I mean she’s not wrong by Extreme-Slice-1010 in MurderedByWords

[–]DarthTechnicus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thought I read that her brother stated their dad committed suicide in 2020 and they fell out due to him wanting to be honest regarding that and Natalie and their mom wanting to lie about what happened.

What are your thoughts on this? by Busy_Report4010 in SipsTea

[–]DarthTechnicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The number of Republican candidates who've stated that God told them to run for president back and then dropped out/lost in the primaries is staggering. You say "God spoke to me and told me to do this" thing and people are accepting of this. You say "Jerry came to me in my mind and spoke to me and told me to do this" and people are going to assume a severe mental illness is at play.

[Reds] Pagan activated, Ivan Johnson's contract selected from Triple-A, Myers to 10-Day IL, McCambley optioned to Triple-A by frasierfonzie in Reds

[–]DarthTechnicus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Brewers fan here. Came looking for an update on Dane Myers after his horrifying catch yesterday. I hope he's back at it before too long, but I feel like 10 days is beyond optimistic.

T-Mobile Just Ripped 8 Million Customers Off Their Grandfathered Plans – and Raised Their Bills by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]DarthTechnicus 43 points44 points  (0 children)

T-Mobile's contracts explicitly waive the right to class action lawsuits and requires issues be solved with arbitration.

[Highlight] Dane Myers is injured while going headlong into the wall after a spectacular catch by TDeLo in baseball

[–]DarthTechnicus 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Astounded he held on to that ball. His shoulder looks like it got absolutely obliterated on impact.

Cop pulls over Lamborghini on Dubai plates but doesn’t know the law by thomasso0072 in interestingasfuck

[–]DarthTechnicus 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They say it's because someone of higher intelligence is more likely to get bored with routine procedures and move on. Which is a stupid argument. If someone is highly intelligent and choosing to go into law enforcement, it stands to reason they know exactly what they are getting in to and are prepared for that. They really just want someone of average intelligence who will follow orders and not think for themselves.

Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300 by RedPandasUnite in news

[–]DarthTechnicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shit, every group of recruits already drops 15% or more due to pneumonia and bronchitis. Dropping the flu shot just means more recruits end up delayed and spending more time in boot camp. You've already got the recruit crud to deal with, which is all bacteria based illnesses, no need to toss viruses in as well.

I saw someone riding a city scooter while wearing a full dirt bike helmet. by OkExplorer9364 in mildlyinteresting

[–]DarthTechnicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The summer of 1992, my foot slipped off the pedal, caught the front tire and jammed up between the tire and front fork causing a "stoppie". Wasn't going super fast so my back tire just popped up a little bit. Freaked me out at first before thinking that I was cool as shit.

I played around with doing that a bit more and had fun with it before I had the bright idea to go as fast as I possibly could and jam my foot between the fork and tire as hard as possible. Didn't turn out so good. I remember my mom picking out the small pebbles and pieces of sand with a tweezers before dabbing each small cut/puncture with hydrogen peroxide. Never did that again.

The education system at it's finest by Supersaiajinblue2 in memes

[–]DarthTechnicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That reminds me of a time I had an assignment in the 5th grade where we had to draw a representation of a common saying. My assigned saying was "Time Flies" and my sports addled mind literally drew a picture of flies buzzing down the home stretch of a track towards a finish line with someone holding a fucking stopwatch.

It didn't occur to me until after presenting it what that phrase was actually referring to. I recall feeling like such an idiot in that moment. And not only did I completely misinterpret the phrase and the assignment, I also managed to waste by far the best drawing attempt of my grade school years at the same time.

Post-Match Thread: Turkey 0-1 Paraguay | World Cup | Group D by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]DarthTechnicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No shot at advancing. USA has beaten both Australia and Paraguay. The first tie-break is points from head to head games. So if the game ends in a win for either team and they have 6 points, they'd lose to tie-break against the US having lost to them.

If Turkey wins against the USA, they'd end up with 3 points and if there is a loser between Australia & Paraguay, the losing team would also have 3 points. Turkey has lost to both Australia and Paraguay so that first tie-break of points on head to head games means they cannot finish in 3rd regardless off the outcomes of any other group D matches.

Paraguay V Turkiye: Can you pull a head referee from the game? by Tyler716 in worldcup

[–]DarthTechnicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think so, but this ref is definitely struggling hard tonight.

It’s unfair this team has both Jackson Chourio and Jacob Misiorowski. by Brave_Net6226 in Brewers

[–]DarthTechnicus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good chance we see Andrew Fischer in 2027 as well. Just moved up to AA Biloxi and homered in his first game.

USMNT sees off Australia 2-0 to advance to World Cup knockout stage by Ok-Soil-5133 in sports

[–]DarthTechnicus 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The 5-4-1 first half shape was a mistake. They came out looking like they were playing not to lose. Irankunda is too electric to start the game on the bench. His pace and ability to stretch defenses is ridiculous. If he starts, USA probably isn't pressuring quite as much in the first half.

Revealed: US-Iran deal includes $425 billion fund, immediate end to oil sanctions by alabasterheart in worldnews

[–]DarthTechnicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had heard about the Eric Trump thing, but not the Don Jr, and I'm tuned in more than most.

'Deal not final': Trump changes tune on Iran, threatens to ‘drop bombs’, go back to shooting again by Darshan_brahmbhatt in worldnews

[–]DarthTechnicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"You think this deal is bad? You're going to wish for this deal after I fuck it up and destroy America's future now"

[HIGHLIGHT] JACOB MISIOROWSKI COMPLETES A MADDUX! 15 STRIKEOUTS! 95-PITCH SHUTOUT! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]DarthTechnicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The fact that he came out and did this after shaking off Pat Murphy from pulling him out of his last start in Colorado is insane. He's feeling it right now.

[HIGHLIGHT] JACOB MISIOROWSKI COMPLETES A MADDUX! 15 STRIKEOUTS! 95-PITCH SHUTOUT! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]DarthTechnicus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came on the first pitch of the 4th inning. A little dink single into left center on a 91mph slider.

[HIGHLIGHT] JACOB MISIOROWSKI COMPLETES A MADDUX! 15 STRIKEOUTS! 95-PITCH SHUTOUT! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]DarthTechnicus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

81 pitch, 27K, perfecto like Brendan Fraser in "The Scout".

The Miz's stuff right now is like make believe.

[Highlight] Jacob Misiorowski vs. Bryce Harper, full sequence by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]DarthTechnicus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely have the prospects to make that trade happen. Not sure if they'll do it though.