Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.

Signs your business is doing well

baseball’s second-biggest problem is that fully 29 of its franchises don’t actually care to compete for the best players and would rather do price collusion. its biggest problem is how many baseball fans are herb-ass scab losers who think this makes the 30th franchise the bad guy

When I die, I hope the general reaction isn't everyone laughing and talking about how some other guy in my field is such a better dude than me.

If Bluesky can run off every trans person who posts a semi-weird take but not Pat McAfee it doesn't deserve to exist

costco should be allowed to sell weed. i want the Kirkland Select Kush. a 300-count fish oil pill sized bottle of 5mg gummies would fix this country

You notice how thousands and thousands of cops aren't coming out to condemn Jonathan Ross for senselessly killing Renee Good? This is what people mean by "all cops are bastards". If this were any other profession, the entire group would condemn it. With cops it's the reverse, they all justify it.

People on my timeline have been retweeting this to make fun of it but I think it's a really good analysis of price psyschology that doesn't have to use a term like "price psychology."

IT HAPPENED TO ME: Someone posted an impressive thing in a Discord server, I complimented it, and they said "Thanks, I did it with AI!" IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU (if you're dumb, like me)

Matt Shaw really beginning to doubt his "Jews will not replace us" poster.

Snood

I don't think I've ever heard a text post better or more clearly than I heard Rose's line here.

Manny Delcarmen was just a generic middle reliever who had a couple good seasons and a few bad ones and was out of the Majors at 29 but he came along at just the right time for me to fall in love and remember him forever.

Wrestling

lol my New Year's resolution was to do less doomscrolling

Very very rude of AEW to put a women's MOTYC on at 10 PM New Year's Eve

I can't decide if running the sickos thing into the ground is bad because it's killing a fun thing or good because it's absolutely what a guy like Kelly would do if he lucked into a bit that was this popular.

I don't think your crying about a lack of community is sincere if you spend your time terrorizing anyone who actually makes society function

This is probably recency bias, but the hockey game I called for FATV this past weekend might be the most fun I've ever had calling the sport: youtu.be/VxmpSS2aoIs

Make a Bond film casual Try Another Day

If you're following me and not already listening to For All You Kids Out There, you should fix that. It features some of the best analysis in baseball--not just the Mets, not just the minor leagues, but baseball. You *also* get to learn about The Mountain Goats and every 19th-century Vice President.

The Catholic Church: Perhaps by naming one of their own as Pontiff, we can convince this troubled nation to follow the word of God and stop going down the path of fascism, tyranny, cruelty, and death. Americans:

If you buy a Steam game to deliver as a gift at a certain time, and in the time between your purchase and the game's delivery that game goes on sale, Steam should only charge you the sale price. I am not a crackpot.

There is no reason to believe a statement that says "other than this one thing, which I'm only talking about because someone found out, I have never done anything wrong"

So the Mets *won't* spend on a top-tier starting pitcher. Got it.

Wait, you're telling me that the people from Match Game had to do things to get on Match Game?

America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent

Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu

This would fix me.

I agree, it is pretty cool

When you tell the kids "we have Kyle Tucker at home" but do not actually even have "Kyle Tucker at home" at home, so you have to sit them in front of the TV for a while and run to the store to buy "Kyle Tucker at home."

The degree to which Kalshi’s advertising emphasizes that it’s legal in all 50 states makes me think it shouldn’t be legal in any states.

Today is one of those "why am I doing anything other than playing Mass Effect" days.

"You fucking morons got played in the most obviously predictable way ever" is the *generous* read, by the way, because it's probably just as likely that the Democrats knew this would happen and are fine with it.

Congratulations you fucking morons

Imagine someone stole all your shit and then you give them a billion dollars.

If you're going to say anything, this is pretty much the right thing to say. The Mets have plenty of time, and plenty of possible directions. Presumably, soon, they'll pick one. I really hope they pick one.

Help I replied to a popular account and now people are in my mentions saying they want Mark Vientos to be the Mets' first baseman

It's so sad what happened to him in Rhodes.

Dear the New York Mets, please trade all of your prospects that will never be good and players who are currently bad for players who are good and prospects who will pan out. Thanks.

Either he wasn't coming back to the Mets no matter what, or the Mets weren't bringing him back no matter what. I don't think anything else makes sense.

What in the actual fuck

I have gone entire winters without making myself a cocoa or cider or something because I am stupid. It is the only explanation.

Ferry terminals have now arrived! Our latest update is out now on all platforms! 🏙️ Can you help get Hong Kong’s residents to where they need to go? ⛴️

There was a very brief moment in time when people who felt uncomfortable using “spirit animal” tried to get “Patronus” over as the same basic concept. It was, as noted, a very brief moment.

I know the owners are all about salary caps but if they want to reduce the chances of wasting money on players they'd ban shit like this.

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