Let's see, concert-wise, hit up that Wu-Tang/De La/Eric B. & Rakim/Pharcyde show earlier this summer. Going to see Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington in few weeks.
Finally, as a general plea for help for a good dude, the homie Paten Locke is dealing with stage 4 cancer. His friends have started a gofundme to help his family, if you get a chance and have the inclination to do a good deed, hit it up at www.planetlocke.com. Anything helps.
8. "Clicking the sports board link was a habit I couldn't shake." In response to Reply # 0
Did it at least 5 times every work day w/o thinking. Even had to refresh when it was up today to make sure I wasn't going crazy. Sorta glad it's back and sorta came to terms with this site's death already... but will I ever leave on my own? Unlikely.
10. "The fascinating thing about this site...." In response to Reply # 8
>Did it at least 5 times every work day w/o thinking. Even had >to refresh when it was up today to make sure I wasn't going >crazy. Sorta glad it's back and sorta came to terms with this >site's death already... but will I ever leave on my own? >Unlikely.
...is that digital spaces, in general, have gotten exponentially dumber and more hateful during this site's existence. Meanwhile, this site has remained mostly the same (except for less popular and older).
So your attraction to this place is understandable: people are relatively smart and decent here.
It's just funny because I spent years here calling everyone ignorant and dumb. Mostly joking, but still: I had no idea what the rest of the internet world was like.
12. "Very true. " In response to Reply # 10 Sun Aug-04-19 09:31 AM by 3xKrazy
Like I said in my post below, you don't wanna find yourself in 99% of the cfb message boards around the net. This place is a safe haven. Props to everyone for keeping it that way.
>...is that digital spaces, in general, have gotten >exponentially dumber and more hateful during this site's >existence. Meanwhile, this site has remained mostly the >same (except for less popular and older). > >So your attraction to this place is understandable: >people are relatively smart and decent here. > >It's just funny because I spent years here calling everyone >ignorant and dumb. Mostly joking, but still: I had no idea >what the rest of the internet world was like. > > >
17. "Couldn’t have said this better... " In response to Reply # 10
>>Did it at least 5 times every work day w/o thinking. Even >had >>to refresh when it was up today to make sure I wasn't going >>crazy. Sorta glad it's back and sorta came to terms with >this >>site's death already... but will I ever leave on my own? >>Unlikely. > >...is that digital spaces, in general, have gotten >exponentially dumber and more hateful during this site's >existence. Meanwhile, this site has remained mostly the >same (except for less popular and older). > >So your attraction to this place is understandable: >people are relatively smart and decent here. > >It's just funny because I spent years here calling everyone >ignorant and dumb. Mostly joking, but still: I had no idea >what the rest of the internet world was like. > > >
22. "RE: The fascinating thing about this site...." In response to Reply # 10
>It's just funny because I spent years here calling everyone >ignorant and dumb. Mostly joking, but still: I had no idea >what the rest of the internet world was like.
23. "co-sign what others said, AND" In response to Reply # 10
>>Did it at least 5 times every work day w/o thinking. Even >had >>to refresh when it was up today to make sure I wasn't going >>crazy. Sorta glad it's back and sorta came to terms with >this >>site's death already... but will I ever leave on my own? >>Unlikely. > >...is that digital spaces, in general, have gotten >exponentially dumber and more hateful during this site's >existence. Meanwhile, this site has remained mostly the >same (except for less popular and older). > >So your attraction to this place is understandable: >people are relatively smart and decent here. > >It's just funny because I spent years here calling everyone >ignorant and dumb. Mostly joking, but still: I had no idea >what the rest of the internet world was like. > > > the relative anonymity that most of us have make it all the more impressive that the testiest of exchanges pale in comparison to shit that goes on on FB and the like
31. "How is it that Twitter gets dumber every year?" In response to Reply # 25
>And other sports message boards don't compare. This has been >my safe haven since I was 16.
From 2015 on I keep thinking "Surely it's impossible for Twitter to get worse", and yet, it always does. The discourse around the 2020 election is already frighteningly dumb and we still have a long way to go.
32. "I have a couple go-to FB sports groups" In response to Reply # 10
but even those are mostly for jokes. Twitter is horrendous outside of just looking at memes, I don't even tweet anymore. This is really the only place I want to discuss sports and wrestling on the internet.
39. " real talk, I actually missed you assholes lol..." In response to Reply # 10
>...is that digital spaces, in general, have gotten >exponentially dumber and more hateful during this site's >existence. Meanwhile, this site has remained mostly the >same (except for less popular and older). > >So your attraction to this place is understandable: >people are relatively smart and decent here. > >It's just funny because I spent years here calling everyone >ignorant and dumb. Mostly joking, but still: I had no idea >what the rest of the internet world was like.
I was so starved for intelligent sports convo, I cannot stand any of the talking heads/"insiders" on ESPN and FOX. They flip-flop more than politicians
11. "I was gonna be legit bummed for fall saturdays without okp" In response to Reply # 0 Sun Aug-04-19 09:33 AM by 3xKrazy
I watch exponentially less sports than I did in my younger days so I spend much less time on this site as a result. And there are a lot of different reasons for why I watch less sports. Not the least of which is that my pro teams are Giants/Mets/Knicks. Enough said.
