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He drags his pivot foot like a foot before taking off.
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
He drags his pivot foot like a foot before taking off.
“Christmas commercials are notoriously labor-intensive and expensive so we spent 5,000+ man-hours getting AI to make 20 two-second clips that are indistinguishable from any other AI slop that we could stitch together for an ad.”
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Christmas commercials are notoriously labor-intensive and expensive so we spent 5,000+ man-hours getting AI to make 20 two-second clips that are indistinguishable from any other AI slop that we could stitch together for an ad.”
On the other hand, if it wasn't in the end zone, I think they absolutely would have called it incomplete and not a fumble. I feel like it's just a tweener, which means, at the least, it shouldn't have been overturned.
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
On the other hand, if it wasn't in the end zone, I think they absolutely would have called it incomplete and not a fumble. I feel like it's just a tweener, which means, at the least, it shouldn't have been overturned.
Seems the most obvious move for conferences is to make their tiebreaker for conference championship games be CFP ranking. This would have helped the ACC this year (UVA vs. Miami with winner to the playoff) and the SEC (UGA vs. Ole Miss with Alabama sitting semi-comfortably as an at-large).
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Seems the most obvious move for conferences is to make their tiebreaker for conference championship games be CFP ranking. This would have helped the ACC this year (UVA vs. Miami with winner to the playoff) and the SEC (UGA vs. Ole Miss with Alabama sitting semi-comfortably as an at-large).
Also, shoveling responsibility onto neighborhood orgs means there won't be accountability if sidewalks don't get cleared (especially since the neighborhood orgs are, themselves, likely to outsource the labor to contractors).
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Also, shoveling responsibility onto neighborhood orgs means there won't be accountability if sidewalks don't get cleared (especially since the neighborhood orgs are, themselves, likely to outsource the labor to contractors).
I'm not even that old, but "People can't smoke in restaurants anymore," is enough to make me avoid nostalgia for at least the 1980s and maybe even into the 1990s.
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm not even that old, but "People can't smoke in restaurants anymore," is enough to make me avoid nostalgia for at least the 1980s and maybe even into the 1990s.
They're even killing the wagons we still have.
Look how they massacred my boy!
Look how they massacred my boy!
December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
They're even killing the wagons we still have.
Look how they massacred my boy!
Look how they massacred my boy!
The SEC, too, to get more teams in. Bama could be prepping for a first-round game instead of having what is likely a win-or-go-home SEC Championship Game.
(Yes I know there's a scenario where they get bumped by BYU winning the Big XII but that's much less likely than Bama losing to Georgia).
(Yes I know there's a scenario where they get bumped by BYU winning the Big XII but that's much less likely than Bama losing to Georgia).
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The SEC, too, to get more teams in. Bama could be prepping for a first-round game instead of having what is likely a win-or-go-home SEC Championship Game.
(Yes I know there's a scenario where they get bumped by BYU winning the Big XII but that's much less likely than Bama losing to Georgia).
(Yes I know there's a scenario where they get bumped by BYU winning the Big XII but that's much less likely than Bama losing to Georgia).
“I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but I think I get to decide how many bedrooms there are, don't you?
"Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV.”
— Mitch Hedberg
"Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV.”
— Mitch Hedberg
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“I just bought a 2-bedroom house, but I think I get to decide how many bedrooms there are, don't you?
"Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV.”
— Mitch Hedberg
"Fuck you, real estate lady! This bedroom has an oven in it! This bedroom's got a lot of people sitting around watching TV.”
— Mitch Hedberg
Is it annoying that there are so many different streaming services now? Yes. But none of their original material would have existed 10 years ago and it’s way cheaper to cycle streaming services today than it was to carry cable every month.
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Is it annoying that there are so many different streaming services now? Yes. But none of their original material would have existed 10 years ago and it’s way cheaper to cycle streaming services today than it was to carry cable every month.
I think very few people actually want the streaming world of 2015. I remember what it was like cutting the cord then and it required a mix of piracy and borrowing a friend’s cable login to be able to watch anything new. As soon as vMVPDs came along (2017 or so) things got way better.
