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Looking for more songs like this!

Long read so my apologies! Let me first say that, yes the term "wildcard' is inherently subjective, every season we don't know how teams are going to perform, but we do know a few things usually, like last year how 7-9 teams wanted to enter the tank race and would do anything to lose. You have the teams like OKC, New York, Denver, San Antonio etc who were trying to win the chip. San Antonio being the interesting one who might've been what I'd call a wildcard as at the time, they were just coming off of a tanking season to get Dylan Harper.

The real wildcard teams, again at least in my opinion from last season, were Boston who had lost Tatum and other pieces, and I was convinced they'd be a bottom 5 team in the east and they proved me wrong, Indiana who was rumored to tank but still had pieces with Hali injured, and the Clippers, who made solid changes from 2024-2025, among other teams.

This season though we have this situation brewing where the tanking rules have changed, the 2nd apron/CBA dodging has caused a lot of shuffling, and overall the off-season being so eventful has really made this an important season for almost all 30 teams.

The obvious wildcards to me are the Wizards and especially Jazz, who both made swings last season, the Jazz I feel had to try exceptionally hard to lose last season and when Lauri/Keyonte played, they were a pretty serviceable squad, adding JJJ, Darryn and others makes them a potential play-in/playoff squad but reality is they may not even be ready for that. That applies to Washington as well, and Indiana who's now going to have Hali back as well as a full season of Zubac. Dallas doesn't have a pick and has Flagg, Kyrie returning and added solid role pieces and other young talent among retaining some talent, I'd consider them another wildcard. Portland as well with their heavy guard rotation.

Then you have the teams who got heavily impacted by tanking rules, or don't own their picks and traded away stars, or traded for sub stars, like the Nets, Clippers and Bucks among others, where they should be bad but they also have nothing to lose and have a pretty big variety of assets to potentially enter the 10 seed discussion. I'll admit I have less faith, but the tools are there and if they decide to utilize other assets and buy in, they could do it.

There's only a few legitimate contenders, imo the Thunder, Knicks and Spurs are the obvious ones, but then you have teams who could easily have a discussion to be there, Detroit with internal improvements, Cleveland adding Peyton Watson and Cavs fans seeing him as the missing piece, hell Orlando might be further along with a new coach than we realize. The Lakers completely retooled around Luka and now have an insane pick and roll duo with Kessler, but have been criticized for not having the point of attack defenders needed to compete.

Denver still has Jokic albeit had a heavily criticized off-season, could they be considered a contender anymore? Philly is another obvious one to mention adding LeBron among other pieces and potential improvements internally. Raptors adding Kawhi, Heat adding Giannis, there's so many moves here that add so much to the unknown. Houston should see internal improvement in some spots as well as hopefully getting a decent FVV to tie things up. My Wolves made a swing for Lamelo and that could shake things up for them especially if the bench unit takes a jump. Atlanta completely depends on how their young talent improves as well.

Very few teams look to be so young or lacking in talent where they're kinda stuck at the bottom, Sacramento, New Orleans and Memphis come to mind, and again with the new tanking rules they have no incentive to lose. There are teams that could fall due to this and I've mentioned a couple of them, but even teams like Chicago or Charlotte might have just enough internal improvement to not fall into the bottom. Then there's Phoenix who's the annual wildcard at this point.

Alright sorry for the long read, point is I feel like there are so many unknowns going into this season that should make for a fun watch for just about everyone.

I didn't love SH F. I liked elements of it, but it lacks the horror feel of the older entries and imo has a lot of game design flaws, but I do like that they tried to do something new.

Townfall looks like it builds off of something like a short message, or even takes the first person inspiration from PT. The horror doesn't seem too obvious based off of the gameplay we've seen, but I really do like what I've seen to some regard.

Silent Hill should in fact, be scary. I think it's easier to accomplish that when the game has amazing atmosphere like the original games, or alternatively, uses this new perspective and realism to its advantage.

In terms of character, story etc we still need to learn more before I can judge.

Do I think Townfall will be that great? Maybe not, but I think it's a stepping stone towards a great modern Silent Hill, assuming Konami can build upon these elements.

[26m, 6'1, 235lbs, was 210 a month ago]

Alcohol has a ton of calories obviously but that's not what got me, it was the cravings I had while drunk. A week ago I got pretty drunk by myself and was trying to get back on track after gaining 10lbs in a month. I failed so badly and ordered an entire Detroit hot honey pizza myself, I was pounding Powerade zero as well but I went from 220lbs to 239 in just two days, I get water weight and such are a thing but it was upsetting to even see that level of fluctuation.

This isn't the first time this has happened, I can EAT when I'm drunk, like 6000 calories in one sitting. It's absurd binge levels and I hope I'm not alone

I don't envision this happening on night 1 but Ace and DP will have to get their mins. JJJ really struggles at the 5 but at some point, how plausible is it that Utah just takes the gamble and runs it anyways for the time being?

Alternatively, Lauri at the 5?

Accidentally ate my whole Styrofoam tray after finishing my lunch while doomscrolling. How many extra calories did I just absorb?

With Kessler gone, the Jazz are going to have a harder time competing obviously, however not owning their own pick means they have no reason to lose.

Cody Williams has been a disaster, sometimes you gotta get off a deal at some point, he and Konchar combine for over $12m in salary, there are ways Utah could actually move both of them with potentially a 2nd rounder or 2nd rounder(s) for a 9th guy, or even better depending on the salary structure.

If the Jazz wanted to pay up a bit more, guys like Herb Jones enter the equation, but guys like Davion Mitchell also fit that price range. There's a chance that the Jazz stand pat but I feel as if they should be more inclined to get some wins on the board early before maybe being more aggressive at the deadline.

I wouldn't trade the Kessler package back out or anything like that, but I think filling some holes out wouldn't be a bad idea here.

Was studying online and I saw that the body won't process a certain number of calories in such a little amount of time, seemed weird since calories in/out seems like a straightforward process but I was curious as to if there's any truth to the claim.. is there some sort of daily calorie limit? Some high point where the body just doesn't do anything with them? Or is that a myth?

Appreciate any answers just filling the rest of this out now because the minimum character limit on this subreddit is kinda crazy

Currently feeling really sick. I went home just barely, I have $30 to my name for the week, I'm not in debt but I feel like I am because of the losses. I played slots, blackjack, roulette, craps, I lost and I lost and I lost and I lost, I kept playing though, I didn't say no.

I was considering selling my PS5 but I know I'd gamble that money too, so I can't. I don't want to give you guys the numbers but I'm giving them to my therapist tomorrow. I drank so much over the last four days, more than I thought I could possibly drink, and it surely didn't help.

I never felt like I was on top of this thing through that timeframe, and that's what's scary. I always knew that the urge to go back was there and sure enough all it took was a few days to throw away any progress I'd made. This addiction sucks.