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Welcome back to BroBible’s COMMENTS OF THE WEEK!
Our articles here at BroBible are only half the fun, so every Wednesday we’re rounding up the funniest, sharpest, and most passionately unhinged comments left directly on our site.
Busy week on my end after my wedding out here in Los Angeles this past weekend, so we’ll keep this one quick.
Here is the best of this week.
1. A Prehistoric Sturgeon Debate
Additional Context: A group of anglers on British Columbia’s Fraser River landed a literal river monster—a white sturgeon so massive it looked like a deleted scene from Jurassic Park. Instead of turning it into a lifetime supply of fish sticks, they did the right thing: measured it, tagged it, and let the giant swim back to its depths.
The Comments
seven says: “It makes me proud to be a human in that instead of destroying it, they tagged it and released it back into the wild.”
And then, asking the hard-hitting physics questions we’re all secretly thinking…
Terry says: “First off is how did you catch it? With a fishing line ,and how is it didn’t simply swim away”
But wait, a wild expert appears to answer Terry’s physics question:
Haywood Jablowme says: “They probably noodled it out from under a log or maybe they used sonar and set up a coral net to tag it and record data and vitals. It’s not like it’s a tiger shark.”
To which Terry, clearly unimpressed by the science, fires back:
Terry says: “Hay thanks real intelligent answer”
Meanwhile, we have some local close-calls and conspiracy theories entering the chat…
Tara says: “It wasn’t brownlee was it?? Cause we had one almost tip our boat over one time”
Jennifer says: “There are giant sturgeon in the lake in Oregon where I spent a lot of time growing up. There is supposedly a Loc Ness type of creature in that lake, but a lot of us who grew up in the area believe it’s sturgeon since there are huge ones in there and tend to look serpent like when they jump and stuff. This is a beautiful fish, I’m glad they released her.”
The Verdict
This was a monster post for us here at BroBible. It drove a ton of traffic, which we love.
And, down in the comments, we’ve got a beautiful, multi-layered ecosystem in this comment section. On one hand, you have seven and Jennifer restoring our collective faith in humanity. Jennifer is out here casually solving centuries of cryptozoology by pointing out that the “Loch Ness Monster” is probably just a giant, armor-plated sturgeon jumping out of the water to terrify tourists. It makes total sense. 10/10 theory, Jennifer.
But then there’s the main event. Terry asks how a piece of high-strength nylon string stops an 800-pound water dragon from saying “peace out” and dragging a boat into the Pacific Ocean.
Enter: Haywood Jablowme (an elite-tier name, by the way), suggesting that the anglers noodled this dinosaur out from under a log. For those unfamiliar, noodling is when you shove your bare arm into a muddy hole and let a fish bite you. If you attempt to noodle an 800-pound white sturgeon, you aren’t catching a fish—you are offering yourself as a sacrificial offering to the river gods. Terry’s sarcastic, beautifully dry “Hay thanks real intelligent answer” is the exact kind of internet hostility we live for.
And shoutout to Tara, who almost got her boat flipped by one of these things. No big deal, just casually dodging a prehistoric shipwreck on a Tuesday.
2. RE: The Shinnecock Hills Hecklers
The Post: Horrendous Crowd At U.S. Open Golf Tournament Is Explained By Three Issues
Additional Context: Wyndham Clark just captured his second U.S. Open title with a gritty, wire-to-wire performance at Shinnecock Hills. But you’d think he was a comic book villain based on how the crowd treated him. The Long Island galleries were actively cheering his bad shots, yelling at his putts to miss, and getting escorted out by police so they could desperately pull for a Scottie Scheffler Father’s Day miracle.
The Comments
RolloMartins says: “Plus, the crowds at Long Island courses tend toward the–what’s the word? Oh, yes…deplorables.”
Mark says: “I happy for Wyhdham, but many of the greens were not fair. You could land a good shot 10 feet from hole and it would role off of green. Put U.S. Open and PGA in middle America, none of the problems mentioned would exist except in Chicago.”
redraider says: “USGA did a terrible job of planning. Course should not be included in any future Open. Too many other courses that are more convenient for fans.”
The Verdict
Ah, the U.S. Open on Long Island. It’s Father’s Day weekend, the Hamptons are in full swing, and instead of polite golf claps, the tournament leader is dodging drunk guys in pastel polo shirts screaming “GET IN THE BUNKER!” while his ball is mid-air. Truly, a gentleman’s game.
RolloMartins calling the Long Island galleries “deplorables” is a level of high-society shade we simply have to respect.
