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What an exciting evening I had last night! My wife called me in the middle of the afternoon to tell me that she’d gotten two tickets to a banquet for Cross Training, a local ministry, and Dalvin Cook was the speaker. So, kiddo and I attended the event. Dalvin showed up a bit late, as the coaches called a last-minute practice for running backs only, but he did make it.
He shared some amazing insight about his faith, how he grew up, how football saved him, and about his journey to the NFL that led him to Minnesota. I’ll tell ya’, my respect for this man grew a LOT last night. What a great human being. Humble, reverant, and honest are the words that come to mind first.I took a video of the event, but it’s too large to share. I’ll have to play around (and talk to someone who knows what they’re doing), and try to share it with you here.
Minnesota Vikings News:
We want to have a talk about the Vikings defense.
Skoldiers posted his Week 12 Report Card: Vikings vs. Patriots.
Video of the Day:
Here’s a short segment of a video from last night’s banquet. Sorry about the shakiness & the audio quality, I took this with my phone, and this is after about 45 minutes of holding the damn thing. The other video is too long to upload, I’m still trying to get it done & will share once I do. For now, enjoy!
New thread, folks! This one is a bit boggy, must be the cold weather.
Minnesota Vikings News & Discussion-Part Deux: 29 Nov 2022 – Skoloholics
if it’s snowing, it’s not too cold
It isn’t snowing here, though. It’s COLD.
you’re the one in a weird place
I’m in the Vikings’ state!
Browns > Giants
Is Kirk the MVP yet?
I’m going with Erin.
nah. Chiefs or Bills QB
Mahomes EZ
If he plays like last week for the rest of the season, you’ll see his name a lot.
You’ll see his name a lot, not connected to MVP but you’ll see it a lot.
Think a 12 win season is there. Fields and Erin may be shelved. Man, our D sucks so not sure.
I think we are looking at 13 wins as the floor. 14 wins is very possible if both Rogers and Fields are out, and those 2 teams are just going through the motions. If we beat the Jets, I think we could go 14-3.
Our schedule is not difficult after the Jets game.
I wouldn’t count out Detroit
and Indy is punching above their weight class somehow
Detroit is better than their record would indicate. They’re still Detroit.
Indy sucks since they lost HOF QB Wentz.
correction: Indy has been in a tailspin since Andrew Luck retired
Wentz is an afterthought in today’s league until further notice
Correct
They’ve been trying shitty recycled QBs for a while now. They’d probably be better off just having kept Brisset and developing him.
Brisket is actually looking okay in Cleveland. Their issue isn’t QB. I don’t see the addition of Watson doing a whole lot to help them.
Have they improved since Saturday was hired.
oddly, a little
they put Ryan back in and the o-line is protecting a little better
I assumed the oline would improve with his hiring. For all gnashing of teeth and bitching about the hire it does not look to be a dumpster fire at this point, they’ve been competitive at least.
“UNQUALIFIED WHITE GUY GETS JOB”
I thought it was only affirmative action that hired unqualified people?
He screwed the pooch last night with clock management & play calling at the end, at least he did according to the “experts” on Tweeter.
Detroit has been playing a lot better lately, they won 3 in a row before narrowly losing to Bills.
I think we will lose 2 more games.
If I had to guess I would include Detroit as a possible loss since they play us tough.
Bears and Packers will (hopefully) be looking forward to their offseason when we meet.
Indy? maybe if it was a road game.
It improve from bottom 2 to more just kinda sucks to mediocre when Tomlinson, Dantzler and Evans return.
heard Booth might be back in January
Its better for the Vikings if he’s out for the season.
Basically
if we lose to the Jets and beat the Colts and the Giants (both at home), then we only need to win one of the three remaining divisional games (all on the road)
GB is rated highest, but Rodgers is hurt, but that game is weeks away, so who knows.
Detroit plays tough and they’re better than people think. They’re an average team and divisional games are weird.
Chicago is the last game, and so it may be meaningless.
I think 12-5 is the most likely outcome (from my perspective) at this point.
lol
https://twitter.com/PV_GIA/status/1597671968949637121?s=20&t=sVTZxK1CrSRPA_8mjncgVQ
Worst 9-2 team ever (yes, Brad, according to “one” metric), but at 9-2 is starts to not matter. Missing the playoffs is nearly impossible at this point, so now the focus should be on two things: getting better and maintaining/improving seeding
I think they’ll continue to improve DVOA but probably drop a couple more games this season, definitely lose the Colts game because they beat the chefs
Yeah, it’s unlikely any team wins out the rest of the season, IMO. I……don’t agree that they’ll lose to the Colts, though.
HA HA HA HA HA
Agree on all this. (Especially the part about it being one metric). 🙂
I’m not sure how much you chat with the FO folks, but here is my current take on their system.
I think the problem with DVOA is overstating a blow out loss, or a blow out win.
Dallas absolutely kick our butts, but it was one game. And that one game dropped them from 15ish (forget exactly) to 26.
It appears to be a complete fluke, that is now dropping them in way too much in their rankings.
I do like that they add in the kicker thing. Feels like they are trying hard to pretend that that it was a fluke the Vikings won that they don’t account for.
There is one big problem here though:
In football, you can’t just take out a drive and pretend all other plays remain the same. People love to do it, but its completely flawed logic.
This ignores that the Vikings last two drives were designed to burn clock or time outs, and protect the ball.
I doubt if we are losing or tied we go and run 6 plays for 10 yards and burn 3:46 off the clock on our 2nd to last drive if we were losing or tied.
Or we just run Cook 3 times for 1 yard when we were at the mid field on our last drive. We were about 25 yards away from an FG.
If you ignore the TD kick off return, we scored 26 points on 9 drives up to that point. So what are the chances that they stop us? Not good since they only forced 1 punt and had 1 INT until those last two drives.
So even if you take out that roughing the Kicker, there’s still a very good chance we win that game.
Me thinks their system is very flawed.
You just don’t like it because it doesn’t fit your narrative the Vikings don’t suck.
Or do people only like it because it fits their narrative??
all systems are flawed, some are useful
good thoughts here, though
I will point out that the Vikings moved down 7 spots after the Dallas game (from 17 to 24), not 15-ish as you thought
Also, FO has the Vikings outplaying the Patriots, but not by much (which makes sense from what I saw when watching the game)
100% spot on. I totally agree. If one drive changes, the next drive will be different because the coaching will be responding to the new reality.
I do believe that plays like runs which don’t gain sufficient yardage to be considered “successful” from a down-and-distance perspective are counted as less detrimental when the running team is up by a score and very near the end of the game (or up by two scores and in the 4th quarter), but I don’t have access to that information. It’s something I have an impression of based on others’ dialogues with FO staff in the comments section during previous seasons.
Snow falling like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
LOL
I’m gonna have to start up the snow blower tonight
Made this for dinner last night, would highly recommend. I might end up using the cilantro-feta salsa on a bunch of other stuff.
