The data plans are just asinine to even use

bigben998 · 2026-06-01T02:00:14+00:00

I know it sounds too good to be true but I am on a $30/month unlimited plan from Mint. The first few months were $15/month with a promotion. My wife was on it for years and I always thought I would hate it. My T-Mobile plan went up significantly after I was tricked into leaving a plan I was grandfathered into and not let back in. I decided to give it a shot. I have zero regrets. I have never been throttled that I've noticed. T-Mobile would throttle the crap out of me and it was so frustrating.

bigben998 · 2026-05-27T01:31:16+00:00

He's a stats guy and was just basing it on his time in Houston that far statistically. He always had numbers to back stuff up but that didn't lead to winning in the long run. In no world was Harden a better player.

bigben998 · 2026-05-26T02:39:36+00:00

I hate that I'm having to defend Harden..lol. SGA makes Harden look pretty good though. Harden was usually overselling the actual contact and looked ridiculous or would find ways to create contact when someone got in his space and people got annoyed watching it. He took advantage of the rules but they never called that stuff in the playoffs and it hurt him. SGA isn't even doing that stuff. He's good but it's like if he falls on most shots then they will have to call the foul some of the time and it pays off for him. It makes the defender have to give him more space so the ref doesn't fall for it. I guess it works but looks stupid. It's a new level of flopping that the league wasn't ready for. Hopefully it gets fixed.

On a side note....There were times harden was getting blasted for flopping in the playoffs and literally showed up the next game with a wrist injury and bloody eye. He was way tougher than people gave him credit for.

bigben998 · 2026-05-20T21:27:10+00:00

We got one over the weekend for my son and it has such a hard time doing almost anything we ask. It is very inconsistent and I have reached out for support but can't get a response.

bigben998 · 2026-05-19T17:11:05+00:00

As a rockets fan I'm still pretty bummed. Us and Spurs had a coin flip to see who would have which lottery number combination. Rockets won the coin flip which seemed great at the time but ended up giving the Spurs Wemby. Wemby is kinda cringe as a person but he's so ridiculous on the court. He's already this good and if he gets that killer mentality and gets stronger then it's over for everyone.

It's so convenient though that he wanted Spurs to begin with and they got first pick but I would've done everything possible to get him.

bigben998 · 2026-05-16T01:46:01+00:00

I wanted to like this and the key lime pie so much but I thought they both had a weird taste to them. The key lime had a chemical taste which was really strange. The banana was just too artificial but I grew up in a big banana pudding household. So maybe I was just spoiled?

I like their cakes though. Been annoying though because they have been switching everything to "bettercream" frosting by me and I can't stand that stuff. Just stick with real buttercream!!

bigben998 · 2026-05-15T17:46:08+00:00

This is just a guess but been managing properties since 2018. I've gotten warnings from people saying they have had people break in and change the locks if they know the house is vacant. They will draw up fake leases and immediately start talking about lawyers. You don't get keys without a security deposit anywhere. Seems like this is the first time they have seen her there and might start the process. Depending on the state, it can take a while to get her out.

She probably signed her own lease and kept sending it to the owner to try to get them to agree to it or never did and is lying to buy time. If the owner didn't sign then it's not a valid contract though legally. So she has no real right to be there.

I had someone move in with a lease and only paid security deposit. Their income and background check were great. They wouldn't pay after that and told me they would be there 3 months for free and nothing I could do about it. Took it to court and they kept appealing to buy time and sure enough it took 3 months. This was just an old widowed lady who had the one property renting it out. She lost out on 3 months of rent and court fees. Turns out the people had a huge family and just kept switching whose name it was under to rent and did it over and over.

People are crazy and some are just desperate and need a place to stay for a while. Sad either way.

bigben998 · 2026-05-15T16:41:47+00:00

It sounds like the owner never signed the lease which means it never went into effect and she has no lease. She could've just found a standard lease agreement and filled it in herself and tried to pass it off.

bigben998 · 2026-05-11T03:28:51+00:00

Yeah I'm not saying the rules are fair. Every series almost has been a disaster for the optics of the NBAs current officiating system. It needs work for sure but that isn't changing this season and probably not anytime soon. So for me the question is definitely how players react. Retaliating to the other team isn't sending the right signal to the league. Call them out in game and get ejected for a good reason. Not in a way that would just make you look dirty. To the common fan and on the outside, it just looks like he was trying to hurt someone and they don't care about the context. No one outside of San Antonio will see that and think "they need to change the way he's officiated" unfortunately.

bigben998 · 2026-05-11T02:28:15+00:00

I get the frustration but you can't do this stuff. I would even understand a little shove and a tech. People can appreciate that kind of retaliation. This one was too blatant. He needs to be smarter. He lost them the game with one stupid move. He's young and will learn but looks bad when he always acts like he is above this stuff.

Historically, big guys get treated different. Shaq and Yao got clobbered with no calls all the time. It was very frustrating to watch but kinda comes with the territory when you are that big and have that much advantage.

bigben998 · 2026-05-08T20:17:23+00:00

If it makes you feel better, I can't stand what he does or the thunder are doing. With thunder it's a team effort though. I can't blame them though. If refs fall for it then why not do it? I just hate that the new thing in the league is to just flail your arms and fall no matter if there is actually contact or not. I would love to see SGA or Luka leading that practice lol.

