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Van Lathan Jr

@VanLathan

Hard To Root For, Easy To Talk With … @ringerverse @higher_learning [email protected] for contact

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Van Lathan Jr@VanLathan·
My Substack “Fuck You If You Disagree” is live … been live actually. Check it out. @vanlathan?r=5cs2w&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@vanlathan?r=5…
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The Knicks winning it all would be really awesome. Incredibly likable team
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@VanLathan Give the ride another chance. Then another. Then just keep going until you don’t have any time to poison other people’s podcasts and we’ll all be richer for it
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Spider-man ride hot fucking garbage OMG
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Reporting live from Disneyland. Current ride rankings 1. Star Wars Rise of the Resistance (oh my God) 2. Indiana Jones (perfect ride for my age and anxiety) Will update as more gets rode (oh baby)
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@VanLathan ABOUT STAR WARS ABOUT READING ABOUT POLITICS ABOUT AI SLOP ABOUT PEOPLE. In descending order of importance.
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There’s nothing wrong with having standards.
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That’s dope and everything but it doesn’t change one fact .. Marvin Hagler would wreck you in a fight. You might not think so. You might think you could brush past Hagler in a movie theater lobby and whisper “move it or lose it, baldy.” You might think that would intimidate him. You’d take his wry, slight smile in response to you as weakness. You’d watch your movie, eating popcorn and jujubes like a jubilant fool. Reality would hit you on the walk back to your car, you parked further away to get extra steps in, and that proved to be awful mistake. Maybe in another reality, the presence of humans would’ve saved you. In this reality, you inch closer to your isolated Mazda Miata and notice there’s someone leaning against it. Every step you take brings with it a terrifying realization. It’s the bald man from the movie theater. It’s Marvelous Marvin Hagler. The lump in your throat is a boulder, you try to swallow it and manage a threat “get off my car before I - “I like that” Hagler interrupts. “A man’s pride tastes better when you have to take it” You momentarily contend with Hagler saying he wants to taste you. Then you watch as he plants both feet squarely on the ground in front of you, raises his right hand alongside his chin, his left hand trailing behind it, cocked in the ready. That left is a historic weapon of destruction used to dazzle millions, but tonight it’s for an audience of one. You. You also notice something else, his feet and shoulders. His back heel is slightly raised, his weight on the balls of his black Gucci loafers. His shoulders are bladed towards you, almost disappearing him. It’s like fighting a ruler. He bounces slightly. Then says one word to you … “Oblivion.” You are petrified. You lift your pathetic hands in defense, it’s almost comical. You’re a calf on the day it was born, a herd-less baby gazelle in a lion’s den, a teenage intern for Alan Dershowitz, you are unsafe … allegedly. Just then the silence is broken. A car stopped at a red light in the distance echoes the faint words of a prophet … “You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far” The words seem to break Hagler, and they continue .. “So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, it felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder” Hagler, now fighting tears, slowly drops his right hand. His back heel touches the ground. His bladed shoulders relax into a square. This monument of strength can now barely stand. He leans against your car, it’s all of the sudden the 15th round. You have no idea what’s happening. All you can manage to say is “You alright man?” Hagler looks up into the sky as if the answers are in the stars. He stares into the void, trying to see the Big Bang itself, as if creation would bring him salvation. Then he answers you. “Nobody is. Get out of here. Leave your car. I see you again I’ll pretend you’re Tommy.” Your cowardice now confirmed, you are released from the theatre of bravery. You toss him your keys. One tear falls down Hagler’s face. He could’ve killed you, but he loves someone. So he didn’t. “
Justin Talks Hoops@J_Talks_Hoops

@VanLathan During the Covid shutdowns I was out of work at both my jobs and spent all day watching 70’s and 80’s boxing matches Hagler became my favorite boxer of all time

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White wine spritzer summer
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@HanaHoops Watch your mouth before I crush those dirty ass kids in your banner.
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