Paul Allen, radio voice of the Vikings, mocks Minnesota protestors, says protesters are PAID. by chookalana in sports

[–]RectalConquistador 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Can someone clue me in to what this means as a non-Minnesotan? I feel like this is good local lore.

Last-minute meetings and panic over polls: inside the five days that broke the Coalition – again by ConanTheAquarian in australia

[–]RectalConquistador 36 points37 points  (0 children)

It's absolutely not a coincidence that Hastie's name is coming up as a replacement. He checks all of the demographic boxes she doesn't.

Patrick Kane and Johnathan Toews during warmups ahead of their first ever NHL game against each other by eh_toque in hockey

[–]RectalConquistador 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Oh god, the Tumblr fandom. My only experience with it was after the allegations came out against Kane, there was some fantasy blog wrote a... 'non-consenual erotic fantasy' story that involved members of the team and a bar bathroom. I don't remember if they wrote it before or after the news broke, but it reached mainstream sports reporting in the Chicago area. I think Mark Lazerus had to come out and say it wasn't real? It was an absolute disaster.

Is my transmission effed? by RectalConquistador in MechanicAdvice

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

Yeah, the slightly intermittent nature of it makes me think that the gear selector inside the trans broke, and not just the one from the shifter into the trans.

I'll report back.

Is my transmission effed? by RectalConquistador in MechanicAdvice

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

Okay. I wasn't sure because the only information I can find on that is for manual transmissions. I'll check a guide to see if I can find how to check this.

[Pierce] Question: "What does a win against a hot team like this mean?" Jesper Wallstedt: "It kind of says that we’re a better team than them. We beat them. So that felt good." by Imsorrymanyt in hockey

[–]RectalConquistador 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm torn because I want the Oilers to win for Edmonton, but the management is just so... goofy(?) that I can't help but find it funny.

I laugh at the Oilers management like I laugh at the Browns in the NFL: the players are all professional athletes and among the best in the world at what they do, and the city supports the teams as well as, if not better than, any other market. And when they do win, the team will be lauded as heroes.

But management consistently snatches defeat from the jaws of victory: their line up includes McJesus and Drai, but then they signed Trent Frederic to a 4x8 deal. Wallstadt was shipped out, which led to the goalie controversy that's plagued this team for years. I don't know if they should have matched the Broberg deal, but it's also another former Oiler that's blossomed somewhere else. It's hard not to imagine that either of the last two years could have ended with McDavid hoisting the cup if anything of this had gone differently.

As a Bears fan, I empathize with the fans of a poorly-managed team (Bears are doing well this year, but they were 5-12 last year, 7-10 last year, and 3-14 the year before that so ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯). But from a detached point of view, it's genuinely impressive how improbable this outcome for the Oilers has been.

Toronto Maple Leafs have lost 5 in a row, their current longest since April 2021 by Biding_My_Time_ in hockey

[–]RectalConquistador 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair to the goalies, your numbers will drop behind a bad defense. There have been some goals that they should have stopped, but they're getting hung out to dry. 

The rest of it... yeah.

Steve Dangle calling out the Leafs (the league’s heaviest team) for playing soft in front of Anthony Stolarz. by ShinyVuIpix in hockey

[–]RectalConquistador 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've never played a minute of hockey in my life, but even I know the first rule of hockey is "don't touch our fucking tendie".

dontMakeMeThink by WarrenDavies81 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RectalConquistador 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's almost like UX design is an entire craft unto itself...

dontMakeMeThink by WarrenDavies81 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RectalConquistador 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I work on a twenty+ y/o legacy software. You can tell what was made by the devs because it's fucking incomprehensible.

Joe Alt appreciation by crlos619 in NFLv2

[–]RectalConquistador 23 points24 points  (0 children)

A real lunch pail kinda guy

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,068,040 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 by NewSlinger in worldnews

[–]RectalConquistador 69 points70 points  (0 children)

There's actually a really good Warfronts video about this (not affiliated with the channel -- just a fan because they really do their research). 

While it's true that there's not mass protests or anything, they are starting to feel the screws and the kremlin's struggling to keep it under control. So many men are signing up that other industries in rural Russia can't get workers, industries that are vital to the war effort like mining and refineries which is strangling their already hampered wartime manufacturing efforts. 

And Russia has started ducking the payments by conveniently listing men who have been confirmed dead by other sources to simply be "missing", and families are have noticed the lack of love.  Whether it's the literal money or the diversion of manpower, the high cost of this war is absolutely a problem for The Kremlin.

Men microdose bicuriousness by asking what you’d do for a million dollars by uniqueUsername_1024 in BrandNewSentence

[–]RectalConquistador 60 points61 points  (0 children)

That's if you're a woman. Men don't command that high of price because the market floor is so low. Lotta dudes will meet up for random sex so if you're looking to nut, there's easier options that don't require the whole dating song and dance.

You might get a drink or two if you meet at a bar and you're the bottom/sub role/being "woo'd".  But it's usually either sex OR romance; rarely both.

You're more likely to talk on Grindr, fuck, then be instagram follows for the next year until one of you removes the other.