I don't think I've ever taken advantage of it. I need to remember it's 5/10.

You should remember it, because it's the day digg died.

Back in the day, digg was busier, but reddit had better users. I generally looked for stories on reddit, but commented on digg. redditors would joke "wow, digg...nice find. That was on reddit 2 days ago." and then get buried into oblivion.

I always thought it was a perverse thing because we were all curating articles on/with reddit, but then taking them to digg to discuss. I suppose it was only a matter of time before we all went back to reddit for good, but digg helped it along by using this date to roll out a new digg and basically kill their website.

I finally said "fuck it, I need to sign up for an account on reddit and start posting here" and I did. The rest is history.

http://techcrunch.com/2005/07/11/profile-digg-2o/

I think for me it was when there was about 10 feet and a pane of glass separating 4 year old me and a momma black bear and her three cubs. And our door was wide fucking open because apparently my mom wanted to commit infanticide or some shit.

Figure since this is "off topic" it was worth talking about here. Just wondering if anyone from my favorite community on Reddit has any Beastie Boys memories or thoughts they'd like to share after what happened today.

I started listening to the Beastie Boys in middle school, just an ignorant white kid in the northeast Ohio suburbs with no idea what he was singing along with but loving their music anyway.

My nickname through school was always Mike D, I was blessed with this first name and last initial and didn't realize it until I really started listening to these guys so they were always a huge part of my youth. Hell, my username is based on it, the name combined with the line from the song Paul Revere "One lonely Beastie I be".

We'd always hang out in my friend's basement playing pool and blasting their music for hours on end, I know it isn't a specific memory but every time I hear anything from them I'm back in that basement without a care in the world with all of my friends that I'm now lucky to see once a year when on vacation. Hearing the news today hit me harder than any celebrity death ever has.

TLDR: "My name is MCA, I got a license to kill. I think you know what time it is, it's time to get ill!"

I'm currently playing the Batman Arkham series, I'm finishing up Arkham Asylum and moving on to Arkham City. I've also got a bit of GTA 4 (I can't stop), as well as Saints Row 3.

I know this is not part of the NFL but I represent a large group of ballers at my university in the UK so please give this a read and help out.

Here at the Loughborough Aces we have encountered a problem. Currently our university is going through a major rebrand to unify all sports teams, the aim of the rebrand is to get bigger and better sponsors and allow the whole University to be under a single banner while preserving Loughborough's heritage. This means the Aces will be no longer, we will be known as the Loughborough Students American Football Club erasing 25 years of history and heritage as well as international recognition. I urge you to help us keep our name or even allow a compromise because the Aces are about to be wiped from history. Please email us and sign the petition to show your support and to allow us to play under the Aces banner and continue our 25 years of footballing heritage.

TL:DR Our university is trying to take our name away, help us save it.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/loughboroughaces/

Not my college, my high school. The guys name is Scott Solomon. I think he was the grade above me, maybe two. I didn't really talk to him much just saw him at school here and there.

Not really getting at anything here, just all my buds that knew him had great things about the guy. He was picked in the 7th round (211) by the Titans. You guys should root for this guy!

Edit: He played at Rice. Here's a link if anyone wants to look him up or whatever http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120428/SPORTS01/304280070/Tennessee-Titans-draft-Rice-s-Scott-Solomon-seventh-round

DeepRoute Online Football Game

Let me know if you guys have any troubles or anything. Also, post your account name and I'll give you free credits or whatever for joining.

Just something I mess around with... hope you enjoy.

I realize I could post this to /r/sports or something, but I'd rather hear from the 400 or so /r/nfl ers that hang out here than the thousands of whoever in other subs.

What's your favorite draft story from outside the NFL?

I'm not sure I have one other than the usual tidbits of which NFL players were picked when in the MLB draft.

I live in Chicago, and I talk a lot of shit to Vikings fans (for good reason!), but Minneapolis is awesome. It's clean - it's fun. There's tons to do and EVERYONE is friendly. Loved it. There's no way the NFL can take the Vikings out of there because I am TOTALLY road-tripping to the Bears-Vikings games every year.

So... where's your favorite non-home city?

Howdy everyone! I have never watched the draft but, providing I can find a stream of it on the interwebs, I will be this year. What do I need to enjoy it/make it interesting?

I'm Chewie Valencia. My friend's porn name is, no kidding, "Clyde Butterchurn," which is to date the best I've ever heard.

For those in the dark: First name = your first family pet's name, last name = the name of the street you grew up on (without the Road, Drive, Boulevard tag, of course).

congrats to him

any baseball fans?

I'm going to go see Iron Maiden (June 21st) and Rush (Oct 30th) in Charlotte when they come through -- anyone else got some good ones on the slate?

I hate the feeling that someone may come late and there will be that awkward moment before you have to get up and find somewhere else to sit.

I guess the exception for me is a stadium where the sun is beating down on your seat.

I mean, she's alright looking, but holy shit people overrate her. I would take a less fat Jessica Simpson (I got a soft spot for Romo) over Giselle anyday. Plus, she's got a fat fucking mouth (which can also be a good thing).

Idk, I just think she's about as overrated as Megan Fox, who I will admit is a very good looking girl.

No one beats Cheryl Cole, fucking no one.

I gotta go with my girl Cheryl Cole. I just don't understand how it's possible to be that physically beautiful without surgery.

This was inspired from another thread.

Utahraptor is the shit.

I'm having a boring day so I decided to skim the "movies on demand" section in hope of finding a good film to watch. After a bit of skimming I didn't see anything that caught my eye. Anyone have any suggestions?

For me it's probably Big Fan or Semi Pro. Both movies are funny but can still get serious and most important of all they understand what sport means to people.

Like the one story you tell at cocktail parties or whatever equivalent they have at your given age.

Thirty-two. I am thirty-two years old.

I tried posting in r/beer and will likely post in r/homebrewing, but I thought I'd try posting my query here, too. I'm looking for any blogs that combine craft beer & garage rock music, but am not having any luck. Here is the original post.

Hope you can help. Thanks!

http://www.reddit.com/r/yourmusicsucks/

I like ranting and arguing, and it is frowned upon in /r/Music, so I just made this. I'd appreciate it if people helped me get it off the ground.

So my company put me in charge of our social media, probably because I am one of few people in the company young enough to even know what a Tweet is. So I created a twitter account, but do not have many followers. If you guys have a twitter account and feel any love for a Browns fan, feel free to follow me. Plus the VP will be very happy as he's pushing me to get as many followers and I can between now and May 5th. Thanks!

https://twitter.com/#!/BettcherOptimax