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ChipPwned

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It’s pretty widely known knowledge when it comes to the internet, don’t read the comments.  And such sagely wisdom is not at all incorrect, since comment sections all across the world wide web are full of mostly nothing but putrid, useless and contrarian garbage, loosely under the guise of words.

But sometimes, I can’t help it, because I’m also of the type that enjoys watching good train wrecks every now and then.  Come on, I watch TLC more than any other channel out of 450 available channels, I apparently have an affinity for watching chaos unfold.

Here in Atlanta, there was a little bit of news about how retired Atlanta Braves legend, Chipper Jones has decided to move back to Atlanta, after enjoying the first few years of his retirement down in Texas, presumably with his dad, reducing the wildlife population.  Additionally, he has taken a position with the Braves as some sort of non-player personnel, likely the start of his gradual transition into some sort of coaching position, preferably a hitting one, as he is undoubtedly one of the finest hitters in history.

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Oh, Atlanta #266

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Long story short: waitress at crappy Atlanta Mexican restaurant addresses concerns over the presence of a noose hanging in the kitchen, ultimately gets fired for complaining.

I love the choice of words used in the CBS article

what appears to be a noose

Uh, make no mistake, that’s a noose, no matter what angle, direction or way you look at it. I don’t think it can be mistaken for a pulley or a windsor knot or some sort of special rope tying method used to unearth a tree stump or something. It’s a noose, specifically used to hang people – to death. Snap their neck, asphyxiation, doesn’t matter.

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Totally didn’t see this coming.  Nope, not at all

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I actually can’t believe I missed out on this, seeing as how this news broke back almost an entire month ago.  I can’t bring myself to actually put in a Google alert for “Danielle and Mohamed Jbali,” because that’s really gross.  But in the shocker of the century, 90 Day Fiance’s most polarizing couple of all time (paraphrased), Danielle and Mohamed, have split up.

This is an absolute surprise.  Nobody, and I mean nobody, could have guessed that this was going to happen.  Absolutely blindsiding.

I don’t even know where to begin with this.  The fact that the quotes insinuate it was a decision based solely on the notion that social media criticism had pushed them into it only affirms the obvious, which is that Danielle is a pathetic weak-minded sponge that can’t handle any sort of criticism, much less meaningless words from anonymous internet trolls.

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It’s not that simple

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TL;DR – Time columnist implores Game of Thrones fans to stop comparing the books to the television series

Easier said than done.

The one thing about this article that stands out the most to me is the hypothesis that despite how gracious the book snobs have been throughout the gradual progression of the show, there’s probably no way in hell that the show snobs will be as considerate when season 6 of GoT airs, especially in the age of social media and hashtagging everything.

Basically, the fate of Jon Snow, albeit fairly predictable, will be likely absolutely unavoidable to find out once the show begins airing.

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How cute

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See what I did there??  Edit: I just ran 1.5 miles, and it’s 38F degrees outside.

Mark Zuckerberg wants to run 365 miles in 2016.

I’m pretty sure I’ve got sneakers that have seen more miles in shorter spans of time.

Granted, I’m not a father of a yellow fever baby, I didn’t invent theFacebook and I’m not a go-zillionaire, but it’s nice to see that Zuck has put himself in a position where pleebs like myself can feel superior.

Seriously, 365 miles in the span of 365 days?  That’s booty, son.

On average, I run like, nine miles a week.  Cold, or hot weather.  Rain inhibits my desire to run outdoors, but weather permitting, I’m usually hitting at the very least, six miles every single week.

Extrapolate this range, and I’m hitting nearly 465 miles a year, 100 better than Zuck’s pedestrian mark.

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You guys must be new here

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TL;DR – Black students at Emory University kindly request that the anonymous messaging app, Yik Yak be banned on campus, due to incidents of students anonymously making racist comments

Man, who would’ve guessed that if people were given the shroud of anonymity on the internet, they might just say some critical things!  Who would’ve also guessed that in spite of the idealistic world full of equality for all, that there still exists, racism?  Who knew??

Not that I’m condoning the behavior in question here, but honestly these students must be new, to like, modern society.  I’m also not saying that they should sit around and take it, when racists are capitalizing on the veil of anonymity and saying some racist garbage, but the harsh reality is that shit is most certainly nothing new.

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No walls left, apparently

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I was vaguely aware of Xavier Woods’ social media presence, and the general existence of his YouTube channel, Up Up Down Down, but it wasn’t until a randomly recommended video did I actually take the opportunity to check it out.  And I ask myself why I even took that long, since I’ve made no secret that I’m a fan of his, and all the fantastic work he’s doing as the more or less heart of The New Day.

To no secret, Woods, going under the name “Austin Creed” does a fantastic job of entertaining, engaging and being a fun guy to watch.  I think the appeal for me is the fact that he’s just such a charismatic guy that he could probably easily entertain people who have no idea that he’s also a professional wrestler, because so little of at least the clip that I watched, had really anything to do with wrestling, aside from the fact that everyone in it was basically a WWE guy.

Anyway, it was an innocuous link to a video that basically summarized The Miz playing Xavier Woods in Street Fighter II: Champion Edition, with an adequate thumbnail to get the point across.  And in no time, the video creates the scenario, where Miz and Creed play a best of five in SF2:CE, where I can’t remember what Creed had put on the line, but the Miz had wagered his replica of the white-strap Intercontinental title, that all wrestlers apparently get to commemorate the fact that they were a holder of it.

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