BitBuster
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Lafayette |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | Nothing |
| Occupation: | IT |
| Number of Posts: | 1900 |
| Registered on: | 12/4/2017 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: I always feel like somebody's watching me. And I have no privacy (oh-oh, oh)
Posted by BitBuster on 7/8/26 at 2:17 pm to Mike da Tigah
Criminals have learned to steal plates.
Most people would never know if their plate had been swapped out.
Most people would never know if their plate had been swapped out.
re: Dan Wetzel blames "Travel Ball" for the lack of development of US Soccer
Posted by BitBuster on 7/8/26 at 10:20 am to real turf fan
The problem is the MLS
It is run like all other pro sports in the USA.
Europeans have a national tiered promotion-relegation system.
Soccer clubs train players.
Players move up, and get glory, fame, and money.
USA
1 Pro league
No functional lower tier leagues
No viable collegiate soccer programs due to title 9 schollys going to the other men's sports.
High School doesn't really do player development, that's supposed to happen at travel ball, or private coaches.
Middle School and Youth sports have parent coaches.
It's highly probable that 99% of players in the US have never had a coach that was paid to be a soccer coach, and only a soccer coach. - and this spans across every generation. Our players are being coached by people who were never coached, and many of those were coached by parents who never played.
The whole lack of paid coaches is a problem because of an entire lack of a tiered club system, and that's because the MLS has to protect its teams from the idea of being relegated, because if a team is relegated, it's finished.
It is run like all other pro sports in the USA.
Europeans have a national tiered promotion-relegation system.
Soccer clubs train players.
Players move up, and get glory, fame, and money.
USA
1 Pro league
No functional lower tier leagues
No viable collegiate soccer programs due to title 9 schollys going to the other men's sports.
High School doesn't really do player development, that's supposed to happen at travel ball, or private coaches.
Middle School and Youth sports have parent coaches.
It's highly probable that 99% of players in the US have never had a coach that was paid to be a soccer coach, and only a soccer coach. - and this spans across every generation. Our players are being coached by people who were never coached, and many of those were coached by parents who never played.
The whole lack of paid coaches is a problem because of an entire lack of a tiered club system, and that's because the MLS has to protect its teams from the idea of being relegated, because if a team is relegated, it's finished.
re: An interesting twist on fireworks
Posted by BitBuster on 7/3/26 at 9:27 am to Wolfhound45
Raiden was such a badass.
re: Red flags for people
Posted by BitBuster on 7/2/26 at 1:52 pm to Roughneck2020
People who throw trash out their car window, or just let it all fall out all over the parking lot whenever they get out.
Boaters sinking beer cans.
Litterers grind my gears.
Boaters sinking beer cans.
Litterers grind my gears.
They get it. They have bad teeth.
re: Let’s play a game
Posted by BitBuster on 7/1/26 at 6:20 am to Nevada_Tiger
Nic Cage as Walter White in Breaking Bad.
Was the first thing that popped into my mind and now I kind of want to see it.
"I am the one who knocks!"
Was the first thing that popped into my mind and now I kind of want to see it.
"I am the one who knocks!"
re: What is the correct pronunciation of Iberville
Posted by BitBuster on 6/30/26 at 10:26 am to DeafVallyBatnR
I've always heard the I pronounced like it is in"six". Emphasis on the first syllable. I-ber-ville
Not sure it makes sense because I prounce it Eye-ber-ville everywhere else. New EYE-beria. The EYE-berian penensuila.
Not sure it makes sense because I prounce it Eye-ber-ville everywhere else. New EYE-beria. The EYE-berian penensuila.
re: Let’s re-visit the 2016 football team
Posted by BitBuster on 6/30/26 at 9:52 am to TigerMac81
The 2012 season broke Miles.
In 2013 there was the sexual harassment investigation.
He had LSU's, and his, wins vacated from 2012-2015 because of the Vadal Alexandar scandal with the booster and children's hospital.
He hung out in limbo for a year after he was fired from LSU and got hired by hapless Kansas in Nov of 2018. Who was then fired from Kansas in 2021 because of the 2013 LSU investigation.
In 2013 there was the sexual harassment investigation.
He had LSU's, and his, wins vacated from 2012-2015 because of the Vadal Alexandar scandal with the booster and children's hospital.
He hung out in limbo for a year after he was fired from LSU and got hired by hapless Kansas in Nov of 2018. Who was then fired from Kansas in 2021 because of the 2013 LSU investigation.
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Robert Redford has only ever played Robert Redford.
That's funny, Brad Pitt has only ever played Robert Redford too.
re: How much faith do you have in customer reviews?
Posted by BitBuster on 6/30/26 at 9:26 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
Product and service reviews are the most helpful.
"This is cheap Chinese crap, but I could buy 100 of them instead of one OEM part that is just as likely to break."
"Bob was always late to the job site. The Estimate was $1000 less than the actual cost. My kindergardener could have built the fence better."
Rental reviews *can* be helpful.
"This unit is next to the elevator and ice machine. You can hear it run all night."
"There is a strip club next door."
