Were this a legitimate flagrant foul, I would agree. Four is the rule. But this is an awfully spurious flagrant, IMO.

While I appreciate and understand that the suspension is for a series of actions and not jsut this one instance, I really think that this is a different act relative to the pattern of the other three flagrants. The others were clearly flagrant, this one doesn’t seem either intentional, or like he actually make contact…

Whether for men or for women, does anyone else feel like “but I have a great personality!” is such a load of horseshit? Almost anytime I meet someone new, there is a 9/10 chance that I find them likeable and interesting off the bat. Most people have great personalities. And the distribution of good personalities, in…

Not that guy, but I live in Buffalo. Last call is at 4AM. To be clear, that’s last call, not when the bar closes necessarily.

Are you absolutely sure those are the only two possibilities? I feel like there might be some nuance in between that you’re missing.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a black person refer to themselves as having gotten a tan, nor as getting pale under durress.

“People are going to be very surprised when they read the books after the show.”

Did anyone else think this is just harmless fun, especially in the context of the Italian equivalent? You can read some pretty harsh stuff into this if you look, but it’s pretty obviously tongue in cheek. What happened to fun?

A really nice twist would just be a Star Wars movie with no romance in it. The prequels suffered from a number of debilitating flaws, and the Forced (see what I did there?) romance existing at all was a big one.

I disagree; there was something familiar about it and I thought it was the quad thrusters evoking a very X-Wing sort of look, but I didn’t make the snowspeeder link until I saw your comment. I think it’s a good blend of old and new.

There was a time when I was young enough to know the word faggot was an insult, without knowing what it meant or that it was hurtful. It was the same as dummy or doofus or poop head. I miss those days, not because I have anything against gay people, but because some words are just fun to say. We use words like idiot…

Sorry, I wasn’t clear in my wording. I was moving from one thought (which I thought erroneously, as evidenced by the article) to another thought (which was more speculative, not an actual hypothesis or statement of fact). Mea culpa.

I always assumed my lab-pit mix was always hungry because she was a rescue dog/former stray and she just found food super rewarding. Interesting to think there is a genetic component. I wonder if epigenetic effects could be at play with the expression of a gene like this? Like if a dog has this gene or some variant of…

Jon Snow will go head to head with Ramsey when Ramsey comes up to the Wall looking for Sansa. I’m calling it now.

I feel like reading Gawker network articles is slowly making me less progressive.

Being good for different reasons than the reasons it was good when it started does not equate to being bad. Football is unrecognizable from what was played in the early 1900s, it was good then, and it’s still good. Very different, but still good.

This ^^^

We trained with a great deal of intensity where I went to HS, but if you puked during a workout you got pulled immediately and you had to do only easy runs for the next three days minimum.

Started watching track during the last Olympics; once you know a few of the names, it’s surprisingly watchable.

If the rate of bed bugs in black sheets is 1/1000 and the rate of bed bugs in white sheets is 1/100000 and the rate of bedbugs in hotels is 1/100 and the rate of bedbugs in private homes is 1/1000 and the rate of white sheets in hotels is 1/1, what color sheets should you get to minimize your chances of bedbugs?