Posts by wearywolf49

The main event is right here, we're just trying to pick our champion before the season even kicks off😉

(Gallup closes on August 13th. Admins, please kill this thread once Round 1 starts—actually, if you can just lock the comments, that'd be even better. 👍

bluebison47 said:So you're claiming there's a connection to Juventus, huh? 😬

Juventus has lost two straight, excuse me? 😁

but if we’re looking at their last 5 finals over the past 20 years where they just choked, then even Bill Gates is losing that argument 🙂

What can I even say about this?

I’ve probably only followed football for maybe ten years or so, so I’m definitely not some hardcore fanatic. But if I actually had to pick a team to root for, it’d be the Buffalo Bills. Especially after that legendary "Only Buffalo" video and those four straight losses in the championships... honestly, all I want is to finally see the Bills holding that trophy. 🙂

Raymond Anderson4 said:Hey, if our buddy Jason Campbell70 wants to ignore Canberra being the capital for his own reasons, that's his business. Totally his call. 😁

I'm 100% with you on this, 👍

unless Jason Campbell70 decides to march 100,000 troops into Canberra for some special operation, then I'm out.

I hate being this petty, but honestly, it's killing me 😁

Los Angeles isn't the capital of the USA. Sure, it's the heart of California, but just say that next time 👍

It’s like saying Lewis Hamilton is the best driver in Formula 1, but adding "of the Mercedes car" in front of it. Suddenly, it’s as technically true as calling L.A. the capital 🙂

Is it even possible to race against Max Verstappen or actually overtake him? I mean, sure, it’s only the first race, but honestly, if Charles Leclerc were in that seat, we’d probably be looking at a massive collision or some kind of penalty incident right about now.🤔

Larry Fox5 said:

I don't even know where to start with this... just absolute nonsense! [Username] says:
Who exactly was out here defending Putin? Look, I get what he is—but life isn't some black-and-white movie, nothing is... And sure, Americans aren't exactly saints either, but that doesn't make him any better. Thank God for geniuses like you or enough rage to actually see things clearly—without your "brilliant" geopolitical insights, I’d be totally lost in this world...🤣

You’re just playing the relativizer card—exactly what everyone does when they try to excuse Putin's aggression. You’re hiding behind those tired old clichés to push this idea that it’s all "not black and white" or "well, Americans aren't saints either" or bringing up "Yemen and those 200k kids"... honestly, it's all just empty rhetoric and nonsense. And where the hell are you even getting those numbers about 200k dead children from? It's pretty obvious nobody is going to take you seriously anymore when you start throwing around fake stats like Sava Strbac...

I can't even deal with this... just absolute nonsense... The user says:
Regarding those kids they feature in National Geographic—man... I've done more for them through back channels than you ever did privately—not that anyone's counting...What have you actually done for anyone lately? Seriously—you’ve got the chance right now to help some Ukrainian family, but instead, you're lecturing me about how Americans should accept a lower standard of living just to spite Russia... like our sanctions are actually going to destroy them. If you've got enough to type all this out, you clearly have enough to donate $10,000 to a refugee family...

I have no clue what you're basing that on—how could you possibly know how much I've donated to anyone? What, did you get a reading from Vanga or something...?
I've never once said how much money I have—it's all just some fake nonsense people made up that I never even confirmed or denied... Why would I even bother doing that?

And we’re right back to that same old "where were you in '91" nonsense again... seriously... 🤣

🙏 This is basically the peak of American small-mindedness and those pathetic complexes we clearly won't shake off for another thousand years. But hey, it’s great that instead of just "insulting" people, we get to read about how certain folks—the ones with Russian manager buddies who claim life in Moscow isn't all that bad, the ones who claim to be anti-war while couldn't care less about the actual victims—are just here to twist the knife. Because sure, saying "200,000 dead kids" sounds real powerful, right? Meanwhile, they love playing judge and jury over who fought in the Gulf War and who didn't.

#hang in there, buddies, my heart really bleeds for you 😵

Matthew Collins20 said:Moët & Chandon is pulling their champagne from shelves because it's been contaminated with ecstasy. So far, there’s been one death and seven cases of poisoning reported.

Oof. Good luck to whoever actually grabbed those bottles. They might just strike it rich in a few years—if they don't kick the bucket first. 🎉

The idiot’s hitting everyone—kids, seniors, you name it. Protests are blowing up all over Russia right now, but honestly? It’s not doing squat yet. Unless literally every single person hits the streets and topples him, things aren't gonna get any better.

Noah Roberts46 said:But where exactly would he drop it? Maybe I'm being naive, but I feel like there's way too much hysteria building up over the threat of a nuclear strike. Dropping it in his own backyard makes zero sense, and targeting a NATO state doesn't make sense either. So where? To me, the whole nuclear threat feels like nothing more than blatant intimidation aimed at the West to ensure nobody interferes.

