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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 22, 2024 16:48:08 GMT
I'm going to call you and play your favorite 1-877-Kars 4 Kids commercial over the phone. That, and the Saved By ZERO song will send me into an uncontrolled frenzy. Like in Manchurian Candidate, that's how you "activate" me. Thank god I never hear the Jardiance song anymore. My wife would get so mad at me when I’d bitch about this commercial. “You just hate it because she’s fat!” Well I don’t love her because she’s fat but that’s not it. It’s just so. Fucking. Obnoxious. But anyway, now I have Kars 4 Kids stuck in my head. Fuck you all.
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Post by klawrencio79 on May 22, 2024 16:50:31 GMT
That, and the Saved By ZERO song will send me into an uncontrolled frenzy. Like in Manchurian Candidate, that's how you "activate" me. Thank god I never hear the Jardiance song anymore. My wife would get so mad at me when I’d bitch about this commercial. “You just hate it because she’s fat!” Well I don’t love her because she’s fat but that’s not it. It’s just so. Fucking. Obnoxious. But anyway, now I have Kars 4 Kids stuck in my head. Fuck you all. I can safely say that I had never heard the Jardiance song....until I just googled it. Wow. That's.....that's something. I think once is enough for this guy.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on May 22, 2024 17:20:52 GMT
Thank god I never hear the Jardiance song anymore. My wife would get so mad at me when I’d bitch about this commercial. “You just hate it because she’s fat!” Well I don’t love her because she’s fat but that’s not it. It’s just so. Fucking. Obnoxious. But anyway, now I have Kars 4 Kids stuck in my head. Fuck you all. I can safely say that I had never heard the Jardiance song....until I just googled it. Wow. That's.....that's something. I think once is enough for this guy. Too late. You now have terminal ear cancer. It takes only one exposure to be fatal.
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Post by Shane Falco on May 22, 2024 18:36:16 GMT
Not necessarily annoying per say but I came to this realization the other day.
For the longest time I thought I loved pecan pie. I would get them around holidays and would ALWAYS be disappointed in them. I would tell myself it was just because I was getting store bought ones and that they weren't fresh out of the oven like my grandma would bake. There isn't anywhere around here to get fresh baked pies mind you. I came to the realization while my little brother was watching Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives that what my grandma would bake were these things called sticky buns with cinnamon, honey, and pecans. I never realized these were a thing. All I remembered were the pecans and it was a baked good so I assumed I loved pecan pies. I told my dad about this as it was his mother that baked these and he damn near died laughing. "I could have told you that!" I have been living decades eating shit pecan pies thinking I loved them. That said, I cant find sticky buns around anywhere either and nobody ever got my grandmas recipes before she passed long ago.
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Post by Shane Falco on Jun 11, 2024 20:56:17 GMT
This is the worst time of the sports calendar for me. Every sports show or podcast is dominated by the NBA playoffs which has been going on since April fucking 20th. We now have an NBA Finals which if it goes 7 games will last 18 fucking days which is longer than the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by an earthquake. That's over half a month of discussing 2 teams playing 7 games. I can't stand how long the NBA drags out their playoffs and this potential 18 day period couldn't end soon enough for me. I'm basically begging for LeBron to insert himself into the news cycle so there is something else for these shows to talk about because I am drowning in NBA playoffs and Finals content that I couldn't care less about and its going on nearly 2 months now. Give me more NBA Draft/Bronny talk, golf, Stanley Cup, baseball, UFC, SOMETHING to break up the segments. Its just all NBA right now and I'm begging for the season to be over so they can find new talking points to discuss.
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Post by Shane Falco on Jun 28, 2024 20:52:45 GMT
Having to deal with insurance companies.
As some of you on this board know I have been sick for going on like two years now. It took like 6 months for me to even get scheduled into a procedure and like another 5 months to get into another evaluation. All of which I have complained about before as I continue to be sick and have had to deal with on a day to day basis. After finally getting diagnosed with my illness I find out that the medication I need to take is being declined by my insurance company. My doctor files an appeal with an expedited process because I need to get on this medication asap. My insurance company declines the expedited process and says they'll deal with it on a normal time line (which took another 6 weeks). The process goes through and I am still declined the medication that I need. So now I'm in the process of trying to get a different medication that my insurance company will approve of all while I continue to be sick without treatment (which will take another month if approved). These companies would just rather us all die.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jul 30, 2024 15:36:05 GMT
Well, since you asked....
This past Wednesday, I was scheduled to fly from JFK to Nashville for a conference, with the flight scheduled to take off at 2:30 pm. Seeing the news over the prior week, with Crowdstrike, and general airport mayhem afoot, I opted to get to the airport even earlier than I normally do, just to be safe. Much to my satisfaction, everything was smooth sailing. I slipped through security in a matter of mere minutes (if you fly more than once a year and don't have TSA precheck, you're a fool) and was able to hang out in the lounge for the solid 2 hours I had before boarding. Everything was going swimmingly...
As I leave the lounge to board the flight, I finally get the alert that the flight will take off 30 minutes late. No problem. I consider myself a fairly patient person, and I recognize that shit happens. So we walk to the gate and hang out. Another hour or so rolls by, with no update. Finally, after 2ish hours of standing around, we get on the plane, back away from the gate and....proceed to sit there. The airline has the audacity to tell us that all westbound flights are delayed due to weather, yet every other airline is taking off without incident, it's just Delta. And it's not just at Kennedy either, this is happening everywhere.
