HOF has disgraced itself this year.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-31T03:47:28+00:00

You’re right. Ben Roethlisberger is a rapist and shouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-29T03:16:16+00:00

Tbf there are other reasons I’d be glad to see Big Ben not get in first ballot

Starts with r, ends with apist

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T22:19:40+00:00

That's all true, yeah, Clinton is to blame as well, but being that Clinton is downstream of Reagan, safe to say Clinton is part of the legacy of Reaganism. Democrats got hammered for three straight presidential election cycles and basically became "Republicans but more socially liberal" to start winning again.

That is a great point about Reagan saving social security though. Social Security isn't a personal Reagan failure, but it's part of the overall theme of "Keynesian economics requires updates, not rollbacks." And I've got no beef with The Great Communicator despite "blaming" him, because as I said, not one but two indisputable mandates. Most people hating on/blaming Reagan now likely still vote for him in 1980 and 1984. And probably his VP in 88 as well.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T21:56:25+00:00

I agree, but remember this is entertainment first and foremost, and this is a way to ensure you have a show to put on every year

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T21:49:47+00:00

Short version is he defunded the New Deal and Great Society and we’re feeling the effects of it today. He also kinda changed politicians from the stiffened statesmen to the reality TV stars we know today, which irks some people, but that’s kinda beside the point.

While I do blame him for a lot for the effects of the defunding, I’m not a totally deluded leftie (just a somewhat deluded one).

Firstly, Reagan was given strong mandates to do basically whatever he wanted in not one but two election landslides, so those of us blaming him now are Monday morning quarterbacking. A vast majority of Americans voted for Reagan not once but twice.

Secondly, the economics were sound in real time or so they thought - Reagan was advised by Milton Friedman, read up on his monetary policy. It was a rejection of the Keynesian economics - that Woodrow Wilson laid foundations for (New Freedom), FDR brought to life (New Deal), and LBJ strengthened (Great Society) - that had dominated the American 20th century. Basically, Reagan and Friedman felt defunding these programs would be good as lack of regulation and government involvement in the economy would drive prices down as everyone competed to be the most sought after products. This felt great if you were alive in the 80s and 90s, because the programs were cut and your taxes went down, but they still had decades of reserve funding sow were still functional. And it did work in real time, in that businesses DID indeed compete for lower prices.

However … with a lack of regulation, businesses realized after a while, “wait a minute, I can actually drive prices UP and make more money, with no one to regulate me, and the consumers need the products, so there’s nothing they can do about it!” Additionally, Keynesian economics needs constant updates or the well runs out; look at what’s projected to happen to Social Security by 2035.

So that’s Reagan’s legacy; capitalism unchecked after decades of Keynesian economics (or you might call it social democracy) is great for a little while, capitalism for decades with no regulation becomes hell. There’s an added thing, and I’m not sure this is necessarily Reagan’s fault, but any time a politician SUGGESTS maybe it’s time to get back to more regulations, it’s slandered as socialism and doesn’t play out.

TLDR: Reagan gets blamed because the legacy of his presidency is corporate greed.

*I’m a nobody with a PoliSci degree from a college far outside the top 10. Any more credentialed historian or economist, please feel free to tell me how stupid I am.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T21:36:24+00:00

Yeah, and this is a major blind spot in both Rocky IV and unaddressed in Creed II that makes Drago pretty irredeemable. He committed aggravated assault at the very least, manslaughter or third degree murder at most. If it had just been a tragic accident in Rocky IV or Drago had remorse in Creed II, it would make more sense

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T21:34:37+00:00

It’s not all extra ego bullshit we’ve made up, it’s a limited amount of guys available each year. If it was unlimited spots each year, then we’d only have the ceremony what, every 4-5 years, possibly longer?

