MonsterRider80 t1_japgh6q wrote on March 3, 2023 at 2:37 AM

Reply to comment by WhoShotMrBoddy in Bruins sign David Pastrnak to huge 8-year contract extension by BCLetsRide69

Well there just isn’t as much money in hockey as there is in baseball, football and basketball. By the current standards, this one is definitely a blockbuster deal.

MonsterRider80 t1_japg9ig wrote on March 3, 2023 at 2:35 AM

Reply to comment by Carpetron in Bruins sign David Pastrnak to huge 8-year contract extension by BCLetsRide69

You mean like me remembering the Sedins and Luongo last year? Fml.

MonsterRider80 t1_jaazqsm wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:07 AM

Reply to comment by El_Zorro09 in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01

Where I’m from we call em shakes.

MonsterRider80 t1_ja2zhha wrote on February 26, 2023 at 1:40 PM

Reply to comment by Pogue_Mahone_ in TIL Tolkien assisted on the Oxford Dictionary's first edition, focused on 'W' words waggle to warlock. He "learned more in those two years than in any other"; and certain etymologies continued to puzzle him for years, with many pages of notes written later on 'walrus' for a lecture at Leeds by PianoCharged

The meaning could be related, but I learned it as meaning strange as in foreign, more specifically. The irony of the Anglo-Saxons calling the Welsh what amounts to “foreigners” is astounding lol

MonsterRider80 t1_j95teo4 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 1:56 PM

Reply to comment by riegspsych325 in Netflix Quietly Drops Its ‘Surprise Me’ Shuffle Button by Captain_Smartass_

So true, and this also goes for the Simpsons (of course, the good Simpsons…)

MonsterRider80 t1_j8fntwb wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:23 PM

Reply to comment by fakeitilyamakeit in Czech Republic international Jakub Jankto announces he's gay. by PrincessBananas85

It’s news because it’s pro sports. Statistically, there should be at the very least 2-3 gay players on any team in any sport. But the number of openly gay pro athletes is nowhere near that, and in many sports you don’t hear of any gay athletes. So when one decides to be open about their sexuality, it’s a big deal and should be underlined and celebrated.