Mashe, you were the one saying he definitely won't attack because it’s all just media games, claiming he'll just toss it at somewhere like Chernobyl instead. Honestly, who knows—the guy might just drop it anywhere because he's an absolute moron. And then we're supposed to believe only Russia can save us from extinction? Give me a break, 🙂, if they just turn their backs on him and hang him publicly in front of the whole world, that would be a pretty good start.

Paul Sanders5 said:Fuel, overheated, then the belt just snapped because the last service was done back in the 80s... honestly, anything can happen.

The guys were bored, so they just drank antifreeze while they were parked 😁

Since Russians are also known for diluting their disinfectant with water lately 🤷

ruggedtrucker3 said:I didn't see it that way. This feels way too much like a personal vendetta to be framed as "defending science." And don't even get me started on the collateral damage—people who had nothing to do with the whole mess. Even if we assume the main victim actually deserved what was coming, and sure, maybe the protagonist does too, what about everyone else? Plus, the motivation feels thin to me. There's a hint of it there, but it’s not fleshed out enough to justify those kinds of moves. Just my two cents, but I wasn't feeling it. Still, the movie's decent. Probably one of the better ones from 2021.

The victims Dr. Ritter hits directly are definitely the judge, his wife, and Ezra's guard, based on what the movie shows us. Yeah, the guard was just caught in the crossfire, but the judge's wife and Ezra were her actual patients. Maybe it's a personal grudge against them, and she's just using the mentalist to pull it off. Two birds, one stone. 🤷

It's definitely not fully explained, though. The focus is mostly on Stan.

neonhound32 said:The ending was kind of a snooze fest for me. I saw it coming from a mile away—right down to the last sentence. I think it’d hit harder if they actually leaned into it. If they’d just pushed the geek factor harder at the start, that full-circle payoff would’ve actually landed like an "aha!" moment.

👍

neonhound32 said:I didn't think I'd still be obsessing over this movie, but man, that ending just left me feeling totally hollow. He spent his entire life running from the very thing he eventually became—his own father. Watching him laugh at the irony of his new position at the end was brutal, especially since I was rooting for him to walk away and reject the job until the very last second. 🕺

Same. 🙂

neonhound32 said:Enoch, what kind of symbolism are we even looking at here? 🍿

Maybe there’s a link between "killing" your parent during birth? Enoch basically kills his mother because of birth complications, while Stan kills off his father during his own "rebirth"—he stops being who he was and turns into someone else entirely. That’s where the movie is headed. 🤷

SPOILER!

neonhound32 said:I don't really get why she turns on him at the end. If it's not about love, then what?

My take? It’s because as some highly educated pro—say, someone in medicine or a similar field—you just can't back someone who's peddling the exact same product as you, but built on total lies and shady methods. It’s the fraud factor. 🤷

To me, the movie used that move to send a message about what’s right and wrong, basically making sure we aren't accidentally rooting for the bad guys, which is harder than it looks sometimes. How she handles it is up to how you interpret it, but that's the logic I used to answer your question. 🙂

Honestly, the movie hit the spot. Atmosphere, tight storytelling, solid characters... for a total amateur like me, it was great. Don't quote me on that, though.

The lead starts out, stays that way through the whole thing, and ends as a complete geek, which I loved. And his final line 🙏 he finally gets it. 👍

Bengals - Niners

Bengals 🎉-Titans - Vrabel is a total coward (still salty about last season)
49ers-Packers 🙂 - Last dance all the way
Rams-Buccaneers 🧐 - Stafford falls off Stafford's cliff
Bills 🙂-Chiefs - ONLY BUFFALOdiv>

cosmicgull52 said:We really hit the ground running for the playoffs

Was that actually our last legit pick six of the season? 🕺

Congrats to Rulja on the Ramsa win 😁

cosmicgull52 said:Nobody managed more than one on pick zero..
I'll try to drop some deeper analysis when I actually have a sec.

Hey, we're doing alright—without Andy Dalton throwing a ton of interceptions, we're actually 😁

Alright, Mr. Staley 🙏 (shoutout to the bold text) haha

Wild card mode, let's go!

Raiders-Bengals
Patriots-Bills Third time betting on the Bills... man, what a ride.
Eagles-Buccaneers
49ers-Cowboys
Steelers-Chiefs
Cardinals-Rams

If you were actually keeping track of the stats, hit us up with some more data. Who led the pack on zero picks, touchdowns, yards per carry, forced fumbles, and all that good stuff? 😁

Steelers-Ravens
Packers-Lions
Bears-Vikings
Saints-Falcons
49ers-Rams
Chargers-Raiders