Fast forward, we've been sitting on the runway for about 5 hours or so when the plane heads back to the gate to refuel. Me, ever the experienced traveler, immediately recognize that the crew is about to "time out" meaning they have to get off the plane a new crew will get on, which takes a minimum of one hour. It's now 11 at night and I need to get to Nashville for work, so I immediately get off the plane and try to book the next flight out on another airline. Unfortunately for me, because Delta refused to officially cancel my flight, I was not able to get on a new flight as I was technically still on a flight that never took off. I ask another Delta person what the deal was and rather than weather, they tell me it's an electrical glitch in their system.
Now, I get that things go wrong, but when different people give you different answers, that's when my patience evaporates. Don't take that shit lying down - airlines are beholden to you, not the other way around.
Anyway, I did make it to Nashville, 20 hours late, and I got to see Trump speak in person. That was an experience, to say the least. It was as predictable as you'd think it would be, with him up there, rambling about nothing and lying through his orange makeup, occasionally saying something that appeased the crowd. I will say that I'm largely proud of my fellow conference-goers because while a lot of them are politically agnostic, even those who are single issue voters saw through his nonsense and realize that he's nothing but a snake oil salesmen. He clearly knows nothing about bitcoin or crypto in general.
Worth noting, however, that the biggest applause he got during his 48 minute episode was when he said he would fire SEC Chief Commissioner Gary Gensler, who everyone hates, including me. Small problem - he can't fire him. Only Congress can do that....unless Project 2025 is enacted.
Nashville - like a cleaner, safer version of New Orleans with vastly inferior food, less to do and less overall flavor, but with an endless amount of 18-25 year old girls wearing tank tops, short skirts and boots. I prefer New Orleans, but the scenery in Nashville is quite nice!
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Post by Rufus-T on Aug 18, 2024 15:56:49 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 29, 2024 5:07:58 GMT
I love how ESPN.com is now caitlinclark.com. Can't click on the site to get a score and not be treated to her exploits.
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Post by Shane Falco on Aug 29, 2024 20:07:26 GMT
I love how ESPN.com is now caitlinclark.com. Can't click on the site to get a score and not be treated to her exploits. At least she plays a sport. Now that the NFL is starting we are already getting the Taydolf Swiftler discussion. I mean we all care about the idea of permanent 13 year old boy Travis Kelce buying 13 going on 30 Taydolf an engagement ring right? Adam Schefter is even trying to break the news.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 31, 2024 13:44:11 GMT
Kevin Hart's voice on Draft King ads. He's a lousy stand up comedian to boot
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Post by bluerisk on Aug 31, 2024 14:01:50 GMT
Having to deal with insurance companies. As some of you on this board know I have been sick for going on like two years now. It took like 6 months for me to even get scheduled into a procedure and like another 5 months to get into another evaluation. All of which I have complained about before as I continue to be sick and have had to deal with on a day to day basis. After finally getting diagnosed with my illness I find out that the medication I need to take is being declined by my insurance company. My doctor files an appeal with an expedited process because I need to get on this medication asap. My insurance company declines the expedited process and says they'll deal with it on a normal time line (which took another 6 weeks). The process goes through and I am still declined the medication that I need. So now I'm in the process of trying to get a different medication that my insurance company will approve of all while I continue to be sick without treatment (which will take another month if approved). These companies would just rather us all die. I wish you the best. But German insurances aren't better. What is the benefit to have a treatment paid, but you don't get an appoint. OK, when I called around one doctor was actually offering an appointment in December - that was back in January. Most likely I will have to sue my insurance and I was already seeing a lawyer.
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Post by bluerisk on Aug 31, 2024 14:11:25 GMT
DAZN, the company which got the distribution rights for my country has among other switched the payment from a single installment à 180 Euro to a monthly subscription à 40 Euros (480 Euros a year).
And that for a worse service and German commercials.
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Post by Rufus-T on Sept 4, 2024 16:04:36 GMT
Clay Holmes
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 4, 2024 16:16:52 GMT
Those stupid giant tennis balls they sell at tournaments for kids to collect autographs on.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Sept 4, 2024 16:39:26 GMT
Those stupid giant tennis balls they sell at tournaments for kids to collect autographs on. What a pain in the ass it must be to have that carry that stupid thing around all day. Just have them sign your face like a normal person.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Sept 4, 2024 17:13:24 GMT
Those stupid giant tennis balls they sell at tournaments for kids to collect autographs on. What a pain in the ass it must be to have that carry that stupid thing around all day. Just have them sign your face like a normal person. Seriously though. Those giant tennis balls are so obnoxious in every imaginable way. How do you carry it around, what do you do with it while you're actually watching the match; it's a nuisance to anyone sitting around you. How about you don't sell them to the general public and instead have a stadium staffer go around and get signatures for it between matches and sell those things in the gift shop. Hell, make it an auction and give the proceeds to charity. As far as getting autographs, how about the kids use actual tennis balls from a can? Much more manageable.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 4, 2024 17:18:58 GMT
Those stupid giant tennis balls they sell at tournaments for kids to collect autographs on. What a pain in the ass it must be to have that carry that stupid thing around all day. Just have them sign your face like a normal person. Or you could cram two of them in your shirt and get them both signed like a crimped blonde backstage at a Dokken concert in 1987.
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