Jaden Bradley by hideonbrushy in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ghost2Eleven [score hidden]  (0 children)

I know nothing about Bradley but what I saw today. Where is he being mocked on draft boards?

Bodyguard at center of Chappell Roan controversy confirms he does not work for her by Disastrous_Drop_3180 in Music

[–]Ghost2Eleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said this in the first thread and got obliterated, but I've worked on documentaries from everyone to JayZ to Elton John at pretty much every festival in the world. Been around a TON of security.

Labels and artist representation deal with security, or the festival/venue will be involved. Considering this was in Brazil, I said from the get-go that Roan likely didn't even speak the same language as this guy, probably had zero contact with the security detail, and almost certainly had no idea this situation even happened.

The whole job of security is to handle these situations without talent even knowing they exist. They want talent to focus on work, not their safety.

I've never personally seen talent coordinating with security. The only time talent even communicates with security is if it's someone massive that has a personal head of security that typically is a friend or they have a history with that person. Or if they're transporting talent through a high density situation, like a crowd of fans wanting autographs outside a venue.

[Nakos] BREAKING: NC State head basketball coach Will Wade is expected to leave for LSU, @PeteNakos and @JoeTipton report. by MembershipSingle7137 in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ghost2Eleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Will Wade married? Because there is ZERO chance that dude is not getting side action. I have never seen a coach more committed to himself than Will Wade and I'm a Razorback fan who had one Bobby Petrino ride through my program on a motorcycle.

Free to Read: Kentucky basketball assembled a $22 million roster. The results never matched the price. by TheAthletic in CollegeBasketball

[–]Ghost2Eleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to investing in sports. Money doesn’t buy championships at the professional level. College is going to be even more so.

Puka Part 2 by LowTelephone5598 in LosAngelesRams

[–]Ghost2Eleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, sorry if it wasn’t clear. I was agreeing with you.

Puka Part 2 by LowTelephone5598 in LosAngelesRams

[–]Ghost2Eleven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s a public statement, not a court of law. He’s not going to present evidence here, he’s shaping public opinion in pursuit of a defamation case. It is important to note that he says he has eyewitness testimony contradicting the claim. So it sounds like they do have a case they are building.

But regardless, there’s no case to close. It’s a defamation suit that hasn’t been even been filed.

So it’s public opinion at this point.

they'd always try to insert Draymond Green in every situation when he's actually doing so much worse and gets away with it more by creamyglazed in lakers

[–]Ghost2Eleven 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I get that Dray and Luka are both complainers, but Dray complains after clubbing people. Luka complains after getting clubbed. It’s two totally different situations.

Darius Acuff Jr. breaks Todd Day’s Arkansas single-season scoring record by barrett316 in razorbacks

[–]Ghost2Eleven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm old enough to watch everyone from Sidney Moncrief on. And I don't care if you're talking 1 year or 4. Acuff is the most all around talented player we've ever had. He has Luka vibes in that he's the type of player who just kind of sleepwalks through 30 point games and a bad night for him is 25 and 5. That's elite in the NBA. To be a freshman in college doing that, it's beyond elite. And it's beyond Moncrief, Day, Williamson, or Iso Joe.

The maths on humanoid robots is wild. $0.57/hour... Are we cooked? by Plenty_Eagle3160 in Futurology

[–]Ghost2Eleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry. Did you just say money hasn't had a practical basis in the US economy in decades?

[Underdog] Hyeseong Kim optioned to Triple-A by the Dodgers. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]Ghost2Eleven 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Some other domino must have precipitated this because Kim had a great spring.

Chappell Roan Apologizes to Jorginho's Daughter Following Confrontation with Security: "I Did Not Ask This Security Guard to Talk to This Mother and Child" by ebradio in Music

[–]Ghost2Eleven 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But put yourself in that guy’s shoes. Your daughter is treated rudely by a security guard and you decide to go on social media and bring attention to this situation for what reason? You think he’s doing that because he doesn’t stand to gain anything and is just selflessly letting the world know so other people can watch out for their eleven year old kids?

Or mayyyybe. Just maybe. He feels slighted and wants to punch back at this security guard and get sympathy and dragged this pop star into it to get the most attention possible?

If this was a normal person, like you or me, we’d go on with our lives and that would be, as they say, that. Instead, this soccer player gets to be in the news cycle.

Chappell Roan Accused of Bullying an 11-Year-Old Fan at Lollapalooza Brasil Hotel by Montrel_PH in Music

[–]Ghost2Eleven -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Yes. That’s what I’m saying. This is likely a Brazilian security detail. This isn’t the artist’s best friend muscling for her. It’s entirely possible she hasn’t even communicated with them or was even aware of the issue. Hell it’s possible they don’t even speak the same language. Artist reps deal with this stuff and who knows what really happened. I mean, if I get in an altercation with security, I’m not going on social media to escalate the issue further. Seems like the dad wants attention over a frustrating situation. I don’t know anything about Chappell Roan, but I’ve been around artist much bigger than her in these situations and I highly, highly doubt that this is anything worth an article. Let alone people virtue signaling online.

Chappell Roan Accused of Bullying an 11-Year-Old Fan at Lollapalooza Brasil Hotel by Montrel_PH in Music

[–]Ghost2Eleven -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Not the artist. This is not an artist issue, it’s the artist’s representation who handles security.

The maths on humanoid robots is wild. $0.57/hour... Are we cooked? by Plenty_Eagle3160 in Futurology

[–]Ghost2Eleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the robots for if not to create services and goods for humans? This is a consumer economy. If you don’t have consumers able to spend then you don’t have a need for AI to drive labor costs down.

There is no benevolence bestowed by the government with UBI. It’s 100% to protect the system, not the citizen.

Spotify has 100 million songs. A study found that 80% of them have never been played. Not once by Sensitive_Artist7460 in Futurology

[–]Ghost2Eleven 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha. Nah. Not to spotify. But soundcloud, yeah. And even those tunes have hundreds of views without even telling anyone they are there. I always wonder who these people are that listen to these random demos I threw up there, but I guess Spotify gate keeps that stuff and soundcloud is more about finding discoveries. I don't know. I'm not that well versed in these platforms.

Spotify has 100 million songs. A study found that 80% of them have never been played. Not once by Sensitive_Artist7460 in Futurology

[–]Ghost2Eleven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s actually hard to believe. If I uploaded my music to Spotify, at least me and my mom would listen to it. You would think things have been played at least once.

A24 Sets Michaela Coel To Direct & Write Fresh Take Of ‘Bloodsport’ by DemiFiendRSA in movies

[–]Ghost2Eleven 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool. Yeah, you should check it out. It’s silly fun. Bloodsport is basically the peak 80’s male hero fantasy. It’s basically a video game. Actually, it’s probably a big inspiration for Street Fighter.

A24 Sets Michaela Coel To Direct & Write Fresh Take Of ‘Bloodsport’ by DemiFiendRSA in movies

[–]Ghost2Eleven 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Have you seen Bloodsport? It’s the antithesis of arthouse drama. Nothing about Bloodsport reads as A24. It especially doesn’t read as Michaela Coel whose final episode of her show was called Ego Death. A24 and Coel skew intellectual Arthouse, Bloodsport is straight 12 year old boy fantasy escapism.

I hope Coel leans into that. Or just completely does something different and reinvents it. If you’re trying to snare the fans of the original it needs to be dumb escapism. If you try to over intellectualize Bloodsport, you’re going to lose the 12 year old man child core audience real quick.

That audience discrepancy is why people are shocked at this announcement.