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1. Ohtani strikes out his Angel teammate Mike Trout for the final out and wins the WBC for Japan!
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/LonghornNation Daily Off Topic Free Talk Thread

Today: 3/22/2023

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Current Austin Weather: 68° and Mist

Seven Day Forecast:

3/22	3/23	3/24	3/25	3/26	3/27	3/28
75°, Clouds	85°, Clouds	84°, Rain	81°, Clear	77°, Rain	74°, Rain	74°, Rain

Your go-to place to talk about whatever you want. From the dumb shit aggies do on a near daily basis, to the latest whatever happening wherever. What ya got?

Recent Longhorn Tweets

1. @Hcard7 Did you know @PUCancerInst has +40 drugs in development? I’m excited to help them #HammerDownCancer during Wednesda… https://t.co/qMt4N1J2PU
2. @CoachSark Good Morning Austin, TX 🤘🏽 https://t.co/Pu2lK8DkmF
3. @TexasFootball It’s a battle in the trenches 😤 https://t.co/qtiTSCeRri
4. @_delconte Mother Nature needs to hold off just a tad longer 🌧… let’s go boys 🤘🏽 https://t.co/WH8215ARvQ

Trending on Reddit

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1. Ohtani strikes out his Angel teammate Mike Trout for the final out and wins the WBC for Japan!
2. Stabilised footage of the Bigfoot film from 1967.
3. To dance with the girl
4. ‘Don’t Say Gay’ lawmaker pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
5. Bouncer potentially saves a lot of lives. Stops armed man in devils mask from entering strip club wielding a firearm and flashlight.

/CFB

1. The Twelfth Annual /CollegeBasketball Bracket Challenge
2. Alabama's Tony Mitchell drove 141 mph before arrest
3. [Kollmann] USC’s field is basically a lake right now and the indoor facility is apparently not long enough for a 40 so they have to do [pro day] out here.
4. 2024 4 star running back Jordan Marshall commits to Michigan
5. Pac-12 has ‘solidarity’ between remaining members, Utah president Taylor Randall says
6. Per Jon Wilner: The PAC 12 Presidents didnt meet today.

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2. Hopefully this puts any Ewers/Arch QB battling to rest
3. [Game Thread] ⚾ Texas vs. Incarnate Word - 6:30 pm
4. Steve Sarkisian Media Availability [March 21st, 2023]
5. Vic Schaefer: "I need to apologize to the University of Texas for today and how my team played. I'm accountable for that. I'm the head coach. It's my responsibility to make sure we play a lot better than that. This university deserves better than that."
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5. @_delconte Mother Nature needs to hold off just a tad longer 🌧… let’s go boys 🤘🏽 https://t.co/WH8215ARvQ

Trending on Reddit

/All

1. Ohtani strikes out his Angel teammate Mike Trout for the final out and wins the WBC for Japan!
2. Stabilised footage of the Bigfoot film from 1967.
3. To dance with the girl
4. Bouncer potentially saves a lot of lives. Stops armed man in devils mask from entering strip club wielding a firearm and flashlight.
5. ‘Don’t Say Gay’ lawmaker pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud

/CFB

1. The Twelfth Annual /CollegeBasketball Bracket Challenge
2. Alabama's Tony Mitchell drove 141 mph before arrest
3. [Kollmann] USC’s field is basically a lake right now and the indoor facility is apparently not long enough for a 40 so they have to do [pro day] out here.
4. 2024 4 star running back Jordan Marshall commits to Michigan
5. Pac-12 has ‘solidarity’ between remaining members, Utah president Taylor Randall says
6. Per Jon Wilner: The PAC 12 Presidents didnt meet today.