Spicy Peruvian Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes & Cilantro-Feta Salsa
Also reheats really nicely in the microwave.
I’m going to try this soon – I’m always looking for dinner ideas. I hate being responsible for five dinners a week (sigh)
If I could I’d the same weekly menu, though different items each day of the week.
I hope to eventually put together a 3-week schedule where I can buy and plan consistently, but I’m still figuring out what meals work well
The ones that taste good
Those are always my favorite.
family has to like the meal
but I’m also looking for meals that are:
easy to make
generate few dishes
and have generally inexpensive ingredients
oh, and they have to be relatively easy for a vegetarian to pick out the objectionable bits (sigh)
once I have a dozen-ish that check all the boxes, it’ll be schedule time
My wife and I do a bunch of meals that can be frozen and easily heated in the microwave for quick cooking.
If making sloppy joes DO NOT USE GREEN PEPPERS
LOL
peppers are usually on the side
get those little monsters to either help with simple cooking (good to build those skills early imo) or clean dishes after you’re done with each
amen and amen
wife cooks every Monday, and she has the kids sit at the breakfast bar and watch while she explains and encourages them to ask questions
I didn’t do much cooking before college, but I was at least open to learning and cooking good food. Couldn’t believe how inept some of my classmates were.
It’s really a great skill to have, especially with how much more unhealthy fast food/delivery is getting.
My only note is that making this was the first time I wished I’d used gloves when chopping jalapenos. My hands were burning all night. But otherwise it’s pretty easy, which is nice.
Also made this a few weeks back, very yummy.
https://www.mealime.com/recipes/korean-style-beef-rice-bowl-cucumbers/4417
Did you try washing your hands?
‘Twas a joke, but seriously, rub lime juice on your hands, it’ll get rid of that. True story.
I was cooking with limes so I’ll try that next time.
And I did wash my hands a bunch, but probably not thoroughly enough immediately after chopping/mincing the jalapenos.
I think the worst of it was under my thumbnail because of removing the seeds & ribs.
I’ll probably sub in something milder for the jalapenos – I’ve got 12, 13 & 16 year old kiddos to feed
Your kids a bunch of pansies about food or something?
they’re more adventurous and durable than most kids I know, but my wife has definitely made stuff that’s beyond them in the past
Gotta start them early, my 3 y/o already like jalepenos and stuff.
My son has been eating hot tamales since he was a little over a year old.
He used to call them “hot mollys”
watch out for girls named Molly
trust me
Not sure I’ve ever actually met a Molly.
I’d guess Anaheim or Poblano would be good substitutes. Definitely want a fresh pepper, though. The crunch is half the game with this one.
That sounds really good.
I really enjoy Pete Burcich
Love that KOC does these every week. Fun to hear his thoughts on the plays.
Kirk Cousins was the #1 QB of week 12 (DYAR)
KORKO CHAINZ 4 MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell is freezing over, confirmed
I know, it’s crazy, right? Credit where credit’s due, though. That New England defense is nasty, and the Vikings did well against them. And special teams helped, too.
Wang’s kick return was the difference in the game, Greg Joseph missing kicks could have been, sort of a good news bad news kinda deal with ST.
Hoping they can do just as well against another great defense this week. JJ on Gardner should be fun to watch, and it would be nice for the OL to have a good week against their front 4.
I like our chances against the Jets (as of last week) better than I liked our chances against the Patriots, but Mike White’s performance last week (albeit against the Bears) is no joke:
Yup, we’ll have to see if Mike White is a one-hit wonder this year too. He did apparently lose feeling in his hand last year, and has the Vikings pass defense to go up against this week, but that’s a fairly large unknown.
Garrett Wilson is really good, though.
@Luckily for us, pass coverage is a strength@
Ha! They spelled DVOA wrong.
DYAR = Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement-level
better for individuals = DVOA is for units like offense/defense/specialteams
Healthcare sucks. I had a follow up appointment today from my retina tear laser repair procedure earlier this year. I was running late so was booking it to get there on time. I made it on time so I could sit in the waiting room for 25 minutes. Then after getting through the preliminaries, I sat in another waiting room for 10 minutes before I got to the exam room, where I sat for another 15 minutes. Also driving just after you had your eyes dilated and it is snowing is fun.
Just like flying, you have to surrender yourself to the process.
I wear the darkest of dark sunglasses if I have to drive after having eyes dilated. The paralysis of accommodation really messes with my depth perception.
When I left the doctor’s office it was snowing and so not very bright out. I still put on my sunglasses. As I was leaving town a Sheriff pulled in behind me. I figured he was going to stop me and see what kind of drugs I was on since I was wearing sunglasses.
LSD dilates your pupils, too. Also not a good time to drive.
Heard someone say recently that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds wasn’t about LSD… I was like “you gotta stop overthinking things.”
LOL, Lifer’s antifa buddies having a rough time
https://twitter.com/SteveInmanUIC/status/1597644309872115713?s=20&t=IzcFGn30b18BCKeU_kMPLg
Bern
I don’t think that’s what “feel the Bern” was supposed to me.
I think you are quite right about this.
You love to see it
That’s a first, my post has to wait for approval. Sorry Brad, just being a smart ass.
I had that happen a couple times when the site first started. I guess you’re just getting the Kodiak auto moderate treatment.
Yeah I’m guessing it was an auto moderate for a certain word (probably pansy). The rest of my posts work fine. Oops, I was naughty.
Summary:
GF hopes the Packers draft Johnny Manziel next year
GF wanted to cut Daniel Carlson, seems a bit extreme resorting to violence because he missed some kicks but hey, we all fan in our own ways
Wrenage has the hots for Anna Faris Freezey thinks she is ugly, kind of a Hilary Swank hot or not debate
Surly talks about stuff he hates, name checks out
Skolifer makes post about soccer, nobody cares
COHF5years says Soccer kills people
Skolly allegedly has friends and apparently not just imaginary
FYI for those in the Metro, roads are bad, do NOT drive fast and take chances today
Asswipe B offers his expertise regarding anal sphincters, name checks out
Asswipe B’s time is worth $960 an hour
COHF5years bets a lot of people are restoring old cell phones
Freezey somehow sells auto parts despite having an incredibly limited mechanic skillset and very few tools
MT thinks of Freezey while touching himself
Wrenage’s wife and mom are holding out for a hero but all they get is him
Skolifer explained its not ok to shit on people’s floor during parties
Mjolnir wants all the assholes on the ship, even the ones over there
Benjammin is an expert in assholology
Another reminder, Five sucks at fantasy football
BSF turns the other way when he sees his face in the mirror, name checks out
Live look at GF
Wrenage did about an hour of work and thinks he earned a nap, lol typical lazy millennial
NoDakRube wants to know if Wrenage gets laid today, GF does too.
rec
for the record, i do not sell auto parts….
