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Other: Lexington, KY

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Count me in with the camp which feels that online classes are an incredibly shoddy substitute for traditional in-person studies.

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Watched this with the gf last night. I feel like I would have absolutely loved this as a kid. As it stands... I still had a decent time!

I feel like they had a good feel for what makes Scooby-Doo as a property tick. It's known for being cutesy and cheesy (especially cheesy) all-American comfort food, and this movie works on that level. The animation itself seems to be somewhat polarizing, but I personally love the style they went for and felt that the Hanna-Barbara vibe carried over well.

I'm still thrown for a loop, in a GREAT way, that they cast Tracy Morgan as Captain Caveman. Never would have seen that coming, and it saved that section from feeling like total filler. On the flip side, I really like Ken Jeong, but he was a weird choice for Dyno-Mutt here. I also missed Matthew Lillard as Shaggy. Otherwise, good voice casting all around.

It's not exactly the most polished movie out there; they tried to tackle a lot of different things here, and some scenes drag as a result. All in all, though, there are enough good components here that I'd recommend it to families and nostalgic adults.

And I'd definitely see a Dick Dastardly & Muttley movie on opening weekend.

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Inspired by an awesome thread on CE where someone is doing write-ups of all their songs.

Gaucho is my favorite and has been for many years, but you could really make an argument for any of these. One of the strongest discographies out there IMO.

Shouts out to Two Against Nature, though - I've been obsessed with it lately, and I think "Jack of Speed" is their best song outright.

https://youtu.be/tSoiAzTwACY

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I actually took Hollow Knight to R3 in my bracket. My reasoning was a mix of "Hollow Knight fans will crawl over broken glass for their game," "I need SOMETHING in my bracket that isn't chalk" and "Noctis lost to a fucking glove." It may not have panned out, but I still don't regret that upset pick; Lord knows I've made dumber ones in the past.

I took Monster Hunter to R3 as well, but was sweating bullets about it. It just screamed "3-seeded choker" to me. So, Monster Hunter really earned my respect this contest, even in its honorable loss to DQXI.

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Safer_777 posted...

I come here to see analysis about the videogame contest and I even learn about women too! Ulti is awesome.

Lmao

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Romes187 posted...

Love seeing so many Dan fans!

anyone else have the pleasure of seeing them live?

I managed front row tickets and went with my dad in...must have been 2011 or so. Maybe a bit earlier.

Wow, that must have been great! I finally saw Steely Dan in fall 2018, myself. I'll always regret not seeing them while Walter was still alive, but it was an excellent concert all the same. Don was a consummate professional and performed his ass off, and The Danettes stole the show when they took the vocal reins on "Dirty Work."

That was a top three concert for me, behind Kero Kero Bonito and Erykah Badu.

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Oh man, I wish I had seen the first thread. Steely Dan is my personal GOAT. Tagging this harder than a cinderblock.

My personal favorite Steely Dan song is "Jack of Speed," with "Glamour Profession" and "Deacon Blues" close behind. Also, I'm definitely one of those dudes who swears by "Night By Night" - it's my favorite song on Pretzel Logic.

Gaucho > The Royal Scam > Aja > Two Against Nature > Katy Lied > Everything Must Go > Can't Buy a Thrill > Pretzel Logic > Countdown to Ecstasy

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ertyu0078 posted...

What ever Ertyu show

Welcome back, my man.

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So what you're saying is, NieR: Automata/Bayonetta 2 was the GameFAQs version of "All About Eve"? I can dig that interpretation. Allen was quite the scamp with some of these R1 setups lmao

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Yeah, I don't think 7/11 food is bad at all. They have some guilty pleasures.

The burgers at Thornton's, on the other hand, taste like grilled sewer rat.

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Pissing myself at that second option. But yeah, my Gamepad is still golden.

The discs are the real problem with the Wii U IMO. They're incredibly sensitive to any kind of wear, so it's already a pain to find preowned Wii U games that don't produce an INVALID DISC error. This will only get worse in the years to come.

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Back in my undergrad days, I did this all the time with Speedway's "Speedy Cafe." Being able to buy lunch/dinner with rewards points was a godsend for a broke college student. Also, their chili cheese wrap is delicious.

Nowadays? Not too often, since most of the Speedy Cafes closed. I'll still get a sub or wrap from them if I pass by one that's still open, though. I also dig the pizza at Casey's and the southern fixins at Huck's.

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This show really wasn't bad. Everyone pounced on it because making a show based on a commercial is inherently ridiculous. But like, the show itself was Arrested Development-level compared to shit like "Hope & Faith" and "Surviving Suburbia"...

