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The Phillies are so bad that they walked Gerrardo Parra twice in one game

Do they have urgent cares in Canada? I'd probably go to an urgent care for that here but then again maybe you don't have outrageous ER costs. And also maybe a broken foot is much more painful than I think it is

Okay wolfy thanks for the dissertation

Aren't there also a lot of "Jordan rules" or am I thinking of Gretzky or both

Just one now, but I had a lot at one point. They technically still exist but I don't know the PWs to them

We need to make them work again

Yeah Olive Garden is pretty trash

I later saw the pitch and it was totally wild and would have scored somebody from third anyway, but he got the credit because he's the RBI god

Del Taco has like one decent thing (the fish tacos)

The Rockies beat the Mets 5-4 today on a Nolan Arenado walkoff walk. They won a game in the same series 5-4 on a Nolan Arenado walkoff hit

I haven't really been paying attention to it at all, but you seem to be acting like a child over it. Maybe Zeus is wrong or whatever, but you gotta let that shit go dude, it's been a month

Red_Frog posted...

Taco Bell, CiCi's, Domino's, McAlister's, Burger King and Five Guys all spring to mind.

Oh geez, CiCi's is a contender. And it reminds me of another buffet place - Country Buffet (I think known as Hometown Buffet in other places), which might also be worse. Haven't heard of McAlister's. BK is pretty bad but not worse, the rest I like.

Dikitain posted...

Blimpie. There is no way their "food" is considered fit for human consumption. I wouldn't even feed it to my dog if he was starving to death and it was the only thing available.

I don't think I've ever eaten at one, but I've generally heard bad things

I will say Kareem definitely doesn't get enough love for the GOAT status though. He's the all-time scoring leader, has the rings and a bunch of other awards and accolades, played partially in the same era as MJ, and is just generally a great person and ambassador for the game.

I think scoring and rebounding in general were just much higher in Wilt's era. Weren't 20+ RPG seasons common for several players at that time? They played at a much faster pace, meaning there were more scoring opportunities as well as rebounding opportunities. A guy like Wilt could dominate because there was no three-point line, but now that there is, you can't rely on only playing in the paint.


There's a certain extent that I don't think you should punish players for the era they played in, but you also gotta ask if they really would be the same player in today's game. Kareem and Wilt came around a time when 7 footers were rare. Bill Russell would not have won so many championships in a bigger league or as a center that's the size of most PFs now (or most PFs in the early 2000s, at least, since it seems to be trending smaller again).

He's the type of guy that probably doesn't realize they have internet in Africa now

Zeus posted...

Chicago Uno, Planet Pizza, Papa Johns, Sbarros, and Papa Ginos

You know what, you might have named something worse than Panda Express without even trying. I don't really remember what Sbarro tastes like, but IIRC it's pretty bad. Haven't even heard of anything else in your list except Papa John's, which sucks, but not as much as Little Caesar's.

Outback is fine if you look at it like any other American casual dining place, i.e. Applebee's, Chili's, TGI Friday's, etc. The faux-Aussie aesthetic and the idea of it being a little bit higher end are absurd, but that doesn't mean the food is bad.

ChipChipperson posted...

threw open the doors to any barbarian who was just hunting monkeys for food a mere week ago

You totally don't sound ignorant and racist at all

green dragon posted...

Tc has to be lying

Nah it's totally believable that Ryan would send a PM to somebody even slightly resembling a female

HillChange posted...

Outback Steakhouse.

nah

mastermix3000 posted...

Taco Bell is a worse version of taco bell

I actually think TB is one of the best fast food places.

MrMelodramatic posted...

I really dislike Subway.

I do as well, but not as much as Panda Express.

That_70s_show posted...

Little Caesars

This might be a contender in terms of the fact that basically any pizza place is better. Then again, basically any Asian place is better than Panda Express. However, if you gave me the choice between a Little Casear's pizza and something from Panda Express, I'd take the pizza

TES_Nut posted...

A fast food place is only as good as the people that work there.

Panda Express must suck at hiring then because at least three different ones I've been to all have awful food. Or maybe it's just their shitty recipes

Jen0125 posted...

Applebee's

I think the last time I went to Applebee's was when I was a young kid and I had to take a shit there and both of the stall toilets were literally filled with shit... not like a leftover log, but so full of shit that you couldn't even see toilet water anymore. I don't remember the food itself being terrible though and it's mostly just coincidence that I haven't been to one since

Thunder_54 posted...

Taco Bueno.

Don't know what this is

Wii3Kings posted...

For me it's Arby's.

I don't think I've eaten Arby's for like ten years, so I can't really say, but it obviously ain't great if I don't eat there.

I'm not really a big fan of the genre, so I couldn't name five, but Rollecoaster Tycoon is amazing and I played the shit out of it. RCT2 was also very good, but a little bit too much of the same for somebody who had played basically every park from the first by the time I actually got it.

I also played a lot of the first Sims, but I can't really see myself revisiting that. I would consider going back to RCT though

This is just my opinion of course. I ate Panda Express recently for the first time in over a year, and... nope, still hate it. I'm not sure I can think of one I hate more, but that's just off the top of my head. Maybe there is one that I've forgotten about? Your challenge is to help me find it.

Name some restaurants!

Come on man, this topic is some dumb shit

SilentSeph posted...

Difficult > Easy > Too Easy > Too Difficult

I like to be challenged but I also would like to see more than 3% of a game so I don't want it to be hair-tearingly difficult.

This.

Although it's not a lot of fun to be able to beat a game while hardly trying, it's also not a lot of fun when a game is so hard you can't beat it. And since beating a game is basically a compulsion for me now, I'd choose too easy over too hard.

adjl posted...

