This is why I stick to mushrooms when I plan to pick a fight with the cops.

I’m pretty sure Albert spends all day staring at trees and coming up with new ways to describe despair. It’s like if Walt Whitman really wanted you to know you were going to die alone.

[slaps the bong out of Albert and Patrick’s hands]

I guess. But if he thinks the team’s handling of his injury was so egregiously bad, isn’t that what the union is (or should be) there for? Isn’t there a grievance process for that? The fact that we’ve heard nary a whisper of that makes me think it has little or nothing to do with this.

“Spazzing out”? Wow, man.

Calling this a “humiliation” is implying that they lost something—either some nebulous concept of “esteem,” or the services of a player who might improve the roster and become part of a championship team, or might bolt in a year.

Now you’re earnestly arguing a “humiliation” is not a “loss.” Holy shit!

Methinks the Sbarros have remained conspicuously silent.  Another shoe is about to DROP.

Papa John approves of your stereotypes.

even bigger FUCK YOU to DeMar DeRozan, who didn’t realize Canadians knew those kinds of words

what a monumental FUCK YOU to Kawhi Leonard, who mostly deserves it, and an even bigger FUCK YOU to DeMar DeRozan, who didn’t realize Canadians knew those kinds of words

Chicago is slightly colder than Toronto in the winter (Ave daily temperature January = -6.2 Chi, -3.4 Tor) In the summer the average temperatures are nearly the same around 22. Chicago has more extreme temperatures, with both the coldest and hottest records exceeding Toronto’s.

The books are incredible, BUT Tolkien’s writing style is not for everyone. People complain about George RR Martin going on and on and on and on AND ON AND ON AND ON about food and meals and stuff..... But he’s got nothing on Tolkien describing LITERALLY EVERY FUCKING TREE THAT THE HOBBITS PASS BY AS THEY MEET WITH TOM…

Some people that love the books might think this is a hot take, but it really isn’t. The movies did a very good job of exploring the world of Middle Earth and pounding home the importance of destroying that ring at all costs, even though there are many differences between books and movies. But, a lot of things…

Every time Samwise bursts into tears, you take a shot.

It’s been a long time since I’ve read them but they key for me to enjoy them was to skip all of the elf songs and about 50% of the Frodo stuff from the second two books. Whining little bastard.

Everyone has stupid shit they like to spend money on. On the one hand, jesus this seems like a huge waste of time and money for lame-ass memorabilia. On the other hand, do what makes you happy, I guess? As long as none of these guys have kids that are going without food or medicine or something, which I grant, is not…

Well, that’s another wrinkle of the whole thing (though remediation rates, as a whole, are WAYYYY up over the last 10 years... there’s a systemic problem). And would suggest that school shouldn’t even be a consideration for these athletes. Again, college shouldn’t be a football/basketball incubator.

Never mind that this creates a massive incentive for schools to find ways to get rid of players before they can graduate. I would bet good money you would see a lot of mysterious dismissals or expulsions between players’ senior season and their graduation date.

I never said they shouldn’t get paid. In fact, I said the opposite.