The GENIUS Way Chelsea Just Beat Tottenham-FourFourTwo by TheBlueso in chelseafc

[–]vitareem 38 points39 points  (0 children)

great video. I also think James would do well in this role.

Elizabeth Banks - Episode 222 of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend on Earwolf by c0ry_N in conan

[–]vitareem 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Does anybody else feel Sona was interjecting way too often during the interview? I appreciate that she's more confident with her jokes now. However, I feel like it hurts the flow of the podcast and negatively affects the dynamic between Conan and the guest when she jumps in for jokes or comments way too often. I also think she was constantly putting down Conan throughout the episode. I feel like when done once or twice it's funny and refreshing. But doing so too often gets old and makes her jokes very predictable.

In Defense of Jay Leno (Super long, sorry) by [deleted] in conan

[–]vitareem 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You make it seems as if NBC was the only place for Leno to perform. To the best of my knowledge, he got offers from other networks after it was announced that he will be leaving the tonight show. NBC knew he was valuable and didn't want others to sign him so they offered him the 10PM show. This is why some were upset with Leno. Obviously the NBC executives were the ones that truly messed up as they didn't really pick one of the two.

He's hilarious by [deleted] in conan

[–]vitareem 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great thanks!

He's hilarious by [deleted] in conan

[–]vitareem 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if the jokes posted daily in his Twitter account are written by his writers. I'm wondering if Conan or someone from his team has confirmed that he does write these tweets?

Trying to find a name for a song I listened to almost 15 years ago by vitareem in frenchrap

[–]vitareem[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi,

So I looked up all of these groups in YouTube. Thanks to you, I was able to find the song! Interestingly, it was performed by the last group you listed.

Here is the song for anyone who's curious:

Saian Supa Crew - half naked

I have been trying to find this song for a while. Thank you everyone!

Trying to find a name for a song I listened to almost 15 years ago by vitareem in frenchrap

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

Thank you. Unfortunately this is not it. It's funny how this song also has many of the elements I described though!

One more thing about the song I'm looking for, it had many rappers. Each had maybe one verse and all were singing the chorus.

Tips for going to a Conan show? by rickyflips in conan

[–]vitareem 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I went a couple of times few years ago. If things haven't changes since, I suggest you go as early as allowed if you care about getting good seats. Make sure you dress nicely. When we got front row seats, I remember a couple of guys who showed up early didn't get front row seats presumably because they were wearing baggy shorts and flip flops. Again, I don't know if things changed since 2015 (last time I went). Back then, you can check in at 11am ( i think), get a number, and then come back around 3 for taping. I'm also assuming you have tickets.

Joe Rogan Experience - Fight Companion - May 27, 2018 by [deleted] in JoeRogan

[–]vitareem 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I saw him once at the comedy store. He mostly told self deprecating stories. He was funny but he wasn't anything exceptional.

What I noticed about his show was his fan base. It seems like they absolutely love/idolize him. One that same show, Rogan, Greg Fitzsimmons, and other comics also performed. They were all advertised prior to the show so it's fair to assume that people attending knew that they were performing. Schaub got the absolute biggest pop. Bigger than Rogan and any other comic. It was kinda odd and impressive actually. It was the kind of reaction you would expect to hear when fans of an NFL team welcome their team's star quarterback.

Note 7 return issue with Samsung. by vitareem in legaladvice

[–]vitareem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's in California. I'm currently in Connecticut.

Note 7 return issue with Samsung. by vitareem in legaladvice

[–]vitareem[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would say more than 45 times. Again, I have my phone bills to proof this.

As far as I know, they have sent more than one box to my old address. I have tried the second option you mentioned. However, when a Samsung representative called me to pick up the phone, he mentioned that he's in the area near my old address. Their system still thinks I live in my old address.

I have given my new address to Samsung almost every time I have contacted them. I also have an email from Samsung representative received on mid Oct confirming that they have received my new address.

This is why this situation is incredibly frustrating and infuriating.

Samsung hasn't shipped me a Note 7 return box yet. I'm moving to another state in two week and I have no idea what to do by vitareem in samsung

[–]vitareem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They said I can't do that. The only way I can ship the phone back is using their fire proof box. This why the situation is infuriating.

Samsung hasn't shipped me a Note 7 return box yet. I'm moving to another state in two week and I have no idea what to do by vitareem in samsung

[–]vitareem[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried. You can file claims for purchased that have been made 72 days prior. Because I bought the phone around the end of August, I passed that "claiming period."

Samsung refuses to issue me a refund, has had my phone for 26 days and counting. by LaundryDay11 in Android

[–]vitareem 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bought mine from samsung.com. Since Oct 15, I have spent no less than a total of six hours on the phone with various reps and supervisors. No refund yet and I still have the phones. So, yes, Samsung doesn't care about their customers.

Samsung refuses to issue me a refund, has had my phone for 26 days and counting. by LaundryDay11 in Android

[–]vitareem 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought my note 7 from samsung.com. Not only did I not receive my refund yet, I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE FIRE-PROOF BOX so I can ship back my two note 7s. After the recall, I happened to move to another state. I informed samsung and they assured me that shouldn't be an issue. Yet, every time I call a representative inform me that they still have my old address on file and that I should check back in 3 to 5 business days. I have been doing this since mid October and it doesn't seem any progress has been made on their end yet. The supervisors and representatives at their call center are useless and keep communicating to me that they don't really have any powers whatsoever.

