My dearly departed best friend was really into things like crypto and the Amero and shit like that around the time we started college in 2009. I was studying political science and economics, and even though I had a powerful enough computer (and the spare student loan money) to drop a few dollars into Bitcoin once it…

The jist of MyKinja’s statement is less the fact that LeBron didn’t go to college, or that having a degree is always postively correlated with an increased level of intelligence, but rather that in this day and age, talented but educationally-lacking people are often put on a pedestal and their words carry a great…

Truth be told, almost anyone who has a significant amount of earnings that come in large chunks/waves that aren’t particularly routine (such as one-off fees and bonuses), will be advised to route them through an S-corp or some other entity in order to stave off taxes.

I know a few people in that category (with most of…

Not for nothing, but it sounds like Dre’s assets are more heavily tied into either hard assets (cars and homes), or assets that can’t be easily sold or transferred (such as his masters, Apple stock that might be locked behind various legal covenants from the Beats purchase, proceeds involving trademarks and copyrights)…

The issue is not just many of those superteams fail, but also that many of the major moves involve players on the tail end of HoF careers.

03-04 Lakers involved a final-season Malone, and GP who only played for another 2 seasons as a backup player (and finally got a ring in 2006 with the Heat). Wilt Chamberlain with…

I live in Florida and work tangentially in politics, and it would take a colossal fuckup by DeSantis to lose.

He’s actually gotten more popular since his election, and there’s been a large influx of Conservatives from states like California and Texas who enjoy the various policies he’s enacted (along with no state and…

I loathed XIII, but I did enjoy XIII-2 a great deal. The trilogy certainly isn’t near the top of my FF-favorite list, but out of the three, I do think XIII-2 would be the most amenable to fans who have heard nothing but horror stories about XIII (which...valid), or have heard nothing about Lightning Returns (which was…

That’s my question.

While flights might be cheap, and plans can be changed, who in the fuck is simply spending money on these flights, chomping at the bit to stage a protest with some fucknut you don’t know whose wearing a thong over his face?

Plus of all the times and places to cause a situation to increase in tension,…

I was completely unaware until today that we had the opportunity to submit our names (real life or character) to be put into the End Credits.

That would’ve been cool, but considering the craziness of my life back in 2013, FFXIV, regardless of iteration, was the least of my concerns lol

1) As an original player of FFXIV (the collector’s edition no less), I believe it was a little over a year where they halted subscriptions. Further, us veterans got ARR for free, and we had a discount on our monthly subscription for ARR.

Leaving aside the corporate issues, the fundamental problem that’s facing WoW is one they’ve never faced in the 17 years the game has been on the market: two consecutive expansions that are held in rather low-regard.

Starting from the heights of Wrath, it’s been rather topsy-turvy. Cataclysm was less well-received than…

I had version 1.0 FFXIV (the Collector’s Edition no less), and make no mistake, it was a bad game where seemingly every possible design decision was the wrong one.

That being said, SE realized their mistake early on, and basically allowed everyone to play for free for the rest of the game’s lifetime (or a significant…

Counterpoint: James Bond.

Many of the same fears were raised when Lazenby took over for Connery. Lazenby floundered, but Roger Moore flourished, Dalton was distinguished, and both Brosnan and Craig reinvigorated the character and the series in both Goldeneye and Casino Royale. Further, even though plenty of people…

Very true, very true.

It is interesting, however, that videogames have relied on that stereotype you’ve posted, yet when you look at movies, particularly action movies and their stars, there’s a much greater physical diversity.

Sure, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Willis, Lundgren, and Ford (amongst others) are white, but ph…

The French Connection belongs nowhere on a list of movies that include some of this drek.

You said you weren’t 100% sure it’s his info to tell, not that you felt it should’ve been privately stated to a therapist. If it’s not his info to share, then whose is it? Is it Jennifer’s? She’s not the one dealing with the alcoholism. Is it the kids? They like don’t know the details (and, of course, they aren’t the…

It’s about his way of dealing with a marriage and stresses. He’s the active participant in the story. While he (or anyone) might choose to not share the story publicly for the sake of their ex-wife and their kids, it’s a bit silly to say that the active participant in a story they’re recounting about themselves…

It surely was.

You’ve got some years on me, but if you had told me what the Tampa area would become back when I started at USF (in 2009) just under 13 years later, I would’ve called you a bold-faced liar and laughed in your face. The degree in which it’s become a destination city (and the associated rise in housing…

You’re right in general.

However, in this case, they’ve told on themselves a bit when they refer to her as having fallen through the cracks and being on the verge of a prison sentence. Presumably, in this fantasy realm that is sufficiently distinct from her own realm, none of those things have any relevance to the…

Nice. I used to play rugby in Wesley Chapel since I’m just a bit south of there, and Lutz, in Temple Terrace.