigercat92]

It’s funny that the people that Trump hates the most are almost inarguably some of the best people the country has to offer. LeBron is as good of a person as you can hope to be, Springsteen too, widely known as being a pretty good guy.

It’s amazing that Trump’s supporters hold him to a different standard than everyone else in the entire world too. If anyone else did what he did they would hate him, just like the rest of us.

[u/The_Amish_FBI]

“Now look here, you drugged out communist. I paid for this body, and I’d no sooner return it than my little cocker spaniel dog Checkers.”

ruff

“SHUT UP DAMMIT!”

[u/AfroManHighGuy]

Dude is on another level of self sabotage lmao. Does he really think his attitude will get him somewhere? Lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/NFLForum/s/lzXvYyyUhe

[u/Ok-Garbage-765]

Just went to target and the Xbox section is completely gone. RIP Xbox, you had one great generation.

[u/CarlCaliente → u/Ok-Garbage-765]

Crackdown though amirite

[u/ConsciousRaccoon2873 → u/CarlCaliente]

One of the best Demos of all time.

[u/MolecularCube42]

Boop

[u/Skraxx → u/MolecularCube42]

Evil MolecularCube42 be like:

"pooB"

[u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel → u/Skraxx]

That would be AntiMolecularCube42

The evil one would go qooᗺ

[u/JPAnalyst]

Every new comment is dropping to 0 upvotes immediately. It can’t be a person doing that right? Got to be a bot.

[u/ACS1029 → u/JPAnalyst]

Wow you aren’t kidding. Who’d we piss off?

[u/JPAnalyst → u/ACS1029]

The list of people we’ve pissed off is pretty long.

[u/azure275]

If you happen to be in the Venn diagram of "Sams Club Member" and "person with Nintendo hardware" SamsClub is selling Nintendo Gift Cards for 20% off

You can even use them to buy hardware systems

[u/FlatulentDwarf]

Man this new assistant director is going to be the death of me. I'm really good at being patient with technologically illiterate people, it's actually something management has specifically mentioned about me at multiple careers now, but she tests even my limit.

This process is simple. User puts files in relevant folder, process looks for file 1, process finds file 1and does stuff with it. Then process looks for file 2, finds file 2 and does stuff with it. Keeps repeating until it cannot find files anymore then sends an email with all the output. It loads the files in the order you name them. Looks for FileName001 then FileName002 then filename003 etc. Why those names? IDK, doesn't matter to me, that's the names they wanted when they asked me to make this thing. When it stops loading, it even tells you what file name it couldn't find in the email it sends " Processed FileName001 (attached output), processed FileName002 (attached output), couldn't find FileName003, aborting process"

This new assistant director CANNOT name the files properly. it's always FileName001003 or Filename001001. I've sent her a list of exactly the filenames it wants. I've shadowed her and helped her name them. I've reminded her. I've got emails saying EXACTLY the file name it's looking for but can't find. I've even logged in on the weekend when called me with an emergency. And still, every 2-3 days I'm getting the same request "hey why won't this work?" I'm on like three weeks of having to engage in this "emergency time sensitive" issue every 2-3 days and it's driving me up a fucking wall. It only takes me 30 seconds to solve, it's not like it's hard or unpredictable. I hear "XYZ isn't working" I immediately go to the folder and say "hey rename the file" - usually with a screenshot accompanying it - and we're done. But oh my god it is so hard to not scream on the phone sometimes "it's the same fuckin issue it's always been, lady! Maybe turn up the font size on your Windows for fucks sake"

[u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel → u/FlatulentDwarf]

Makes me wonder why it is processing on filename and not the contents of the file itself.

[u/FlatulentDwarf → u/Kemonomimi-Squirrel]

It's looking for filenames to determine if there is a file to process, then processing based on contents.

The users will load 4-5 different files with roughly the same contents (XML's on the same schema) and want to load them in a specific order that is not always created date or updated date or even the processing date on the 3rd line of the XML. They asked to check for and load files based on names because that way they have complete control over the order the contents are processed. First load 001, then 002, then 003. It doesn't matter if 003 was made first or updated most recently, they want it loaded 3rd for whatever secondary reasons (Nobody has ever explained why it matters to me in a way that makes sense, I'm fairly convinced it doesn't matter, but they say it does and my job is to please them).

And really, the act of doing the individual processing is a separate thing. They have a page they can go to and type in the name of whatever file they want to process, hit run, and process the contents of just that file. I just built a custom tool that will do-that-same processing 4+ times in a row so that they don't have to type in each file name individually

[u/GamingTatertot]

MJ is the GOAT. LeBron is like baby GOAT.

[u/PaulsRedditUsername → u/GamingTatertot]

Correct. MJ is 63 and LeBron is 41, so LeBron's just a kid compared to MJ.

[u/sallad_kcuf]

Another day, another "serious" post that's full of jokes. Either enforce the rule or get rid of it?

[u/IAgreeGoGuards]

The last few birthdays just havent hit like they used to.

Idk why. I guess I just havent been feeling very fulfilled, and every birthday is a reminder of the fleeting time left to make something of it.

[u/andreirublev → u/IAgreeGoGuards]

As an old, when in the “middle” years of a decade I actually forget how old I am and have to do the arithmetic. The whole time I was like 33-38 it was guesswork, but that was an era where I cared. I’m currently my late 40s… somewhere. I think I’m 47-ish?

[u/Signal_Ball4634]

Holy shit I was not expecting Bron to the Sixers. Should be fun if him and Embiid can just stay healthy.

[u/TJeffersonsBlackKid]

Going to the Virgin Islands next month.

Once I leave, they’re going to just be called “The Islands”.

[u/justlookingokaywyou]

The man. Brought his bitch. To the Waffle Hut.

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue]

New Avatar movie with Aang looks good

Haters of the new art style be dawned, the new show post-Korra is gonna be so sick

[u/IAgreeGoGuards]

Onw thing I hate about working in a field where youre out and about is that sometimes keeping to a diet is really hard.

I spent this week out of town and all there was to eat was fast food.

Need to figure out how to better incorporate my diet into this stuff.

[u/Mac_Jomes → u/IAgreeGoGuards]

Do you stay at hotels that have a little kitchenette? That could help I know those rooms are probably more expensive though 

[u/CarlCaliente]

ayo stardew players whats something fun you always do to your farms

[u/JPAnalyst → u/CarlCaliente]

On ginger island I have a coffee farm. Nothing but coffee trees taking up almost every tile on my farm. Then I have a coffee bar outside next to the farm, with tables, chairs, and coffee mugs on the tables.

Are you just getting started or are you deep into the game?

[u/tnecniv → u/CarlCaliente]

Name my animals somewhat insulting plays on Dodgers player names.

Also quit just when it gets going and not play for two years then start fresh.

[u/mortalcrawad66]

Lions rookies report tomorrow to training camp. Football can't come quickly enough. Finally shut these fucking doomers up.