The Ringer Thread: Complain about everything, yet still consume content

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Truman, May 8, 2015.

  1. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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    I think the alternative is stop having these awards impact potential contract value
     
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  2. LeonardWashington

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    i agree with that part, but you’d still have the awards. So does he want the players to vote? Which players? Are players somehow free of bias?
     
  3. Josey Wales

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    Bill claiming to watch a lot of (non Celtics) games while simultaneously having shitty takes and incoherent rules for all nba was funny and sadly great support for Draymonds pov.
     
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  4. Handcuffed

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    this is the strangest shirt i've seen

     
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  5. ZeroPointZero

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  6. Fuzzy Zoeller

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    Who wins a douche off to the death: Warren Sharp or Haralabob?
     
  7. ZeroPointZero

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    Haralabob isn’t conning people out of their money as far as I know (other than maybe crypto amateurs) so Sharp wins
     
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  8. Butthead

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    That's like the gimp mask from Pulp Fiction made into a shirt
     
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  9. ZeroPointZero

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    Ben Solak looks like he's 14 years old
     
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  10. Hogger

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    He’s actually growing on me.
     
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  11. Handcuffed

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    solak is one of the best nfl media people out there
     
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  12. bro

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    I like him. I just wish he didn’t look like a toddler
     
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  13. bro

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    Looks like we will be ignoring baseball again fellas
     
  14. ZeroPointZero

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    it's a dead sport, his son doesn't even watch games!
     
  15. LuPoor

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    Bill on Dwight Howard in 2007

    Because he’s a devout Christian, even when he turns 35 in 2020, those will be Christian years — he won’t have any of that smoking-drinking-partying mileage on him, which means he could play at a high level until his early-40s (much like how Kurt Warner keeps chugging along at age 36). In other words, Howard could and should shatter nearly every rebounding record if he stays healthy, and even if he averages a 23-13 for the next 12 years (a conservative guess), when you throw in his previous three seasons, Howard would suddenly be in striking distance of two-thirds of the conceivable NBA records that ever meant anything. And to think, just seven months ago, I wasn’t sure if he was better than Al Jefferson
     
  16. BudKilmer

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  17. ZeroPointZero

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    Football is about to be dead to Bill too after another lackluster Patriots draft. They might be the worst team in the division within a couple years.
     
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  18. Upton^2

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    25 minutes complaining about his “fuck jalen green” comment being taken out of context. Awesome
     
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  19. Butthead

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    I liked when Bill clarified that he was giving his take as a Celtics fan and not a "podcast guy"
     
  20. The Fuck Lion

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    I like how he brought out a Ringer producer to defend him in the “future of sports media segment”

    Also, big Bucks fan next two weeks. Absolute diehard.
     
  21. ZeroPointZero

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    that entire part 2 was boring as shit
     
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  22. bro

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    don't know what you mean by "Ringer Producer," but Bryan Curtis is much more than that.

    Regardless, it was embarrassing. Bill just wanted to talk about this specific instance of aggregation and, to do so, made it look like he wanted to have some big picture discussion on aggregation that has been going on for a decade+ on the internet.
     
  23. The Fuck Lion

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    idk, that’s how Simmons intro’d the guy.

    scratch think he said editor

    but whatever that dude was not there for anything meaningful on the subject
     
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  24. bro

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    Woah. A classic semi-recent comedy of the rewatchables? What a crazy thought
     
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  25. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    when I think semi-recent, I think 1997
     
  26. bro

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    In comparison to the rest of the rewatchables, Austin powers is like covering The Avengers
     
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  27. War Grundle

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    Chris Ryan was hilarious right from the beginning on the Austin Powers pod.
     
  28. War Grundle

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    I'd like for them to go on a run of 90's comedies if they keep the trend of the last two with A League of Their Own and Austin Powers.

    Dumb and Dumber
    Something About Mary
    Austin Powers 2
    Fargo
    Waiting for Guffman
    Rushmore
    Wedding Singer
    Kingpin
     
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  29. Handcuffed

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  30. Hogger

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    Starting to think KOC has 0 self-awareness.
     
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  31. Hogger

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    On the latest NFL Draft podcast 1 of the podcasters states “Solak sounds like how I imagine Mark Twain sounded like”. And now I’ll always picture Mark Twain when i hear Solak on a podcast.
     
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  32. Josey Wales

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    Future alt right podcaster
     
  33. Butthead

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    Bill's mom and Bill's wife don't know who Ja Morant is
     
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  34. War Grundle

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    His mom is in her 70s. That's not surprising. You would think his wife would recognize it.
     
  35. poor paul

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    My mom and wife also don’t know who Ja Morant is.
     
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  36. bro

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    old people who don't watch basketball don't learn who these players are until they start appearing in commercials. more at 11
     
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  37. Butthead

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    I did enjoy Bob shitting on adjusted spreads with zero hesitation during Bill's embedded fanduel ad :laugh:
     
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  38. Gallant Knight

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    I’m not sure I know more than 1-2 females who know who is ja is
     
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  39. LeonardWashington

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    Holy fucking shit I had to do a double take but we did indeed get a Grant Williams-Bill Russell comp :doge:
     
  40. poor paul

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    I did an experiment and asked my wife to name current NBA basketball players. here's the list:

    Kevin Durant
    Lebron James
    Giannis ("I think he plays with his brother too")
    Steph Curry
    Chris Paul
    Tristan Thompson (dated a Kardashian)
    Devin Booker (dating a Kardashian)
    James Harden (the dude with the beard)
    Russell Westbrook
    Kyrie Irving

    she got 10.5
     
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  41. LuPoor

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    My wife named:
    Russell Westbrook
    Blake Griffin
    Kevin Durant
    James Harden
    Trae Young
     
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  42. C-Pay

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    is that a reference to Ben Simmons wearing sunglasses on the bench?
     
  43. Handcuffed

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    i'm pretty sure it's just a photo who wants to buy you some fries and maybe - if they are willing - chat with him for a little bit and see if they like the same things
     
  44. Handcuffed

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    haralabob may be an arrogant libertarian shithead but he's two-for-two on giving out parlay winners this playoffs and i appreciate it
     
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  45. ZeroPointZero

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    LeBron
    Durant
    Curry
    Anthony Davis
    "The Greek Freak"
    "the bald white guy on the Lakers...Caruso?"
    Chris Paul
    "the guy on the Lakers whose name starts with a K" (guessing that's Kuz)
    "The Beard"
    "Jokic"
    "Lillard"
     
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  46. BudKilmer

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    :yousoright:
     
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  47. Celemo

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    posted in the NBA thread but I asked my wife to name any current NBA player and she came up with

    Larry Bird
    Shaq
    Kobe
    The Raptors
     
  48. War Grundle

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    I asked my wife:

    Lebron
    KD
    Joakim Noah
    Greek guy with name I cant pronounce
    Guy with the weird eye brows
     
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  49. SugarShaun

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    My wife had LeBron and asked me if Greg Oden still plays.

    She mentioned a couple former buckeyes that play overseas and then said “I know Kobe Bryant but he is no longer alive”