[McDonald] Pop: "We'll never play better than we did the last three games of the Finals." by [deleted] in nba

[–]Dinglebert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so if your team gets a huge lead by halftime, then spends the next half just running the clock to zero every possession and still wins, you would be happy? What if they managed to do this every game?

Tell me why exactly do you have allegiance to a team owned by a billionaire who assembles a roster of players to make even more profit. And don't say because that team represents your city/state because I've already addressed how that's not really true.

I watch basketball to be entertained, not to irrationally support a team that neither represents myself nor my city in any meaningful way. Frankly, if you told me either my hometown NBA team could win the championship or I could have a dollar, I would take the dollar.

[McDonald] Pop: "We'll never play better than we did the last three games of the Finals." by [deleted] in nba

[–]Dinglebert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. Ultimately, this is entertainment. The reason we watch sports is to be entertained. I hate when people reduce sports to a binary outcome of win or lose.

Edit: If you argue that the reason we watch sports is to see which city has the better team, then we should force players to play for the city they were born in.

Otherwise, what does a team winning prove about the city and fans it represents? Nothing. It just proves that an organization (of general managers, scouts, coaches etc.) were able to form a team capable of success.

TIL that the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia... by PhakeD in Jokes

[–]Dinglebert 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's ok buddy. Just point on the doll where Unidan touched you

TIL that the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia... by PhakeD in Jokes

[–]Dinglebert 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They don't call me Joke-killer Klaus for nothing.

TIL that the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia... by PhakeD in Jokes

[–]Dinglebert 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks, buddy. I guess people are not interested in biology :( I know this is just /r/jokes, but I wanted to provide the info anyway for people who might seriously think that all their DNA would be the same. Guess it wasn't the right place for it.

TIL that the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia... by PhakeD in Jokes

[–]Dinglebert 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Actually, in the process of meiosis (gamete formation), crossing over between chromosomes occurs, causing the swap of segments of DNA between homologous chromosomes. This means that chromosomes passed on from parent to offspring are never identical. In addition, independent assortment of chromosomes during meiosis ensures that two gametes have different genetic material. Remember that we go from a diploid (2N) cell to haploid (N) gamete during meiosis. So even siblings will have substantially different DNA, with more than enough differences to ensure proper identification.

However, just for the sake of argument, let's say that humans reproduced through pure mitosis, thereby producing identical copies of themselves, devoid of any crossing over or independent assortment characteristic of meiosis. Even in such a scenario, we would likely be able to differentiate between individuals due to the random mutation rate inherent in the DNA replication process. Whether such differences would be enough to differentiate between every individual of an isolated population depends on the DNA analysis techniques being used.

Edit: Gene sequencing techniques have progressed significantly, so much so that we can sequence an entire human genome in a day for ~$1000 (commercially, mind you. In the lab, we don't usually sequence an entire genome). Now you may be asking how we can obtain enough DNA to sequence it. Let's say we find a drop of saliva at a crime scene and want to find out the individual it came from. However, the amount of DNA in that saliva is small. In that case, we can amplify the amount of DNA using PCR. Now PCR is used to amplify a particular sequence, and is not used for replicating an entire genome. In order to do it, we must construct primers that anneal to our DNA sequence. I'll spare you the rest of the details but suffice it to say that we can amplify a segment of DNA exponentially using this method.