No need to clarify, the summary’s already posted and it is now fact because its in the summary.
i’m also intrigued by MT viking touching himself but too lazy to scroll down.
that dog
i refuse to check the spoiler.
mt is a perv
Agree
Wife’s printer is printing, and mom is in her recliner streaming Columbo. I have earned a snow-day nap…
Awesome! Ah, just one more thing…..your mom has excellent taste.
You should see if you have earned a nooner..
^^This^^
So, drafting guy with a history of injury may not have been the best move?
But muh lower round value – Kwesi
Vikings are 22nd by DVOA!
It’s cuz we suck. Lots of suckage. Tons of suck. Also luck. Lots of luck.
Just a big ole orgy of sucking and lucking.
Sounds hot
Friendly banter between my Packer fan buddy and me on Bookface.
Boomers, you’ll have to click on the image to make it larger.
Guy seems like a douche. You should punch him in the nuts.
He’s actually a pretty good dude, I drank a LOT of beer with him in high school, he’s also an army vet. He just likes to give me shit about the Vikings. It works both ways with us.
Skoloholics Fantasy League Update:
Biggest Blowout In Fantasy League History
Five’s not around because he’s recovering from getting his ass kicked so badly.
Lol!!!!!!
Anyone know when they will decide the date (Saturday/Sunday) for the Colts/Vikings game?
I am going to that game and would love for it to be on Saturday.
BTW, I have an extra ticket I am selling cheap if anyone wants it (hard to sell singles).
Which section?
Section 216, basically looking down the length of the back of the endzone. Good place to see the game from. My cost is 130, would like to get 100.
Which row/seat? I’m trying to see if I can find adjoining seats. If so, I may be interested.
Idk why they are waiting to pick a time. The Colts are irrelevant, just make it a noon game?
but they have Matt Ryan
how much for the ticket?
If you have to ask you can’t afford it big guy.
how is the Jets defense?
4th in points, 4thi in yards….so pretty good.
Very good, though so is the Pats defense and the Vikings O played well in that game so who knows what happens Sunday.
i’m glad we play at home
Good.
They’ll crush the Vikings.
Kodiak log into BSFs account today?
We stand no chance cuz we suck.
Just lots of sucking.
Also shart stains.
Plus, Joe Boo has left us. Need more rum.
I tried to say I got him more rum so we were good and my post was denied.
Yup, ol´ Jo seems to be persona non grata on skolholes, for now at least.
Understandable. I probably shouldn’t post the picture then knowing that.
Indeed, might not be an appropriate time for the picture.
That was some of my best photo shop work. Sad it had to get abused. It was funny at first.
It was perfect, hope it can/will be back sometime soon. Excellent work.
I can un-do that. I have the ability to make certain phrases go to auto-moderate. I’ve used the feature a couple times in the past when spammers were about.
Figured as much after my post first went to moderation and then disappeared. I can see why ol´ Jo is on auto-moderate as of now.
Meh, it was just a way to quietly stop a recurring statement one day. No biggy, I can remove that easily. As a matter of fact, I will.
Jobu
Bueno
8. Minnesota Vikings (9-2)(Last week: 32)
DVOA
OFF. EPA/DRIVE
DEF. EPA/DRIVE
MIN220.01 (18)-0.11 (19)
The Vikings’ 27th-ranked pass defense by DVOA made Patriots quarterback Mac Jones look better than he has all season during the Thanksgiving prime-time game. No matter, because Minnesota has Justin Jefferson, who somehow passed Randy Moss for the most receiving yards in any player’s first three seasons in the league. Kirk Cousins rebounded from his first-half interception to fire the ball into tight windows against a good Patriots defense.
Even at 9-2, though, the objective measures still doubt the Vikings. They open as just three-point favorites at home for this week’s game against Mike White and the Jets.
Again, dont shoot the messenger. Just posting things from the interwebs that I find interesting.
Flawed Postseason Contenders7. Minnesota Vikings (9-2 | last week: 8)Minnesota beat the Patriots on Thanksgiving night, but a national audience got to see what is potentially a fatal flaw—a porous pass defense that allowed Pats QB Mac Jones, who entered Week 12 ranked 33rd in EPA per dropback, to throw for a career-high 382 passing yards, along with two touchdowns. Minnesota currently ranks last in passing yards allowed per attempt and 31st in completion percentage allowed—and that puts Kirk Cousins and the Vikings offense in a very difficult spot week after week.
^^^This is truth
nothing to be upset about…hoping Dantzler makes a bit of a difference because right now ain’t nobody throwing Peterson’s direction.
Is tiny dancer going to be back this week?
No he has to be on ir another e week
nope
Agreed. I am also worried about getting out muscled by more physical teams, has been this teams weakness for a decade and it still is this season. Ala Cowboys and 49ers. I’d rather play Philly again than either of those teams in the play offs. Their Defenses will feast on us and our current defense will not hold up.
Agreed. This is a flawed team, and we do not play well in the big, physical type of games. We have 6 games to get it fixed, but I may need to buy some more purple kool-aid
What was interesting during the Dallas game is it seems both teams has the same gameplan which was to establish the run… we couldn’t and they sure did. We need to pass to open up the run rather than the other way around. Well maybe if Darrisaw was fully healthy that would have helped. Not sure, but we can’t think we are the team to pound teams into submission.
I so agree with this….we are not a pound and ground offense…we need to pass some to open up the ground game.
I have been saying this for 2 years now! I get, an established run really helps the play action pass, but we seem to do less of that this year anyway. Establish the pass, get the LBs holding back a bit, then move to the run? But what do I know
You can be a run first offense if you’re build to be a run first offense… we are not built that way. We have so many weapons in the passing game and a OL built on getting to the 2nd level but struggles bigly with big physical DLs.
The gameplans were not the same, The Vikings were running the well but throwing much more than Dallas, their gameplan sucked and called for a bunch of deep drops on throws. Several times the Vikings had 3rd and 3 or less and passed instead of running when they were getting 5 yards a carry, like the FG drive early in the game. Cook gets 8 yards on 1st and then two consecutive incompletions. Dallas did not fuck around throwing on those 3rd and shorts and converted a ton running the ball. My guess is if they play again the Vikings gameplan is to actually run the ball.
Maybe I’m remembering incorrectly, it seemed to me Dallas was gouging us way more in the run.
Pollard especially.
Pollard > Elliot
You are correct on that, the Vikings were running effectively but didn’t run nearly as much as Dallas, I want to say Dallas had like 25 more attempts than the Vikings, part of that was the game got out of hand but even in the first half MN was throwing more than running despite success on the ground and zero success throwing.
Hopefully Dalvin T will get back on the field soon. He was a big help in stopping the run.
Sucks, cut him.
Of Course
Teams defensive plans for the last few years are to stack the box and dare us to pass.
100% agree that we generally have been put into the spot where we have to pass to open up the run.
I have really liked the games where Kirk is calling plays at the line depending on the defense. We’ve had some good success with this.
What? Dalvin was averaging over 6 YPC, but they only ran him 8 times in the first half. The main issue we had was that we did NOT use the run.
