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Just curious for those hating: do you not think the ICE scenario is a feasible scenario that has likely played out? Do you not think that dudes walking around in buffs with guns and paramilitary uniforms causes some issues with even the documented community? I get you feel attacked or something, but the scenario is pretty realistic to what I’ve personally experienced.
I guess it would be better if they had an ICE agent with a heart of gold which like nurses an immigrant detainee’s baby or something? Or maybe if the detainee went psycho and started slashing people up or raping folks or dosing them all with fentanyl. Then it would be a “more accurate” depiction of reality?
Sorry that this show is intruding on your safe space.
I guess it would be better if they had an ICE agent with a heart of gold which like nurses an immigrant detainee’s baby or something? Or maybe if the detainee went psycho and started slashing people up or raping folks or dosing them all with fentanyl. Then it would be a “more accurate” depiction of reality?
Sorry that this show is intruding on your safe space.
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re: **2025-26 ARKANSAS BASKETBALL THREAD - MARCH MADNESS EDITION**
Posted by hogfly on 3/19/26 at 9:47 am to hawgfaninc
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I'd like to see a similar highlight reel of his assists.
It appeared that the act they showed was him getting pegged. That, however, is not the “Amazon position” from what I was able to learn via Google (which is the lady basically crouched/squatted on top).
So, what they showed them engaging in was not the “Amazon position.” No idea if that was intentional and meaningful within the storyline or if the writers were just playing fast and loose with terminology for a joke.
So, what they showed them engaging in was not the “Amazon position.” No idea if that was intentional and meaningful within the storyline or if the writers were just playing fast and loose with terminology for a joke.
I don't know... I'm not caught up to E3 yet (just finished E2), but the NA team member didn't exactly come off as a "good" guy. More of a big pussy who repeatedly puts his team members at risk. And the amount of white dude bro-culture glorification would make it pretty hard to appeal to the Left. In fact, the whole thing watches like some caricature of right wing fantasy, to me (I don't think that it actually appeals to conservatives, but I think the showrunners think it does).
re: Trip Recap - Costa Rica (La Fortuna, Monteverde, and Manuel Antonio) (9 Nights) (Pictures)
Posted by hogfly on 3/17/26 at 11:35 am to TheJunction
Great trip report! We are heading to CR on Saturday for a week with another family. Looking forward to it! We'll be staying around Quepos/MA for the majority of our trip, after a couple of days mountain biking at Buen Camino Bike Park.
Have one full day inshore fly fishing trip scheduled with my son and his friend out of Quepos and a whitewater raft trip with both families another day. We were looking into a rapelling/canyoneering trip but our older son has developmental disabilities and we worry he would struggle with that one. Really hoping to hook into some rooster fish on the fly!
Have one full day inshore fly fishing trip scheduled with my son and his friend out of Quepos and a whitewater raft trip with both families another day. We were looking into a rapelling/canyoneering trip but our older son has developmental disabilities and we worry he would struggle with that one. Really hoping to hook into some rooster fish on the fly!
re: Anyone catch the premiere of Marshals on CBS tonight?
Posted by hogfly on 3/17/26 at 10:25 am to CU_Tigers4life
We watched EP2 last night... damn this is bad television. Just brainless as hell. Dealilng with the wild mustang, just bouncing out to different "jobs" without any real reconnaissance. Constant bro culture dog whistles. It's so damned bad that my wife said, "I really hate watching shows with you two" after my teenage son and I kept constantly making fun of what we were watching on the screen.
Finished Between Two Fires. Definitely a good one for grimdark fans and/or historical medieval fiction fans (set during the Black Plague).
Over halfway through King Sorrow. I don't know why I'm so drawn to book seires instead of standalones, but I've pushed this one off since it's a standalone. Anyway, it's pretty great. I stayed up until midnight pushing through a fantastic "episode" (the books divided into a sort of episodic series of events that occur periodically with the group of main characters). I was enjoying the book up until this section, and now my enjoyment has been elevated to downright loving it.
Most are probably aware of what it's about, but sort of a Secret History vibe (starts with a group of elite Ivy league kids who summon a dragon into what becomes a Faustian bargain) and then pay the price through their lives. The book then follows the group of friends (and how their deal with the dragon is playing out) over the course of their lives, focusing on specific members of the group with each "period" that the book covers. Anyway, it's a fun read so far and things just keep escalating in scope as the book progresses.
Over halfway through King Sorrow. I don't know why I'm so drawn to book seires instead of standalones, but I've pushed this one off since it's a standalone. Anyway, it's pretty great. I stayed up until midnight pushing through a fantastic "episode" (the books divided into a sort of episodic series of events that occur periodically with the group of main characters). I was enjoying the book up until this section, and now my enjoyment has been elevated to downright loving it.
