Your “I Got Nothin’ ‘gainst the Press” Sunday Evening Open Thread

It’s been a luverly day. Hope you enjoyed yourselves.

Tonight’s sports:

  • MLB:
    • Pirates at Cardinals – 8:00PM | ESPN / TSN
  • UFC Fight Night:
    • Chiesa vs. Lee: From Oklahoma City – 9:00PM | FS1
  • MLS:
    • Portland vs. Seattle – 10:00PM | ESPN2

Keep in clean for the last work week before summer. BEACH SHORTS ARE FOR THE BEACH!

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Beerguyrob
A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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Unsurprised

AD Season 4 has a shit ton of supporting actors, and not even with the clever puns the series used to give them.

Unsurprised

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Brick Meathook

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Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Brick Meathook

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Brick Meathook

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 28 cylinder radial engine (cut-away)
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

“Hot” Eskimos

Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

I managed not to do anything. Yay, me!

Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Brick Meathook

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Unsurprised

OUR FROGS ARE TURNING GAY!

ARRRRGGGH!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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ballsofsteelandfury

Lesson learned: Don’t FUCK with turtles, man!

theeWeeBabySeamus

Dayum. Not fucking around.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Christmas is only six months away.
Just saying.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Brick Meathook

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Commies tryna steal our womens.
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Big Black Richard

Unsurprised:

If all you saw yesterday was naked pasty white men, you were either too early or too late. I participated in the Naked Bike Ride, and I have never seen so many beautiful naked women in one place in my life. Hundreds of them! Granted, I couldn’t talk to any of them, due to my crippling social anxiety, but just being among them made me feel like I was in heaven.

You should definitely participate next year, or at least find a way to get involved.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

/Gets on bike…. tires flat.

King Hippo

C’mon, if there’s one thing that naked bike ridin’ ladyfolk always go for, it’s Big Black…Richard. 😀

ballsofsteelandfury

Whenever I hear about these naked events, I always wonder what the Boner Policy is. I mean, I get wood at church ffs. I’d be getting a stiffy for sure and get my ass arrested for indecent exposure or lewd conduct.

Seriously, how does that work so that participants don’t get arrested for indecent exposure?

King Hippo

hee hee, I had some thought. Was having anxiety just imagining it.

Big Black Richard

Didn’t have a boner, didn’t see anyone that had one, including the younger guys.

While I don’t think a written policy exists, I’m pretty sure that the unwritten policy is that if you think you won’t be able to keep it down, then kindly wear loose-fitting boxers.

Big Black Richard

Adding here that I used to be afraid to go to nude beaches because I was afraid that I would have constant wood, like I do at strip clubs. It doesn’t work that way for me, though. Apparently context matters.

ballsofsteelandfury

I think I’d probably wear a jock strap and call it a day. At least my ass would be participating…

Big Black Richard

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

It is easy not to get a boner in public unless you are 18 or younger, in which case the self control is not there.

Unsurprised

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

*Historically accurate.

theeWeeBabySeamus

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King Hippo

Finished the Lakers/Celtics 30-for-30 this weekend. Those were some really good playoff series in the 80s, when the NBA was still real basketball.

And fuck, did I ever despise the Celtics. I was Lakers all the way, baby.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Ditto me that.
Sure, Magic, Kareem, Worthy (gags a little, sorry)…..but Michael Cooper knocking down three’s was funner by far.

Bird? Meh. But fuck McHale and Parrish.

King Hippo

Coop was my favourite. That’s who I always (badly) pretended to be in childhood pickup games.

ballsofsteelandfury

Don’t forget Jamaal Wilkes! Silk, baby!

I used to do that overhead around the neck shot. Badly.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

Larry Bird gets dunked on.
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Unsurprised

I have to go write this thing before I get yelled at, and that’s not even accounting for the apps, and there’s an essay I want to write. Later taters.

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Brick Meathook

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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Unsurprised

BWAAAAAAH!
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Unsurprised

Fuck. I want to see Veep already.
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Oooh. Thanks for the reminder.

Unsurprised

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh Jesse. Oh, honey…..
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Unsurprised

Buddy rn:
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theeWeeBabySeamus

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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Brick Meathook

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theeWeeBabySeamus

Shit, I’m drunk again.

ballsofsteelandfury

You misspelled high

theeWeeBabySeamus

STFU…be cool man.

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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Redshirt

What I’m learning from the 30-for-30 “Catholics vs. Convicts” special is a kid can’t pay off a debt of a few thousand by making shirts a thousand times more creative than the schools can ever think of, but the schools profiting millions from the physical and mental wear and tear of their players is a-okay.

Unsurprised

God Bless America

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

My sister called the “Calm Down, Get Ahold of Yourself” joke a Family Guy joke instead of an Airplane joke even though she’s seen Airplane. I have to kill her now, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvPugcb7QGE

theeWeeBabySeamus

Affirmative. Death to the infidel.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

In her defense; Family Guy has been on long enough to steal all the jokes.

Unsurprised

But that’s all it’s done since the movies.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

“to steal all the jokes.”

Buddy Cole's Halftime Show

The Day The Internet Broke Buddy

I hit peak OCD today, for about 7 hours all I did was stay on the Internet and check my cell phone in vain for messages that never came.