Restaurant reviews can be helpful.
"They use generic ketchup, the fries are frozen, and the entree's are microwaved. I expect more from my bowling alley."
Book and Movie reviews are very subjective and unreliable, unless there's like 10,000 reviews and it's easier to see a consensus. Reading 1 star reviews of classics is pretty entertaining.
"This is cheap Chinese crap, but I could buy 100 of them instead of one OEM part that is just as likely to break."
"Bob was always late to the job site. The Estimate was $1000 less than the actual cost. My kindergardener could have built the fence better."
Rental reviews *can* be helpful.
"This unit is next to the elevator and ice machine. You can hear it run all night."
"There is a strip club next door."
Restaurant reviews can be helpful.
"They use generic ketchup, the fries are frozen, and the entree's are microwaved. I expect more from my bowling alley."
Book and Movie reviews are very subjective and unreliable, unless there's like 10,000 reviews and it's easier to see a consensus. Reading 1 star reviews of classics is pretty entertaining.
re: Obsession becomes highest grossing "original" film of the 2020s...
Posted by BitBuster on 6/29/26 at 6:56 pm to RollTide1987
It's streaming tomorrow, June 30th on Amazon and Apple tv. Probably a $30 new release rental.
Love him. He’s a character actor at this point tho.
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Moving their focus almost exclusively to Science, Engineering, and Business degrees. Huge push on AI training and research.
Their plan is to push their youth into fields that are square in the target of being consumed by AI and abandon all the "humanties"?
Why even be communist?
re: Companies/products you’re surprised are still in business.
Posted by BitBuster on 6/27/26 at 10:56 am to sidewalkside
Peach Cobbler Factory
re: Almost intact StuG III discovered buried in sand along German North Sea Coast
Posted by BitBuster on 6/27/26 at 9:19 am to Pepe Lepew
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Smaller mustaches
All the hard work Charlie Chaplin did making the toothbrush mustache a symbol of the lovable tramp was erased by genocidal Hitler.
Cool tank though.
re: What's the funniest movie of the 2020s so far?
Posted by BitBuster on 6/27/26 at 7:34 am to Big Chipper
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was good.
The Machine was ok.
Anaconda was ok.
Ricky Stanickey was ok.
The Machine was ok.
Anaconda was ok.
Ricky Stanickey was ok.
Finished S2. THought they did a faithful job of condensing the entirity of s2 into 7 1 hour episodes. What they cut out, they left in mentions for fan service. (e.g. Leaves on the Vine)
What they do great:
1. Condensing the story lines.
2. Special effects are top notch.
3. Understanding the emotional notes they need to hit.
4. Judee casting was amazing.
5. Long Feng casting was amazing.
6. Kyoshi Warrior Suki steals every scene she's in.
7. The voice acting sounds almost identical to the anime in many respects.
What they did good:
7. Toph was well done.
8. Saka and Kitara
9. Uncle Iroh
What needs polishing.
10. Aang's acting is distracting. This could be a Star Wars Phantom Menace young Anakin type situation.
11. Zuko's acting can be distracting at times.
???
12. Mei - Azula's knife throwing minion - in the anime she's razor thin. In the live action, they cast a larger actress. I'm having a hard time imagining Zuko's inevitable hook-up because he's scored with hotter peasants.
Netflix did a good job on this. I'm not sure how people who aren't fans of the anime take it, but I liked it. Can't wait to see S3.
What they do great:
1. Condensing the story lines.
2. Special effects are top notch.
3. Understanding the emotional notes they need to hit.
4. Judee casting was amazing.
5. Long Feng casting was amazing.
6. Kyoshi Warrior Suki steals every scene she's in.
7. The voice acting sounds almost identical to the anime in many respects.
What they did good:
7. Toph was well done.
8. Saka and Kitara
9. Uncle Iroh
What needs polishing.
10. Aang's acting is distracting. This could be a Star Wars Phantom Menace young Anakin type situation.
11. Zuko's acting can be distracting at times.
???
12. Mei - Azula's knife throwing minion - in the anime she's razor thin. In the live action, they cast a larger actress. I'm having a hard time imagining Zuko's inevitable hook-up because he's scored with hotter peasants.
Netflix did a good job on this. I'm not sure how people who aren't fans of the anime take it, but I liked it. Can't wait to see S3.
re: Sirat - Best movie I have seen in a long time
Posted by BitBuster on 6/26/26 at 8:21 pm to holdmuh keystonelite
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Maybe the most strangest, depressing and boring combo of a movie ever.
The movie did a lot of things well, but writing wasn't one of them. Was this originally a book that the director took artistic liberties? i.e. was the screenplay adapted or original? Something was shoehorned.
The producers, actors, director, cinematography guys, etc, all did amazing work. The plot was just contrived to deliver the message that life isn't fair and does unexpected shite. In the effort to deliver that message there were too many loose ends. Ends that the writer contrived to build tension. Why was there war? The whole part about the missing daughter? These were just plot devices.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone but the filmiest of film nerds. This was like an A24 movie without the big twist at the end.
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