CT LIX: Return of the Megathread

Post #241 » by **Kilroy** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:00 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXGXCXifcWg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6MElklfvM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P-QBfWTAAY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFjP6p4xGQ0[/youtube]

hermes · Post #242 » by **hermes** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:56 pm

Danny Darko wrote:that's it... I'm asking Howard to swap the m in your name out for p .

whenever anyone writes herpes i initially read it as hermes anyway

Post #243 » by **TyCobb** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:00 pm

Just wanted to say... Messi is a beast.

EArl · Post #244 » by **EArl** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:04 pm

TyCobb wrote:Just wanted to say... Messi is a beast.

ennui · Post #245 » by **ennui** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:16 pm

so my ex just texted me after like 4 years, tryna act all innocuous

she wants the d right

ak7 · Post #246 » by **ak7** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:33 pm

Participating in a keg race tonight.. Teams of 8. This is going to not end well.

Dr Aki · Post #247 » by **Dr Aki** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:19 am

ennui wrote:so my ex just texted me after like 4 years, tryna act all innocuous

she wants the d right

maybe she wants to tell you she's a lesbian now and you pushed her over the edge

tugs · Post #248 » by **tugs** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:25 pm

The Regime wrote:For what it's worth I thought it was better than 21 Jump Street. Going to tough for them to make a third sequal with virtually the same plot.

Spoiler:

tugs · Post #249 » by **tugs** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:27 pm

ennui wrote:so my ex just texted me after like 4 years, tryna act all innocuous

she wants the d right

last poster who used that word here was Borat. wonder what's up with the other CT regulars back then.

tugs · Post #250 » by **tugs** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:49 pm

so this is what I like about FIFA

ennui · Post #251 » by **ennui** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:26 pm

Dr Aki wrote:
ennui wrote:so my ex just texted me after like 4 years, tryna act all innocuous

she wants the d right

maybe she wants to tell you she's a lesbian now and you pushed her over the edge

that's fine cuz the d stands for designer handbag

Post #252 » by **TyCobb** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:28 pm

She wants you to put the D down, reboouuunnddd

ennui · Post #253 » by **ennui** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:28 pm

raid 2 is one of the absolute best action movies I have ever seen

the cinematography is just beautiful

you guys are seriously missing out if you dont see this - i implore yall

ennui · Post #254 » by **ennui** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:30 pm

Dr Aki put in some work on the GB

Dr Aki · Post #255 » by **Dr Aki** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:07 am

is it as good as raid 1?

also, lol USA, napping in defense 30 seconds from the end

ennui wrote:Dr Aki put in some work on the GB

well lebron ain't gonna hate himself

ratra_1211 · Post #256 » by **ratra_1211** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:31 am

lol the raid is from the country i live and i havent even watch the first raid

ennui · Post #257 » by **ennui** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 2:12 am

Dr Aki wrote:is it as good as raid 1?

Its way better, as hard as that is to imagine.

Post #258 » by **Slava** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:44 am

Finally finished Sopranos, the ending was weird at first but after a little thought it was awesome!

EArl · Post #259 » by **EArl** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:28 am

going back to Santa Cruz in a few hours. It was nice spending a week in LA.

EArl · Post #260 » by **EArl** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 1:03 am

http://mashable.com/2014/06/23/more-ame ... ce=dlvr.it

You know that tired old narrative about how Americans will never watch soccer, how they find it dull and incomprehensible and prefer homegrown sports? It's finally, definitively dead.

According to the overnight TV ratings, Sunday's thrilling USA v Portugal game won more than 25 million viewers in the U.S. — despite the fact that it was only to be found on cable networks ESPN and Univision. Not only was that an all-time record for a soccer match, it also beat the average viewership for the 2013 World Series by 10 million viewers.
But don't feel too bad, baseball: basketball is in the same position. This year's NBA finals, featuring the Miami Heat and the victorious San Antonio Spurs, could only muster an average 15.5 million viewers.

The USA-Portugal match was seen by 18.2 million viewers on ESPN alone, not counting the half-million online customers who live streamed the game. Another 6.5 million viewers caught the game on Spanish-language channel Univision.
None of this, of course, counts the vast audiences that clustered together in bars and big screen events in major US cities, such as the crowds in Grant Park, Chicago and Civic Center, San Francisco.

Indeed, it seems an event long predicted — that eventually, with demographic shifts and changes in attitude, a generation of Americans would stop growing out of soccer when they left the little leagues — has finally come to pass.