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Not yet. Looking at my family history, I feel pretty good about my odds.

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turbopuns3 posted...

I've been accumulating Speedy Rewards points and hoarding them like super potions this whole time

Yep, I know how it goes.

CassandraCain posted...

I live in St. Louis and only know of Circle K and QuikTrip.

Can't remember the last time I stepped foot in a Circle K. Everyone here loves QuikTrip because it's clearly superior.

I agree. Last time I was in QuikTrip territory, they had an exclusive cherry Surge in the fountain. That instantly won me over.

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Leonhart4 posted...

I have no strong feelings one way or the other

Tell my gas station clerk I said "hello".

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Reg posted...

There are several QuikTrips around me (DFW Metro), and a much smaller number of Circle K, but I've never seen any of the rest of these outside of when I was travelling.

All of the Circle K locations I've been inside were basically worse 7/11 though.

Oh man, how did I leave 7/11 off? For shame, Bosco, for shame...

Their food is surprisingly good. Definitely helped me get through an overnight DFW layover.

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This is the age where you and your peers are no longer linked by a "common purpose" - high school, finishing undergrad, getting used to the quirks of adulthood, etc. I've noticed that a lot of my peers, when they hit this age, fell into three camps.

1) They get drunk (often literally) off the freedom and have to do everything MONDO. Life goals - home ownership, marriage, having kids, etc.? Forget tackling one goal at a time, we need to knock 'em all out ASAP, or we're not keeping up with the Joneses! Going out on the weekend? Time to crawl across every bar in sight, every time we go out! In other words, these people are taking an "eating sugar from the jar" approach to life.

2) On the opposite side of the spectrum, you have the folks who leave the social rat race behind at this point and just prefer staying in, binging Netflix/video games and all that.

3) Then there's the camp that just cliques up super hard and takes a "no new friends" approach. They've got their crew and that's that; they're basically out of the social rat race too, despite technically staying social.

None of these people are doing anything inherently wrong. But, these camps do make for a particularly challenging environment for those trying to make new friends. This is especially true for those of us who take a chill approach to socializing and would rather just kick it at one low-key bar, or heaven forbid, a coffeehouse instead.

Compared to the unbridled joy of the undergrad social life, mid-twenties socializing is a jarring shift. I'll be honest, I have yet to really acclimate to it. But I have met awesome new friends who are in their 30s (usually mid-late 30s), so that's definitely helped me deal with it! Might be worth a try for anyone else who finds mid-twenties social life alienating.

As an aside, regarding the second camp I mentioned - I also noticed that many of them doubled down hard on their quirkier/unpleasant characteristics once becoming more isolated. While there's nothing wrong with being an introvert, I do highly recommend trying to avoid that fate.

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iiaattgg posted...

Wawa w/ an honorable mention to sheetz

Although a lot of these things are regional so this poll is more of a what part of the country are you from

Yeah, I tried to cover a wide spread of regions - Huck's for the Midwest, QuikTrip for the Great Plains, Holiday for the PNW, etc. Then I threw in some (...I think?) nationwide options like Circle K and Pilot.

Ten poll options can only go so far, though!

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Underleveled posted...

Cumbie's

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

Just realized that I snubbed Casey's, damn. Their pizza is legendary.

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I've met a surprising number of people who are passionate about their preferred gas stations. I'm totally one of them.

I was a Speedway man for a long time, and they still have one of the best rewards point systems of all time. But they closed most of the Speedy Cafes down, and the ones near me have gotten ratchet for some reason. I've gotta hand it to Pilot now, their coffee is so damn good (especially for the price).

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beavis666x2 posted...

Holy shit this is fuckin FRESH. Where did you get it?

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Punnyz posted...

Secret Squirrel needs to be the cool one from Two Stupid Dogs

Super Secret Secret Squirrel! Yes!!

We've gotta fit Birdman in here somehow too.

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I just got this dope-ass Splatoon shirt from Uniqlo in the mail last week!

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/y2QAAOSwOGFc0H3o/s-l300.jpg

I think that's my only game-related shirt, though.

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Glad to hear this, it piqued my interest. My sister and I were obsessed with Hanna-Barbara as kids.

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Honestly, my favorite thing about Amazon is being able to order various regional coffees with free shipping. If you're a coffee drinker, you really can't go wrong with anything by Raven's Brew (Washington/Alaska), City Brew (Montana) or The Roasterie (Kansas City).

I also buy CDs fairly often on there, since a lot of physical stores are phasing them out.

