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Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

We're famous guys 😂

# ? Oct 16, 2018 22:56

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 06:43

weird Asian candy: Aug 23, 2005; Ask me about how my football team's success determines my self worth, and how I wish I lived in New Orleans.

I feel proud to have seen this seed grow into a bountiful harvest. Brings a tear to my eye.

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:01

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

Most successful goon project since that girl stabbed her friend in the name of slenderman

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:02

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling
1-800-GAMBLER; Ultra Carp

For a dead dying forum we've still got it.

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:07

sourdough: Apr 30, 2012

Spoeank posted:

Most successful goon project since that girl stabbed her friend in the name of slenderman

Lol

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:07

Ammanas: Jul 17, 2005; Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

imo each & every post is a successful project, we dont need external validation

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:15

seiferguy: Jun 9, 2005; FLAWED
INTUITION; Toilet Rascal

Put ads on that site and use the money to pay for Lowtax's spine imo

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:32

shirts and skins: Jun 25, 2007; Good morning!

Finger Prince posted:

Actually turns out I was thinking of a different Wanderers football club which I mistook for Wolverhampton because of the shared name.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderers_F.C.
So named because they didn't have a home stadium and just played at various venues around London. This ancient history brought to you by my dearly departed ancient dad.

There's a minor league baseball team in the Atlantic League that still does this!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Road_Warriors

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:40

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

Play posted:

Yahoo Sports: As Raiders sink, a brilliant website has emerged counting down Jon Gruden's tenure.
https://sports.yahoo.com/raiders-sink-brilliant-website-emerged-counting-jon-grudens-tenure-213935335.html

The Jon Gruden honeymoon may not be over yet following the Oakland Raiders’ 1-5 start, but it’s safe to say some fans have put the marriage on the clock.

Literally.

An anonymous internet soul or group has rocketed into the ranks of some historically savage NFL fans, creating a simple – but remarkably ruthless – countdown clock of Gruden’s remaining 10-year deal with the Raiders. Registered and created on Oct. 10 (which was before Sunday’s meltdown against the Seattle Seahawks) the tick-tocking platform is a straightforward page with a blunt domain name: isgrudengoneyet.com.

Jon Gruden has a lot of work to do in overcoming a 1-5 start with the Raiders. (AP)

It features only four bits of information:

1. A title: “Is Gruden gone yet?”

2. A giant, capitalized answer: “NO”

3. A clock that is mercilessly timing out, counting down what is presumed to be the number of years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds (!) of Gruden’s contract in Oakland.

4. And for good measure, it includes a salary tracker that calculates: the amount of money Gruden has theoretically banked from the Raiders; the amount of money he’s still theoretically owed; and the amount of money he has theoretically earned in the precise amount of time a visitor has been on the web page.

As fan trolling goes, it gets high marks for simplistic entertainment value. It’s not the age-old taunt of showing up to games wearing a grocery bag on your head. Nor is it the brutally invasive approach of flying a banner over a stadium or paying for freeway signage near the team’s headquarters. But in the digital age, it’s effective because it provides the few pieces of information that were destined to follow Gruden the rest of his coaching life – whether he succeeded or failed in Oakland.

That crazy length of his contract (which he has sort of denied). That jaw-dropping $100 million salary figure (which he has also sort of denied). And the one question that will either define his failure, or serve as an opportunity for him to fire back at critics through some smirking success:

Is Jon Gruden gone yet? Nope. He’s here for the long-haul.

But so are those who will be watching his every move and calculating the exact price the Raiders have paid, right down to the pennies spent and seconds invested.

Amazing. TFF relevant in the year 2018

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:48

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

seiferguy posted:

Put ads on that site and use the money to pay for ~~Lowtax's spine imo~~ poo poo for yourself

edit: or a link to TFF and save our dead gay forum

Athanatos fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Oct 17, 2018

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:48

Kalli: Jun 2, 2001

I'll buy you whatever forum add on you want if you add an ad that just links to Tupac's Changes video on youtube.

