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Topic: 2018 Season Stream of Completely Off-Topic Unconsciousness

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FearlessF

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #490 on: May 19, 2018, 10:32:55 AM »
we as knowledgeable college football fans can speculate what might have happened if UCF would have landed in the 4-team playoff

but unfortunately, we will never know for sure

we do know that the game vs Auburn in the Peach was impressive - I was surprised, I took Auburn and gave the points

Scott Frost is in favor of an 8-team playoff at the moment.  I'm not
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #491 on: May 19, 2018, 10:35:36 AM »
Upsets happen of course.  We're all speculating, but I feel strongly that UCF would not have fared well in the playoff against any of the teams included.

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #492 on: May 19, 2018, 11:33:15 AM »
Even allowing for a big UCF upset in a playoff - they'd have to play a 2nd consecutive big-boy team.  Tell me they wouldn't get curb-stomped.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #493 on: May 19, 2018, 11:39:13 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 19, 2018, 10:17:16 AM
Different people find interest in different things, which is fine with me, in general.

I commented earlier about how many channels I see that are 100% advertising on my cable.  Some people watch, apparently.

Some people think watching football is a waste of time and don't understand it.

So I guess it isn't close to one of my biggest beefs.  I generally just eat beef and don't have them.  Having a beef is a waste of time unless it's on the hoof.


I'm talking about these big, unavoidable obsessions, though.  Sure, plenty of people dislike football and the attention it receives, but you can avoid 3 certain channels on TV and avoid it altogether.  
This royal wedding is everywhere.  Plus, while football players were mostly born with innate help to become exclusive athletes, they had to work to get to the NFL.  They had to practice, go to school, eat right, etc.  They had to DO something.
Royals?  They had to do precisely one thing:  be born.  Done.  It's garbage.  What did Kim Kardashian do?  Have a fat ass and whine on TV.  Done.  Rake in the millions.  This isn't coming from a source of jealousy, but of criticism for the masses.  Those who fuel the dementia.  
The 'why' behind it - WHY do millions of Americans give 2 fux about who the 6th person in line to the powerless throne of GB marry?!?  It's too random to make sense!!!!
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #494 on: May 19, 2018, 12:24:13 PM »
I personally had zero interest in the wedding, or the Royals, but others do, for whatever reasons.  When a lot of people have interest in a thing, it will obviously garner a lot of media attention.

I was waiting in the dentist's office a while back and picked up a copy of People magazine and leafed through it quickly.  A LOT of people apparently like what it covers, which to me and you is 99% garbage, rumor, and irrelevant tripe.

The lives of a lot of people (including me really) are boring, they look for some kind of vicarious "thrill" to brighten their days, I imagine.  And of course there is naught to be done about it so I just let it pass, as it will.

The rest of us can talk football or read a book or watch a movie or whatever else we do to pass the time.  Back in the day there wasn't much time to be passed with idle pursuits, but today there is.

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #495 on: May 19, 2018, 03:23:27 PM »
Yeah, life is going to get a lot more wacky once automation and AI/technology replace people altogether.  Having a job won't be a thing anymore.  

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #496 on: May 19, 2018, 05:39:28 PM »
I read somewhere how autonomous trucks would put tens of millions out of work someday, perhaps soonish.  And of course the truck tractors will be much smaller, just engine and transmission and electronics etc., no cab for humans.

We could face the day when unskilled and semi-skilled jobs are a thing of the past.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #497 on: May 19, 2018, 06:59:49 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on May 19, 2018, 10:35:36 AM
Upsets happen of course.  We're all speculating, but I feel strongly that UCF would not have fared well in the playoff against any of the teams included.


I felt strongly that Auburn would cover.  did you?
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #498 on: May 19, 2018, 08:04:47 PM »
The fact that humans still call balls and strikes makes me think we aren't as close as we think.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #499 on: May 19, 2018, 09:51:14 PM »
Quote from: ELA on May 19, 2018, 08:04:47 PM
The fact that humans still call balls and strikes makes me think we aren't as close as we think.
They'd still have to have a guy back there. The computer could glitch out and make hilariously bad calls. Or the pitcher could find a loophole, such as bouncing the ball through the strike zone. Not to mention close plays at the plate, and determining weather or not the ball grazed the batters sleeve, or if the batter checked his swing.
And who's gonna dust off the plate? The catcher? Let's not get crazy here. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #500 on: May 19, 2018, 10:07:15 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on May 19, 2018, 09:51:14 PM
Let's not get crazy here.

like having computers drive cars full of humans at 70mph on crowded freeways
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #501 on: May 20, 2018, 07:33:48 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 19, 2018, 06:59:49 PM
I felt strongly that Auburn would cover.  did you?
No, I thought there was a very good chance of an upset for obvious reasons.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #502 on: May 20, 2018, 07:34:10 AM »
I didn't know umpires determined the weather ...
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #503 on: May 20, 2018, 07:51:43 AM »
point them to the climate thread
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