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re: Iran's Qud Force commander: Israeli Intel asset (SIAP)
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 6/14/25 at 12:45 pm
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75% will put Israel before America.
Can you provide some hard numbers to back your claim?
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re: Iran's Qud Force commander: Israeli Intel asset (SIAP)
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 6/13/25 at 3:47 pm
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I always just assume they put Israel before America.
As someone who is (by birth) Jewish, I will always 100% put America before Israel. I don't care about Israel beyond the fact that they're killing people who would chop my (and your) head off if they could.
The whole situation in the Middle East is so screwed. Even if Israel and Iran nuked each other, I bet whoever replaced them would be fighting, as always.
Such an ignorant take.
re: How many times do you stop on a 5 hour drive?
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 6/6/25 at 10:35 am
Stop once for gas/food/bathroom and then power through.
I would prefer to only stop once on an 7-8 hour ride, but will make a quick second stop for gas again if necessary.
I would prefer to only stop once on an 7-8 hour ride, but will make a quick second stop for gas again if necessary.
re: Salaries vs inflation
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 6/1/25 at 3:15 pm
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What is the end result? We all know prices never come down. How will a young family in their 20s make it work. Add in a kid. Had a great conversation on the golf course this morning with a fine young man (23). The economy has to crash at some stage. I get it now.
I get a measly "cost of living raise" every year which doesn't come close to accounting for the ridiculous prices in the city where I'm employed.
Not to mention my company is taking away perks, increasing micromanagement, and not listening to us ground-level employees actually doing the work on a day to day basis when making decisions. In addition, the amount of administrative work I have to do has increased exponentially in the past year.
And they wonder why people are burnt out and annoyed. It's like, seriously, I know we're not supposed to talk about salaries at work, but especially in 2025, I'm not getting paid enough to deal with this crap.
re: Oklahoma City vs Indiana in NBA Finals
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 6/1/25 at 1:52 pm
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This series will shatter ratings. 2 top markets with a lot of history between the teams. NBA execs must love this.
As fans, why do we freaking care what NBA execs think?
Let's be real, this is a way more entertaining matchup than having the Knicks in it. If you actually like basketball, you're going to love this matchup.
But I'm sure there will be threads about low ratings because it's "cool" to crap on the NBA nowadays. The Knicks are a horrible team to watch compared to the Pacers or Thunder.
re: Anyone else hate how much stupid tech they put in vehicles now?
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/31/25 at 10:19 pm
The "screen" on the inside of my car has technical difficulties and i figure it will be too expensive to try to fix.
I don't need all of this useless technology. All it does is create issues.
I don't need all of this useless technology. All it does is create issues.
re: Are you good with going in a restuarant right before it’s scheduled to close?
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/31/25 at 12:38 pm
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If you've ever worked in a restaurant, or if your friend ever thought in that sense, he would NOT do it. It's an unspoken rule that it delays what most of them want to do, especially the kitchen--to go home!
The people who do who tip extra, I think that's also more tolerable.
I often say that everyone should work in some customer service position at some point to understand how some people treat you and then it can positively affect how you treat others when you're the customer.
Whether it's rideshare, retail, working at a restaurant, hotel, etc. when you're all of a sudden the one who is having to stay late or getting yelled at over something you have no control over, you all of a sudden have an appreciation for what others working those jobs have to deal with and treat them nicer.
I think sometimes you can forget that the rideshare driver, or waitress, or checkout person at Target is a real person with a life, just like you.
re: 2025 French Open - Men’s Final - Sinner (1) v. Alcaraz (2).
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/30/25 at 5:10 pm
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Why do I really not like Holger Rune?? Watched him straight set the Argentine Olivieri in Philippe-Chatrier in 2023 RG, but really just seems like a cad to me. Anyways, not that anyone cares but mini-rant over. Hope Musetti gets him in the next round. Much more interesting game and more fun to watch, if you ask me.
Rune is good for the sport even if I don't love him, personally. He brings personality and a level of sass that is missing in tennis. Rune annoys me though when he is always making excuses for when he loses.
Never thought I would see my man Olivieri getting a shoutout on Tiger Droppings, though!
re: Do some people just have zero situational awareness
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/29/25 at 7:59 am
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They're probably lonely.
This is definitely at least part of it. We have a loneliness epidemic in this country.
Everyone is so tethered to their technology that a lot of people are lacking socialization and trying to find it wherever they can.
re: Shaq pursuing another degree at LSU
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/26/25 at 7:26 pm
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Adding sports psychologist to the list
Life long learner
Always nice to see athletes who understand the value of education. In the NIL era, I think that is somewhat getting lost.
re: Regionals are ESPN+ not SECN+
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/26/25 at 4:52 pm
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So unless your team’s game is on SECN or one of the ESPN’s, you’ll need a separate ESPN+ subscription.
I can't stand ESPN+ and refuse to buy it. Remember when having an ESPN subscription was enough and everything was on ESPN3? Whatever happened to that?
Absurd to watch what's essentially the playoffs we have to have some stupid subscription service.
re: Is anybody else tired of hearing about Gaza?
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/26/25 at 4:37 pm
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The whole thing in Gaza can be summed up as "War is terrible. Wow, what a shocking revelation."
And that's why Gaza's elected government shouldn't have started a war that they have exactly zero chance of winning.
