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Do you think some dogs are more generic (not placing a value judgment here) than others? Brought to you by the first rebus here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDbuEe9JT7N/

My brother and I both guessed "cornshiba" first, rather than "corndog," but maybe we would have guessed "corndog" if it had been a more...generic-looking dog?

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I’d have thought the context of “state fair” would have taken you directly to, and no further than, corn dog. Perhaps you were unconsciously overthinking it to get a “very online” answer because of the shiba?

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I mean, it was like 0.5 seconds of thinking "corn shiba" and then switching to "corn dog." I love corn dogs; it wasn't far from my mind!

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I’m not here to judge, I was just surprised that there was any delay for a Midwesterner

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Ear Dog.

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What is the best you've ever bowled and how many beers did it take to get there?

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Made 204 while in junior high so no beer. Not sure I ever scored that high since.

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186...and that was achieved without beers. I did play in a beer league a couple of times, my mode (most frequent scores) is probably around 120 with the mean (average score) a bit smaller (there are bad days where I barely crack 80s...but it's also due to how the scoring system awards consistency). The beer helps to the extent that I don't feel the pressure...I don't bowl well under pressure.

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209 and zero. I never averaged more than about 125, though.

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something in the 170's and was drinking moderately. but that was an outlier score. normal scores are in the 100-125 range

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I used to bowl a lot when I was a kid, so no beers, I think around 200.

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I rarely get over 100. I'm terrible.

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Wii bowling, on the other hand, always above 200

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twins.

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135 average, once hit 205 after two beers. Have never been able to get over 190 since then.

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At a company outing a few years ago, we reserved the entirety of Sea Bowl in Pacifica for a company tournament, and I somehow managed to turn in a 173 (or thereabouts) to win the thing. I don't think I've come within 40 points of that score before or since.

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so, probably about a beer, beer and a half. more than that and my skills certainly decline.

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187 because I'm a killer on the lanes

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and... probably a couple drinks. There's a sweet spot with drinking and skill games like bowling, or darts, or pool. A couple drinks help to loosen you up, but too many and you get sloppy.

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There is, it's true, but I think it's one drink. I remember watching a show to convince people that drinking and driving was bad (which it is) but the presenter was a bit flustered because the subject was doing better after one drink. Of course after three, he was much worse for it.

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I will bowl consistently around the 120 mark regardless of my level of sobriety, I am Not Good at the bowling

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Over 200 last time I played. Strike after strike. (lucky)

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Elsewhere in college

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is planning to fully reopen next week,

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Wake Forest is opening too...common denominator here.

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Sunbelt Conference (App State, Troy, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, GA State, GA Southern, South Alabama, LA Monroe, LA Lafayette, Texas State, Arkansas Little Rock) will play a full season

https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2020/7/23/football-sun-belt-conference-moves-start-competitive-season-to-september-3.aspx

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We’ll see

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Today in Covid19

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YMCA camp in GA had campers and counselors go unmasked in June. Take a wild guess how it turned out.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Georgia-camp-outbreak-shows-rapid-virus-spread-15451728.php

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You basically can’t have kids in a summer camp with social distancing, assuming that you’d even try, it’s completely unsurprising this would happen

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Not well.

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WCC creates 'The Russell Rule' to encourage hiring of minority candidates

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29587843/washington-state-football-coach-nick-rolovich-tells-wr-kassidy-woods-joining-unity-group-create-issue

Bill Russell, the 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics, has endorsed a measure that will make the West Coast Conference the first Division I league to require all schools to include a minority finalist for job openings in athletics, the league announced Monday.

Backed by Gloria Nevarez, the first Latinx Division I commissioner, and unanimously approved by the league's 10 presidents, "The Russell Rule" is the hallmark of the conference's equity, diversity and inclusion platform. Per the new rule, finalists for any opening for an athletic director, senior administrator, head coach or full-time assistant coach within the league must include a member of a "traditionally underrepresented community."

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Last Chance U

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Started watching the Laney season over the weekend. It's nice to see the producers highlight a coach and players who aren't complete trainwrecks.

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#WeAreUnited update

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My son went on a rant against parts of this last night.

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Which parts?

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All but the health parts.

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Wazzu appears to be cutting players who join the movement

https://twitter.com/TheoLawson_SR/status/1290038799569838082

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@RedditCFB had posted the audio of the call between Kaylin Woods and Rolo to soundcloud, since deleted. Here is a blurb of the transcript:

https://twitter.com/redditcfb/status/1290137502678790144?s=21

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*Kassidy

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I saw this last night. If it really is what is going on, and probably even if it isn't what's going on, opposing coaches will be using this against them for years.

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James Hong

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Saw him at the Spring Garden restaurant in Pasadena decades ago. He was wear a Golden Child jacket and had a young Asian woman on each arm.

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Young women as his relatives or something else?

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They had a sugar baby look. But who knows.

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I'm a little bit surprised to see that he is 91 years old...especially since he's still quite active with all kinds of small roles here and there.

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Any small asian role seems to go to him.