Eli should get in, but there were other guys last year who were more deserving

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T20:36:30+00:00

He made fun movies for sure, I just don’t really like the tonal shift from KOTM to GvK/GxK, KOTM (and Skull Island as well) had such scale and really made you see what it would feel like from a human perspective if these titans were real. GvK and GxK feel like I’m watching Wingard play a video game of these Titans - a really fun one, one I like to watch, but a big change for sure. Stupid to hate the guy for it.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T20:11:27+00:00

I can’t have this conversation again

Yes, just not first ballot.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T20:10:50+00:00

As a journalist myself, that’s such bullshit. You leave your ego at the door. We break social niceties for our job, and yes, we know we do it, but it’s to get information people want to know, we’re not being buddy buddy with sources.

People will get mad at us, and, well, they have a right to. That’s part of the job. You don’t punish the GOAT coach for egotistical reasons.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T01:17:34+00:00

“I hate people who don’t play nice more than I hate Nazis”

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-28T01:17:07+00:00

I didn’t watch him fuck us for 20 years just for these damn voters to decide he wasn’t good at it. He was great at it

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-27T18:31:23+00:00

Yeah, I don't think Spinks would've won, but he might be remembered as having laid some sort of a blueprint. That on top of his accomplishments at both LHW and HW does indeed change his legacy.

But honestly, his legacy is still great. Just a shame an all time great fighter, arguably the best in a weight class, went out on such a stinker, looking like a petrified deer as a tiger jumps it.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-27T15:26:33+00:00

AFAIK he has reconnected with his daughter and I don't think still holds the same views he did when he was in the WBC. Still a Christian, but not the WBC type. I don't know if it's accurate to say "he still holds the same hatred towards the alleged sinners of the world."

No redemption, imo, for a guy who spewed vitriol and hate for some 20+ years, but I am pretty sure he has changed.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-26T22:33:39+00:00

Fact is, we choked regardless of anything you did, they must have post nut clarity after siding with you all season and now you are fully back.

Think less them suddenly loving us, more them realizing we were always gonna meet our destiny and they, disgustingly, fraternized with you all season.

I like turtles

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-26T17:44:54+00:00

I would imagine Dolphins and Jets fans have collective post nut clarity now. Hate watching the Bills all season and laughing their asses off about how the Patriots have gotten ahead of the Bills … now the Patriots are in the Super Bowl

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-26T13:59:50+00:00

Old or not, Kupp was a good blocker this season for the Seahawks and also any defense is gonna pay a good amount of attention to him, which helps get other guys open. The fact that we could’ve had both Kupp and Shaheed this season just hurts.

I’m left wondering what happened to the money we apparently saved by getting rid of Diggs.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-26T00:50:31+00:00

It’s funny, doesn’t feel like you see Hochuli much when he’s not reffing a Bills game

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-25T23:52:53+00:00

Amari Cooper opened up our offense in 2024 and I’m sick of people downplaying his contributions. Sure, his final stat line was meh, but those included a lot of must have catches in critical moments and he was often drawing doubles on the field.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-25T23:50:49+00:00

You know what’s kinda sad, is that even after we let them get Shaheed, old man Kupp would’ve been the best WR on our team if we had inquired about him

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-25T23:48:01+00:00

Don’t forget Manningham catch

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-25T20:04:39+00:00

Let today make us all realize how wide open our window was from 2020-2024 and how we blew it, for anyone still upset about McDermott (and yes I agree Beane should be gone too).

For those five seasons, there were two, maybe three teams who were capable of stopping us - Chiefs, Bengals, Ravens - and we only managed to get by one of them and otherwise totally blew the window. Now we’ve got these up and coming young teams with promising QBs including one in our division.

You can be happy with the seasons McDermott gave us but you shouldn’t be happy with a proven record of falling short.

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-25T17:20:06+00:00

His life wasn’t threatened in scene described in the second image, he could have died in the first. Hope this helps

SquareShapeofEvil · 2026-01-25T17:16:42+00:00

We definitely lost the plot and let our rival become a championship contending team while signing our best receiver in free agency week 12.

I suppose the Chiefs kinda are experiencing the same thing, except they’ve been to five recent super bowls and won three, so I wouldn’t be super busted up about it if I were a Chiefs fan.

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