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I'd like to go back to Fortnite for a second.

"Kids all talk about Fortnite and Tiktok the way we used to talk about 90s tech. Leave it alone."

We don't even need to go that far back for an analogue. When Pokemon Go came out, it was basically the Summer of Love for millennials. For all that game's foibles, it truly did make for an outstanding monoculture moment. But while the PoGo players were getting fresh air and making friends at the Pokestop hotspots, there was a vocal contingent of older folks shaking their collective fist at the whole thing. These degenerates are obsessed with a kids' game! They're gonna walk into traffic! We wanted young people to go outside, but not like THIS!

Pokemon Go fans laughed these miserable SOBs off, and rightfully so. But then, starting one year later, the millennial crowd that stood their ground with PoGo pulled the exact same judgmental BS with the Fortnite crowd. No self-awareness whatsoever - they just straight up grabbed the "OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD" torch and ran with it.

Man, that was some depressing shit.

On an unrelated note, seeing my quote in the OP put a shit-eating grin on my face. That was a great day to be here.

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Is... is this a new first-party Switch game announcement? That isn't a port? Man, I missed this feeling.

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"72. Heavy Rain 16.63%
74. Devil May Cry 5 16.30%"

Press X to Dante.

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Really, every track from "Abandoned Luncheonette" deserves consideration here, but I stuck to major singles for the poll.

My vote goes to "She's Gone," narrowly edging out "I Can't Go For That."

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Gonna be honest here - if I was a restaurant owner, I would just raise the prices within reason and as necessary, and leave it at that. Realistically speaking, a "COVID-19 surcharge" is just gonna piss people off and result in stingy/withheld tips, insults toward staff, etc. I don't agree with reactions like those at all, but it's plain as day that they'll happen and that's just how it is.

That having been said...

MacDaMurderer posted...

Imagine being across the country and calling a restaurant you never knew existed to bitch about their pricing for food you will never eat.

This fucking floors me, yeah. People are insane. Especially since the first restaurant in that article only had the surcharge set at a measly 5%... and gave plenty of prior warning about it to customers.

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Best deal ever. Bozeman is a beautiful city and I'd love to live there permanently, $10m or otherwise.

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"It would be the perfect score to a heist move, and yes that is a pun."

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/3c/37/a23c376be956e707159e53b8e6f5d45e.png

https://youtu.be/aIiWHtvdGTA

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This goes out to my fellow travel stock holders. This too shall pass... eventually?

https://youtu.be/HBzzdlpISFg

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Ah, the ol' "My Name is Earl" treatment.

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To add insult to injury, Tentacruel can't even be found in the wild in Red/Blue lol

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This is abhorrent, and I'm glad Taylor's family has some really solid legal backing here. LMPD needs to eat shit for this.

Side note - LMPD are the same geniuses who, around the beginning of quarantine, publicly announced the crimes they'd no longer be showing up in person for.

https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/lmpd-to-no-longer-respond-to-hit-and-run-wrecks-other-incidents/article_3fa29722-686a-11ea-9ae7-1fcf2d6fb288.html

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Accolon posted...

Yeah she does

LOL well played

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eston posted...

I'm pretty sure the only reason dudes listen to Doja Cat is on the off chance they'll see her naked

She has some bangers. "Addiction," "Rules" and "MOOO!" are GREAT - along with "Say So," the one that topped Billboard here.

She has some clunkers like "Cyber Sex," but all in all, she's one of the best pop artists we've gotten in recent years IMO. No simping needed to enjoy this stuff.

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Man, she twisted that knife and then twisted it a few more times to be safe, lmao. Littlefinger would be proud.

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George Strait - "Write This Down" is legendary and nobody can convince me otherwise.

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8 > 64 > Double Dash > SMK > Wii > DS > Super Circuit

(Never played Mario Kart 7)

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That's the sad reality facing the first places that reopen: they're magnets for the people who handled the quarantine worst, and they're gonna show up en masse on reopening day with their cabin-fever attitudes in tow.

My heart goes out to 'em, seriously.

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Nope, and never will.

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R.I.P. Brilliant guy.

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The Banana Splits were a MKUltra PSYOP #StayWoke

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MithosLowell posted...

just imagine if Persona 5 had a switch port by now. It would have left all 3 of those gsmes in the dust

Facts.

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Cavedweller2000 posted...

I believe this is the first time I have been on any leaderboard in the 10 years I have been taking part!

Got to 49s which put me into the 30s on the leaderboard. Woohoo!

Congrats dude!

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Uhh... you good, Skyrim? >_>

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