💻 Tubz 🛀 Unfiltered - Volume 61
Harry & Meghan; Big Ole Sportz Weekend; AI Chatbot actin' silly
Happy Monday, y’all!
I met my friends’ baby girl for the first time this past weekend. Great experience all around, but I can only give it an A — not an A+ — because I had to initiate all of the conversation with her and she cried when I first held her. A little rude, if I am being fully transparent.
🛁 EXTRA BUBBLES 🛁
CNN: Meghan says she was ‘fed to the wolves’ and Harry talks ‘institutional gaslighting’ in new Netflix trailer
Fed to the wolves? Really? While I am not trying to discredit her emotions, did Meghan Markle think before she said such a thing? Wolves would literally rip your face off. I am fairly certain that Meghan’s cosmetic makeup is still intact, so a bit of an exaggeration on her part.
It appears the Netflix series, “Harry & Meghan” (real original title; if they truly wanted to fan the flames, they should have considered a 1776 reference), has struck a chord within the royal family as Prince William reportedly is no longer speaking with Harry Boy.
Not because Willy is ashamed to have a ginger-haired brother that married an American — which I would think is the equivalent of a Packer fan that is a Christian marrying someone of Bears fandom that is an Atheist — but because of the “allegations Harry made in his recent Netflix documentary, according to one of Britain's most noted royal correspondents.”
[Roya Nikkhah of The Sunday Times] cited two unnamed friends of the Prince of Wales despairing at the damage the series, in which Harry accused William of screaming at him over his plan to leave royal life in 2020, did.
He also accused William of colluding with the media to plant damaging stories about him and Meghan to distract from other problems in the family.
One source noted that their relationship had been "very strained for a while" and asserted that William had no plans to speak to him in the future. A a second simply said "the whole thing is mad."
Talk about getting in the holiday spirit.
One final note: I wonder why Harry did not insist for the title to be, “Meghan & Harry.” You are not putting asses in the seats, buddy — she is!
🏆 SPORTZ 🏆
WORLD CUP FINAL
Did you turn off the World Cup final once Argentina went up 2-0? Could not be me, definitely not me actually. Mbappe did Mbappe things and scored two goals within two minutes to knot it up at 2-2. Cannot remember the exact fashion in which he scored those goals because I am currently suffering from amnesia. In extra time, Messi scored on a penalty kick in the 108th minute and Mbappe answered by scoring on a penalty kick of his own in the 118th minute.
Argentina went on to win in penalty kicks, 4-2. Some are saying it was the best World Cup final of all time. As a soccer enthusiast, I will have to check the tape on that. Regardless, a big ole HELL YEAH for Messi, the G.O.A.T., as he finally gets the only thing missing from an illustrious career: a World Cup title.
NFL RECAP
VIKINGS 39 Colts 36 (OT): The Vikings erased a 33-point deficit, the largest comeback in NFL history. Good for them.
JAGUARS 40 Cowboys 34 (OT): QB Trevor Lawrence orchestrated an impressive 7-play, 41-yard drive to get the Jaguars into field goal range to send the game into overtime. Jacksonville went three-and-out on its first possession of overtime, but the defense saved the day when Rayshawn Jenkins picked off Dak Prescott and returned it for sixxxxxx. Jenkins was a monster all day long (two interceptions and 18 total tackles), as was WR Zay Jones (three TD receptions).
P.S. The Jaguars (6-8) are only one game behind the AFC South-leading Titans. The two teams square off in Week 18 in Jacksonville. Jax’s remaining schedule before Week 18: road games against the Jets and Texans. Tennessee’s remaining schedule before Week 18: home games versus the Texans and Cowboys.
LIONS 20 Jets 17: Robert Saleh, what are you doing, pal? Mr. Dumb-Dumb had three timeouts left late in fourth quarter on the Jets’ final possession (1:22 to be exact) and dropped the ball like he was a shy guy at the club on New Year’s Eve. He did not use his first timeout until there was 19 seconds left. Preposterous! Greg the Leg missed a 58-yard field goal on 4th down, and the game ended with the Jets still holding one timeout. Preposterous! The Lions are now 7-7. Preposterous!
RAIDERS 30 Patriots 24: Holy hell on earth, what a game. Derek Carr connected with Keelan Cole in the back of the end zone with ~30 seconds left, except it looked like he only got one foot in the field of play because the other was out of bounds. No way the NFL replay officials would confirm the call on the field, right? Wrong. They acted as if they were blind like Ray Charles and confirmed the call on the field. Tie game.
The Patriots ran a draw play at midfield with the clock about to strike zero in regulation. The Patriots proceeded to play like children at recess that had absolutely no clue what they were doing.
Not sure which was the worst look: WR Jakobi Myers passing it back to Mac Jones away from the Patriots’ end zone, or Jones getting stiff armed into oblivion?
"I thought I saw Mac open," Meyers said, via MassLive's Mark Daniels. "I didn't see Chandler Jones at the time. I just thought he was open, tried to get to him and let him try to make a play with it, but the score was tied so I should've just went down."
GIANTS 20 Football Team 12: Tough game for the refs in this one. The Football Team (I know, I know; save your complaining for Santa Claus) scored a touchdown with ~1 minute remaining, but it was negated due to an illegal formation penalty by wide receiver Terry McLaurin. Looks like McLaurin did everything he was supposed to do, and the ref confirmed as much but then was like, “Psych! Gotcha, [female dog]!”
Thereafter, on fourth down with the game on the line, there was definitely pass interference committed by a Giants defender on Curtis Samuel (No. 10) and the refs swallowed their whistles as if to stick it to a controversial, embroiled owner of one of the teams involved in the contest. #NFLRigged
🤓 BATH TIME READING 🤓
CNBC: Why tech insiders are so excited about ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers questions and writes essays
This chatbot is all the rage right now, and rightfully so. Seems pretty nifty. For illustrative and research purposes, I thought I would ask the chatbot questions like, “How to become funnier?” or “How should people avoid going on dates with others that, as it turns out, have more red flags than the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics?” Answers that could really help society become a better place.
Well, I received the below message on Monday morning, so society will have to wait to become a better place until at least next Monday’s volume.
Back to the drawing board for the ChatGPT coding nerds.
For the college students that were heavily relying on the chatbot to type their final papers because they neglected to pay attention in class or barely attended the lecture at all throughout the semester, it appears that they are out of luck. It is important to keep in mind, though, that adderall and Red Bull can be and will be miracle workers from what I heard back in the day.
If you chuckled and/or enjoyed, make sure to forward to others and/or share on social. Any corrections, omissions, suggestions, etc., send 'em my way. Much love. -Tubz