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My wife knows about you guys, but I don't need to worry about her browsing the forum. I bought a Zwift Hub Trainer, which is kind of a gift for both of us, but I have a feeling I will be using it most of the time. Still it's a pretty great price for a decent smart trainer. I almost bought a 2nd so we could ride side by side, but I figure I should see how well we do with one for now.

'Murica

I mean, I've always known that artificial crap is poison. I don't understand why the solution to too much sugar is to eat some chemicals created in a lab. Just give me the damn sugar.

It's fair to say it was dumb to bring weed with her to Russia, but it's a bit much to say she deserves 9 years in prison for it. The reasonable punishment is confiscation, deportation, and maybe a travel ban. There are a lot of people in the comments section of Fox News and Facebook that love to spout "She broke the law! Let her rot!"

It's hard to turn down that salary though. Rumors are she makes about a million in Russia compared to about $200k in the WNBA. It's also good for basketball to have athletes go abroad and grow the sport. I'd imagine this will basically kill women's basketball in Russia, at least from an international perspective. My wife took a dance contract abroad when she was younger. It was a big deal to have that opportunity. It was in Japan, so it wasn't a huge risk, but I can still see why people would take these contracts. A bunch of the other dancers were from Russia.

Her celebrity is what put her in Russia in the first place. The Fogel situation also sounds tragic. He also went there to work for the people of Russia and it is ridiculous that he is treated this way. It is 100% on Russia. This just seems like a very negative approach to good news. It is good that Brittney Griner has been released. That doesn't take away from the injustice that other people are facing around the world. Does the US need to continue to work for their benefit? Of course. But this is still a positive story.

Again, celebrity put her in the situation in the first place.

This seems like a weird take. Brittney Griner is an athlete that goes to Russia to entertain people with her exceptional skills. She was being held for personal use cannabis oil. She never should have been incarcerated in the first place. It was her celebrity put her in Russia to play basketball, it was her celebrity that led to her sentence, and it was her celebrity that let Russia use her as a bargaining chip. So I'm not sure how it is anything but excellent news that she was exchanged. She still spent 10 months in prison for some weed. Whelan is accused of espionage. It is also probably Russia playing politics. But it is a very different scenario.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63899465 Brittney Griner is free! This is tremendously good news.

As Shady said, it is a term policy, so we pay relatively little ($40 a month) for a decent payout, but it doesn't accumulate. We also have policies through work that act as both life insurance and retirement, but they do not pay out very much if we die.

My wife and I took out life policies when my daughter was born. It is weird to think we have been paying on those for 15 years now. They only go for another 10 years, but at that point, the kids will be grown.

I'm in. It could be 90 minutes of Eddie glaring at Jonah Hill in a diner and I'd be happy.

I came home today and my daughter was watching Philadelphia. Obviously we've come a long way, but it amazes me that people still try to justify outright discrimination in the name of capitalism and christianity.

Kirstie Allie

I'm amazed they are taking on the case. The lady hasn't even started her 'web design' business yet. Nobody has asked her to design a gay wedding site. It is just speculation.

That looks fantastic. I'm totally down for a new Musketeers movie.

Aw come one, I'm sure Larian has written a few memorable characters in their games. I've played most of them and I remember...uh...give me a second, it will come to me... I think there was a talking skull? Or was that Monkey Island? Or was that Morte?

Ain't nobody got time for Alpha testing at our age. I can barely make time for the finished games.

Edge of Tomorrow ain't a time travel movie. It is Groundhog's Day with guns. Totally different genre.

The Obsidian forums is the original Roguelike game.

The fridge didn't bother me at all. Ending it with this guy did. I vastly prefer the religious hoodoo juju to a UFO blasting off. Plus Shia Ladouchebag was not good.

I don't know what the Crystal Skull thing is you guys are talking about. Indy 4 is called Fate of Atlantis.

Yeah, I always enjoy the idea of the classic games much more than the actual gameplay. Some genres held up better than others, too. RPG's tended to be pretty bad. I'd argue that the infinity engine games are the only ones that aged somewhat well, and even they benefited from the EE makeover. I tried to play Might and Magic 7 awhile back and I don't understand how I navigated that thing back in the day.

@Chairchucker's hot take.

It can't be any worse... Wait, Kurt Russel was in the 2nd one and it was great, so that that doesn't work here.