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Creed Bratton, Slim Melo And Mt Rushmore Of Things That Happened Since Sports Were Cancelled

Wednesday, July 22, 20208 takes

The last show before really live sports are back (sorry MLS), NBA Bubble looks weird and who is most mad they aren't getting scoops ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including iphones now breaking because of Iphone 12 and Slim Melo ( - ). Creed Bratton joins the show to talk about the office, his music career, and doing acid in the late 60's on stage at a concert ( - ). Segments include the Mt Rushmore of things that happened since sports were cancelled and Guys on Chicks.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020
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The NBA Bubble won't feel weird until the conference finals

I actually think it's not going to be that weird to start. But once we get into, like, the conference finals, it's going to be fucking bizarre to have, like, games go on with no fans and just, like, big, big moments happen to, you know, 20 people in the room.

The Bubble atmosphere was widely regarded as bizarre throughout, but the lack of crowd noise in the NBA Finals (Lakers vs Heat) was particularly noted by fans and media.
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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020
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LeBron James will put 'James Sr.' or 'Father of Three' on the back of his NBA jersey

This would be – it would be so LeBron if he came out with a James Sr. on the back of his jersey... Or just father of three. Very tasteful... Father of – and then Roman numerals probably.

LeBron James chose not to wear a social justice message on his jersey at all, keeping his name 'James' on the back.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Apple purposefully throttles iPhone battery life when a new model is about to be released

My iPhone on Saturday started, like, rapidly losing battery, getting way overheated, and it's been crap the last few days. And then I Googled it because I was like, oh, I should probably get a new one. Oh, weird. iPhone 12 coming out soon. Oh, it's fucking every single time. I don't understand how they're able to get away with this.

Apple has faced multiple lawsuits and fines (e.g., in France and the US) for throttling older iPhones to 'protect batteries', which they settled for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Carmelo Anthony will dominate in the NBA Bubble because it mimics the Olympic Village environment

This is actually the perfect environment for Carmelo Anthony because when does he perform at his best? In the Olympics, right? When the athletes are confined to a certain type of village with each other living under the bubble... and this is exactly what's happening in Orlando.

Carmelo Anthony played very well in the Bubble, shooting 47% from three and helping the Blazers secure the 8-seed.
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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Sports could save millions of lives by providing a model for solving COVID-19

Sports might save millions of lives. And this is definitely not just me talking insane because I haven't had any sports on TV... Because if you can test, if you have a test case and a model for how to solve it amongst a given population, you can expand that out.

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While the bubble model (testing/isolation) was successful for sports, it proved nearly impossible to 'expand out' to a general population in a democratic society.

Mount Rushmore

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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020·Mt. Rushmore
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Zoom happy hours suck and the novelty wore off in two weeks

Zoom happy hours. Remember when people tried to make that a thing? Everyone acted like, oh, we don't see our friends, so let's do a happy hour on Zoom. And then I think people did it for like a week or two... Everyone realized it sucked.

This is a widely shared sentiment regarding the early 2020 quarantine experience.
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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020·Mt. Rushmore
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Jay Glazer 'held the world hostage' with a dud scoop about a player getting COVID

Jay Glazer held the world hostage for 24 hours thinking he was going to break the biggest news ever and then just told us a guy [Brian Allen] got coronavirus. But he was fine. Hundreds of thousands of, I think millions, yeah, millions of people have had coronavirus and he was like, big news coming tomorrow.

The news was indeed Brian Allen of the Rams being the first NFL player to test positive, which most fans felt was over-teased by Glazer.

Guys On Chicks

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Take Slip·Jul 22, 2020·Guys on Chicks
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Putting an Under Armour logo on a kilt would make men willing to wear dresses

Somebody just needs to invent... If you slap an Under Armour logo onto a kilt or onto just any sort of nice, flowy, long skirt, you can make a dude wear anything. You're just like, this is a sport performance kilt. A guy will wear a dress. It's a golfing kilt.

While satirical, the rise of 'athleisure' and men's leggings/tights supports the idea that athletic branding makes unconventional clothing acceptable for men.