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UT1999 posted...

just read on yahoo like one of the big winners last night weighed only 135 lbs.

Bantamweight (125-135) has been around since 2010, Flyweight (116-125) in 2012.

That, and the rosters of the established weight classes expanded so much since then. Went from 25-30 guys in each weight class, to 50-60 fighters. There's just too many guys to keep track of now.

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

Uniting with bad faith people who do not desire peace, do not desire unity and do not aknowledge the right of most your constituency to even have rights or even to exist at all is pointless. He spent quite some time trying bipartisanship and the GOP consistently spit in his face.

Crush them and only unite once they are cowed.

That's fair, and I'm all for it.

I was more asking about his messaging, as, like I said, I didn't watch it last night.

I used to be really into in it's infancy, and then got back into it in the early 2010's.

But the weight class rosters have expanded so much over the last 10 years, and there's way too many cards to keep track of everything and I've kinda fallen off.

So, in other words, he did nothing to attempt to unite the country?

Serious, non-trolling question. I didn't watch it last night.

According to the NerdWallet calculator, approximately $1,024,700.

Probably a little less as an individual, as both my wife an I own the house and the accounts (other than my retirement) are joint accounts.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/net-worth-calculator

ai123 posted...

The left has no disdain for the nuclear family.

The right tend to profess support as an under the radar snipe at gay couples and single mothers.

I wouldn't call is disdain necessarily, but there is a certain pocket on the "U.S. Left" that has an aversion to anything considered traditional becasue the right tends to champion anything traditional.

I've experienced it myself on here. People dragging me simple becasue I live a firmly "normal" middle class life. Homeowner. Gen X, Straight. Married. 2 Kids. Apparently becasue of this I can't talk of the "Struggle" that Poor, LGBTQ, or Younger people go through.

But on topic... I grew up in what I'd consider an extended family. Mom, Dad, Sister, Grandmother, Uncle, Aunt, 2 Cousins all in the same house. I can't speak of which "family" is better, Nuclear, Extended, or Single-Parent, as I've only experienced one.

I honestly can't recall the last time I had what I'd consider a "bad" dream or a nightmare.

I'll occasionally have an odd dream where I'm driving a car that's WAY too small for me and I'll drive off the road becasue I can't properly move my arms to steer. I'll realize it's a dream though, and I'll wake myself up and notice I'm tangled up in my sheets and it's restricting my movement.

Holy_Cloud105 posted...

Bullshit. Crime statistics show NYC in 2023 had half a point less crime than 2022 and it's lower than pre pandemic levels. You're the one with fake news when stats don't care about your feelings. All the crime data your ilk show are in relation to pandemic levels of crime which will obviously be higher.

Transit crime, which this measure is attempting to quell, is most certainly up.

From Forbes.com:

13.1%. - Thats how much crime on the transit system has increased, as of March 3, compared to the same time period last year in New York City, according to NYPD data. There have been 388 incidents from Jan. 1 to March 3 this yearthe majority of which have been grand larceny and felony assaultcompared to 343 last year. The majority of last years crimes through early March were grand larceny and robbery, according to the data.

If I had to guess, either Streets of Rage 2 or GI Joe for NES

WingsOfGood posted...

Kiosk will spit out the disk.

So basically Redbox for used games?

I'm cool with that.

I voted "eggs" because my favorite meal is a well cooked bacon and cheddar omelette with well done home fries.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

What about him?

Paul Heyman the character is being inducted, not Paul Heyman the person.

No.

Just like now, I've stayed in touch with the dozen or so people I wanted to.

I think 11 to 15.

I don't like how inconsistent CPOY is every season.

Sometimes it's given to a guy that simply just came back from a really bad injury and just existed on an NFL team (Alex Smith in 2020). For that reason, Hamlin should've won it.

Sometimes it's given to a good player that got hurt the season before, came back, and didn't miss a beat (Joe Burrow in 2021). For that reason, Matthew Stafford should've won it.

Sometimes it's given to a guy that stunk the year before, changed teams, and then played well (Geno Smith in 2022). For that reason, Baker Mayfield should've won it.

