Bol Flas

Explorer / Writer / Dreamer / Hockey Fan / 50+ / Hater of all Generative AI

[Bol Flas @BolFlas]

Excuse me while I make this my pinned tweet.

[JFresh @JFreshHockey]

As for the fan submissions, three voters have done better than any model so far: @jollyjonnj, @BolFlas, and @wedontcarebruh

225/315 voters have done worse than any model.

Here's the full ranking:

[Bol Flas @BolFlas]

@kirkjangel U-Haul is the Taco Bell of truck rental companies.

There are better options literally everywhere and it boggles my mind that anyone would choose them sober.

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@spelunky_ Full disclosure I had no idea there was a game until my third Devils season of following you.

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@spelunky_

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@domluszczyszyn @WadlowBrendan Here’s proof you can go 82-0 with Joel Eriksson Ek as your Center.

Gretzky? Lemieux? Crosby? No need. JEEK has got you covered.

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@domluszczyszyn Hey @domluszczyszyn , one little hiccup in your dataset here. Though I did appreciate having the two options lol.

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@TheBrattPack63 This is a season where he’s getting the award because the voters think the Moser-Raddysh pair wasn’t elite (so Vasy must have been).

But those voters are wrong. Moser WAS elite this season. And Vasy owes him for this one.

[Bol Flas @BolFlas]

@luiseatscomics I have a folder of submitted resumes that I’d love to publish as a book. Obviously I’d change the PII. But some of them are gold.

One opened with:
“Qualifications:

I live pretty close by and I promise to spend every dollar you pay me in your store.”

[Bol Flas @BolFlas]

@StevePalazzolo_ I’m already sitting in the
most comfortable chair I own, listening to the best sound system I own, and the only people near me are people I love. What’s the benefit in leaving that?

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@TheBrattPack63 The first place vote is sending me.

“Yeah that Jack Hughes boy is really nice, but he’s not quite the gentleman that Jesper Bratt is.”

I really wanna see that voter’s top 5.

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@comics_jeff The compacts are terrible for people with old eyes. But they are outstanding value for people young enough to read them.

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@spelunky_ Anchovies in the sauce.

And the Texas toast is good.

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@TheBrattPack63 @BWWings They’re not allowed to.

Same reason restaurants say Big Game instead of Super Bowl. If you haven’t paid the sponsorship money you get sued.

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Hutson having 23 more top 5 votes than Seider is crazy to me.

I’d have had Seider first but can’t quibble too much with second.

The voters leaving him off are clearly old guard anti-analytic folks.

[Bol Flas @BolFlas]

@domluszczyszyn @MikeBartner Crazy that 23 more voters thought Hutson was top 5 than Seider (who finished ahead of him).

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@aubrey0ninja @luiseatscomics If that brings you joy, continue. :)

As a shop owner I’ll say my buy price is lower for collections like that (even vs unbagged). Because I can’t sell them that way. And removing the back book leaves the front one too loose. Both have to come out anyway and the bb gets trashed.

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@luiseatscomics @aubrey0ninja It can be a huge help just to brick them.

5-6 comics together in one bag no board (preferably the resealable type because tension is more even).

They keep each other from bending and you can still flip through. I’ve kept books that way up to 15 years and still got 9.8s.

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@ibmmiller @omnicollector But that’s not where their financial incentives lie. Their goal is to sell books to retailers.

I sell 500 titles a month. 300 of those get shelf space. The 200 that don’t CAN’T get extra sales. Publishers fight over who gets space. I decided 23 days before release day who wins.

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@ibmmiller @omnicollector Marvel and DC have no idea how many copies get sold to consumers. They only know how many get sold to retailers.

If I have a customer who wants a 1:1000 variant and will buy all the other incentives too, Marvel thinks 1,078 copies were sold when I’m throwing 900+ in a dumpster.

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@luiseatscomics At my shop LateBat did identical sales to Fireborn.

Titles that outsold it this week: AbsWW, AbsGA, AbsBat, Corpse Knight, Battle Beast, Zatanna, Superman, Exq Corpses, Spiderversity, Ult Reborn Impact, and Odin.

Sub count is 3.7x FracBat vs LateBat.

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@Andr3jH But even after you got there, you’d have a voicemail wanting to discuss your recent personal loan application.