pelicansfan123

I do wonder...everything is so so freaking expensive nowadays, what's going to happen in 10 years? Prices really can't keep rising at the rate they're rising now or else everything will be unaffordable.

Something has to change to get us off our current trajectory.

Normally, I would be hollering about how everything is getting worse nowadays and yada yada yada.

With that said, I just looked it up, and the one-hour flight from New Orleans to Atlanta is typically in the 423 to 472 mile range.

I don't see a world where I would take a flight 349 miles or less (as opposed to driving), let alone expect in that short time in the air that the flight attendants would be running around to deliver me snacks/drinks.

A 349-mile flight must be like 45 minutes in the air. People can wait until they land to get a snack/drink...

I haven't ever been...but as a big tennis fan, I know how this works.

Essentially, if you're going in the first week of the tournament, there are two very different experiences.

You can buy a ticket to the big stadiums, which will allow you to see the big names. But most of the matches won't be very competitive, your seats won't be good unless you pay a lot of money, but you'll get to see the names you probably recognize.

I think that the "true" Slam experience is to get an outer court pass (especially for first two rounds). You'll be RIGHT in the action, the matches will vary, but many will be super competitive, the atmospheres will be intimate and intense, and you get to really experience tennis at the highest level from SUPER close to the court. It would be an incredible experience, you just might not know the players playing (depending on your tennis background).

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Thinking fed or Nadal are on Jordan's level is wild, sorry man. It's not even close

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I'm not going to argue with you, but let me put it this way:
The biggest basketball star right now is LeBron James, right? He has 4 million followers on instagram.

Federer? 13.1 million. Nadal? 21.2 million.

NFL is MASSIVE in the US, yet Tom Brady has over 5 million less followers compared to Nadal (although he has more than Federer.

I don't think you realize how much the rest of the world cares about tennis, even if it's a small sport in the US.

Famous athletes worldwide?

You have a very American-centric list.

The answer is Messi, Ronaldo, Federer, Nadal, and then probably whoever the best cricket player is, as that's a massive sport globally.

I get it for white-collar workers.

On my in-office days, if I didn't make a conscious effort to exercise (almost) every day and if I wasn't totally motivated even on days where I didn't feel like it (where I had a long day at the office), my day would consist of:
- Walking to work
- Sitting at my desk all day, only getting up to make lunch and go to the bathroom
- Walking home

And I have the luxury of getting to walk to work, versus just sitting in a car for a commute.

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ewer upsets, higher seeds bolstered by transfers and NIL advancing with no trouble, absolute blowouts in the Elite 8 isn't a dramatically improved product.

There have been some great games, but there always has been. These last two tournaments have been very forgettable.

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This aged terribly with the UConn ending. And we did get a 9 vs 3 seed in the elite eight too. Two 1 seeds in the final four feels very normal.

This tournament has the perfect mix of two elite teams (Arizona, Michigan), some chaos that got a 9 vs 3, but that game still felt high quality and was back-and-forth until the final four minutes, and then an epic all-timer.

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He hasn’t walked the walk but he definitely talks the talk aka a bullshitter.

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Well he flipped the vote from himself to Charlie while keeping his idol...if that's not walking the walk, I don't know what is.

Come on y'all...y'all might not like him, but be objective.

It's so ridiculous that Zac Brown has more confessionals than Tiffany on this season so far.

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Am I the only one who can't stand they stay on this same lame arse island for many seasons now? Part of the charm of the show was different hardship, bounty and adaptation to unknown places. It's cookie cutter challenge obstacles now that barely change at all. And almost zero foraging and fishing anymore.

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I think the biggest issues with the show are: not moving locations, not having it be 39 days anymore (or at least a full month where you really feel like the players are having to survive out there), not having themed seasons anymore (and this lame "hands of the fans" I'm not counting), and the lack of diversity in life experience amongst the contestants.

I think they've made a push for more diversity which I think is great. But, you don't have people from all walks of life combining on the same island for a social experiment anymore. It's just a lot of upper-middle class, white collar people.

That felt like a weak episode, a real come-down from the excitement of season 50 premiering.

We didn't really get to see the tribe dynamics of 2 of the 3 tribes play out before the early tribe swap because only one tribe went to tribal council. Q did a great job of building an alliance/trust on his original tribe and got swapped without even going to a tribal council to a different tribe that just so happened to have three D vs G people that might or might not have had a pregame alliance.

Too much Emily Flippen and Charlie/Rizo too. I think most of us are watching this season for Coach, Ozzie, Cirie, Colby, etc.. We're not here to watch Emily Flippen, who shouldn't have been on this season in the first place, fumble her way through the pre-merge.

Q going home also just brought down the entertainment value of the rest of the season big time.