Funny picture thread

[Ard]

If you're going to do a pun that bad, I demand it in CSI format.

[FatuousTwat]

That picture is... I don't even

[Cadaverine]

That picture is... I don't even

Says the guy with the avatar of a bee burrowing into someones brain by way of their eyeball.

[FatuousTwat]

Not burrowing, just stinging.

[Cadaverine]

Lies!  It's trying to lay it's quivering little pupae in that poor bastards brain, and you know it!

[Raging Turtle]

[Teleku]

Yes, I guess I can officially say soccer is finally taking hold of main stream America when I'm seeing so many World Cup related meme's going around the internet.

[Cyrrex]

Nah...soon as the World Cup is over, we'll all go back into our soccer hibernation, happily believing David Beckham is the world's greatest footballer.

[schild]

Yes, I guess I can officially say soccer is finally taking hold of main stream America when I'm seeing so many World Cup related meme's going around the internet.

Haha no.

[waffel]

A lot of Americans don't even have the attention span for baseball, let alone soccer.

[Nebu]

A lot of Americans don't even have the attention span for baseball, let alone soccer.

Soccer is much easier to watch.  The majority of pitchers have made MLB almost unwatchable. 

[01101010]

A lot of Americans don't even have the attention span for baseball, let alone soccer.

Wait, doesn't baseball start in August? Fuck, the only thing that makes playing golf enjoyable anymore is the ability to drink and drive golf carts.

[Teleku]

A lot of Americans don't even have the attention span for baseball, let alone soccer.

Soccer is much easier to watch.  The majority of pitchers have made MLB almost unwatchable. 

Err, how so?

[voodoolily]

Lies!  It's trying to lay it's quivering little pupae in that poor bastards brain, and you know it!

Pupae aren't laid, eggs are. And pupae rarely quiver. Larvae do. Pupa is the third instar of an insect's life - like the teen years. Oh, how I wish human teens pupated silently somewhere dark.

[Nebu]

Err, how so?

Get in the stretch.  Step off the pound.  Get in the stretch.  Throw to first.  Get in the stretch.  Step off the mound.  Repeat until 5 mins pass. 

Even when they don't have anyone on base, pitchers spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to play the mental game with hitters.  Just look at the average duration of a 9 inning game over the past 40 years.  It has steadily gotten longer.  I blame slow pitchers.   

[Arinon]

Get in the stretch.  Step off the pound.  Get in the stretch.  Throw to first.  Get in the stretch.  Step off the mound.  Repeat until 5 mins pass. 

Even when they don't have anyone on base, pitchers spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to play the mental game with hitters.  Just look at the average duration of a 9 inning game over the past 40 years.  It has steadily gotten longer.  I blame slow pitchers.   

This is the number one reason I cannot watch baseball.

[Teleku]

Hmm, never really bothered me that much.  Doesn't seem to be taking any longer than it was when I was a kid, but I agree it would be nice if picked up the pace a bit.

I recall there being talk about implementing a sort of shot clock for pitchers awhile ago, not sure whats going on with that proposal (I know there was a big backlash by purist).

[Nebu]

Last I knew, they were testing the pitch clock with a few college teams and it would only be used when noone was on base.  It will never catch on.  Concessions make money.  Longer games = more concessions. 

[Teleku]

Well, actually, TV = even more money, and the MLB is being pressured by the networks to speed up the games a bit so they can fit in more broadcasting.  I think thats been the main source of pressure.  I'd be surprised if they actually made much more money from overly long games.  The longer a game drags on, the more likely it is that people will just leave than buy another $10 beer and stay.

But yeah, your right, some colleges are experimentation with it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/sports/baseball/01clock.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1276801339-4QnRjBlPnTtxRSsKECBbEw

[Abagadro]

Baseball is just a beer and brats delivery devise.

[Cyrrex]

I don't think baseball has to pay buy the hour, so I bet the networks get kinda pissed when they have to pre-empt too many other sources of revenue.  Or maybe I'm just talking out my shit-hole.

[Teleku]

Baseball is just a beer and brats delivery devise.

Which is why it is truly the greatest of all sports.   

[Abagadro]

I didn't mean it as a criticism.

[Musashi]

I don't think pitching is taking longer now than sometime previously.  It's been this way forever.  There are pitchers who are worse than others.  And the Red Sox/Yankees treat every game they play each other like the seventh game of the World Series.  But most games aren't that bad unless it's a close game or an extraordinary number of guys are getting on base.

[NiX]

Concessions won't make the money. Only the hardcore stay if it drags, I've left early 4/5 times I've been. The one time I didn't leave was because the Yankees crushed the Jays and they folded like a wet napkin.

[Bunk]

Pupae aren't laid, eggs are. And pupae rarely quiver. Larvae do. Pupa is the third instar of an insect's life - like the teen years. Oh, how I wish human teens pupated silently somewhere dark.

nerd.

[Bunk]

Baseball has become a pretty much unwatchable sport on TV.

I'm sitting here trying to think of how to analyse what makes it unwatchable, and I realized - it's just too damn slow in relation to the amount of action. A good at bat can be reasonably exiting, but when you intersperse a few good at bats with a bunch of generic five pitch groundouts - that take five minutes each to get done - it's just not compelling.

I tried watching a baseball game live once (triple A). It was the most miserable thing I have ever experienced. Without the TV coverage zoomed in on the at bats, you couldn't tell what was happening at the plate beyond did he hit it or not. Add in one guy who entertained himself (and everyone within 500 feet) with "hey batter batter" wharrrgarble endlessly... Yea, no amount of beer was going to make that experience any better.

And since this is the funny picture thread:

I have no idea why this made me laugh so much.

[Draegan]

This is probably old but... I haven't seen it, or I've forgotten it.

[Musashi]

Baseball has become a pretty much unwatchable sport on TV.

[snip]

To really enjoy baseball on TV, you have to be willing to get into pitching.  There's a lot of other stuff too, swing-types vs. defense, situations, etc.  But unless you are willing to allow yourself to be excited by wondering along with the batter what the next pitch will be and then how well it's executed, you're going to think baseball is slow.

As far as going to games, you can watch reasonably well from the outfield bleachers, or spend big money on seats behind the plate.  But pretty much the best advice if you want to be more into it is bring a portable radio and listen to whatever AM station covers the game for the play by play.  I just get hammered at games with the rest of the retards, though.  The guy yelling 'hey batter' over and over isn't really annoying if he's you.  And remember, the answer when someone inevitably yells, "I have a kid here!" is, "Tell that mother fucker he's at a ball game!"

[Teleku]

Yeah, what he said.  Once you come to appreciate good pitching it becomes more watchable.  I can easily sit through entire games, and I love baseball, but I will acknowledge its not for everybody.

For an example of amazing pitching, I still can't believe what this guy can do:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8802881


Oh, and here, more world cup meme's:

[Ironwood]

Heh.

[Lakov_Sanite]

[Draegan]

Wheres the funny?

[LK]

I got a chuckle. Though I guess it's a Funny Picture Thread and not an Amusing Picture Thread.

[Cadaverine]

I dunno, I laughed.