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  1. Gravel

    Marvel Universe stuff

    You're right. Actors shouldn't act, they should only portray themselves. You fit right in with these people. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/movies/scarlett-johansson-rub-and-tug-transgender.html
  2. Gravel

    Marvel Universe stuff

    You can't really believe this, can you? You really think the market wants a gay couple in every movie and show? You think there are people who won't watch something unless there's at least one tranny? That the population is just clamoring for all the white actors to replaced by black guys...
  3. Gravel

    Weather

    Yeah, saw some videos of the airport and a few other places. Bahamas are probably fucked for at least a decade.
  4. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    My first car was a 240SX. Didn't look that cool though. Terrible car for a teenager to drive though. Wrecked it in the first month. Bought it with Everquest Ebay money. Mine looked more like this.
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    Mindhunter

    Finally finished it and really I can summarize the whole season. Women characters are shit. Anna Torv got reduced to a mindless lesbian plot that didn't matter. Tench's wife was just an asshole. Black Coke bottle lady was...also an asshole. You cut out all their scenes and it's an interesting...
  6. Gravel

    Weather

    I've got a 1000 watt (really 900 watts of steady power, but up to 2000 watts surge) inverter in the van and it was like $250. But mine is pure sine. We've used it pretty often. It's part of a full system though. 100W solar panels, 100 amp lithium battery, full 12V wiring, and 3 110V outlets...
  7. Gravel

    Weather

    How do solar panels fare in hurricane force winds though? Similarly, I'd be concerned about generators in places with storm surge. Do they make them so they don't take in water somehow (like a diesel snorkel)? My mom has solar and a generator, but she also lives in Raleigh, so those aren't...
  8. Gravel

    Weather

    As someone who will be trading California's earthquakes for Florida's hurricanes in a couple years, I'll just tell you that with both of those disasters, it's really whether you escape being where it directly hits. We were in Florida when Frances and Ivan hit, and while we did get like...
  9. Gravel

    The Earthquake and Tsunami Thread. AKA Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

    Another earthquake hit the Juan de Fuca fracture zone off Oregon, this time a 6.4. I'd expect a 5.5 - 6.5 earthquake to hit somewhere in California in the next week. I'd say if you live in CA, better get prepared just in case. Chances are it hits Ridgecrest again, but there's no reason not to...
  10. Gravel

    Disney+ Streaming Service

    Yeah, wife was hoping there'd be an option with Hulu, but at under $4 a month, we can pay for Hulu separate and it'll still be under the $12.99 price. Shit, if we can get Hulu for 99 cents a month again, we'd get both for like $5. 3 years of Disney content for less than a single year of Netflix.
  11. Gravel

    Military Service

    Thanks, but I don't want your poverty country's medal. I understand guys going after foreign jump wings, cause some of those fuckers look super cool. But a medal? I served in the United States military, not Iraq's.
  12. Gravel

    Good Eats: The Return

    Apparently Good Eats is coming back! Probably the best cooking show there ever was. Can watch the first episode on YouTube. Edit: Something went wonky there. Mod, please change to Good Eats: The Return
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    Good Eats: The Return

    Title: Wildboyz Genre: Reality, Comedy Cast: Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Manny Puig First aired: 2003-10-26 Overview: Jackass stars Chris Pontius and Steve-O travel the globe to places like India, Mexico, Africa, Thailand, Argentina, Thailand, Argentina, for a nature show with a Jackass...
  14. Gravel

    Investing General Discussion

    The problem here is Gurgeh sounds like someone who just took a finance class and is getting things mixed up. I'm assuming he's likely talking about portfolio theory which says that once you invest in around 15 companies, you eliminate market risk. But then he's trying to draw an equivalency to...
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    Investing General Discussion

  16. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    Yeah, they pretty much rolled through upper bracket. But by the same token, Liquid I think was 11-1 in the lower? They only lost the one game to LGD.
  17. Gravel

    Monster Hunter: World

    Yeah, Anjanath and then Nergigante end up being points where it seemed like the difficulty ramped up.
  18. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    I'd say because OG has shown they will fucking own you if Magnus, Enchantress, IO, or Alchemist gets through. So you pick your poison. And then against other teams figure they need to ban them too or else. Kind of like the Gyro meta last TI but it was only the Chinese teams that seemed to be...
  19. Gravel