It's one of those things where I know Hamas would chop my head off if they could, so I cared for a while. However, at this point it's just like, there's never going to be peace in the Middle East. If people weren't fighting about this, they'd be fighting about something else.
Honestly, I've checked out of that and just politics in general. It has very little effect on my day to day life.
re: LSU baseball's first opponent this year...
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 4:00 pm
NIL is just completely out of control and having these type of rough downstream effects.
I totally think players of revenue sports deserved a bit more than what they were getting. With that said, it just feels like we've completely jumped the shark here.
And I never understood why in the past some people made it seem like the value of a college education was basically nothing. While their peers paid, often, thousands upon thousands of dollars for a degree, student-athletes get a free education, room, board, tutoring, connections not to mention the coaching/training facilities where they can prepare to go to the next level, if possible.
Yet, you would think that was nothing based on what people used to say and I think it's this attitude that helped lead to this out-of-control mess.
I totally think players of revenue sports deserved a bit more than what they were getting. With that said, it just feels like we've completely jumped the shark here.
And I never understood why in the past some people made it seem like the value of a college education was basically nothing. While their peers paid, often, thousands upon thousands of dollars for a degree, student-athletes get a free education, room, board, tutoring, connections not to mention the coaching/training facilities where they can prepare to go to the next level, if possible.
Yet, you would think that was nothing based on what people used to say and I think it's this attitude that helped lead to this out-of-control mess.
re: Nadal farewell ceremony at Roland Garros was an absolute nut kick
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 3:59 pm
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Who is there to fill the void?
Alcaraz, who is fun, but much more inconsistent than the Big 3, week to week.
And then there's Sinner, who is World No. 1. Sinner was caught doping and, long story, but it certainly seems to outsiders that he was given extremely preferential treatment and only received a three-month ban. The story was that somehow, "by mistake," his trainer was using a steroid in an open wound on his hand and he massaged Sinner. Sounds real believable, huh?
So we have two high-level players who are far better than the rest of the field. One of them is just much more inconsistent than the Big 3 and the other engrossed in (deserved) controversy.
re: Nadal farewell ceremony at Roland Garros was an absolute nut kick
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 3:51 pm
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Didn't realize he was actually friends with Fed and Joker
You think they'd be enemies
I think he's closer to Federer than he is Djokovic/Murray because they go way back. My guess is he likes Djokovic the least.
I think at first they were huge rivals, but as they aged, they grew to appreciate what each other did for the sport.
re: Nadal farewell ceremony at Roland Garros was an absolute nut kick
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 3:49 pm
As a long-time hardcore tennis fan who grew up watching the Big 3 go at each other's throat for years and years. I found myself tearing up watching this.
I still love tennis, but the level and intensity of the Big 3 just isn't there anymore.
For anyone who wants to see tennis at the highest level, check out Djokovic-Nadal in the Madrid semifinal: LINK
We all know Federer-Nadal at Wimbledon in 2008 was unbelievable (even if I'm a Fedfan), but this match doesn't get talked about a lot because it wasn't a Major, but man, the level was insane. Gonna miss these type of matches...
I still love tennis, but the level and intensity of the Big 3 just isn't there anymore.
For anyone who wants to see tennis at the highest level, check out Djokovic-Nadal in the Madrid semifinal: LINK
We all know Federer-Nadal at Wimbledon in 2008 was unbelievable (even if I'm a Fedfan), but this match doesn't get talked about a lot because it wasn't a Major, but man, the level was insane. Gonna miss these type of matches...
re: SEC Baseball Tournament Champions - Vanderbilt Commodores!!
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 12:31 pm
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Finished the season 6-3 against Texas, @ LSU, and Tennessee.
I agree that's impressive.
But you can't simultaneously say Tennessee at home is a good series win for y'all while counting them as part of the "bottom" teams that Vanderbilt played to close out the year (and Vanderbilt had to play at Tennessee).
re: SEC Baseball Tournament Champions - Vanderbilt Commodores!!
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 12:26 pm
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I’m not saying they don’t deserve a top 8 seed…but to have them seeded above Texas, LSU, or Arkansas isn’t justified IMO.
I don't think they should be above Texas or Arkansas either.
But if they were so inconsistent, then they wouldn't have won four of their last five series and 11 of their last 15 SEC games.
re: SEC Baseball Tournament Champions - Vanderbilt Commodores!!
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 12:12 pm
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No thanks. Someone else can be #1 overall. Just give us a top 8 seed somewhere.
Yeah, was more just saying that I've seen a couple times now this narrative that Vanderbilt has been inconsistent. First half of the SEC season? Definitely. Second half? Not sure there's been a more consistent team out there.
re: SEC Baseball Tournament Champions - Vanderbilt Commodores!!
Posted by pelicansfan123 on 5/25/25 at 12:07 pm
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One conference tournament doesn’t and shouldn’t erase an entire regular season of inconsistency from Vandy.
I said this yesterday, but I think a lot of people are projecting first-half of SEC conference play onto the whole season.
Vanderbilt, after game two of the Oklahoma series, won game three, then won four of their next five SEC series, with their one lost series being 1-2 (they won 13-0 in their one win). This includes sweeping Georgia and Kentucky, along with winning at Tennessee.
I'm not saying they should be above Texas/Arkansas, as I don't think they should be ahead of either. However, they're not really inconsistent anymore, not sure why that's still the narrative.
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