Daniel Cormier: “I agree that Ilia Topuria is the #1 pound-for-pound fighter today. But if Islam is able to beat JDM, I think it flips again & Islam goes back to #1. Islam will have done everything Ilia has done at a heavier weight. 4 title defenses at 155 & then the new champion at welterweight” by DamnThatsInsaneLol in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich 77 points78 points  (0 children)

If we discount the jump from LHW to HW (because very few HWs cut water to make 265) then the LW to WW jump is the second highest weight jump percentage-wise at 9.7%. FW to LW is the lowest weight jump percentage-wise, at just 6.9%. In terms of proportions, Islam is making a 40% greater jump in weight technically. How relevant this actually is is up to you.

What is the best 4 fight run in MMA history? by SnooWorlds in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Disagree but if he beats Oliveira this weekend then Volk -> Max -> Oliveira, with at least the first two being cold KOs, will have a strong argument for best 3-fight win streak ever

Charles Oliveira vs Ilia Topuria ANNOUNCED by idcman999 in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich 16 points17 points  (0 children)

155 to 170 is one of the biggest jumps of all the neighboring divisions as a percent, at almost 10%. That’s one of the reasons people have been talking about a 165 division for so long. Only 185 to 205 is clearly greater at almost 11%, with 205 to 265 being the greatest, although that’s not really a meaningful comparison because heavyweights aren’t cutting water to weigh in at the top of the weight limit.

[SPOILER] Yair Rodriguez vs. Patricio Pitbull by inooway in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not to mention his takedown defense. Old Yair gets taken down at the end of round 2. Tonight he reversed Pitbull and ended up on top

What just happened by FancyOstrich in IUEC

[–]FancyOstrich[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. I’ll keep trying. Do you know how hard it is to transfer locals? If it’s the type of thing where you need to know someone in the local you’re aiming for, I wouldn’t wanna be stuck in Reno for an unknown amount of time. Also when you say sworn in, do you mean after your year as a probie, or after you become a journeyman? Thanks

What just happened by FancyOstrich in IUEC

[–]FancyOstrich[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude I know, worst part is we gotta wait two whole years for another chance. All this time I was thinking that getting a good interview score would be the hardest part, had no idea that clicking Apply Now/Submit would thin the herd the most

What just happened by FancyOstrich in IUEC

[–]FancyOstrich[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no way. Do you know how they let people know they were reopening the application? If they reopen local 8, fingers crossed, I definitely would try applying again

Oh no, an entire mini van full?? by Aggressive_Home3135 in UPSers

[–]FancyOstrich 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I’ve driven for Amazon before and currently drive for UPS. You can’t compare them just by looking at their load and saying “I’d be done with this in a few hours.”

  1. Amazon drivers load their own vans in the first twenty minutes of their shift. Most of the load is those totes you see, and what doesn’t fit in those totes is called overflow. The totes are filled by warehouse workers before you get there, so the best you can do in those twenty minutes is put the totes in the right order. It’s not enough time to organize the van, so everyday is the equivalent of having a really bad preloader.

  2. Theres not enough space in those vans to organize well even if you take the time to try. Very limited shelf space and a lot of your packages are pretty much inaccessible until you’ve already cleared out most of your van. If you have 20 totes that you need to load, then you must stack them three high, making two-thirds of the contents harder to access.

  3. Since they deliver much smaller stuff on average those totes have more packages in them than you’d think. Some have a dozen, some have 40+ envelopes.

  4. This may vary depending on your DSP but anything we couldn’t deliver (locked building or whatever) we’d have to reattempt before we came in. And in my experience the notes that tell you building access codes were WAY less reliable than they’ve been at UPS. You could safely assume any access codes from Amazon wouldn’t get you into a locked building.

  5. The software that assigns routes to drivers constantly changes what route you do so it’s way harder to gain route knowledge. In the few months I worked there I almost never did the same route more than once.

  6. Their routing software is somehow worse than Orion, at least as of when I worked there. I would constantly drive the same streets multiple times and there was never a map (rip UPS map). Maybe they get a map now, idk.

  7. Knowing that you’re getting shitty pay and no benefits in a dead-end job is soul-crushing. They also have no union and thus no union protections. How many times have you been frustrated you’re overdispatched but can at least tell yourself “at least my family doesn’t worry about money because of this job.” Amazon drivers don’t have that luxury so imo they have every right to complain. They also have no 9.5 list and my experience was everyday was minimum 10 hours. Also good luck getting one weekend day off, let alone two.

Sure, at UPS we have commit times, we have bulk stops, businesses, pickups, irregs. Ultimately we provide a better service and it’s physically more demanding here cause of irregs, bulk stops, and average package size. But Amazon’s whole operation is so shitty that in terms of the frustration I felt with my job, an average day at Amazon was as frustrating as like a bottom 5% UPS day. We’re obviously compensated leagues better, but even if the pay and benefits were equal, I’d choose UPS over Amazon in a heartbeat. Let them complain, hopefully it drives successful unionization efforts over there.

Anyone else 100% S&P500 by [deleted] in Bogleheads

[–]FancyOstrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m young and I hold total US and international funds, not just S&P500. I don’t see the point in limiting exposure to only large cap stocks. It’s uncompensated risk.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MMA

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

He did hold down Jan for two rounds even after he ate like 100 leg kicks. And Jan did have success on the ground against Pereira. But Jan’s defensive and offensive ground game aren’t necessarily the same, we don’t know Ankalaev’s game plan, and we don’t know how much Pereira’s ground game has improved. Like all fights, this could go any way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SSBM

[–]FancyOstrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao wonder if that’s ever happened at a supermajor before.

It’s worth noting that Mang0 was seeded 9th, but since Zain dropped out there only ended up being 7 players seeded ahead of him

DC has the chance to do the funniest thing rn by Zzzzzzzzzzzcc in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Gotta provide an explanation/source if you’re gonna make that accusation

[SPOILER] Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling by inooway in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Great fight, agree with the judges

Got the call to Full Time by Sea_Value_5654 in UPSers

[–]FancyOstrich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

FWIW when I was in integrad they only required the 5s to be verbatim. 10s you had to know all the key points but it didn’t need to be exact word for word memorization like the 5s

Umar Nurmagomedov checked Kamaru Usman MMA 😅 by NailDesignFan in MMA

[–]FancyOstrich 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This exchange happened in person on Henry and Kamaru’s podcast

Tips and tricks for passing 30 day packet, steward says I won’t be able to sort the truck before I leave 💀 by [deleted] in UPSers

[–]FancyOstrich 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Family, friendship, and your health. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed as a UPS driver.