    Big Brother

    Tiny fag will likely win. It's ironic that the reason they voted this week was because they were scared of Nick, but Tommy's the exact same threat but worse. Doubley so since Christie is his closest ally, that they just decided to keep.
  20. Gravel

    Big Brother

    Jesus fucking Christ. Worst season ever. Are you fucking kidding me? You get rid of the floater? Seriously? Idiots, all of them.
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    The Earthquake and Tsunami Thread. AKA Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

    Got a 5.0 while at work today. Been like a month since we've had a decent sized earthquake, and I'm fucking over it again. I haven't quite figured out the "Origin" magnitudes that USGS reports, because some of those reported it as big as 6. I'm not sure how they average them out to equal what...
  22. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    Man, that game 3 of OG/EG turned in a hurry. At like 18 minutes it looked pretty even, but by 22 it was over. I hadn't planned on watching Secret/Mineski, but I guess I need to now.
  23. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    Finally finished the Secret/EG series. Secret played like shit in all 3 games. First game was all of them. Second Midone was just non-existent (they just got lucky with a team wipe at the end to finish it). Third game Zai crushed laning phase and then just got chained killed. Their execution...
  24. Gravel

    Big Brother

    Not sure if anyone is even watching this season anymore. It's not a good one. Christie, however, is the worst player I've ever seen. She sabotaged her own game in like the 2nd or 3rd week by vocalizing that she thought her alliance was going to put her up (despite literally zero evidence), and...
  25. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    "ok gg" was also probably my favorite way to end a game.
  26. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    OG with another Ana IO game. These are so fucking entertaining in a clowny way. Edit: Ok, that was fucking hilarious. That's TI9's fountain hook. But better.
  27. Gravel

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    One of the best things about Infinity War was that Thanos was a villain with an actual arc and relatable. It made sense. He was an actual character and not just a foil. And I think in Endgame that was lost a bit. Maybe not even a bit, but entirely. He just became a bad guy.
  28. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    I've never been a big fan of how top heavy the prize money is. I know they want to reward the winner handsomely, but the drop off is pretty extreme.
  29. Gravel

    Military Service

    Oh, yeah, I'll agree with @Big Phoenix on that one. But by nature, SF guys generally know what they're getting into. So the whole depressed alcoholic who abuses VA benefits doesn't apply. But the rest nailed it.
  30. Gravel

    Military Service

    This sums it up pretty well for me. Similar to you, I was never in a firefight, although I definitely had plenty of mortars and RPG's fired at me (had a piece of shrapnel fall above 1 foot in front of me, without a helmet on, that probably would've killed me). Fuck all of it. Not worth it. And...
  31. Gravel

    The Documentary Thread

    Just watched The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019) - IMDb I loved his comedy growing up (and it still holds up today), and Hulu kept showing it as the first thing that came up. Holy fuck what a disappointment though. It's basically a documentary about how there was another documentary about...
  32. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

  33. Gravel

    DOTA 2

    Haven't watched a ton, but EG and Liquid look like fucking shit. Secret, however, seems like they haven't missed a beat all year.
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    The Division 2

    Ironically, the game was just about perfect when it was WT4. It was when they implemented WT5 that they fucked it all up by destroying drop rates. WT4 was a fucking blast. You could actually grind for gear at max level.
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    Designated Survivor

    I expected this thread to be larger based on how long this show has been on (3 seasons?). Glad most people didn't like it, cause I thought maybe it was just me. Seems like the show just wanted to be a generic network TV Washington DC centered drama, but with a neat episode 1 premise. But once...
  36. Gravel

    Monster Hunter: World

    Ugh, got so close to my first AT kill with Teostra. These fights are so frustrating.
  37. Gravel

    Interesting, Non Political News

    I want to say that number is like 6 hours in a day. So with our 40 hour work week we're already wasting plenty of time.
  38. Gravel

    Monster Hunter: World

    Are you soloing the AT Elders, or grouping up for them? I'm thinking maybe I just need to solo them a shit load until I git gud.
  39. Gravel

    Military Service

    For some reason when you said MILES, I pictured MOLLE. Guess I neve actually used MILES. Didn't use MOLLE that much either. I remember it being issued and using it for a while, but we quickly upgraded to some new fangled SOF thing shortly after (SPEAR maybe?). Seemed like SF basically never...
  40. Gravel

    Marvel Universe stuff

    Wonder who she fucked? Look at her credits. She's literally done nothing. How'd she end up writing for the MCU?