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This man simply does not appreciate the joy and wonder of being alive and being human.
I’m only being slightly hyperbolic when I say this man and this company are a threat to everything I love and hold dear in life.
I’m only being slightly hyperbolic when I say this man and this company are a threat to everything I love and hold dear in life.
![“And so that is first and foremost giving everybody the joys of creating music and this is a huge departure from how it is now," he continued. "It’s not really enjoyable to make music now [...] It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you need to get really good at an instrument or really good at a piece of production software. I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music.”
Interviewer Harry Stebbings followed this by asking if the scenario was comparable to running, which many people find difficult to begin with, but pursue, improve and grow to love. "Most people drop out of that pursuit because it's hard," Shulman replied. "I think that the people you know that run, this is a highly biased selection of the population that fell in love with it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:brgzzc3whw24y5w7wl3hcfhn/bafkreiej2hpxus4snifnvxxn4cb6ejqgnmpdkusix6bc2w3xbeyfxy7kku@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This man simply does not appreciate the joy and wonder of being alive and being human.
I’m only being slightly hyperbolic when I say this man and this company are a threat to everything I love and hold dear in life.
I’m only being slightly hyperbolic when I say this man and this company are a threat to everything I love and hold dear in life.
I did it!
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I did it!
It's hard to make sense of Naylor's base-stealing proficiency. It's not like he was a good base-runner otherwise. But he was incredibly opportunistic and got better jumps than all but one other base stealer in 2025. Can he do it again with his return to Seattle? www.cbssports.com/fantasy/base...
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It's hard to make sense of Naylor's base-stealing proficiency. It's not like he was a good base-runner otherwise. But he was incredibly opportunistic and got better jumps than all but one other base stealer in 2025. Can he do it again with his return to Seattle? www.cbssports.com/fantasy/base...
The Pirates need to convince their fans and Paul Skenes that they finally want to win baseball games. I hope that doesn't lead them to rush Griffin up, but they absolutely should give him every chance to prove he can hang right now. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Pirates need to convince their fans and Paul Skenes that they finally want to win baseball games. I hope that doesn't lead them to rush Griffin up, but they absolutely should give him every chance to prove he can hang right now. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Let’s not forget the all-time terrible baseball tweets
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Let’s not forget the all-time terrible baseball tweets
Stevie wore it best.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Stevie wore it best.
Shuffleboard Championship was tonight, and it had a Disney theme. We did not win the shuffleboard, but my team had the best costumes. Undefeated in terms of whimsy for sure.
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Shuffleboard Championship was tonight, and it had a Disney theme. We did not win the shuffleboard, but my team had the best costumes. Undefeated in terms of whimsy for sure.
I could maybe see the case for voting for Ryan Braun, but the PED issue -- and more specifically, his rection to it -- makes him a big no for me.
Braun smeared an innocent man as anti-semitic as a ploy to avoid suspension for taking PEDs. Shameful stuff! web.archive.org/web/20130819...
Braun smeared an innocent man as anti-semitic as a ploy to avoid suspension for taking PEDs. Shameful stuff! web.archive.org/web/20130819...
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I could maybe see the case for voting for Ryan Braun, but the PED issue -- and more specifically, his rection to it -- makes him a big no for me.
Braun smeared an innocent man as anti-semitic as a ploy to avoid suspension for taking PEDs. Shameful stuff! web.archive.org/web/20130819...
Braun smeared an innocent man as anti-semitic as a ploy to avoid suspension for taking PEDs. Shameful stuff! web.archive.org/web/20130819...
I still believe in Reese Olson, but man it'd be nice if his fastballs weren't absolutely terrible and allowed him to actually get to two-strike counts more regularly (also if he could stay healthy that would also be nice)
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I still believe in Reese Olson, but man it'd be nice if his fastballs weren't absolutely terrible and allowed him to actually get to two-strike counts more regularly (also if he could stay healthy that would also be nice)
Sam Darnold update:
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sam Darnold update:
"We're allowed to entomb Grandma in your phone forever cuz AI ain't got no souls"
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"We're allowed to entomb Grandma in your phone forever cuz AI ain't got no souls"
Man I would love to believe there’s something here with Justin Fields but you just cannot run a functional nfl offense like this
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Man I would love to believe there’s something here with Justin Fields but you just cannot run a functional nfl offense like this
Yeah that’s about how I’d have voted if I could split up a vote.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Yeah that’s about how I’d have voted if I could split up a vote.
Slapping an 80-grade plate discipline tag on anyone short of Juan Soto is hilarious.
If you think any player is a 70/80 plate discipline grade, that’s a top-5 prospect in baseball with almost every other skill projection being irrelevant
If you think any player is a 70/80 plate discipline grade, that’s a top-5 prospect in baseball with almost every other skill projection being irrelevant
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Slapping an 80-grade plate discipline tag on anyone short of Juan Soto is hilarious.
If you think any player is a 70/80 plate discipline grade, that’s a top-5 prospect in baseball with almost every other skill projection being irrelevant
If you think any player is a 70/80 plate discipline grade, that’s a top-5 prospect in baseball with almost every other skill projection being irrelevant
Comparing Ichiro to Vlad from age-27 through 36 makes this pretty clear. Ichiro clears pretty easily!
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Comparing Ichiro to Vlad from age-27 through 36 makes this pretty clear. Ichiro clears pretty easily!
The thing you have to keep in mind with any comparison to Ichiro that is based only on MLB production is that he spent half his prime playing in Japan. He might have a 50% edge on Vlad Sr. in WAR if he spent his whole career in the majors.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The thing you have to keep in mind with any comparison to Ichiro that is based only on MLB production is that he spent half his prime playing in Japan. He might have a 50% edge on Vlad Sr. in WAR if he spent his whole career in the majors.
Nothing says “I am a normal human being person just like you” like “my favorite song is ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’”
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nothing says “I am a normal human being person just like you” like “my favorite song is ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’”
FIU would immediately become perennial national championship contenders in all sports if they swapped out “Panthers” for “Sun Blazers” and adopted this aesthetic.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
FIU would immediately become perennial national championship contenders in all sports if they swapped out “Panthers” for “Sun Blazers” and adopted this aesthetic.
The bad Scott Boras puns are even harder to watch in video form than to read in quotes
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The bad Scott Boras puns are even harder to watch in video form than to read in quotes
I found it: The worst thing anyone has ever said about baseball
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I found it: The worst thing anyone has ever said about baseball
This is not Boras' best work, let's be honest.
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is not Boras' best work, let's be honest.