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GonadTheBallbarian
Jul 23, 2007


oh poo poo his logo is erect it means business

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Blowjob Overtime
Apr 6, 2008

Steeeeriiiiiiiiike twooooooo!

At that size it is very difficult for my brain to parse that logo as anything except the space ship from Galaga.

GonadTheBallbarian
Jul 23, 2007


Lt. Frank Drebin posted:

At that size it is very difficult for my brain to parse that logo as anything except the space ship from Galaga.

aperion
May 15, 2007

i want to believe
Grimey Drawer

so this is how the world ends

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007



hahahaha

Beard Yawn
Apr 11, 2011

You would make a good Dalek.

The only thing that could make this better is if the ships were little PFT logos.

Raku
Nov 7, 2012

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Roll Tide

Beard Yawn posted:

The only thing that could make this better is if the ships were little Zack Mettenburgers.

Blowjob Overtime
Apr 6, 2008

Steeeeriiiiiiiiike twooooooo!

Yeah, that gif is ripe for further changes. It's too bad that o-linemen generally aren't very recognizable since they are usually the ones actually being clowned by JJ, but AFC:S QB's would work great, too.

GonadTheBallbarian
Jul 23, 2007


Beard Yawn posted:

The only thing that could make this better is if the ships were little PFT logos.

Lt. Frank Drebin posted:

Yeah, that gif is ripe for further changes. It's too bad that o-linemen generally aren't very recognizable since they are usually the ones actually being clowned by JJ, but AFC:S QB's would work great, too.

hmmm... lemme try my hand at this

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


holy poo poo

Vertical Lime
Dec 11, 2004

https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/745979426769375232

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

pft has a crush on JJ Watt, that's pretty cute.

Anals of History
Jul 29, 2003

Brocialist posted:

hmmm... lemme try my hand at this



The humblest, hardest-working gif

WHOOPS
Nov 6, 2009

Florio is clueless

quote:

Those of you how pay attention to Twitter (and plenty of you who don’t) possibly have paid attention by now to the squabble that emerged after the latest effort by Texans defensive end J.J. Watt to get people to pay attention to him.
...
It was the kind of circumstance that falls within the confines of an article I wrote in April, regarding Watt’s overall view on social media. In a nutshell, his position is: “Look at me, unless you don’t like what you see. If that’s the case, what are you looking at?”
...
Watt’s not objecting to the fact that I saw his latest attempt to make a given topic all about him, while also showing off his pecs, delts, lats, abs, bis, and/or tris to the world. He’s objecting to the fact that I reacted to it in a way he didn’t like. And that’s where he continues to be deliberately obtuse about social media.
...
He’s basically (and clumsily) looking for an exemption from any and all criticism for what he posts. And that would be a great thing to have. I’ve said plenty of arguably (and actually) dumb things on Twitter over the years. Would I have preferred that those who justifiably criticized me had simply not looked at what I said? Hell yes.
...
Watt doesn’t want that. He wants only the praise, and none of the criticism, for anything and everything he says and does on Twitter and other social media. And if he doesn’t want people to react negatively or skeptically to what he’s doing, he probably should stop using social media.

The irony is deafening.

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.
I think Watt can be a tone-deaf cracker sometimes, but this is one case where his original tweet was kind of funny and Florio is just a clown.

Ostentatious
Sep 29, 2010

what must it be like

to be a loveless humorless sportswriter

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.
The worst sports journalists are the ones who imagine they are as important to the narrative and culture of sports as the athletes themselves and fail to realize they are vermin nibbling at the droppings of their betters

Dr_Strangelove
Dec 16, 2003

Mein Fuhrer! THEY WON!

Anals of History posted:

The humblest, hardest-working gif

that GIF trained for months in a secluded cabin for this day

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Mel Mudkiper posted:

The worst sports journalists are the ones who imagine they are as important to the narrative and culture of sports as the athletes themselves and fail to realize they are vermin nibbling at the droppings of their betters

So they're like literary critics?

GonadTheBallbarian
Jul 23, 2007


Dr_Strangelove posted:

that GIF trained for months in a secluded cabin for this dayminutes in Bro's weed and sadness-reeking office

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Chichevache posted:

So they're like literary critics?

