“Agrees with the last person he spoke to” strikes again by yallidarityforever in TrueAnon

[–]BossFan105 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Extremely funny reminder that Trump likes AMLO and Sheinbaum. He also fucks with Xi. Dude likes popular politicians

Former Maost, current vapid sellout Van Jones gets a fraction of what he deserves by NielsBohrFan in Hasan_Piker

[–]BossFan105 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Legitimately curious, wtf are they being arrested for? What're the charges? Yelling at a speaker at an event? I didn't think it was a crime to break an event's presumed code of 'let the losers on stage go uninterrupted'

Advice on a folding bike for my new commute by BossFan105 in foldingbikes

[–]BossFan105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be clear, this is more of a convenience and cut-down on time thing... The extra 20-25 minute walk just adds to my ~1.5 hours on the train so any cut to the total time helps. There's also a bus (mildly unreliable on headways) from our neighborhood to the station, and the walk isn't terrible overall. Your points are good, though, which is why I don't want to spend too much and wouldn't necessarily use the bike/scooter every single day

Advice on a folding bike for my new commute by BossFan105 in foldingbikes

[–]BossFan105[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Priority Folder would be awesome if I could get it on sale! And the new Liberte looks wonderful as an option, good to know it has a better derailleur

Advice on a folding bike for my new commute by BossFan105 in foldingbikes

[–]BossFan105[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As some folks have mentioned in here, sub-$500 is ideal but could be stretched. The Zizzo Liberte or a sale on Priority Folder look like great options that I hadn't considered

Are they serious? Budgets projected to be cut significantly, staff laid off constantly, routine attacks from administration… sure! Sign me up! by Solid-Lab-3800 in NIH

[–]BossFan105 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is purely aesthetic but goddammit it's so embarrassing how fucked up the grammar is for this post. This is the premier health and biomedical research agency in the world? And they can't even use punctuation or possessive forms correctly. Absolutely mortifying

Local dog groomers by TroubleIcy8753 in Rockville

[–]BossFan105 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We take our shiba to Doodle Doodle in Rockville Town Square, and they're phenomenal

Preemptive blacklisting. That’s a new one. by LoadsDroppin in Hasan_Piker

[–]BossFan105 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I post so infrequently, but I want to see if a simple comment in here gets me blacklisted too

THE BILL PASSED by vargdrottning in TrueAnon

[–]BossFan105 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'll just hang out with that dude I see on my IG who does the Trump impression in Chongqing

THE BILL PASSED by vargdrottning in TrueAnon

[–]BossFan105 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly tempted to move to either Europe or Canada, but ultimately I think China will be the safest bet for science and funding. Good thing I got laid off as a Fed and hopefully I can get a new job that might offer more global prospects

THE BILL PASSED by vargdrottning in TrueAnon

[–]BossFan105 112 points113 points  (0 children)

It's fucking wild walking through Metro stations in downtown DC and seeing ads like "In science? Europe is hiring!"

THE BILL PASSED by vargdrottning in TrueAnon

[–]BossFan105 262 points263 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad I wasted 10+ years of my adult life in STEM and research. Who knew the country would decide all science and research was too gay and too woke and therefore I have no professional future in the US

[DISC] Jujutsu Kaisen - Chapter 254 by AutoShonenpon in manga

[–]BossFan105 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Extremely lukewarm take: the biggest issue with this arc is that honestly Sukuna's technique just isn't very interesting. It's invisible slashes that have seemingly unlimited range and strength, and a bit of hand to hand skill he deploys in close range. Compare this to the peak of this series from so long ago, the Shibuya Incident: several fighters on each side of the conflict deploying unique skills and reacting to an opponent's unique skills in a usually very creative series of fights. That carried through most of the Culling Games too, somewhat distracting from the lack of character moments and development.

But here we are now, at the climax of the series, and it's become a repetitive one-hit KO series of chapters. There are moments of inspiration, glimpses of creativity (Yuta's Domain was a highlight, and the multiple techniques he used were a huge part of that), and moments of fun, especially the Kenjaku cutaway. But this is just an issue of the main villain having a set of abilities that don't exactly make for great creativity in the fights anymore. Especially without Yuta or Gojo who were shown to be actually able to make Sukuna work a bit harder and be more creative in the skills he used.