But with less time devoted to sports throughout the year I feel less guilty in going EXTRA hard on cfb...so my ass is glued on the couch on saturdays from noon until Pac after dark shuts it down. The back and forth here is a really good companion to that. Overall people know their stuff, there's just the right amount of shit talking to make things fun, the homerism isn't over the top, and most importantly we can talk cfb without disturbing levels of ignorance, racism and the like. If you've been around other cfb message boards you know that that kind of shit is pretty standard issue and a big part of the demographic of this sport, unfortunately. So anyways, I'm glad this place is back up and running just in time for kickoff in a few weeks.
13. "Yep, I was looking forward to CFB but the potential demise of this site" In response to Reply # 11 Sun Aug-04-19 11:20 AM by calij81
Had me legit sad that I wouldn’t be able to spend my Saturdays BSing with the people in here about CFB.
I’m glad it’s back in time for CFB because this site has the best group of CFB fans. As you said, this site has the right amount of knowledgeable fans that aren’t over the top homers and genuinely like CFB for the sport just as much for their team. That’s why I wake up early to watch random ACC and Big 10 games at 9am PST and the TV doesn’t turn off until PAC 12 After Dark is over.
I also spend less time watching sports as well but just like this site, I just can’t quite CFB.
26. "Complicated emotions." In response to Reply # 0
1. What? It's gone? It can't be gone? 2. I don't know how I can go on without it. I just can't. 3. Just come back for a little while. Just enough for closure. Just for a day? 4. I miss it. I feel so alone. 5. It's probably okay. I can manage. 6. Maybe there are other boards out there! 7. It was a good run, and now it's time to move on.....NO WAIT IT'S BACK! IT'S BACK! PRAISE BE!
29. "ALL DAY, E'RY DAY!" In response to Reply # 26
>1. What? It's gone? It can't be gone? >2. I don't know how I can go on without it. I just can't. >3. Just come back for a little while. Just enough for closure. >Just for a day? >4. I miss it. I feel so alone. >5. It's probably okay. I can manage. >6. Maybe there are other boards out there! >7. It was a good run, and now it's time to move on.....NO WAIT >IT'S BACK! IT'S BACK! PRAISE BE!
28. "If the boards had died, the Twins would have won the World Series" In response to Reply # 0
I am entirely certain of this.
Now, I will return to tentative enjoyment of their season mixed with the creeping awareness that there are several better teams they may face as soon as the first round of the playoffs - if they don't trip on their own dick on the way there.
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35. "learning conversational Mandarin for the hell of it" In response to Reply # 0
partially inspired by a trip to Taiwan I took a few months ago, but mostly just because I think I'm entering my midlife crisis and need a way to keep my brain sharp and make life slightly more interesting.
Anyway, I say "conversational" because I have no interest in becoming completely fluent or learning the characters. So far so good though.
37. "RE: OKSports GD: August 2019" In response to Reply # 0
It's crazy how great this place is
I checked the link every damn day, multiple times.
And to think that I used to come here to check to music as part of a publication that has long since ceased to exist…but yeah, this is easily my favorite online community. One of the only ones I really participate in at all. Yet it's also a link to a completely different time in my life that would be hard to explain to anyone I know now.
53. "thank you..and to add some nuance to my statement.." In response to Reply # 43
its not just about him having a job
its about the NFL not acknowledging the intentional and systematic blackballing of him for protesting racial injustice
I can never rock with them again at least until that restorative justice has been served
There should be an acknowledgement and a public apology, as well as all teams giving him or asking for a fair "look" at his skills with sincerity, then letting him say no if he doesn't want to play.
We all know that will never happen.
Therefore, in light of their past missteps around misogyny, the mistreated of injured/retired players around concussions and CTE, covering up and wristslapping criminal players (rape, wifebeating), I will never support the NFL again.
with that said, I'm completely fine if at some point, you want someone else to do the pool. I just morally cannot.
45. "I feel weird as shit, because I had accepted that it was over." In response to Reply # 0
After so many days of checking the bookmarks...I hit my dud Snacks on Twitter like...”I guess it’s really over.” A site I’ve legit been coming to, basically every day, since ‘99...was gone. I had become ok with it. That said, I probably won’t be here much, if at all. Also...I probably will.
...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft
52. "Got my medical marijuana card earlier this month" In response to Reply # 0
They added Anxiety to the list in PA which is going to add so many people to the eligiblity list since almost anyone can claim anxiety, but I actually do have severe anxiety and panic issues I've been in treatment and on meds for for a long time.
That being said, the experience of legally buying weed in a nice store is crazy.
But also, as someone who very rarely has gotten high in the last 5+ years as being in my late 30's with a young kid changes my social life, it's crazy what actually prescribed marijuana can do compared to just smoking it on your own.
All these specific strains made for very specific purposes, 2:1 CBD to THC or whatever. I honestly can hit this, function in my day and just feel non anxious in a way that no medicine or even other weed has ever been able to do for me. Science is some crazy shit.
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59. "... to be fair, if you're talking about the allstah post..." In response to Reply # 58
... deletion was definitely for the best, lol. It wasn't even a GD style post, it was just, of all things, a Michael Bloomberg for President endorsement. Chances that post went well were approximately zero percent.
66. "RE: ... to be fair, if you're talking about the allstah post..." In response to Reply # 59
Hey, it happens. There could be worse topics to discuss. When you're house-ridden (medical issue) , and your outlet has become limited due to that predicament, you look for civil entities to engage online, regardless of the divergence in opinions.
I haven't been on here in about 5-6 years, so the discussion rules escaped me. lol
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