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Even Hodor writes faster than George R.R. Martin.

JohnnyComeLately Token Native

9:21am

2 baseball tickets for last home game. Tonight 6pm, who wants them? Free

4slyce

9:19am

Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon Season 2 Trailer. First episode June 16.

TCuz Coastal Elite

9:17am

Thank you for the warning — loved Season 1 but won't be watching this trailer

Gustav

9:18am

Rings of Power

Ham

9:07am

“We’re going to do a multi-season series based on a period that covers a handful of pages”

Indy Coug

9:10am

They used the end the LOTR anthology not the Silmarillion

Archaea

9:11am

The reason is they didn’t have full literary rights

Archaea

9:10am

And the show is just awful. On the surface, it tries to imitate Tolkien, but it

wildeone

9:11am

I liked it 10 times more than the abomination that is The Wheel of Time

Mikey

9:15am

I guess I prefer to have some fanatasy to no fantasy

Archaea

9:19am

Got a little Zoom Meeting tip for you

RockyBalboa

8:57am

POLL: Are you taking the over or under for BYU’s projected 4.5 win total?

arizonacougarfan

8:52am

It'll probably change a couple weeks before the first game but right now

Schultz is back

8:53am

I took over the day the over / under bets hit, over at plus 108. I’m confident

BYUfannonLDS

9:06am

I don't think they'll be great this year, but slightly better. Guessing 6-6.

DubuMfalme

9:09am

Losing Texas and OU and replacing with Utah

Archaea

9:12am

FYI, the Over is +104 and the Under is -128 (Fanduel). This is just to say that they view the under as more likely.

TCuz

9:11am

I think we get 5+ wins.

NumbersGuy

9:15am

Last night my son and I went to Smiths because of the steak sale mentioned on CB

TADOW All-American

8:52am

Buying steaks is for amateurs. Buy the entire muscle and cut them yourself.

molodyets

9:03am

I had a 20z steak at Longhorn 3 weeks ago, and then had a gout flare, still cant

BYUFootballisBack

9:05am

The Golden State Valkyries. Really rolls off the tongue well.

Pollster QB2

8:51am

I can't believe the WNBA is actually expanding.

jacobugath

8:56am

Don't businesses losing money always expand 😀

WJCougar

9:06am

Well, they have to put that extra NBA revenue somewhere, and it sure can't be back to the NBA!

-C9-

9:13am

The RoP teaser makes me excited to hate watch TWoT season 3. I can't wait

Hypnotoad

8:48am

Season 2 of WoT improved on season 1. Hopefully season 2 of RoP will also figure out some of its problems.

Joe Banks

9:01am

Everyone told me season 2 was so much better than season 1. Watched episode 1 and could not continue. Just awful

JohnnyComeLately

9:01am

POLL: Which youth sports parents are most likely to brawl at their kids games?

COUGND

8:41am

Wrestling parents

DiamondMo

8:45am

Wrestling parents are the most psycho but I never witnessed any fights between parents in my days.

TADOW

8:53am

Yep. A lot of parents can't take watching their kid writhe in pain and get dominated.

WDaddy

8:56am

Lacrosse.

No touching

8:46am

whoever parent previous played the sport in question.

LeonMarek

8:46am

All of the above

Mikey

8:48am

Fight/fight- I’m going with football parents..

cougfanz

8:53am

Basketball is the one here that got parents banned!

Xenon

9:01am

High School sports parent.

Corn

9:04am

The committee will soon meet to update rankings for 2024.

shimmy

9:04am

Worst case scenario for Gen AI risk to humanity

novacoug1

8:40am

What channel is Man City - Tottenham on?

HimmerFredette

8:37am

USA

allaboutthegainz

8:38am

Come on City!!

xarope8

8:42am

You like the Yankees, Soviet Union and China I guess

Archaea

8:46am

I sort of like City. When I was on my mission way back when in London, I had a companion from Macclesfield, and he

slappy

8:51am

Sad that this is not available in the US

crimedog Insensitive ....

8:36am

There are SO many great diesels outside the US that we can’t get.

TeeKaa

8:46am

So spend $85k and then another $85k to make it what it should have been for $85k

Pro Logic

8:50am

I was shocked to see the pickup variant at a used car dealership in PG 2 yrs ago

Shawarma

8:53am

<< Deleted >>

Shawarma

8:54am

Light, durable, cheap, big engine, great fun.

Shawarma

8:57am

If more than a handful of people would buy it, something very similar would be.

