Heretic

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On Oct 13, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 11:39 am
  • posted by friendfromlowry

    Tampa Bay may have just played the worst half of football I’ve ever seen. 

    They're giving a great effort to out-do the horribleness of that first half in the second, though! 10-0 in 7 minutes with another Winston pick!

On Oct 11, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 10:24 pm
  • posted by gut

    Speaking of the news media, Shepherd Smith with a shocking departure from Fox News today.

    The actual news piece of Fox has been butting heads with the opinion idiots.  Shep was one of the few good ones that you could trust not to push an agenda or fake news.

    It's a win for blind partisanship over actual balance.

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 11:56 am
  • posted by Ironman92

    Their schedule is crazy bad. It gets a little tougher down the road but not soon. I don’t believe they’ve faced the 5 worst teams in the league. Pittsburgh is a bottom 10 team but I don’t believe they are bottom 5 at all.

    I'm giving the benefit of the doubt and thinking he meant five worst offensive teams (which may or may not actually be factual, but is closer to reality). Otherwise, he's ignoring how they haven't played Cincinnati and is considering a 4-1 team to be one of the worst five teams in the league, right there with the 4 teams who haven't won anything yet. But, other than Buffalo (who will look better than they are due to 2x with Miami and the Jets), they do have wins over three 0-win teams, a 1-4 team and a 2-4 team, so the schedule has been super-soft for them.

On Oct 10, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 12:57 pm
  • posted by gut

    The difference today is the blindly partisan nature of almost all media.  Forget cable news - the traditional media outlets are no longer objective, and really not even journalists anymore.

    I think the public comments Trump made are impeachable (nevermind the long list of other comments and tweets that, taken together, probably amount to impeachable).  But it's disgusting to watch conservative outlets defend Trump, while the liberal outlets ignore/defend Biden.

    Trump is exposing hypocrisy and corruption, alright.  Just probably not in the way he and his supporters expected.

    I'd say part of that is because, with him, it's not that hypocrisy and corruption are a problem, it's that they are a problem when he's not the beneficiary of them. Hell, this morning, I saw a headline concerning Trump ripping on Fox News because they have a poll up saying that 51% support impeachment and removal, basically lamenting how, in the "old days", they were on his side. It's kind of a microcosm of the big issue of the time where the public, being generally stupid, would rather have news saying what they want to hear instead of what actually is factual. Kind of the QQ SYNDROME, where he'll blast the media for being deranged and biased constantly, then put up a link to a story/column on a conservatively-biased site and then, if anyone mocks the source, will deliver a bitchy "gotta attack the messenger if you don't like the message" post, conveniently ignoring how that's what he does constantly.

    It's really a quicksand pit that I don't see any way out of, as people by nature seem to just want to hear whatever supports their bias and notions, regardless of how much factual merit it has. It's why the left harps on every single thing Trump does until it's far beyond losing all meaning and it's why the CCs and QQs of the world harp on the Clintons/Obamas/Bidens as if they believe that if they can claim criminal acts by them 1 billion times, something will actually stick.

  • Heretic replied to "NFL Pick 'em league - week 6" at 11:15 am

  • NYG @ NE
    CAR @ TB
    WAS @ MIA (it's always hard to decide what joke team is more of a joke)
    PHI @ MIN
    HOU @ KC
    NO @ JAX
    SEA @ CLE
    CIN @ BAL
    SF @ LAR
    ATL @ ARI
    DAL @ NYJ
    TEN @ DEN
    PIT @ LAC
    DET @ GB

  • Heretic replied to "2019 MLB Postseason" at 01:12 am

  • I think that Joe Kelly was left in for FAR too long. Dude's a mediocre at best pitcher and you're in a must-win game that's gone into extra innings. How the hell do you refuse to take him out during his second inning even after he's given up multiple baserunners? Don't you need some semblance of intelligent strategy to be employed at this level, lol?

On Oct 9, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 MLB Postseason" at 05:30 pm

  • Get home and watch playoff baseball, I thought. It'll be fun, I thought.

    THIS FUCKING GAME IS ALREADY OVER AND IT'S ONLY THE TOP OF THE FIRST!!! Fuck both Atlanta and St. Louis.

  • Heretic replied to "Favorite Halloween/ Horror film?" at 12:40 pm

  • Hellraiser. Particularly the first two, although a couple of the straight-to-DVD ones that were basically unreleased films they inserted Pinhead into (Inferno and Hellseeker) have their charm, as I'm a big fan of the "real or dream?" stuff in films.

    Friday the 13th. ALL OF THEM.

On Oct 8, 2019:

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

  • Watched the Election duo of Hong Kong movies (Election, Triad Election). Read that they were kind of considered the Hong Kong Godfather and if you take both movies together, they're about the combined length of one Godfather movie. Overall, good; although you (a) have to read subtitles and (b) have to be into HK/Chinese traditions to fully understand them.

    The first movie dragged a bit for me because of the "tradition" stuff, as most of the movie was about two rival gangs fighting to gain possession of a staff that was to them very important, but to my way of thinking was nothing more than a ceremonial artifact. But to them, it was a symbol of power and you weren't really the leader of the Triad if you didn't have control of the staff.

    The second was a lot better in my eyes. The guy who won the showdown in the first movie decides to fuck tradition and run for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Triad. The guy who was the Uncles' (ie: older dudes who were former Chairmen and are now advisors) main choice didn't want the job as he was looking to be a legit businessman, but due to legal issues, was told by the Chinese that the only way he'd be allowed to do business in China would be if he had the clout that came with being a Triad Chairman. Cue a violent power struggle as he decides to be Chairman and has to deal with the older guy who isn't stepping down.

