+1 Crusade

sup bro?

Just start searching 2+2 for ‘prop bet’, and be prepared to go down the rabbit hole for a few hours.

+1 railbird

There are some pretty crazy prop bets on the twoplustwo forums [haven’t read/posted there in about ten years, but I’m sure these things show up all the time]. This doesn’t even scratch the surface, but was the first result I found: https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/strange-prop-bet-between-matt-sa…

(Apropos of nothing, go here to vote for the Ass Team of the Year.)

No, I’m familiar with the Cards’ mantra/trope. It’s also used to neatly bucket blowhards who have a hard time resolving letter of the law versus spirit of the law. Fundamentally, that’s what my initial rant was doing; I wasn’t opining any differently than The Right Way crew.

I deserved this.

Well, there’s the possibility the offered draw was just a blunder, and not part of some grander scheme. That’s not as sexy as trying to pin a rationale on someone, but it’s possible.

The chess world was shocked at Carlsen’s objectively lame decision not to try to win Game 12, but today’s result at least proves that his decision was sound.

He’s the coach of the Redders now.

Wait, the San Diego Fleet isn’t a colloquialism for the Chargers?

This is the only acceptable wave in a sporting arena.

This 41-year-old sufferer agrees.

It’s like the still took a picture of everyone’s soul, right down to Kellerman’s lingering self-doubt about his own life choices.

The Orioles finished 50 games back of the wild card.

And here, as everywhere, there is absolutely nothing objectionable about a person without a job deciding to take a job.

Well, maybe this is a sign of good things to come*.

Rodgers won’t communicate with McCarthy, either, which sounds like something related to Rodgers.

These takes are all Ron.