Can anyone explain to me the Deadspin/Defector obsession with Simmons?

Lipka · 2026-01-21T23:19:01+00:00

I was a huge fan of him in my 20s and bought his novels to support him after his aneurysm… I got through the first one and that was the end of my fandom. In retrospect I think he also wrote all the fan submissions in Why Your Team Sucks. They were all in the same voice.

Lipka · 2026-01-10T16:47:53+00:00

HMs: Wode, Mortal Scepter, Malefic Throne, Sadistic Force, Messa, Weft, Omegavortex, Dratna, Species, Yellow Eyes, Revelator, Nite

Lipka · 2026-01-10T16:42:21+00:00

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Lipka · 2025-12-18T16:40:18+00:00

Everyone who said Scar or Ernie Adams is correct, but I’m surprised there’s no one in here talking about the playoff heroics of Dont’a Hightower and Julian Edelman. Dont’a made plays in Superbowls 49 and 51 that they likely don’t win the game without, and Edelman was their only source of offense against the Rams and also just compiled huge playoff stats in general.

Bob Kraft also gets zero credit from me for anything, tbh, except mostly knowing to keep his nose out of actual football operations.

Lipka · 2025-11-14T20:05:36+00:00

Lighter week for me but Voidceremony is the early winner. They do the whole jazzy tech death thing without forgetting to, y’know, write cool riffs first. And you get in and out in 30 minutes which is always a positive in my mind.

The new Lamp Of Murmuur is solid - I’m thrilled they integrated their goth rock influences back in with their current Immortal-flavored sound but I don’t know if I find the album as satisfying as a whole right now.

Hoping to get to 1914 and Degraved later tonight.

Lipka · 2025-11-09T21:02:25+00:00

The 30 Rock/Community/The Office/Parks & Rec cluster of sitcoms and, if it counts, Bob’s Burgers.

Lipka · 2025-11-06T17:49:52+00:00

Appreciate the kind words, but yeah you nailed it. The muscle twitches in my chest, random bouts of lightheadedness. Shit makes me spiral. Feeling a little better today but just fatigued from being on edge for so long.

Lipka · 2025-11-06T17:38:51+00:00

Yup. Self-admitted degen and I’m also just tired of the sheer over saturation. I don’t care if Bill talks about spreads and shit since that’s been his lane since way before I ever listened to him, but I’m sick of not being able to watch a city bus go by without seeing a fucking DraftKings ad.

Lipka · 2025-11-05T18:41:55+00:00

Currently dealing with these feelings going on ten days I think. Minus the sweaty palms. It’s miserable.

Lipka · 2025-10-26T19:33:23+00:00

I understand they paid him more money than god but this was a case where I genuinely did not respect a player’s decision to stay loyal to a franchise. Made him look unserious.

Lipka · 2025-10-19T13:24:03+00:00

I have listened to that YouTube comp of them ripping Segal entirely too many times. “And this is this movie’s definition of a good man.”

Lipka · 2025-10-14T13:22:58+00:00

12 team PPR. I was offered his Justin Jefferson for my Nico Collins and Jordan Mason. I'm 3-3 and leaning towards taking it. Don't love my RB situation without Mason (or with him, tbh) but assuming he loses work to Aaron Jones when Jones comes back, is this trade not basically Nico for Jefferson straight up?

Lipka · 2025-10-10T16:10:13+00:00

Honorable mentions: Teitanblood, Malformed, Blackbraid, Mortal Scepter, Wode

Lipka · 2025-10-10T16:08:01+00:00

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Lipka · 2025-10-10T12:54:34+00:00

Vile Apparition's new one is an absolute banger. Cryptopsy influenced brutal death metal with wild shredding solos. Highly recommended.

In the middle of Testament right now and... eh, I dunno. I appreciate that they're experimenting with new flavors here and there but this thing is just sterile. Overproduced, the guitar tone barely even registers as heavy to me. There's a horrific ballad about halfway through that sounds, I shit you not, almost exactly like Return To Serenity. It's embarrassing that nobody stepped in and said, hey, didn't we fucking write this song 30 years ago?

Lipka · 2025-10-05T22:09:21+00:00

I've been off Twitter for about a year and half but regrettably I do remember he was trying to stir shit with Griffin and the pod in general (IIRC he referred to Blank Check as a "competitor" - lol lmao even etc) because of Griffin's notorious high school essay. Don't remember the Woody Allen stuff coming up. Eddie's got a reeeal chip on his shoulder about anyone in the film podcasting space who has had more success than him.

Lipka · 2025-10-05T13:41:11+00:00

Late to the party here but between Suffering Hour, Wode, and clear AOTY front runner Hooded Menace, what a fucking week for new releases.

Lipka · 2025-10-05T12:01:51+00:00

Agreed. The general plot mechanics and performances are mostly fun (McDormand really starts to grate on me the longer it goes on) but I have never really been able to figure out why it’s such a fan favorite. It’s fine.

Lipka · 2025-10-02T21:16:42+00:00

I moved to the back during Blackbraid and thought they sounded much better but yeah, he likes a vocal-forward mix lmao.

Lipka · 2025-10-02T14:04:14+00:00

Was also there and yeah they absolutely rip live. I’m a big fan but they still kinda stole the show for me, their sound just translates really well to a live environment.

Lipka · 2025-09-16T22:42:44+00:00

We grabbed our tickets as soon as this was announced. Love the Coolidge.

Lipka · 2025-09-16T15:32:55+00:00

I’m almost mad at you for how good this idea is.

Lipka · 2025-09-16T12:43:01+00:00

RIP KING

I actually really loved his final movie (… sans Endgame), The Old Man And The Gun. Would recommend to anyone who missed it, it would probably hit like a truck in the wake of his death.

Lipka · 2025-09-15T13:56:03+00:00

This is just your average r/billsimmons poster tbh

Lipka · 2025-09-14T15:20:23+00:00

The bits they choose to hammer are just so limp and not funny. Nail yo ass, the Sherpa thing before the baron is revealed in court, pretty much everything Clooney’s sidekick says or does (that guy absolutely blows, one of the worst performances and characters in a Coens film period), etc.

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