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1. [3/21/2023] Tuesday Off Topic Free Talk Thread
2. [Post Game Thread] ⚾ Texas defeats Incarnate Word, 17-11
3. Hopefully this puts any Ewers/Arch QB battling to rest
4. [Game Thread] ⚾ Texas vs. Incarnate Word - 6:30 pm
5. Steve Sarkisian Media Availability [March 21st, 2023]
6. Vic Schaefer: "I need to apologize to the University of Texas for today and how my team played. I'm accountable for that. I'm the head coach. It's my responsibility to make sure we play a lot better than that. This university deserves better than that."
7. [3/21/2023] Tuesday's Sports Talk Thread

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Around eight-fifteen, in the middle of prom, Dennis and his three friends sat at the corners of the gymnasium stalking among the rest that danced. Lia’s boyfriend had just left with other boys to a diner, Jordan remained silent and paid attention to her friend, Alice, across the gymnasium, and Dennis remained calm as the rest spoke among each other; mostly about work, or their upcoming school projects.
As Dennis, being 16 years old, wiped his hair for the last time for effect, he got an odd thought and said loudly, hoping everyone at the table heard, “Someone has been saying I slept with Mr. Kane, our math teacher”. Two of his friends, Robert and Lia, glanced at him, now focusing the conversation on him holding their phones in hand, and asked excitedly, “Who?”.
Dennis, feeling pride in himself suddenly reached for his phone, to check the time. “I don’t know who? I'm thinking of that girl, Savannah”, Dennis said lazily, as if he just thought of the name just now.
All who sat at the table, at their prom night, especially Lia, glanced at Jordan, who from holding her wallet with strong stability, said harshly, “You don’t know how it got out? Does Mr. Kane knows?”. Dennis glanced across the dance floor, thinking how foolish everyone looked, especially popular couples and their fancy suits, and looked back at Jordan and said, “He was giving me weird looks last week. He probably thinks I'm the one making it up”. Dennis then giggles lightly to himself.
Jordan then sees her friend, Alice, come up near their table wearing a nice red sparkle dress, along with her boyfriend across the gymnasium talking among his group of boys. She strolled near Lia first, saying hello, then over to Jordan ignoring the rest at the table. “Hello Jordan, you fixed yourself well”, Alice said.
Jordan, without looking at her, says, “Thank you so much”, and raises a smile.
Dennis, hearing them continue to talk, and having no more talk about him, said loudly again, “Someone around here has been spreading rumors that I slept with Mr. Kane, our math teacher”.
Alice then looks at Dennis quickly. “Really? Who?”, Alice says as neatly as she can. Hoping her reaction looked well for effect.
Before Dennis can answer, Lia instead says, “We don’t know who?”, then adds quickly, “We think it's that Savannah girl”.
“That girl is always getting into trouble”, Alice says proudly. Dennis looked at all of them, and felt a need to giggle, but instead remained silent with himself.
By then, Jordan then asks strictly, “Is anybody up for food?”. Thus, when they all agreed, a few wishing they didn’t, all stood up and ditched their prom and started heading down the street where a nice diner stood neatly near a gas station.
When they arrived at the diner, a few boys from prom were there as well and said hello to them as they picked their seats. One of them, Lia's boyfriend, came and said hello.
"Do I wear too much makeup?", Lia asked cautiously.
Her boyfriend became stubborn when he responded quickly, "whatever you think".
Lia, disappointed she didn't get an offensive answer, agreed and made sure to smile instead.
But before Lia and her boyfriend can continue their conversation, Dennis says lightly, “Guess what?”.
Her boyfriend, still feeling nervous about his answer, looked up at Dennis.
“What?”, Lia's boyfriend says nicely.
“Someone last week has been spreading rumors I slept with Mr. Kane”, Dennis said strictly.
“Really who?”, then adds, “Is it true?”.
Dennis was not surprised by the quick need for answers and felt lonely when he realized he was mostly tired, and irritable, to go back home later, in a small apartment: then go on his phone, check some blogs, and slowly drift off to sleep. Hearing nothing but the loud stomps and tension between his dog, his parents, and the often harsh ventilation that blew sourly through his room.
Dennis looks at his reflection on his phone for what he thought was to check the time, sees how small and unattractive he thinks he is, and giggles sourly, before saying again without looking at Lia's boyfriend, who was tall, white, and handsome, “I don’t know who. But we think it's that girl Savannah. She is always getting into trouble”. By then, all who were at the table agreed.