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 01:33 pm

  • 4 teams in the division. 0 good teams in the division. As a Steelers fan, I'll be pissed off at not being able to close out the Ravens (or Seattle...or San Fran...) because that could be the potential final straw (no Rudolph for at least one more game, 1-4 currently and the offense is pretty non-existent, forcing the D to be more than super-human because, as the SF game showed, not even forcing 5 TOs is enough to keep them above water). Browns fans have those "didn't even show up" games against Tennessee and SF to hate on. The Ravens have getting dominated by Cleveland to be pissed at. And Cincinnati has the simple fact that Mike Brown hasn't had a fatal heart attack to be disgusted by. Or that the front office decided Dalton was an actual franchise QB. Or that a legit great WR in Green is only healthy about 3 games a year.

    The main positive: None of our teams are owned by Dan Snyder -- an owner who puts money into things and legit is trying to win, but is SO incompetent and dysfunctional that it ain't ever gonna happen. And, as a side positive, 7-8 wins might be enough to take the division, so it isn't like the season's over, no matter how bad it is looking at the time.

  • Heretic replied to "2019 MLB Postseason" at 12:07 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    No team can dominate the game of inches like the Cardinals

    Dodgers better hope the Braves find a way

    Dodgers better hope they can find a way. Going to Game 5 vs. Washington with a team that has been underachieving in the playoffs over the past years considering how much $$$ gets pumped into their roster.

On Oct 7, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "Live Sporting Events" at 05:10 pm

  • I prefer the option that has climate control, cheap beer, no parking fees or ticket prices and the ability to switch to other games during commercials, halftime and/or the event the game I'm watching is a blowout. To me, sports are usually the background that's going on when I'm hanging out with friends or relaxing at home and even if it's a game I'm interested in, I'm probably paying 75% attention to it at most (and if I'm not emotionally invested in said game, it's likely under 50% attention).

    I'm not completely adverse to the live sports experience, but it's generally more trouble than it's worth to me. For pro, I'm 1.5 to 2 hours away from the closest teams and for upper-level college or minor league baseball, it's 45-60 minutes, so I'd rather watch stuff locally on TV with friends.

  • Heretic replied to "Ohioans for Energy Security ad campaign" at 10:45 am
  • posted by justincredible

    Seeing a lot of these ads on tv. Curious if anyone has more in depth knowledge of what's going on with these "outsiders" looking to buy out our energy grid. I've seen on commercial specifically calling out China, and another just saying "outsiders."

     

    If I'm thinking of the same thing, I saw a couple of those commercials over the weekend. Does one of them mention Lordstown and have the dude with the "inspire fear" voice saying something like, "They're coming to your door...WITH PETITIONS!!" with all the gravity of someone saying they're coming to rape your family and burn down your house? Because, if so, I'm not exactly sure what they're terrified of, but that commercial cracked me up.

On Oct 5, 2019:

  • Heretic repped a post in "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 01:48 am
  • posted by friendfromlowry

    Redskins starting Colt McCoy this week over Haskins. Yikes.

    That Gruden ain’t long for this world.

On Oct 4, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 MLB Postseason" at 01:30 pm

  • Man, rough night for Acuna Jr.

    Pissed off his teammates by not running out a long hit, turning a double into a single because he thought it'd be a dinger. And then, in the ninth, when he hit a homer, he pissed off Carlos Big Fucking Pussy Martinez because he didn't run the bases fast enough, therefore, apparently not showing him the proper respect.

    The former: an issue, especially since he wound up being DP'd off second by a liner in a game his team lost by one run. The latter: LOL, fuck St. Louis, their love of the "play the game the right way" unwritten rules and Martinez. If it wasn't a playoff situation where you need to win three games before they win two, I'd endorse the Braves just smashing in one of their hitters' faces with a fastball just for Martinez being such a bitch. There's your "respect", Mr. Pitcher-Man!

On Oct 3, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "NFL Pick 'em league - week 5" at 04:50 pm
  • posted by Ironman92

    I’m tied for 2nd? Lol

    We are sad

    I resemble that comment; never been this bad at simply picking outright winners in my life that I can recall. Four weeks and I don't know if I've been over .500 on any of them.

  • Heretic replied to "NFL Pick 'em league - week 5" at 10:32 am

  • LAR @ SEA
    JAX @ CAR
    NE @ WAS
    BUF @ TEN
    BAL @ PIT
    ARI @ CIN
    ATL @ HOU
    TB @ NO
    MIN @ NYG
    CHI @ OAK
    NYJ @ PHI
    DEN @ LAC
    GB @ DAL
    IND @ KC
    CLE @ SF

On Oct 1, 2019:

  • Heretic replied to "2019 NFL Regular Season Thread" at 11:31 am

  • Good win, but hard to say what it means when Cincinnati just looks aggressively bad. I will admit that I was a bit surprised to see Tyler Eifert is still healthy through four weeks, but that's about the only positive that team has, since it's another year of Dalton struggling to even be mediocre.

  • Heretic replied to "NFL Pick 'em league - week 4" at 11:28 am
  • posted by Ironman92

    I’m falling fast but my plan is to just keep getting my picks in while you guys grow tired of this and maybe I can win. But I’m doing awful lol

    So am I. Worst I've ever done at picking outright, to where I'm struggling to get 50% right on ANY week. I legit can't get a handle on about every team other than NE, KC and Miami, lol.