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On Apr 5, 2020:

  • like_that replied to "Coronavirus" at 05:47 pm
  • posted by Laley23

    With him it’s not just words. Makes employees sign an NDA before working for them about the fact they will be exposed to sexual harassment, racial jokes, etc. 

    I think some of his bits are funny, but he’s just scum, so I try to avoid anything Barstool I can. His employees can’t unionize because he threatened to fire them all (thank God department of labor stepped in).

    I also despise Michael Rappaport, so the fact I sided with him in his lawsuit against Barstool is wild. 
     

    I’m not sure why he is the way he is. I kinda get it starting out, since his target audience was 18-25 males. But once he made it, he should’ve fixed his image, except it wasn’t an act. And that’s the problem. He is a creative mind who doesn’t need to be a POS to anyone and everyone, but that’s the route he has taken.

    He’s an asshole, but no different than a shock jockey or a comedian. You’re going to get people who love him and people who hate him.  Meanwhile he takes both the love/hate all the way to the bank.

    I’ve been following Barstool well before they got big, and before you elaborated on your post I already knew where you were going with it. It’s the same criticism most people have of Barstool and Portnoy, while also never really following their content. 
     

    The fact you cited the labor union “controversy” tells me you hardly actually have taken in their content and read one side of the story from publications that make a living being butt hurt. Just for the record the whole labor union thing was a bit. Anyone who follows Barstool or works there knew this and were laughing the whole time. The fact AOC and the DOL got involved made it even more hilarious. Barstool managed to get over a billion media impressions and gained more Twitter followers in one day out of it. This was during the dog days of summer too. The end result was he “settled” with the DOL by taking down his tweet. Like I  said, he takes the love/hate and laughs all the way to the bank.  

  • like_that replied to "Coronavirus" at 02:56 pm

  • He is definitely an asshole, but a hilarious asshole.  

  • like_that replied to "Progressives, part 3..." at 01:55 pm
  • posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

    I've never heard of Jemele Hill.  Now I know why.

    You must have never paid attention to ESPN.  Good move on your part.

  • like_that replied to "Coronavirus" at 11:37 am
  • posted by SportsAndLady

    That Clay Travis dude is a bit of a weirdo, but he’s been tweeeting about Italy for the last couple weeks. Basically that they’re on their 13th straight day of declining confirmed cases. And something about deaths too but not sure if it’s declining confirmed deaths or what. Definitely some good news out of Italy. 

    Dave Portnoy wannabe.

    He isn't wrong though.  The % of daily positive cases from two weeks ago have gone done from 30% to now its hovering around 9-12%.

    Unfortunately Italy's old population is getting hit and thus high death figures.  Last I saw the median age of people dying from this is 79 years old.  As cold as it might sound, death is not how you look at this for progress unfortunately. 

  • like_that replied to "Does football get started on time?" at 11:01 am

  • I think they will play a full season. As long as they are able to get to some OTAs and/or training camp I don't see them reducing the season.  No country can sustain being out of business for that long.  I think a good precedent in terms of scheduling was the 2011 lockout.  They crammed a lot of shit once they ended the lockdown and still had a full season.  It was and is definitely more advantageous for teams who don't fucking fire their entire front office and coaching staff every other year...

  • like_that replied to "Coronavirus" at 10:54 am

  • Good news out of Italy:

     

    April 4 (GMT)

    • 4805 new cases and 681 new deaths in Italy. The number of patients hospitalized in intensive care has declined for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic in Italy

      The target of bringing down the reproductive number (R0) to 1 has been reached. Now the goal is to bring it below 1. Earlier in the epidemic, it was as high as 3. This value represents the average number of people to which a single infected person will transmit the virus. An epidemic with a reproductive number below 1 will gradually disappear

      An estimated 30,000 lives have been saved as an effect of the lockdown measures, according to Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) [source] [source]
  • like_that replied to "2020 Presidential Election thread" at 10:52 am

  • Blaming anybody except China is exactly what China wants.  Well done to everyone who is falling for it. 

