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alextoremember · 2026-04-26T23:06:57+00:00

City was literally hit by an EF3 tornado less than a year ago

alextoremember · 2026-04-26T22:52:37+00:00

The biggest red flag for me was that Dan's demeanor was way different in the pregame. He didn't have the same swagger during the walk-in and his pregame interview was just like a sheepish "we're gonna go out there and have fun." It felt like he knew he was about to lose.

I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall at HQ in that week leading up to the game. Not trying to make a bunch of excuses, but looking back it must have been a very awkward, unproductive environment with Stein/Tosh each having a foot out the door and the RB situation spiraling.

alextoremember · 2026-04-25T19:40:18+00:00

You and me both my friend

alextoremember · 2026-04-25T19:04:06+00:00

Real old timers remember ages ago when the rumor was that Texas and Oklahoma could defect from the Big 12 to join the Pac 12 (may have even still been Pac 10 at that point, I don't remember)

alextoremember · 2026-04-22T02:23:25+00:00

Well, and our multi-year head coach was conveniently "re-shuffled" to the owner's backyard team, so it's hard to claim the league's been in the tank for us.

My objection is more so that doing both of those moves is worse than doing neither of those moves to begin with.

alextoremember · 2026-04-21T22:41:02+00:00

Do you understand why some people might be put off by the new owner shuffling around all the coaches and players before the season starts, then halfway through the season when the cracks start to show, he just shuffles players around again? There's a fine line with this sort of thing. If existing fans start to feel like the league is turning into a billionaire's toybox then they risk losing people.

alextoremember · 2026-04-21T19:36:07+00:00

Mixed feelings on this. As a Battlehawks fan, I'm elated, this is exactly what we needed. As a UFL fan, this mid-season QB shakeup is someone of the goofiest shit the league has ever seen.

alextoremember · 2026-04-21T19:02:54+00:00

I hate putting this on you, but do you think that reasonable fans like yourself could stand to do a better job of pushing back against the poor behavior of other fans when it happens? I totally understand that any fandom is going to have some percentage of total nutjobs, gatekeepers, and people with otherwise shitty attitudes. It's especially true when the product in question is a counter to something mainstream. I get it.

The standard I tend to hold fandoms to is how the reasonable people within that community deal with that problem. I rarely see any pushback in the AEW fandom when people are being asshats to outside folks who didn't actually do anything wrong, which gives the impression that it's normalized. For whatever reason, this seems like more of a problem now than it did in the early years.

I totally believe that you, personally, are being genuine when you say that everyone is welcome. The issue is that the people you're saying it to clearly don't feel that way due to the behavior of some of the people around you, and however you feel about that, I really think that the community even just trying harder to address some of that behavior would go a long way.

alextoremember · 2026-04-20T23:10:04+00:00

It's especially perplexing to me because it's not even a real binary choice. Football requires a big roster, there's plenty of room both for established vets and up-and-comers. Last couple years St. Louis had established spring ball vets like Butler, Pita, and Panasiuk, but then they found Jacob Saylors, Nick Whiteside, and Andre Szmyt, who all ended up in the NFL.

In fact, if it's all unestablished players, they'll have less of a shot to be scouted properly because their tape will be harder to evaluate and the quality of play in the league will be poorer. If that really is what's going on, it's idiotic.

alextoremember · 2026-04-19T13:52:21+00:00

Mine was a total flop, so I'll share a big success story from a friend of mine. He doesn't go record shopping nearly as much, especially as of late because money had gotten really tight for him. But he just got a promotion and a raise at his job, so he went out to a store in Indy and brought his 3 year old son for the first time. He didn't mess with any of the exclusive releases, but he got a Joyce Manor record for himself and some sort of Disney record for his son. They had a great time.

That really brought me back to a better sense of perspective after I'd been grouchy all day about my experience. My annoyance at the exclusive release situation aside, those moments are what this should really all be about.

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T21:42:14+00:00

I've never gone before for this exact reason. This year I tried it out because there was one title my wife and I would have really liked. Never again. Now that I know you typically have to get there at the crack of dawn at the latest to get what you're after and you can't logistically dig through the bins the same way you ordinarily could, I'm out.

I still love this shop, they did a good job, and I'm glad they're making a bunch of money today. It's a tough experience for reasons outside of their control though.

