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    Quote Quoting Mara (view post)
    Apparently, "The Corner" that "The Corner" is talking about is six blocks away from where my sister lived the first time she moved to Baltimore. (Which was really a scary neighborhood.) So, yeah, I don't think I'm watching that one.
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    Quote Quoting Grouchy (view post)
    The part that I don't understand about that is why people care.

    So he cheats on his wife. So what? He's not a politician or a school teacher. He's a golfer. Americans are such prudes.
    Tiger had millions of dollars of endorsements based on his image. I would imagine that's the biggest reason why this has been made into such a big deal.

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    I am wating for the Oregon State-Stanford basketball game to come on FSN. There has been a 12-minute delay in the Texas-Texas A&M women's basketball game while they try to figure out some replay. And they haven't switched over. Dear god, why am I being forced to watch this? There's probably about 50 people in the world that care, none of whom live in Oregon.
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    Does anyone else find Jace Hall really hard to take seriously?
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    Who?

    Very tall black/italian guy who produces movies and games. He's produced a lot of terrible stuff - everything from the video game based on Catwoman, to the video game based on Happy Feet - yet is still monumentally rich.

    Right now he's one of the lead producers on the new "V" television series.

    He has a web series called "The Jace Hall Show" which is kind of like "Entourage" but real life - him and his rich friends video taping themselves doing stuff like playing video games, crashing parties, etc.
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    Quote Quoting lemon (view post)
    Well, People care because Tiger's wife is incredibly beautiful and all the women he hooked up with were unattractive trailer trash or slightly attractive porn stars. Pretty mind boggling.
    That, and the fact that, for better or worse, he's considered a role model. Why, I donno-people idolize atheletes way too damn much.
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    Quote Quoting lemon (view post)
    Well, People care because Tiger's wife is incredibly beautiful and all the women he hooked up with were unattractive trailer trash or slightly attractive porn stars. Pretty mind boggling.

    I really don't think the attractiveness of his wife or the women matters in the least.

    Unfortunately there are some people out there (both men AND women) who will cheat no matter how beautiful, caring or perfect their spouses are. They just lack that ability to control themselves.


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    That, and the fact that, for better or worse, he's considered a role model. Why, I donno-people idolize atheletes way too damn much.
    Agreed.

    Movie stars and rap musicians are the people we should be idolizing.
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    Not sure why anyone thought Tiger was a great guy. Always seemed like a humorless dick to me.

    That said, we have got to get over this need to make public figures apologize for their sex lives. It's really silly.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Agreed.

    Movie stars and rap musicians are the people we should be idolizing.
    Heh. These days, I stick to mostly idolizing my folks, grandparents, and the occasional writer, maybe even a past president or two. But I know that everyone has their faults, and I'm realistic enough to know that you shouldn't hold anyone up on a pedestial. That's the mistake people made with Tiger Woods.
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    Quote Quoting MadMan (view post)
    Heh. These days, I stick to mostly idolizing my folks, grandparents, and the occasional writer, maybe even a past president or two. But I know that everyone has their faults, and I'm realistic enough to know that you shouldn't hold anyone up on a pedestial. That's the mistake people made with Tiger Woods.

    I don't really idolize anyone.

    I admire certain traits in people, but idolizing implies thinking someone to be better than you, and despite my very poor self image, I refuse to think anyone is a wholly better person than I am.
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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Very tall black/italian guy who produces movies and games. He's produced a lot of terrible stuff - everything from the video game based on Catwoman, to the video game based on Happy Feet - yet is still monumentally rich.

    Right now he's one of the lead producers on the new "V" television series.

    He has a web series called "The Jace Hall Show" which is kind of like "Entourage" but real life - him and his rich friends video taping themselves doing stuff like playing video games, crashing parties, etc.
    That sounds terrible, but to be honest I'm more amused by your vast proven knowledge of relatively obscure douchebags. Is this a hobby with you? :lol:
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    I was actually just reading about Matt Damon and he’s like, ‘There’s a culture of outrage.’ I’m like, ‘Well, they have a reason to be outraged.’ I think it’s a lot of dudes just being scared. They’re like, ‘What if I did something and I didn’t realize it?’ I’m like, ‘Deal with it.’
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    I think Jace Hall used to work at Monolith, that's how I know who he is. That and he was one of the few guys able to play Duke Nukem Forever and show people new footage on his show.
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    Quote Quoting number8 (view post)
    That sounds terrible, but to be honest I'm more amused by your vast proven knowledge of relatively obscure douchebags. Is this a hobby with you? :lol:

    Yes.

