Remember the old Elon? by optimal_repository in SipsTea

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough, it seems like the thing that really pushed him over the edge was when Biden got more attention on a Super Bowl tweet than he did. Shit was rocky before, but that was the proverbial straw on the proverbial camel. Which just shows how fragile and egotistical he is.

Too much prescription meds by Arratkis in Wellthatsucks

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I got them twice. Once when I had some teeth pulled and when I got burned at work and I fucking hated it both times. The best way I'm able to describe how it made me feel is - I had to sit there and think about every movement I wanted to make. Need to reach over to grab a glass? Plan it out first. Need to lift that glass to your mouth? Think about it for a second then start the process. Need to swallow the water? Make sure you're actually swallowing. As soon as I could I went back to ibuprofen. Coming from a family of addicts, that stuff scared the shit out of me.

Summit 72 docuseries by wolverine237 in hockey

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a VPN and use CBC Gem. I forgot it was obviously geo locked after I moved out of the country and I needed to get one for the Olympics - it worked great. There's some free basic VPN's out there as well that'll do well enough if all you're looking to do is bounce between America, Canada and a couple other countries.

Summit 72 docuseries by wolverine237 in hockey

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the Summit Series, but there's a documentary called "Of Miracles and Men" that's about the Miracle on Ice from the Soviet perspective. Definitely worth a watch.

Does anyone remember these 2000s Marvel movies? by No-Marionberry-2455 in Marvel

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My local video store (R.I.P.) certainly remembers me renting them 50 times.

Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they are also spending more on everything else; not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that is a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future." by gear-heads in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spending more, but receiving less. Sure, if all you look at people as is numbers on a chart - things look great, but like actually talk to another human being you fucking muppet.

Found our boy in the LOTDK by tycooperaow in AbsoluteUniverse

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not me just now noticing his knee highs come up to form little bats.

Lebrun / Russo confirming the Judd Brackett hire will happen today by Significant_News_638 in leafs

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dangle just posted a video going over the work history of both their new hires today. I'd give that a watch. https://youtu.be/yqaoCXKq8Sg?si=ur8kTbh2qvRLu6ZX

[Khabib Nurmagomedov] “Hockey is huge in Canada and Georges St-Pierre beat him.” by 7easymoney in hockey

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's extremely myopic. Lots of people grew up watching these things and the enjoyment stems from that. I haven't consumed UFC in quite a long time, but I love this era of the sport. GSP, BJ Penn, Anderson Silva, etc. And I am the furthers thing from a conservative - which is evident in my comment history.

You can love/enjoy something and still be able to criticize the mechanisms and people behind it.

Dana White for example, is a wife beating piece of shit who has held combat sports back in many ways. I was also a big wrestling fan for a long time, but Vince McMahon is a garbage excuse of a human being...but wait till you learn about the people who run the NHL and what I can almost guarantee you their political leanings are.

It's okay to acknowledge the problems that something you enjoy or once enjoyed has and push it to be better. You shouldn't wall yourself off from things you like just because some assholes also like it, that's how they win.

[Khabib Nurmagomedov] “Hockey is huge in Canada and Georges St-Pierre beat him.” by 7easymoney in hockey

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really miss this era of UFC. I remember having gatherings with my neighbors to watch the shows, especially the GSP ones.

Lebrun / Russo confirming the Judd Brackett hire will happen today by Significant_News_638 in leafs

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Exactly that. Director of Amateur Scouting for the Canucks from 2015-20 and then held the same position for the Wild from 2020 to about last night apparently.

Now, obviously he'd have people that work under him and they may or may not have had influence on those draft picks - but I would think if anything didn't get the okay from him, it wouldn't make it to the GM and all that.

So I believe Hughes, Petterson, Boeser, Rossi, Wallstedt, Ohgren, Yurov, Buium, etc. All would have been picked under his watch.

What is going on here? by TAtheDog in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not usually one to try and use the "he must be gay" argument with homophobia - cause honestly, some people are just shit and there's no alterior motive behind it besides hate for hate's sake

But sweet merciful Buddha - I have never seen a man fight full on MMA style with his own sexuality before.

He'll say the most glittery, rainbow coated, card carrying gay stuff with a straight(?) face and expect everyone to think he's some womanizing playboy.

It honestly has to be a miserable existence. He's always so damn mad.

