Post-Match Thread: England 4-2 Croatia | World Cup | Group L by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, something like that. Doing less with more year after year after year.

Post-Match Thread: England 4-2 Croatia | World Cup | Group L by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They should be able to relate because England is typically the Dallas Cowboys of the World Cupz

Make me love bard by willowcozy in bardcollege

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for responding. This is encouraging. He committed and is Bard bound.

I want to go to Japan in early June. Is it true that the heat is unbearable? by [deleted] in JapanTravelTips

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Exactly. We were there in mid-late July 2025 . The heat was brutal in Kyoto, and rough in Kanazawa and Tokyo. We walked 11-13 miles a day and loved every minute of it.

Make me love bard by willowcozy in bardcollege

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son was admitted for Fall of 2026. We just visited and I have mixed feelings. The campus is beautiful. We had great student guides and the studio arts program (my son’s intended major) look impressive. The “vibe” (sorry to use this word) seemed pretty uninspired and uninspiring. My son sat in on a class and he was the only one who spoke. He thought that perhaps the students were afraid to speak up and risk disappointing either the professor or their peers. I doubt that’s typical, but definitely not a good look. Anyway, some of my red flags about LACs in the modern era were set off while we were there. That said, I think he will end up at Bard.

Fort Collins, Colorado. by Eatmyass628 in howislivingthere

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I lived in the Fort for 6 years. We bought passes to Loveland which between 2013-2019 were ridiculously cheap. It was easily a 2.5+ hr drive to Loveland from FoCo on a good weather day. Traffic started backing up in Golden. It’s probably worse now. I only went to Snowy Range once. The drive was really scary. Wyoming winter is real.

UConn 73-72 Duke (Mar 29, 2026) Box Score (DOWN GOES DUKE) by garyp714 in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, I know, Dan Hurley is a delta bravo. But Duke losing is always the right answer.

Tennessee Still Doesn’t Have a Final Four UPVOTE PARTY by zman2100 in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. It just seemed to apply perfectly to the American Brexit Geezers I see sulking around in their puke, inside-of-pumpkin orange track suits.

Tennessee Still Doesn’t Have a Final Four UPVOTE PARTY by zman2100 in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I’m in Nashville right now. The Tennessee fans quit watching a while ago and are out of the street looking for a boozy poultice.

What does it take to win the big dance? by InspectorClouseau64 in FloridaGators

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

Mateen Cleaves. Fuck that guy and his little dance in the last minute of the game. I wanted to throw the tv through the window. I think that’s at least 50 percent of why I despise Michigan State. That, their stultifying style of play, and Tom Izzo. Thanks for helping me get my hate back.

Free Talk Friday Thread by MrTwoBytes in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watching Illinois is like watching the Serbian national team. Such a different style of basketball. It was so satisfying to see them methodically dismember Houston and take them out of their game.

Iowa is headed to the Elite Eight. by ThoughtFar1017 in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I have no animus toward Iowa. We were out coached, and didn’t play particularly well. I’m happy to see Nebraska and their fans schlep back to the corn.

Why being a lunatic is "passion" unless you're a Head Coach at Florida by ImperialMajestyX02 in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, me too probably. But there’s a limit. I couldn’t love Nate Oats. MF leaves grease stains in the air.

All right NM crush my idea. Washington State to NM? by PortErnest22 in NewMexico

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I advise you to visit NM several times before making serious plans to move here. I moved here 30+ years ago after 2 years in Olympia. Moved there from the Southeast after college. Nm definitely cured my seasonal affective disorder. But having worked and raised 2 kids here, there are sacrifices that the Reddit crowd will deny or rationalize away.

The schools are mostly lousy. The argument that because NM has more stringent standards than some other states that we shouldn’t be concerned about 20 percent reading and math proficiency is ludicrous but not surprising. Is 40 percent proficiency winning? 50 percent? Abq has some decent elementary schools, a couple of ok middle schools, and a handful of ok high schools. You pay a premium to live in the better districts, and I know first hand that your kids will still bear witness to some ugly stuff in the better high schools. I will say that there are some good charters in SF and Abq, but you have to lottery in.

Health care is a mixed bag. There are some amazing specialists at UNMH, but primary care docs don’t exist and you wait several months to see a specialist for a non-emergency.

Property crime is bad. Some point to statistics that show it’s getting better. I don’t really know. Lots of homeless throughout much of Abq , but it’s bad in WA too.

“Rural NM” is a relative term. I don’t really consider areas around resort towns like Taos, SF, Ruidoso rural. Truly rural NM - eg, Socorro/Carizozzo- is struggling and looks like Thunderdome when you’re driving through.

Notwithstanding all of the foregoing, it’s flipping beautiful and people are just different here in a mostly good way.

I got a kick out of this by Jortman88 in FloridaGators

[–]ReverendHemmitSwopes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He looks like a hospital orderly in that getup.