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Good news UCLA no longer has to deal with LaVar Ball he just removed his kid from school -- (link) - eag Dec 4, 13:05 3
- "I'm going to make him way better for the draft that UCLA ever could have," he said. Hahahahahahahaha! - Krusty Dec 4, 13:09
- What is he going to do? Wait until the draft and try to auction his son, to the highest bidder, after his kid goes undrafted. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 13:09 1
  - Right? I can't see any major school wanting him now and without playing for a year or more he'll be a low pick if he's picked at all. -- nm - Krusty Dec 4, 13:10
Lavar Ball has pulled his criminal son out of UCLA. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Dec 4, 13:05
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - Rian Johnson's on-set photo gallery -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 13:00 [youtube]
“It’s not the fault of the rich that Reps are so bad at representing the poor and middle class...they’re just doing what they think is best for their states.” -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 4, 12:47 3
- They're just doing what they think is best for their pimps...er...donors. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 12:54
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  - Apart from the fact that it very much is their fault, I agree. -- nm - znufrii Dec 4, 13:00
Gronk is a meathead idiot, who could have thunk? -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 12:46 4
- Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski will appeal his one-game suspension, per source. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:54
- IMO: He's more intelligent than he wants you to think. - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:47 2
  - I think he has self-awareness of who/what he is and knows how to market it, but that doesn't make him not an idiot. - ty97 Dec 4, 13:06
  - I've thought so, too; but I see less of him/mostly in non-game contexts, than y'all do. -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:58
MNF doesn't start till 9:15? That some boolsheet - Reagen Dec 4, 12:44 2
- About that Time Zone change. Remember being in NY and noticing the early Sunday games don't start until 1pm. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:45 1
  - Yeah, but we get college football until 1am, which you can't beat -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 12:53
SCOTUS: Oral arguments transcript on the NJ Sports Betting case from earlier. -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 12:43
I swear I think Yahoo goes back in and edits their draft day projections so they don't look like complete fools. - crash davis Dec 4, 12:27 31
- The scoring we use for Vampirates I think needs tweaking--3 of the top scoring "players" are defenses. Chargers D has been more valuable than Kamara. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:33 23
  - If anything, we're more likely to skew it more toward defense. -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:51 5
    - I like David today. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 13:06
    - Im not understanding...why? if a D can outscore the top WR or top RB, is that good? -- (edited) - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:56
    - Well, technically, "put a proposal up for vote next year", but, yeah. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:52 2
      - Voting? Cute. -- nm - spamlet Dec 4, 12:57 1
        
        Electoral College? WTF!?! -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 13:03
  - for the week maybe, the top twenty or so scoring players for the season will all be QBs -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:38 13
    - Top RB for the year--Gurley with 212.20 points--Jags D--226pts -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:42 9
      - but look at the rest of the Ds after you get past the top 2, there is a dramatic fall off. Jacksonville is having an anomaly of a year -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:44 8
        
        Yep--And, that's the point. 12 team league--everyone has to have a D. Top D scores more than 100points than the #12 ranked D. No other position has - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:52 7
        
        It is an anomaly. Same thing happened in QB when Brady threw 50 TDs and then when Peyton went nuts a few years ago. It happens. - crash davis Dec 4, 13:01 2
        
        There are 5 teams outscoring Antonio Brown...how is that an anomaly? -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 13:05 1
        
        But did they last year? Antonio depends on Roethlisberger who has been way more inconsistent this season than he has been in the past. -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 13:07
        
        Choose wisely. It also makes it so D isn't the second to last pick automatically - spamlet Dec 4, 12:58 3
        
        if you can get 25, every week from your D, and average 110 points overall, how are people not trading or keeping Ds like crazy -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 13:02
        
        But also, I am in 2nd place in Astronauts. I started with Arizona, then Jets, then NE, then GB and then Philly. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 13:02 1
        
        I can't access Yahoo right now at work. Who has Jacksonville? -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 13:05
    - I was talking for the year--top Ds are #13, #14, and I think #20, in scoring, for the year. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:40 2
      - Are you searching "All Players" or "All Available Players"? In Astros the top player is Russell Wilson with 312 pts. Top D is Jax with 226 pts -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:43 1
        
        Yep--Top QBs for most of the top 20...Jax at 226, Bal 214, LAC 194. Antonio Brown the top WR at 169. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:54
  - Yeah, you're going to lose that battle. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:37
  - Working as intended. -- nm - Butterbaron Dec 4, 12:35
  - Welcome... to Blood Feud. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:34
- well, the ML Memorial League draft day projections are still the same because I remember they projected Spawn to go 14-0 -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:29 4
  - And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:30 3
    - I am leading the league in points. So they got that part right. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:32 2
      - Good luck. Wish I could've rematched with you in the Playoffs. - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:37 1
        