That was really weird, and I know you and I talked about this in real time during the game.
But WTF? Your run game was kicking ass and you stop running for long developing pass plays.
KOC = dummy for that.
I know. Mick and I were both going bonkers over it. Cook was rolling that game, and Cousins was abysmal, yet they abandoned the run almost immediately, long before the game was out of hand.
I just remember we couldn’t stop the run and we seemed to be doing OK but not as well as the Cowpies, sounds like I don’t remember real accurately lol
The Pats game we had some issues running the ball. IIRC, we had slightly less than 30 carries for 55ish yards. I think we averaged less than 2 per carry. I don’t think anyone ran for more than 6 yards too. But our overall play selection was about 60% pass and 40 run, which seems to be the sweet spot these days.
Depends on the opponent, against Dallas should have been 60/40 run pass.
He’s not wrong. Good point, they are flawed, but more importantly, ARE post-season contenders.
Honestly, every team is flawed in some way this year. There is no powerhouse. The Eagles almost got beat by a horrible Pecker team with a broken quarterback.
Yesterday was my lucky day. I had to return some boots that were too large to Amerzon, I had a choice between dropping at the UPS service center in town or paying $8 for the UPS driver to pick it up at whatever random time he came to the shouse. My wife and stepdaughter thought I was nuts for not paying the $8, “that service center is a nightmare, you’ll be there for an hour”. Drove the whopping three miles on the interstate to get to the UPS center, walked in the door, no one but a worker there, takes my package and scans it and hands me a receipt. 30 seconds. SKOL!
I just had to return a faulty induction cooktop to Amazon, couldn’t believe how easy it was. 4 people in line ahead of me at the Golden Valley UPS store, I waited in line for about 2 minutes and it took 30 seconds to get checked out. By the time I got home Amazon had already credited my account with the refund.
your cooktop failed? aw, awful.
by the way, I successfully spliced in my 240V cooktop – no deaths, no injuries.
The oven attempt will be next week sometime.
The first one I bought was the faulty one, 2nd one worked perfectly over the weekend to brew a Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout. I’m hoping it starts to ferment tonight or else I definitely killed my yeast, which is a frustrating step to mess up but certainly not the worst.
And nice! It’s not so bad until you have to flip the breaker and hope. Good to have one successful attempt and all the lessons learned.
yeah, flipping the breaker was a little nerve-wracking. I had my wife standing in the kitchen ready to holler if something flashed or started smoking.
So, your time is worth $8 per thirty seconds, if my math is correct, that’s $18/minute and $1080 per hour. No wonder they call you a gouger!
Nonono you’re way off.
It’s $16/minute and $960/hr. I don’t make more than $1000/hr, I wish. That’s lawyer kinda money.
LOL, I’m so dumb, I meant to type $16 and didn’t even look to make sure it was right before posting.
Also, ok so you don’t make 1k/hr, just 960 then.
@I’m barely getting by@
That’s poverty wages. We better start a Go Fund Me.
You have to include the drive time.
Liz Frank, that harlot. That scorpion woman.
Renal lac and a Lisfranc. Today is “Oral Boards in Louisville” kinda day for a radiologist.
He’s French? I didn’t know that.
I had to google it. Why can’t they just say foot fracture or ouchy foot?
They like to sound smart, I guess. I’m a firm believer that a $2 word gets the job done just as well (or better) than a $20 word.
Busy morning. What’s going on skolflakes?
I’m off to meet with our accountant. I actually look forward to this stuff, I’m a nerd. Met my financial advisor fella yesterday, was riveting.
Yep, I freely admit that I’m a nerd.
Awesome story up top. Thanks for sharing!
You bet, it was a cool event. The man is a great person.
LOL, the libs right now.
LOL, I had a conference in Santa Clara a day or two after that election. It was SO much fun. You’d have thought that the Iranians had dropped a nuke on us.
Yeah it was hilarious, I watched on election night with my stupid super lib sister and she was exactly like that person in the gif, I couldn’t stop laughing.
our world would be such a better place if we could just not have twitter, instagram, facebook, tiktok, snapchat and all those other things too….
get back to the basics.
Boy, you ain’t kiddin’. Social media can be a horrible thing.
Have you ever watched “The Social Dilemma”? (I think that’s the name of it). Really good documentary, and will change the way that many folks view social media and the big media companies like Googly and Bookface.
I strongly second The Social Dilemma watch. Opened my eyes to some things. Silencing message notifications on my phone has made me more alert and present at work and with my kids.
Yep, for sure. I make it a point to avoid my phone when I don’t need it, it’s literally changed my life for the better.
Amen. I hope as many young people watch it as possible. The stats about teenage depression (especially among girls) was super sad to see.
Also the part about sensing two phones in the same location. Creepy. I notice it all the time now. When there’s someone I see somewhere–and don’t even talk to them–I’ll get a Facebook friend suggestion.
For years now, Google has been suggesting ads for something you were just talking with someone out loud. The scary thing is that I don’t think there’s a great way to stop them from listening, and I just hope it stops at picking up keywords for advertising.
Sometimes I swear Google can actually read minds with how accurate the search bar suggestions are. I’ll give them this – they are very, very good at predicting how people think.
Yes. That happens to us all the time. Super scary.
My wife thought I was nuts when I told her about that. Then it happened to us after a conversation. She now believes me.
I hate that….
I have microphone access turned off for every app that doesn’t need it. I also don’t have any Google apps, not even YouTudes, deleted them all.
The one issue that gets annoying with google is one time buys.
I wanted a fat tire electric bike, which I now have. But since I spent a bit of time googling them, all I see is targeted bike ads. I want my usual gimp suit and anal bead ads back!
You know, shit I buy weekly.
Clear your cookies.
more fun to eat them, but can’t neg you for being on a health kick
Yeah, the depression and suicide issue is alarming.
The infiltration of our privacy p***es me off.
I can’t stand that every app defaults to giving you 1000 notifications at all times. And seeing pictures of phones with different notifications literally filling up the notification panel makes me sick – like having 1000s of unread emails/texts.
Just let me live. Social media started it, but now every business is targeting your life/time as advertising space.
Agreed. They’re engineered to make you addicted and take over your attention.
Yup and there are so many new trends/things to catch up on every day that if you don’t keep up you’re not cool. Literally eating your life away.
No doubt about it.
It’s the dopamine hits…worse than substance addictions.
Always chasing that next high, that next notification or alert.
Crazy what happens when you unplug for an extended period of time… even the short ones are good for you as well.
When I get home I almost always lay my phone face down on my desk. It’s a bad habit for texting people back, but great for not getting interrupted by every little meaningless thing. I can waste time just fine on my own, thank you.
I have notifications turned off for most text strings. Family is more important than a text.
What if its a family text string?
We don’t text each other when we’re in the same room. I reserve that behavior for the millenials.
Disagree, it’s a tool like any other tool. It can be used for good and in positive ways… the issue isn’t social media it’s the moronic users.
