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  1. Gravel

    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    I originally thought the Chargers were in a Christmas mood and letting the Browns get a win. But now they're going to mercilessly snatch victory away from them. Also, did the Dolphins just shit away their playoff chances? Edit: Nm, OT!
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    Just looking at box scores, but these are some horrendous looking games. Fucking blowouts, all of them (well, except the Chargers).
  3. Gravel

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Just had a heart attack on a flight from London to LA. Princess Leia is currently in critical condition...
  4. Gravel

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    What don't you like about it? I was considering buying one, and most of the reviews seem good.
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    Survivor

    Yeah he did. At the beginning of final tribal, Jay was talking to him and he broke down and cried and said he wouldn't talk about it. But then a few jurors later and he was like, "I found out my mom has stage 4 cancer before coming out here and she's dying" or something like that.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Nice! I think I may pick one up, even though it won't get much use. Anyone got any opinions on using it wirelessly? I've heard it works significantly better wired, but I don't know that I want to run CAT V around 150-200 feet through my attic and walls. That just sounds like a shit project...
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    DOTA 2

    All this talk about ranked being much easier has me wanting to play ranked again. I've probably played about 150 bot games in the last month and a half because I was burnt out on ranked matches. I was climbing pretty fast as was (about 75% win rate). If it's even better now, I shouldn't lose!
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    Survivor

    I would absolutely vote for the best player over the sob story. Fuck that, Survivor isn't about Adam's mom. It's about him and his game play. Does he deserve to win for his game play? Sure, I can buy it. And I probably would have voted for him. But his mother story? Give me a break.
  9. Gravel

    The OA

    As goofy as the dancing was, the show was still salvageable. They could have had something interesting happen. But nah, they passed on that.
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    See, now I'm intrigued. Just Googled it, and I'll probably watch the fucking thing now. Genius!
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    Pro Bowl has been shit ever since Sean Taylor killed that punter. Edit: I'm not saying that's the catalyst. Or that the Pro Bowl was even entertaining prior to that...it wasn't. I actually think the Pro Bowl went to shit when they got rid of those awesome field day type contests. It's been...
  12. Gravel

    What Did President X Do for You?

    It's been a while so I don't remember it all, but he sent me to Iraq a fuck load. Which kind of sucked (although it was also a good character builder). Also made flying a real pain in the dick. He established the 10% tax bracket, which Obama I guess decided to make permanent. I only figured...
  13. Gravel

    The OA

    Glad to hear it. Also make me happy that I actually went ahead and posted all that crap, because explaining it doesn't do it justice.
  14. Gravel

    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    After watching that Cardinals thing, it makes me think that lots of teams do internal betting, and that Steve Smith lost this one.
  15. Gravel

    What Did President X Do for You?

    The thing is, you're saying "Obama did a good job by inaction." No, Obama didn't do shit about marijuana. If he had ordered it to be reclassified, or campaigned on behalf of state legalization, I could see saying, "Wow, yeah, Obama had a huge impact on marijuana legalization." Him sitting on...
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    What Did President X Do for You?

    I'm under a non-GS pay system and it sucks (was GS until last year). I switched jobs in March, and despite my performance being rated highly in both careers (working for the same command, so this isn't an issue of completely changing employers), because they split the year in half I got a 0%...
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    I don't actually care that much as I've checked out of the NFL bigly. But that incident was enough to make me hate the Giants more than Cowboys for a few seasons. In fact, I remember on several message boards, there was some solidarity between the two fanbases because of it. I actually find...
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    I think it's probably excessive (and kind of a dumb rule to begin with). But you know what? Fuck the Giants! And fuck Mara! The shit that went on with the uncapped year is still a giant pile of horseshit. The Redskins and Cowboys were harshly punished by Mara for no apparent reason.
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    What Did President X Do for You?

    We need negs back, so I can express my displeasure with this statement.
  20. Gravel

    What Did President X Do for You?

    No, you stupid fuck. This thread is about how, personally, I benefited from Obama's policies. I had my degree by 2011, hence, that didn't do shit for me. I actually have no idea what the program you're talking about is (googling it doesn't return any results). The only VA programs I've...
  21. Gravel

    What Did President X Do for You?

    How many of those actually effected me though? I don't think any. The economic "recovery" is still very misleading. The amount of people no longer participating in the labor force has increased dramatically. Yeah, the stock market is doing well, but most other measures of the economy show it's...
  22. Gravel

    What Did President X Do for You?

