Heretic

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On Nov 12, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Steelers @ Browns...Round 1" at 01:49 pm

  • I'd say the big keys are: For Pittsburgh, not having big, disastrous mistakes like turnovers returned for scores or giving up huge plays at bad times. And for Cleveland, being intelligent and efficient on offense, as they've had turnover problems this year and, if there is one thing the Steelers have been consistently good at, it's forcing turnovers.

    Talent-wise, Cleveland is a better team and they are at home, but Pittsburgh's a couple games up on them in the standings because they've gradually gotten better (after a slow start) at not making big fuck-ups and forcing the other team to make mistakes.

  • Heretic replied to "What was the last movie you watched?" at 01:45 pm

  • Last two:

    Gomorrah: Italian (ie: sub-titled) mob movie concerning how mafia rule affects the citizens in Italy, from their legitimate businesses involving the "disposal" of hazardous waste causing pollution and sickness among rural folk, to how warring mob clans can make simple existence really hellish for people. 7/10. Kind of uneven. Five mostly unconnected "mini-plots" that it constantly switches back and forth from makes it a bit tricky to keep up, at least on a first watch. And some of those plots aren't as good as others. Watching a legitimate businessman guy in charge of waste disposal and placating disease-ridden locals doesn't exactly have the same interest factor as, say, watching the two impulsive and common-sense-deprived teens trying to be gangsters to the annoyance of the clan rulers of their area.

    Donnie Brasco: 9/10 -- One of the classics that was just a lot of fun to watch again. It always kind of amazes me how Pacino played a different kind of character in each of his big mob roles. From the cold, calculated Godfather trilogy role, to the more warm and personal character in Carlito's Way, to the hot-headed near-psycho with a moral code in Scarface to this, where he's bitter about his stagnant role, but still a loyal hitman who is really enthusiastic about having a younger guy to be a mentor to.

  • Heretic replied to "Random TV Thread" at 01:34 pm
  • posted by geeblock

    Godfather of Harlem starring Forest whitiker playing bumpy johnson  is really good  9/10 kind of a sapranos/boardwalk empire feel to it.  

    Might have to look into it. What Laley said about spy shows is how I feel about gangster stuff. Also thinking about watching Gomorrah at some time. Watched the move that is unrelated to the show, other than being based on the book about a real-life Italian crime syndicate and its feuding clans, and while it's uneven, a bit crowded for 2 hours and has a couple boring sub-plots, it did have enough potential to make me want to watch the show, at least for a while.

On Nov 11, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 02:05 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    Switzer has fielded 19 punts, Johnson has fielded 4

    Johnson has more punt return yards

    I noticed that due to Switzer being hurt, Johnson was in on the next punt return. And guess what? The guy who goes forward instead of sideways AND who has an actual, tangible degree of elusiveness was able to give the team a respectable return!

On Nov 10, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 07:32 pm

  • Cool, just heard Switzer won't be returning because he's banged up. Maybe he'll never return! EVER!

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 07:18 pm

  • Is there a more worthless player in the league than Ryan Switzer? All I ever see him do is go fucking nowhere on returns and occasionally catch three-yard passes and crumple into a heap the second a defender lays one finger on him.

On Nov 8, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Would you switch alliances?" at 01:27 pm

  • I'd have to think I would. No amount of "I's a loyal fan!" points really would make up for my hypothetical multi-millionaire kid becoming estranged from me and winding up dumping me into one of those cheap, crooked nursing homes because he become one of those diva players who took the "If you aren't with me 100%, you don't matter!" mindset.

  • Heretic replied to "OSU Football 2019" at 12:56 pm

  • That's true. Last year, the team's defense looked GREAT after its best player got injured and missed the rest of the year. I especially remember the way they shut down Maryland, utterly humiliating their offense, only allowing them something meager like 50+ points.

    Lose an elite DL, it can affect the entire pass rush and run-stuffing scheme. Putting more work on the LBs to stop the backs and putting more pressure on the DBs to maintain coverage longer. Doubt it'll be a real issue this week and next, but if he's still gone by the final games of the regular season, it could definitely be a legit problem.

On Nov 7, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019/2020 College Basketball" at 11:05 pm
  • posted by Laley23

    If they don’t want quarters, at the very least reset fouls at 10 minute mark. 5 team fouls starts the bonus. 