When the tool makes it so easy to be a moron or push bad narratives/blatant lies/incite violence to the point of implicitly encouraging it by activating that side of human nature – I think social media is certainly at fault for some of it. Of course people make decisions, but people are extremely easy to manipulate.
That’s the same sort of logic I hear from people for more gun restrictions or banning large magazines etc… When the tool makes it so easy to kill so many people and makes it easier to use violence…
I hear and understand what you are saying I just don’t blame the tool, I blame the people using the tool.
But guns are a different topic because of self-defense. You don’t use social media as self-defense. Or to hunt for food. 🙂
But at the end of the day the issue is the user. You can use Social Media for a plethora of different things like self defense. You don’t think turning your Facebook live on couldn’t be used to help protect yourself from a variety of bad situations?
If someone or some group was coming at you with very evil intent, would you rather have a gun or a smart phone?
Seems like a trick question…I am going with a gun please.
I’d want someone manly around.
I’d just turn around cuz obviously I would be facing a mirror.
Completely different argument.
A 9mm would work better.
Definitely.
Well I would also agree with that logic.
I think different tools have different levels of danger and should be handled/regulated accordingly.
If you can clearly see the effect of a tool on society as a whole and you fail to take action to limit the negative effects, that’s a part of the problem that the individual person isn’t responsible for. Just saying it’s not a situation where you are only allowed to blame 1 thing.
This makes me think of a few people on here and back at the DN who were tools.
you and me included!
Very fair and the fact that you actually believe the argument you are making on both applied both ways is awesome. Many don’t do that. I call that believing in your own bullshit. Pet peeve of mine when people will argue one side but then don’t apply the same logic to the other side.
Logical parallels don’t always take context into account. Just because something is apples to apples in terms of logical flow does not mean the situations or applications must therefore be apples to apples.
Of course. Which is why I left ‘handled/regulated’ as broadly as I did in this context.
I agree, but there are many times the logic someone uses they don’t actually believe in the principle on which their argument is based on. Drives me nuts.
By “tools” are you referring to idiots?
that’s the fun with the word “tools” – very broadly applicable!
I prefer DeWalt idiots.
Why does anyone care what other people are tweeting?
Just don’t read it or follow them.
Unless their doing something blatantly dangerous or illegal just ignore it.
Seems pretty simple to me.
I like Twitter since you can get real time news if you follow the right people.
Plus, there is some really funny shit out there.
Check this guy out:
https://twitter.com/3YearLetterman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
This was a tweet with Deandre Hopkins that he had.
Man that is such a good accout
Its really funny. He has a lot of followers so famous people will respond to him without actually bothering to see that he’s a big parody account.
Still no Karenfingers or Kodiak?
I must have missed some epic fun this weekend for them both to leave.
Yeah me too, typically have to ban Five to get him to go away. Other than when he’s on trips the only time I’ve seen Kodiak kinda go away was when Coral put him on double secret probation or whatever for some dumb reason.
I put his comments on auto-moderate because he wouldn’t stop trolling back then. Made it so every comment had to be approved. He brought it on himself, trust me. I tried everything under the sun, but when someone spams the board by repeating the same thing 100 times a day and refuses to stop, what else do you do?
Here’s my best explanation on this. Let’s say I walk into a Catholic church just before service starts on Sunday morning and scream “THE POPE IS A MOTHERF******!!!!”. The priest (or someone) would probably ask me not to do that, right? Well, if I continue to do it every week, and every week am asked to stop, but I refuse to listen, then at some point, wouldn’t you expect that church to discontinue to allow me to come in?
I dunno, call me crazy, but I’m going to guess that even though I have freedom of speech, that church would be correct in not allowing me to come in.
You sound like a tyrant. Xi Fishin’
I know, right?
Yeah, I’m guessing fewer parishioners would show up after a while.
IIRC it was the immediate trolling on the GDT that started this off. And it was trolling after a win. And not a few hours or days after, but immediately after. So instead of celebrating a hard-fought victory it devolved into those two taking turns pissing in everyone’s Cheerios. Certainly feels as if those two aren’t Vikings fans – and I’m not saying that because they were critical. I’m saying that because they were critical IMMEDIATELY after a win and it feels like they’re very much enjoying the losses. I don’t get that. Is it because they’ve been lifelong ‘fans’ for a 125 years and they think they’re entitled to a SB win? The universe owes us nothing and it’s unfolding exactly as it should.
It’s a response to what they view as “homerism”, in my opinion. Honestly, that’s fine, BUT it doesn’t give someone a right to spam the board and every comment thread with the same inflammatory garbage. There’s a line between expressing an opinion and trolling, and that line was obliterated.
I have no issue with differing opinions. I actually made five an author so he could express his own opinions in as many posts as he’d like. He chose not to. Shrug.
There are many on here who are not optimistic about this year’s team, and they manage to express those opinions and still get along great.
What used to frustrate me but now makes me laugh is how after literally any pushback any discussion quickly devolves into that whiny defensive BS where they just sarcastically say this team is the best team ever and do some piss poor parody of what they think other people are saying. The inability to have an actual discussion is crazy.
Same. I get it. They break hearts. It seems as though the crux of their issue is ‘we didn’t win every game 100-0 and until we do and win the SB that way I won’t be satisfied’ which I don’t get. I’ll believe we’ve got a shot this year like I do every year until we’re eliminated from the tournament.
I can also tell you that as an outside observer of the DN for a few years and then observing this place it does make one hesitant to join in when you see vitriol and constant trolling of those that speak good/positive/optimistic about their team. It’s what stopped me from logging on at DN (aaaand it felt like a candy-ass place TBH, lots of thin skins) I finally did here as I liked the community y’all have built, there’s a decent mix of attitudes and politics and ultimately it feels like a ‘let’s keep everyone on the ship, even that asshole over there’ kind of place.
This is when you knew your were safe! LOLOL
Rec!!!!
As an admitted asshole I appreciate them keeping everyone on the ship.
^^^^ Not wrong.
Ben you are very well versed in assholology.
‘I’m just a regular Joe, with a regular job…
I’m your average, white, suburbanite slob….
I like football! And Porno! And books about war!
I’ve got an average house with a nice hardwood floor….’
Dennis Leary!
People don’t understand that both sides have freedoms. It’s like when someone says something inflammatory that loses the company they are working for a lot of money and they get fried and people go, “THE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH!” You are right, they had every right to say what they said and no one is arguing that… The company also has the right to protect their business and bottom line. You have rights but those rights have consequences on both side.s
Wow, you are siding with the NFL over Kappernick…didn’t see that coming 🙂
No, I am siding with both lol. Kapp had every right to do what he did. Forcing anyone to do anything isn’t freedom. On the other side, the NFL has every right to protect their buisiness.
Here’s my personal analogy, FWIW.
I liken message boards, like Skoloholics, to a never ending house party, where the owner, in this case Brad (you, obviously) and his team, have put out an open invitation for anyone to attend.
