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Truly love this thread. I grew up with a fairly conservative dad and a liberal mother. It was interesting in that it gave me an example of a healthy adult relationship where people could disagree and still respect and love each other. It’s greatly influenced my friendships to this day. I’ve got a ton of lib friends, a ton of con friends, and quite a few that fall somewhere in between. They all know where I stand on most things, and we continue to be friends because mutual respect between adults, good times, and the occasional puking in front of each other. I feel like the internet has amplified all of our political differences (Covid isolation/distancing has exacerbated that a ton), but the truth is that when most people that aren’t complete asshats get together, they can understand and enjoy each other’s company pretty well.

8 whiskeys and an edible deep, and I have 3 conclusions: 1.) I love TDawg 2.) I love Calscuf 3.) Pence would be like zero fun on a camping trip.

I truly hope that thousands of years from now this thread is uncovered and studied as a historical record of our time and society. It would be fascinating.

I assume this means that KC wasn't banned and is actually just chained up in your garage?

The man's idea of an exciting meal is quinoa with a side of steamed carrots, and his greatest challenge thus far in life was overcoming a crippling Mountain Dew addiction. That's not the sort of background that produces humor.

So the Chiefs are really freaking good again.

You’re welcome.

This is the second year in a row we’ve ruined OU’s season.

I believe it's Nebraska and Maine that actually splits their electoral votes up.

You’re still the best vegetarian chef west of the 605 in my humble opinion.

Exactly. Which is why I think it’s a bad move on his part.

That’s a bit of a leap there. I obviously wouldn’t be ok with that. But in this weird season, with the injuries he’s had, and heading into FA, I’d have no problem with Simmons taking the last few games off IF we were mathematically eliminated. Doing it before we’re eliminated though is pretty unprofessional (assuming there’s not some other personal/family issue).

Unless there’s something going on that we don’t know about, this looks pretty bad. I wouldn’t have a problem with it at all if we were officially eliminated.

In short, yes.

I feel like the subtle meaning behind my post has been lost. The point is that so many Trump voters swear up and down that they really don't like him but they need to vote for him for the good of the country. I think that take is disingenuous on the part of many Trump voters. My example of the aforementioned beej receiving was me jokingly saying I'll take the occasional fellating not because I like it (which of course I do), but because it's the necessary thing to do for the greater good. Basically, I don't believe a lot of the Trump voters who say "I hate the dude, but..." I think quite a few of them really do like the guy but aren't willing to say so openly.

I don't like getting a beej, but I am grateful for them because it's just what I need sometimes.

Biden's gonna take my Toby Keith records away?

Was texting back and forth with a couple Chiefs fan friends throughout the game. Takeaway one was that the Chargers D-Line is really good. Takeaway two was that Herbert scared us more than Taylor ever will. Dude threw a couple dimes today.

Wallet, phone, keys, AirPods, knife. That’s just sort of the standard before leaving the house. I skip the wallet sometimes in favor of my ID and a card in my phone case.

Another example of the dems inability to take a W where they can. I'm not referring specifically to the debate, but rather to the rejection of Rogan by the left publicly. Here's one of the most famous dudes on the planet who strongly advocates for a lot of the dem talking points, and instead of using that to their advantage, they just shit all over him for not being woke enough.

F'n Pujols.

It's kinda a weird comp, but in a lot of ways this team reminds me of the 2000s Royals. Just living in sub-medicority year after year, fans trying to convince themselves that Angel Berroa and Mark Teahan are future superstars while spending money on mediocre (read: non-superstar talent) rather than committing to a full rebuild. The biggest difference is of course that some of the Royals prospects did turn out to be pretty good and they just didn't have the money to compete, but still tried for some reason until about 2010.

Arkansas Solid B for me. Took an interesting approach to telling the story and jumping around in the timeline. Vince Vaughn and Liam Hemsworth are both good in it. The movie is shot in a bit of an odd way too, which I liked, but some might not. Also, there's an argument that can be made that this movie should just replace True Detective Season Two and we all pretend that True Detective Season Two never happened.

It actually happened the Monday of finals week if I remember right. I already had a flight booked to SoCal for that Friday, so I luckily got to leave after like four days. The house I lived in there was one of the first to get power back, as it was super close to/apparently part of the electricity network of the main business district in town. I think it came back on that Thursday night... so only like 72 hours without power for me personally. I came back from SoCal a week later and the houses on the other side of the street (along with about half the town) still didn't have power.

Honestly after living several years of my life in the Midwest nothing is worse than a f$&* all ice storm. They are freaking insane in terms of destruction. Ice storms definitely vary in degrees of destruction, but a bad one basically overloads every single exposed surface. Trees, power lines, comm lines, roofs, etc... I’ve been through several, but the worst was in ‘07. People lost power for over two weeks in my area in the middle of winter, you could hear tree limbs snapping literally every few seconds, cars were smashed by falling trees, houses were destroyed. It was freaking nuts. That storm happened in early December and it didn’t get fully cleaned up until the following March.