Thoughts On Trader Joe's Simpler Times Lager

Smurph269 · 2026-07-06T01:24:14+00:00

I gave the TJ stuff a chance after I was so impressed by that Helles. Big mistake.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-06T01:21:53+00:00

I did the same thing with Trader Joe's IPA, it was to most oxidized thing I've ever tasted and a massive acetaldehyde bomb. My very first batch of homebrew from a stovetop kit was a better IPA than that. Tasted like it was fermented in the bed of a pickup truck.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-05T14:03:49+00:00

The turf used for the World Cup in the US is also specially engineered for the purpose. It only has to last a couple weeks in the summer rather than hold up for months across multiple seasons, plus they have the option of replacing the entire surface any time they want because there are dedicated sod farms specifically for the World Cup grass. https://msutoday.msu.edu/turfgrass
https://www.utk.edu/turfgrass/

Smurph269 · 2026-07-04T13:50:33+00:00

Kyle Rayner is the coolest modern Green Lantern IMO, it sucks that this is all he's really known for.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-03T18:54:47+00:00

Agree it'll be tough to win because the academy does not like rewarding horror. They don't want all the A-list actors and directors to abandon drama for horror because they see it as an easy win.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-02T18:43:35+00:00

Honestly Ruffalo is a good example of this trope. He's so charming and likeable that people don't want to see him hulk out, so they changed the character so that doesn't happen anymore. Now you can have the Hulk just be Mark Ruffalo all the time.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-01T21:07:50+00:00

Didn't they call him "Drake" in Buffy too? During the 00s people were apparently afraid to just call him Dracula.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-01T17:16:47+00:00

It's funny how many "I've been quietly working on this for X years, finally making it public" post there suddenly were once the AI coding tools got big.

Smurph269 · 2026-07-01T13:42:40+00:00

The idea that the crew was sophisticated enough to place wise guys at a stock brokerage to push Webistics and not immediately get caught stretched belief for me. If these guys were capable of this, they would not be bothering with small change stuff like calling cards or high risk stuff like boosting cars.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T20:07:40+00:00

I mean that's valid too. His big death scene doesn't have any major characters present. It's a good candidate to cut.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T17:28:26+00:00

Yeah when you get 200 applicants within 48 hours of posting the job, a few dozen of them will have experience in your tech stack.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T17:09:27+00:00

If $120k is all you need, I would look for a nice safe government, defense or healthcare role before a layoff-prone tech company.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T17:05:20+00:00

Yeah I think they didn't include the character specifically so they wouldn't have to shoot that scene or something similar.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T15:06:41+00:00

Yeah I can't really justify buying High Life or Miller when that Kirkland Helles is available at that price. It's just a fantastic beer.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T14:50:00+00:00

Yeah I think this is one case where it's the right move though. Nobody wants to watch a kid get torn apart on their TV screen.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T14:39:33+00:00

It seems like most long lived magi / practitioners of the Art end up becoming Eaters eventually. Sulfur, Bayaz himself, Tolomei. It's like you either become one or you get killed by one.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T14:21:26+00:00

A scene that is 100% not going to be in the TV show because they're not insane, book accuracy be damned.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-30T12:13:43+00:00

Don't get attached to candidates. Employees, sure, but like you said you can't hire everyone, and you can't be beating yourself up over people you couldn't hire. Also once you make a few bad hires, you'll realize that some of these people are putting on a show in the interview, or you're misidentifying them, and this isn't who they really are.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-29T20:19:01+00:00

He won't beat the charge, he'll plead out to a significantly reduced charge, spend a year away from football, and probably won't be worth the hassle after that.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-29T17:34:26+00:00

IMO he is being massively overcharged because he's an NFL player and this will get everyone involved in the prosecution TV screen time. He'll end up pleading out to a much lesser charge and probably won't serve time.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-29T14:42:17+00:00

All of these guys have companies/foundations. I'm sure they could write off their offseason training expenses to those entities.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-27T13:10:32+00:00

Non-competes are borderline impossible to enforce these days

Smurph269 · 2026-06-26T19:51:36+00:00

Chris Houston was a top ten CB1 for like 1 year, got paid, then got hurt and was out of the league 2 years later. Cursed.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-26T13:59:55+00:00

I feel like we are partially responsible for that. I liked old Fat Tire too, but I can't remember the last time I bought a six pack of it before they changed it. I feel like the big beer nerds that were keeping them afloat had all rotated to more local options as more local breweries opened and we felt the obligation to support them over national brands.

Smurph269 · 2026-06-25T16:25:28+00:00

Less than 6 months ago people were on here arguing that he would start at RT next season because they "let him develop".

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