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Dan Hopper

@danhopp.bsky.social

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Writer of comedy & sports stuff. Host of THRILL OF DEFEAT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrill-of-defeat/id1816289659 The Only Pittsburgh Sports Page: https://danhopper.substack.com/ Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/DanHopp/

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 11d

Big one this week: @joshgondelman.bsky.social and @lukeoneil47.bsky.social describe what it was like to root FOR the Brady/Belichick Patriots, Boston sports fandom in general, and being Lefty sports fans as everything gets Trumpier podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

New England Patriots (with Josh Gondelman and Luke O'Neil)

Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 09/30/2025 · 1h 15m

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine is an echo chamber. Good luck finding nuanced debates about hot button issues on that touch screen. It’s just soda names and flavored syrups

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 17m

Bluesky slapped me with an “adult content” warning for posting this harmless ad and made it look like I just threw my dick on the TL

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 27m

Wearing “spooky” underwear under my clothes on Halloween, making no mention of it, then changing when I get home and putting them away for a year

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 1d

Team arranged tallest to shortest in a line under one big blanket

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 1d

If I had to watch my team lose a playoff elimination game in the 14th inning while everyone with no rooting interest kept posting “wow, what theater!!!” I think I would become the unibomber

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 1d

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Beam commercial mentioning "Squad Goals" in 2025

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 3d

Messing up the "Are you a robot?" Captcha five times in a row and I start clawing at my eyes in the mirror like that scene in Ex Machina

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 5d

The ceremony now is just them giving you this

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 5d

If you’re a real wiseguy you do actually have to use these

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 9d

One Battle After Another (2025)

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 9d

Chat GPT telling me what shows are in my area this weekend begs the question: what will be the first AI to win the Nobel Prize for Physics?

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 10d

(Ben Folds voice)
And I’m sooooorry, Mister Pope
It’s time

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 10d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 10d

I actively avoid seeking out Trump news and I’ve still seen everything he’s ever said or posted 20 times minimum

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 10d

The high point of my mom’s 20 years as a principal was when she called a secret surprise assembly in 2009 and used a connection to bring in the Stanley Cup

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Ryan @ryansimmons.bsky.social · 11d

Really fun pod with a murderer's row of guests so far

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 11d

New England Patriots (with Josh Gondelman and Luke O'Neil)

Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 09/30/2025 · 1h 15m

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 11d

Every business is called this now

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 11d

Aside from the 19 separate instances of having to remember ungodly Steeler losses, agreed!

Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 11d

New England Patriots (with Josh Gondelman and Luke O'Neil)

Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 09/30/2025 · 1h 15m

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 12d

The reviews are in!!

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 12d

Listen to me and @joshgondelman.bsky.social talk about how hard it is being the only good and cool Boston sports fans alive on @danhopp.bsky.social's Thrill of Defeat pod.

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New England Patriots (with Josh Gondelman and Luke O'Neil)

Podcast Episode · Thrill Of Defeat · 09/30/2025 · 1h 15m

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 12d

As a fan of both the NFL and The Simpsons, the algorithm knows I’d love nothing more than a shirt with the name of my team on it and also Bart Simpson is there

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Dan Hopper @danhopp.bsky.social · 13d

Because I'm a professional, I edited out my actual reaction to that part