Meanwhile, Mark has a decent solution: banish our national championship to the flat, peaceful cornfields of Middle America. Mark knows that heartland folks would treat the players right…. with the distinct, highly specific exception of Chicago, which apparently possesses its own dangerous gravitational pull of sports rowdiness that Mark refuses to elaborate on.
And then there’s RedRaider, declaring that one of the most legendary, exclusive, and historic golf courses on the planet should be permanently blacklisted because it’s “inconvenient for fans.” God forbid a spectator has to walk more than fifty yards from their shuttle bus to watch a guy win $4.5 million! This is elite, prime-grade golf whining, and we are absolutely here for it.
3. The Lord of the Second Apron
Additional Context: The New York Knicks literally just snapped a agonizing 53-year championship drought in historic, legendary fashion, and the city is still smelling like ticker-tape and flat beer. But before the trophy could even be properly engraved, team owner James Dolan hopped on WFAN to declare that he has no intention of paying the luxury tax “second apron” to keep the roster fully intact. Add in the recent podcast leak that Dolan apparently gave the team a pre-playoff motivational speech urging them to go completely celibate for ten weeks like “Spartan warriors,” and the fanbase is feeling… complicated.
The Comment
THE CAPE CUBSADER says: “That man is EVIL!”
The Verdict
There is absolutely nothing like New York sports fandom. The Knicks just accomplished the impossible, conquered the basketball world, and resurrected MSG to its former glory. But because James Dolan doesn’t want to get financially vaporized by the NBA’s restrictive luxury tax rules, he’s instantly demoted back to comic-book supervillain status.
THE CAPE CUBSADER calling him straight-up EVIL is peak Knicks fan energy.
Look, we have to be fair here. As music fans, we have to throw some respect on James Dolan’s name. The man built a giant, mind-melting, $2.3 billion glowing alien orb in the middle of the Las Vegas desert just so Phish could melt our collective prefrontal cortexes for a four-night run. He is a brash, unfiltered, blues-band-playing NYC icon who does not care what you think. And honestly? Whatever bizarre Spartan-warrior pep-talk he gave the team about “sacrificing” their love lives for ten weeks clearly worked.
But the second he mentions the salary cap, he is right back to being public enemy number one. Never change, New York.
4. The Germaphobic Double Standard
Additional Context: A viral social media video sent flight passengers into a tailspin when it revealed the “dark secret” that commercial airline blankets aren’t always washed and repackaged between quick turnaround flights. Flight cabins instantly became a hygiene warzone in the minds of travelers.
The Comments
Zybard says: “Trying not to think how many people have used them before me.” — Don’t think about what people did in your one bed hotel room either than. And maybe dont sit or lean on the couch/chair, particularly the arm rests that looks like someone laid belly side on it for 30 minutes
Zod says: “If you sit for any length of time in an airport waiting for your flight to board, you will observe the plane arrive at your gate. Catering and cleaning will arrive and 30 minutes later, the plane is being boarded by passengers. A standard 737 can have up to 230 seats. The cleaning crew cannot address every seat in that 30 minutes. All they can do is a quick vacuum, refresh the bathrooms and a quick sweep with a vacuum to collect the most eggrarious messes. If this bothers you, how do you exist in society?”
The Verdict
Boom. Roasted. Zybard and Zod just teamed up to drop a double-dose of heavy reality on the travel community.
We love to freak out over the mildly stale, static-cling polyester of a complimentary airline blanket. But Zod brings the cold, hard logistical math to the table. A standard commercial plane has about a 30-minute turnaround gate window. The cleaning crew isn’t performing surgical-grade sterilization on all 230 seats… they are doing a high-speed sweep for forgotten iPads, emptying the trash, and praying nobody left a diaper in a seatback pocket. It’s a thankless job.
And Zybard lands the final knockout punch. The second we check into our hotel room, we toss our bags onto the bed, lay face-down on a comforter that has witnessed unspeakable, unwashed horrors, and high-five ourselves for traveling in style. Ignorance is absolute bliss when you are traveling. If you can’t handle a quick 30-minute plane turnaround, how do you exist in society? Grab the blanket, take your complimentary ginger ale, and don’t think too hard about the headrest.
How to Get Featured Next Week
Yes, just like you read to us, we read to you.
Want to see your name in lights next Wednesday? It’s simple:
- Don’t be boring.
- Briefly explain your point or bring the jokes.
- We will ignore your ad hominem attacks. Very little gets under our skin.
Drop your comments on our posts throughout the week, and I’ll find you and shout you out next Wednesday.
See you in the trenches next week. Keep ’em coming!