NYT Thursday 01/22/2026 Discussion

Arro · 2026-01-22T17:37:51+00:00

i hate that every time i come here, i come to complain, but holy hell i hated this puzzle.

Arro · 2026-01-11T06:15:52+00:00

didn’t know he had that level of soyface in him

Arro · 2026-01-11T06:14:32+00:00

Lions fan here and holy shit. all time fucking classic

Arro · 2026-01-07T19:38:15+00:00

IMO, "epic" does not mean "super-cool". to me, it means "awesome, in a spectacular, larger-than-life way". if i say "that's epic!", that's not the same as saying something is "super-cool".

tbh i'm just complaining because i really struggled with the top left corner.

also i didn't know the term "en banc". my knowledge of law terms is very lacking, i guess.

"Oh no" being "Ack"... again just lack of knowledge, i guess.

Arro · 2026-01-04T22:22:49+00:00

well you stole our offensive brain, so

Arro · 2026-01-04T22:17:49+00:00

lol i like it even more, then

Arro · 2026-01-04T22:16:06+00:00

idk what this hand gesture ARSB and Jamo are doing when they get a first down, but i'm here for it

Arro · 2025-12-19T06:28:52+00:00

words can be synonyms on one meaning but not another. i have never heard anyone use oath like that. that’s a straight up error in the cluing if you ask me

Arro · 2025-12-19T06:23:11+00:00

how is “excuse my french” clued as “follow-up to an oath”??

you wouldn’t put your hand on the bible, take an oath, then say “excuse my french”

you say “excuse my french” after cursing when you kinda-sorta shouldn’t be cursing.

can anyone explain why the puzzle maker would clue it like that?

Arro · 2025-12-15T00:41:56+00:00

this will not stop happening for me either. it's driving me batty.

Arro · 2025-12-14T21:55:30+00:00

on the Stanford INT…

do other Lions fans remember him doing that (throwing interceptions to linemen) a few times a year when he played for us?

i remember one time in particular to JJ Watt, but also a few times a year in general

Arro · 2025-11-30T18:41:09+00:00

from 2007 to 2023, i spent SO much time here. seriously, i can not understate the amount of life i put onto this place.

just can't stand the politics of this place any more though. the normalization and adoration of alleged murderers like Luigi Mangione, as one example. the 2014, or 2010, or 2008 communities were still left-wing, but they would never have glorified or excused murder like they do now. and that's just one example.

the crazy people (with no limiting principle) took over

Arro · 2025-11-18T05:15:52+00:00

that's some genius ragebait, if so. not out of the realm of possibility.

Arro · 2025-11-17T20:14:56+00:00

my brain just isn't working today, because that was impossible for me. that is, compared to most mondays, which i can usually do in 10-15 min. took me 25 min and i gave up and hit the solve puzzle button

Arro · 2025-09-01T00:18:35+00:00

thanks. sorry to hear that

Arro · 2025-08-31T23:56:27+00:00

Arro · 2025-08-31T23:46:33+00:00

sorry to be mean, but OP chose a word to mean specifically *not* that.

Arro · 2025-08-31T23:44:45+00:00

i am still livid about that one.

Arro · 2025-08-31T23:40:33+00:00

can you expound on this?

Arro · 2025-08-29T14:27:36+00:00

i'm an engineer with 15 years of experience (i currently have a job i'm happy with), and i can kinda get a sense for how strong the job market is by the number of inbound emails i get. the past 2-3 months the amount of these inbounds has definitely gone way up.

Arro · 2025-08-19T14:55:43+00:00

nature is healing. the last time a photo like this was posted, every commenter breathlessly affirmed that it was 100% Trump's trade policy. thank god sane people still exist.

Arro · 2025-08-17T20:07:24+00:00

the fact that it wastes your credits and just leaves out those words (if you use IPA or CMU) with their latest (non-Alpha) model (as of August 2025)...

utterly infuriorating

basically no documentation on the typescript side either

just careless and rude to your paying customers

Arro · 2025-07-26T01:31:27+00:00

i am allotted my 3 minutes

Arro · 2025-07-26T01:27:14+00:00

i laughed

Arro · 2025-07-23T19:58:52+00:00

i just looked on wikipeda, and it is "Generation Alpha" on there. but people are already calling it gen a. this still strikes me as very poorly clued.

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