        Agreed (on all points,including good luck). -- nm* - Spawn Dec 4, 12:38
- You may be right, "Draft recaps are still being processed for this league. Please check back soon. (Error #886)" -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:29 1
  - maybe I'm just misremembering as they still have the projection in PPR where they said I'd go 3-10 and finish last -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:31
In addition to the Seahawks win, yesterday was Seahawks Alumni day: Lynch 101yd Rush 1 TD, Tate 69yds/8Rec, A Collins 75 Rush/2 TDs, Kearse 157yd Rec -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:25
Gronk suspended 1 game. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 4, 12:24 19
- This is going to screw me in fantasy football, but it's the right call. -- nm - David Dec 4, 12:52 2
  - ::rubs hands together:: -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:54
  - Agreed. -- nm - Inigo Dec 4, 12:54
- That's really going to screw some FF Playoff games. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:43 1
  - yah, rob, think of the ff players next time! -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:44
- What happened in the Ravens/Dolphins game? (Didn't Miami play Denver yesterday?) -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:35 5
  - the nasty hit on flacco in october. nm but: -- (link*) - b. Dec 4, 12:38 [Backboard] 4
    - Then there was other stuff, mostly from Suh. - the wrong element, bad guy Dec 4, 12:51 1
      - I remember he was mad and acting out about it, but missed that. ugh. -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:57
    - He was fined 9K. Deemed not malicious and hit with his shoulder. -- (link) - GregW Dec 4, 12:45 1
      - I'd say that was a bit different than Gronk's frustration pounce. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 4, 12:59
- that's bullshit. -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 12:30
- ugh, I haven't yet bb'd and hadn't heard about it otherwise. wtheck wasn't he tossed? (I know, no surprise really, just ugh.) good on bellichek for - b. Dec 4, 12:29 5
  - and I just saw he's going to appeal. -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:37 4
    - If he loses the appeal, can they up it to 2 games? -- nm - Butterbaron Dec 4, 12:40 1
      - Correction: WHEN he loses the appeal. -- nm - Butterbaron Dec 4, 12:49
    - It's about a $500K loss if he's suspended. If he's fined, it would be a lot less. I agree...should be at least 2 considering the concussion. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:39 1
      - fwiw, I don't think it should be based on actual injury, it should be based on the potential injury for an illegal hit. -- nm - b. Dec 4, 12:42
- Here's the memo -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 12:26
Dawson, where are you? -- (link) - decline Dec 4, 12:23 6
- That's a harder get than Hamilton -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 13:30
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  - I just got to your bb post - congratulations! -- nm - b. Dec 4, 13:01
  - fancy-pants -- nm - decline Dec 4, 12:58
  - Scalp those. - Spawn Dec 4, 12:55 1
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Quiz: Name the top 10 US cities with the highest avg rental price on a 1-bedroom apartment. -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 12:07 23
- Seattle -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:34 1
  - Mentioned already, while I know san fran is expensive, I figured rent control would have kept average lower -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:40
- #7 Oakland $2060, #10 Honolulu $1700 -- (link) - budice Dec 4, 12:28
- is everything in texas inexp? austin? -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 12:15 5
  - pretty much is compared to other places -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 12:43
  - oh, houston maybe? post floods? -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 12:18 2
    - Houston #23 $1260 -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:20
    - or california wine country cities, maybe, post fires? -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 12:18
  - Austin #30 $1150 -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 12:18
- #7 and #10 still not mentioned. #10 is tricky. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:15 1
  - Boulder? -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:26
- San Jose -- nm - CQ Dec 4, 12:12 1
  - San Jose #3 $2400 -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:13
- boston? -- nm - amanda jones state university Dec 4, 12:09 1
  - already mentioned -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:14
- Tokyo -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:09 1
  - US, but I clarified -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:14
- U.S. cities? San Francisco; New York; Washington, DC; Portland, OR; Seattle; uhhhhhmmmm ... Los Angeles? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 12:08 1
  - DC #4 $2330, Seattle #8 $1840, LA #6 $2200 -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 12:12
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  - Miami #9 $1750, Boston #5 $2250, Chicago #12 $1530, Philly #15 $1410 -- nm* - budice Dec 4, 12:11
- NY, SF -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 12:08 1
  - #2 and #1. $2900 and $3390 respectively. -- nm - budice Dec 4, 12:09
Tweets of moral outrage tend to bounce around within their same ideological bubbles. - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 12:06 43
- I'd like to see it beyond those three topics, especially in the past several months (the study was published in june) - I think there's been more - b. Dec 4, 12:49
- This is amazing. Thanks for posting. I'm adding this to some work materials I use. -- nm - Name Withheld by Request Dec 4, 12:13 5
  - I'm taking the PNAS paper home with me to read. - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 12:36 4
    - Is there a way around the paywall? - spamlet Dec 4, 12:50 3
      - If b.'s link doesn't work, let me try something ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 13:03
      - see if this works for you. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 4, 12:56 1
        
