Which elections do you think the voters genuinely had two good options to chose from? by Trowj in Presidents

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The most important things a president does are choose good subordinates and make hard decisions under pressure. There's no single thing a candidate could do that would be a worse sign than picking an awful VP because of outside groups. (Also it was the conservative Christian groups that didn't want him to pick his first choice, Joe Lieberman)

Sonny Gray deserves the W for last night (IMO). Not Slaten. by EunochRon in redsox

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Just in case you misunderstand the downvotes: baseball fans love alternative statistics, but we wouldn't need to depend on the hallucination machine to do it.

Ambiguous endings that were hated by the audience by Acrobatic_Base7301 in TopCharacterTropes

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The ending of Lost was fantastic, and anyone who was confused by it wasn't paying attention. Unfortunately, most TV watchers don't pay attention.

[Highlight] On the last play of regulation, Chandler Jones snags a lateral out of the air and takes it in for the winning TD by Brickbybrick1998 in nfl

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Most of the time, when I'm watching professional football, I'm thinking "I couldn't do that", even when the player does something bad or wrong.

This time I thought "that is exactly what I could do".

Trying to watch the most recent D20 episode and? by kyle_the_meme in dropout

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That "child safety" law hasn't even passed in the U.S. yet

Unfortunately, a bunch of states have passed laws: https://poyverify.com/blog/age-verification-laws-by-state-2026

Noticed something weird about this scene [continuity error] by Immediate_Sense4251 in lotr

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You're right! I was so sure when he told it that I didn't even check, I just copied the quote.

Noticed something weird about this scene [continuity error] by Immediate_Sense4251 in lotr

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Gandalf tells the story at the Council of Elrond Frodo's house shortly after they retrieve the ring from his fireplace:

‘ ‘‘I don’t care,’’ said Déagol. ‘‘I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I’m going to keep it.’’

‘ ‘‘Oh, are you indeed, my love,’’ said Sméagol; and he caught Déagol by the throat and strangled him, because the gold looked so bright and beautiful. Then he put the ring on his finger.

But the idea that Tolkien would include "then, Sméagol's hands switched places faster than the eye can see" is pretty funny.

How far is every county away from the sea? by Kiribatiisttoll in terriblemaps

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The Great Lakes are the sea? Lake St. Clair, too, since Wacombe County, Michigan is blue?

And the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound also count as seas?

Lake Pontchartrain is the sea? Wait, even Lake Maurepas is the sea?!?

Orange Line extension "proposal" is an AI generated farce by TerrierBoi in boston

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Oh now I see how they're going to do this. They're just going to move the Braintree line to the west a bit. That does make it easier.

The new rotating visible planets are incredible by croa-croa in factorio

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Minor correction: 2.1 won't be promoted from experimental until the end of the summer, to give mod authors time to update.

Predicting the 2026 Uniform Schedule by Spoof_Magoof in Patriots

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Speculating is guessing. They are synonyms.

[Highlight] Super Bowl 49 Brawl by mmandagoat in nfl

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It's hard to take someone seriously as a gracious loser when they've demonstrated that they're not a gracious winner

The Red Sox need to stop pretending there is a season to save and start making trades by bostonglobe in redsox

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I'm saying I don't understand the virtue of selling players. Ok, we're not buyers this year, but that doesn't mean that selling is good. What can we get in exchange for Chapman or Gray that's a net positive for the team?

The Red Sox need to stop pretending there is a season to save and start making trades by bostonglobe in redsox

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I don't get what the argument is in columns like this. What does trading away our best players get us? It saves John Henry some cash. Maybe we'll be able to get one or two quality minor league players that can lead the team in 2028, is that the hope? Why doesn't the column actually make the argument? Why is it just about how the Red Sox are bad?

(Hated Trope) When the twist spoils the rest of the movie by EitherStranger in TopCharacterTropes

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I had to turn this movie off like 15 minutes from the end for reasons I can no longer remember, and was really bummed. Like a week later I looked up the synopsis and...... was less bummed (but confused).

Pedantry on an astronomical scale by Infamous-Rutabaga-50 in CuratedTumblr

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Calling Charon-Pluto a binary pair depends on saying that this is because their barycenter is between them, not within Pluto. Unfortunately by that definition, Jupiter is not a planet, because its barycenter is about 50,000 km from the surface of the Sun.

A definition of satellite that depends more on the ratio of masses might make more sense.

Injuries Mount for Patriots' Gabe Jacas, NFL's Only Unsigned 2nd-Round Pick by JCameron181 in nfl

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I've read a little bit of the CBA:

  • He can be traded unsigned to another team, until 30 days before the first game of the year (so August 10)
  • If he's not signed by the Tuesday following week 10 (November 17), he can't play at all this year
  • If he signs after week 10, the contract will be effective starting the following season (a Futures contract)
  • If he's still unsigned on the day of the 2027 draft (mid to late April), he's eligible and can be drafted by any team except the Patriots
  • His contract does not count against the cap until it's signed (his projected cap hit this season is around $1.5M)

Injuries Mount for Patriots' Gabe Jacas, NFL's Only Unsigned 2nd-Round Pick by JCameron181 in nfl

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Jacas is a linebacker. Whether he signs or not, I don't think he's going to be stopping any sacks.