When you consider how few measurements truly come down to fractions of an inch, I think we can all live with that slight margin of error.

Hey, how 'bout we all acknowledge that, since it's ultimately just a game, there's really no need to put fucking chips into the ball? There's a process, it's a little antiquated, but it's mostly functional, so let's leave it as is. The imperfection and uncertainty of it all is part of the charm of sports. The more…

Please provide proof that this tactic "has worked exactly zero times in the history of the universe." I'll wait.

The chain is accurate, cheap, portable, easy to use, and not prone to malfunction. What do you want, lasers or something?

Being on the same channel and produced by the same company (Eric Andre too, btw) doesn't mean they're all doing the same shtick. I suppose I was wrong to say Steve Brule and Eric Andre aren't anti-comedy, but my point is that that term is so broad it's lost its meaning and requires sub-categorization. After all,…

The three acts you mentioned don't have much in common. They do have some aesthetic similarities in that they all use crummy production values to comedic effect, but Brule is a buffoon, Andre is a Dadaist (as someone else here pointed out), and T&E, while too versatile to be neatly pigeonholed, are parodists at their…

I know what nebulous means. And FYI, Fisher is a .500 head coach for his career, playoffs and regular season included.

That's what I've been saying all along. Fisher made a decision based on a nebulous collection of factors that existed at that moment and that moment only. Any way you look at it, the outcome could not be predicted with any degree of certainty, so there was no "statistically correct" call. You can give this type…

Earlier I posted a link.* The link included a graph which showed that, from 2000 to 2011, the success rate of fake punts in the NFL on 4th-and-3 was roughly 50%. So, how exactly was Fisher's decision "statistically the right call" when the odds based on historical data were the same as a coin toss? The call can…

No - I said "worked" not "work." If a play was unsuccessful, it was not the correct call. Period. That's why we watch the games rather than entering data into a simulator and cheering as a computer generates a theoretical outcome.

That's not quite the same thing as what you said before. "A reasonable choice between two plays" implies that both choices have roughly the same odds of success, so choosing the more conventional one would not amount to passing up the best chance.

Then Matt Groening will douse the flames by pissing on them (these acts will be court-ordered, so as to establish legal precedent).

I suppose if they felt there was any risk they might offer to settle, but it sure seems like a slam dunk for the defendants. Then again, I'm not a lawyer, so what do I know? Maybe this guy and his attorney know something we don't.

Then why are you posting links, asking me to look up stuff, etc.?

Agreed. It's pretty clearly an "ask for a huge amount and hope to settle for a much smaller amount" type of case. However, they won't settle because that would open the floodgates to any number of other people they've spoofed. I imagine they'll probably litigate it so they can obtain a judgment in their favor to…

I wasn't commenting on the merits of the case, I was responding to Whovian's question about whether there was a statute of limitations for this type of claim (I believe the proper term is "laches" for a civil suit). I included the word theoretically in my comment because I doubt it's a winnable case.

13000+ comments? I think you've got plenty of time, my friend.

Probably not as long as The Simpsons is still generating money by using his likeness (theoretically).

Thank you for this.

Guess you bailed on our little chat. Way to successfully execute the "create strawman and then split" play.