Corn Pop

9:21am

Cancer research institutes show no direct correlation between diet sodas and cancer,

RSL 401 Authentication Required

8:33am

RE: Cancer research institutes show no direct correlation between diet sodas and cancer,

crimedog

8:34am

Your friends are idiots

Cougrrrs Roll

8:37am

Every man dies. Not every man really lives.

WDaddy

8:42am

Cowards die every day. Brave men only die once.

Acorn

8:47am

Artificial sweeteners aren't good for you, but they're still better than sugar.

Mister P

8:37am

Real sugar is better than corn sugar. And anything is better than diet. Yuck.

BlueTooth

8:40am

I'll have to keep an eye out for that. That sounds good.

Mister P

8:41am

You wish they made a zero calorie drink with real sugar? I bet the manufacturer

Salami Karate

8:43am

Doesn’t matter diet soda taste terrible. Gross.

A Drew Aitch

8:38am

Especially Diet Coke. Makes me gag even thinking about it

A Drew Aitch

8:40am

This is, perhaps the worst post in cougar board history, and that’s saying something

JOPE

9:00am

Agreed.

SoValleyCOUG

8:41am

I don't believe anything that is that gross doesn't cause cancer.

Schultz is back

8:43am

Yep. Feel the same way about kale

Mikey

8:45am

I bet Big Soda is funding those cancer research institutes, only releasing

SuperTank

8:40am

I'm on my second 52 oz DP Zero this morning. Been doing this for 10+ years and I'm not dead yet. #Science

WDaddy

8:43am

RE: I'm on my second 52 oz DP Zero this morning. Been doing this for 10+ years

Mister P

8:45am

Hard workout every morning coupled with intermittent fasting. There is no other way.

WDaddy

8:47am

104 oz??? You're getting close to a gallon of soda a day!

Mister P

8:49am

Yes sir. 99.5% water too. I'm well hyrdated.

WDaddy

8:54am

RE: I'm on my second 52 oz DP Zero this morning. Been doing this for 10+ years

Schultz is back

8:45am

RE: I'm on my second 52 oz DP Zero this morning. Been doing this for 10+ years and I'm not dead yet. #Science

RSL

8:46am

This is exactly what an AI who is pretending to be alive would say

Coug

9:12am

Might as well believe your friends, because it isn't good for you anyway.

SLC-Durham

8:47am

RE: Cancer research institutes show no direct correlation between diet sodas and

Crowd Factor

8:50am

Do any of them have financial incentives to misrepresent information? What

BYUtka

8:56am

Depends on what studies the others are using to support their claims. As far as sugar vs. aspartame—pick your poison.

hamaca

8:59am

Just make sure you’re not drinking 100 diet sodas a day and you won’t be the one

Soren Tversky

9:04am

Need Kyle Collinsworth to weigh in before I form an opinion

DKN

9:08am

Probably better than drinking sunscreen.

2ndTrombone

9:19am

I read on a t-shirt that it causes neurological problems in newborns.

BlueNtheFace

9:12am

That's some evidence I simply can't ignore

RSL

9:22am

Good job to whoever has the stretch Y flag in their window at the Hilton by DCA

TheWanderer

8:27am

Not sure who, but what a great idea. Crystal city is called “Little Provo”.

DCCougFan

8:43am

Why do kids wait to get their license? Most of the priests don't drive.

SausageKing

8:09am

Smart phones. Easy to "get out" without having to leave the kitchen.

Leonardo

8:10am

Exactly

pink22

8:12am

RE: Why do kids wait to get their license? Most of the priests don't drive.

johnnybyu

8:10am

Not a single priest in my ward drives, my son won't get his license for at least 3 more years

RSL

8:13am

We talking about waiting til college here? Why?

OmahaOmaha

8:16am

This generation, man. I don't know. I had my license at 15.5.

RSL

8:20am

All the Priests in my ward drive and we’ve got a quorum of 25.

TempeCoug

8:16am

Parents are the problem. My kids got their license on their 16th birthdays

Idacoug

8:16am

So they waited a year and didn’t get it like most Idaho kids at 15?

Fatalplacebo

8:22am

I think part of it is the cost of insurance and adding another vehicle, but I do

Blue Ridge

8:28am

Yup my friends and I were joyriding at 15, just drooling to take drivers ed.

Pro Logic

8:17am

Never heard of that. All the priests I know have gotten it right away. I was an

kotacoug

8:21am

My kids all get their permit at 14 and license on 16th birthday.

