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It takes zero effort to be a good person.

Shaq is a in tough spot saying something like this, considering he played 70 or more games in only 7 of his 20 seasons.

Maybe if there were more days to rest between games, he wouldn't have missed 15-20 games a year.

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Njolk posted...

Why do even climate change believers not understand the difference in weather and climate?

*Once in 25 year event happens 25 years after last one* THIS IS A GLIMPSE OF OUR FUTURE!

For the same reason climate change deniers do things like bring snowballs onto the congress floor to "prove" the earth isn't getting warmer by the year.

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That seems young and a high percentage for "go bald".

If it was "start balding", then I'd believe it.

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One of my favorite questions to ask whenever I'm being interviewed for a job is "What does a typical day for someone who works the position look like?"

It's makes you sound like you're already figuring out how you'd plan out your days there.

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Only recent one I can think of that had a major spoiler in it was Fast 9 spoiling that Hand was alive and that actually made me want to see the movie more, so I can see how it was possible.

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Next you're gonna tell me that all the football teams REALLY care about the military, and don't just use them as a way to make millions by selling camo hats with their logo on it.

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Tell me you dont know how Marketing works without telling me you dont know how Marketing works.

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5

Haven't:

Fired a Gun
Been Arrested
Gone Zip Lining
Been Skydiving
Had a 1 Night Stand

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https://sny.tv/articles/bobby-bonilla-day-mets-narrative-garbage

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As a Mets fan, I hate having to defend this every year.

Yes, on the surface, this has an "lolmets" vibe to it, but when you look into this, it actually wasn't a bad decision.

It gave them the payroll flexibility to build the team that made it to the NLCS in 1999 and World Series in 2000.

To add, once they like Mike Hampton walk, the compensation draft pick they got was used to draft David Wright.

And finally, pretty much every team has deferred money on their books. And this isn't even the worst one.

In 1984 Bruce Sutter signed a 6 year, $9.6 million contract. $4.8 of it was deferred money at 13% interest that started at the end of the contract. It paid Bruce $1.3 million a year from 1990 to 2021. Bruce lasted only 2.5 seasons with Atlanta before being forced to retire.

Atlanta paid Sutter $43 million for 112 games where he saved only 40 games and had a 4.55 ERA.

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Name one "white" comic that has been "cancelled" because they were doing racially charged humor.

I guarantee you every one you name is still doing shows.

So to answer your question, they can make fun of everyone.

I literally went to see Louis CK perform at a comedy club here on Long Island last Monday.

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Man, I though this was going to be a thread about Fast & Furious 9.

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3PiesAndAFork posted...

Ok. It's pretty fucking clear that in the games Joel and Sarah are as white as the Marshmallow man.

OK. And "Red" in The Shawshank Redemption book was an Irish man with red hair and freckles.

And then Morgan Freeman CRUSHED the role.

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I had a few from the Zork series. One I vividly remember was called "Conquest a Quendor".

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Was reading how even his base is starting to get tired of him just saying the same things over and over again without delivering.

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CanuckCowboy posted...

So over 3/4s of Americans are buying it but it'll be another 4 years before its makes up 1/10th of sales?

Yes. That's how percentages work.

If I have a BBQ for Independence Day, and buy a 4 pack of veggie burgers to cover the 2 people that eat them, but otherwise buy 50 burgers to cover the rest of my guests, I'm part of the 75% that's grilling plant-based meat.

And then I have another BBQ for Labor Day, and buy another 4 veggie burger and 50 regular burgers.

That's 100 burgers, 8 veggie burgers.

Approximately 10% of my purchase.

The article didn't say they were "only" grilling plant-based meats, jut that it was part of the BBQ.

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Alien Invasion.

There's a chance it doesn't result in violence.

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God damn thats funny

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lilORANG posted...

My TV bill is still substantially cheaper with 5 streaming services than it would be with a basic cable package here.

Same.

