META: Brian's Best Metaphor
Long-time listener first-time caller: Watching "The Last Noob" on Roblox with my kid last night I started noodling on Brian's best metaphor. I am going with Number 98 being Devin's Crown of Thorns. I'll hang up and listen.
MOD EDIT - First, don't make me do this shit from my phone, folks. I am not at home obviously and I am old and my eyes suck. Second, anything about the blog or its creators / staff is "META". - LSA
September 4th, 2021 at 10:34 AM ^
OT season ended last week. Cut this shit out
September 4th, 2021 at 11:12 AM ^
Almost all of today’s posts are OT. Apparently the mods have COVID.
September 4th, 2021 at 10:42 AM ^
Anything involving Brian is NOT OT, so I think you’re good.
while it wasn’t a metaphor per se, but I always liked “aneurism of leadership”
September 4th, 2021 at 10:44 AM ^
The laws of “OT season” are unwavering and binding…they do not suffer fools. I pray you get negged to the point of needing IV fluids.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:17 AM ^
Bullshit. We’ll see OT posts all season long. The only difference between now and off-season is they are titled ‘OT’ now. Or, at least, should be…
September 4th, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
Bro…take a deep breath….it was a joke.
September 4th, 2021 at 10:48 AM ^
“Wile E. Coyote Year.” And shoot, OT/Non OT rules are like speed limits in the desert.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Having recently gone through a leadership change at work, I’ve been referring to the “Wile E. Coyote Year” quite a bit. Unfortunately, it’s been over a year now and I think people are starting to look down…
September 4th, 2021 at 11:01 AM ^
"Dong punch" started out with a literal dong punch but became metaphorical immediately. The original article establishing the metaphor was 2009. A dozen years and many repeated punches later it still applies. And it hurts.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:02 AM ^
ITS GAMEDAY LADIES AND GENTS
September 4th, 2021 at 11:05 AM ^
I’m clueless on the references of half the posts on this website
September 4th, 2021 at 11:05 AM ^
I thought “Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts” to describe the 2013 IU basketball game was brilliant. That game really felt like it just one more thing had gone right they would’ve won. And it felt like there were 1000 tiny things that all went wrong to leave it that precariously perched at the end.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:14 AM ^
Commercial breaks during a football game really aren't that big of a deal, especially if you're attending the game and don't have to watch said commercials. Sorry, Brian.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
This takes sucks so much that I firmly believe it to be sarcastic. So, here’s the ‘/s’ for you…
/s
September 4th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
Yes, I too enjoy going to football games for 3 1/2 hours and spending an hour of that time watching a little guy with an iPad and a red hat stand in the middle of the field while the crowd murmurs and crappy music is blared through the speakers. Really puts the finishing touches on the game day experience for me…
September 4th, 2021 at 11:31 AM ^
Not sure where this fits in an appeal for Brian's greatest hits coinages and expressions, but no!
September 4th, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
I took an 8 month break, shaved my balls, and this is what I come back to?
Your thread is bad and you should feel bad.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:22 AM ^
No room to talk until your schedule post with the fancy graphics is up…
September 4th, 2021 at 11:24 AM ^
Been gone for a while too Hatter. Hope all is well man. Go Blue!
September 4th, 2021 at 11:47 AM ^
Honestly? Never better. This whole pandemic really agrees with me.
I'm sure that will all change in about an hour.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:31 AM ^
About goddamn time
September 4th, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
How did you go about it, if you don't mind my asking? The ladies have been signaling that mine are unkempt.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:48 AM ^
Carefully. With a fresh Harry's razor and good shaving cream.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:34 AM ^
Sending people to Bolivia seems like an appropriate one.
September 4th, 2021 at 11:48 AM ^
Technically, this can remain because threads about the blog are "META".
Not so technically, this is a really stupid post and yes, the OP should feel bad.
September 4th, 2021 at 1:34 PM ^
Nope not yet. Comments bear it out. Your username is still checking out tho. Graduated a decade ago, still here fucking around...
September 4th, 2021 at 7:49 PM ^
See the Star next to the username? That means he’s a Mod. Not really “still fucking around”… more like herding kittens. Also, he’s the best Mod, so mind your P’s and Q’s.
FWIW, I graduated in ‘82.
September 4th, 2021 at 12:44 PM ^
OP, I think the topic is fine and interesting, but I think you invited criticism by posting it on game day. If this had been posted T-Thu, it would have been better received.
I'll try to think about it during commercials and give you an answer, but I'm sure I will suffer from recency bias. IMHO Brian was at the height of his not-inconsiderable writing powers around 2014-2016, and my memory isn't nearly good enough to remember details from then.
A related topic for another time would be best meme or catch phrase, which would be much easier because, by definition, those are phrases that get repeated, and are more likely tobe remembered.
September 7th, 2021 at 9:24 PM ^
Brian is a fucking communism "Dick" ! He should have stayed away for good.
September 8th, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
WTF??
I simply just now stumbled across this while checking someone else's posting history.
If it hadn't been for Seth sending you yesterday to Bolivia, I would have taken the same action today.
You might be earning a permanent ban. I'm going to check the timing of Seth's action yesterday and then make the decision.
September 4th, 2021 at 1:35 PM ^
The next one.