November 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I think very few people actually want the streaming world of 2015. I remember what it was like cutting the cord then and it required a mix of piracy and borrowing a friend’s cable login to be able to watch anything new. As soon as vMVPDs came along (2017 or so) things got way better.
Apologies: I see where you might have read my reference to “the author” to be about Tierney when I was referencing Fienberg himself.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Apologies: I see where you might have read my reference to “the author” to be about Tierney when I was referencing Fienberg himself.
I don’t disagree. And I don’t want to get into Fienberg’s intent, which I don’t know, I just want to note that I never said Tierney was the author, I mentioned him as the name most likely to be notable to TV fans, and particularly Dan Fienberg’s readers.
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I don’t disagree. And I don’t want to get into Fienberg’s intent, which I don’t know, I just want to note that I never said Tierney was the author, I mentioned him as the name most likely to be notable to TV fans, and particularly Dan Fienberg’s readers.
And it’s worth noting that Fienberg was clear in both reviews how much he had seen, which was all of Murderbot and 1/3 of Heated Rivalry.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
And it’s worth noting that Fienberg was clear in both reviews how much he had seen, which was all of Murderbot and 1/3 of Heated Rivalry.
Well, yes, sometimes a reviewer will be familiar with the source material being adapted and be able to comment on that, but not always. And I don’t think a TV critic should be assuming what a show will do based on the book it’s adapting because there’s no guarantee things won’t be changed.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Well, yes, sometimes a reviewer will be familiar with the source material being adapted and be able to comment on that, but not always. And I don’t think a TV critic should be assuming what a show will do based on the book it’s adapting because there’s no guarantee things won’t be changed.
Forgive me if I’m misreading, but this feels to me like a disconnect between literary criticism and TV criticism. He’s reacting to 1/3 of a show and trying to relay to potential viewers what it feels like after watching two episodes. And I don’t see anything in here calling these choices flaws.
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Forgive me if I’m misreading, but this feels to me like a disconnect between literary criticism and TV criticism. He’s reacting to 1/3 of a show and trying to relay to potential viewers what it feels like after watching two episodes. And I don’t see anything in here calling these choices flaws.
Like, this is not a negative review. It clearly read, as somebody who knows the author’s work, as something he was surprised by and is interested to see more of, but wants to make sure readers know what they’re in for so they aren’t turned off by not getting what they were expecting.
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Like, this is not a negative review. It clearly read, as somebody who knows the author’s work, as something he was surprised by and is interested to see more of, but wants to make sure readers know what they’re in for so they aren’t turned off by not getting what they were expecting.
Or he is writing for an audience that isn’t aware of the book? I’ve read a lot of Fienberg’s criticism and this reads to me like he is writing for an audience that might know Tierney from Letterkenny or be expecting a more traditional, slow-burn TV romance.
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Or he is writing for an audience that isn’t aware of the book? I’ve read a lot of Fienberg’s criticism and this reads to me like he is writing for an audience that might know Tierney from Letterkenny or be expecting a more traditional, slow-burn TV romance.
I feel like we do have this, it’s just usually at convenience stores and people look down on them because they don’t want to buy their lunch at a gas station. To somebody else’s comment, I can get a sandwich, a piece of fruit, and a drink at Kwik Trip for, like, $8.
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I feel like we do have this, it’s just usually at convenience stores and people look down on them because they don’t want to buy their lunch at a gas station. To somebody else’s comment, I can get a sandwich, a piece of fruit, and a drink at Kwik Trip for, like, $8.
The question is not, “Is childcare expensive?” It is. Very. Likely unsustainably so. The question is, “Is 2x the average cost of one child in daycare a good stand-in for the minimal cost of living for a family of four?” I don’t think it is. That is the upper-bound for an average family for 2-3 years
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The question is not, “Is childcare expensive?” It is. Very. Likely unsustainably so. The question is, “Is 2x the average cost of one child in daycare a good stand-in for the minimal cost of living for a family of four?” I don’t think it is. That is the upper-bound for an average family for 2-3 years