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I’m sad to hear this. Mark has always been a nice guy, so it’s really concerning when his behavior flips so drastically.

*sniff* No, it’s ok. I appreciate the sweatshirt.

Didn’t mean it to be serious. Technically it was an aged T-bone that tasted funny at a really expensive steakhouse. But for awhile last night I thought I was going to die at least metaphorically.

Food poisoning

Happy Birthday, bro!

Good, you get the first bite of ass cake.

Thankfully, @UwPpcame to the rescue. I wasn't about to explain to her what the ass cake was all about.

Btw... are any of those cakes for S-G?

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

Nice.

I'm not.

All things considered, I'm glad he's doing it. It'll force all those redneck shitheads to mouth off on how an American isn't an American.

That's brutal, and so is the wiki passport photo.

Yeah, it really is. Maybe I should start hosting discussions.

It's also about camaraderie. I'd like it we talked more about fantasy football here and on the yahoo chat.

Adorable.

The big takeaway is that this is going to really going to bring attention to Pop Warner football. If he was able to get CTE after only playing between 6 and 17-18, then the suggestion is that there is a developmental aspect to CTE onset.

Seight's a Razorback?

Beautifully said. As it shouldn't sit well. The seats being filled are not with die-hard fans.

I jerked off in the back yard all day just in case Jesus showed up. I didn’t think He would, but I felt pretty good anyway.

I mean, yeah. Jake is obviously not a real boxer, he’s a s m influencer cosplaying as a boxer, and that’s extreme by any metric. It goes to show how irrelevant boxing has become at the highest levels. That being said, it’s not really overthinking to compare the a criticism Jake gets to what Floyd Mayweather was getting toward the end. The two aren’t remotely comparable in quality and skill as fighters, but the subtext from fans and pundits has been much the same. The apathy towards Mayweather’s fights toward the end of his career were palpable, very much like Paul’s fights now. It really comes down to whether you believe that Jake is the catalyst for the general audience losing respect for the sport or whether you believe he’s just a very obvious symptom of a slow decline in that respect.

I hear you. However, I don't think there was ever such a thing as integrity in the sense you mean when it comes to professional sports. We cared about the boxers of the '80s and '90s because we had promoters like Don King who knew how to sell. Now, the promoter is a Dana White type who is organizing the same ridiculous stunts that worked for King 50 years ago. Professional athletics on the whole is far closer to professional wrestling when it comes to presentation than anyone cares to admit.

Jake wouldn't be able to buy his way in if professional boxing hadn't fallen off like it has. The problem is that people might pay to see a patsy take a dive for a troll, but they probably won't pay for a couple of dudes they don't know box a competitive match.

Also, Happy Birthday @mthor.

Happy Birthday, @CountFrylock!