Most are probably aware of what it's about, but sort of a Secret History vibe (starts with a group of elite Ivy league kids who summon a dragon into what becomes a Faustian bargain) and then pay the price through their lives. The book then follows the group of friends (and how their deal with the dragon is playing out) over the course of their lives, focusing on specific members of the group with each "period" that the book covers. Anyway, it's a fun read so far and things just keep escalating in scope as the book progresses.
My wife and I went for 6 weeks when we were younger. Stayed with her “rellies” some and backpacked and camped on our own as well. We stayed in North Queensland for the majority of our trip and enjoyed it. That being said, we were living out of backpacks and just dirtbagging it in our youth. Really different when you have kids with you.
Anyway, Cairns is a good base of operations if you like adventure style travel. Lots of tours and such operation f out of there. You can check out the Daintree (rainforest) and the Great Barrier Reef from there. We did a small eco-cruise out of, I believe, Townsville that went up to Cairns (I think). It was two nights and involved fishing and diving. Boat was pretty small and didn’t handle big seas well though.
We aren’t too into big cities, so didn’t spend much time on Sydney.
Anyway, Cairns is a good base of operations if you like adventure style travel. Lots of tours and such operation f out of there. You can check out the Daintree (rainforest) and the Great Barrier Reef from there. We did a small eco-cruise out of, I believe, Townsville that went up to Cairns (I think). It was two nights and involved fishing and diving. Boat was pretty small and didn’t handle big seas well though.
We aren’t too into big cities, so didn’t spend much time on Sydney.
With that ending, it was hard for me to tell if they were trying to create catharsis or cliffhanger. Like… is it fade to black for the cancer mom or is someone going to rush in and “hold everything”. I’m hoping it was fade to black, but it could have been done more impactfully if so.
Duke is clearly going to have lung cancer or something. It’s going to force Robbie into some kind of epiphany
Robby’s touchiness with Mohan clearly a reflection of his own panic attack issues. Doesn’t want to see that weakness in others as it forces him to think about it in himself. Definitely moving him toward another crisis.
I loved the “Shark” character. I know it’s a stereotype but it was a perfect a-hole savant surgeon portrayal.
Duke is clearly going to have lung cancer or something. It’s going to force Robbie into some kind of epiphany
Robby’s touchiness with Mohan clearly a reflection of his own panic attack issues. Doesn’t want to see that weakness in others as it forces him to think about it in himself. Definitely moving him toward another crisis.
I loved the “Shark” character. I know it’s a stereotype but it was a perfect a-hole savant surgeon portrayal.
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I am not aware of this and don't believe it either.
Agreed. I don't think that's in character with what we've seen of him so far (panic attacks notwithstanding). He's got some PTSD and issues, but nothing really screams depression or self-harm about his character.
I DO like the theory that some floated about his riding buddy who was, briefly, alluded to early in the season getting in an accident and being seen at the hospital. Robby then breaks down into panic attack mode, and Langdon has to save the friend (looking it up, he's described as Robby's "mechanic friend, Duke."). But they probably should have made a few more references to Duke if they're going that route. They've also already had a motorcyle accident victim in the ER this season, so that would be a little repetitive.
re: Dany and the Dothraki was some terrible TV
Posted by hogfly on 3/12/26 at 11:24 am to JDPndahizzy
The "A crown for a king" scene was pretty awesome from that storyline. Everything involving Viserys getting clowned in that storyline was great. Sort of went downhill from there. Jorah is a simp. The Unsullied didn't translate well to camera. There wasn't a lot of interesting stuff happening in the slave cities with the main payoff being when the dragons would wreck shite. Otherwise it was all kind of boring. The books did a better job of making that plotline interesting.
re: Dark Winds S4 on AMC
Posted by hogfly on 3/12/26 at 9:24 am to Allthatfades
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Watched the first two episodes, very strong start to the season. Better than last season imo. Show is very well done. My favorite show on right now.
Wife and I are on S3 currently on Netflix. We also really love this show. We are huge fans of the Southeast and go to Santa Fe several times a year, so that also makes it special to us. It's fun to see a lot of places we've been. Love the S2 cameo of GRRM and RR in the jail cell playing chess (though GRRM should be writing, damnit!).
re: Mobland
Posted by hogfly on 3/10/26 at 2:17 pm to Boodis Man
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Super gangster ish my brothers.
Highly recommended. Best show ive seen in a year
Very enjoyable show. Looking forward to another season.
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Loving it so far. I gotta ask……..do deaf people go to concerts?