    While it likely would never happen, I'd love it if they instituted that one rule from that summer The Basketball Tournament, where when the clock gets down to a few minutes left, it's shut off and the two teams play until one of them has 8-10 more than what the team in the lead had at that time. No more fouling to extend games with never-ending barrages of free throws.

  • Heretic replied to "NFL Pick 'em league - week 10" at 12:14 pm

  • LAC @ OAK

    BAL @ CIN
    BUF @ CLE
    DET @ CHI
    NYG @ NYJ
    KC @ TEN
    ARI @ TB
    ATL @ NO
    MIA @ IND
    LAR @ PIT
    CAR @ GB
    MIN @ DAL
    SEA @ SF

On Nov 6, 2019:

On Nov 5, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 10:32 am
  • posted by Spock

    misinformation from the media is what is driving the prevalence of tribalism

    Since you post links to Breitbart, you're driving said prevalence, then.

On Nov 3, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 07:16 pm

  • Well, Pittsburgh got a big win against a 5-2 team to improve to .500 on the year and it only took: a blocked XP, a hilariously missed FG at the end, a 96-yard pick-six, a fumbled free kick, a couple key injuries and I'm sure at least 2-3 more REALLY bad plays on Indy's part because PIttsburgh's offensive scheme of throwing 58 3-yard dumps to the running back really isn't striking fear into the hearts of opposing defenses.

    PRINT THOSE SUPER BOWL TICKETS!!!!

  • Heretic replied to "NFL Pick 'em league - week 9" at 11:37 am

  • HOU JAX Too late for this one!
    CHI PHI
    MIN KC
    IND PIT
    NYJ MIA
    WAS BUF
    TEN CAR
    DET OAK
    TB SEA
    GB LAC
    CLE DEN
    NE BAL
    DAL NYG

On Oct 31, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 12:51 pm

  • In more Bengals news, AJ Green is saying "No way" to one-year deals, saying he won't sign anything other than a long-term offer.

    Which is something, considering that anyone thinking long-term deal for him would have to be wondering if they'd get more than 8 games out of 48 (if said deal is 3 years) considering his durability ranges between porcelain and soggy cardboard, depending on the day.

On Oct 28, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 MLB Postseason" at 04:29 pm
  • posted by BRF

    In other news, two women who flashed from behind the plate last night have been banned from MLB. 

    That's a bit tone deaf. Game needs to find ways to RAISE rating and titties are as good a way to draw casual interest as anything else!

On Oct 27, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 11:58 am

  • So, Justin, let me know if I'm missing any important details that would change how shitty this looks to me on the part of the Jets franchise.

    1. Player has fucked up labrum and wants surgery, as he is of the opinion there's too much pain to continue playing through.

    2. Team, which is 1-5 and coming off a humiliating kind of loss, takes the "nah, you play through that shit with a lot of pills and stuff LIKE A MAN!!" attitude, regardless of what the extra non-Jet-staff medical opinions the player received said.

    3. Player gets surgery anyway.

    4. Team releases him because apparently playing games for a team that's going nowhere is more important than making sure a player's arm stays attached to his body.

    Is there something I'm missing where the player was overstating things and obviously just trying to get out of playing because the season's going poorly (ie: if they were 5-1 instead of 1-5, he'd be out there for sure)? Because as I've read things, it looks like the sort of moronic self-sabotage that really makes a team look a clown organization to impending free agents.

On Oct 25, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Uranium One / Clinton Foundation / obama DoJ corruption" at 06:01 pm
  • posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

    The "uncovering" of the conspiracy is always about to happen "shortly" with you, but it never seems finally comes to pass. Maybe your posts are being monitored by Deep State and they're then preventing "justice"?  

    Going from this thread alone, apparently all those legal JUSTICE FINDERS have been thisclose to bringing down the Democratic party for 23 months straight...without it actually happening. Which makes me think that QQ wakes up every day, checks the news and reacts like a kid who just found out that Santa Claus isn't actually a thing.

  • Heretic replied to "Uranium One / Clinton Foundation / obama DoJ corruption" at 01:23 pm
  • posted by gut

    I have no idea where he comes up with this stuff from sites I've never heard of.  I don't think even Breitbart links to crap like that.

    Well, that means it's a perfect fit for this thread, which could be subtitled "Quaker's Conspiracy Theory/Wish Fulfillment/Masturbation Fantasy Collection of Random Posts".