But it's rare that the CPOY is a guy that was literally out of the league, gets signed, and goes on the month and a half run that Flacco went on. Only one I can really think of is Tommy Maddox in 2002, who was out of the league from 1995 to 2001, was the backup in 2001, but went on to lead the Steelers to the playoffs in 2002.

It's the one award that, when it's announced, I kinda just shrug and say "Ok" becasue there's never any rhyme or reason for who wins it.

Like, Born in the USA?

chaos_knight posted...

$50 for a haircut? Ok, Mr. Moneybags

That's actually on the cheaper side for most of the barber shops by me. It's ridiculous.

Eggo frozen waffles.

Because a tomato isn't doused with salt, sugar, and vinegar.

Tell them that voting booths identify as non-binary, and if they go into one they will convert them.

I shave my head, and have been for so long that the last time I paid to get my hair cut it was $12 and I would give my barber $20.

My Son's haircut is $35 and I give the barber $50, so I don't know what to tell you.

Eat less, I guess. Or cut your own hair. *shrug*

I've never been on Twitch, so I'll take the free $50

At this point, we all know it's going to be Biden vs Trump on the ballot.

I can't imagine there's any significant amount of people out there that still need to be convinced one way or the other.

We all know who we're voting for. No on is having their mind's changed at this point.

Only question is will the "Not Trump" voters come out in full force a second time.

Umbreon posted...

Me having never played a Fallout game: Cool.

Yup. This.

I'm not enough of a gamer snob to fault someone for their gaming opinions.

This is insane,

I was in a play about King Arthur in 6th grade back in literally 1990, and we weren't even allowed to use prop swords becasue it was considered too dangerous. We had to make them out of cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil, and this dude has kids dueling it out with legit battle weapons.

This is going to be one of those topics where we blame everyone other than the people committing the crimes that have caused the mayor to implement these practices, isn't it?

I wonder how much of that Sandler money is just the flat-rate deal he has with Netflix to make movies.

EndOfDiscOne posted...

People who say this are usually right wing

Reactions like this is why I rarely talk politics on CE.

Heres my general take on US Politics.

Im 46 years old and live a very simple middle class suburban lifestyle.

When people argue about The Economy my thoughts are My bills are paid, my kids are fed. Could it be better? Yes. Could it be worse? Also yes. Ill worry about what the Dow and my 401k are when Im 60, not 46.

So when it come to politics and Picking a wing lean on social issues. One party is actively trying to take peoples rights away. Reproductive rights from people like my 18 year old daughter. LGBTQ rights like my brother in law and his husband. Paths to citizenship that the best man at my wedding used to become a US Citizen.

So I side with the Party that is actively fighting to protect those rights.

I hope that clears things up as to whether or not Im right wing you fucking Jackwagon.

creativerealms posted...

If Clinton was a republican the investigation that lead to the discovery of the affair never would have happened. They were looking for financial crimes related to the Whitewater Development corporation. Pretty much the same thing repubs are doing now with Biden.

So if L Jean Lewis was a Democrat in 1992, you don't think she would have looked into it?

Smallville posted...

Are you mostly republican? This board is prob more dem than the national avg. Possibly much more so

No, I'm definitely Left, but I'm not blindly Left.

Smallville posted...

You think so? The vast majority of others in this topic disagree though

Yes, I do.

I would go into more details, but I don't have the time to fight the "same sides" venom that will be thrown at me if I continue.

Yes, becasue he wasn't impeached because he had an affair, he was impeached for lying under oath about it and obstruction of justice.

I bought a PS5 simply because my PS4 was running slow as shit.

Not having an XBox or PC, I dont really care about games being exclusive.

Imagine if Pitbulls knew how to use self checkout...

LeoRavus posted...

You can't give it away or make any money on it.

I assumed that meant getting the food for free and then selling it to someone else.

andri_g posted...

Mitch Hedberg

I know that he made his delivery flat and cool to understate each joke, but it made the jokes feel lifeless.

It's tough to do. Steven Wright has a flat delivery and he's hilarious. And Francis Stewart... but if your stage name is "Francis," you'd better be funny. :P

No way. His joke of

"Here's a picture of me when I was younger"

"Man, EVERY picture of you is a picture of you from when you were younger!"

is great.