    Btw, everyone was full of shit about the virus in the states.  Trump, dems, republicans, Cuomo, NYC health minister, the media (both sides), and if you want to extend it beyond the states throw in the WHO.   There are way too many receipts out there to legitimately point any fingers at anyone, other than China. 

    The best lesson we can gain from this is to never rely on or trust the Government or our trash media.  Unfortunately, I see everyone doing the opposite.  

  • like_that replied to "Best/Worst Series Finales" at 04:59 am
  • posted by Laley23

    Looking back, G7 2016 WS (and blowing the lead) is going to kill me. But at the time, I simply couldn’t be as upset as I was because of what the Cavs had done. 2015 NBA, 95/97 WS, 2007 ALCS, all hurt more to me. 2016 is probably the worst Cleveland loss if we are being honest, because of 3-1, it was just tough to be as upset because of LeBron and Co.

    I initially felt that way during the WS. It felt like we were playing with house money. I was severely wrong, because the following day at work I was legitimately depressed.  That was a tough one to swallow and it’s right up there with 97 for me. I would rank the 2007 ALCS below the 97 and 16 World Series.

    You have to rise to the occasion and they simply didn’t for one more game. Especially with how much the MLB playoffs are a crap shoot (I.e. the ALDS the following year). Now their window is pretty much closed. 

On Apr 3, 2020:

  • like_that replied to "2020 Presidential Election thread" at 10:12 am

  • Is it me or has all this shit been hurting Biden's campaign (general election)?  It seems like his momentum has been shot.  He is nowhere to be found, and when he does appear on TV they have been subpar performances.   Meanwhile, somehow Trump's approval ratings are going up.  WTF?

  • like_that replied to "Your most prized sports memorabilia" at 08:22 am

  • 1964 Cleveland Browns World Champions football signed by the team.  It was a gift from my grandpa to my dad when my dad was in the hospital with a severe hand burn as a child.  My dad gave it to me a few years after the Browns moved.  He still feels betrayed by the NFL to this day and has never really been the same fan. 

On Apr 2, 2020:

  • like_that replied to "Belly's daily question?" at 10:17 am
  • posted by ernest_t_bass

    I think it will affect education, but in a good way.  I think that it will transform how public and private F2F districts handle calamity days in the future.  All educators are having to learn how to deliver their content remotely.  By no means will it eliminate F2F instruction.  Online education is not for everyone.  Some people prefer it, others loathe it.  Vice versa as well.

    I think it will hurt universities.  We will see kids realizing they don't need to spend all that extra $$$ to be in residence schools when they can get the same education from home.  The debt is not worth it for most kids.

  • like_that replied to "Belly's daily question?" at 09:40 am
  • posted by ptown_trojans_1

    Yeah, great question. 

    I do think it will speed up what was already happening. More and more companies were moving into the computer/ online space. What we may learn is more and more items can be done online now. 

    I know in the construction industry, one big change that is welcome is electronic submission of bids and proposals. Before, for a big civil construction job, you had to print several thousand pages of proposals to hand deliver to owners. Now, they are allowing us to submit bids electronically. 

    Same with plans and specs. You can now electronically sign and seal plans with new software and deliever them on ipads to job sites. 

    I know you're somewhat familiar with the federal acquisition world.  This has been a slow trend that started with proposals and finally most agencies are transitioning (if they haven't already) to electronic/digital contract files. 

  • like_that replied to "When does this end?" at 09:36 am

  • For the US I would say 1 June.  It seems like this thing follows a 6-7 week timeline. 

  • like_that replied to "Coronavirus" at 09:18 am

  • I don't think China covering it up is a crazy conspiracy.  Do any of you all trust anything they say right now?  I think accusing them of using this as a weapon is a crazy conspiracy.  I know they don't really give a fuck about hurting their people, but it doesn't add up to why they would want to hurt their own economy. 

  • like_that replied to "Belly's daily question?" at 08:29 am

  • I like this thread.  Please actually do this daily.

    Yes it will.  As mentioned in the winners/losers thread, more businesses are going to embrace remote work after this. The businesses that had cold feet embracing remote work have their hands forced and they will realize that work still gets done.  

    Edit: I am referring to businesses that are not heavy on manual labor.