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Postby Stan » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:01 am

Odd story someone on facebook linked:
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Postby Zen » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:02 am

That is bizarre... I like!
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Re: 17776

Postby Kyle » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:20 am

This is freaking amazing. Everyone go read this.
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Postby Zen » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:21 am

It's like Animalball on a massive scale! (With quantum linked AIs...)
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Re: 17776

Postby Mike » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:35 am

Omigod! I need more.
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: 17776

Postby buckett » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:58 am

Jon Bois is a mad genius and one of the funniest writers in sports, to the extent he can be considered a sportswriter. Here's some of his greatest hits:

First, I'd recommend the Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles, his first story (that I know of) of cross-country football games:


He's probably best known for his Breaking Madden series, where he tweaks Madden's settings to extremes, leading to sometimes hilarious () and sometimes genuinely frightening () results.

He also does a video series on stories that he thinks are pretty good, called Pretty Good. Here's the first episode; it's pretty good, as are the rest of the episodes:

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Postby buckett » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:18 am

TOTALLY forgot about the Bill Belichick Offseason Simulator, the absolute best and most realistic video game ever made about Bill Belichick's offseasons:

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Postby Mike » Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:46 pm

I once attended a wedding reception in the Bee States Ballroom.
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Postby El Jefe » Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:31 pm

I spent over a year doing mescaline daily.

That was less confusing.
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Postby Mike » Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:20 pm

I am eagerly awaiting each daily installment.
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Postby Phoebe » Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:33 am

:jerkit:
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Postby Cazmonster » Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:14 am

"...somewhat less attractive now that she's all corpsified and gross."
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Postby salvation122 » Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:53 am

RIP Lunchables
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Postby buckett » Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:39 am

It's so good
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Postby Phoebe » Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:58 pm

I feel like I can't possibly be reading the same thing you guys are. It is idiotic at best, and deserving of punishment at worst.
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Postby Mike » Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:36 pm

Yeah. It pops up different stories based on the reader's gender. Lisa said the one she read was stupid too.
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Re: 17776

Postby Kyle » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:52 pm

It's so good. While knowledge of football (and specifically, Koy Detmer) helps, it's not necessary. Just patiently read the existential angst explored in the many-layered ways and enjoy. Sublime.
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Postby FlameBlade » Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:09 pm

I especially liked the eulogy.
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Postby salvation122 » Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:01 pm

OLD BOJANGLES

NEW BOJANGLES

This is, quite probably, the greatest original work of fiction I've read in the past six months.
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Re: 17776

Postby Mike » Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:18 pm

That was amazing! (It's done now, BTW.)

What a sweet and bizarre story.
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