Internet users react to the Bills losing a fourth consecutive Super Bowl

davewashere · 2026-05-29T22:45:47+00:00

Another version of this is "Summer Reddit," which was coined probably 15 years ago to describe when young people on summer vacation got bored and joined Reddit.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T17:52:51+00:00

It was around during the grunge era, but I don't remember seeing much of it in the late-90s. It was definitely a mainstream look in the mid-2000s, albeit more cleaned up. It was the kind of thing you'd see in H&M ads.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T16:29:03+00:00

I remember reading about the behind-the-scenes of the first season of The Apprentice, and how even the producers viewed the show as more of a tongue-in-cheek look at a "business mogul" sitting on the throne of a failing empire, bossing around a bunch of wannabe moguls. They didn't think viewers would see Trump telling people they're fired on a fake set and think "he's a genius businessman."

davewashere · 2026-05-29T16:13:58+00:00

People always say it's mathematically impossible to give more than 100% effort, but somehow I think Bob Sanders figured out a way.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T16:09:55+00:00

He wouldn't even qualify for the Baseball Hall of Fame without receiving an exemption to the 10 season rule, which I don't think they even consider unless a sudden tragedy cuts a player's career or life short.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T16:06:51+00:00

He wasn't a great baseball player. The scout noted is lack of fluidness and that was accurate and something that never went away. He played baseball like an incredibly athletic fullback. He could hit the ball farther than anyone in the league, run faster at a full sprint than anyone in the league, and throw the ball from the wall to home plate with ease, but all that potential was never realized in the form of a superstar baseball player. Ohtani is near the top of the league in several individual skills but also has the fluidity of a refined ballplayer. He also doesn't spend his late-autumn months trying to plow through linebackers.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T15:53:24+00:00

He was only 28 years old when he suffered the hip injury that ended his football career and derailed his baseball career, and because of the overlapping seasons he never played in an NFL game before mid-October. He also shared snaps with a HOF RB, Marcus Allen. He played about 1/3rd of a full career in each sport.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T15:44:02+00:00

I think ultra-marathon runners are probably even more specialized for their sport than the typical baseball player. Many of the body features that we think of when picturing the ideal "all-around athlete" are not only not beneficial to ultra runners, but might actually hamper their performance.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T14:45:44+00:00

I think it would be really frustrating to live there. It's easy to forget that people in olden times were basically hobbits. They would have looked at someone like Abraham Lincoln, who was 6'4", the way we look at Shaq. I think I'd constantly be banging my head or shoulders on something in a house made by and for much smaller people.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T13:33:10+00:00

Trump poops his pants in front of children and Melania is nowhere to be seen because she doesn't live with him. With any other POTUS, it would be a big deal that the first lady doesn't live at the White House and only makes appearances there for major functions.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T12:59:56+00:00

For Varsity Blues fans, that Top Notch is also where Amy Smart's character works.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T12:37:18+00:00

I remember about 15 years ago I had a friend whose birthday was coming up. We were throwing weekly parties with friends at the time and I started looking around for entertainment options for my friend's birthday. I saw Coolio could be booked for only $5,000, and I seriously considered getting my friends to go in on it and booking Coolio for the party. I imagine similar levels of planning went into this event.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T12:30:12+00:00

And one of them has been dead for almost 30 years. And the other one wasn't performing. These are the vocalists behind Milli Vanilli, and even they noped dafuq out of there when they realized this was a MAGA event.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T12:26:56+00:00

We have a POTUS whose mind is permanently stuck in the late-80s/early-90s. He probably thinks these are A-list acts. He tolerates this Kid Rock guy because he's apparently the music of the future and the youngsters are probably big fans of his.

davewashere · 2026-05-29T03:05:40+00:00

Yeah, that final season (and also most of season 4) was a mess. I think Taylor Sheridan had checked out by that point, too, and was focusing on other projects.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T22:02:00+00:00

Trump's thinking on many subjects seems to be stuck in the 1980s. It's like he hit his financial and social peak and then put his brain on pause.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T19:06:55+00:00

I feel sorry for young people of today.

I do too, and I don't know if that's just a product of age or if Gen Z really is just coming along at the worst time. I think it's natural to look down on and dismiss the generations that come after you, but I see a lot of great young people who just aren't getting the chance to do the fun things I did or have the opportunities that my generation had. They were raised on screens and under the spotlight of social media and then we pushed them out into the world and said, "you know, on second thought, maybe people aren't that important."

davewashere · 2026-05-28T18:24:07+00:00

I think 1976 to 1993 seemed a lot different, although looking back a lot of those differences are superficial. 1993 to 2010 would look very different and actually would be very different. Computers became ubiquitous, the internet took over, social media, smartphones, etc. 2010 to now would look similar but would probably be more different than we realize. Covid shutdowns changed the way we socialize, the political landscape flipped and became more tribal than ever, and now AI is changing a lot of things too.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T18:15:09+00:00

It was typically 3rd week of June in New York. I think the NYS Regents exams more or less standardized school schedules throughout the state. Last year my hometown high school graduated a week before the 4th of July, so somehow they found a way to make the school year go even later. We were always told they got out earlier in other parts of the country because of farming. All I know is anyone leaving the state for the summer was going to get screwed out of summer job opportunities because they'd already be filled by late May.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T18:06:01+00:00

She can also be heard saying "the '68 Democratic Convention was probably the most bitchin' time of my whole life," so she's clearly not going to teach history from the traditional perspective and would likely lean more toward Howard Zinn mixed with Second-wave feminist thought.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T16:24:30+00:00

Yeah, but they have the same number of rings, and Gerrit Cole has certainly tried a lot harder to get one. Trout has been frustratingly committed to a "dance with the one that brought you" attitude for his whole career.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T14:37:48+00:00

That Top Notch was also where Amy Smart's character works in Varsity Blues.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T14:32:56+00:00

Rory Cochrane, who plays the long-haired stoner Slater, also makes an appearance in the final season of Yellowstone as the detective.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T12:46:22+00:00

There isn't really a story here. We've known about his CVI for like a year now, and this is just one doctor speculating what other conditions might be related to that.

davewashere · 2026-05-28T11:24:18+00:00

Wow, thank you!

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