Lifer

8:21am

My 15 yo can’t wait to get his license

Littlerich

8:22am

It's a life skill parents should force their kids to learn

RockyBalboa

8:26am

My brother's son is 24 and still doesn't have a driver's license. I don't understand

BYU Grounds

8:26am

Risk adverse....

Xenon

8:33am

Maybe the parents don’t want to pay the $$$$ car insurance for teenage boys

arizonacougarfan

8:34am

as a 16 year old on the board i was super busy when i COULD get my license,

brb21

8:37am

One of my sons will be 18 in September. no license yet

Belboz

8:39am

Do you still have drove him around? For that reason alone my kids have and will

TempeCoug

9:03am

Was wondering the same thing. Uber everywhere? Because we aren’t driving kids

kotacoug

9:15am

All 7 of my kids had the go to get their license at 16. 2 did. The other's

AF_Puma

8:45am

4 kids. All got their license the day they turned 16 or within a week of turning 16.

JamieTartt

8:51am

Send them out to live on the farm

Cougrrrs Roll

8:51am

Part of the reason is how it is set up now. We used to have drivers ed in school

JAGA97

9:03am

Wegovy sounds too good to be true. 20% reduction in heat attack, stroke or heart

Windward_Coug

7:56am

It makes eating a chore, from what I have heard

AggieWeekendCougar

7:58am

Long lasting, durable weight loss though. Plus some other unknown heart

Windward_Coug

8:00am

Gila monsters, after millenia of being mistreated:

vagabonder

8:08am

“Plus some other unknown heart protection.“

Abe Froman

8:09am

It's in the article, they don't understand why it helps your heart so much.

Windward_Coug

8:11am

That sentence is awkwardly phrased. We know the protections (reduced risk of

Abe Froman

8:25am

Not a chore at all. Just makes you not as hungry and you get full fast.

Blue2thebone

8:05am

I couldn’t survive without enjoying food. I can stay active and within my

Jfly1975

8:05am

I can start within my count too, but understand why some need help

Dr T-bone

8:28am

I can understand getting some help. It’s been a lot of work for me to get where

Jfly1975

8:45am

I'm on exercise. Hopefully, we'll all be on some form of exercise eventually.

KCFan85

8:01am

Unfortunately with American diets, you can easily outeat any exercise routine. I

Windward_Coug

8:03am

Cardio (alone) is weird. You will lose weight but it’s like a rubber band that

Jfly1975

8:11am

RE: Unfortunately with American diets, you can easily outeat any exercise routine. I

BYU Grounds

8:24am

Exercise combined with diet is the only way to be healthy.

A Drew Aitch

8:05am

We consume crappy good tasting food. Now we take drug to eat less of it.

JohnnyC

8:12am

It makes lots of people feel sick and they can’t stay on it, so there’s that.

Joe Banks

8:07am

Exercise makes a lot of people feel sick and they can’t stay on it, so there’s that.

JohnnyComeLately

8:09am

Not really

ochobeeguy

8:34am

There are other similar options in that case, Mounjaro is one...

icecougar

9:20am

Hopefully these kinds of discoveries simply becomes the norm with medicine. Now do cancer

RSL

8:11am

A lot of the best medicine discoveries are by accident. Just ask all the 70 year

cougaman

8:13am

Apparently, Big medicine is hiding the cure. More $ in treatment.

JohnnyC

8:13am

For people who otherwise won't change their eating/exercise habits, it is good

txblue

8:15am

Fast food restaurants are going to get hammered. I’m on the sauce last 6 months

OU Cougar

8:16am

$1,000 per month for the prescription?!

Kaanapali

8:18am

There are generic options available, and eventually the brand names will be

cougaman

8:18am

There are pirated options available, and who knows if they are even semaglutide

Uno Doctoro

8:43am

Also some neuroprotective outcomes being shown, possibly reducing risk of

Vert der Frick

8:38am

And yet, I bet overall life expectancy in the general public remains unchanged

Medute

8:39am

It also helps curb addictive behavior, like drinking, smoking, and biting nails

MrMiyagi

8:40am

In what way?

cougaman

8:47am

The articles say that they don’t really know the exact mechanism yet

MrMiyagi

8:50am

Totally meant that as a reply to a different post…

cougaman

8:51am

Can it help with porn addiction? Serious question.

Lifer

8:58am

That’s going to be relative risk reduction so not as big as it sounds.

Jcaps

8:43am

It will be the next fen-phen.

