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am I reading the FB post right that Landbeck was in a bad car accident? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 16:43 2
- here's the post. The site his daughter links says that he's stable but will need surgery. -- (link*) - prayformojo Jun 23, 16:47
- yikes. Hoping for the best. -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 16:45
former Colts Punter Pat Macafee has hired wrestling legend Rip Rogers to train him in his quest to make the WWE roster -- nm - Remlik Jun 23, 16:38
There's always shrieks coming from the ground floor when a YouTube celeb crashes the crowd, but the roar I'm hearing right now has me concerned - Mop Jun 23, 16:33 7
- Im asking myself who could be causing this commotion and the answer is surely... - Mop Jun 23, 16:34 3 1
  - It's either him or Phil DeFranco and PhillyD wouldn't do this kind of thing. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 16:37
  - 🙄 -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 16:35
  - I have watched about 2 hours of his stuff since you told me about him Monday -- nm - Bacon Jun 23, 16:35
- I am on the 1st floor right now, if I can get passed these autograph seekers I will come up and see you -- nm - Bacon Jun 23, 16:34 2
  - Dammit girls in slinky shirts and short-shorts! Get out of the way! -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 16:36 1
    - I saw that in Portland all day today. It was hot and so the clothes were skimpy -- nm - Bacon Jun 23, 16:36
They're evacuating towers in London now because of the cladding. -- (link) - Mop Jun 23, 16:29 1
- Just make sure the fire alarms work, and don't tell people to just sit there when they do go off -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 17:51
Huh. Don't expect to see the COO of MTV on a panel debating vertical video. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 16:15 2
- There's no debate. Don't do it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 23, 16:21 1
  - Vertical video is clearly the devil but I think the point here is that the medium is the message - Mop Jun 23, 16:25
"It's great to be back here in the wonderful city of Chicago and its great fans." "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 16:11 1
- If you listen carefully, you can hear them oscillating. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 16:15
"I am beautiful, no matter what they say" -- nm - Amoxy Jun 23, 15:59 2
- Gary Bettman? - Reagen Jun 23, 16:09 1
  - Spoilers - Beryllium Jun 23, 16:14
Looks like I'm going to lose my youngest cat (10 years old) - Covington Jun 23, 15:48 [flickr] 11
- She's beautiful. I am so, so sorry. -- nm - David's iPad Jun 23, 16:40
- That's a shame, very sorry to hear that. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 23, 16:20
- 😥 Good thoughts for Jennifer. -- nm - Krusty Jun 23, 16:20
- Aw, she has the look of my Mojo only with shorter fur. So sorry to hear the news :( -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 16:14 2
  - She's sitting on the duck table. The pot on the left is a reproduction of a pot found at the Hopewell Mounds near Chillicothe OH. -- (link*) - Covington Jun 23, 16:23 [Image] 1
    - Oh, that's impressive. I'm not really familiar with eastern pottery. I'm all about Anasazi black on white. -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 17:17
- My thoughts are with you, and Jennifer. -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 16:07
- So sorry. :( very beautiful cat -- nm - Amoxy Jun 23, 16:01
- pretty girl. I'm sorry to hear this. -- nm - kelly Jun 23, 16:01
- :( -- nm - budice Jun 23, 15:58
- aww :( -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:53
Big Papi number retired in Beantown tonite -- nm - budice Jun 23, 15:42
heh, coworker is offering travel advice ... recommends using local airlines, like Vanilla Air and Ryanair -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:37 2
- wtf? -- nm - Chocolate Air Jun 23, 15:38 1
  - yarly -- nm - Ryanicecream Jun 23, 15:38
Caps resign TJ Oshie for 8 yrs. Fossils have been found younger than him. -- nm - budice Jun 23, 14:57 1
- He's 8 months older than Crosby. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 15:43
Hello, metaphor for 2017. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:56 4
- You remember last year's theme? It seemed everyone was dying. Now it appears they were the lucky ones. -- nm - GregW Jun 23, 15:07 2
  - I checked, I couldn't see the smoke cloud from my house, but it's still fairly close -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:12 1
    - #Fakenews -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 15:38
- pff, just poke it out to sea! -- nm - Max Jun 23, 14:58
Here’s Your Guide to the Very Complicated Mythology of the Transformers Universe (i post because I know you care) -- (link) - crash davis Jun 23, 14:53
Blake Griffin opts out, now UFA -- nm - budice Jun 23, 14:52 1
- So he's not gonna be a judge on the Voice any more? -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 16:22