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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    That said, we have got to get over this need to make public figures apologize for their sex lives. It's really silly.
    Yeah, I agree completely. However, I'm sure those corporate ties play a big role in these high-profile mea culpas. If the masses feel like they've been given a sincere apology, they then can feel free to buy all those products that Tiger endorses, but with a new, guilt-free conscience! Or something along those lines. (did you notice the teary-eyed Nike rep next to Tiger's mom in the front row?) You don't think that a similar scenario, involving, say, a latter-day media cancer like Barry Bonds, would ever take place unless there were large sums of money involved, do you?

    Not that I'm casting doubts on Tiger's sincerity. Or his Buddhist faith. I'm just sayin'.

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Yes.

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    Awesome!

    I'm totally gonna buy that and put up pictures of MatchCut posters.

    Especially KF. But ESPECIALLY bac0n.
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    I personally think that a lot of the interest in Tiger's dalliances is because they sorta shatter this image that people like to have of professional golfers - that they aspire to a higher standard of behavior than, say, linebackers or point guards.

    Golf is, after all, a gentleman's sport.

    Anyway, another popular myth shot to hell. What's next? Curling?

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Awesome!

    I'm totally gonna buy that and put up pictures of MatchCut posters.

    Especially KF. But ESPECIALLY bac0n.
    I'm not obscure, bitch!

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)
    Awesome!

    I'm totally gonna buy that and put up pictures of MatchCut posters.

    Especially KF. But ESPECIALLY bac0n.
    KF's not obscure, bitch!
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    Quote Quoting bac0n (view post)
    KF's not obscure, bitch!
    And how is bac0n a bigger douche than me? I never would have backed him up like this!

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    I think I'm going to accept the counter offer on the house. There wasn't anything structurally wrong with the house, just a lot of little fix-it projects.

    The worst thing is that the tenants left the place a disaster. I mean, it was revolting. Piles of trash, rotting food, half-empty liquor bottles, just GROSS. They also left just about everything they own, including furniture, piles of dirty clothes, DVDs and CDs laying on the floor without cases, old video games, porn, mattresses on the floor, a credit card, blankets, two old blown television sets, etc. etc.

    Unsurprisingly, given the level of filth they were living in, the house has roaches and mice.

    So, after I get the house I'm going to budget a full two weeks to cleaning it up. With rubber gloves. And a hankerchief over my hair. And possibly a mask. And lots and lots and lots of bleach.

    Then I'm going to rip out the carpet.

    After it's clean and the carpet is gone, I'll have the place sprayed to try and get rid of the bugs.

    Then, new carpet and paint, the fix-it projects I can do myself, and the ones that I'll probably need to contract out. (I know a number of reliable handymen from my work.)

    I'm thinking probably 2-3 months before I can start moving my stuff in. Possibly longer. That's okay, though-- I'd have a HOUSE! And, frankly, it's going to be damn cute once I get it fixed up.
    ...and the milk's in me.

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    Also found about twenty adorable little shops in the surrounding area that look amazing.

    Including this: http://cantongames.com/

    It's a board game shop. How cool is that?
    ...and the milk's in me.

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    Yo wassup you panzy ass bitches. This is KF and bac0n in the hiz-house. You probably know us better as the guys who double-teamed your mother. SNOOCH.

    We're up to our fuckin' necks in chicks, yo. I eat hawt bitches for breakfast lunch dinner and midnight snacks. I only drink Corona Light, 'cause I gotsta keep an eye on my perfect abs. Oh wait, you drink dark beer? Have fun gettin' laid with a beer gut motha fucka.

    Peace out homes. Word to your motha.
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