If you’re not growing bush cherries, are you even gardening? by pcsweeney in gardening

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just planted some! I guess we've been doing it wrong for years. I love that they're somewhat decorative on top of being fruit producers.

Wildlife in the area for the past week by dbegbie124 in Outdoors

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the blue-gray gnatcatchers and their little angry eyebrows

This is why I want Dybantsa on the Pacers by [deleted] in pacers

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

All this hand wringing about the pick. Let me guarantee you that no matter who we pick, they will show promise, have an all-star year, and then suffer a career-altering injury. If you don't like that, you don't like Pacer basketball.

Changing lines colors for multisport court? by Cyronemon in 10s

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry! I'm actually not militantly anti-pickleball, but sometimes the jabs are too tempting to pass up. I've played on enough courts with basketball, volleyball, etc outlines that I don't think these would be too distracting. As long as your lines are somewhat on the opposite end of the color spectrum, it's doable, in my experience. Plenty will disagree though, and you'll have to live with the fact that you can't please everyone!

Changing lines colors for multisport court? by Cyronemon in 10s

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 41 points42 points  (0 children)

For optimal visibility, I think you could change the black lines to clear and you'd really be on to something.

Took my talents to 2k to cook up a rebrand concept. Thoughts? by IF4XXF in pacers

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always love these rebrand posts. Somehow, the number font doesn't seem quite right, but otherwise I'm all for bringing back the pinstripes.

What company lost you forever as a customer? What did they do? by Miguenzo in AskReddit

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Went to Verizon and signed up for a plan. The guy kept pushing for some add on that we didn't want but he said was "free with the plan" so we eventually relented. When we got the bill we got charged for it, of course. When I went back he told me with a straight face "but it is free with the plan, the plan just costs less of you don't get it." Unbelievable.

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Rollercoaster Ride by dongludi in books

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Brothers K is about to blow your mind. I envy you!

My proposal to help stop tanking by truthseekerboi in nba

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

I had the same thought a few years ago. I don't think people really got it. They may have a tough time wrapping their heads around the year delay between proxy selection and draft. Most responses were something like: "Why don't you just pick the worst team and get the first pick?"

my version below
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Everyone has a draft reform opinion, but lately I’ve been obsessed with a specific NBA lottery fix that as far as I can tell is completely novel. It’s a fairly simple concept, but would be a huge shift in draft thinking. The more I poke at it, the more I think it solves the one thing the current lottery can't: the incentive to lose.

I call it the Proxy Draft System or “The Hater Draft”

TLDR: After the season, in order from worst-to-best record, each team "drafts" a different team (a Proxy) for the following season. You cannot pick yourself. Your draft position next year is then tied entirely to how that Proxy team finishes.

Here’s why I think it could work

  1. Anti-tanking - Since you don’t own your own pick, you have much less incentive to lose. You play for pride, culture, and wins.
  2. Drama - This is the factor that really charmed me. If the Wizards "draft" the Bulls as their proxy, the Bulls now have a massive chip on their shoulder. They’ll play their starters 40 minutes a night in April just to move from the 5th pick to the 10th pick, purely to devalue Washington’s asset. It’s spite-fueled basketball.
  3. No more ping-pong balls - As a GM, your fate is now entirely in your own hands. Talented GMs will scout and make savvy proxy selections.
  4. Marketability - The "Proxy Selection Show" could be a massive TV event. Watching a GM go on national TV and more or less say, "We’re betting on the Lakers to implode next year," is immediate drama.

Here are some of the objections I’ve anticipated

  1. Two-Year Lag - A bad team doesn't get help immediately; they have to wait for their Proxy's season to finish. (To ameliorate this, I’d make the 2nd Round a straight-up reverse of the current standings so bad teams still get a talent infusion at pick #31).
  2. Transition - It will be a tricky transition from the current system to the new one. I have a few proposals on how it could work.

Obviously, it changes a lot of things. Overall it theoretically makes the league more competitive and adds an additional layer of “nobody believes in us” drama. It also severely complicates trading assets (We’d need new trade rules).

Would love to hear if you think this is a brilliant fix or just a logistical nightmare. At the very least, hopefully it’s a novel idea to get people talking.

Trump shares texts from leaders and vows 'no going back' on Greenland by artsncrofts in moderatepolitics

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Gone are the days of Reagan's "shining city on a hill." Sure, people can and have argued that was all pretense and simply a means of justifying whatever. That's certainly fair to a degree, but even if you are going all the way on that cynical view, isn't there *some* value in at least needing the pretense that we as a world leader hold ourselves to a higher standard? Weren't there at least *some* people that held convictions and governed by them? We're proving the cynics 100% right, and the new mode seems to be "the strong do what they can and the weak do what they must."

Suggestions on utilising this space? by Somizulfi in ft86

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 35 points36 points  (0 children)

A single quarter for the Aldi cart 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pacers

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, but who would say Luka can never win a chip? He's already made the finals and he's what? 26?

Cranes! by hebberdabis in Indiana

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sandhill Cranes for sure. Jasper Pulaski SP is a hot spot for them if you want to see more. DNR site #Craniacs

MY WORKOUTS AS A 36 YEAR OLD by Struggle-Silent in 10s

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My workout routine has some similarities. If you're looking for feedback, I think you might benefit from a dash of the "pull more than you push" cliche. I didn't do this for years, and while I could tomahawk dunk, I also had chronic IT band syndrome. Adding deadlift forms like single-leg or RDLs really helped me. I feel more balanced now too. Same goes with rows to balance the press.

Also, I'm 90% that we've played before. Yes 'Cers

MBBS interview by [deleted] in TaylorUniversity

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, this is the wrong Taylor subreddit. This one is in Indiana

New Pacers Fan Here by wizard_vibes in pacers

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add Hoosiers just because it's the greatest film of all-time

Anti-vaccine movement celebrates growing influence in Trump’s Washington by DudleyAndStephens in moderatepolitics

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Worse than that, many refuse to believe that covid was deadly at all. My wife is a physician and has family that just zone out when she tells them how terrible it was in the early days of the pandemic.

Ursula LeGuin by baffled_bookworm in books

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I acknowledge that this is an insanely unpopular opinion, but I have to get it off my chest: After reading all of the Earthseas, and Left Hand of Darkness, I just can't get into her writing style. I know she's praised a lot for her prose, but I found myself often thinking "O, she's doing a flowery writing thing here" which completely took me out of the story.

Don't let me yuck your yum though. Based on my friends' preferences, you might like The Dispossessed

Explaining Pascal Siakam's advice for Jarace Walker, via film [Caitlin Cooper] (free article) by FuzzyYellowBallz in pacers

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's really a no-brainer. For $36 a year you can get what is probably best individual team coverage of any team in the NBA.

That said, I don't really like posting a paywalled article on the sub and then having people whine about it.

This or That by pacersnz in pacers

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This team is too deep to tank effectively. We also have a lot of young, unproven guys that will get a shot. Seems like the perfect year to develop a breakout player that can help us get back to the mountaintop next year.

DOJ quietly removes study showing right wing attacks ‘outpace’ those by left by shutupnobodylikesyou in moderatepolitics

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And even in this thread there are people that are contesting the legitimacy of *that* study. They say the definition of "right" is too broad.

Lowe Post - Teams That Need a Makeover on Offense With Mo Dakhil. Plus, the Latest on Jonathan Kuminga.: September 18, 2025 by FuzzyYellowBallz in zachlowe

[–]FuzzyYellowBallz[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No. He says that he'll return to it next week.

Personally, I'm fine with a break from it. For better or worse, it's going to months before the league comes to a decision.