theGarnetWay

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We are in an odd era of rich dudes telling everyone something that no one wants is inevitable

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Feel like that’s pretty common in a lot of eras.
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As a West Ham guy if you hold told me a 2-2 draw @Burnley to start the season was going to happen - I wouldn't have thought it was awful. I mean, West Ham took care of Burnley in the Premier League, but as the first game of the year, on the road, against another team that is probably favored to be in the promotion battle, a draw doesn't seem that bad.

With that said, that's not how it exactly played out. West Ham dropping points giving up super late goals has plagued them for years. More wins have become draws and draws become losses due to ~80'+ goals than I care to remember. Different league, same West Ham. And quite frankly, West Ham is lucky Burnley's Flemming didn't score 4 goals by himself.

It's not a great mental start to the campaign. But I do think West Ham will do fine against most of the table.

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Started a Mad Men rewatch

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Just finished a rewatch as of yesterday.
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It had been a while since I've watched it. And yeah, like so many have said there may have been some now obvious things that I missed when I first watched it.

When it first came out when I was in high school or colleage I knew quite a few buddies that loved Draper. And I got it. Cool job. Corner office in an NYC high-rise. Rich. Beautiful wife. Handsome guy that women threw themselves at. Gets to drink at work. And to this day, he can definitely be an extremely cool character.

Years later, when Hamm was doing an interview he mentioned how much he hated the character (not playing it, just how terrible of a person Draper was). I guess I didn't really get it until a rewatch.

The amount of what would be absolutely mortifying moments for me that he went through, like throwing up a funeral, getting knocked out by a bunch of hitchhikers, embarrassing yourself at work, all the infidelity, was astounding.

But it also very much in line with his character. I didn't realize until yesterday that he preached "Forward," until the very last episode. It was a really compelling, and probably pretty accurate, character. Someone that can do terrible things that hurt a lot of people, completely forget about it, feel guilty for a very short time when their behavior is called out, but then ultimately repeat the cycle over and over again.

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Star Trek level of horror, so it’s not that bad. You’re missing out a great episode.

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This. I love a good ghost ship episode and this was easily one of my favorites.

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Waiting on radiologist to let me know about growth in my lungs

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Hey man, if it's bad news - don't forget to put your tags up:



Hey ATL - fun fact - CockyTalk once threatened to ban me for having that in my sig in what must've been ~20 years ago.
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Loved this episode as well. It felt like old school Star Trek of the captain being caught in a moral dilemma (in this case allowing one species to die to save humanity)

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Stop with the excuses and get the job done or Quit.

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Hell yeah dude. Cut a bunch of people from a single office, tell the remainder to deal with the extra workload or quit. That’ll definitely get the job done.

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minimum to leave the house are a collared shirt of some sort.

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Does it kill you to know that no one notices or cares?

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What an absolute choke by England

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If they lose this game that’s 4 straight finals or semi finals losses in major tournaments for England.

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than he did in his district.

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He didn't have a district bud.