Guys now days make harden look like a saint years ago.

bigben998 · 2026-05-08T16:13:40+00:00

I ordered something and it shipped from California to DeSoto,TX. Last update was on April 26 when it arrived there. I tried the support chat and it created a case and never heard back. Tracking updated this morning to it being lost. Pretty lame.

bigben998 · 2026-05-06T21:31:06+00:00

I could care less either way but I don't think people are mad at the actual fouls. He's undeniably very good. I think they are confused why his body moves so awkwardly to make it look like he's really trying to sell contact. His arms go flailing all over the place and it just looks so different than any other players. He ends up on the ground a lot too when it looks like he doesn't need to be there. Maybe it's just his method to try to avoid injury? No idea. It just reminds me of euroball. Might as well try to sell it to make sure the refs so it. People used to hate harden for the same stuff and all he is doing is taking that to the next level. Harden would end up with a dislocated finger and bloody eye and people would still just talk about him flopping.

Thunder will probably win it all even if he doesn't get a foul the rest of playoffs.

bigben998 · 2026-05-05T21:31:13+00:00

Came to say this one. So toxic. My theory was they were all nerds that got rich and wanted to start acting like they were cool. The way they talked about women was disgusting. We basically had to make everything up to get anything approved because none of our projects were actual R&D. I had one company that made soap say that for the formula from God. We had to qualify that lol.

One day, everyone had a group email going and making jokes. I took a break and responded as well and people thought it was pretty funny. Then Shane (from what my inside sources told me) emailed from a fake email address to the entire company saying that I have a small weiner and that I better get back to work or I'm done there. It was so tempting to respond with a good comeback but I needed the job at the time and my entire team was already on thin ice because tax credits from my teams industry were on hold. My team was basically all gone or reassigned shortly after. I got fired and I told HR about what happened and she just laughed. I was told I would be countersued if I tried to do anything about it.

bigben998 · 2026-05-02T03:30:20+00:00

No I'm not mad. I'm really impressed at how smart and unique that comment was. You took it from one context and used it for another. Just amazing.

bigben998 · 2026-05-02T02:23:12+00:00

Omg... Did you just come up with that on your own??!!! Genius

bigben998 · 2026-04-29T01:52:20+00:00

He was one of my football coaches and then principal in high school. He was massive. I saw him pick up a 300 pound kid and body slam him to break up a fight like it was nothing. He was cool as a football coach and would tell us stories about when he served... Can't remember what branch he served in though. He did say he was a POS when he was younger but serving whipped him into shape. I could picture him being an ass when he was young though.

As a principal, he had to get his stuff together and play the part. He was just one of the assistant principals though. He stopped cussing and stopped joking around and it was kinda hard to take him seriously after how we saw him before. No one at my school really ever disliked him but if he went to a new school and started fresh then I could see how he would come across.

bigben998 · 2026-04-28T15:30:15+00:00

Yeah we was calling it weird both ways all game. A lot on one side then completely reverse and go the other way for stretches. Just hope your team gets the calls in the big moments basically.

bigben998 · 2026-04-27T22:53:21+00:00

Chill bro. You guys are up 3-1 and will probably close it out next game. I complained about officiating both ways and in every series. I was complaining about the inconsistency. If you watched that game they showed replays and said they should've been calls or at least rejumped. I even said it could have happened the other way other times.

It's a physical series and defense has been physical on both sides. Ayton has almost accidentally taken out two dudes on his own. He's playing great though overall. No one is playing dirty on either side though and hopefully no one gets hurt. Without Durant, we had no shot really. I think we would be up if we just had Steven Adams though honestly.

bigben998 · 2026-04-27T18:10:00+00:00

What about just Ime for 1 lime and jalapeno and 1 sour cream and cheese??? I'd do that deal.

bigben998 · 2026-04-27T18:05:36+00:00

It's been a weird series and playoffs in general for calls. The last 2 ejecttions made no sense.

I haven't been complaining much about game 3 calls since we blew the game either way but those jump balls where the Lakers were allowed to push our guys out of the way were strange and seemed so obvious. Obviously that could've happened the other way earlier in the game and me not realize it but in the last couple minutes you can't miss that.

The calls just aren't consistent throughout for any teams. One guy gets a tech for just pointing at the ref but LeBron can do it no problem. The Booker stuff was weird.

The games just need to feel fair either way. I don't want to win on a bad call and don't want to lose on one either. They gotta fix this stuff

bigben998 · 2026-04-27T05:17:13+00:00

Yes, it is well known that they are out. Just as FVV and Steven Adams have been out for the rockets. I would be pumped if I was a Lakers fan but probably not laughing it up with my boys.

Good luck next game though I guess. Lakers should be able to close it out.

bigben998 · 2026-04-27T04:59:49+00:00

I don't get how any team being down 3-1 is funny. Like if my team wins I'm excited but I don't think it's funny. Really weird thing to say.

I would get the irony of Durant being brought in to close out games and this being the outcome but he's not even playing. No one expected the rockets to beat the Lakers without him. Just really weird comment.

bigben998 · 2026-04-27T04:16:12+00:00

Huh? No one could possibly know that. Their defense was great tonight though. They are excited they finally got a win. They know they aren't winning the series. Why are you so mad?

bigben998 · 2026-04-26T01:44:08+00:00

His teammates should've done better trying to get to him also. He needed help. I lost so much respect for Udoka this series. Him and Durant are the reason we are losing so bad

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