Useless Thread MDCCCXLIII: Rocky IV Depreciation Thread

[Oogie Boogie]

it looks cool, it lights up and shit

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I thought you were against keyboards that did this

 

[John Price]

I thought you were against keyboards that did this

there's not even a volume control on that thing

wtf @LarryFisherman does yours have volume control

 

[TheGreenTBer]

aren't you trying to cut?

definitely do not go for italian unless you're hitting the gym hard.

a few years ago i was vegan for 4 months back before i had a kid and actually had the time, energy and will to care about my own health (felt better than i had in 15 years, tbh.) italians, like my mother and extended family, literally do not understand this concept. at all. It's like "mom i'm not eating cheese right now" and she's all like "there's only a little bit of parmesan on the top and ricotta in the middle, there's no cheese in it!

I imagine this is what it's like for Jews that tell their parents they're not into chicken soup when they're sick or something. "eat ya chicken soup bubby WHY ARE YOU NOT EATING YOU'RE TOO SKINNY"

 

[John Price]

bubby

 

[John Price]

bubba

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

did you hear that soyeon rap !!

 

[John Price]

@TheGreenTBer

 

[TheGreenTBer]

@TheGreenTBer

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[John Price]

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[John Price]

Your boy weighing in at 149 today, lean and MEAN

Food today:

Milk with Oreos

that's it.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Your boy weighing in at 149 today, lean and MEAN

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Food today:

Milk with Oreos

that's it.

you could have had grilled chicken, a kale salad and water and had infinitely better nutrition for probably comparable calories

 

[izzy]

cant believe people are liking house of the dragon

boring soap opera with dragons

 

[John Price]

you could have had grilled chicken, a kale salad and water and had infinitely better nutrition for probably comparable calories

They're playing your favorite Dre rap song at the basketball practice now

 

[John Price]

FRANCIS TIAFOE IS HERE

 

[Tarantula]

a few years ago i was vegan for 4 months back before i had a kid and actually had the time, energy and will to care about my own health (felt better than i had in 15 years, tbh.) italians, like my mother and extended family, literally do not understand this concept. at all. It's like "mom i'm not eating cheese right now" and she's all like "there's only a little bit of parmesan on the top and ricotta in the middle, there's no cheese in it!

I imagine this is what it's like for Jews that tell their parents they're not into chicken soup when they're sick or something. "eat ya chicken soup bubby WHY ARE YOU NOT EATING YOU'RE TOO SKINNY"

From neither background as such but I can relate. The MIL used to chide the wife for not "keeping the weight" on me, " He works hard for you everyday", I just used to laugh. Not like the wife didn't work full time either of course, and I did most of the cooking.

Lean times when that generation came of age, the depression lead into WW2 in Europe, not taking a full plate of cooked food and then a second when at an Aunt and Uncles, the in laws was kinda rude.

you could have had grilled chicken, a kale salad and water and had infinitely better nutrition for probably comparable calories

Just oxygen alone would have been healthier...

 

[John Price]

 

[TheGreenTBer]

From neither background as such but I can relate. The MIL used to chide the wife for not "keeping the weight" on me, " He works hard for you everyday", I just used to laugh. Not like the wife didn't work full time either of course, and I did most of the cooking.

She meant well, she just grew up in a different time.

My grandmother basically barred my grandfather from getting anywhere near the kitchen until it was serving time.

Lean times when that generation came of age, the depression lead into WW2 in Europe, not taking a full plate of cooked food and then a second when at an Aunt and Uncles, the in laws was kinda rude.

In that regard, if one of you ever enter into a relationship with someone that grew up in an old-school family (this didn't happen for me specifically), before you meet the parents my advice is the following:
1) No matter how much food your partner's mother offers you, don't you dare tell her you are full.
2) If you dislike the food the mother offers you, too f***ing bad, you better eat that shit like it's the second coming of your favorite dish.
3) Do not under any circumstances make any furniture, etc. dirty in the house (if they're italian they just might have a plastic cover over the sofas anyways.)
4) You are on trial at all times. Don't f*** up because they won't forget it.

To this day, my spouse's friend's mother still remembers me more than a decade after the fact. Not because I entered into a relationship with her daughter because I obviously didn't, but because I had 7 plates of food when we were invited to a get-together at her house and very few ~160-lb Americans can absolutely decimate Indian food like I can.

 

[Tarantula]

She meant well, she just grew up in a different time.

My grandmother basically barred my grandfather from getting anywhere near the kitchen until it was serving time.

In that regard, if one of you ever enter into a relationship with someone that grew up in an old-school family (this didn't happen for me specifically), before you meet the parents my advice is the following:
1) No matter how much food your partner's mother offers you, don't you dare tell her you are full.
2) If you dislike the food the mother offers you, too f***ing bad, you better eat that shit like it's the second coming of your favorite dish.
3) Do not under any circumstances make any furniture, etc. dirty in the house (if they're italian they just might have a plastic cover over the sofas anyways.)
4) You are on trial at all times. Don't f*** up because they won't forget it.

To this day, my spouse's friend's mother still remembers me more than a decade after the fact. Not because I entered into a relationship with her daughter because I obviously didn't, but because I had 7 plates of food when we were invited to a get-together at her house and very few ~160-lb Americans can absolutely decimate Indian food like I can.

Yep, bang on both replies, every year for Xmas I had a late lunch/ dinner, 1 ish at my parents and family with the wife then another replicate dinner of turkey, all the same fixings, but not quite as good at the in laws, just a few hours later. Like about 4 hours later and always felt obliged to take that extra plate and let either my mother or the mother in law know it. Just the way it was back then...

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Jesus Christ, after writing that post of mine I now am super-craving Indian food.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

ESPN doing some nonsense digital overlay on all of the ads on the boards. We can't just have ads, we have to have rotating ads that change every minute or so.

How long until the boards are just early 2000s seizure-inducing pop up ads?

(As I type "siezure" and autocorrect has no clue what I meant, smh my head)

 

[LarryFisherman]

it looks cool, it lights up and shit

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naw, this ain't it homie quan

ESPN doing some nonsense digital overlay on all of the ads on the boards. We can't just have ads, we have to have rotating ads that change every minute or so.

How long until the boards are just early 2000s seizure-inducing pop up ads?

(As I type "siezure" and autocorrect has no clue what I meant, smh my head)

I'm pretty sure they demo'd this back in 2016 at the WJC.

I was hoping it would have better implementation. Full-scale changes during play is pretty distracting. It's also not clean enough to blend in, it doesn't look natural to me. You can see movement in the text and such.

I'm sure I'll get used to it but it's excessively distracting to me thus far. Not stoked about this one.

 

[PanthersPens62]

If El Presidente endorses him, then he's the man I want!

 

[John Price]

ESPN doing some nonsense digital overlay on all of the ads on the boards. We can't just have ads, we have to have rotating ads that change every minute or so.

How long until the boards are just early 2000s seizure-inducing pop up ads?

(As I type "siezure" and autocorrect has no clue what I meant, smh my head)

yeah those digital ESPN ads are dumb. They literally are distracting. I miss the old normal boards

 

[John Price]

hot asian on CBS Mornings today eyes-emoji