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Rugrats

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Formed the basis of my understanding of Passover

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I was not expecting that

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This show is a total pop-culture black hole to me. Never watched it, because my parents didn't have cable. By the time I did have cable, it was well past the heyday of the show.

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That was a good show!

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you are dead to me, woman

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It's a better rendition of child-life than Peanuts. That's the standard I'm going by.

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Peanuts was never, ever meant as depiction of child life, the early ones make that really obvious.

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Did you watch the All Growed Up spinoff?

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“F is for friends who do stuff together...” -imax

“F is for fire, burn down the city...” -FS

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Oh, wait, wrong show. That's from Spongebob

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No, just no.

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Robert, Bob, or other similar name

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Gregory. His bend-but-don't-break* defenses aged me.

* - in theory

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I have a friend I call Bobert, which I believe to be the best iteration of that name

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Paylor - just absolutely incredible how well he has been recovering from that tragic rugby injury. He is now able to walk with a walker when it had appeared that he would be paralyzed for life. You can see some of his progress on his Twitter account https://twitter.com/robertpaylor5

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Sponge.

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Sponge

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-worthy

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baths

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s need to be replaced more often that I thought they needed to be

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i.e. not just when they start to deteriorate in your hand

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Bob.

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Bikini bottom

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I love the lyrics to the Spongbob song. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!

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Is there a difference between a Bikini bottom and a thong?

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They are both cuts, meaning shape. You can have underwear that is bikini cut or thong cut (or other shapes), and you can also have swimsuit bottoms that are bikini cut or thong cut (or other shapes). You can consult Aerie, but this does have pictures, so fair warning: https://www.ae.com/us/en/c/aerie/undies/cat6460002?pagetype=plp

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sometimes thongs are underwear, not swimsuit bottoms.

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...unless you pull hard enough

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Aren't all thongs bikini bottoms but not all bikini bottoms are thongs?

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I get the impression that “cheekier” cuts are more common now than they used to be - put it this way, at the missus’ camp there’s a counselor hour off before lunch and I generally avoid the swimming area and canoe dock because there is a LOT of ass under the sun and I prefer to avoid any suspicion of being a dirty old man.

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you should just embrace it like I do

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DBD's #1 dirty old man

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Plus, you probably save on sunscreen this way!

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Also true

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My wife knows that my nearsightedness means that my non-prescription sunglasses make it impossible for me to leer. If I'm staring at a boatload of coeds, she knows it is because I'm admiring the boat.

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I thought that was the benefit of getting old, is that those perceptions largely don't matter any more.

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Conversely, it’s probably more pleasant for the young ladies to not feel under the male gaze - which is true most of the time, and as a visiting husband I stand out a bit.

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That's fair. You're definitely not old enough to be completely innocuous just yet :)

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I should probably add here that I have only been on beach warm enough for bathing suits a few times this century so I’m not usually in a position to survey the trends

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True

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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Trump threatens lawsuit against Nevada because they are sending absentee ballots to all registered voters.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1290250416278532096

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DHS says will no longer build dossiers on American journalists

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1289683596114944000

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I'm unconvinced they will actually be stopping. Even though the effort produces nothing useful.

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My former downstairs neighbor works for it. He's a good guy so not sure how he stands it. Hopefully it's different next January.

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PRO

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Ex-49er Brent Jones is selling his Tahoe house. Looks suitable for DBD Lakeside retreat.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/678-Lakeshore-Blvd_Incline-Village_NV_89451_M10045-56386?view=qv

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Pretty! I like the built-in bunk beds and the loft bed in the theater.

Not enough bookshelves though and too many patterns in the kitchen.

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If I am paying $11MM, I require lakefront, not across a busy street from the lake.

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up from 1.3M only 8 years ago?

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I don't know that there's much, if anything, of that size on the lake side of the street, but I feel you.

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Reasonable. I was admiring a property on the same lake as the summer camp where the womenfolk hang out (not this year obviously) and while there is a road between the house and the lake, it’s very lightly trafficked

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If the rest of the DBD could chip in roughly $10.8M, I think I could make this work.

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The XFL is apparently bought by The Rock (and other investors) for $15 millions. https://www.sportico.com/2020/personalities/athletes/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-buys-xfl-for-15-million-with-redbird-capital-1234610422/

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The XFL is going to turn into football with wresting storylines. We'll have heels, players able to switch teams in the middle of a game. Actually that last one would be great. A WR tackles his own ball carrier, stands up, and rips off his jersey to show he plays for the other team.

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25-year old Catcher Chadwick Tromp gets called up, gets a good-luck tweet from Aruba's head of state, then gets his first homer. Not a bad week.

https://twitter.com/NBCSGiants/status/1290046708190150663

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Yastrzemski's solid play made Billy Hamilton disposable with the latter getting traded for a pitching prospect

https://twitter.com/NBCSGiants/status/1289953930953150467

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Billy Hamilton’s career has been a total bust.

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I've got a crush on Yaz.

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Dodgers beat Dbacks twice over weekend 11-2, 3-0

https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401225787

https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401225802

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Kershaw looked good, I heard.

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CAL

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Go Bears.

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