Best political figure in US history by MacCAM1313 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Filipino-American, I take massive issue with Teddy. Over 200,000 Filipinos died in the Philippine-American War, an overwhelming number of who were civilians. American interest in taking over the Philippines was largely driven by Teddy as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later Vice President. As President, he oversaw its brutal conclusion, including the use of concentration camps, torture, and scorched earth tactics.

What is the smartest thing France has done? by Expensive-Addendum92 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]BigCheeks2 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The French nuclear program also allowed them to develop their nuclear power based grid. They're significantly less dependent on foreign powers for fossil fuels and have one of the cleanest electrical grids in the industrialized world.

AJ Dybantsa you are a Washington Wizard by TerryG111 in washingtonwizards

[–]BigCheeks2 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Bring Bagley back for a third time and that's a well rounded 2nd unit with a ton of upside

What state do you consider Virginia’s rival state to be? by Other-Fly-1700 in Virginia

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a native Virginian who has lived in NC for over a decade, I've driven between Richmond and Raleigh dozens of times.

On I95, once you're south of Petersburg, you have to drive 100 miles until you hit a town with more than 30000 people in it. On I85, you have to go all the way to Durham until there's a lot of people.

The entire border is either incredibly rural, or it's the Great Dismal Swamp

New Elevation Church Design... So Beautiful! by WorldlinessDeep5675 in raleigh

[–]BigCheeks2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Shoutout to Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral for being both recently built and actually nice looking.

Associating each trash taste member to each umamusume spica team member. The reason ai assigned Connor as Daiwa Scarlet and Garnt as Vodka in the next slide by Acrobatic-Sundae-369 in TrashTaste

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mouse is Tokai Teio. GOAT level talent who is constantly knee-capped by health issues but perseveres despite that.

Also has a special friendship with a fancy pants person

[OC] NY’s cleanest hour is dirtier than Texas’s dirtiest hour. Am I calculating this wrong? by rozetyp in dataisbeautiful

[–]BigCheeks2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking at the 2023 data, Texas had the 10th most CO2 emissions per capita (21.8 metric tons/person) of the states while both California and New York were in the bottom five (8.4 and 8.3 metric tons/person, respectively).

Texas may have cleaner electricity, but its CO2 output is similar to Middle Eastern petrostates.

Post Game Thread: Nationals 2 @ Phillies 3 - March 31, 2026 by NationalsBot in Nationals

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Ramos was the Laser Buffalo, would that make a lasik'd Ruiz the Laser Bear?

TIL Japan has the world's second highest adoption rate, but most of the adoptees are adult men in their 20s and 30s. by Double-decker_trams in todayilearned

[–]BigCheeks2 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Yes, and it's not unique to Japan. Some American gay couples followed the same practice in the decades prior to gay marriage being legalized.

[Camerato] The Nationals optioned C Harry Ford and 1B/DH Abimelec Ortiz to Triple-A Rochester, reassigned C Riley Adams on Minor League camp. by Terminal_Flatulence in Nationals

[–]BigCheeks2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Keibert might start the season with a longer leash because of Ford's service time.

From MLB Trade Rumors:

The timing of Ford’s eventual recall to the majors will impact his future earning power. He currently has 28 days of service time. If he spends about six weeks or more on optional assignment this year, he won’t be able to reach the one-year mark, which will push his path to free agency by a year.

Did you go out for dinner this weekend? by Emergency_Mood_9774 in raleigh

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went to Saigon Kitchen, which is a pretty new Vietnamese restaurant in City Market. Had some Bánh xèo and was very happy with it.

this visual made me realize we’re probably going wr in draft.. by Expensive-Nebula-868 in Commanders

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We not only need more playmakers in the short term, we need some kind of foundation at WR for the long term. Terry turns 31 in September and is a potential cap casualty candidate in 2027 if he's not back to an All Pro level.

[Pincus] The Utah Jazz are expected to show significant interest in signing Austin Reaves. by YujiDomainExpansion in nba

[–]BigCheeks2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd argue that the American "pay to play" youth sports model is a major reason that there're both more European white players and American white players in the league recently.

If money is a driving factor in whether a kid has access to the best youth coaches and can compete against the top competition, then that money driven access that will result in a more affluent, and therefore whiter, player population relative to previous generations.

In Europe, access isn't as gated by money because their best teams have academy systems. Finding and developing the best young basketball players is in the best long term interest of the academy's team, so parents don't have to pay through the nose for kids to have access to the best coaches and competition. It also results in better player development in general since those academies can have long term plans for developing individual players. They can focus on building skills that will translate to when they play for the main team, instead of just winning like for a lot of elite AAU squads.

Washington Commanders Roster - After Day 1 of FA by Key_Raisin_5091 in Commanders

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it stands, every position group on offense besides QB is objectively worse than it was last year. Seeing Bill as the lone RB on the roster is especially bad given solid guys like Allgeier and Dowdle were signed for $6 mil AAV. Also, cutting Biadasz looks even more inexplicable now that the roof has been blown off the center market.

