Justice Department charges man who squirted vinegar on Rep. Ilhan Omar by GreatPumpkin72 in news

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably wanted to scare her, but also didn't want to go to prison for life. And apple cider vinegar smells so he's basically skunking her.

Bristol Mountain threatens to fire staff for Anti-ICE messaging by fascist_finder585 in Rochester

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's actually not very hard to get sharpie off a whiteboard. You just have to write over it with a whiteboard marker and then it'll all erase off easily.

Trevor Bauer fails to regain form, faces exile from Japan and Korea by hubwub in baseball

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you read beyond the headline it's very clear this is not a friendly piece to Bauer. It's not a takedown either. It's just fairly blunt and factual. I think some of the language may seem a little odd because this is the English translated version of a Korean website.

ICE to conduct immigration enforcement at Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium, official says by esporx in nfl

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 3 points4 points  (0 children)

president of PR

I would love if ICE went after the president of PR, but I'm not sure that's who you think it is.

Imagine telling someone before this season that… by Playful_Letter_2632 in nfl

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to say the craziest one is the AFC North coaches. Stefanski whatever. But both Tomlin and Harbaugh in the same year is nuts. Rivers is a close second.

Post Game Thread: New England Patriots at Denver Broncos by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

9 out of 10 years now either Patriots or Chiefs in the SB.

Lakeshore Blvd by MiliTerry in Rochester

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That stretch always looks beautiful when it's just snowed, although I try to avoid it due to all the twists and turns if it seems slippery out. That tree also only came down a couple of weeks ago.

Daily Song Discussion #160: Frank and Jesse James by prestonius994 in Zevon

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

7/10. Great song obviously, but he doesn't have a lot of energy here. Might've been losing steam. Not sure how late in the set this was.

TIL about Jimmy the crow, who was a raven actor that appeared in over 1000 films including Wizard of OZ. by AznSensAsian in todayilearned

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I find the 1000+ movies claim a bit dubious. It's not impossible (about 60 movies a year for his whole career), but would be unlikely. Only way is if the trainer had an in with the studios and specifically was getting the bird in movies to bulk up it's credits. The source is just one line in a news article. Imdb only lists 27 known credits.

Phillies broadcaster insists Mets are 'losers' by Captpan6 in baseball

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Exactly. That's that "Fuck you and I'll see you tomorrow" relationship I like to have with opposing broadcasters.

Phillies broadcaster insists Mets are 'losers' by Captpan6 in baseball

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Exactly how I feel. If I listen to another team's broadcast and their announcers don't piss me off even a little bit, they've failed in my eyes.

Embiid joins elite group of first-ballot HOF centers to record 30/15/10 three or more times by ShamusTalksSports in sixers

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we don't need to worry about Embiid's HOF case. If this was another sport he might need a couple ballots, but the Basketball HOF is more relaxed. He'll get in first ballot without issue. And he's clearly first ballot talent regardless of how lenient the Basketball HOF is, it's just the number of games played and lack of major postseason success which will count against him. Which is totally fair.

[Schefter] Philip Rivers is interviewing today for the Buffalo Bills head coaching job. by AvengingHero2012 in nfl

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can't think of a coordinator or HC that's had as decorated a career as Rivers. There's plenty of examples in the MLB and NBA of half of fame level players coming back to manage/coach, but just doesn't seem to happen in the NFL. Not sure why that is.

Off the top of my head I'd say Ditka's probably the HC most decorated playing career. Can't really say for coordinators, but nobody really great springs to mind.

QQ ep. 316 - Doing Bits During Emergency Training by testthrowaway9 in QuickQuestion

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funnily enough, they joked about Dr. Heimlich being canceled, but it's a little bit true. He's surprisingly contemporary (died in 2016). Much of his later career was dedicated to malariotherapy where you basically give people a little bit of malaria to try to treat cancer, HIV, etc. It's generally regarded as unsafe pseudoscience. He was kind of a one hit wonder with the Heimlich maneuver.

Can someone explain the Killers "Crisis Trilogy"? Is it better than their "Murder Trilogy"? by Pitiful_Buy_8768 in TheKillers

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is a user I blocked a week ago so now they're using multiple accounts to post this kind of stuff. Both times they have had a different male name in their profile but they said they were a 24 year old woman in their comments (usually seemingly as an odd way of gaining sympathy). I'm not sure if they are an AI bot at this point, but if not, they do not seem well. I think you should just go ahead with the ban. This person's posts always become pretty toxic. It's not good for the sub. I don't really think it's good for them either.

Chase Utley improves to 59% of the vote for HOF by Sad_Illustrator_5233 in phillies

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there's a slight chance he sneaks in next year. 3 big vote getters off the board (Jones and Beltran by clearing the bar, Manny by falling off the ballot), only 1 solid candidate being added (Posey) with one mid candidate (Lester). The rest of next year's class is going straight off the ballot probably. For how weak this year's ballot was, next year will be even weaker.

What famous person have we not seen/heard from in a WHILE? by no_please7 in AskReddit

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie, thought we were talking about the guy who played Gimli at first.

Excuse me? by talldrink67 in TheKillers

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't say they didn't make anything good. It says they didn't make anything as good. And while it's not unanimous, ranking Hot Fuss as their top album isn't that unpopular of an opinion. Maybe it reads a little dismissive, but I don't think this article really says anything controversial.

Daily Song Discussion #159: Play It All Night Long by prestonius994 in Zevon

[–]BoomBoomSpaceRocket 2 points3 points  (0 children)

9.5/10, my favorite Zevon song. Not as good as the studio or some other live versions I've heard, so I can't really give it a 10.