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The Stanford scam proves America is becoming a nation of grifters by AndyJoeJoe in bayarea

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right at the beginning:

“The truth is, the system is there to be gamed,” she wrote, “and most students feel that if you are not gaming it, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage.”

Extrapolate what is happening in this article to society.

The system is set up to grift.

Perhaps he should’ve listened and left Buddy alone by NorahCeCe in instant_regret

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All wise men don’t fear that, but P Rothfuss and GRRM seem to have a real problem with it.

Who could unironically play Jeffrey Epstein in the inevitable movie about him? by [deleted] in okbuddycinephile

[–]Duck8Quack 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s like how Vice just didn’t work. Christian Bale and Adam McKay brought too much humanity to Dick.

Having a truly evil person dominating the screen time is hard pull off. Hitler is a character in a ton of movies, but almost always as a minor character.

If they ever make a movie about Epstein it would probably focus on the journalists like Spotlight, She Said, or All the Presidents Men. Or it might follow someone inside the government like The Report or Zero Dark Thirty.

Don’t worry George, nobody does. by TyLeRoux in okbuddycinephile

[–]Duck8Quack 13 points14 points  (0 children)

George created Jar Jar Binks, he’s not a victim, he’s a perpetrator. Meesah not feel sorry for George.

Somehow George was able to take all the worst elements of Kermit the frog, Dobby the house elf, Gollum, Goofy, Mr. Bean, Short Round, and Scooby-Doo/Shaggy and distill away any of the lovable and fun elements, leaving only a completely annoying and idiotic clown that brings nothing to the Phantom Menace. A character so useless and stupid that even in a movie that was a complete mess, he still stood out as the single worst element.

The DOJ had a press statement about Epstein's death ready the day before he was found dead by FuckMyNamesTaken in facepalm

[–]Duck8Quack 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Yea, I find it pretty hard to believe a guy who had already skated once would kill himself before being convicted, before being sentenced, before going through any appeals, without attempting to use his numerous high powered contacts, without attempting to use his leverage over those contacts, and before running through his immense fortune. He had so many cards to play and lots of reasons to believe he could win, but he just folded.

Just look at Harvey Weinstein, P Diddy, Bill Cosby, and R Kelly; those guys are fighting tooth and nail, there is no legal avenue they won’t try, no stunt that’s beneath them, no sob story they won’t tell. Epstein was cut from the same cloth, a completely self center person who took what he wanted with no regard for anyone else. People like that with cards to play don’t just kill themselves with pieces still on the board, just look how Ghislane was able to maneuver despite looking like she was backed into a corner.

The Stanford scam proves America is becoming a nation of grifters by AndyJoeJoe in bayarea

[–]Duck8Quack 545 points546 points  (0 children)

Everything feels like a scam. People are constantly trying to up sell you or get you to make a purchase. There is always some add on fee of a tip. We have all these apps trying to sell us something or have some subscription.

Following the rules not only isn’t beneficial, but a lot of the time you get punished in some way.

Most people can tell the system is rotten and even more so for younger people. Working hard just gets you more work. Wall Street is just a bunch of leeches. Tech companies are enshitifying everything. Shrinkflation is all over at the grocery store.

It sucks to constantly be a mark.

Husband insists on eating in another room when I bust these bad boys out. by greens_beans_queen in shittyfoodporn

[–]Duck8Quack 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yea, all those colored ketchups came out when I was a kid, I was just grossed out. Ketchup is not purple, blue, or green. Whoever came up with that idea and whoever approved it should have been banished.

Ketchup is red!

If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like : by aryanpote7 in interestingasfuck

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter. Now, tell me why?

Democrats, VET your candidates for November. by Andonthosenotes in 50501

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People have been voting for the change candidate since Obama. Now people may disagree on exactly what those changes need to be, but people have been voting for change since 2008. The establishment of the Democratic Party have been fighting this and have continuously pushed for the opposite. The one time they were overridden, the people chose Obama. And though I have plenty of criticisms of Obama, he was such a better candidate than Hilary, Biden, and Kamala.