Grock

8:44am

I don’t think so. There’s tons of data on GLP-1 meds as they have been around

Skeptical Optimist

8:50am

I’m what way?

cougaman

8:51am

in no way

jacobugath

8:52am

Right, I’m asking him to back his claim. He can’t

cougaman

8:58am

It’s causing some bowel problems but treatment regimes will sort them out and keep the drugs safely on the market.

Joe Banks

8:58am

I was curious and tried Zepbound (a drug in the same class).

Soren Tversky

9:08am

Pub med it and you’ll find plenty of adverse reactions, mostly involving kidney

MD Rebel Coug

9:21am

What are the craziest youth sports parent meltdowns you've ever personally seen?

macdizzle

7:53am

The one going viral in St. George right now from a HS lacrosse game is pretty good.

RdF3

7:54am

That's what made me think of it.

macdizzle

7:54am

Please share

Hank Rearden

8:01am

Link?

Kolipoki

8:14am

I remember being like 10 years old playing flag football. Two opposing coaches

pink22

8:03am

Parents are the worst. It’s crazy how much they screw up youth sports

Blue2thebone

8:03am

Was at my a softball game for my Niece.

crimedog

8:04am

I saw a mom and dad scream and yell at our T-ball coach dropping f-bombs in

thewaterboy

8:05am

Yes, that pitcher position in T-ball is so important

RexIdaCoug

8:22am

I have two, that were both with our local parks and rec, even though my boys

BerkeleyCoug

8:15am

In my experience, I have more often seen coaches and refs overreact.

EEcougar

8:18am

No specific story but I am shocked at how parents treat officials even in HS

clouddatageek

8:25am

One guy i know got escorted out of the stadium by the police. That was

A Drew Aitch

8:26am

Little league regionals - drunk parent got in the face of the umpire.

cougXor

8:28am

A Mom at a youth lacrosse board meeting in TX called the chairman a white dough

Shawarma

8:42am

Wrestling dad watching his kid in a hammerlock writhing in pain. Dad rushes onto the mat and tosses his kid's

WDaddy

8:53am

Reffing a 8 year old soccer game and got eyeball to eyeball with other coach.

ochobeeguy

9:00am

Rings of Power season 2 teaser trailer just dropped:

BlueBlood94 All-American

7:46am

RE: Rings of Power season 2 teaser trailer just dropped:

crimedog

7:51am

Looks pretty cool

RealTaysomHill

7:59am

Is Season 1 worth watching?

RockyBalboa

7:59am

I enjoyed it. It is worth watching. I am going to watch it again before season 2 comes out.

crimedog

8:00am

It’s a slow burn, but it gets better

RealTaysomHill

8:04am

I dislike it, but I am a big Tolkien nerd.

Courtimedes

8:05am

I'm with Nerd of the Rings in his assessment. While a net positive, just barely, & with reservations. About 5.5/10.

BlueBlood94

8:16am

It was awful on many levels, from bad writing, bad acting, bad editing, etc.

88Coug

8:11am

It was at least 10,000 times better than Wheel of Time. And that’s regardless

jmorrrrr

8:19am

It was entertaining. Enjoy it for what it was.

crimedog

8:27am

The Elrond/Dwarves in Moria parts are the only good parts

arizonacougarfan

8:12am

Easily the best part of the show. I agree with Nerd of the Rings, Elrond/Durin was the heart of the show.

BlueBlood94

8:15am

I enjoyed it enough.

The Pope

8:17am

You missed absolutely nothing. Watch Bluey instead

Squirt

8:28am

It's better than The Wheel of Time. But House of the Dragon

Hypnotoad

8:45am

It depends.

Archaea

8:45am

The production design was amazing, but it had major flaws.

UCLACoug

9:13am

I liked S1 despite it regularly being really, really dumb

Gustav

8:04am

This

Kolipoki

8:16am

One thing that this past decade has done for me is not like productions with obvious plot armor

RSL

8:35am

I admit I didn't get through all of season 1. And I love tolkein. There were

EQD2

8:11am

I read somewhere they obtained some of the rights they were missing in the first

jmorrrrr

8:13am

How many seasons are there supposed to be?

The Pope

8:16am

5

BlueBlood94

8:16am

I couldn’t even make it through 1 episode of the first season. So bad

Beggar

8:19am

First season lacked pretty much everything you’d want from good TV. I’m not

Squirt

8:28am

Visually, it looks good. Will the story be good? Is Not Gandalf in trailer?

Hypnotoad

8:42am

It looked expensive, but cheap at the same time...

wildeone

9:12am

Ooh I hope they spend lots of time turning orcs into sympathetic characters.

Ham

9:01am

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