        here's a pdf nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 4, 13:05
- Seeing Patton Oswalt do battle with Trumpers leads me to believe that is incorrect. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:12 5
  - But I have seen many tweets/clickbait articles along the lines of "look at this great thing Patton Oswalt said, how profound" - Roger More Dec 4, 12:16
  - My anecdotal evidence trumps data! is a terrible argument. - spamlet Dec 4, 12:14 3
    - I did not say it *is* incorrect, silly. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:16 2
      - "Seeing Patton Oswalt do battle with Trumpers leads me to believe that is incorrect." - spamlet Dec 4, 12:48 1
        
        Leads me to it, but does not get me there! -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:50
- It's true--Which is why I voted for Bery to open up ST to others. Some new blood would liven this place up. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:12
- TWEET OF MORAL OUTRAGE should be added to our repertoire of things to post in an argument. -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:11 6
  - LINKING OF YOUR TWEET 3 YEARS AGO -- nm - Max Dec 4, 12:12 5
    - CLAIMS THE ACCOUNT WAS HACKED -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:14 4
      - RETORT -- nm - con_carne Dec 4, 12:16 3
        
        KID YOUR FACE IS RETORT -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:17 2
        
        QUESTIONING OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 12:35 1
        
        According to the ancient law of Internet, YOU ARE LIKE HITLER, should have been invoked by now. -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:42
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  - Honestly I think the creation of Fox news (followed by MSNBC) created an atmosphere of people looking for confirmation of beliefs rather than - pmb Dec 4, 12:14 20
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    - 100 years ago most cities had a dozen newspapers and you could subscribe to your own political beliefs the same way -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:44
    - L4. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:41 9
      - Solid argument. Well stated. -- nm - pmb Dec 4, 12:57 8
        
        "For most people it's much more satisfying to have people agree with you than challenge you" - Strongbad Dec 4, 13:02 4
        
        Actually I think this behavior is much more limited on ST than other places. - pmb Dec 4, 13:12 2
        
        Okay. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 13:20
        
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        Don't mind me, I'm by far one of the most intellectual lazy here. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 13:00 1
        
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    - It may have amplified things, but it's probably just basic human instinct that we want to avoid direct challenge on this type of thought. - Name Withheld by Request Dec 4, 12:21 7
      - Humans have always had mythology and belief. You can subject someone to all the empirical evidence you have. In the end, most people will couch that -- (edited) - con_carne Dec 4, 12:39 1
        
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      - Sure, and I think too that many people are more challenged on an everyday basis today than they were in previous generations. - Roger More Dec 4, 12:29
      - It introduced the idea, I think, that you could actively choose to consume ideas that reinforced your own views, instead of only being able to try to -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 4, 12:26 2
        
        ...trying...not to...reply. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 4, 12:56 1
        
        Please do, I’m curious as to your thoughts. - znufrii Dec 4, 12:59
      - I agree, I just don't think the forums were as easily available. So the result was more balanced information that people saw. On a personal level - pmb Dec 4, 12:24
I think tonight might be the most important MNF game of the year, as so much of the FF playoff seeding will depend on tonight's points -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:02 6
- I don't even know who is playing. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 12:08 2
  - I believe it is Pittsburgh and Cincinnati -- nm - crash davis Dec 4, 12:11 1
    - Mixon is getting very good, all of a sudden. Dalton, is a straight-up coward. Watch him tonight: Afraid of contact, ditches the ball a lot, and - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:16
- Gronk being a dirty a*hole will probably have a deep impact on my Vampirates team. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:06 2
  - he needs at least a 3 game suspension -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 12:07 1
    - It's true (he'll probably get 2 games +1 doghouse game, as The Hoodie is PISSED)--which, of course, is the entire FF playoffs. -- nm - Flavorize Dec 4, 12:11
"Well, okay, does anyone have an idea of what *part* of space we're in?" "Outer?" -- nm - Max Dec 4, 11:58 1
- Iirc, we are about 40% out an arm of the milky way -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:38
*rabble rabble... rabble rabble* -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 11:57 1
- You've torn your dress -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 4, 12:48

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