I can’t keep doing this. It’s becoming torture and my life hasn’t been better for doing so. Obviously, I won’t be able to forego technology completely (my God if I could though…) but man, I have been a worse person since trying to outsource my life onto the Web. As mentioned before, there are few worse feelings than being so profoundly desperate for interaction, you run to the website du jour and make a comment, hoping enough thumbs up give you a hit of a dopamine.

The biggest takeaway from all of this is that it is okay to feel like shit for a little while without actively seeking something to distract you from pain. It’s okay to be alone and not feel a desire to want to share something with someone. It’s okay to just have moments to yourself.

Another problem I have with the Internet is that it has made me borderline neurotic with how I view myself. Reading articles like, “You’re a Shitty Person if you are X, Y, or are not speaking out about Z” actually sometimes convince me I am a shitty person. It’s taken some therapy to even break my thought process on that and that I am not a bad person for trying to get my own shit together. When I feel like I am a shitty person or did something wrong, it cripples me. Everything in my life suffers, and I fall into a tailspin of “you’re not redeemable” thinking.

So yeah, I don’t need to be up on the latest news and views. I don’t need to read the ABSOLUTELY necessary political think-piece. I don’t need to comment on every article and tailor it like I am writing a fucking thesis so it gets plaudits or up-votes. I don’t need anyone’s approval, really.

Time to tap out from being plugged in for 12 straight years and start being an actual human again. This isn’t the end of Buddy at all, but just the end of mindless interactions and hollow relationships at the expense of people in my life.

theeWeeBabySeamus

The absolute worst thing you can do, internet or not, is listen to anyone’s opinion about you who doesn’t know you. X, Y and Z can go suck it. Life doesn’t work that way.

Avoid that stuff, my friend.

I think maybe the OCD-ish/checking phone for msg that never came might not be rooted in internet itself. Which is a good thing, and also very normal.

Getting emotionally caught up, craving contact. It’s normal. Sadly, sometimes it doesn’t turn out as we’d like.

But trust me on these two things…..

You are NOT a shitty person.

…and…

Plenty of folks here love ya.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Seconded. You make people laugh, which is great, but if you’re tired of making people laugh or you’re not hitting the jokes 100%, you’re still great. Some days I just want to do nothing, and that doesn’t make me worthless, it’s often restorative. It’s harder sometimes to resist the siren’s call or trying to impress someone or something.

Redshirt

Any anonymous Internet person that says you’re shit because you do or don’t believe what they believe are shit themselves.

My advise, go to a park with nature trails and reset. If you aren’t healthy enough to hike or walk, get in your car and take a joyride. Ride with no purpose. Just ride to see the scenery.

litre_cola

I agree with Redshirt, just unplug. Fire on some music you listened to during happier times and know that there are corners of the internet that are not full of awful people (here).

Brick Meathook

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ballsofsteelandfury

That’s fucking funny.

King Hippo

Yeah man, we love ya even if not in the mood to make with the funny. Just come in here and yell at clouds if’n you want.

/actually fuck that – no stealing mah bit ,, smgdh

Redshirt

Please don’t take this comment as racist, but why is the BET Awards on half my channels? Are the cable channels suffering from white guilt or something?

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Could be it is the summer TV dry season and award shows are popular.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Is it February again already?

litre_cola

I have decided to take the summer off to help with Decilitre and not not murder anyone. I have 4 days of work left and I cannot even deal with that. I will be seeing parts of your wonderful land that I never thought I would such as Mt. Rushmore (is the cheeto on there yet), Yellowstone etc. I can’t fucking wait to not work for 2 months!! (except the bar, but that doesn’t feel like work)

litre_cola

Yep, due to decilitre I can take leave to care for the lil guy with no pay. I will bartend to keep food on the table but I need a break. As discussed on Slack postal jobs can drive you mad.

theeWeeBabySeamus

…..and not not murder anyone.

Double negative. Message received.
I’ll bring the travel documents and the supplies we talked about.
You dig the holes.

Redshirt

Holes leave evidence like disturbed dirt. A dip into International Waters leaves no evidence and some time left over for fishing.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Pssst, Litre….I’m bringing Redshirt.
Logistics n junk.

litre_cola

Noted. I will order more supplies…..

Shogun Marcus

Meh on Rushmore, but do stop at nearby Crazy Horse. Take a pic with decilitre, then in 18 years see how they’ve both changed.

ballsofsteelandfury

Do people seriously wear shorts to work? WTF?

theeWeeBabySeamus

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litre_cola

WHY DOES SHE NOT WORK FOR ME AT CANADA POST???????

Shogun Marcus

Something something on-time delivery and my package.

JustStopDude

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litre_cola

Oh, I have a lot of these fuckwits that work for me.

Unsurprised

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

I’ve learned that in Boulder, the answer can be yes.

Redshirt

I can wear shorts at my work but I would have to shave my legs to do it. I’m not prepared to do that, and my father has a heart condition so…

Big Black Richard

I have coworkers that wear shorts to work in suburban Portland, yes. For an office job.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

We wouldn’t have to keep buildings at fucking 68 in 100 weather if it was common practice.