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In the theater? The Happening. Saw it at a dollar theater in Augusta. Knew little about it, but wound up enjoying how stupid it was.

I had a GF who raved about Premonition, some Sandra Bullock movie. We went to Blockbuster to rent it, and my GF decided to buy a used copy; the guy behind the counter actually asked us if we were sure.

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don't mean this is a disrespectful way, but I am curious what do South Carolina fans expect based on their budget and program?

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This is a fair question. Truthfully, SC should be perpetually 7-5/8-4 with a playoff appearance every graduating cycle or so. When the stars align and the schedule permits, a 10-2 season is the likely ceiling.

Going 4-8 is unacceptable given the resources the program has. I really don't think that's unrealistic or a stretch. Will SC truly be in the hunt for an SEC title year-in/year-out? No. But comparisons to Ole Miss' recent run or Mizzou under Drinkwitz isn't outside of the question. SC has more going for it overall than Ole Miss does (resources, population, budget, facilities), and is comparable to Mizzou, albeit Mizzou doesn't share the state with another program.

In reality, Beamer is *close* to this. 2022 and 2024 shows it can be done. But as a "CEO" style coach, Beamer's success ultimately depends on assistants - not dissimilar from Dabo. Where they differ is that Beamer shows more loyalty than Dabo did, and that has bit him in the arse. Many of us think Beamer has the right crew this year, which is why we have a degree of expectation. If he doesn't have a strong year, he's never going to get it done.

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Barring a scandal happening elsewhere or someone just completely tanking, SC should easily be one of the most appealing open jobs if it comes open.

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SC is an appealing job in a vacuum, yes. It has resources. It has a great fanbase, and wonderful facilities. Talent-rich state/location.

But let's say that Wisconsin fires Fickel. Head to head, which is the better job? Michigan State is in a similar vein.

I'm a Carolina alum. Love the program, the school, and the state. But it has its challenges, and one of them being that it has never won large/consistently. Fits and starts, but never year over year.

The next coach hired at SC who leaves for a bigger job will be the first.

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Well there is this tricky fact that Germany invaded France and Belgium before ever attacking the Russians

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Hottest take: both France and Belgium would be in better shape today had they not been "liberated."

Sisyphus is a Carolina fan.

They'll do what they always do. Win a game or two they they shouldn't, put the fear of God into two others, and lose three that makes no sense to anyone.

7-5.

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Also some bozo saying we’d have been better off fighting alongside Hitler against the Soviets…. Theres quite literally more options than either being Fascist or Communist.

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Said bozo checking in. It's not that there weren't other options. It's that we, the Americans, actually joined up with the GD communists. We didn't fight a third side, or a different option. We chose X. We should have chosen Y. Even Churchill was concerned about how much sucking up to Stalin FDR did, and how much FDR revered Stalin- whose bodycount dwarfed anything the Nazis ever dreamed about.

Communism is objectively worse than Fascism, both in terms of sheer body count of dead, and ruinous consequences to the European continent.

We picked the wrong side.

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However, the modern U.S. overdose crisis is dominated by synthetic fentanyl, which does not require poppies at all. So even if Afghanistan's fields had been wiped out, it's quite possible that traffickers would eventually have shifted toward fentanyl anyway because it is cheaper, more potent, and easier to manufacture and transport.

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There's no need/market for Fentanyl (synthetic or otherwise) without an opioid crisis that gets large swaths of the country hooked on painkillers. Heroin makes a major comeback, and fentanyl enters the lexicon directly because of pill-pushing and the addictive nature of opioids.

Which the effing Sacklers knew, and hid. They purposely targeted blue-collar folks with work injuries in Appalachia because the press DGAF about these people. In a just society, the Sacklers would be windchimes.

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JFK jr was killed so he would not get in the way of a woman who desperately wanted to be a senator.

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I've heard this argument, and I'm sympathetic to it, but I need a little more evidence to see the plot behind it. Several pilots I knew said, at the time, that JFKJr took unnecessary risks in bad weather, and many an inexperienced civil pilot has gotten themselves killed in this way.

Was it fortuitous for HillDawg that JFKjr wasn't in her way for that NY senate seat? 100% Do I think she was ultimately responsible for his death? No, but I'm open to hearing the argument.

I'm more likely to believe that the family itself was overwhelmingly cursed, and that Joe Kennedy Sr made an ugly deal with Power.

Oasis was the best, most consistent band of the 90s.

They were the soundtrack of large swaths of my life.

J Sellers really came on strong at the end of last year. He's a big loss.

Never expected J Gibson to play this year, considering his overall injury history. WR is deep(ish), but losing J Sellers is a major bummer.