How long until this one ends up being your "crazy ex" because you don't understand anything about what it's like to date a woman and need to bail on the story after you advance it way too quickly?

Fixed

For a brief moment when you came back I thought you weren't going to make topics like these anymore

Oops

You are so cool and everyone totally believes you

Judgmenl posted...

I'm chubby (6'2'', weigh ~225lbs)

"Chubby" is being generous with those stats

Yes, I do get haircuts regularly

That is truly something I can't believe happened at training camp

I don't really consider myself one because video games are pretty much the only typical geeky interest that I spend an above average amount of time on. Hell, with TV and movies my interest level is probably below the average person, let alone a geek

MetaFalconPunch posted...

Likewise, I didn't like ALBW. Soooo I'm pretty wary of ever playing MM or LttP. I liked the GB games though.

I think ALttP is better than ALBW, but since you already played ALBW, a lot of stuff is going to be annoyingly similar. I played ALttP first though, so it was ALBW that annoyed me with its similarities.

Yeah, the Royals aren't actually that bad, but I feel like they had their moment. Realistically I'd probably root for them over the Dodgers and maybe the Diamondbacks, but that's just a division thing and I wouldn't expect people in general to feel that way

It's too bad the Cubs got hot, because the entire NL playoff field could be teams that haven't won a World Series (or haven't won it in forever) if the Brewers make it instead.

The AL, on the other hand, is going to suck to try to root for, with the Royals, Red Sox and Yankees all looking like they'll make it. I'll go crazy if it's a Red Sox-Cubs World Series

helly posted...

it sort of did, though.

it had the reputation of being in development hell for so long, and then it finally had a proper release date, so people got excited for it.

what they got excited about is up for debate, but there was hype

Okay, true, but it was pretty much immediately critically panned. I think that hype has two main components - anticipation and high expectations. DNF had the anticipation, but not the high expectations.

Stupid Pirate Guy posted...

Duke Nukem Forever

That game wasn't hyped up at all, though. What, you regret that it wasn't as legendarily bad as expected? Also, did you pay more than the $6 it went for a couple months after release?

Seabutcher posted...

DorkLink posted...

Why would they make something widescreen but not HD? I don't think screens that would be optimal for that setup were ever very common...

There was a time when HD hadn't been invented but widescreen had.

Yes, but what TVs had those? Early flat panels were really expensive and by the time they started becoming affordable, HD was becoming standard. I don't recall really seeing widescreen CRTs.

Other hyped games that disappointed me were Majora's Mask and A Link Between Worlds. MM was only a disappointment at the time though, and I since learned to appreciate it. I guess Zelda games are the only ones I get hyped up about.

I did think of one that I regret: The Binding of Isaac. It wasn't a super hyped game, but I heard nothing but good things about it and then found it to just be overwhelming and boring at the same time.

I'm playing on an HDTV and it looks like dog shit. I'm not sure if that's because I'm using a Wii U, but it sure seems worse than I remember.

It's been too long since I've used a CRT so I'm not sure if that's much better, but then aren't you missing out on the widescreen? Why would they make something widescreen but not HD? I don't think screens that would be optimal for that setup were ever very common...

Can't really think of any. I was pretty disappointed in Twilight Princess, but I didn't "regret" getting it. The closest thing is that I regret getting it so soon, but even then it's more like "Well in hindsight I probably would have been fine waiting a few years to play this." I think it was a gift anyway and the price now hasn't even dropped far from the original $50 (for the GC version).


Why didn't you just say ended up disappointed? I can think of a few more, but that's different from outright regret for the purchase

Speaking of Nolan Arenado, I don't know how the hell he gets so many got dang RBIs. He led all of MLB the past two years and currently owns a huge lead for this season. Obviously he is very good and having Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu batting in front of you helps, but it's not like he's the only great hitter in a great top of the order.

I don't know if he'll keep up his 40 home-run streak, but he has been heating up lately and at least should easily get to 30 if he stays healthy for the rest of the season

CLUTCHlos GODzalez hit in the tying run in the 8th inning to prove everybody wrong. But I'm sure the Rockies will screw it up anyway

Yeah, the Quiznos near my former work closed down a while ago and that was a little disappointing. I grew to like them a lot more than Subway, and I think their prices are comparable. Subway has gotten a lot more expensive since they did away with $5 footlongs while AFAIK Quiznos prices generally stayed the same. Subway is only good value if you want a fairly large quantity of food.

There are still plenty of good sub chains, but I haven't found one yet that specializes in toasted subs.

I'm excited that I'll get the chance to bring these games to portable... oh wait

Another thing I've seen suggested is that they might want to avoid the bad look of giving up on a guy with a few months left on the last year of his contract, especially when the team might make the playoffs after he's been a loyal player during so many bad years. It sucks, but I think almost every franchise is guilty at some point of giving too much love to a washed-up veteran who's hurting the team.

Yeah, I know his WAR is awful and think to myself "How has he stuck around this long", but they have very limited OF flexibility since Ian Desmond can't stay healthy. I also know that they can't just stash him in the minors when better players are available, but if they get the depth back to be able to DFA him, would it really be that awful? It's the last year of his contract anyway and he has no trade value.

I hope they give David Dahl their full confidence when he comes back (which may mean having to eschew CarGo), but I'm not sure they'll do that. I'm not sure when he'll be back though or how that all works. Doesn't he need to be part of the 25-man roster before September call-ups or something like that to be eligible for the playoff roster?

Blighboy posted...

I named my first daughter Link, because Zelda's the name of the game not the character.

I think you have this joke backwards... should have just said something about Zelda being a boy's name.


I have thought about naming a future kid after a Zelda character but I'd probably just make it a middle name at most