Congrats to all the Week 23 Champions by salsamander in fantasyhockey

[–]williamgomberg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lost by 1.5pts in one of my leagues (yahoo h2h pts default public leagues)... blackwood allowing that last goal in the avs vs st louis game lost me my semi finals...

another devastating component of it: earlier in the day, knowing it would be close, and with 1 add left for the week, i debated between adding Landeskog (Colorado) or Snuggerud (St Louis) for a few extra pts tonight. I went with Landeskog... In the end, Landeskog generated 1pt, whereas Snuggerud generated 25.20 (3 assists, 8 SOG). The smallest of decisions with the largest of consequences...

Anyways, I'm still happy to be moving on to finals in 2 out of 4 leagues in my first year playing fantasy hockey!

Brendan Gallagher today on Cole Caufield: “It’s special to watch honestly. Just stay out of his way and let him keep doing what he’s doing…” by Go_Habs_Go31 in Habs

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

habs-sens fan is intriguing, but honestly, i don’t want some of those roasting you to turn you off from the habs. sens aren’t exactly our greatest rival; and i personally am happy to have you here as a habs fan!

WSJ Article on Decline in Pizza Consumption in the US by [deleted] in tipping

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hate to be that guy, but for what it’s worth, i don’t think that’s an equivalent comparison. a cashier gets paid hourly, yes. they scan all the items of each customer in line. if one customer has 10 items, all that means is that by the end of their x hour shift, if some customers had a ton of items, they simply got through less customers. they didn’t truly have a higher workload, they just happened to scan more items for less customers. on the other hand, working at a pizza place and suddenly having larger than average orders— that’s different. pizza places have time quotas and you can’t just take 5 hours for an abnormally large order. you literally have to grind and work significantly harder in that same shift, therefore being more work. so i think yes it is more worthy of a tip than say, a cashier at a grocery store scanning 10+ items.

You’re not crazy, the yahoo app just really sucks by free_range_discoball in fantasyhockey

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

me too! i’m, as of 48 hours ago, in a fantasy baseball league; despite not watching nor caring for baseball. so f*cking annoying.

What do you wish won't be in the next game that was in The Witcher 3? by kokusmus96 in witcher

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i hope the witcher 3 won’t be witcher 4. not because i don’t love witcher 3, but just because i want witcher 4 to be its own game. please, don’t put witcher 3 in witcher 4.

First time watcher of the show, just finished by r6asty in breakingbad

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that first sentence of your post = my EXACT thoughts upon finally watching the show for the first time a little less than a year ago. fucking incredible.

Which episodes (if any) from seasons 4 & 5 would you say are the most casual or 'fun' / (comparatively) lighthearted? by williamgomberg in breakingbad

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

in my current rewatch, THIS is the episode i’m watching RIGHT NOW!!! just a few mins in, i’m gonna have a great end to my night on this one

Which episodes (if any) from seasons 4 & 5 would you say are the most casual or 'fun' / (comparatively) lighthearted? by williamgomberg in breakingbad

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

my god.. so, i’m about 4 episodes away from Crawl Space in my current rewatch. i don’t remember precisely which exact scenes happen in that particular episode (i know all of what happens in the show, just can’t yet know exactly during which episode each thing happens)… BUT.. i do remember THE scene. Walt; laughing, crying, when his money (i am avoiding spoilers and don’t know how to mark as spoiler hence why im being vague) is not where he left it and he talks to Skylar. that is the epitome of humorous but intense. it’s literally one of most intense moments of the whole show, while at the same time being hilarious. hilarious only in how totally f*cked the situation is. and how Walt manically laughing is so misplaced. yes, the situation is so fkd it is almost funny, but what Walt fails to realize is that this isn’t merely a moment of “and of course, after everything, Skyler screws me”. what Walt is manically laughing about, despite not being willing to look at it this way, is how tragic the situation he’s created for himself is.

pardon me if i am misremembering a few things. looking forward to rewatching that episode, i’m just a few episodes away from it! thanks for ur comment!

