Yeah, I'm just being a pedantic ass. There's very little reason I can see to insist on the 'proper' meaning when the semantic shift, at least as I see the word used, is pretty much complete.

And let's not forget that the current 8 seed is looking to blow up their team.

He legitimately gives me hope for the Sixers' future, and his basketball ability is only about 20% of the reason.

My hometown team is maybe only nominally an NBA team, and it's not obvious that they're the worst team in the East right now.

Ever see Melancholia?

Strange Embiidfellows

Not only is Joel Embiid a great NBA prospect (if his foot doesn't fall off), he might be basketball's best comedy prospect in a generation.

Wait, nobody's gonna be that guy who says "that's not what 'nonplussed' means"? No?

That's some sweet, sweet comment/username synergy you got going there.

Previously known as Hyperwirism.

I was pretty down on it, but I was willing to pretend that part of the finale didn't happen.

"I need to … (cough, cough) … tell you something … (sputter) … it's my latest poem"

… It's me, Margaret.

Marry me!

Almost certainly in the top 10.

So, Hannibal's probably my favorite show currently airing. I'd probably shy away from calling it the best, although at its best I think it's doing things that no other show on TV is doing. Most everyone seems to agree that it's visually arresting; those of us who champion the show think its visual style is just the…

Said the person with the MLP avatar.

If Smash had featured Iannucci-penned cursing, I might've tuned in.

Hannibal's gonna be in the top 10; no need to bring out the knife and fork.

The death itself is really secondary to the elaborate, logistically improbable tableaux that the real Hannibal will create using @drhanniballecter99's corpse.