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:53

The Dave: Sep 9, 2003

Jesus even the coach at my gym brought it up this morning.

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:57

iwentdoodie: Apr 29, 2005; 🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗

The Dave posted:

Jesus even the coach at my gym brought it up this morning.

Guy brought it up at work last night, and my boss mentioned it this morning and hes like the least online guy ever.

# ? Oct 16, 2018 23:59

Azhais: Feb 5, 2007; Switchblade Switcharoo

iwentdoodie posted:

Guy brought it up at work last night, and my boss mentioned it this morning and hes like the least online guy ever.

Only had like 5k hits yesterday, so it's not exactly getting swarmed. We'll see how it goes with a Yahoo article.

And I'm in no way motivated enough to figure out how to put an ad on it

# ? Oct 17, 2018 00:11

Nodoze: Aug 17, 2006; If it's only for a night I can live without you

Best SAS project since we nicknamed Mike Trout

# ? Oct 17, 2018 00:38

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

Azhais posted:

Only had like 5k hits yesterday, so it's not exactly getting swarmed. We'll see how it goes with a Yahoo article.

And I'm in no way motivated enough to figure out how to put an ad on it

No it's better like this. More mystery. We can sit back and laugh at these fools,, knowing ourselves to be the shadowy figures behind the viral hit isgrudengoneyet.com

# ? Oct 17, 2018 00:43

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

Rams cut Cairo Santos today, so all your kicker-thirsty teams can go hog wild

# ? Oct 17, 2018 00:45

TITTIEKISSER69: Mar 19, 2005; SAVE THE BEES
PLANT MORE TREES
CLEAN THE SEAS
KISS TITTIESS

I'm honored that isgrudengoneyet.com has become a reality!

Now if we could just revive the old SAS Wiki...

# ? Oct 17, 2018 00:53

a neat cape: Feb 22, 2007; Aw hunny, these came out GREAT!

DariusLikewise posted:

Rams cut Cairo Santos today, so all your kicker-thirsty teams can go hog wild

We won't

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:01

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

TITTIEKISSER69 posted:

I'm honored that isgrudengoneyet.com has become a reality!

Now if we could just revive the old SAS Wiki...

youd have to track down gendo for that and good luck

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:04

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

FizFashizzle posted:

youd have to track down gendo for that and good luck

Just pretend you're a girl that posts on SA and he will find you

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:08

Fat Jesus: Jul 13, 2011; to ride eternal, shiny and chrome

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2023

Play posted:

Yahoo Sports: As Raiders sink, a brilliant website has emerged counting down Jon Gruden's tenure.
https://sports.yahoo.com/raiders-sink-brilliant-website-emerged-counting-jon-grudens-tenure-213935335.html

The Jon Gruden honeymoon may not be over yet following the Oakland Raiders’ 1-5 start, but it’s safe to say some fans have put the marriage on the clock.

Literally.

An anonymous internet soul or group has rocketed into the ranks of some historically savage NFL fans, creating a simple – but remarkably ruthless – countdown clock of Gruden’s remaining 10-year deal with the Raiders. Registered and created on Oct. 10 (which was before Sunday’s meltdown against the Seattle Seahawks) the tick-tocking platform is a straightforward page with a blunt domain name: isgrudengoneyet.com.

Jon Gruden has a lot of work to do in overcoming a 1-5 start with the Raiders. (AP)

It features only four bits of information:

1. A title: “Is Gruden gone yet?”

2. A giant, capitalized answer: “NO”

3. A clock that is mercilessly timing out, counting down what is presumed to be the number of years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds (!) of Gruden’s contract in Oakland.

4. And for good measure, it includes a salary tracker that calculates: the amount of money Gruden has theoretically banked from the Raiders; the amount of money he’s still theoretically owed; and the amount of money he has theoretically earned in the precise amount of time a visitor has been on the web page.