I do:

Hulu Live: $64.99
Internet: $67.49
Netflix: $16.99
Prime: $11.99

I share HBOMax and Peacock with my Brother-in-Law.

Before that, I had the Fios "Triple Play" and once the introductory price ended, It went up to $235 a month. Add on Netflix and Prime, and I was paying almost $265.

So I went from $264.47 a month to $161.46 a month. And don't miss any of the channels that I used to have.

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I drink one every morning.

Its my cup of coffee.

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Derwood posted...

When everyone was cutting the cord thinking that streaming would be cheaper than cable forever, I just lold and lold and lold

It is.

I was paying $235 a month for Cable, Netflix, Prime, and Internet.

I switched to Hulu Live, and Im now paying $90 less.

You just need to be smart about which subscriptions you have. And have friends/family that have access to the streaming sites you dont have.

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Fully naked? Probably a stripper on my 18th birthday in Puerto Rico.

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Two.

Both during the same game of drunken strip high-low back in college.

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Soda, maybe once a week. And that would be a lot.

Same for fast food.

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Trumble posted...

The first picture of each of the people the topic is asking about, is that person with their kids. Possibly as a "prove they count as a MILF thing", I guess. It's pretty clear that the kids aren't the ones being talked about.

Ummm... That fist picture is of Britney and Jamie Lynn from when Jamie Lynn was VERY underage.

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TommyG663513 posted...

Is there any precedent for this type of situation?

Like I get that Britney was kind of off her rocker for a while, but it still seems insane for this to continue

From what I know, and it's not much, Britney basically signed her rights away when she went "crazy" or whatever, and now her and her father are fighting about him giving her that power back.

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Final piece of unsolicited advice...

There are two kinds of people, those that "talk" about it, and those that "be" about it.

Create a plan. Your parents are leaving in X amount of weeks/months, that gives you whatever time that is to create your plan. Whether it's staying here, or moving somewhere else.

If it's staying here, you need to figure out "I'm making this much, I need this much a month, what can I cut out, spending-wise, to get to that number."

If that means renting a single room from someone for $700 a month, so be it. No Netflix, no Amazon Prime, no daily $5 coffee at Starbucks, whatever. Luxury takes a backseat for a while.

If it's moving to somewhere where the living is a little cheaper, then research landing spots, jobs in the area, and make some phone calls and set things up for when you arrive.

You're young enough for a complete life reset, if necessary. One where you're counting on nobody but yourself.

You got this.

I wish you luck. Keep us all in the loop on how it's going.

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I never said it was easy. I just said I was able to do it.

It was more to encourage you that it is possible to get out there and grind it out on your own, not in a "time to change your own diaper" way.

Not sure exactly where on Long Island you are, or where your job is, but find a place out east, where the living it a tad bit cheaper.

I worked 2 jobs (3 in the summer) to keep myself afloat for the first 3 years I was out on my own. I now, almost 20 years later, am more than 2/3rds through my mortgage to fully own my own house and am in a really good spot.

If you want it enough, you'll figure it out.

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pinky0926 posted...

Perma death

How can you live in New York and be that basic, i don't get it

Funny thing is, I figured WBLS (The R&B station) was pretty basic, compared to what I normally listen to, and it was still too "hardcore" for them.

Just for reference, I just went on their website, and these were the last 10 songs they played:

Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot
Mary J. Blige - Love No Limit
50 CENT - 21 QUESTIONS
Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
Ne-Yo - One In A Million
MONICA - FOR YOU I WILL
DENIECE WILLIAMS - SILLY
H.E.R. - Damage
Sean Paul - Gimme the Light
DOUG E FRESH/SLICK RICK - LA DI DA DI

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Opisseus posted...

In what world is saying "haha you won't have anywhere to live" and routinely throwing that in my face unprompted not asshole behavior

Why do I deserve that like what specifically have I don't wrong? I don't know anyone that has their own place here in NY. All my friends ranging from 24-32 live with their folks with no problems

This is the first time you're mentioning that they are being mean about it, and it's not just a "New York is getting too expensive, so we're moving." and you're deciding to stay. If the job you have now doesn't afford you the opportunity to live on your own without their help, why are you so attached to it that you're not willing to move as well?