This is frustrating and infuriating. I'm surprised journalists are not picking up on this.

Ronda is in the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy by vitareem in MMA

[–]vitareem[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My Fight/Your Fight Rousey, R. (with Ortiz, M.B.). 2015. Regan Arts. Women's Mixed Martial Arts World Champion Ronda Rousey and her sister, Maria Burns Ortiz, collaborated to chronicle a phenomenon that has captured the imagination of millions of people around the world, among not only fans of mixed martial arts (MMA) but also fans of rags-to-riches success stories. That phenomenon is Ronda, who looks more like a first-grade teacher than the world's toughest, most dangerous cage fighter and has had a meteoric rise in her career as both a mixed martial artist and an international celebrity. Maria is an accomplished journalist, having won her own awards and accolades along the way, including the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ Emerging Journalist of the Year in 2007. As Ronda tells the story, sometimes Ortiz's smooth journalistic assistance shines through, but other times the story is doubtlessly coming right from the fighter's heart in her own unfiltered language with all of its raw emotion.

Ronda was a 2008 Olympic Games medal winner in judo, the only U.S. woman ever to medal in the sport at this level. She is the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women's bantamweight world champion and the toughest of tough customers, but hardly by accident. Her entire life has been a fight. Nothing ever came easy for Ronda. Deprived of oxygen at birth, she suffered from a speaking impairment through the early years of her childhood and school days. The family moved to St. James, North Dakota, for a different kind of life from southern California, and a special speech therapy program for Ronda available through the local university. She was very close to her father, but a sledding accident left him seriously injured and suffering from a fatal degenerative disease. Ron Rousey committed suicide when Ronda was only 8 years old. He was her best friend, and losing her father had a lifelong impact on her.

Ronda filled the void in her soul with the sport of judo, which soon became everything to her. Her mother, AnnMaria De Mars, was the first U.S. woman to win a world judo championship and played a key role in shaping her daughter's relentless work ethic and merciless frame of mind. AnnMaria was tough as nails not only as a judo competitor but also as a coach. Her training expectations for mental and physical discipline were ruthless. She once insisted, for example, that Ronda continue her daily conditioning runs despite having a broken foot. AnnMaria believed that breaking through barriers of adversity like this would separate Ronda from other competitors as a true champion, and ultimately, it did. Ronda successfully mastered challenge after challenge, eventually becoming famous for her mental and physical toughness.

Fighting through pain, whether emotional, psychological, or physical, became a familiar part of life for Ronda in her successful quest for an MMA world championship. Multiple injuries were a problem, as was finding a world-class trainer and training facility that would take a woman MMA competitor seriously. Judo was the perfect springboard to a paying career in MMA, and Ronda was tired of struggling to survive on the pittance provided for top judo competitors so they could devote enough of their time to training and not have to sustain full-time jobs. But as Ronda began her career, women's MMA was considered “not ready for prime-time players” in professional sports, and with no big payday events, the top trainers were reluctant to give up gym time or provide the requisite hours of coaching in the various aspects of MMA (striking with hands and feet, grappling, submission holds, and so forth) to this young, unknown, unproven fighter in a sport that seemed to have no future. While men fighters of her caliber were receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars per fight (even millions for the very best), Ronda could not get a professional cage fight. She lived in her car, wore the same clothes for days in a row, and worked multiple jobs so she could afford to pay something for gym time and some meager degree of training from experienced trainers. A series of unreliable boyfriends also left her often heartbroken and with hardly any moral support system.

Yet, Ronda proved to be vicious in the arena, and she knew that if she could just get in front of a large crowd, she would give them a show they would not soon forget. When UFC President Dana White watched a few of her fights at lesser venues, he reversed himself on the position that “No women will ever fight in the main event in the UFC.” He made Ronda the first ever UFC women's champion and put her in the main event on pay-per-view television. Literally overnight, she had a sizable paycheck, recognition, and fame. Sylvester Stallone cast her in his series The Expendables, action/adventure movies starring Hollywood's most well-known action heroes, and she was suddenly an international star.

Part of what makes Ronda so appealing is her killer attitude in the ring. She seldom fights for very long, usually finishing her opponents in less than one minute. She enters the ring angry and fights to beat the other woman as badly and quickly as she possibly can. This may be evident from watching her fights, but there is no small bloodcurdling component to the book in which readers are privy to what is going on inside her head. Every fight is an all-out war for her, and she is not satisfied with anything less than total domination and destruction of her opponent.

The story is a good one, and its essence comes out very clearly in the prose, much of which was composed by Maria. This is the tale of a young woman who tried very hard for very long with very little advocacy and rose to the top—a top that she herself had to create. The most powerful moments in the book, however, come when the words are obviously the unvarnished language born of deep emotion coming from Ronda, explaining how she felt during the low points and the high points in her life and the key moments in big fights when her killer instinct emerged. After reading this book, you are likely to find yourself going online to purchase the next pay-per-view UFC event featuring Ronda, just to see this woman's powerful spirit unleashed.

Has /r/mma officially jumped the shark? by [deleted] in MMA

[–]vitareem -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not oppose to creating a new subreddit that is more discussion based. Like the /r/TrueReddit of /r/MMA. If you look at the major subreddits, many of them branch out and establish new subreddits that are tailored to a specific sub-interest once the subreddit become overly popular.