    What did Obama do for weed? I'm confused. The only thing I can think of is basically saying that he wouldn't have the Feds coming after people in states where it was legalized. But otherwise he left all the existing laws in place. And for some reason I feel like Bush was doing the same thing (at...
  23. Gravel

    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    Welcome to the dark side. It's quite freeing to have your Sundays back. I only come here to shit post now. I should probably change my avatar as I barely give a shit about the NFL anymore.
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    I think that just says more about the poor quality of QB's the Redskins have had over the last almost 90 years. Outside of Baugh, they've been pretty mediocre. And that's what, the fucking 1940's? As far as celebrations go, it's ridiculous to me because the NFL was built on celebrations. Stuff...
  25. Gravel

    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    Which is ridiculous when you consider that Josh Norman was fined $10k for firing a pretend bow and arrow.
  26. Gravel

    The OA

    Maybe. That's such a minor scene though. It was literally like 5 seconds, and mostly irrelevant to the plot. I only included it for back story. The bulk of the show is in 3rd-5th paragraphs of my synopsis. That part was interesting, but dragged a bit (luckily some of these episodes were like...
  27. Gravel

    The OA

    So in defense of the show, the rest of it was really fucking good. Massive spoiler, explaining the entire plot: So reading that, there was a really fucking cool plotline somewhere hidden in that. But it just went all kinds of weird when it didn't need to. There's a reason why a lot of people...
  28. Gravel

    The OA

    The finale was totally out of left field. The entire rest of the show had been pretty cohesive (outside of the awkwardness). My only complaints before that were that it was kind of slow, and a lot of the characters acted quite unrealistically at times (I think Prairie's parents were the worst...
  29. Gravel

    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    I think that's the biggest thing. Having 2 weeks off is just too much for a playoff run. Resting your starters for week 17, not playing in round 1, and then expecting to be ready for the divisional round seems like a bad idea.
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    The OA

    I'm sorry! In my defense, the show really was intriguing. The first few episodes I was like, "damn, I can't wait to see where this goes." But then, well, it got to the "fucky" part (in my edit on the 2nd post). Had they cut out some of the idiocy and written the characters a bit better, it...
  31. Gravel

    The OA

    The high school student shit was definitely ridiculous and really hurt the first episode. Luckily for most of the rest of it, that didn't play much part in the show; it was there, but in short enough sequences to not be too jarring. In fact, my wife had started watching it and I saw the 2nd half...
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    NFL 2016 - <whatever Tony is doing>

    Was kind of hoping that Dallas would take care of the Bucs today.
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    The OA

    It's good and compelling for the first few episodes. It draws you in with mysteries that you hope get some resolution. But it's completely ridiculous and poorly done, unfortunately. I think it could've been really good with just a few changes to how the characters were written (and a complete...
  34. Gravel

    The OA

    Stranger Things, this is not. It had an interesting enough premise to keep me watching, hoping for more. But no, this wasn't good. At all. Characters were written poorly, and the plot was kind of shit.
  35. Gravel

    The OA

    Another Neflix original, released today 12/16. I'm not actually all that sure what I should post, because it all seems spoilery. I'm only two episodes in, and I watched half of the trailer and I regret how spoilery it is as well. But this one looks like it will be another one that knocks it out...
  36. Gravel

    The OA

    The OA Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama First Aired: 2016-12-16 Overview: Prairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight restored. Some hail her a miracle, others a dangerous mystery, but Prairie won’t talk with the FBI or her parents...
  37. Gravel

    Survivor

    Does anyone else think Probst may have had a bit too much influence on the day 36 immunity challenge? He was really going hard on Jay through the entire thing. They talked a lot at that tribal about how mentally fucked these people had become, and to have someone yelling for the entire...
  38. Gravel

    Survivor

    When he was making it, I was just like, "Ugh, another fake idol play. Seen this one before." Then he found the coconut and started hiding it and I was speechless at the genius of it. My only qualm was he made it WAY too obvious. Had Adam found it I think he would've been immediately suspicious...
  39. Gravel

    Survivor

    I've got to say, David's fake idol was fucking masterful. And if I were on the jury, I'm not sure I could have voted for Hannah after voting out Bret over David. It worked out, but was a terrible move. I was pretty neutral between Ken and Adam. I think Ken should have played up his idol wins...
  40. Gravel

    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    Not sure I agree with that article. It's more than likely growing pains. Top Gear was honed over more than 20 seasons. We're comparing a show in its first season to one that had years to perfect itself. Now, obviously they're not starting from scratch since this essentially is, "Top Gear part...