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Why does youtube always stutter when I'm watching videos? Every video I watch, I get a good half-second pause every 5-10 seconds or so. And I'm not talking buffering here - this is for videos that have completely finished downloading. It's very annoying. Is this the fault of youtube, my browser, my computer, or what?
viciouskillersquirrel
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Reggaeton? After Gasolina, it was all downhill from there.
Dude, I know this is noobish but what is the easiest way for me to find my own post history, here on GAF? I've been having troubles, for some reason, finding an easier way than finding one of my old posts in another thread and clicking on my own name. I know there is a better way than this, what is it?
how would you classify the following songs, I'm new to alternative rock and I'd like to listen to similar artists
coldplay-low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDUNd1T5owA
Jaga Jazzist all know is tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kPYkoUsMqo
coldplay-low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDUNd1T5owA
Jaga Jazzist all know is tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kPYkoUsMqo
ice cream said:
I think it's for a few reasons, some more legitimate than others:
1) Soccer is a European import, coming after the established 4 major sports. It wasn't created/popularized in America, so they/we don't identify with it. It might also be a case of American egotism; it can't be the best and most popular sport in the world because the greatest country on earth didn't accept it.
2) Lots of sports fans love citing team and player statistics. With Soccer there's only goals/assists scored, wins/draws/losses and a goalie's Goals Against Average
3) It takes some experience to recognize skill. I love watching scoring chances develop, but the ridiculously creative aspect is lost on people who have never played it. Hence "boring."
4) MLS. I enjoy watching the league, but the level of play isn't really equal to the other sports. In the MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL, you get the highest club level available. These are premier leagues with the vast majority of talent in that sport. I don't really know any leagues outside the major European ones (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France) but MLS isn't anywhere close to these
5) Strength really isn't a factor. Football players pride themselves on their lifting skills, baseball players work their upper body to smash baseballs 400+ feet, inside NBA players need strength to dominate in the paint, and hockey players need to be able to check the shit out of people. In soccer, strength can maybe keep you up from would be tackles, but you can get by with just speed and finesse as your asset. There are some positions in other sports that don't need to have intimidating body sizes, but it's not like soccer.
5.5) Diving is ruining the image of soccer players, making them appear weak and girly. Actually, that's what a lot of Americans think soccer is. A sport for the weak, or as Hank Hill once said, "Soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking."
6) It shares the season with American Football, which has a really big presence in most High Schools. It's a really popular youth sport with kids, but a lot of them seem to "grow out of it" because of its social stigma
7) Obvious one, low scoring. No other major sport is as consistently low scoring as Soccer. And ending on Draws? Another strike against it.
There might be more, but that's a good overview.
I'm not American but as a latin that enjoys american sports before soccer (might be because soccer was never really popular in Venezuela until this decade although i watched it before) My complain is that the level from game to game varies a LOT, not every team can be FC Barcelona and play mastefully and even then there's always a team that plays extra defensively. The amount of 1-0 0-0 games with LOW scoring chances is a turn off, the chances are that if an American watches a random soccer game it will be a boring one so i can see why most of them aren't encouraged to watch more.
That said, i LOVE going to the stadium for soccer, 100% better than TV.
That said, i LOVE going to the stadium for soccer, 100% better than TV.
stuburns said:
I used created/popularized for a reason.
Basketball was created in the United States, Baseball's primitive form started in England, but wasn't the same game after it came to the USA, Hockey was formed in Canada (which is pretty close to the States), and American Football was an offshoot of Rugby, again from England
Soccer was developed and fully realized in Europe, unlike any of the other major American sports. Whether or not it was an important factor in the late 19th century is debatable, but now, it definitely seems like the outcast in American sports
JoshuaJSlone
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I like getting the little plastic figures that triple in size after sitting in water for a few days. But what's the generic term for that stuff, beyond plastic that grows in water?
Cosmic Bus
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So here's a weird one: why doesn't Google like my enter key? I can 'enter' to my heart's content in every program, on every website and form, but if I type something into Google and hit enter, nothing happens... I have to click the search button. It's like this on the main page, on a search results page, all of them! What the hell? It seems to have started after they did their most recent update to the search suggestions feature a week or so ago.
It's some sort of foam that has had all the air essentially sucked out of it... Don't know what it's called, though. Also, a comically unhelpful WikiAnswers link I came across:
Q: What are [these toys] made of?
A: They are sea monkeys.
Oh, Wiki, you ignorant slut.
JoshuaJSlone said:
It's some sort of foam that has had all the air essentially sucked out of it... Don't know what it's called, though. Also, a comically unhelpful WikiAnswers link I came across:
Q: What are [these toys] made of?
A: They are sea monkeys.
Oh, Wiki, you ignorant slut.
fps fanatic said:Ouch...
Don't like Wisin y Yandel?
Hey, I come from Puerto Rico, the craddle of reggueatton. Fuck that shit. Really. It's catchy, but it takes no talent to make one. It's also been a plague with many young people looking hipster, trying to look badass, etc. That people annoy me to no end. I enjoy some of it, but thankfully its a dying trend right now. I hope it just disappears for the sake of the world and this island :lol At least I am not exposed to it a lot in my University. The grades and scores required to enter it are the highest, most of the "hipsters" don't make it.
I just sounded like an elitist and a douche, but it pisses me off really :lol You go to a party.. BAM REGGUEATTON. At least for parties its pumping music.
Was playing Madden09 with some friends the other day and as a European I know next to nothing about the sport and it struck me as weird that after every touch-down I got a field kick that was impossible to miss. Why give me the additional field goal if it's not possible to miss or is Madden09 simply misrepresenting the ease of the additional field goal?
Cosmic Bus
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I've never played football, but as someone who has watched a decent amount on TV over the years, it's entirely possible to miss the field goal kick or have it blocked by the team on defense...
Cosmic Bus
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Haven't played a Madden game before, but this kid shows you how:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icB0RVWVW-A
[edit] Oh, that's Madden '08. I wonder if it'd still work in a different version?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icB0RVWVW-A
[edit] Oh, that's Madden '08. I wonder if it'd still work in a different version?
Brobzoid said:
In American Football it's very rare for someone to miss the extra point from a field goal. The idea is that the extra 1 point is easy to get, but going for the 2 is riskier. I believe it's possible to have the kick blocked in Madden, but it would happen very rarely.
funkmastergeneral
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ATF487 said:
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Rentahamster
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So there isn't any thread discussing the Blu-Ray Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete? I saw it a while back. Pretty cool.
Cosmic Bus
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shintoki said:
You don't even have to keep it until you're of age. There have been minors charged (or officials have attempted to charge) for sending/receiving nude photos of other minors on their cell phones.
Rentahamster
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Ahh, that makes sense. I didn't want to go in there because of FFXIII spoilers.Fuu said:
CurseoftheGods
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I have sneezed about four times today. I think I have AIDS again. Should I go to see a doctor?
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kozmo7 said:
I've only seen like three black guys in porn who produce anything more than a small amount of semen, honestly. So it just seems very surprising that no matter how big they are, it's almost like it's just... a drop or two. But the smaller black dicks produce just as much (or little, depending on how you want to look at it).
I need a black guy to answer this, stat!
HowardRoark
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How can I remove those annoying blackheads from my nose?
agrajag said:
Funny you should ask this. I just rode a bike for the first time in about a good 6-7 years the other day.
I still remembered the motions of it but my balance was a bit off. I eventually warmed up to it within a half hour and was riding around fine. You'll most likely be a little rusty but overall won't forget. The shop owner said they had a guy come in, hadn't ridden a bike in 25 years, guy did fine.
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