justin hatmaker
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"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott
The older he gets, the bigger his package.
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The older he gets, the bigger his package.
Was I being rude all these years by not apologizing for being white?
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Was I being rude all these years by not apologizing for being white?
We've all been listening to Christmas music for 6 1/2 months now and many agree that it's time to ban music in public spaces. If you could eliminate one Christmas song from existence, sparing yourself the pain and robbing the sickos around you from the joy, what would it be?
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We've all been listening to Christmas music for 6 1/2 months now and many agree that it's time to ban music in public spaces. If you could eliminate one Christmas song from existence, sparing yourself the pain and robbing the sickos around you from the joy, what would it be?
If only we could repeal Obamacare and replace it with a system to allow Americans to shop for health insurance.
December 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If only we could repeal Obamacare and replace it with a system to allow Americans to shop for health insurance.
Counterpoint: Radiohead is fine and their music is overrated. I will accept my cancelling.
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Counterpoint: Radiohead is fine and their music is overrated. I will accept my cancelling.
I realized today that I am the same age as the Colts' new (starting?) quarterback, and that I have a kid the same age as his grandkid. Which is physically more demanding, handing off to Jonathon Taylor 30 times a game and throwing 3 yard slants to Michael Pittman, or keeping up with a toddler?
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I realized today that I am the same age as the Colts' new (starting?) quarterback, and that I have a kid the same age as his grandkid. Which is physically more demanding, handing off to Jonathon Taylor 30 times a game and throwing 3 yard slants to Michael Pittman, or keeping up with a toddler?
I'm the same age as Phillip Rivers and my kid is the same age as his grandkid.
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I'm the same age as Phillip Rivers and my kid is the same age as his grandkid.
6-7quan Barkley
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
6-7quan Barkley
Thanks, I hate it.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks, I hate it.
Working from home/independently, you both likely miss the office holiday party, universally accepted as the most miserable holiday activity. What would the LTS holiday party look like? Totally professional or unhinged? Denny shotgunning White Claws in a Santa suit? JJ opining on tiers of gifts? Thx.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Working from home/independently, you both likely miss the office holiday party, universally accepted as the most miserable holiday activity. What would the LTS holiday party look like? Totally professional or unhinged? Denny shotgunning White Claws in a Santa suit? JJ opining on tiers of gifts? Thx.
Three down by 9 am? This makes me feel like the drunk uncle at Thanksgiving that swears he could have gone pro.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Three down by 9 am? This makes me feel like the drunk uncle at Thanksgiving that swears he could have gone pro.
Don't forget to stop for some hot cocoa and chickpeas
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Don't forget to stop for some hot cocoa and chickpeas
Don't the guardsmen picking up random trash on every other corner make you feel safer?
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Don't the guardsmen picking up random trash on every other corner make you feel safer?
When you walk on the sidewalk, do you stick to the right or do you just walk as you please? I live in a city in which 85% of people observe a respectful division of sidewalk that mirrors driving and 15% are violently emboldened to walk wherever they want and will yell at you for being in their way.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When you walk on the sidewalk, do you stick to the right or do you just walk as you please? I live in a city in which 85% of people observe a respectful division of sidewalk that mirrors driving and 15% are violently emboldened to walk wherever they want and will yell at you for being in their way.
This is deeply unsettling.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is deeply unsettling.
Assuming he comes back healthy, what do you need to see from BTJ to confidently start him? We can't stand on peripherals forever, and it feels like I'm wasting a bench spot in the name of talent when I know he's never seeing my lineup.
Sincerely,
The 20,000th BTJ question you've gotten this year
Sincerely,
The 20,000th BTJ question you've gotten this year
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Assuming he comes back healthy, what do you need to see from BTJ to confidently start him? We can't stand on peripherals forever, and it feels like I'm wasting a bench spot in the name of talent when I know he's never seeing my lineup.
Sincerely,
The 20,000th BTJ question you've gotten this year
Sincerely,
The 20,000th BTJ question you've gotten this year
Also the main emotion felt by YouTube TV subscribers unable to watch Monday Night Football.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Also the main emotion felt by YouTube TV subscribers unable to watch Monday Night Football.
If we're lumping articles from opinion networks offering skepticism about federal poll observers in which their experts are quoted as saying “I don’t think this is going to make any difference for voters," into fears about federal troops and cessation of elections, you've certainly made a point.
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If we're lumping articles from opinion networks offering skepticism about federal poll observers in which their experts are quoted as saying “I don’t think this is going to make any difference for voters," into fears about federal troops and cessation of elections, you've certainly made a point.
I'm not sure "didn't happen once so won't happen ever" is an argument that renders a position incoherent. But I'll excuse myself here because you have started down the road of either bad faith or poor comprehension. I said nothing of validity, I merely pointed to the flaw in your hypothetical.
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm not sure "didn't happen once so won't happen ever" is an argument that renders a position incoherent. But I'll excuse myself here because you have started down the road of either bad faith or poor comprehension. I said nothing of validity, I merely pointed to the flaw in your hypothetical.
Truly, you are either listening to the tin foil hat extremists and find broad generalization to be useful, or this hypothetical you're dunking on is of your own creation. Either way, you're taking a victory lap around an empty stadium.
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Truly, you are either listening to the tin foil hat extremists and find broad generalization to be useful, or this hypothetical you're dunking on is of your own creation. Either way, you're taking a victory lap around an empty stadium.
Maybe you run in circles that have a completely different view of this than mine, but no one was worried about state and local elections in an off year that Trump doesn't actually care about. The fear is for 26 and 28. This is a weirdly obsessive dunk attempt.
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Maybe you run in circles that have a completely different view of this than mine, but no one was worried about state and local elections in an off year that Trump doesn't actually care about. The fear is for 26 and 28. This is a weirdly obsessive dunk attempt.