Can we have a "It's not all bad news" thread?
Doesn't make up for the NFL denying their game gives people permanent brain damage and enables a culture were people are entertained by people taking brain destroying hits and they STILL encourage their kids to do so:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/tackle-football-before-age-12-may-boost-risks-of-cognitive-mood-disorders/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/league-of-denial/
And for decades they claimed they were a non-profit and cheated out communities out billions and billions of dollars - much more than any charitable distraction they've pulled. It's a spectator sport that favors the brainless and PR stunts won't change that.
Wow...buzzkill much?
Bill Maher has been making the point for a while that the reason the Democrats are getting their asses handed to them lately is due in large part to the liberal wing being all or nothing when it comes to ideas. IE, if you're not a progressive on every subject, every policy, every micro issue, then it's not good enough. Some of my people (the hippies) are terrible about this. If it's not one whole revamp, complete replacement, giant policy change, whatever, then its unacceptable and we have to burn it down. Simple baby steps, or slow change in the name of progressiveness is unacceptable. The perfect, is definitely the enemy of the good.
This is a good example of that.
A culture that created numerous billion dollar problems and is literally brain damaging people for entertainment isn't something that requires baby steps. These aren't minor concerns that have just come to light.
The NFL denied the clear evidence of TBI for decades. They falsely claimed non-profit status for decades. They've taken billions from communities they know won't benefit economically with false promises they will. They won't employ people like Colin Kaepernick standing behind valid social causes because fake taxpayer paid patriotism and they'll gladly defend felons and most of their fans could careless about either. They've also a part of other fine traditions like rape culture and dog fighting. Sport fans riot more often than BLM or Antifa all for losing or even winning rather than actual social problems and that's given a pass too.
I agree that all of these things are serious issues that need addressing.
In light of that, all those kids with cancer should definitely have just stayed locked up in their shitty hospital rooms and stared at the wall all day.
All of their minor PR charity efforts aren't going to makeup for all the TBI and related deaths they could have prevented or come close the back taxes they should pay for claiming non-profit status and helping wealthy team owners convince communities across the country that it's fine to be robbed blind for billions to get a stadium/keep a team.
The NFL could provide free cancer care for all of America and still have plenty of profits leftover from all they've taken from our society.
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Jeebus, Marvin and Jerry...I hate the foolsball as much or more than you do syadasti, and have been doing so for quite some time. THe NFL is a major drain on local resources, does not provide the tax base it should and serves as a major tax dodge for its owners. And this doesnt even address the damage the game does to the players as you so eloquently point out. Players who willingly take part in the game for millions upon millions of dollars.
But this here is a feel good story about sick kids who get to feel good about life for a few minutes because complete strangers take a couple minutes to perform an otherwise innocuous act while watching a stupid game. Furthermore, this is the "It's not all bad news thread" thread. Not the Debbie Downer I hate a game because it hurts people I dont even know so I will ignore the fact that some sick kids get their morale and spirits lifted for a moment thread.
Stop being a douche already, We all know how much the NFL sucks. This is about sick kids.
But this here is a feel good story about sick kids who get to feel good about life for a few minutes because complete strangers take a couple minutes to perform an otherwise innocuous act while watching a stupid game. Furthermore, this is the "It's not all bad news thread" thread. Not the Debbie Downer I hate a game because it hurts people I dont even know so I will ignore the fact that some sick kids get their morale and spirits lifted for a moment thread.
Stop being a douche already, We all know how much the NFL sucks. This is about sick kids.
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...not to mention this is a college game, not the NFL.
They misspelled my name, but I helped score a win for the big east cost bong shed last night.
http://www.telegram.com/news/20171004/oxford-voters-say-yes-to-pot-retail-shops-coming-to-town--but-not-so-fast
http://www.telegram.com/news/20171004/oxford-voters-say-yes-to-pot-retail-shops-coming-to-town--but-not-so-fast
I lived a block away from a pot shop. I can honestly say there was no real negative impact on the neighborhood short of the traffic that any business would attract. No garbage, no sketchy characters, no "drug related crime".
The same can not be said for the convenient store across the street that sells beer and cigarettes.
Someone give that man an opiod addiction starter pack.
That article is a wee bit old, dated February 15, 2014.
Aww man..... I hadn't even noticed. Did I also miss the news that Zimmerman died from a gangrenous dick as well?
Bronze Arm Found in Famous Shipwreck Points to More Treasure Below
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/science/antikythera-shipwreck-greece.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
No, but perhaps there will be a caged death match between Zimmerman and Brian Lopes.
Grass fed is feel good marketing bullshit sucker:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/504985/grass-fed-beef-actually-worse-planet-report-finds
http://mentalfloss.com/article/504985/grass-fed-beef-actually-worse-planet-report-finds
The point is also that it tastes better.
There are minor measurable difference that can be shown in nutritional profiles, but most foods over marketed like this (bland meat like beef) are perceived as tasting better primarily due to the imagined placebo effect rather than an actual significant difference:
http://www.sporkful.com/why-lefties-buy-less-soup/
https://lifehacker.com/this-video-explains-why-youre-probably-better-off-buyin-1707845166
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170814092949.htm
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/food-matters/grape-expectations-price-presentation-and-perception-of-wine/
http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/08/the_most_infamous_study_on_wine_tasting.html
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1615193928
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/hallucinations-and-perception/
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Everything you like is a false flag bro!
I read it on the innernet!
I read it on the innernet!
I've had great steaks from a French trained chef from the supermarket. Tasted fine without a grass-fed kobe hand release label to justify a scam experience.
You only think expensive mustard tastes better because of the shape of the bottle bro.
Now here's a link to that cute animal in the new star wars trailer that somehow backs my point about the human psyche.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/10/16453716/star-wars-the-last-jedi-porg-memes
Yeah I'm sure the false flags are peer reviewed and published in respected journals just like the restaurant industry is well vetted and on the level.
Beef is a single ingredient, mustard isn't unless you're eating the plant itself.
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A documented phenomenon does not imply universal application.
I have greater respect for rideit and pesqueeb's taste buds. Why? Because I don't know them and to assume their inadequacies is smug bullshit.
Besides, I'm a chemist by training. Beef is not 'one ingredient'
i personally prefer bear fed beef. or beef fed bear.