As fan trolling goes, it gets high marks for simplistic entertainment value. It’s not the age-old taunt of showing up to games wearing a grocery bag on your head. Nor is it the brutally invasive approach of flying a banner over a stadium or paying for freeway signage near the team’s headquarters. But in the digital age, it’s effective because it provides the few pieces of information that were destined to follow Gruden the rest of his coaching life – whether he succeeded or failed in Oakland.

That crazy length of his contract (which he has sort of denied). That jaw-dropping $100 million salary figure (which he has also sort of denied). And the one question that will either define his failure, or serve as an opportunity for him to fire back at critics through some smirking success:

Is Jon Gruden gone yet? Nope. He’s here for the long-haul.

But so are those who will be watching his every move and calculating the exact price the Raiders have paid, right down to the pennies spent and seconds invested.

this all started with me asking if they were stuck with Gruden for 10 years?

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:14

weird Asian candy: Aug 23, 2005; Ask me about how my football team's success determines my self worth, and how I wish I lived in New Orleans.

Nodoze posted:

Best SAS project since we nicknamed Mike Trout

I mean we literally willed Joey Bosa to physical injury and near death just weeks ago...

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:29

Ammanas: Jul 17, 2005; Voltes V: "Laser swooooooooord!"

weird Asian candy posted:

I mean we literally willed Joey Bosa to physical injury and near death just weeks ago...

Plz do not do this again I want the chargers to make the playoffs

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:36

Athanatos: Jun 7, 2006; Est. 1967

weird Asian candy posted:

I mean we literally willed Joey Bosa to physical injury and near death just weeks ago...

We did this so well it even hit his brother.

Ammanas posted:

Plz do not do this again I want the chargers to make the playoffs

I'll change the forum name back on Nov 1st it will reverse the curse

Athanatos fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Oct 17, 2018

# ? Oct 17, 2018 01:48

King Hong Kong: Nov 6, 2009; For we'll fight with a vim
that is dead sure to win.

Athanatos posted:

Amazing. TFF relevant in the year 2018

Now we just need a timer for when someone steals this TFF joke in 7 or 8 years.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 02:08

AndwhatIseeisme: Mar 30, 2010; Being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.; Fun Shoe

Play posted:

Yahoo Sports: As Raiders sink, a brilliant website has emerged counting down Jon Gruden's tenure.
https://sports.yahoo.com/raiders-sink-brilliant-website-emerged-counting-jon-grudens-tenure-213935335.html

The Jon Gruden honeymoon may not be over yet following the Oakland Raiders’ 1-5 start, but it’s safe to say some fans have put the marriage on the clock.

Literally.

An anonymous internet soul or group has rocketed into the ranks of some historically savage NFL fans, creating a simple – but remarkably ruthless – countdown clock of Gruden’s remaining 10-year deal with the Raiders. Registered and created on Oct. 10 (which was before Sunday’s meltdown against the Seattle Seahawks) the tick-tocking platform is a straightforward page with a blunt domain name: isgrudengoneyet.com.

Jon Gruden has a lot of work to do in overcoming a 1-5 start with the Raiders. (AP)

It features only four bits of information:

1. A title: “Is Gruden gone yet?”

2. A giant, capitalized answer: “NO”

3. A clock that is mercilessly timing out, counting down what is presumed to be the number of years, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds (!) of Gruden’s contract in Oakland.

4. And for good measure, it includes a salary tracker that calculates: the amount of money Gruden has theoretically banked from the Raiders; the amount of money he’s still theoretically owed; and the amount of money he has theoretically earned in the precise amount of time a visitor has been on the web page.

As fan trolling goes, it gets high marks for simplistic entertainment value. It’s not the age-old taunt of showing up to games wearing a grocery bag on your head. Nor is it the brutally invasive approach of flying a banner over a stadium or paying for freeway signage near the team’s headquarters. But in the digital age, it’s effective because it provides the few pieces of information that were destined to follow Gruden the rest of his coaching life – whether he succeeded or failed in Oakland.

That crazy length of his contract (which he has sort of denied). That jaw-dropping $100 million salary figure (which he has also sort of denied). And the one question that will either define his failure, or serve as an opportunity for him to fire back at critics through some smirking success:

Is Jon Gruden gone yet? Nope. He’s here for the long-haul.