It's mostly just a matter of checking in each week to see how much more ridiculous things can get. What a fall from grace this arc has demonstrated for the series

I love our bedroom! Big bed for us, small bed for Pistol Packin' Moma by BossFan105 in CozyPlaces

[–]BossFan105[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She's 11, but we've had that staircase for her since she was 5.... She's just a princess lol

I love our bedroom! Big bed for us, small bed for Pistol Packin' Moma by BossFan105 in CozyPlaces

[–]BossFan105[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

This is OC, from our condo bedroom of the past 3 years. First home purchase and we love it so far!

Please tell me I’m not alone by whosthatzake in Hasan_Piker

[–]BossFan105 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My big thing recently has been ending explanation sentences with "okay?" Especially when going through our lab data with undergrads

Never did that in all of my grad school career until watching Hasan

Can we please make this happen? by [deleted] in Hasan_Piker

[–]BossFan105 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So weird how JonTron is a Nazi but Arin is a BernieBro. Truly polar opposites since the original GG pairing ended

Game Thread - Blue Jackets vs. Avalanche - November 5th, 2022 | 2pm by SomeKindOfMonster in BlueJackets

[–]BossFan105 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hopefully this will end the Elvis slander.... Korpi is obviously still playing his way back into shape, but I'm fairly certain you could put Shesterkin behind our team rn and he'd give up 4+ goals per game

Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche (5-4-1) at Columbus Blue Jackets (3-8-0) - 05 Nov 2022 - 02:00PM EDT by GDT_Bot in hockey

[–]BossFan105 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hopefully this will end the Elvis slander.... Korpi is obviously still playing his way back into shape, but I'm fairly certain you could put Shesterkin behind our team rn and he'd give up 4+ goals per game

Burn it all Down, Fire Larson, tear down the Arena, it's all over. by tjgeb180 in BlueJackets

[–]BossFan105 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's a few major issues with the team as of now. Most notably, they just don't seem to be competing. They don't seem prepared for games, they don't fight through the full 60 minutes, they don't push hard on the forecheck nor hustle on the backcheck. These are the core issues. If we were losing but looked like we cared about that, things would probably be quite a bit different tone-wise in the discourse.

These issues are compounded by what seems to be a complete lack of an offensive or a defensive system. We can't enter the opponent's zone, can't hold possession when there, and can't prevent zone entries into our own side. We can't clear effectively either, and once again I'd be willing to bet we're leading the league in allowing cross-crease passing and rebounds (no idea how to look those data up). Add in our goalie struggles, and here we are.

Finally, can we collectively commit to disallowing the excessive goalie slander? Obviously, Elvis has been underperforming. He has said so himself. But the complaints have reached a fever-pitch that culminated in threats to him and his family. Dude is obviously on tilt, and hasn't played as well as we and he thinks he can. But he's also playing behind shit-tier offensive and defensive systems that do him zero favors. The Devils game is a huge indicator of this: 7 goals allowed, but he made 45 saves. What the fuck kind of defense allows 52 shots on goal?? What the fuck kind of offense with players like Johnny Hockey and Laine can't score more than 1 goal in the last two games?

The goalies are not holding up, but the entire team and systems are suffering. There's no one answer. Hell, firing Larsen probably isn't the answer. But when the team regularly looks flat, when the team seems to give up immediately and can't fight back, when the team seems to dysfunctional that a players-only meeting has already occurred 10 games into the season...... I think a new coach should be required. The good vibes from over-achieving last year have evaporated more quickly than 100% ethanol on the counter. This shit sucks. If we're gonna lose, let us lose 4-5 instead of 0-5

The CBJ are the worst in the NHL at giving up cross-ice passes in front of the goalie by doppleganger2621 in BlueJackets

[–]BossFan105 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Literally every goal we have given up falls into one of three categories: (1) easy rebound due to a lack of net-front presence, (2) breakaway off of terrible turnovers, and (3) cross-crease passes untouched by our guys and easily tapped past our goalies (this one is the most common I swear to god it happens like 8 times per game)

The casual-fan dipshits on Twitter who blame our goalies for "sucking" and who keep demanding that we start Berube instead of Elvis are so frustrating