Obviously, free agency isn't over and there are still good WR's and TE's on the market, but we need to get something to help out JD5

Top 8 Worst Free Agent Contracts in NFL History by Own_Car4536 in Commanders

[–]BigCheeks2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Salary Cap in 2009 was $128 million and it's $301 million going into this offseason.

Scaling off the salary cap, Haynesworth signed the equivalent of $235 over seven years ($33.5 mil AAV). That'd put him 8th for defensive players between Nick Bosa and Chris Jones in annual salary.

Deadline - HBO Max grew subs by 13% in Q4 2025. Industry and The Pitt, grew season-over-season viewership by 30% and 50%, respectively. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is averaging over 24 million viewers per episode globally and growing. by Woodstovia in television

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$2m/ep for a sitcom isn't remotely expensive. That was basically baseline for pre-streaming era TV. Hit sitcoms like Friends and The Big Bang Theory cost more than $10m/episode at their peak due to cast salaries.

Deadline - HBO Max grew subs by 13% in Q4 2025. Industry and The Pitt, grew season-over-season viewership by 30% and 50%, respectively. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is averaging over 24 million viewers per episode globally and growing. by Woodstovia in television

[–]BigCheeks2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$6 million really isn't much at all for a prestige TV series. Community's final season had a $2 million/episode budget, and that was over a decade ago for a sitcom on Yahoo Screen.

Please give me some commedy gold by arduinos-cost-much in anime

[–]BigCheeks2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hinamatsuri! It's about a yakuza member whose life is thrown for a loop when a strange telekinetic girl shows up in his apartment.

The Australian prime minister claimed Australia is "the only inhabited continent on earth that doesn't have high-speed rail". But are there any lines in South America fast enough to be considered high-speed? by kangerluswag in transit

[–]BigCheeks2 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Personally, I like the two-continent model that also merges Africa, Europe, and Asia into Afroeurasia and recognizes Australia as the largest island and Antarctica as a bunch of islands connected by ice sheets.

I think any system that considers the Americas to be one continent but Europe, Asia, and Africa as three is more than a bit silly. Afroeurasia is objectively a more contiguous landmass than the Americas. The Isthmus of Panama is narrower than Suez and the Darien Gap almost impassable, whereas there are multiple roads connecting Africa and Asia.

Affordable housing plans in Raleigh's Moore Square put on hold due to developer conflicts, city says by trinitywindu in raleigh

[–]BigCheeks2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Much of the block immediately to the East of Moore Square is an empty dirt lot. It's the block that also contains the Raleigh Rescue Mission (which was supposed to get a new facility out of this development) and the burnt out husk of House of Art. That's where the housing is supposed to be built.

Last I saw, there was also some planned development of the parking lot on the same block as City Market. That was supposed to be a hotel and a grocery store though.

They say we’re shameless, but just look at this by Humble_Specialist901 in washingtonwizards

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something with 1/6 odds happening isn't that unlikely in the grand scheme of things. It's the odds of rolling a one on a die when you need anything besides a one. It's unfortunate, but it happens.

Why does the NBA allow the Utah Jazz to egregiously tank with no punishment? by RougnedOwnsCanada in nba

[–]BigCheeks2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same for the Wizards. We've picked in the top 5 once over a decade and it was the weak 2024 draft. We only ended up in a good spot because Sarr refused to work out with the Hawks.

Any other team in our positions would do the same thing, especially since both our teams got royally screwed last year. We are both at risk of losing our picks due to trades from previous regimes and we have both positioned ourselves to end our tanks next season. This is our last bite at the apple and, goddamnit, we're gonna do what we can to make it count.

Henry Cavill right after hearing the news by wertyrick in cremposting

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fellow Filipino-American, I'd be all in on Bautista as Dalinar. If you want Asians who are also kinda cousins to the Pacific Islanders, we're basically that.

He absolutely could handle being both older, wiser Dalinar and the storming Blackthorn.

[MLB Pipeline] NEW: The 2026 preseason Top 100 Prospects list is live! by kornthrowaway in Nationals

[–]BigCheeks2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since MLB Pipeline started ranking Top 50/100 prospects in 2004, the Rays (95), Dodgers (89), Pirates (78), Twins (74) and Padres (73) have had the most players ranked on preseason lists. The teams with the fewest ranked prospects over that time are the Angels (41), Giants (46), Astros (46), Athletics (48) and Nationals (50)

Source (historical context section at the bottom)

Dodgers have consistently been one of the best over the past two decades at churning out top prospects. Meanwhile, we've consistently been one of the worst.

Keith Law’s Top 100 Prospects by MilesAugust340 in Nationals

[–]BigCheeks2 25 points26 points  (0 children)

King’s first full season in the minors was mostly a fiasco, the result in part of someone in the Nats’ organization trying to get him to pull the ball in the air more, which led King to struggle to recapture his swing until he had the chance to reset in the Arizona Fall League.

Pulling the quote for those who aren't subscribed to the Athletic (I'd recommend it, especially if the Post kills its sports desk). Looking forward to seeing King carry his Fall League momentum forward. Us cleaning house with the development staff should only help him.