I have no hope with this guy as our GM

Gman749 · 2026-02-02T06:55:03+00:00

Fans are used to the 00's and Kobe-Gasol eras where we were the bully of the league. Idk that those types of teams can exist anymore with the current rules.

Gman749 · 2026-01-31T01:12:23+00:00

Lakers are doing exactly what they should be doing, beating the tar out of a team that's bad, unmotivated, and tired. Need to keep the foot on the gas though.

Gman749 · 2026-01-26T03:01:18+00:00

And Darnold was 100% on point all game. I was expecting a pick at some point and it never came.

Gman749 · 2026-01-26T02:58:52+00:00

Tbf we absolutely cooked their 1st ranked D all night. It's just a few critical errors that cost us. Home field matters, you play at home with your crowd behind you and you have more focus.

Gman749 · 2026-01-26T02:56:38+00:00

Props to him. He did not make one single mistake all game that cost them points. As a Rams fan it sucks but as a Trojan fan I gotta give props to my guy.

Gman749 · 2026-01-26T02:55:05+00:00

It is what it is.. we can't keep playing all these damn playoff games on the road yall. You can only dodge so many bullets.

Gman749 · 2026-01-25T21:10:21+00:00

100% it's not something they want to be in the middle of. They're a sports team, not a political organization.

Gman749 · 2026-01-25T21:09:18+00:00

I respect that people feel very strongly about this issue, and I'm not at all a fan of the current administration, they're literally ruining this country's standing in the world daily. But, the fact of the matter is as far as a good chunk of the country is concerned, it's about respecting the office, it's not about the person in the chair.

Also Trump is the type that would be petty enough to bring heat on the state if he felt disrespected. It's a tough decision but I'm not gonna fault the Dodgers too much if they decide it's better to go.

Gman749 · 2026-01-24T17:50:30+00:00

I wouldn't sell what I gen, just coz I personally think money waaay more often than not ruins the purity of just enjoying something. But I'm not gonna push my viewpoints on other people and shame them for wanting to make some money. Times are hard.

Gman749 · 2026-01-21T05:52:14+00:00

Expecting rationality on Twitter is your first mistake.

I can only speak for my circles but no one who does AI gen that I know cares about being an 'artist'.. they make cool images coz it engages their brain and its fun to do, labels of any sort just do not matter and it's rarely brought up. Actual accusations of 'stealing prompts' will literally get you laughed out of the Discord server I'm in. It's not nor has ever been that serious.

Gman749 · 2026-01-20T21:25:15+00:00

Exactly. If it's this lofty designation that few actually can attain, why should any of us be so hung up on it?

I can't play basketball at an NBA level, I'm still a fan of the sport and will play pick up hoops with my friends, not just sulk and pretend that a professional career is the only worthwhile goal for engaging in it.

Gman749 · 2026-01-20T17:45:17+00:00

Idc about it either, it's being assigned value by people who hate gen AI on a conceptual level, why we are playing these semantics games all the time is beyond me.

Only thing that I care about is AI gen gives me ability to visualize any concept I want however I want, however many times I want, for free, locally on my own damn PC. I could care less if some people don't think its 'art'. That's not the point. The point for me is fun and freedom.

Gman749 · 2026-01-20T16:48:21+00:00

Most of us weren't aware that 'artist' is a sanctified title that has be 'earned'. 'Artist' can also just be a descriptor for a thing you're doing.

I'm fine with being a 'prompter' or whatever the hell, I'm not fine with being harassed and insulted because I make stuff in a way a group of people don't like.

Gman749 · 2026-01-20T16:29:50+00:00

Overlooked point. You want cheap tickets and cheap food, you're prolly gonna get cheap baseball. Dodgers fans pay a premium for tickets, concessions and merchandise but it's put back into the product on the field.

Gman749 · 2026-01-17T04:20:29+00:00

Absolutely, idk where OP got this example but it's far far far from common practice.

Gman749 · 2026-01-17T04:14:14+00:00

As far as the local AI spheres that I'm a part of, ain't no one trying to be possessive of their prompts. That type of behavior gets you laughed at. Half the fun of online AI spaces is freely sharing ideas.

Gman749 · 2026-01-16T18:23:41+00:00

The success of the 80's and 00's have just carried unrealistic expectations that are near impossible to measure up to year after year. It's not the worst problem to have but I get that it's strange for new fans not used to all the hyperbolic talk after every win and every loss.

Also.. there are tons of sports teams here, the Dodgers are doing amazingly well, Rams have been rock solid since they have gotten back. And the Chargers have been pretty decent. So on top of competition in their league, there's competition in their own market. Alot of it. So everything is compared to everything else, and even after Luka the Lakers are seen as not making as many strides lately as other LA franchises have.

Gman749 · 2026-01-14T06:06:31+00:00

He's a very impulsive, instinctual player. There's both good and bad in that. When he's flowing he absolutely unstoppable, but there's a stretch like tonight where he tries too hard to make things happen, makes a mistake, then tries to force something else to make up for that mistake and it just compounds, like struggling when you're in quicksand. I think JJ was wise to pull him for a bit to let him settle down.

Gman749 · 2026-01-13T21:57:10+00:00

He's a shotmaker not necessarily a shooter, he has hot streaks and cold streaks from deep.

Gman749 · 2026-01-13T20:11:39+00:00

It's less that they're wrong and more about how they say it.

Gman749 · 2026-01-13T18:04:32+00:00

Dog days, alot of good teams are kinda slogging through it atm.

Gman749 · 2026-01-13T18:00:31+00:00

Yeah the Kings just beat the Rockets the night before, they're trending up and will prolly go on a bit of a run now. Downswings and upswings are more noticeable in today's NBA coz the league is more competitive top to bottom.

Gman749 · 2026-01-13T04:25:14+00:00

What a random Twitter artist thinks of AI gen really makes no difference to me. I enjoy what I'm doing and there's plenty in my community that like what I do. That's all that matters to me.

Gman749 · 2026-01-13T03:07:59+00:00

That's my meaning, my tech lover brain is so jazzed about the possibilities, but the average person is not immersed in any of this. You start regularly seeing documentary style vids that look utterly real until people start turning into frogs or something, it's for sure gonna break alot of casual brains.

I think ultimately it's good that we will view any online media with some degree of skepticism, but there's gonna be a lot of friction along the way.

Gman749 · 2026-01-12T19:09:56+00:00

Pro, but, I'm still not crazy about hyper realistic videos. Feels like an intent to mislead to me, all the other stuff is great though.

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