Over time, the crowd grows because they throw a mean party but there’s one or two guests, that every time they show up, shit on the floor, piss in the yard and go out of their way to upset many (most?) of the other guests. Sure, they have a few supporters in the crowd but as their behavior gets worse, some of the “good guests” stop showing up and any new guests barely get inside the door before they turn around and leave.
The owner repeatedly and respectfully asks them to adjust their behavior, because he’s a welcoming guy and wants to continue his “open invitation” approach to his parties. And he’s also sensitive to the fact that some of his friends won’t attend the party if he stops letting these guys into his house (which is insane to me because who enables others to shit/piss on their friend’s property?).
But despite these attempts, they keep shitting and pissing, shitting and pissing (all the while denying that they’re shitting and pissing, even though they and every other guest knows damn well they are because they do it in front of everyone) and the owner is left to clean up their mess as his house parties begin to stagnate and decline.
So, what does the owner do? What would you do if it were your house?
How many people have shit on the floor at your house parties?!? You need better friends….
None, because they know if they did it once, they wouldn’t be invited back which is sort of the moral of my little story.
: )
I’d just rub their nose in it.
Sounds like a wild party. My college self would have enjoyed that. Current self would rather stay home and go to bed.
Wait, is it not ok to shit on the floor? Like its frowned upon like masturbating on an airplane?
I hang out with mostly sheep.
You have just nicely summarized the plot of “Mother!”
When I was in college we had a white trash xmas party, pretty big turnout, some guy got so drunk he passed out and later after everyone went to bed he woke up and was still so drunk he tried to shit in the sink but ended up shitting mostly on the counter and then falling into the shit and onto the floor and just passed out there again. When he woke up we made him clean the shit.
Only other option is banning. I do remember the auto mod, he would be the first person to post on the daily thread by it didn’t show up on the thread until the afternoon. If I were an owner or site administrator, which I would never have interest in, and users’ conduct was retarding site traffic and revenue growth they’d be banned immediately, but I have a very money grubbing attitude when it comes to such things.
I know, and the last thing I want to do is ban anyone. I’m serious about that. I consider both of them to be friends. Hell, I drank beer with Kodiak at the lot one time, & I have no issue with either of them personally. However, at some point, there is no other alternative. I’ve done all I could to address it privately and directly with those involved. I’m not the one who brought it out in the open.
I must confess that I really like trolling 5. Like way more than I should.
I’ll even tell him exactly what I’m about to do, then do it.
Plus, 90% of his arguments are just strawman attacks or red herrings.
It’s pretty fun for me.
But I get that it is also really annoying and can ultimately drive traffic away.
If/when they come back, hopefully all can be more civil. I won’t hold my breath.
Good
Time to earn some points today. Took the day off from work to help mom with some house stuff and now have to set up wife’s new printer. They be like…
Good for you! Thats actually an awesome song.
And video.
Waiting for a call from the dealership to see what the damage is going to be. Fingers crossed the DEF system is covered under the extended warranty or a GM extended warranty.
i like having a vehicle that has a warranty on it still…
have never had that in my entire life until these past couple of months…
Mine’s a 2016 but I’ve seen some things that they extended the warranty on the DEF system because of issues. The only problem I’ve seen is that what I have found says 10 years/120,000 miles and I am at 124,000 miles so I am likely relying on the extended warranty I purchased or forking out some cash.
As soon as the warranty expires I trade in for a new model. My pickup still has 45k of mileage left so I’ll probably be getting something different in 2-3 years.
What wrong with the DEF system? Some dickweed cut off the particulate filter and control module on one of our buses at work. Its been 6 months and we’re still waiting on the filter, can’t find them anywhere. Apparently they are much more valuable than catalytic converters.
ben, what kind of engine is that off of? the one missing the particulate filter and control module….
Diesel
brand…
6.6L V8 diesel to be exact
we sell particulate filters and control modules, so that’s why i was asking. i suppose i could have lead with that.
but we have them for Caterpillar engines, so I didn’t know what kind of engine you had on that bus
Sorry, its Duramax I believe that manufactures the engine, its a Chevy Express 3500 mini bus.
ok, we don’t deal in duramax.
some buses have caterpillar engines or cummins engines (we sell for both)
Back when I drove semi, both the trucks I drove had Detroit. Had great luck with them. First one was a 430, second was a Peterbilt with a 500, loved driving that thing, could hit triple digits on the speedometer.
The first one (the FreightShaker with a 430) had over a million miles on it when we got rid of it. Sold it to a farmer, he’s still using it to haul crops in from the field.
damnet.
Learning that you sell diesel parts and that story about struggling to get a car battery changed really made me laugh this morning, thanks freezey
LOL, yeah I kinda thought about that too, hard to believe he can sell automotive parts when he can’t even manage to change a battery in one day.
i hate you guys
LOL
Thought of you freeze while I was patting my back on Saturday. The snow blade I have on my Polaris Ranger (not to be confused with my Ford Ranger which is banished to the back of the shop) wouldn’t angle side to side with the power joystick thingy, would only move up and down. I did some fancy diagnostics with a multimeter (I struggle with those things) and realized power was getting to the ram thingy that pivots the blade. Ordered a new ram thingy, showed up last week. I told my wife it should only take a few minutes – most of my time was spent figuring out how to reverse engineer the install process. Loosened some bolts on the blade springs, pulled two cotter pins, yanked on the top of the blade for all I was worth (like lifting the bar on a bench press) while my wife popped the retaining pins out, installed the new ram, plugged it into the vehicle power, and voila, it worked!
hate you too!
Manufacturers do their best to make it impossible to work on things yourself. I’m fairly handy, but it took me an hour or two to replace the battery on the Avalanche I owned years ago. Had to remove 3 or 4 brackets & I think I had to loosen some other part.
Yup, lots of OEMs in all industries are doing this. You used to be able to replace phone batteries to, and now it’s actually impossible.
Now that makes me think, I bet a lot of the people who are into or getting into repair/restoration on older stuff are doing it just because you can actually work on that kind of stuff.
Who the hell is out there restoring old cell phones?
Well, I didn’t mean old cell phones lol
that was just an example of something you used to be able to work on
Yeah I know, it made me laugh tho to think people were restoring old cell phones.
As the very cool nonconformist I am, I used to have a Zune until one day in college I tried to replace the battery and just completely killed the thing. Old tech can stay dead haha
Man it feels like forever ago when the Zune was around, was that like the alternative to Ipods?
Yup, it was Microsoft’s attempt to counter Ipods. I think they only lasted like 5.5 years lol
I got one in ~2007 and broke it in 2011.
welll….the issue of changing the battery was not one of skill…but one of lack of tools. which is really the more embarrassing part i suppose. considering it was literally ONE WRENCH.
The DEF heater is bad so they have to replace the tank. Online says it will run about $1000 but a coworker just had the same issue in his Dodge and they told him it would be over $2000.
Woof, hopefully your extended warranty covers it.