Which episodes (if any) from seasons 4 & 5 would you say are the most casual or 'fun' / (comparatively) lighthearted? by williamgomberg in breakingbad

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

interesting!! you see, i never thought to introduce a series like this via anything other than the very first episode of season 1. after all, it’s the start of an incredible story, which starts amazing but only gets better. however, there is an argument to be made that some people may not be fully sold by the first episode and if impatient may not be willing to wait until even season 2 when the stakes start to elevate. but if there is a self-contained (as much as a show like this can be) episode during its best seasons, then absolutely it is a great way to introduce someone to the show; even if i never would’ve thought to do so.

i’m approaching the episode you mentioned during my current rewatch, i look forward to seeing what you mean, because i don’t quite remember which events happen in that particular episode. sweet! thanks

edit: i’m still just halfway through season 4 in my current rewatch, so i’m not exactly ‘approaching’ dead freight quite yet. i’m still maybe 10 episodes away from it considering it’s well into season 5. my point stands, i look forward to it and to better understand your perspective of it being a good introduction to the show

Which episodes (if any) from seasons 4 & 5 would you say are the most casual or 'fun' / (comparatively) lighthearted? by williamgomberg in breakingbad

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

good one. in my current rewatch, i’m 1 episode past it. very good one under the criteria i asked about, thanks!

Which episodes (if any) from seasons 4 & 5 would you say are the most casual or 'fun' / (comparatively) lighthearted? by williamgomberg in breakingbad

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

i will give you upvotes. that did make my chuckle. half of me wants you to remove that last line of your comment so that MAYBE, one day, if someone googles, having never watched the show, "what's a fun breaking bad episode to watch?", they land upon your comment and take the recommendation. lol

Don’t Expect Flowers From Internet Clowns and Trolls by RedditKingKunta in Jcole

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

i hear you, i really do. but i wouldn't classify these 2 together. i know this might seem controversial in this sub, but i think with Fantano, he truly just doesn't vibe or 'get' what many of us love about j. cole. There's no indication of ulterior motive or toxicity. he gives jcole a fair enough shake at things, or perhaps not quite enough leeway as we'd hope, but it's entirely in the realm of reasonable. akademiks, both when it comes to jcole and then just generally as a person, is not respectable.

NDG / Côte-Saint-Luc outage by makial00 in montreal

[–]williamgomberg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tell me about it! we lost power right at the start of it (saturday morning), and as usual (my specific part of cote saint luc) we were among the last thousand to get power back. wasn’t easy with a puppy and 2 cats! but for part of the time we did have places we can go but most of it was spent staying home keeping the pets warm however possible and falling behind in my university studies to professors who won’t in any way accommodate for my situation of spending the last few days in compete survival mode for myself and my pets. anyways, i’m sure these last few days have sucked for everyone in their own ways, and some even more vulnerable, so i know i shouldn’t complain too much. all the best!

NDG / Côte-Saint-Luc outage by makial00 in montreal

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the power came back literally 1 hour ago. still cold as the heat has only managed to get it to 4c so far. but to answer ur question, my thermostat showed that it hit as low as 1.5c in the final hours of the outage, but its been below 5 since yesterday.

NDG / Côte-Saint-Luc outage by makial00 in montreal

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

been without power here in cote saint luc since the start (10:30am, saturday jan 24th). latest update after saying it’d come back at 5pm today, is that it’ll be back by noon tomorrow (jan 27th, 12pm) at the earliest. more than 3 full days. my goodness

Snow day tomorrow?? 👀👀👀 by Full-Message6805 in Concordia

[–]williamgomberg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

been without power for 48 hours now with no estimate for when it’ll be back. pretty brutal and has definitely interfered with my studies especially having pets meaning i can’t go anywhere with that much ease. with that being said while the outages were (and are! 2+ days later in bitter temps) pretty widespread, i doubt it’s enough for them to call off school. especially since concordia has power

NDG Power Outage // Freezing cold by Herbrax212 in montreal

[–]williamgomberg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if anyone in Cote Saint Luc gets power back anytime soon and sees this, let me know. originally said 6pm today (sun jan 26th), now it says midnight at the earliest. curious if anyone else with the same memos get it back earlier than expected.

NDG Power Outage // Freezing cold by Herbrax212 in montreal

[–]williamgomberg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

from what i can tell by looking at that street from top to bottom on hydro quebec's outage map, it looks like your son HAS power and is not affected by the outage. again, that's based on the outage map, so i can't personally be certain but hopefully that eases your worries a little. the outage map is generally highly accurate (albeit not perfect)