Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #174: The Big League Boys

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I hate that DK Jungle and I don't even know why.

I hate that subway level

I fell off the DK level like four times

Greg Holland making his debut with the Cardinals walked four guys in the 10th and now we're losing

An inauspicious debut for Rockies great Greg Holland

The Nuggets are losing to the Blazers but I'm not sure if it even matters, I think they might just need to beat the Wolves to get in. I have no idea

They pulled it out in the end, setting up an EPIC SHOWDOWN with the Wolves tomorrow night. This month has been crazy, with the Avs and Nuggets both coming down to the last game against fellow Sports Topic teams, plus the National Championship game

I bet my left nut that the Twolves will lose

Good news guys. My beat the streak is at a season high of 1.

How many times during a work week do you guys go out for lunch? I went three times last week (sort of on accident) and as a result vowed to do it 0 times this week. Usually it's 1 or 2. Anyway I ask because I'm getting hungry and I just got super sad to realize that to defeat my hunger all I have is soup

I usually bring my lunch, but I may go out once or twice a month. Most of the time I'm working through my lunch by helping students, though, so I end up just eating while I'm teaching my next class.
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I started out bringing my lunch every day for the first year or so, and then gradually that devolved into going out for lunch every day for the last couple years I was there

Also I should have asked what's your go-to for a work lunch? If it's a small business that's great but obviously I'm more talking about chains here. For me I like Wendy's (this is also the cheap option: their 4 for $4 thing is an outstanding value), and if I'm feeling fancy I can make a longer drive and get chipotle. I also love Jimmy John's but have only ordered that from work so far

Lets go Golden Knights!
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I bring my lunch but make an effort to not make the same thing two days in a row so that I won't feel suicidal when I look at it.

I mostly brought sandwiches every day, which is part of why I started going out more. Of course I'd bring other stuff sometimes but with my (lack of) cooking ability it was just way too tempting to go out, plus it's an excuse to get out of the office for a while. All that stuff got old too but it's still better than what I could bring.

CaptainHammer posted...

chipotle

Man, I don't eat there anymore. I still ate it when they had their first E. Coli outbreak since it supposedly hadn't hit Colorado, but the second one was the final straw for me. My mom recently knew somebody who got sick eating there, although I don't know if that was E. Coli-related so it's probably just dumb anecdotal evidence

Yeah but it tastes good and it's not that expensive. I also get really sick of just bringing a cold sandwich which is why I brought soup today. I added some hot sauce to it and that made it taste a little better but it also became kind of challenging to finish with all that heat. Bringing your lunch is just so horribly boring unless you have leftovers

Do you guys have Qdoba over there? It's basically the same thing. I've also seen people online talk about this place Moe's (a business of some kind), which I've never heard of, but supposedly it's like a better version of Chipotle

We do have Qdoba. I had it once a long time ago and didn't care for it. I suppose I should give it another chance but I liked Chipotle so much better and Chipotle certainly has the St. Louis consensus

I also like Chipotle better but Qdoba is good enough for me

I don't like the taste of either Chipotle or Qdoba, but I do like the cilantro lime rice they have at both places. It reminds me of the rice my grandma would make at the restaurant she owned.
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Never been to Qdoba (I don't know if there's one here), but Chipotle is... adequate.

Anyways, work lunches suck. I can go to the nearest mall, but that requires me to take a subway trip (in between my office and the nearest mall is a massive interchange, for context). I mean, there's Starbucks at least?
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What are everyone's thoughts on frozen pizza? I bought a few Jack's Pizzas (don't know if that's a national brand) for $2.97 a piece at Walmart and gotta say... They aren't half bad

They're great. Jack's isn't bad and it's so cheap. I try to be responsible and not buy them when I go grocery shopping tho

I can't stand frozen pizza. I feel like the quality of even something like Dominos is lightyears better and it's only $6 for a medium.

MNTwins1991 posted...

They're great. Jack's isn't bad and it's so cheap. I try to be responsible and not buy them when I go grocery shopping tho

Do you have a go to easy dinner that makes you feel less bad? My favorite things are a grocery store rotisserie chicken and these Tyson microwaveable chicken breast fillets. They're surprisingly delicious on a sandwich and they even stand on their own!

I find Totino's pizzas to be weirdly good, but I haven't eaten one in a long time. I'm with Ultima, I'd rather just get a Domino's pizza which tastes better than any frozen pizza and is actually cheaper than many of them nowadays.

I like getting chicken from the grocery deli but I don't get a whole chicken. They have an option where you can get a big piece (like a breast or thigh) and two sides for $3.50. It's a good deal.

CaptainHammer posted...

Do you have a go to easy dinner that makes you feel less bad? My favorite things are a grocery store rotisserie chicken and these Tyson microwaveable chicken breast fillets. They're surprisingly delicious on a sandwich and they even stand on their own!

Nothing fancy, but I'm slowly getting better. Chicken breasts, pork chops, basic pasta/rice dishes

Frozen pizzas are fine. They're kind of convenient if you don't have a car and don't want to pay delivery charges.

Go-to easy dinners are usually chicken legs/thighs. Easy to cook without much prep, and are affordable too.
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The Rockies are not good

Omfg the Cards are gonna lose again

They tied the game on a walk, bunt (ugh) and then two wild pitches

Yeah, I don't know how he could throw two wild pitches to allow the run.
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I guess this is one of those games that won't end.

It should have though, it looked like the ball hit the ground on that one out.
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Yeah, I can't believe they didn't overturn that call. Just another example of how pointless and awful replay is in baseball.

No kidding.
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I had a feeling that St. Louis would win it this inning.
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Yay

These playoff hype videos are always lame, but this is probably the worst one I've seen

https://twitter.com/NHLJets/status/983790702676103170?s=19

"What is it like to be from here? I grew up here. And I know what it takes to live in this place."

I like Jericho but that speech was super lame

The Cardinals game is on Facebook today for some dumb reason, and the consequence of that is that I have my phone propped up under my work computer and am watching it while on the clock. I would take a picture of my sweet setup but my phone is my camera.

I find the commentators a little annoying. I don't have a radio so I can't listen to that while watching.
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The commentators are really bad I agree

STLCards1991 posted...

The Cardinals game is on Facebook today for some dumb reason, and the consequence of that is that I have my phone propped up under my work computer and am watching it while on the clock.

I would rather actually do work

I'm playing Mighty Gunvolt Burst, which I think was mentioned here in passing like a year ago. It's pretty good at scratching the Mega Man itch, but the platforming and stage design are by far the best part. I don't really care for the convoluted customizations and the boss fights are too long

I thought it was alright but it takes way too long to get your guns set up and I find that the levels require too much trial and error

I played through two levels before I even figured out how to equip the guns. I'd rather just get some random-ass weapon at the end like in Mega Man. Those are useless half the time, but at least they tend to fire in different styles. And the weapons in this don't seem very useful anyway. In the ice level there are some special breakable-looking ice blocks, so I went back to it with a fire weapon and still couldn't break them. That kind of shit is lame.

I guess I should be glad that it's trying to be different, but on the other hand, there's a character named Dr. White which is the most uncreative thing imaginable, so they should have just copied MM more

I played through it as both characters with Beck first (sounds like you picked him) and I remember thinking Gunvolt was the more enjoyable character. I could be wrong, but in my memory the customization with him was more intuitive and useful to mess around with. With Beck it was just weird.

I think my next Switch indie might be Owlboy. It looks cool