I want to prefice this by saying I love my girlfriend dearly and she has a lot of passion. This passion includes her loce for bakinf. Unfortunately there is a disconnect between that passion and actual skill/edibility in anything she makes.
She. Is. Horrible.
Everything she makes is undercooked, overcooked, not enough spice, too much spice, etc. I've tried to lovingly nudge her in the right direction over the years but every time I say something she wells up in tears and I feel like a bully stomping a sandcastle in front of a toddler.
I have been food poisoned more times then I can tell you and the saying is true; love hurts man. I've spent so many nights bird feeding my toilet bowl, to which my girlfriend claims I must have a weak stomach. Me? Weak stomach? 23 hotdogs in a row, summer camp champion, having a weak stomach. Yeah okay.
Anyways on to the main story. My grandmother passed away recently and everyone was asked if they could bring a food dish to her wake (funeral gathering). Well my all-star girlfriend chef decided she would step up to the plate (pun) and bake some cheese buns with little chunks of something that vaguely resembled food.
While she was at work I took a chomp of one and I almost joined my grandmother in heaven right then and there. It was absolutely putrid. I quickly washed it down with the first drink I found in the fridge. It was buns man, just cheese buns. How was it even possible to mess that up. It's like she has a brain damaged ratatouille who's dream is to take vengeance on humanity by poisoning us one dish at a time.
So I put on an apron (I didn't) and baked my own damn buns with beef. They came out fine (I'm not the greatest baker) but they were edible. I brought them to my mom to bring while going to help her with other preparations so she could put them out before my girlfriend could see them and realize the switcheroo.
She never noticed and my aunty thanked her for bringing them and said she really appreciated her help. Everyone was happy (minus the whole grandmother kicking the bucket)
I will never tell her the truth, she will always feel she did something beautiful for my family and I will continue my side dating the toilet.
Tl;dr: My girlfriends cooking is trash and I through her horrid buns away and baked my own for my grandmothers funeral.

I’m honestly just looking for people to talk to that will give me a longer chat than a day.
I love horror movies, my favorite is US by Jordan Peele. I have an extensive collection of squishmallows. I do a lot of puzzles and have a lot to show for it. I like video games, specifically resident evil and the last of us.

Notes:

• Disaster Levels

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Character #1: Arlong [1] W/ 50x Energy Steroids + His Sword (One Piece) [Extra Note - It's raining while he's going on a rampage so he can use his water attacks]
Character #2: Prime Orochimaru [1)] (Naruto)
Character #3: Extended Canon - SCP-682 [1] (SCP Foundation)
Character #4: Kai the Collector (Kung Fu Panda) [Extra Note - He has absorbed every C-Class Hero a.k.a 390 Peak Humans [1] / Superhumans]
Character #5: Hail Mary) (Invincible - Amazon/TV Show)
Character #6: The Mask (Dark Horse Comics)
Character #7: Sinister-Adaptoid) (Marvel) [Extra Note - Has the powers/abilities of and is as strong as Sandman [1#Powers_and_Stats:~:text=Powers%20and%20Abilities,Man%20hadn%27t%20intervened.)], Electro [1#:~:text=Powers%20and%20Abilities,pure%20Energy)], Mysterio [1], Vulture [1#Classic_Costume:~:text=Flight%20(Can%20reach,%5B10%5D)) 2#New_Vulture:~:text=Same%20as%20his,in%20his%20arsenal)], Doctor Octopus [1#Classic_Costume:~:text=Flight%20(Can%20reach,%5B10%5D))] and Kraven the Hunter [1] combined)

