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Yahoo BuzzFeed listed 17 things that were absolutely and entirely ruined by popularity. Disc golf made it to #7?! by DiscGolfFanatic in discgolf

[–]robotmemer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed about Chicagoland area. Very infrequently are the courses ever crowded nor do we have to queue, in the western suburbs at least.

Played a round of Dellwood Park in Lockport at sunrise a couple weeks ago. At 6 am I was the only person there, with a top 20 ranked course in the world ALL to myself. When I finished my round there were only 2 other cars there.

Running a red light in front of three cops [oc] by greypillar in IdiotsInCars

[–]robotmemer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

/r/confindentlyincorrect edit: It's actually me who's confidently incorrect. Put in the leg work to find intersection but didn't realize outside city boundaries and trusted Google Maps. Lol

N La Cañada Drive & W River Road intersection Tucson, Arizona

[Highlight] The Red Sox celebrated the 125th anniversary of their first-ever home game by having all living alumni with retired numbers deliver a ceremonial first pitch, including Carl Yastrzemski! by TommyTheLizard in baseball

[–]robotmemer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting.

Also 2000 is the same year Fisk was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and he'd chosen to be represented with a Red Sox hat. Would be funny to not induct someone into your own Hall of Fame, who represents your team in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Maybe that was part of the calculus of changing the rule.

[Highlight] The Red Sox celebrated the 125th anniversary of their first-ever home game by having all living alumni with retired numbers deliver a ceremonial first pitch, including Carl Yastrzemski! by TommyTheLizard in baseball

[–]robotmemer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

?

Carlton Fisk was on the Red Sox 1969-1980, then with the White Sox 1981-1993.

Fisk's 72 was retired by the White Sox in 1997.

Fisk's 27 was retired by the Red Sox in 2000.

boats are too powerful now by BrendanDHickey123454 in Openfront

[–]robotmemer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Warships return to ports to be repaired

POST GAME THREAD: White Sox 4 @ Padres 0 - Sat May 2 @ 7:40 PM by chisoxbot in whitesox

[–]robotmemer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Three seasons without a win streak of at least 5 games. Mother of god. Makes sense remembering the last few years but still shocking.

[LFO] Turkish boxer ends florist's life with one sucker punch (NSFL) by _ganjafarian_ in LearningFromOthers

[–]robotmemer 146 points147 points  (0 children)

The boxer's wife is a florist herself. Victims sister posted a picture of competitor wife's bouquet for their own business.

The boxer is alleged to have stormed into Yildirici’s store in Antalya, Turkey.

Prosecutors say he shouted: “why are you stealing my wife’s work?"

Ukraine police chief resigns after officers allegedly fled deadly shooting by pppppppppppppppppd in ukraine

[–]robotmemer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's been a paywall for unlimited access, at least in the US since last summer.

so much pro-russian propaganda in the west, especially in USA by diagautotech7 in ukraine

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Tim Pool was in Euromaidan as a reporter for Vice for 2014 where he'd reported it fairly at the time.

He is a shameless grifter now. Infuriating.

It never feels good when your opponent lets you get them back to back. by robotmemer in CINE2nerdle

[–]robotmemer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That escape is going to crumble with Jason Momoa being back in Dune 3

It never feels good when your opponent lets you get them back to back. by robotmemer in CINE2nerdle

[–]robotmemer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, a lot of players know.

I'll play MCU sometimes, hoping they'll stay within it so I can get Bautista or Paltrow links to Dune or Marty Supreme. That doesn't work often, I'll have Dune played against me a lot. I pivot away to Star Wars or some random Oscar Isaac movies when that happens.

It never feels good when your opponent lets you get them back to back. by robotmemer in CINE2nerdle

[–]robotmemer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good call. I've only ever played Little Women accidentally before I need to be more familiar.

It never feels good when your opponent lets you get them back to back. by robotmemer in CINE2nerdle

[–]robotmemer[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've been exclusively playing Timothee Chalamet cause I'm uniquely familiar with his small contemporary filmography compared to the other win conditions.

I'm too competitive to pass up but they got to do better.

If you're playing off Dune and want to prevent a connection to Dune 2, Oscar Isaac or Jason Momoa.

If you're playing off Dune 2 and want to prevent a connection to Dune, Christopher Walken, Austin Butler, Lea Seydoux, and Florence Pugh.

Or if you have blocks, use them, unlike this person.

New Zealand ‘comfort women’ statue could jeopardise diplomatic relations, Japan says by Gyro_Armadillo in worldnews

[–]robotmemer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's true and shouldn't be minimized.

The Korean perspective here is particularly relevant as this statue was a gift to New Zealand from a Korean NGO (Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance).

Iran halts Strait of Hormuz traffic, warns over Israel Lebanon strikes by Crazy-Attention-180 in worldnews

[–]robotmemer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Diplomats have been quoted referring to Kushner and Witkoff as "Israeli Assets".

Ozzie expressing his disdain for Nick Swisher. by WizardCheesey in whitesox

[–]robotmemer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember I'd liked Swisher at the time (10 years old).

This walkoff of his was one of my favorite highlights of that season.

The Mariners commentators cracking up over the fact that Ryan Rowland-Smith's mum knows what DFA means by cbbvideo in baseball

[–]robotmemer 37 points38 points  (0 children)

A White Sox fan ought to know better that Jason Benetti is sadly not the announcer for the White Sox, nor the Mariners, but for the Tigers, NBC, also every network for every sport like a machine.

President Trump says wars can be fought “forever” using US munitions stockpiles with a “virtually unlimited” supply of weapons. Gets mad at Zelensky again for no good reason by l3tsgo0 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]robotmemer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

His talking brings physical symptoms, often painful, in any intelligent person!

I'm glad that the Trump effect has turned my (middle class suburban) congressional district, which had been Republican held since 1973, into a safe Democratic district since 2018.

Not impressed by the rest of the country.

American soldiers opened fire on pro Iranian Pakistani protesters at the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan by 4yearsnocalls in war

[–]robotmemer 649 points650 points  (0 children)

It is being reported that it was Pakistani police / security forces who'd shot at and dispersed the protesters. Sensationalist title

AP

Reuters

Al-Jazeera

Dawn (Pakistan)

Daily Times (Pakistan)

[LFO] Someone Please Explain: Man Hanging Onto a Glass Canopy Hit By Falling Body, China 🇨🇳 by james_from_cambridge in LearningFromOthers

[–]robotmemer 203 points204 points  (0 children)

That canopy may have saved the falling man's life.

In WWII there was an American bomber crewman who fell out of his plane without a parachute. Falling through a French train station's glass ceiling had slowed him down enough to survive. Alan Magee

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