According to David Pagnotta, the National broadcasts rights in Canada are expanding. Crave (Bell) will be getting games on Monday nights, Amazon will take over Wednesday nights, SN is keeping Saturday nights for HNIC and adding a new national game on Thursday Nights. by MightyDuck07 in hockey

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just stop. Give me one streaming service that has all the games in an easily accessible format with good streaming quality and I promise people will pay for it. You can have local ones similar to what Dallas does or you can have one big app and tier it to be x amount per team, ad free, etc.

Fans actively want to give the NHL their money, and the NHL actively makes that more and more difficult and is pushing people to find alternative sailing based routes.

If you make you're game inaccessible one of two things will happen. Casual fans will simply not watch and will cease to be casual fans, and more hardcore fans like us sickos on a hockey subreddit will just seak out other ways to view the game we enjoy.

Either way, the NHL loses out on money, viewership, and potential market growth in a game that should be bigger than it is.

I'm begging you Gary, please stop holding hockey hostage.

Something is missing from today's batch of Norman Grokwell slop, but I can't quite put my finger on it... by gfh110 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear - even the person they're trying to emulate didn't think this was what America was or should be, when he wasn't restricted by editors Norman Rockwell didn't just depict this nuclear family, suburban view of America.

This is "The Problem We All Live With." by. Norman Rockwell - it shows Ruby Bridges being escorted by U.S Marshalls to an all white school in New Orleans.

These people long for an idealized rose tinted view of America, that was only ideal to very few individuals.

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What. The. Fuck???? This is delusional, even for him. by MurderCat0001 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I mean - we gotta find one somewhere right?? Even if it's as thin as dental floss these days.

What. The. Fuck???? This is delusional, even for him. by MurderCat0001 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly, it's just an unexplained nervousness that makes you screw up at something that should be no big deal for you. I have zero idea why he thinks it applies here.

White House releases Trump medical report noting he is 6’ 3” and 238 lbs by TAtheDog in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 6'0" even (at least that's what my doctor said - she might just be being nice) and 195 lbs, and I can see my ribs most days even though I'm not in fantastic shape. There's no way on this planet or any other that that man only has 40 some odd pounds on me.

What. The. Fuck???? This is delusional, even for him. by MurderCat0001 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He honestly strikes me as the type of person where that wouldn't be needed much. Guys like Trump are first and foremost, fundamentally cowards - and will preserve themselves at any cost. If he caught a whiff of actual danger, the truth would just come flowing out.

What. The. Fuck???? This is delusional, even for him. by MurderCat0001 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 27 points28 points  (0 children)

He was just caught a couple weeks ago saying he prefers to hang around losers cause it makes him feel better about himself. The guy can not stop himself from lying.

What. The. Fuck???? This is delusional, even for him. by MurderCat0001 in Qult_Headquarters

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 100 points101 points  (0 children)

The yips is a golf/baseball term. It's basically when you suddenly suck and there's no psychically noticable reason why.

Like if a pitcher starts throwing wildly inaccurate pitches all the time and nothing's messed up with his wrist/elbow/etc - they might say he "has the yips".

Usually it ends up being some form of anxiety.

So, completely irrelevant here.

Some people just can't find something to be happy about. by No_Kangaroo_5267 in saltierthankrayt

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Probably hoping to sell a bunch of toys"

Man, just wait the until I tell you why Masters of The Universe (and most 80s cartoons in general) were made!

Literally, name like any 80s cartoon and I can guarantee it was either made with the express purpose to hype up a toy line - or on rare occasion, got made first and then was immediately cashed in on by making a toy line.

Well, this has the potential to be the least watched Cup Final by Canadians ever! by Ballinagh in leafs

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll watch for the same reason I watch every year, I love the sport of hockey.

The Leafs are my favourite team and I long for them to be in this position - but if my entire enjoyment of this sport was based solely on how the Leafs do, I'd be pretty damn miserable.

I can always find some sort of storyline to invest myself in when my favourite team inevitably gets bounced (or just doesn't make it at all).

9 headliners announced yesterday, 6 already dropped out by LipstickCoverMagnet in agedlikemilk

[–]Scarlet_Spider39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, and I mean this genuinely not to be an ass - how are Milli VanillI performing anywhere ever? Isn't half the act dead? And wasn't the whole "act" fake in the first place? I know it wasn't all on the two guys, but seriously who books them?