We’ll see. It isn’t listed in the warranty but not much for the diesel engines seems to be. The dealership seemed to think it would be but that would not be my normal luck so I am expecting to have to come up with a couple grand.
Isn’t there a word for that? I’ve heard it somewhere…when you pay an aftermarket guy to lop off the Tier IV stuff.
I am thankful the little 23 hp Yanmar diesel on my itty bitty tractor does not need to be Tier IV compliant.
I call it douchebaggery
I hate diesels
Pulling the camper, the power is awesome. I had a 3/4 ton gasser and she struggled a bit. I hate the DEF system though. I can tell I’m not getting the power I should out of the pickup.
Yeah, they’re necessary when you’re pulling something large. Our fleet managers said that they’re having LOTS of troubles with the DEF systems in their diesels, too. Our fleets are all new, we turn them every 3 years so that they remain under warranty, and they still say each truck averages 2-3 shop visits per year for issues, mainly DEF. Both Ford and Dodge, same thing (we use them because we get the best pricing from them).
I’ve had this pickup for 2 years now and haven’t had any issues until now. We go camping quite a bit and my camper is about 9000 lbs loaded so the power is needed.
Yeah, you want a diesel for that.
They said if you don’t need the pulling power, go with gas if possible. Often times, you need the diesel to be able to pull the amount of weight you’re pulling.
My pickup is rated for pulling over 10,000 pounds, & it’s a gas. I wouldn’t pull over 8,000 with it, but that’s still pretty good for a gas motor.
The emissions system in my Sprinter is very complicated. First vehicle I bought a manufacturer specific code reader for as otherwise I’d be dropping by the oh so pleasant Mercedes dealer 4x/year. Almost always a DPF regen issue. I blame Ponder.
LOL, I read this as sphincter at first and was like wait, what, why is it complicated?
I mean, that definitely sounds like something
Asswipe BMT would say lolTrust me, you don’t want to try living without a functioning anal sphincter. You may think it’s just an asshole but that asshole plays a big role in your day to day life.
An asswipe would definitely know best about the anal sphincter.
I tell ya’, Ponder could screw up a free lunch.
Roads are terrible here in the TC metro. Think we’ll close up early today here at work.
i got to work before it got too bad.
but supposed to get decently nasty, and we all know the first couple snowfalls here in the cities, people drive like IDIOTS
It seems like it always takes me a couple of snows to get my winter legs back when driving. The first snow I am like, “Whoa, kind of slick! Better keep it around 40…”
By February I am like, “Whoops, going 70. Better slow down.”
Yeah I saw several cars in the ditch on my short commute to work, took about 3x as long to get in this morning
People in that city drive like idiots year-round. It’s the one place where they drive worse than the drivers in Bismarck.
They finally opened up Victory Memorial -> Theodore Wirth Parkway so my drive is about as easy as it gets. But I imagine it’s going to get worse and worse as we approach the new 4-8 inch estimates. Only about 1 when I left this morning.
Yeah I work right off 280, right by HWY 36 and 35E, it sucked.
lol yuck, that area sucks even in good weather and low traffic times
Yeah its almost as bad as spaghetti junction over in St. Paul.
MN has a lot of bad roads. I used to drive from St Louis Park to MOA, which meant the awful 494/100/35/77 interchanges that are literally references in Civil Engineering books (so I hear) on how not to design highways.
Yeah MN DOT has zero interest in making life better for motorists, in fact their purpose is to make things worse.
My new Avulsion (thanks Lifer, for the family friendly nickname) is sweeeeet on snow and ice. Hweird that it is an upgrade over the RWD cheapo Ranger.
A rear wheel drive vehicle in the northern US is kinda useless imo. I still have no idea what kind of car you’re talking about.
kinda looks like a professor’s car, don’t it?
BTW I drove a RWD 1980 4 cyl Mustang 120 miles between Edmonton and Wainwright in a few too many snow and ice storms…plus one of my two girlfriends I dated for 4 years in college had a 5.0 Mustang…standard transmission…she didn’t even try driving it in snow, left it to me. But that Ranger is a certain kind of special…even with trac control and VSC it is a nightmare. I’m with Brad, 18 gram rear end and like a 4.35:1 rear diff.
I’d say that’s an upgrade from the Ranger as far as driving in the Winter. When I was in HS I drove a RWD f-150 with the standard H, or 3 on the tree as some call it, manual transmission. Later I drove a RWD Gran Torino with the 350 v-8 Windsor engine. Getting around in snow storms was the worst.
Shocking that it would function better than a rear wheel drive with a rear end that weighs 18 grams.
Vikes are 2.5 point favorites. They’ll cover.
Can Mitch Kramer & the Jags beat Detroilet?
Green Bay @ Chicago this week. Yuck. Go Bears. (no exclamation point)
Dalvin said that when they called his name, he and his brother had to look at a map to see where Minnesota is. LOL. Said he loves it up here, & this is his new home now. Wants to stay here a long time.
Very good person, it was awesome to hear his story. I’ll figure out how to upload these videos to YouTube. The videos & audio are horrible, I took them with my phone, but you can hear him talking. We were sitting 20 feet from the dude. I bid until his helmet hit $2,500, it wasn’t even close to enough. I think it went for over $5,000.
It is very cool to meet someone that is so good at what he does, and is still humble.
Glad he likes MN, even with SNOWMAGEDDON today.
You guys getting blasted? We got ours a couple weeks ago, we aren’t getting anything this week.
We are supposed to get 2-4 inches in SW MN today with the possibility of some ice and blowing.
That’s doable.
Oh, just a dusting then. Not bad.
We have 4 inches so far. Snowing until around 9 pm.
Just got an update, Winter Storm Warning and 5-8 inches in the metro area. Very thankful for my 5.5 mile commute entirely on back roads today
Too bad you didn’t have some Skoloholics gear to rock while you were there and get him to ask about it and then throw a plug out for ya in an interview.
I didn’t get to interview him, unfortunately. Sat 20 feet from him, though.
He would have seen the sweet logo and had to ask you about it. Maybe even ordered a t-shirt for himself. Next time.
Talked to some marketing folks yesterday, friends of Skoldiers. We’re going to put together a merchandise room at some point, hopefully soon. It’s all coming together.
Awesome. And glad the Dalvin thing was good and he didn’t turn out to be a complete jerk and just there because somebody paid him to.
Got to meet two Vikings now, Dalvin & Diggs. Both were very good dudes. I’d say Dalvin is more humble,
Diggs was a funny dude, confident but not cocky. Met him when he went & visited families at the Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis back in 2016 or so.
Skolly has friends?
Sounds like it was a good time and an interesting guy.
