War Room Lounge v123: I will powerbomb you on legos and micro machines

[Anung Un Rama]

Fucking. Kill me.

 

[Sketch]

<{ByeHomer}>

 

[axhand1e]

fun fact: I live in the great Bing Crosby’s hometown of Spokane, and he Yar’s grampa irl

Yar, same pit, different pile.

I need to go and watch Yar vs Worf again now... been a few moons

Yar can put me in her triangle anytime... well Yar back then I mean ^5

 

[axhand1e]

 

[Andy Capp]

My roommate and I kind of split cooking duties which means that we have to cook for his 4 year old in addition to his girlfriend....

I'm debating getting a pack of frozen like Cod from the store to use for my lunches every day since I am currently working from home with everything going on. I wish I could get fresh but right now I can't really afford it/store it easily unless I go to the store every day to buy something.

Dude, Japanese people typically shop really frequently so just go with it. A meal we often have is raw tuna sliced up over rice with a generous amount of salmon roe on top and a side seaweed salad. I could eat that every day, almost. Anyway, if you can manage it you should eat well.

 

[sickc0d3r]

I love the thudding contact of these crowdless fights.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Damn, Micheal Johnson looking on point right now.

This post aged poorly. Just saw an ESPN highlight of Micheal Johnson getting submitted by a belly down straight ankle lock

So if he started hot and then lost in a wtf fashion, definitely a sign there’s some normalcy returning to this world

 

[Fawlty]

I love the thudding contact of these crowdless fights.

I love the thudding contact of the stools being put in the corner and the crinkle-crush of the ice pack. Wait, no I don't. But it's still pretty neat, a nice change now and then.

 

[sickc0d3r]

This post aged poorly. Just saw an ESPN highlight of Micheal Johnson getting submitted by a belly down straight ankle lock

So if he started hot and then lost in a wtf fashion, definitely a sign there’s some normalcy returning to this world

Yeah, no shit, lol. Like 20 seconds after I posted that he was tapping. He was piecing the dude up in The first round, then got taken down and subbed out of the gate in the second.

 

[weed]

This post aged poorly. Just saw an ESPN highlight of Micheal Johnson getting submitted by a belly down straight ankle lock

So if he started hot and then lost in a wtf fashion, definitely a sign there’s some normalcy returning to this world

that hook was beautiful though. always happy to see them executed, especially when it isn't a long walk to get there.

 

[axhand1e]

Stuff of OT legend right there bud.

 

[Fawlty]

Borg's hands looking nice tonight. This guy he's fighting must suck.

 

[sickc0d3r]

I love the thudding contact of the stools being put in the corner and the crinkle-crush of the ice pack. Wait, no I don't. But it's still pretty neat, a nice change now and then.

You ever watch Giada on the food network? What you said reminds me of her show because you can hear, like, the deafening sound of mixing ricotta and eggs with a spoon. It’s unappealing. I haven’t noticed the corner noises in the fights, though. During the action I definitely like it.

 

[axhand1e]

what’s funny is I am totally an OTer now, but back when I made that thread I hadnt discovered the OT yet...

when I finally did find my way there, imagine how much shit I got for that thread... I was pwned BEYOND bolivian on multiple boards for ye... well I still get shit for it lolz...






and deservedly so imho ^5 @irish_thug

 

[sickc0d3r]

Dober is up next I think, let’s go!

 

[axhand1e]

lolz... dont mind me here bros I forgot how to quote people momentarily is all!

 

[Possum Jenkins]

You can’t buy the kind of toughness that enables you to be shot and still finish your speech. Or overcome asthma to live a daring life without modern medicine. His wife and mother died in rapid succession before he turned 30. Resigned as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to lead the Rough Riders and become a war hero. Roosevelt overcame his fair share of hardship despite his wealth.

Yeah he had faults but he had more positive contributions than negative. I wouldn’t “cancel teddy.” He was the first Progressive, anti-trust, regulation of food and drugs, made conservation a priority as probably the first environmentalist President, was pro-labor, prosecuted government misconduct. Even though he was somewhat expansionist, in other areas of foreign policy he was quite good; he won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the treaty to end the Russo-Japanese war. He brokered peace between France and Germany as well. He wasn’t terrible in racial issues either; he angered the south by inviting Booker T Washington for lunch and met with him continually, he pressured the mayor of San Francisco to end segregation of Asian students in public schools there. That’s all just in his first term.

There’s lots of reasons why he’s widely regarded as one of our greatest presidents. (Yes I’ve read a biography on him lmao)

TR's tough guy image was the result of a huge PR campaign... carried out by him. He was his own publicist, more or less. I mean, he commissioned a fake ass painting of him valiantly leading the charge in an imperialist, expansionist war.

Through Roosevelt’s own breathless account of the battles of San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill, published that same year, and Remington’s painting The Charge of the Rough Riders (commissioned by Roosevelt), a highly fictionalized but enduring image of the cowboy soldier was permanently lodged in the American psyche.

“In Remington’s painting, it didn’t matter that Roosevelt wasn’t really on a horse. It didn’t matter that it was the wrong group of regular army troops. It didn’t matter that it was the wrong hill. It didn’t matter that he didn’t lead the charge,” says Watts

https://www.history.com/news/teddy-roosevelt-american-manliness-rough-riders

I read this book in grad school and there is a whole chapter dedicated to ol' Teddy

Like the History Channel article notes, the guy had a strange mix of racial and gender anxiety. He was obsessed with manliness and conquest, so he constantly argued for US expansionism on the grounds that the civilized white race had a duty to spread civilization throughout not just the continent but the world (Hawaii and the Philippines by this time)

He's regarded as a great president because both liberal and conservative historians see no problem with American imperialism. So the US should rule the world, they just disagree on what method is best.

His reining in of Gilded Age cunts is undoubtedly a positive though. So he gets a B- from me. Good but not great.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

So what you're saying is even with the losses it'd still be better than LeRoid's record?

Though Bron's 2016 finals performance might be the GOAT. MJ was never a giant underdog in any of his 6 finals.

 

[Possum Jenkins]

His treatment of Rodney McCray was known during his playing days.
And as great as Wilt was, he only won 2 championships, and Barkley won zero, they shouldn’t be on this list and Bird and Magic should both be higher than Lebron.

Well, I said I don't value championships as much as most people. Sometimes, individual brilliance doesn't carry over to team performance. If selfish play harms the team, then yeah, that's a minus.

Wilt's numbers are so shocking he just has to be there. Barkley was a force on two different franchises, things just didn't go his way. Everything went Tim Duncan's way, for example, but he's a lot less impressive to me individually so he's probably around 12-15.

 

[Fawlty]

You ever watch Giada on the food network? What you said reminds me of her show because you can hear, like, the deafening sound of mixing ricotta and eggs with a spoon. It’s unappealing. I haven’t noticed the corner noises in the fights, though. During the action I definitely like it.

I haven't but that sounds like it's almost as bad as mouth noises on podcasts.

The more fights I watch without crowds the more I like it though.