“foisting”

Dude, #notallchristians.

Biblical literalism is a nineteenth century evangelical development. Maybe take a peek at how mainline Protestant churches interpret the Bible. (I can’t speak for Catholicism or Orthodox interpretations vis a vis literalism, but really only politically right-wing American “evangelicals” cling to it.)

Your joke wasn’t funny.

+.5 (shoulda used “under an assumed name”)

TOO COOL FOR SEINFELD

Yeah, no, doesn’t really answer the question.

Jesus. Go away.

Dude, just stipulate that they’re all chuckleheads and enjoy the game. Pretend it’s the NFL. Just tune it out.

Difference is, baseball’s unwritten rules are idiotic, inscribed by jocks with the stunted intelligence of sixth=grade bullies, and usually lead to violence.

Whether or not it’s “match point” or not has no bearing on whether this is good shot selection.

Gah. This means Raw will stay three hours, doesn’t it?

You’re that guy who thinks he’s gonna take down the terrorist in the hostage situation too, right?

Generalizing from one example, as you have here, is...not good.

Are you....like, covering up the bottom half of your TV with a piece of cardboard or something? How exactly do you think the balls come back?

This is a good candidate for stupidest comment ever on this site.

Saw Thiem play doubles in DC this past summer, right at courtside. He’s surprisingly tiny, which makes that backhand even more awe-inspiring.

rage. Rage. RAGE. RAAAAGGEEE!!!!!!!!!

Counterpoint: some books (lots of Dickens, for example) take a while to reward the reader, but when they do you’ll remember it for the rest of your life.

God, to be a fly on the wall when you’re sixty and looking back over younger Burneko’s public expressions of things-I-passionately-hate-and/or-summarily-reject-to-annoy-people. Add hockey to the list!