I'm 45 years old and have never been in an Uber.

So I guess deal, and if I were ever to actually use one, I'll just wear my headphones.

$75,000 worth of single-use food is A LOT of food. More than I'll probably spend on myself.
So I'd probably take the cash.

But...

Turducken posted...

Then you can make bank taking your Incredible Vanishing Food on the road as a magic act.

You can probably make decent bank as a traveling "food illusionist"

WingsOfGood posted...

umm no....

solitary confinement is being stuck in an extremely small room with barely any lighting and no ability to do much of anything

in this liminal space you can wander around and if you find a bookstore it has books, if you find a restaurant it could have food, music store got music, I suppose if some nature area works as a liminal space you can see nature, kiddie playgrounds with slides etc

5 years is a long time with zero human interaction.

CountCorvinus posted...

If someone isn't going to even acknowledge that what's happening is a genocide, how committed can they really be to stopping it?

Compare AOC's response to other representatives like Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib, who were the only US politicians to sign a proposal to stop sending Israel weapons.

https://progressive.international/wire/2024-03-01-we-will-not-be-complicit-in-israels-grave-violation-of-international-law/en

But, again, let's say she goes "OK. It is genocide".

Do all those people then just go "Oh. Ok. Thanks!" and move on to the next public figure on their list?

emblem-man posted...

The thing is, AOC has already called it a mass killing of civilians and has publicly stated her support for a ceasefire. So I'm not really sure what they get from having her specifically say it.

She's already on their side in terms of actual political policy!!

OK That's what I thought.

You would think her voting practices would be more important than her public statements.

luigi33 posted...

Fuck no. 5 years would drive anyone mad. And whats the use of all that money when you're finished your 5 years you're brain is rotted to mush.

This.

It would take a miracle of the mind for this much time basically in solitude to not have you go insane.

How would something like a box of cereal work?

Like, the part I eat would be free, but I'd have to pay for the part the rest of my family eats?

My parents had one for me from birth, and when I turned 10ish, the deal was anytime I got a monetary gift from a family member, I was allowed to keep $20 of it, and everything else went into the account.

I would fight it SO MUCH when i was a kid, until I turned 18 and they gave me a check for over $6000.

OK. All the BS in this thread aside, from the protestors point of view, what does getting in her face accomplish?

Do they have a list of people that have and haven't called it genocide, and just cross people's names off as they publicly call it genocide?

I guess.

I "Identify" as 50% Italian (mom's side) and 50% Puerto Rican (dad's side), but my last name is more attributed to people from Dominican Republic, so people assume I'm Dominican.

Every person I've ever seen (athletes, actors, etc) or met with the same last name are all Dominican, so I understand why.

tommybel89 posted...

The reddit page is the most fire thing in existence, lmao.

I only knew him as an MMA fighter. I never knew he went into comedy.

ROBANN_88 posted...

i do not understand how that works at all, but good on him

Which part? Making the company, or buying up the debt?

As far as making the company, it's just a matter of picking a name and filing the Inc.

As far as buying up the debt, there are hospitals and insurance companies that "sell" their debt to these companies. Basically, they have 100 "customers" that own them X amount of dollars that they just aren't paying. Instead of ragging these 100 people over and over, they "sell" the debt to a collection company for fractions of what is owed. They would rather get some of the money back than continue to hound people for money they know they'll never get.

So then the collection company does the hounding. They bought $10k in debt for $2k. They'll then call the individual and say "Hey, instead of owing the insurance company 10 grand, you now only owe us $4k." Individual is happy becasue they owe $6k less than before. Collection company is happy becasue they made $2k in profit, and the insurance company is happy because they have $2k that they felt they were never going to get from the original customer.

John Oliver did this, but instead of buying up the debt for the sake of collecting less from the end customer, he just told the end customer they don't owe anything anymore.

The Lids in my local mall has a sign like that about 30% of the time I'm there.

Either "At Lunch, will be back at __:___" or "Store Closed for the day. Closer called out sick"