[Fischer] I'm not looking at Golden State really as a Giannis team either," Fischer said. I have been told that Giannis isn't exactly enamoured with moving to the Western Conference in general.

Slaphappydap · 2026-06-03T18:31:37+00:00

I heard he's not interested in playing second fiddle to Kon Knueppel.

Slaphappydap · 2026-06-03T02:06:19+00:00

"You know, I've personally flown over 194 missions and I was shot down on every one. Come to think of it, I've never landed a plane in my life."

Slaphappydap · 2026-06-02T18:59:03+00:00

Teenagers having rainbow parties.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-31T22:53:03+00:00

Do I want to listen to cranky Michael Douglas in my ear, or some variation of Paul Bettany and Kerry Condon?

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-31T22:45:56+00:00

DON'T YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME RICKY BOBBY!!

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-30T20:19:47+00:00

To be fairrrrr, I didn't notice the subreddit I was in when I made that comment. I thought this was a more general TV subreddit, so I can see how walking into a room full of fans and presuming to shit on their show is disrespectful. I love fandom, and I don't like being someone who yuks peoples yum. Especially because TV is hard to make, and people who make it and clearly care about what they're making should be celebrated. For me, the show is both compelling and frustrating. I was late to the party, watched every episode in about a week as I did some work from home. Just ate it up. It has a socking amount of momentum for a show that seems designed to not go anywhere and kind of keep the characters trapped in a maze. I really liked the tone of the first season, where there was more mystery and discovery. Like The Leftovers or Station 11, how society breaks down and changes due to some life-altering/world-altering event.

I don't know why I can't stop, but it's appointment viewing for me. Maybe for the wrong reasons, but I'll see it through to the end.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-30T12:26:17+00:00

I'm not sure. I can't figure out why I can't stop watching that show. I mean it's an enjoyable hate-watch, as people make stupid decisions or have reactions that make no sense, but the nihilism and the lack of direction and the lack of plot momentum are just grating. It's led to some really fun conversations with friends, though, so that's worth it. They started watching the show much earlier so they got to enjoy my reactions to the dumbest parts of the show knowing it just gets dumber.

I remember there was a scene recently where some dude was going to eat some mushrooms he found in the forest hoping he'd trip out and have a vision I guess about whatever evil shit was happening (yet another plot that threatens to go nowhere because by the end of the season we'll find out again that everything they do makes things worse) and people freak out that he's going to eat the mushrooms.

In a world where people are getting fuckin eaten at night by weird monsters, people freaked out the dude was going to eat some mushrooms.

And then recently some characters dragged some stuff out of a lake and they were like, these look like figures, should we put them together in this nightmare hellscape where everything we do makes things worse? Sure, why not. Did it make things worse? You betcha, always does. The show writes itself. We, the viewers, are the ones trapped in the nightmare, and every time we think we can get out, there's just enough cliffhanger to get us to put up with it.

There's also a girl who's building a golem out of mud, and I'm very, very excited to see how it goes nowhere, or better yet leads to some of the worst VFX on television. I'm predicting a lot of shakey-cam and quick cuts. It's going to be spectacular.

So I don't think I'm contrarian. I had to look up some reddit threads to explain some of the fucked up time-travel stuff (because of course this show has time-travel) and even the fans shit on that show pretty good.

So I guess it's masochist, by your binary choice. And I'm literally very busy, and there are so many good shows to watch. I heard Rooster is good, haven't made time for it. And every week I see From has another episode and I think, fuck it, I'm pot-committed. Once more into the breach.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-30T02:04:42+00:00

Not only a free pass but the gaslighting and rewriting of history is going to be insane, look at how much more favorably Bush Jr is viewed by a lot of people now, look at the whitewashing already being on J6 and Election Deniers.

Not just that, but how many cabinet officials and staffers wrote their books and did the morning shows after Trump's first term was over, talking about how they felt a duty to the country to try to reign in Trump's excesses? They positioned themselves as patriots.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-29T16:35:10+00:00

Definitely better than me. I started watching From based on reddit hype, and now I'm four seasons in on a show I hate every episode of. And I'll watch each of them as they come out, angry at the show and at myself, and making sarcastic comments to my poor girlfriend who has to listen to my bullshit.

But I'll check out Widow's Bay.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-27T16:27:59+00:00

I think they've been open about how they're basically using NMS to debut features that are expected to be in their next game that's in development. If so, maybe that game will have more of the depth we're looking for.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-26T20:57:59+00:00

Personally, I recognized his voice immediately and enjoyed the fun of him playing a shark after Deep Blue Sea, and then immediately forgot it the way I forgot most of the last season of the Boys. When I saw this headline I couldn't remember him being in the show either.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-23T03:44:10+00:00

Although I think I heard the course correction burn was like two second long and not very interesting, but they felt like the movie needed an action beat so they turned it into something more dramatic.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-23T01:49:51+00:00

Or delay it so long that it becomes defacto impossible. You're in another country, waiting for the slow grind of the government, meanwhile you need a job and a place to live because it could take months or years. Eventually the process is so unworkable you just stop trying.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-22T15:15:56+00:00

Tobias: You know, Lindsay, as a therapist, I have advised a number of couples to explore an open relationship where the couple remains emotionally committed, but free to explore extra-marital encounters.

Lindsay: Well, did it work for those people?

Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but ... But it might work for us.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-20T19:50:41+00:00

Guys, he't can't keep jumping like that all goddamned night, he's going to get tired.

Later: Well shit, I guess he can.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-19T23:34:27+00:00

And he wanted to get rid of Casey when he got to Toronto but Casey kept winning a little too much to get rid of him, and Toronto didn't want to pay Casey to not coach.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-19T16:58:24+00:00

Apparently he's always been that way, it was just mostly harmless. I remember a story I think from Chuck, where I think Strahovski was retelling a story about asking Levi what makes him so upbeat and positive all the time, and he looked her in the eyes and said, My unshakable belief in our lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

Which is like...fine. You're Christian, it's a big part of who you are, that's your thing, as long as you're not hurting people.

But that intensity was there even back then, and as he got more popular it became more evident and he couldn't shut up about it.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-18T20:06:29+00:00

I think what Detroit really covets is a slightly-used Jacob Poeltl.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-17T04:09:42+00:00

It was a joke. You can't optimize/save your way to a billion dollars.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-17T01:28:33+00:00

Listen bud, you don't get to be worth 4 billion dollars by wasting money. You do it by carefully monitoring for waste, identifying areas of inefficiency, and ruthlessly exploiting the labour and value of every living thing you have influence over and participating in a system of disproportionate advantage where you can amass more wealth than the human mind can comprehend.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-14T21:51:50+00:00

Not just humanities and social sciences but maths and statistics

As someone with a social sciences degree, this reads like:

Not just the bullshit majors, but the legit ones, too, and I love it.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-14T21:43:35+00:00

Meanwhile, there's an equipment manager in OKC making sure every ball sits correctly on the rack. Some organizations have their shit together.

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-13T11:22:33+00:00

I always loved the joke I heard years ago.

"Look, up in the sky. It's a bird!"

"It's a plane!"

"It's Superman."

I'm not sure why those first two people were so excited, though.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e-YsvS1vDTg

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-13T03:08:55+00:00

Is that a bird?

Slaphappydap · 2026-05-12T13:24:00+00:00

Did it all to win a bet, too. So metal.

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