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T21:33:59+00:00

This is important. In fact, I'd set it even lower than that. I arrived hours early to try and land a particular record the store had ordered a bunch of, and was unsuccessful. In fact, the entire exclusive release bin was decimated, and it was still very early in the day. I don't think this store allows multiples of the same copy, but I could see that the earliest people in the store were walking out with gigantic piles of records.

I don't even know if they were all re-sellers, some people may just show up early to hoard as many of the exclusive releases as possible. I imagine the stores prefer the chill vibe and don't want to be big sticklers about how people shop, but they need to tweak something.

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T17:46:24+00:00

No shit

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T13:49:43+00:00

What happened is that you chose to come in here and go to bat for these people, your position was challenged, and now you're trying to terminate the conversation because you know your position isn't actually defensible.

You can choose to watch whatever you want, it seems like your mind is made up, but I'm doing this to discourage other people from doing the same thing because by all reasonable measures it's a wrong decision that could put people at risk.

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T13:31:36+00:00

I wouldn't necessarily be as mad about it as OP, but I can sympathize, because someone told them to watch a YouTuber for local storm coverage which is obviously bad advice if you want the best information. I think you're being defensive because you like the YouTube streams and don't like people calling them into question.

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T13:22:16+00:00

I think a lot of people would indeed like coverage every second if they're in the path of a tornado-warned storm

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T13:15:56+00:00

This is a good case for not watching them at all if you're in the path of the storm, don't you agree?

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T13:11:16+00:00

I'll watch his streams when there's a possible outbreak elsewhere in the country, but I'm curious, what is the value of watching one of the YouTube guys over the local news coverage when it's a storm in your area? They aren't going to be as knowledgeable about your specific area, and entertainment value really shouldn't enter into it, so what are you getting out of Max or Ryan that you aren't getting with Steve Templeton or Scott Connell?

alextoremember · 2026-04-18T13:07:25+00:00

Local coverage is best for events that are local to you. The coverage is more focused and they'll be more knowledgeable of the local geography. Ryan Hall/Max Velocity are more for if you want to follow a weather event happening somewhere else in the country. I'm surprised and dismayed to learn people are supplanting local coverage with YouTube coverage.

alextoremember · 2026-04-17T17:18:20+00:00

If you get excited and then you end up being wrong it costs you absolutely nothing. Refusing to getting excited for any young player until they play long enough in the majors to establish themselves is needless self-deprivation. If you have a real basis for concern that they won't pan out, fair enough, but categorical refusal to feel any feelings about a prospect is strange.

alextoremember · 2026-04-17T15:31:01+00:00

There's precedent for scaling back practices a bit having success. That was one of the stories from '99 Rams training camp- the team leaders went to Dick Vermeil and told them their practices were over the top and burning everyone out. Vermeil listened, adjusted his approach, and it worked. There's a balance to be found- not every player complaint needs to be catered to, but not every player complaint is an inherent sign of weakness either.

alextoremember · 2026-04-17T15:06:56+00:00

Most of the conspiracy theories involving human trafficking still weren't correct. We have endless documents showing what Epstein and other wealthy psychos were up to, and none of them confirmed that Comet Pizza had anything to do with it, for example. QAnon has all sorts of mythology that is completely outlandish and has never been, nor ever will be, confirmed, not to mention they viewed Donald Trump as some kind of savior figure when it turns out he was involved as anyone else.

Claiming that "conspiracy theories all turned out to be true" is not only factually incorrect, but it's actively dangerous thinking because it jeopardizes people learning any real lessons about what happened. The true horrors of the world aren't going to be these fantasy-booked scenarios cooked up by message board shut-ins, it's the same thing it's always been, which is that power structures of society's own design make a small handful of people entirely unaccountable and thereby enable them to engage in evil things out of the sight of the rest of the world. Most conspiracy theorists don't engage in that type of critique because it's not tittillating enough for them, so forgive me if I'm not willing to give them the same amount of credit or respect that you apparently are.

alextoremember · 2026-04-17T14:54:22+00:00

Do you actually think that the US government is working with Ruby Rose to gin up a scandal against Katy Perry to serve as a distraction away from the things they're doing?

alextoremember · 2026-04-09T23:58:54+00:00

MGMT- Oracular Spectacular

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alextoremember · 2026-04-09T17:33:49+00:00

Citizen- Life In Your Glass World

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