Today in completely gratuitous acts of random media consumption, Netflix, in their year-end user audit, released one particularly mind-boggling little nugget: One Canadian user streamed the final installment of Peter Jackon’s LOTR film triology, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 361 orc-flogging times this year.
Not 3.61. Not 36.1. 361. No decimal. No mercy.
Now don’t get us wrong, the Academy Award-winning Return of the King is not only the greatest fantasy film ever made, but also the best trilogy coup de grace in Hollywood history, but this? This is just disturbing. Return of the King clocks in at a whopping three hours and 21 minutes. That means this particular viewer spent just over 1,158 hours of their presumably human life watching Viggo Mortensen swing a giant rubber sword at a bunch of CG ghouls this year.
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We at The Loop would like to first make clear that, generally speaking, we are in favor of both 6-year-olds and people who get independently wealthy. We love them both! Six-year-olds are old enough to enjoy object permanence, appreciate puns and watch Tom and Jerry, yet young enough that they haven’t yet formed opinions or established that your screen time rules and behavioral punishments are 100% arbitrary. And getting rich is awesome! Good for people who get rich! Unless you’re born into it because your real-estate carnival-barker father invented a bunch of stories about himself to the New York media in the ‘80s, you know what, this is for another story time.
Yet it is with a certain degree of horror and a certain quantity of sideways glances at our student loan bills that we report a tale of a 6-year-old child—an adorable, inventive 6-year-old child—who made $11 million reviewing toys on YouTube this year, according to Forbes’ godawful annual list of YouTube celebrities, which comes..

Earlier this year, KFC Megacorp, in their ongoing effort to dominate the fast food lifestyle landscape, dropped their debut KFC Ltd. collection, a line of novelty fashion and accessories that you totally didn’t drip BBQ sauce on and ruin approximately five seconds after you pulled the tags off. But take heart, stained masses of America, because for the first time since the summer, KFC has refreshed their Ltd. treasure trove with a host of holiday-ready gifts that are sure to turn you into a Secret Santa superstar by the time we hit “Two Turtle Doves.” Check out the highlights below:
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FacebookPinterestKFC wrapping paper (bows included, bro).
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FacebookPinterestMorning Gravy gravy coffee mug.
FacebookPinterestDrumstick throw pillow.
As you can now clearly see—like a shining halo above that 10-piece extra crispy bucket—if you're still loo..

Players no longer will be penalized two shots for an incorrect scorecard if they were not aware of a rules violation when they signed their card.

The USGA and R&A also will no longer respond to most TV viewers’ calls during the tournament.

The changes are part of a local rule effective Jan. 1.

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Rescinding the scorecard penalty, famously applied to Lexi Thompson at the LPGA Tour’s first major last April, is part of a broader standard for using video.

Thompson had a three-shot lead in the final round of the ANA Inspiration when a TV viewer noticed she had improperly replaced her golf ball on the green during the third round. She was penalized two shots for the infraction. Because that would have made her score two shots higher, she received an additional two-shot penalty for the scorecard error.

That became a four-shot penalty in the final hour of the tournament. Thompson rallied, but eventually lost to So Yeon Ryu in the first hole of a playoff.

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Players no longer will be penalized two shots for an incorrect scorecard if they were not aware of a rules violation when they signed their card.

The USGA and R&A also will no longer respond to most TV viewers’ calls during the tournament.

The changes are part of a local rule effective Jan. 1.

Article continues below …

Rescinding the scorecard penalty, famously applied to Lexi Thompson at the LPGA Tour’s first major last April, is part of a broader standard for using video.

Thompson had a three-shot lead in the final round of the ANA Inspiration when a TV viewer noticed she had improperly replaced her golf ball on the green during the third round. She was penalized two shots for the infraction. Because that would have made her score two shots higher, she received an additional two-shot penalty for the scorecard error.

That became a four-shot penalty in the final hour of the tournament. Thompson rallied, but eventually lost to So Yeon Ryu in the first hole of a playoff.

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The USGA and R&A, in conjunction with all the major men's and women's pro tours and the PGA of America, announced they won't accept rules inquires from viewers

USGA/R&A eliminate extra penalty for failing to include a penalty on your scorecard if you didn't know you committed the penalty in the first place

It looked like Dustin Johnson, one of Golf World's Newsmakers of the Year, was embarking on a monster 2017 season, until he took one wrong step

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Shubhankar Sharma won his first European Tour title by a shooting 3-under 69 Monday in the final round of the weather-delayed Joburg Open.

The 21-year-old Indian resumed his round on the eighth green after play was halted early Sunday afternoon because of storms. He parred that hole, birdied No. 9 and made par on every hole on the back nine.

Sharma finished at 23-under 264, three strokes ahead of the pack, and qualified for next year’s British Open, too.

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”I actually wasn’t going to come here about a week ago … so I’m really happy that I came,” said Sharma, who shot 61 in the second round. ”I don’t think I’m ever going forget my first time in South Africa.”

Erik van Rooyen (66) was second, three strokes ahead of Shaun Norris (65) and Tapio Pulkkanen (68).

With the news that TV viewers will no longer be able to call in possible rules infractions, we look back at some of the other noteworthy rule changes in golf history.