That doesn't mean much from a guy who fancies himself some genius among his mongoloid friends. I'm starting to think you don't have any friends at all.

that was meant to be a funny aside, but this guy has zero sense of humor.

no, no you couldn't. And if the only clues left are about the Saharan Desert Animal Population and you're playing with a zoologist you're shit out of luck. Anything you say about WoF can be said about jeopardy.

Nah. You're just an asshole.

There's luck in jeopardy as well. If you get a bunch of shitty categories that you aren't familiar with you might as well set your buzzer down.

ah. Do you give your friends iq tests? Do you do it before or after your hypothetical WoF simulation?

I'm fairly certain That jeopardy contestants study. You can watch the show and get a handle on the topics the writers usually cover. But overall, you're right. I may have dumbed down jeopardy a bit but only in reaction to people dumbing down wheel. WoF is definitely more nuanced than hangman and takes strategy and…

But if they don't know the lyrics to Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' La Vida Loca" they're gonna fuck up the prize puzzle and miss out on that trip to Puerto Rico!

Solving puzzles on the fly is Wheel's bread and butter. And if you know very little about the Roman Empire, you can't really solve the puzzle in Jeopardy! So, yeah stating facts that you've memorized is an integral part of the show.

Yep.

Jeopardy! has been on the air for decades and I think this same thing has been said a gazillion times. I'm the asshole who's convincing myself I'm smart, but what does that make the asshole who's defending the teevee show that's glorified bar trivia?

Ok, break it down for me. How is it different? I'm obviously dumb, so make sure you 'splain it to me like I'm four.

I'm not a history/geography buff and I'm pretty ignorant to any classic literature which makes up about 60% of jeopardy categories. The few times I do watch I tune out because I know dick about Charles Dickens or the geographic location of some obscure mountain range in South America. I can study and learn those…

right? They're called puzzles for a fucking reason.

Wheel takes strategy and you still have to have some knowledge (mostly pop culture knowledge, whatevs) to fill in the puzzles. Jeopardy is regurgitating memorized facts, which is a pretty superficial measure of intelligence.

or, y'know, the Yankees have more people living within a reasonable distance within the ballpark than other teams. It has very little to do with tourists and more to do with the population.

weren't you using fan attendance to prove the Yankees fan loyalty superiority? Or am I confused?

isn't the population of the greater NYC area like the most densely populated in the country? That might have something to do with the higher attendance numbers.

Ah, yes. Nothing strokes someone's ego like taking a pay cut to get some serviceable bodies to help win. Don't act like this wasn't going to be big news.

Blame fucking twitter. Any context, detail, nuance, etc. is completely lost when you reduce "news" to 140 characters.