Still totally needs a haircut, though…
Really good dude. Talked a lot about his faith. He said that faith and comradery among believers in the locker room was “renewed” this year under KOC. He said it had kinda died the last couple years. Sad to hear that, I like Zimmer, but it sounds like he’d become pretty toxic in the last couple years. Dalvin didn’t say anything directly, but you could read between the lines. The guys he mentioned by name were AT, Cousins, & CJ Ham, especially Ham. Said Ham was the first guy to come see him after his dad died a couple years back. Sounds like the locker room is very close now. Also said they’re gonna win it all this year (which is what you expect him to say, I get it).
Zimmer made me loathe watching football the last two seasons. I can separate the person from the coach, so I wouldn’t actually spit on Zimmer in public or anything, but I watched less football in the last few years than ever. Even this year, I’ve only seen one complete Vikings game. Zimmer, plus all of the politics, really make me check out.
I am a doomer at heart, but I have some optimism that the Vikings are on a better track. I can see a possible playoff win. It depends how the chips fall. Lots of things can happen yet, and you never know how injuries can affect us and other teams. If the right variables come together, things can still get more interesting.
Just get into the playoffs. If you get hot at the right time, who knows? I always bring up the 2007 & 2011 Giants.
I wish they’d stop immersing politics into football, too. I watch football as an escape from reality, I don’t need to have it shoved into my face every time I watch a game.
FWIW Brad when I try to watch the video in the words up top TooYube tells me it is private and cannot be viewed.
@Tell me you didn’t mix the Dalvin feed with your sex tape@
Yeah, I have to figure out a way to upload the video. It’s a quite large file, so I may have to do it in segments. I think I’m going to do a post about the event, so I’ll hopefully have some of the video on there, or at least some snippets.
It was really cool to hear him talk, my respect for the man grew a lot last night.
I’m glad to hear it. Now I feel bad with my private thoughts that the Vikings should cut bait with him this offseason.
For all you soccer haters, today would be a good day to man up and become a patriot as the US faces Iran in a World Cup elimination game this afternoon (1PM CST). It’s win or go home for the good guys in a highly politicized match against an “old enemy” for whom there’s sure to be a lot of local support behind them in Katar.
So put aside your round ball bias and cheer for the good ol’ U, S of A!!!!
Can I cheer for them without watching?
Just put it on if you are in the mood for a good afternoon safety nap. You can get a solid hour or two nap in and wake up before the game is over and likely miss very little.
Solid plan. I’ve never been able to nap, maybe this will help.
Babylon Bee just did an article about a soccer team running up the score. The final was 2 to 0….funny stuff.
BB autorec
You can but it’s not recommended.
I have an excuse, though. I’m at work & we don’t have a TV. Well, I suppose there’s one up in the break/snack room, but that’s upstairs. I can walk by & check it out if I go grab an apple.
I don’t understand all the rules but have been watching more. I still make jokes about how fun is 90 minute game that ends in a 0-0 tie… It is exciting though. haha
I will watch a bit, only because the effing reporters from EEE-RON are jerkface asshats.
I watched them try and grill the US coach.
Hate them all. And the stupid place they live.
Only one thing I like about Iran.
The Iron Shiek?
Yes, he was fantastic as the anti-american on wwf and he’s hilarious
He’s a great follow on Twitter.
Soccer sucks and I will never watch it, but its like the olympics, no matter how boring or silly the sport I will always cheer for USA
Wait, the Olympics have started? I thought it was that dumb World Cup thing that lasts for 6 years.
Isn’t the world cup part of the olympics?
Just saw this headline, jeepers
Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup ‘between 400 and 500’
Good grief. Ban soccer.
I saw something about that as well, how the hell are people dying from soccer?
Boredom?
I’d rather just take a kick in the nuts than watch it
They built something like a couple hundred billion dollars of infrastructure (stadiums, metro transportation, etc) to host this World Cup. That’s where the people died.
That’s not a good one.
Damn! Lacerated kidney?
That’s in my wheelhouse.
Happy Birthday, Anna Faris! I think she is adorable.
ehh disagree
Oh she and Mila Kunis are straight smoke show girl next door I’d destroy that material.
Never heard of her.
Little smile to start your day…..
He better save that for a SB appearance. Dont blow that on a regular season game against the Jets
We have the best long snapper in the league folks…..it’s the other end of that process that’s broken.
Ahhhh, remember Daniel Carlson? The one Zim wouldn’t say one good thing about and cut, look at his career stats, he could and should still be a Viking!
@but then we wouldn’t have Joseph@
correct! and then we would have a top 5 kicker to go along with our best long snapper and awesome punter….wouldn’t it be grand!
The selective memory about Carlson is always funny to me.
I’ll admit it, I wanted them to cut him, too. I was dumb. I can admit when I’m wrong.
He looked bad all pre-season and then missed 3/4 including multiple would-be game winners against our biggest rival.
I don’t think Zimmer helped matters, but are you really going to keep rolling with a shaky rookie who basically everyone hated immediately?
I’m firmly of the opinion that he’s a different kicker because we cut him. Kind of like Buddy Ryan cutting CC because of the drug issues.
Yes, he has said as much and said a year or two ago in an interview that getting cut was the best thing for him and saved his career.
He’s a different kicker because Oakland had a ST coordinator who legitimately understands kickers and fixed some mechanical issues and the Vikings did not.
That too. It’s crazy to me how little the NFL understands how to train the mental side of kickers and how little effort most teams put into that.
Justin Tucker is by far the best kicker in the history of the NFL and he’s been pretty open about how he got to that point.
Even that 67 yarder he doinked on Sunday was essentially perfect. Started on the right hash and he kicked it straight to not make it any longer than he needed to by adding lateral distance.
Yeah, I think the Vikings ST coordinator that year was Priefer or maybe that doofus Maloof, either way neither was good at dealing with kickers. Speaking of Priefer, wonder if revenge4kluwe will ever make his way over here.
I think it was Mr. Nuke It ’till It Glows
3 of our division picking top 10… with the lolions picking again soon after.
Yeah those Loins just wait they’re gonna be….yeah wrong again.
i don’t know what it would be like to be that high in the draft.
every year.
Just waiting for that breakout.zz
…and this illustrates my nightmare come to life. FTP picking in the top 10, with a good QB class. Please, Odin, I beg you. Do not let them trip and fall into yet another HOF QB.
I’m hoping they choose a Manziel.
Oh please, yes to this.
I think this QB class is not as good as everyone thinks, Ohio has yet to produce a good QB in forever and most completely suck so I doubt Stroud ends up being elite, he just shit the bed in a huge game against Michigan. The kid from Alabama is a stick and short and runs a lot, I don’t see him playing 17 games a season. Levis from Kentucky is inconsistent but has size, arm talent, and running ability, closest thing to a Josh Allen type in the draft. The super awesome allegedly generational QB group from 2020 is pretty underwhelming, Lawrence looks much improved this year and like he’ll be good, but not super close to the highest graded QB since Luck that he’s supposed to be. Wilson just got benched because he sucks, Lance sucked before getting injured. Fields is a running back playing QB because he sucks throwing and of course got injured. Jones is pretty meh, though he did just drop about 400 yards on the terrible Vikings secondary.
Gm
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