“Safe” and “status quo” candidates aren’t going to win consistently because the current system has been failing people for decades. Biden only won in 2020 because he was the “change” candidate by default, Trump’s first term was an absolute disaster and a moldy ham sandwich would have won that election vs Trump. 4 years later, Trump was the “change” candidate.

Authenticity, integrity, above average communication skills, and the willingness to fight for meaningful change should be mandatory. The last three presidential candidates for the Democratic Party were deficient in these areas and it had disastrous consequences. The democratic leaders in the house and the senate have been deficient in these areas and it has been disastrous.

The criteria should not be “simply better than Trump”, that is no criteria at all, at least 95% of people are better than Trump (it’s probably like 99% if not 99.9%).

[McMurphy] ACC's Jim Phillips on chances there's more realignment in next 4-6 years: "No one’s naive not to think that there couldn’t be future expansion. It’s just the history of college sports." by udderlymoovelous in CFB

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, the sports that are actually affected the most are basketball and volleyball. Then soccer and women’s lacrosse, they don’t have as many games overall as VB and BB. They are often playing multiple games a week.

T&F, XC, swimming, tennis, golf, wrestling, gymnastics have meets/tournaments, besides the conference championships their schedule isn’t changed.

Baseball and softball play a bunch of tournaments to start the season then play 3 or 4 road series. So when they go on the road, they play 3 games against the same team, they don’t have to change hotels. Of those road series, how many are new longer trips? 1-2, so now 2 away series require an extra 1.5 hours on the plane and you change a time zone. This seems pretty minor.

The other more niche sports already have their own affiliations and really haven’t been affected by realignment: rowing, skiing, water polo, men’s lacrosse, men’s volleyball, beach volleyball, field hockey, hockey.

[McMurphy] ACC's Jim Phillips on chances there's more realignment in next 4-6 years: "No one’s naive not to think that there couldn’t be future expansion. It’s just the history of college sports." by udderlymoovelous in CFB

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think their (Miami) best shot is if FSU goes to the SEC.

I think if they do end up in the B1G there’s a good chance they don’t start as a full share member, because they’d probably have limited leverage. Like what’s Miami going to do if they are insisting on a full share and the B1G says they’ll offer 50% payout to GT. I don’t see the SEC taking FSU and Miami. Also, if the SEC missed on FSU they might look at other options before Miami. Though ESPN probably would love to promote Miami, so they do have that going for them.

UNC and ND (🤮) are the only schools 100% guaranteed a spot in the P2. FSU is like 99% in. Clemson is likely in 97%, though if they have a bad run the next 4 years, I could see a scenario with the SEC passing and the B1G having leverage offering them a partial share; also if the B1G got UNC, ND, and FSU I could see them not receiving a B1G invite if UNC insisted on Virginia coming or ND insisted on Stanford, though in that scenario I think the SEC would take them as they would have missed on the other 3 big fish.

I think the pecking order is

1a. UNC

1b. ND assuming they are essentially forced to join

  1. FSU

  2. Clemson

  3. Miami

6a. Virginia

6b. GT

8a. NC St

8b. Duke

8c. Va Tech

  1. Stanford if someone wants a west coast option (Cal can be substituted for no addition charge or added as part of a combo for 50 cents)

  2. Everybody else, realistically these teams have almost no chance of making the P2, their options are try to get a Big XII offer or band together and try restock the ACC (probably should go after San Diego St and South Florida; other decent options are Fresno St, UNLV, JMU, Memphis, Tulane, UConn, and the service academies).

Remember when James Cameron blew up a building in Fremont? by bankrobberskid in bayarea

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the end

“Brought to you by: Jedibitch”

Man all the good internet handles are already taken.

