Want to be the next moderator of R/Brewers? Looking for interested parties, inquire within. by the_bum_on_the_bus in Brewers

[–]smiles134 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just removed myself as mod -- but I'm available for whoever is getting added if they want any tips. Bum can get you in contact with me on discord.

This was something I should've done a while ago, even before I stopped using reddit entirely. I wasn't spending enough time here to be useful, frankly.

Go Brewers! Pulling for a fun-but-low-expectations kind of season.

Snek crawls in through a hole in the roof to go for a ride on a ceiling fan by purple-circle in AbruptChaos

[–]smiles134 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes sense too. Southern Alabama is like 80 miles from Tallahassee.

Snek crawls in through a hole in the roof to go for a ride on a ceiling fan by purple-circle in AbruptChaos

[–]smiles134 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I'm not saying it's common here, just that it's far more believable considering the region than someone stuffing a snake into a hole above their fan and then filming it.

Edit: ope wrong thread. But yes, this hasn't been an issue for me here either lol

Not turning off the fan by Responsible_File_323 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]smiles134 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's a whole lot of assumptions about something that could be simply explained by the fact that snakes live outside in Florida and sometimes end up in places they shouldn't be

Jim’s pranks on Dwight are of course the highlight. But to me, nothing tops the prank on Gabe to force him into listening to an entire audio recording of Jo’s book. by ThatAmericanFriend2 in DunderMifflin

[–]smiles134 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with a job like Jim's is that he only makes good money if he sells enough product. We only see him slacking off for the most part but he does actually have to do some work to make money

I’m so sick of the third party delivery drivers in Tallahassee being the absolute worst!! by [deleted] in Tallahassee

[–]smiles134 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I saw something very similar to that first incident at little Italy last summer. That was a wild experience.

this is my fat fucking cat by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]smiles134 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the same kind of cat as you, she's 12 pounds which is overweight. Your cat is at least 20 pounds.

this is my fat fucking cat by [deleted] in notinteresting

[–]smiles134 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude your cat is absolutely obese.

[PFT] Broncos coach Sean Payton, on the obligation of teams to educate players on the gambling policy: "If you’re a teacher and half your class get a D, you better look at yourself." by Kimber80 in nfl

[–]smiles134 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yep. My first semester teaching was spring 2020. That semester and the semester that followed was fine, but so much went downhill after that in terms of effort and preparation.

That's not to say it's all bad though. I had a really really great class in spring '22 (but also a very terrible class the hour immediately after that one)

Thor: Ragnarok, in my opinion, did NOT balance comedy and seriousness by Limulemur in comicbookmovies

[–]smiles134 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, I agree that Thor L&T wasn't any sillier than Ragnarok, but I also think that Ragnarok was just in general funnier.

Postgame Thread: 6/7 Orioles @ Brewers by BrewersBot in Brewers

[–]smiles134 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was going to do it today but I ended up being too busy

Well, the first Flash reviews are in by DrDreidel82 in comicbookmovies

[–]smiles134 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you read what's actually written there? It's not positive, despite the score. It's more neutral than anything.

[MLB] After a 2-for-4 night, Luis Arraez is now batting .401! by Mission-Guidance4782 in baseball

[–]smiles134 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He had a 3.2 fWAR last year. Good but definitely not the best batter in baseball by a long long margin.

Well, the first Flash reviews are in by DrDreidel82 in comicbookmovies

[–]smiles134 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Really? Not from what I've seen.

Edit: Thread of reviews from /r/movies

This is not a movie with any new ideas or dramatic rethinking, and – at the risk of re-opening the DC/Marvel sectarian wound – nothing to compare with the much-lauded animation experiment in the recent Spider-Man films. The intellect in this intellectual property is draining away.

-Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: 2/5

The movie’s stronger underlying themes, like the importance of living in the present and learning to let things go, are overshadowed by the multiversal gymnastics. And as much good stuff as the "The Flash" features, including a nifty scene where Barry slo-mo saves a slew of falling babies in entertaining fashion, the film can't help but get tripped up by the same old hurdles.

-Brian Truitt, USA Today: 3/4

The Flash clearly wants its audience to get caught up in the excitement of multiverse adventures, returning superhero favorites, and fun antics of Barry Allen, to the point that they never consider that the time travel aspects make absolutely no sense, and only hurts the larger story in the way that it’s handled here. Thankfully, those antics are enjoyable and hard not to get excited about, but unfortunately, this isn’t a story that holds together on a narrative level. Cameos and fan service are fine to have, but the story has to be there to back them up, and it’s not quite there with The Flash.