They do, actually! At concerts, they can actually feel the vibrations of the music. The Grateful Dead had a pretty significant deaf fanbase (Deafheads, hah), and they had a whole section of the venues dedicated to them so they would enjoy the shows together and be able to sign to each other.
Here's an article about it.
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Not being able to hear the music on stage has never stopped Deaf music fans from attending and enjoying concerts. As we approach our upcoming Dead Reckoning Halloween show, we wanted to look back at the history of Deaf fans of the Grateful Dead.
Deaf Grateful Dead fans, or Deafheads as they are sometimes called, came on the scene in the 1980s at Grateful Dead shows in the Washington, DC area. This area is home to Gallaudet University, the world’s first school for the advanced education of the deaf and hard of hearing. Deafheads worked with venues, promoters, and even Grateful Dead soundman Dan Healy to establish zones with enough space for them to sign to each other and enjoy the show. In recent years, thanks to Deaf fans advocating and lobbying for greater accessibility at concerts, promoters even established a Deaf Zone at a concert at Soldier Field in Chicago.
A 2015 Wall Street Journal article by John Jurgensen details what it was like inside the Deaf Zone.
“Concert organizers had gated off on the stadium floor about 60 yards from the stage, three sign language interpreters worked in rotation, translating the meaning of songs from “China Cat Sunflower” to “Truckin.’”
A sign marking the location of the Deaf Zone at a Grateful Dead show
“Facing the audience, some of whom held balloons that helped catch the sound pulses in the air, the interpreters took turns standing on a lighted platform, moving their hands and arms with fluid messages. They glanced down at song lyrics on a tablet computer and wore headphones plugged directly into a vocal mix from the band’s soundboard. Next to the interpreter’s podium was a 55-inch video screen featuring close-up views of the musicians, allowing the Deaf Zone fans to better see their faces and, for some, to read their lips.”
Tapped out on the second book in the Children of Time series after getting about 60% through. It just wasn't doing it for me. I still recommend the first book (and it works fine as a standalone).
Started Between Two Fires. Not REALLY fantasy... but it has enough "magical" elements in it to probably fall into historical fantasy. Anyway, loving it so far. Like 30% through after starting it yesterday afternoon. Could definitely see this one being made into a movie with the actor for Sandor Clegane from GoT being the protagonist.
Started Between Two Fires. Not REALLY fantasy... but it has enough "magical" elements in it to probably fall into historical fantasy. Anyway, loving it so far. Like 30% through after starting it yesterday afternoon. Could definitely see this one being made into a movie with the actor for Sandor Clegane from GoT being the protagonist.
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Jason Bateman plays the same person in everything he’s in, but when I think about how many different movies/shows he’s been in, it’s remarkable how wide ranging that same character is.
Reminds me of some instagram account that came up in my feed whose whole schtick was Claire Danes doing mundane things and sounding like Claire Danes.
Edit: Found it. Still makes me laugh because it's so damned accurate.
re: Trailer for DTF St. Louis - starring Jason Bateman and David Harbour (HBO)
Posted by hogfly on 3/9/26 at 8:45 am to DD_Rolltide
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great episode tonight, cardilleni absolutely smoking
Really enjoying this show. And yes.. Harbour is really impressive in this role. The hip hop class and signing at the concert is just next level physical humor.
It looks like they're setting Cardilleni's character up as the new suspect in the murder. I imagine it's going to take some twists each episode with a new potential suspect or wrinkle being thrown in.
re: Trailer for DTF St. Louis - starring Jason Bateman and David Harbour (HBO)
Posted by hogfly on 3/4/26 at 4:51 pm to dallastiger55
I think someone compared it to the recent movie Friendship from A23. It definitely has that vibe and tone.
A lot of people also saying it’s similar to one of the director’s other shows, Patriot. I haven’t watched it, so don’t know. Very dark, deadpan humor mixed with suspense/mystery.
A lot of people also saying it’s similar to one of the director’s other shows, Patriot. I haven’t watched it, so don’t know. Very dark, deadpan humor mixed with suspense/mystery.
I've tried it once since they opened in Fayetteville. My impression: it was tasty, but something about the way it was put together just sort of screamed "sloppy drunk food."
re: Sturgill aka JBS leaks new album
Posted by hogfly on 3/4/26 at 7:36 am to Terbulance69
All this. Dude loves jam and groove. These songs are a platform to do that live. Don’t worry haters, Gavin Adcock is still out there to hold your safe space.
re: World War Z
Posted by hogfly on 3/3/26 at 12:03 pm to St Augustine
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I don’t know if I could disagree with an opinion more regarding a book/ movie
I’ve listened to the audiobook probably 5x. I thought the movie was absolute horseshite and didn’t deserve the same title.
Ditto.
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