But so are those who will be watching his every move and calculating the exact price the Raiders have paid, right down to the pennies spent and seconds invested.

The best part of this is that they just assume that the clock is counting down to the end of his contract, and considering the fact that the clock is off by a bit it makes me think you could have put any amount of time on that page and it would have still worked.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 03:36

ulmont: Sep 15, 2010; IF I EVER MISS VOTING IN AN ELECTION (EVEN AMERICAN IDOL) ,OR HAVE UNPAID PARKING TICKETS, PLEASE TAKE AWAY MY FRANCHISE

FizFashizzle posted:

youd have to track down gendo for that and good luck

He's not exactly hiding on twitter.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 03:45

Nodoze: Aug 17, 2006; If it's only for a night I can live without you

weird Asian candy posted:

I mean we literally willed Joey Bosa to physical injury and near death just weeks ago...

That was like the sun rising, we can't take credit for that

# ? Oct 17, 2018 03:54

Chilichimp: Oct 24, 2006; TIE Adv xWampa

It wamp, and it stomp; Grimey Drawer

weird Asian candy posted:

I mean we literally willed Joey Bosa to physical injury and near death just weeks ago...

Near death? Brother, I've got bad news...

# ? Oct 17, 2018 04:02

sexpig by night: Sep 8, 2011; by Azathoth

Ammanas posted:

Plz do not do this again I want the chargers to make the playoffs

do you, though

# ? Oct 17, 2018 05:15

Acebuckeye13: Nov 2, 2010; If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling
1-800-GAMBLER; Ultra Carp

Chilichimp posted:

Near death? Brother, I've got bad news...

never 4get

# ? Oct 17, 2018 05:37

Henrik Zetterberg: Dec 7, 2007

Born in 95 what the gently caress

# ? Oct 17, 2018 05:50

iwentdoodie: Apr 29, 2005; 🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗

Henrik Zetterberg posted:

Born in 95 what the gently caress

I have employees born in 2000.

We're all old.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 06:03

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

I just read a story that Lane Kiffin is trying to recruit Matt Leinharts 11 year old son lol

# ? Oct 17, 2018 07:20

Elephanthead: Sep 11, 2008; Toilet Rascal

Barudak posted:

Please have sympathy in these trying times, the Joker is holding Sean McDermotts family hostage and making him start Nathan Peterman

I am so thinking of getting some tickets for this poo poo fest just for the spectacle or a less than high school quality QB starting an NFL game.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 07:56

Mr. Nice!: Oct 13, 2005; c-spam cannot afford

Kids born after 9/11/01 are able to enlist in the military and in less than 11 months deploy to Afghanistan to fight a war over out allies attacking NYC and the Pentagon.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 13:01

Slowpoke!: Feb 12, 2008; ANIME IS FOR ADULTS

Good job, goons. We were recognized by Yahoo Sports.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 14:16

Grittybeard: Mar 29, 2010; Bad, very bad!

Slowpoke! posted:

Good job, goons. We were recognized by Yahoo Sports.

Like that's hard, all you need to do is goatse Jeff Passan after he doesn't vote for Jeff Bagwell getting into the hall of fame. Then he calls your mom looking for you.

I'm inordinately proud of my very small part of this whole Gruden site and being a jerk and saying "hey maybe try this," after Azhais thought he was done with his funny little joke that we'd be the only ones to ever look at.

# ? Oct 17, 2018 14:23

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 06:43

Diqnol: May 10, 2010

Grittybeard posted:

Like that's hard, all you need to do is goatse Jeff Passan after he doesn't vote for Jeff Bagwell getting into the hall of fame. Then he calls your mom looking for you.

I'm inordinately proud of my very small part of this whole Gruden site and being a jerk and saying "hey maybe try this," after Azhais thought he was done with his funny little joke that we'd be the only ones to ever look at.

Is this what accomplishment looks like after 40 smdh

# ? Oct 17, 2018 14:56

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