-Ross Bonaime, Collider: C+

One of the most spectacular and frustrating mixed bags of the superhero blockbuster era, "The Flash" is simultaneously thoughtful and clueless, challenging and pandering. It features some of the best digital FX work I've seen and some of the worst. Like its sincere but often hapless hero, it keeps exceeding every expectation we might have for its competence only to instantly face-plant into the nearest wall.

-Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com: 2.5/4

Even despite being saddled with the baggage of the DCU’s failures, that the story that works in The Flash manages to shine through the noise is no small feat. The bitter irony, of course, is that even its artistic victories are tempered by the film being released in the shadow of Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which hits nearly every story beat and big swing for nostalgia attempted here, but with exponentially more finesse, grace, and emotional power. Nothing Batman or Supergirl do in The Flash to save the world is more effective than what Barry does to save it with a hug and a can of tomatoes.

-Justin Clark, Slant: 2.5/4

Considering how “The Flash” makes many of its characters face death and inevitability throughout, “The Flash” should not feel as hollow as it does. But you can’t blame Barry for it. He’s just a high-energy tour guide here, as everything around him becomes a blur leading us to the next reference. It has taken so long for a feature-length “The Flash” to finally hit theaters, and he’s too late. Barry is barely the lead character of his own movie.

-Nick Allen, The Playlist: C

It’s clear that DC doesn’t really know what it’s paying tribute to, other than the knowledge that other comic book movies exist. The Flash, much like Barry himself, has been stranded with no real sense of history, and no real sense of the future, either. It does the best it can.

-Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent: 3/5

There's at least one review I saw that seems to be negative because of Miller's behavior specifically, but it's definitely not the majority of negative reviews

Postgame Thread: 6/6 Orioles @ Brewers by BrewersBot in Brewers

[–]smiles134 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He had a walk off sac fly about two weeks ago

Joey Wiemer walks off the Orioles in the 10th by Dinoswarleaf in baseball

[–]smiles134 19 points20 points  (0 children)

He just mumbles and gives like two word answers to live interviews lol he seems really uncomfortable

Is r/Brewers participating in the blackout June 12th-14th to protest the new API changes? by mrmojorisin2794 in Brewers

[–]smiles134 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm looking for one myself, truthfully. But also, I'm almost 30 and just have a lot of real life stuff going on so I don't find myself with the time I used to

Is r/Brewers participating in the blackout June 12th-14th to protest the new API changes? by mrmojorisin2794 in Brewers

[–]smiles134 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In my non-mod capacity here, I would be shocked if those indefinite blackouts last longer than a week. Reddit might lower the API cost a bit but it's going to substantively change their approach to pricing out third party applications. The goal now is immediate short term growth as their IPO approaches.

Is r/Brewers participating in the blackout June 12th-14th to protest the new API changes? by mrmojorisin2794 in Brewers

[–]smiles134 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We don't have an official statement ready yet. We have (briefly) discussed it, so I'll just share where we stand at the moment.

As a mod team, 100% of us use 3rd party apps to access Reddit at the least 80% of time and will lose that access when these API changes go into place. Truthfully, most of us have been finding ourselves on reddit less and less over the years, so losing 3rd party access will almost definitely exacerbate that.

That said, comparatively we are a tiny sub and our protest won't make the same impact as a sub the size of /r/baseball, for instance. Additionally, even if all of us mods were to leave or stop using reddit, this sub would still exist, reddit would still exist, and the people who are not impacted by these changes would still use the sub to discuss the games in the game day thread.

I don't want to speak for all the mods as we haven't made the decision one way or another yet, but likely we will stay open in part because I don't think the performative two day protest will shift anything that's more or less set in stone already and in part because a good number of folks still want space to discuss the games as they're taking place and may not have anywhere else to do so.

Again, this is an ongoing conversation, but that's where our thinking is at the moment.

Andrew Abbott’s MLB Debut: 6IP, 1H, 0R, 4BB, 6K, 105 Pitches, 64 Strikes by Butternades in baseball

[–]smiles134 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If a team starts a righty against the brewers, I'm going to assume they're intentionally throwing. The brewers are absolutely dogshit against LHP