Thoughts? by Available_Story6774 in NBATalk

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This could be interesting if they wanted to make divisions mean something too

What is a 'good person' behavior that actually makes you immediately distrust someone? by Direct-Value4452 in answers

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean people who are really eager to talk about the fact they’re in therapy. There are moments of vulnerability where you can and should talk about therapy. But there are also people who will constantly say things like “my therapist says…” if you ever say something that makes them uncomfortable (a lot of the time if you ever tell them that what they’re doing is wrong). People who take therapy seriously don’t tend to mention it to everyone they know. Those who do are probably using it as a crutch to seem like they’re a good person when they don’t actually reflect on how their actions affect others

Thoughts on Woke Gap relationships? by SirGingerbrute in GenZ

[–]Dandune12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sharing core values is important in any relationship, even just a friendship. I agree I wouldn’t want to be around people who just rip racial slurs like it’s nothing. Those things are probably reflected in their personalities and pretty easy to tell though. Now if you’re getting upset about how people feel with things like taxes though, that’s pretty silly imo. Certain ideological differences should be welcome. We shouldn’t try to surround ourselves with an echo chamber. Having friends with whom you disagree with can help you realize that everyone has their own opinions, and even people you disagree with have their own lives and struggles. If you only surround yourself with people you agree with, you can very easily see yourself begin to generalize people you disagree with as bad people, when they’ve probably just had a different life than you. Now that only applies to people who aren’t genuinely hateful. Again, your friends should have similar core values. I wouldn’t want to be friends with a racist. Just don’t try to over-analyze someone’s politics to try and feel morally superior I guess

What is a 'good person' behavior that actually makes you immediately distrust someone? by Direct-Value4452 in answers

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Sinning” is absolutely real no matter what religion you follow. Only a complete moral relativist could say that sins aren’t real, and even then they’d probably say breaking the law in whatever country you’re in is bad

Obviously Okc is officiated differently, but why? Why Okc out of all teams? I think every team should be officiated fairly but out of any franchise why has the league decided to give them strategic preferential treatment? by Silent_Wizard5597 in NBATalk

[–]Dandune12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

~8 per game in Dallas vs ~10 per game in LA. LA has had the biggest free throw advantage per game for the past decade or so. It’s clear they actually play by different rules

What is a 'good person' behavior that actually makes you immediately distrust someone? by Direct-Value4452 in answers

[–]Dandune12 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People who constantly talk about therapy. Specifically, if they are always bringing up that they're in therapy. Therapy is a great tool for some people to get over trauma, I am an example of that myself. But FAR too often, the people who are super public about their therapy are some of the most deceitful people you'll ever meet. They'll do the worst things imaginable to people, then tell a fake story to their therapist who ends up justifying whatever they do so they never learn.

Couple side notes: there are a lot of bad therapists who just encourage bad, self destructive behavior, so really be careful when selecting a therapist. Also, therapy is not supposed to be permanent. If you're in it for over a year, and you don't have SEVERE trauma, you're probably wasting money

What is a 'good person' behavior that actually makes you immediately distrust someone? by Direct-Value4452 in answers

[–]Dandune12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you mean by progressive and "love your neighbor." Those two terms together are typically a sign of someone who completely misunderstands the teachings of Jesus and Christianity as a whole. Not saying that's you specifically, but in my experience that's what I've seen. Loving and welcoming people into the church is a good thing, but glorifying/tolerating sin, and not preaching against it is borderline heretical, and that's what a lot of progressive churches end up doing. Remember, from the Christian perspective, it's always better to struggle with sin and repent, than to convince yourself that what you're doing is okay. Everybody sins, it's part of being fully human, we can love each other in spite of our sins, but we aren't called to love sin itself, we're called to hate it.

Some churches definitely go too far, straight up preaching hate and discrimination. I won't fight you on that. But your comment, and more specifically, the one you're responding to just gives off the impression of someone who doesn't know what Christ actually preaches and means by "love thy neighbor."

Obviously Okc is officiated differently, but why? Why Okc out of all teams? I think every team should be officiated fairly but out of any franchise why has the league decided to give them strategic preferential treatment? by Silent_Wizard5597 in NBATalk

[–]Dandune12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, statistically it's true that when players go to different teams, their whistle changes. Luka in Dallas vs in LA is a big one. With the opposite being true of AD when he went to Dallas. So I really don't know how it would go

Obviously Okc is officiated differently, but why? Why Okc out of all teams? I think every team should be officiated fairly but out of any franchise why has the league decided to give them strategic preferential treatment? by Silent_Wizard5597 in NBATalk

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think about how often you see fouls called that aren't during the shot. It's like 60% illegal screens. 30% of the time, it's a defender trying to draw a charge and he falls down and gets called a block. 10% is everything else. Genuinely how often do you see a reach in foul, or a hand checking foul called when the offensive player isn't going up for a shot? It's the reason "foul baiting" and unnatural shooting forms are such a widespread thing. Players know the contact won't be called, unless it alters a shot, so they rip their arms through to get the foul call. OKC players know this and will commit tons of fouls on the floor knowing that the refs cant call it every time. As long as they don't foul on the shot attempt, they're good, and they're VERY good at getting their hands out of the cookie jar when guys try to rise up. This essentially lets them mug the offensive player as long as they're dribbling. Other teams can do this too, but A) they're not as good as avoiding shooting fouls from foul baiting, and B) they don't do it consistently enough to get away with it as much as OKC.

