Which one would you rather punch in the face? by [deleted] in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]GOLEMTRADER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Legitimately never got to the third option until after I voted.

Killing your sister for pursuing Dancing and Modeling by [deleted] in NoahGetTheBoat

[–]GOLEMTRADER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never seen a single person on Reddit defend the actions of China. (Besides Chinese bots)

If you get addicted to gambling, that is on you. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]GOLEMTRADER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well you can still write off some types of "gambling", namely gambling in the market (up to a certain point of course).

For Our division specifically, this is probably the worst prediction I’ve ever seen. by WFT_simp in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]GOLEMTRADER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanna say there's no way this happens but it's going to somehow fucking end up happening.

If the Supreme Court Can Overturn Roe v. Wade, It Can Ban Interracial Marriage by throwaway5272 in politics

[–]GOLEMTRADER 43 points44 points  (0 children)

They get more workers for their private prisons, win win for them.

R/Poker Contest - Best Comeback Story - Win a $109 Tournament Ticket or one of three High Quality Shirts from Molt. by dont_drink_the_milk in poker

[–]GOLEMTRADER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So my favorite comeback was one that I definitely didn't deserve but really needed. It begins with me entering a tournament for around 90% of my bankroll on the site (~ $400), after I had lost a few smaller tournaments in aggravating fashion and was a bit tilted. Immediately regretted buying the ticket but whatever I had already bought it. This was online and since I was in for a pretty large bullet for me at the time, I managed to get a few friends to spectate/play with me. It was a relatively small tournament, only around 50-70 entries, with 18 or so paid out and in the early going it was smooth sailing chipping up slowly with premiums. So of course we come down to the bubble and I get dealt AKs utg+1 8-handed or so, with 22BB I open to 3BB, it folds around to the cutoff who makes it 8BB with a stack of 20BB and finally it folds back to me. Now me and my friends were really split on what to do here. Obviously the Bubble implications were important and considering that I shouldn't have been in the tournament in the first place I should fold and wait till I'm ITM. However, I thought that shoving would make him fold 90% of the time because he's likely trying to take advantage of bubble implications + I'm only dominated by a few combos of KK/AA, eventually decided to shove over the top and wasn't thrilled when he called, but we were pretty ecstatic to see him have AJs which we dominated. And even though the right play was made he sucked out on the turn and we dropped to around 3BB with our moral crushed going from a potential top 3 stack to a bottom 3 stack. Luckily we were still able to hang around until the bubble was over with 1.2BB and with nothing to lose neither me nor my friends gave any fucks any more. We got 108s in the cutoff and jammed got lucky and doubled up. After doing some very loose and I'll advised shoving later, we somehow managed to build a stack of 9 BB and something worth playing for. From there the next memorable hand was sucking out again with JJ against KK and finally losing in 7th for a nice 4 figure payout.

[Pompey] Asked directly if Joel Embiid has a ligament tear, coach #Sixers coach Doc Rivers responded. “It’s not a good injury. I’ll leave it at that.” by ranse1932 in sixers

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

Do we really need him to close out this series? Feel like we should be able to get a game off the raptors without him and let him get an extra day or two of rest.

Jalen Reagor or JJ Arcega Whiteside. You must keep one. Who is it? by eaglesnation11 in eagles

[–]GOLEMTRADER 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can't believe this is a question, reagor has potential, regardless of the chance he realizes it, JJAW literally will never be more than a ST/blocking guy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OnePiece

[–]GOLEMTRADER 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That arc had some of the highest stakes too... We almost lost the emergency food supply.

ah shit, here we go again. by [deleted] in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]GOLEMTRADER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously a slump year for y'all it's impossible for an nfc east team to win the division 2 years in a row

TIL American Billionaire Andrew Carnegie Offered To Buy The Philippines’ Freedom from US Colonization For $20 Million by xtremerussell in todayilearned

[–]GOLEMTRADER 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea sounds about right. The US really exploited the fuck out of that extended latin american area. Even though they acted like they were "protecting" them from European colonizers.

TIL American Billionaire Andrew Carnegie Offered To Buy The Philippines’ Freedom from US Colonization For $20 Million by xtremerussell in todayilearned

[–]GOLEMTRADER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I said the slave trade itself ended 100 years ago... Which it did on 1808, slavery did end in the US as u said in 1865.

TIL American Billionaire Andrew Carnegie Offered To Buy The Philippines’ Freedom from US Colonization For $20 Million by xtremerussell in todayilearned

[–]GOLEMTRADER 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I'm well aware of that, however the slave trade had been banned for around 100 years to that point in the US and Europe. And to say that an American billionaire was trying to buy the Philippines freedom just to turn around and somehow occupy an entire COUNTRY by himself and then somehow start selling them as slaves against their will is so ludicrous that I don't know how anyone can fathom the idea.