I want to prefice this by saying I love my girlfriend dearly and she has a lot of passion. This passion includes her loce for bakinf. Unfortunately there is a disconnect between that passion and actual skill/edibility in anything she makes.
She. Is. Horrible.
Everything she makes is undercooked, overcooked, not enough spice, too much spice, etc. I've tried to lovingly nudge her in the right direction over the years but every time I say something she wells up in tears and I feel like a bully stomping a sandcastle in front of a toddler.
I have been food poisoned more times then I can tell you and the saying is true; love hurts man. I've spent so many nights bird feeding my toilet bowl, to which my girlfriend claims I must have a weak stomach. Me? Weak stomach? 23 hotdogs in a row, summer camp champion, having a weak stomach. Yeah okay.
Anyways on to the main story. My grandmother passed away recently and everyone was asked if they could bring a food dish to her wake (funeral gathering). Well my all-star girlfriend chef decided she would step up to the plate (pun) and bake some cheese buns with little chunks of something that vaguely resembled food.
While she was at work I took a chomp of one and I almost joined my grandmother in heaven right then and there. It was absolutely putrid. I quickly washed it down with the first drink I found in the fridge. It was buns man, just cheese buns. How was it even possible to mess that up. It's like she has a brain damaged ratatouille who's dream is to take vengeance on humanity by poisoning us one dish at a time.
So I put on an apron (I didn't) and baked my own damn buns with beef. They came out fine (I'm not the greatest baker) but they were edible. I brought them to my mom to bring while going to help her with other preparations so she could put them out before my girlfriend could see them and realize the switcheroo.
She never noticed and my aunty thanked her for bringing them and said she really appreciated her help. Everyone was happy (minus the whole grandmother kicking the bucket)
I will never tell her the truth, she will always feel she did something beautiful for my family and I will continue my side dating the toilet.
Tl;dr: My girlfriends cooking is trash and I through her horrid buns away and baked my own for my grandmothers funeral.

GONE
o Bobby Wagner
o Leonard Floyd
o Matt Gay
o Jalen Ramsey
o Matt Orzech
o Nick Scott
o Greg Gaines
o Baker Mayfield
o Riley Dixon, Broncos
ON TRADING BLOCK
o Allen Robinson
REMAINING FREE AGENTS
o Marquis Copeland (not tendered)
o A’Shawn Robinson (Giants)
o Taylor Rapp (Patriots and Bengals)
o Troy Hill
o David Edwards visiting with the Buffalo Bills
o OBJ

Anyone else here addicted to buying protein powders and artificial sweeteners at an alarming rate? Like I have 6 tubs of protein powder but keep disliking the flavor so I get another then repeat process only to go back to my main protein flavor after 6 or so purchases, I probably use a whole bottle of Jordan’s skinny syrup a day as well a whole bottle of Splenda stevia a day, just wondering if anyone can relate.

New England folks: we went to Jordan’s and tested out their Bridge-It machine (which I highly recommend) and we found the mattress of our dreams within price budget. We weren’t sure though if anyone knows compatible models?
It’s Jordan’s Mason Medium Hybrid Mattress, Full size. Their price? $1,089. To add on the adjustable base which we want is another $1,000.
Jordan’s staff feels we’d get about 8-10 years out of it before needing to replace. At this price, is it worth it? Jordan’s mattresses range in price from $300-$7k, so we’re about in the middle price wise.
Let me know your opinions, my husband and I are very different sleepers (I have more health issues than him) and this is the 1 mattress we could agree on.
For reference:
https://www.jordans.com/product/mattresses/brand/jordans-mattress-factory/jordan-s-mattress-factory--jordan-s-mattress-factory--mason-medium-mattress-jmfb-20246

I filled out the security clearance paperwork roughly a year ago and did some of the following stuff around a month after. While waiting for more information, I had been hospitalised twice for my mental health (I have OCD, depression, and anxiety). The first time I opted to go myself (although I was still baker acted cause that’s the only way they would admit me) and was placed on an Antipsychotic for the OCD. The second time was mainly due to depression from tinnitus.
My main concern is that when searching for an outpatient psychiatrist, one of them put me on a new medication combo and when she asked how I felt, I mentioned that sometimes my OCD would get so bad and when combined with the antipsychotic I felt like I was out the Truman Show, so she put that I may be schizophrenic. I’m currently off antipsychotics and on a good medicine combination and feel I have improved drastically, but I am worried about how recent all of this was.
Thoughts? and thanks in advance!