Michiko Kakutani doesn't imagine she makes great novels relevant

Amy Pole Her
Jun 17, 2002
Dude I'll have you know players answer to Front Offices

Who do Front Offices answer to? Omar.

Checkmate

twerking on the railroad
Jun 23, 2007

Get on my level
Jake Plummer: The NFL needs to embrace marijuana as a pain-reliever

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Someone needs to name a strain "Jake the Snake" in his honor.

midwat
May 6, 2007

Chichevache posted:

Someone needs to name a strain "Jake the Snake" in his honor.

Maybe a vape juice? "Liquid Plummer"?

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

midwat posted:

Maybe a vape juice? "Liquid Plummer"?

Snake Your Drain


And just vaguely related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWAct9PZ2fA

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it
The website I write for is joining NESN as an affiliate :stonk:


*prepares hot hot Tom Brady Did Nothing Wrong takes*

GonadTheBallbarian
Jul 23, 2007


Spoeank posted:

The website I write for is joining NESN as an affiliate :stonk:


*prepares hot hot Tom Brady Did Nothing Wrong takes*

Welcome to the family.

Collect your moxie, townie uniform (backwards hat, basketball shorts, Celtics jersey, sandals) and fickle hometeam loyalty to the right. Deposit shame to the left.

Chichevache
Feb 17, 2010

One of the funniest posters in GIP.

Just not intentionally.

Brocialist posted:

Welcome to the family.

Collect your moxie, townie uniform (backwards hat, basketball shorts, Celtics jersey, sandals) and fickle hometeam loyalty to the right. Deposit shame to the left.

Wait, I can get Moxie if I cheer for Boston? *screen wipes out and then in. I am wearing a Larry Bird jersey*

Ehud
Sep 19, 2003

football.

https://twitter.com/schadjoe/status/759135085811687424

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
In other beat writer news, Tania Ganguli is leaving ESPN to cover the NBA for the LA Times.

swickles
Aug 21, 2006

I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just some QB that I used to know

Isn't that like a step down for him?

Ehud
Sep 19, 2003

football.

swickles posted:

Isn't that like a step down for him?

That's what I was thinking

He said he loves the NFL though and I guess this is "in the trenches" as it gets.

No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

Benne posted:

In other beat writer news, Tania Ganguli is leaving ESPN to cover the NBA for the LA Times.

That's too bad she was decent

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

c-spam cannot afford



Isn't this indicative of more troubles on the rise at ESPN? I know they're bleeding talent and losing money.

Neil Armbong
Jan 16, 2004

If anybody wants to see, there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.
Pillbug

Mr. Nice! posted:

Isn't this indicative of more troubles on the rise at ESPN? I know they're bleeding talent and losing money.

Yeah, I assume it's more cost cutting.

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it
ESPN is going to keep cost cutting until the network is SAS screaming into a mirror

v2vian man
Sep 1, 2007

Only question I
ever thought was hard
was do I like Kirk
or do I like Picard?

Mr. Nice! posted:

Isn't this indicative of more troubles on the rise at ESPN? I know they're bleeding talent and losing money.

I'll give them a token defense, I don't think it's such a bad idea to cut some of their talent. Tania Ganguli does seem to report a lot of good stuff, but maybe a lower-paid person could do the same.

As for them cutting people like Tom Jackson, I mean I don't have a TV, but if I did, I wouldn't specifically tune in to catch this or that personality. It would actually be more to avoid certain guys on other channels.

That said, they still have Berman around, and he's public enemy number one to avoid, so that strategy hasn't paid off yet

Brannock
Feb 9, 2006

by exmarx
Fallen Rib
How much are they actually paying these people? I can't imagine that paying someone $50k fewer a year offsets the drop in revenue you get with lower-quality writers, or that $50k fewer a year actually matters to a corporation that's running multiple television channels and an enormous website.

I guess the big names, the TV hosts, people like Jon Gruden, are being paid in millions of dollars. But Tania Ganguli?

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Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
Where did everybody get the idea that this was a budget cut? Tania said herself that writing for the Times was a childhood dream of hers.

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