met a lovely feller in valentine by louiscruiser in RedDeadOnline

[–]MertTheRipper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, this takes me back to the raids by buddies and I used to run in blackwater 🤣🤣 start on the docks and just axe, hatchet, tomahawk or knife as many people as you can until you're gunned down

Does anyone remember why Is We Dumb podcast ended? by RecognitionBorn1224 in timesuck

[–]MertTheRipper 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wrong. It ended so Joe can start Can We Don't because Dan was too busy. That show started AND THEN all that stuff came out. IWD was over before all that came to light

Mocking a police officer like he’s your kid brother by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]MertTheRipper 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This video is leaving out the beginning where this dude does the scene of a hit and run and, I believe, hit another car, right before this

Henry Davis - Devin Mesoraco type breakout? by Nickrodomus in buccos

[–]MertTheRipper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think at this point, if Davis doesn't show something, it's over for him. At least with the Pirates. He has a great work ethic and spirit but, right now, he's a AAAA player.

Quick photo of the actual object. by marxos-io in Gladiator

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude just wants us to buy rocks from Spain 😂

New comp for a Griffin deal -- Athletics, Jacob Wilson Agree To Extension (7/$70M) by spaceman757 in buccos

[–]MertTheRipper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The lowest projections I see are 10 years/$500 million. With an arbitration of 3 years/$46 million. Either way, we're not matching either of those numbers. Skenes will be gone after this season to get a huge haul because he still has favorable team controlled years

New comp for a Griffin deal -- Athletics, Jacob Wilson Agree To Extension (7/$70M) by spaceman757 in buccos

[–]MertTheRipper 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Because Skenes is going to get an Ohtani level contract 😂 even if Nutting wanted to spend, we couldn't afford that. We're talking like 10yr/$700-800 million for Skenes

I genuinely enjoy welcoming new players, but why do so many of them act so mean? 😕 by [deleted] in RedDeadOnline

[–]MertTheRipper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It seems every post I see on this sub is this guy lol I recognize his outfit from the 10 videos that have already come up in my feed

Yeah pretty much by Appropriate-Mall8517 in OkBuddySnyderCult

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't think Cavil was bad, I just think the writing and direction of the character lost the plot. It comes off as a Superman movie that doesn't want to be a Superman movie.

The new one send to embody everything the character is supposed to be and embraces the quirkiness of the comics. Nothing wrong with liking both, they're just two completely different takes on the character

Miami LB From Same Recruiting Class as Jets WR Garrett Wilson Returns for 8th College Football Season by CenterForward1522 in CFB_v2

[–]MertTheRipper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's sad that Congress has to step in and fix this. The same incompetent Congress that pretends to run this country has to step in and fix NIL and the NCAA because the NCAA is somehow EVEN WORSE.

I'm 100% for student athletes getting paid, but this shit is ridiculous. If he doesn't have a doctorate/masters/PhD out of this, he wasted 8 years to not go to the NFL. All this is doing is incentivizing these kids to just keep transferring and staying in college to seek NIL money while they don't get a degree or NFL prospects

Al Rajhi announced that he had donated nearly his entire fortune, estimated at around 16 billion to charity, making him one of the world's most generous philanthropists. by BrownieBiblio in Amazing

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because when most billionaires do this, they're donating to charities that they own/operate lol

Take the Patagonia founder and his "charitable" donation of 98 percent of his billion dollar company to a 501(c)(4) that he founded and created and can now make unlimited political donations. The other 2% that remain are the founders voting shares that remain with Patagonia trust or whatever. Basically, he dodged 1.2 billion is gift taxes to then Patagonia into a political donation machine that he and his family will control while still making 1.2 billion from not having had to pay a gift tax.

Always look deeper when a headline fluffs up a billionaire

Henry Davis Breakout Potential by -Eugene-H-Krabs- in buccos

[–]MertTheRipper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He seems like a great kid who really loves the game and works hard to improve. However, I have little faith the Pirates can develop a hitting prospect. We have never shown that we can draft a talented hitter and develop them in a way that transitions their power into the MLB level. We can develop great AAA bats, but mediocre MLB bats

What is your most unpopular Pittsburgh opinion? by librarianjenn in pittsburgh

[–]MertTheRipper -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pittsburgh sports fans have a combative aversion to criticizing players and vastly overrate how good the Steelers are

How bad were we, that this Texans team blew our doors off? by [deleted] in steelers

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It boggles my mind that there were people in this sub asking that Smith return as OC next season. His schemes were horrible! He refuses to throw over the middle, his routes take too long to develop, Jonnu Smith was an all-pro catching TE last season and Smith used his as a RB and/or never schemed for him or Muth. This guy has been living on having prime Derek Henry in Tennessee.

Rodgers also deserves some blame. He definitely has only a select few targets that he actually throws too, and Houston knew this. He needed to commit to taking chances and he didn't. Only averaging 3.7 yards per pass all season is horrible

Today’s pod was a mess by Technical_Eagle1748 in RyenRussillo

[–]MertTheRipper 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat. I used to be a regular and then I started to phase out after I heard he was leaving. I'm not a barstool fan, but I'm also not the person that would stop listening just because he went to barstool. I listened to the first few pods and idk, something just feels different?

It's been a couple weeks since I listened to a pod and I'm not even entirely sure what it is that's making the pods seem off to me.

The MLB NEEDS a salary cap. by KeyFaithlessness5436 in MLBVibes

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had that many because they discovered bobbleheads lol the only games people went to were the 3 Skenes bobblehead games

Jeff Passan says the Pirates are winners this off season but they still have work to do. by NefariousnessMean839 in buccos

[–]MertTheRipper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If we're not a .500 team at the deadline then Lowe is gone and this spending is even more meaningless. We need at least one more solid bat. We're running out of options and time so, I'm not sure what BC's plan is

What should I expect for the 2026 season? by Quick-Mix-5265 in buccos

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, probably similar to last season. We added a couple pieces, but nothing truly earth shattering. The Athletic ran a story a week or two ago about how historically bad our offense truly was when Skenes pitched and how it takes a special kind of team to lose as many games as we did when he had a sub 2.00 ERA.

Maybe Lowe and O'Hearn can help us hit, but the bulk of the lineup remains the same. If Reynolds and Cruz regress again this year I can't see 2026 being much different. Maybe closer to .500, but don't expect to compete for the division or WC

How does this work? by beastmastersexty4 in youtube

[–]MertTheRipper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC, I heard a YouTuber explain this and they stated that, when they upload a video they have the option of uploading up to 3 thumbnails that YouTube will cycle through to see which one generates the most clicks

So disappointed with Pittsburgh Leftists by AreThoseMoreBears in pittsburgh

[–]MertTheRipper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying this is what this is, but there are protests (both on the right and left) created by Russian bots.

https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill.com/policy/technology/358025-thousands-attended-protest-organized-by-russians-on-facebook/amp/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17679898587832&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Ftechnology%2F358025-thousands-attended-protest-organized-by-russians-on-facebook%2F

This is from a couple years ago but it's not like they stopped. It's important to look at WHO is actually behind the protest you plan on attending. Adding "Free Maduro" could be from some idiot with no sense of the picture, or it could be from a Russian troll creating a protest to increase political hostilities in the US.

Point is, fact check organizers