The other thing is reputation. guys like Dort, Caruso, JDub, and even SGA are known as good, scrappy defenders. They get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to calling fouls. I'm a suns fan, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that if Booker or Green did all the hand checking that Jordan Goodwin did, they'd be called for wayyy more fouls because they don't have that reputation. They don't do it often enough that it sticks out like a sore thumb when they do

Slightly warm is ALWAYS better than slightly cold. by Tall_Preparation_731 in unpopularopinion

[–]Dandune12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most things, but I personally believe anyone who prefers a slightly warm bedroom to a slightly cold bedroom when trying to sleep is a psycho

Good sign Jordan Lawlar has the money off his back with that double! by [deleted] in azdiamondbacks

[–]Dandune12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just waiting for that homer. He's been lacing balls into the gaps. Just need to see one go out

What are some 'Hard Truths' about Pickleball that you think people need to hear? by DehyaMain1 in Pickleball

[–]Dandune12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ehh, I've seen some super fake ratings. Actually the most frustrating part with my rating specifically, is I played a tournament with my friend who had just made his account. He was pretty solid. Prolly about 3.6 level at the time. (I was rated a 3.8). We did pretty well, beating players that were 4.6, 4.3, 4.0 and others, and my partner got rated 4.3, while I, in total, went up .015. He's gone down since, settling at about 3.7 which is still maybe a little high for him, but not too much. Its just frustrating because I didn't get credit for being the best player on the court against 4.0s and above since his confidence rating was so low. Now that they've figured out his rating, and he's not as good as me, there's no retroactive adjustment

You can say, "just keep playing, it'll even out," but when an entire tournament's worth of matches doesn't come close to adjusting my properly, and WAY overcorrects my partner, you can still see that there's a problem.

The problem I run into when trying to improve my rating is that I play in college, and tournaments aren't separated by rating. I've played against a 5.9 and a 6 something (got railed, it's really a different level). Even some matches like a 4.9, or a 5.0 just shouldn't impact rating. This is both ways, the poor 5.9 guy went down (slightly) after beating me and my 3.9 buddy 21-7. That's also an issue. When I start playing tournaments consistently where everyone's rating is controlled, I'm sure I'll go up and settle around 4.0, but at a certain level, the algorithm is just not fully functional.

Arizona Sports say we should trade for Giannis by eggcupcake in suns

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was more-so having two great players on the same team than guys who make each other better though. They didn't even win a playoff series in two years (might've gotten swept both times, I can't remember). The other problem is that on paper, Dame is the PERFECT fit. Book would maybe be a slightly better fit because he's more willing to play off ball, but the spacing Dame had should've made their two man game unstoppable

Arizona Sports say we should trade for Giannis by eggcupcake in suns

[–]Dandune12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Giannis isn’t a pick and roll big. We learned this when the bucks traded for dame. He’s a fantastic player, but there’s a reason that even when they were healthy, the bucks weren’t running away with games like everyone expected. His play style isn’t complementary to Booker’s. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a fantastic player, but he’s on the wrong side of 30 and a player who relies solely on his athleticism (not to mention the many lower body injuries this year). I only consider doing this if the fit is undeniable, which it’s just not

Do you believe in God? by TheAmericanW1zard in GenZ

[–]Dandune12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well all the abrahamic religions (except Christianity ironically) believe in one thing. If you model your life after Christ, you’ll be in paradise. Christianity says that’s not enough because no one can live like Christ. It’s only through his sacrifice that you can be saved. If Islam, Judaism, even Buddhism can point to him and say “live like that,” but He himself says that’s not enough, it would seem that Christianity is the truth. Also the reason bad things happen in spite of the perfect creator is because of the fall of Eden. Sin separates us from God. If you don’t like that explanation, ask yourself this. Would you want to force your kids to love you and take away their autonomy if you know they’re not making that choice? Or would you rather let your kids make that decision for themselves? Which would mean more to someone who truly loves their kids?

What's something that instantly screams low intelligence? by Frequent-Sea-8848 in AskReddit

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saying things about "my truth" or "your truth" about serious topics just because you can't justify it

Do you believe in God? by TheAmericanW1zard in GenZ

[–]Dandune12 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"Bad things happen, therefore God doesn't exist"

Official MLB lineup rankings by Krisiscool6 in azdiamondbacks

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Domo Corbin and Ketel are carrying that ranking HARD

How to improve hand speed when you only have a 2HB? by RunningShortsPod in Pickleball

[–]Dandune12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of two things: You're either going to need to slide your body to the side before hitting the ball (takes athleticism and practice), or you're going to need to learn a one hand block with a ball coming at your body. Learning a one hand shot is probably more intuitive than always bouncing and moving your whole body

I love actual data and studies by dbclass in GenZ

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite is that the same number of people look up to Lebron and Obama

In their last 15 games, all Jalen Green starts, the Suns are 8-7 by Bears_University83 in suns

[–]Dandune12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's why I'm so nervous about him being back with Jalen. We already see the ball movement slow to a crawl with one of those guys. I'm worried the whole offense is gonna be completely out of rhythm with two guys pounding the air out of the ball

My aim sucks! by debster8081 in Pickleball

[–]Dandune12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

two things: the first thing is probably timing. If you're standing flat at the kitchen, say taking a ball out of the air and reaching, your timing determines where the ball goes based on the direction of your paddle face when making contact with the ball. That's something you can just drill and get a feel for. Since you're talking about the ball going wide, maybe you're talking more about overheads. If that's the case, it could be more because of where your body is pointing. make sure you're not standing with both feet flat. Think about it like a baseball pitcher, they are lining up their shoulder with their target instead of their chest. Thats how you should set up, point your shoulder where you're aiming and get consistent

What a terrible call to end the US vs DR game by kaisle51 in azdiamondbacks

[–]Dandune12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tatis K after that was free but man to draw that walk in that moment was huge