I don't know what to tell you. I've lived on Long Island my whole life, and I was out on my own by the time I was 23.

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OH MY GOD.

I literally just had the same issue this week with the office radio.

On Friday someone said they were tired of listening to the same 30 songs over an over again.

So on Monday (I'm the one that sits the closest to the radio, so I turn it on every morning) I put on the local R&B (NOT RAP, but R&B) station.

It lasted a song and a half. They played "When Doves Cry" by Prince, then "Ms. Jackson" by OutKast.

I was then told "please turn of the jungle music".

Keep in mind, the office is me (I'm Puerto Rican) and then 8 of the whitest New Yorkers you can imagine. To add, I'm 43, and the youngest in the office.

So we went back to the station we usually listen to "Long Island's best mix of the 90's 2000's and Today". Just a shit ton of Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, and Ed Sheeran.

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Opisseus posted...

My folks can live anywhere they want, they're just assholes

Yeah, bunch of jerks not staying somewhere they don't want to be because after a decade of you being an adult, you still can't get it together enough to live on your own.

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JustMyOpinion posted...

Not everyone can handle NY and its insane property taxes.

It really is insane up here.

I look at some friends that have moved off of Long Island, and what kind of houses they get for their dollar, and I'm just dying to get out of here.

The only thing really keeping us here is my wife's parents. I don't think my wife is willing to move that far away from them. But once my parents passed last year, I was ready to go.


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You're young enough to really just up and move wherever you want.

Literally just throw a dart at a map, and start researching cheap rooms to rent until you establish yourself in your new locale.

Unless you are in your "career", a job is just a job. There's literally thousands of them everywhere.

This part may sound rude, but it's not meant to be, but it's time to put your big boy pants on.

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SwordMaster13X posted...

Didn't investing used to require commission fees when you want to buy stocks?

The idea of commission free trading seems more like a modern method. Why invest 50 bucks when you were going to pay like a seven dollar fee to buy or something like that?

Also could people really just go to a trader and just invest 50 bucks? Wasn't there a minimum you had to invest? Also I think investing used to be more of a well off person kinda of a thing. You can't get rich off a 50 buck investment or even make a good chunk of change unless you hit it big with some sort of high flying stock. So I think people didn't value investing as much especially when things were a lot more affordable to the point where a decent job could get you a house and a car pretty easily.

Today, it is easier to invest through apps with small deposits but in the past, there were no apps for that.

SO you literally just answered your own question. Unless you worked in finance, no one was really taught how to proper invest your money for your retirement.

Unless their job set up a pension or 401k for them, many boomers have little to no savings investments, because you were basically taught "go to work, get your paycheck, put it in the bank, and enjoy your .2% interest."

They all basically are relying on their Social Security payments, and Government assistance for their healthcare.

Thankfully, my mother worked in the banking industry for 35 years, and invested hers and my father's income well enough that they were both retired before they were 60.

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SaquonDaGod posted...

Dogs actually love you.

Thats what causes separation anxiety.

They don't love you, they just become reliant on you.

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7%

The maximum amount that my job matches.

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As with anything that can become mentally addictive (as it's been proven numerous times that THC is not physically addictive), you just need to learn how to handle your high.

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https://youtu.be/wJ4B7G8Rw3Q

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Admit is an odd phrasing.

Its like youre calling them liars for not reaching their goal.

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Neither shot really bothered me at all, other than soreness at the injection site.

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Banned from the "Life as a gamer" board for reporting hate posts about the LGBTQ+ community. I wear that badge with pride and honor.

Continuous passing glances until we end up changing directions.

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Banned from the "Life as a gamer" board for reporting hate posts about the LGBTQ+ community. I wear that badge with pride and honor.