As far as I can tell, the only way this bill reduces premiums is because it allows insurance companies to cover less. So you get less coverage for - GregW Jun 23, 14:47
When it says explicit, it means explicit, but this is funny enough that I think I missed out by skipping Step Brothers. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:42 [youtube] 2
- So great. They got another movie out next year: Holmes and Watson. -- nm - budice Jun 23, 14:48
- I thought Step Brothers was great. -- nm - pmb Jun 23, 14:46
So thanks to delayed printing/mailing there's still occasionally the surprise of getting tickets in the mail. Blondie/Garbage and my FYF wristband -- (edited) - JD Jun 23, 14:41
How about this: If good sportsmanship improves it, it's a sport. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:26 2
- Sex is a sport. -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 14:32 1
  - I've been warming up for years! -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 14:37
LSU baseball is just a tough out... - budice Jun 23, 14:14 2
- They always have been. Seems they are in the CWS every year. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 14:37
- Lange got game -- nm - budice Jun 23, 14:27
Current Senate Healthcare tally: Word is there are already 5 R No's. They can only afford 2. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 23, 14:04 4
- Four of those no votes are almost certain yes votes -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 14:05 3
  - Yeah. I expect Paul to be the only real no. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Jun 23, 14:27 1
    - Paul wouldn't kill it. If 2 'moderates' are voting no, he goes yes -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 14:33
  - definitely maybe -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 14:09
College World Series: it's Oregon State against LSU again. Beavers need 1 win to advance. Tigers have to win twice. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:50 2
- LSU gettin er done -- nm - budice Jun 23, 14:00 1
  - You saw something truly historic today. - Mop Jun 23, 15:31
Ultraviolet Movie Trade announcement: - David Jun 23, 13:43 4
- Power Rangers is good -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 15:29
- In that he totally slam dunked on you? Yeah. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 13:50
- dammit! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 13:49 1
  - Don't worry. The Power Rangers all have high ceilings, as long they recover from their torn ACLs. - David Jun 23, 14:34
A couple Pokemon Go gym/raid changes. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 23, 13:25 4
- i got a Free Raid Pass at lunch, i have no idea what that means. :) -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 13:28 3
  - It means that you can do a raid when one appears. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 23, 14:00
  - also - so no matter how long you are there, if you just time-out and fade off, no coins? -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 13:29 1
    - Right, you need to be kicked out. - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 23, 13:57
Wonder Woman suffered from a minor case of DC-itis but overall was very very good -- A- to A. (Spoils - Will Hunting Jun 23, 13:19 8
- One think about WW that bothered me (spoilers) - Mop Jun 23, 13:24 1
  - Spoilers - Beryllium Jun 23, 13:48
- Wonder Woman spoilers - David Jun 23, 13:22 3
  - Spoilers - kelly Jun 23, 13:32 1
    - Spoilers - Beryllium Jun 23, 13:47
  - spoils - thewrongelement, bad guy Jun 23, 13:31
- what I read: DC-tits -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 13:22 1
  - It had that too. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:23
agree or disagree, games vs sports: "if there's no physical risk, it's not real, and if it's not real, it's not a sport. It's a game." -- nm - Max Jun 23, 12:56 65
- Any games rules can be modified to have a physically demanding component. Does Risk with shots on every loss suddenly become a sport? -- nm - con_carne Jun 23, 14:08
- disagree, because it is silly...basketball when it had lace up balls emphasized passing not dribbling, it was a low speed & barring freak accidents - crash davis Jun 23, 13:21 1
  - Well, when it was invented, it was played by bored Midwest white kids cause it was too cold to go outside -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 13:27
- There's certain types of car racing that are clearly physically demanding. But what about drag racing? Street racing? -- (edited) - Mop Jun 23, 13:17 8
  - Robot Wars? -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:17 7
    - At what point does the cerebral no longer make it a "sport"? Jeopardy? Wheel of Fortune? - Mop Jun 23, 13:20 6
      - World series of Poker -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 13:51
      - it's not a sport when you have to say things? :) -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 13:23 2
        
