Gruff Sparty

Everyone needs a little gruff in their lives.

Fair warning: I will not stick to MSU sports.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

Caught up on the first two episodes of the new season of Ted Lasso and... does it feel like there's a LOT of overacting going on from some of the actors?

And would it be possible to show Dani as the ace that he is, just once?

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@scottlincicome The word "allow" is doing a lot of work here, as if society all got together and held a vote as to whether a private entity could change the architecture of their buildings.

I'm just sayin', it's a very stupid question.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

Can we please, for the love of god, stop doing these comparisons?

Different franchises make different choices and deals with their players, who have different agents and different priorities.

Stop treating salary rankings as if they're a positional ranking, ffs.

[Ross Tucker @RossTuckerNFL]

Career earnings:

Josh Allen $85M
Lamar Jackson $33M

They are in same draft class. 😳

Last two years since eligible for new deal:

Josh Allen $67M
Lamar Jackson $25M

He's never making up that difference.

It's just sad. It really is.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@katrosenfield @AubreyGilleran Except for the Narnia films, where he started out as good guy Prince Caspian!

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@mikegolicjr God, this discourse is so stupid.

These guys are old, but their memory isn't completely shot. RGIII cost himself his career because he seriously injured his knee running constantly.

Asking for a lot of guaranteed money, running the ball ~20% of the time and being hurt is risky.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@KCosta_41 @mikegolicjr When did those injuries happen?

Lamar has missed 5 games in the last 2 seasons.

Outside of suspension last year, Watson completed 3 straight seasons after his rookie year, where he only played in 7 games.

Context matters.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@Mythical What's with the salad on top of the one on the left? 😅

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@TonyRuggio @RFaughnder @ZaidJilani I think the answer to your question also lies in the answer to this one: Why did they exist in the first place?

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@thatjenmonroe It's so damn genius that I'm upset it isn't.

The tomato slice tweet is what had me hooked.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

Oh no, you might need to pay to use certain services on a website. This is truly groundbreaking and not at all common.

Wait...

[The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher @NumbersMuncher]

Twitter is forcing you to pay if you want to be seen by people outside of your immediate followers.

Users are being threatened with having their exposure nuked unless they send Elon Musk money every month... almost like a shadow ban by another name.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@White_Shadow81 @mattyglesias Wife and I are talking about this now. Snapchat and Insta give you bad feedback loops by de-localizing those who would shame you for the way you look.

We never posted pictures of ourselves to the internet with easy filters that changed what we looked like (photoshop was a PAIN).

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@Ryan_POD They really must think Brad Holmes is a very stupid person.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

We live in the absolute dumbest of times.

Please, for the love of Christ, go touch grass.

[mar 🫶🏼 @itsmariannnna]

the way i could write multiple essays about these photos and how suki waterhouse was 21 and bradley cooper was 38 reading her lolita and now she’s 31 and reading my dark vanessa which is about a 32 year old woman realizing she was groomed by her teacher… anyways i love you suki

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@Midwest_Truth It's like they see Holmes's history of *not* reaching for project guys and go, "you know who's totally going to do the opposite of his principles? Brad Holmes."

It's insane.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

The outright obsession with totally ruining the Lions rebuild is borderline psychotic at this point.

They are not mortgaging the future for a project.

[Brad Spielberger @SpielbergerBrad]

Mock 1.0:

🏈 Lions trade to 3 for Anthony Richardson

🏈 Titans trade up for Will Levis

The rest:
https://t.co/9XJ9iFgEwR

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

Just to make sure I understand - the progressive position on guns is that we need much stricter gun laws and then we need to not enforce those gun laws?

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

@alex_reno If they don't get that 4 seed, they're toast.

[Gruff Sparty @GruffSparty_]

Nah, I can't get behind this.

Leave wild animals alone.