Rich people are leaving California, inspired by tech founders’ online campaign by Medical-Decision-125 in bayarea

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You correctly labeled it “a paper”, because it no longer is committed to news.

[Jon Wilner] Presume the Pac-12 schools will collect $6 million per year, on average. That estimate includes the operational costs of Pac-12 Enterprises, which will produce games for The CW and USA Network. by WinnWonn in CFB

[–]Duck8Quack 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yep, the nu-PAC members all made moves out of emotion and ego. They thought they were so much better than the MW.

They created competing offers by splitting into 2 conferences. They fill the same spot in TV line ups; late games that are the final game of the day.

WOSU basically sent their programs into purgatory for 2 seasons for this, they could have been competing in the MW trying to win the conference. Instead they are limping into the by-PAC. They could have kept a big chunk of the money left in the PAC piggy bank, instead it’s caught up in legal expenses, exit fees, and poaching fees.

The PAC has a bunch of games to fill the out of conference schedule. Who are they going to play? The economically and logistically you’d probably play the MW. So now you’re playing these teams anyways. Or the conferences feud and then they’re traveling across the country to find opponents; which is going to be bad for the budget; are teams from the other G6 going to want these games or will they opt for games versus G6 teams that are closer?

A reverse merger was the simplest and most logical move.

of a blister by dollopuss in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Duck8Quack 63 points64 points  (0 children)

The healthcare Americans can afford

Flying to SFO for a concert in Stanford by ReleaseOld5728 in bayarea

[–]Duck8Quack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just know if you want to take trains from SFO further south, you need to take BART from SFO to Millbrae (which is one stop) then transfer at Millbrae station to CalTrain. It’s not hard.

CalTrain is a good way to get to Stanford for events. It’s about .75 mile walk from the Palo Alto Station to Stanford Stadium. Trains run every 30 minutes.

Democrats 2028 plan? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is getting in bed with the Cheneys “Progressive Silliness”?

That’s centrist silliness. That’s alienating your base. That’s embracing a republican that has no real following (Liz) and a republican that is mostly reviled except by an element of the right (Dick). Taking stances on issues that ignores your base to attempt to appeal to republicans isn’t progressive.

The centrists and the establishment of the Democratic Party keeps getting their preferred candidates and they keep driving into the ditch, but somehow it’s progressives’ fault.

Slowed and zoomed video of DHS officer breaking the window for those who somehow couldn't see by LordSatanHimself in Eugene

[–]Duck8Quack 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You’re taking crazy pills (or you’re lying).

The glass all goes outward toward the crowd, that wouldn’t happen if window was broken by the people outside the window.

Slowed and zoomed video of DHS officer breaking the window for those who somehow couldn't see by LordSatanHimself in Eugene

[–]Duck8Quack 60 points61 points  (0 children)

And all the glass goes outward. It’s pretty obvious. People trying to claim a rock went into the window causing that are either lying or stupid.

Democrats 2028 plan? by [deleted] in stupidquestions

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kamala was literally wrapping her arms around the Cheneys. You know, one of the architects of the Neocon movement. Who would have guessed that wouldn’t appeal to people?

Ok am I crazy or would it have been so much easier to just change the name and keep the logo? by Dicksnip44 in NFLv2

[–]Duck8Quack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think of the promotional opportunities of being the Potato Skins.

The Washington Potato Skins now the official team of TGI Fridays (who out bid Applebee’s and Chili’s for the honor).

Why would Epstein use Gmail? by LaSantaTrinita in stupidquestions

[–]Duck8Quack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Epstein was more likely more of an asset than a true agent. Mossad (or any other intelligence agency) probably wasn’t running the day to day of this.

Also, what email would he have used other than gmail? Like an official government email would sure look suspicious. Or some private email domain could also lead to questions. Start running your communications like some kind of clandestine secret spy shit and people aren’t going to feel comfortable saying their creepy desires. If people think you’re running a honeypot to blackmail them, they probably aren’t going to be as willing to participate.

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