But, for all it’s worth, Black Panther didn’t bring anything new from a story perspective.

Fundamentally, it was a mix between Iron Man and Thor. It combines the technological aspects of Iron Man (along with the antagonism for a foreign entity), with the prodigal son/family drama of Thor (with Killmonger functioning as…

I’m still amazed that Trump is a teetotaler (due to his brother dying from alcoholism), because so much of what I see from him reminds me of an elderly person suffering from wet brain after years of rampant alcohol abuse.

When people say that Trump is showing signs of dementia, it’s shit like this that makes it all…

Deval has already said he’s not running, and he was my particular choice amongst the dark-horses (meaning those not currently in a political office).

The problem with the Democrat field for 2020 is twofold> 1. There’s too damn many, and there’s little political difference. What this means is that you’re gonna either…

Infinity War was a better movie than Black Panther and I’ll stand by that until superhero movies go the way of the Western.

Even though you know about that, any casual person who knows about Halo knows one of two things: Master Chief and multiplayer. Your idea would be akin to have a series based on Metroid but Samus isn’t a character.

Hell, we’ve even seen how the reverse (a video game based on a movie) can fuck their prospects up when…

How more people don’t think about this is beyond me.

Master Chief is essentially a cipher. Yes, he speaks, but his personality is almost always rendered based on his interactions with other entities. That gets boring really quick, because it limits his overall agency and turns the narrative into a pinball game where he…

I mean, when you consider how janky they moved, how they could vacillate from hyper-vigilance to utter lethargy, and had varying levels of sensory perception that ranged from godlike to “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” and Johnny Got His Gun, I honestly think they inadvertantly got zombies probably the most…

I only think it would run afoul of gambling laws if there was a way to reconvert the fake currency into real-life cash.

What got those CS:GO sites into trouble is that people were not only gambling, but they could then sell the gear they won on an auction house for real money.

So long as there’s no convertability of the…

I don’t necessarily think he was underrated, but I would say that he didn’t do himself any favors by alienating much of the rest of the government at a time when the nation was going through the reverberations of Watergate, Vietnam, and virulent Stagflation. To go from the forceful personality of LBJ, to the crimes…

There’s a two-fold reason why the NFL PU is the weakest union, and both have to do with the nature of the game and the teams.

1. The NFL has the highest rate of both regular and season-altering injuries, not to mention the shortest average career length. Because of this, owners wouldn’t budge with guaranteed contracts…

Unlike other unions, where there’s a significant skill barrier that often prevents companies from filling spots with a bunch of replacement scrubs (imagine a teachers’ strike and the schools replaced them with people without degrees), there’s such a bevy of reasonably athletic available players that simply weren’t…

I never heard of sugar on grits, and I’m from the south. Funnily enough, I first heard about it earlier this year, now I’m hearing about it everywhere. I honestly think it’s becoming a fad.

But salt on watermelon? Fuck no. That’s the devil at work.

Yeah, gouda is delicious, but brie is such a strong flavor that it overpowers most of the common cheeses, thus doesn’t belong on any sort of macaroni (let alone baked mac and cheese).

I’m a three college team guy.

1. USF - I went there.
2. Louisville - Most of my dad’s side went there, and Louisville is a genuinely great school and city

Former player here (union, because League is essentially American football that’s over faster, in which case, what’s the point?), and I agree wholeheartedly.

Even better when you get a bunch of former players together to watch the game. Add liquor, copious amounts of food, and enjoy.

I used to play organized sports, and outside of a tennis or rugby match, it’s honestly hard for me to sit through most of them.

The only fun, truly, is going with a group of friends where you can have your own fun, if you have free tickets, or (the best) if you’re in a suite or box and you spend more time drinking and…

My great grandparents lived to very old age (105 for my great grandfather and 96 for my greatgrandmother), and my uncle recounted this story at our last official family reunion before they both passed.

Everyone is sitting around the dinner table, including me (I was a baby). My greatgrandmother was a bit of a battleaxe…

Exactly.

Mold is fungus, just like mushrooms, and there’s a reason why you don’t see fairy rings in the middle of the Sahara.

Having studied Bill Clinton quite a bit (he’s fascinating), he’s very much like his mother Virginia who was known for being a bit of a catch back in Hot Springs and very much a “woman-about-town”. Bill spent his formative years in Hot Springs and experienced a lot of that, and frankly, having both the genetic makeup…

I’d disagree. I honestly think they’re actual friends.

I think we’re assuming that because we only see them together at official functions, that it’s the only time they spend together, and further, that it’s the only time they want to spend together. But that’s our own biases because, frankly put, we’re normal.

Imagine…