        Omaha! Omaha! Omaha! -- nm - Peyton Jun 23, 13:27
        
        GET IN THE HOLE! - Mop Jun 23, 13:25
      - I'm just thinking Jeopardy is an e-sport where the controller has one button. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:22
      - what about the involuntary luge? -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 13:21
- Venn Diagram Man would say there's a huge overlap between "games" and "sports", with some intersections with - TWuG Jun 23, 13:12
- Disagree that it's specifically about risk, but that it must have a physical quality to it, definitely. -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 13:07 3
  - I will say that I felt more exhausted after chess tournaments than some of my soccer games, because of the concentration involved. -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:08 2
    - I'm not making the distinction to try and trivialize games, by any means. - znufrii Jun 23, 13:10 1
      - I was just curious to see ST thoughts. I'm coming down to: "The only time the distinction matters is when you're shelving topics in a library." - Max Jun 23, 13:12
- Disagree. Physical risk isn't the point of sport. Some sports have lots of risk (football, boxing), others have next to none (not just sports like - Roger More Jun 23, 13:05 5
  - that is a good point but I wouldn't use archery as a next to none example when you compete against some of the guys in the darts thread -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 13:29 4
    - Well, the risk there is to spectators, not to the player. -- nm - Roger More Jun 23, 13:31 3
      - in an archery match, people are lined up side by side - if Max can hit the ceiling with a dart, he can shoot a fellow competitor - crash davis Jun 23, 13:34 2
        
        *walking swiftly out of the building with a frame around my leg while flames erupt from the gallery windows* -- nm - 5 minutes later Jun 23, 13:36 1
        
        dang, and I actually liked that particular gallery -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 13:40
- Disagree. I'd say the differentiation is whether there is organized competition. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 13:02 4
  - Spelling bees have organized competitions -- nm - decline Jun 23, 13:04 3
    - Yes, they do. And they're televised on The Worldwide Leader in Sports. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 13:10
    - Spelling and geography bees are televised. -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:08
    - sticks and stones -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:04
- Is there a physical risk in darts? - Spawn Jun 23, 12:58 8
  - judging by the answers, via Max's statement metal tip darts are a sport and soft tip darts are a game -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 13:23
  - I had a dart go through the meaty part of my hand between my thumb and index finger when I was in grade school - oblique Jun 23, 13:17
  - I have a friend that lost his eye when a dart bounced off the metal on the board. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 23, 13:09 4
    - Jesus! That's horrible! -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:13 3
      - He still played darts for years after it happened. He just made sure to stay behind the line at all times. -- nm - Krusty Jun 23, 13:28
      - Wait, wait, before we get there... did the dart move around as he was looking around the room? -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:16 1
        
        Hahaha! - Krusty Jun 23, 13:27
  - I have been known to hit the ceiling with a dart I intended to through straight at the board. -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:01
- Is there physical risk in golf? - David Jun 23, 12:58 27
  - Yes, in the sense of the repetitive toll it takes on the body to execute swings with the level of precision necessary. -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 13:09 8
    - The same is true of people playing videogames. -- nm - David Jun 23, 13:12 5
      - That's just poor ergonomic interface design. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 23, 13:14 4
        
        Any action that requires repeated replication of the same movement will take a toll on the body. - David Jun 23, 13:19 3
        
        "Time to raise my APM!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 15:10
        
        Which is why I'm arguing that risk does not, in and of itself, make it a sport. -- (edited) - znufrii Jun 23, 13:27
        
        see: groiny's groin -- nm - oblique Jun 23, 13:20
    - Shoulder and back pain = sports. Wrist and thumb pain = not sports? -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:12 1
      - Ditto my response to David. -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 13:16
  - Getting run over by Trump in his golfcart -- nm - Amoxy Jun 23, 13:08
  - The guy talking metrics yesterday have a story about a presentation he made a Goldman Sachs. - Mop Jun 23, 13:03 4
    - What surprised me was, there are multi million dollar prizes for video game competition -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 13:24 2
      - My boy is gonna help me retire! -- nm - Mop Jun 23, 13:26 1
        
        NFL first round draft level money -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 23, 13:29
    - Exactly. -- nm - David Jun 23, 13:12
  - argue chess and poker. -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:02 2
    - lots of great movies about physical risk involved in poker :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 23, 13:37
    - Competitive games. Not sport. -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 13:05
  - Tiger Woods if you are a cute blonde -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 12:59
  - lightning strikes -- nm - decline Jun 23, 12:59 5
    - You've been watching too much Caddyshack. -- nm - David Jun 23, 13:01 1
      - Rat farts. -- nm - Shardik the Baron Jun 23, 13:13
    - that's a risk if i'm, like, playing scrabble by the pool. -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 13:00 2
      - Everyone stay away from Andie's pool! -- nm - Max Jun 23, 13:01
      - so scrabble is a sport too! -- nm - decline Jun 23, 13:01
  - water hazard alligators -- nm - Epiphany Jun 23, 12:58
  - whoa -- nm - Spawn Jun 23, 12:58
23 days until Game of Thrones -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 12:55

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