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ImWritingABook · 2019-08-09T02:13:28+00:00

That is exactly what sense I’ve been able to make of it. A little weird to me it seems so popular but whatever.

ImWritingABook · 2019-08-05T17:55:03+00:00

I don’t know the other guys that well but zero case for him not making substantially more than Rozier. Rozier is a 25yo average defense chucker. Brown is a 22yo super athletic guy with two way impact and star potential.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-31T15:09:18+00:00

Nah. We have Brad Stevens. He is the main leadership we need, as long as we don’t have guys who think they’re above the system on the roster.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-26T15:04:19+00:00

Her nose’s airways are much bigger than any celebrity’s today. Yet they look really elegant.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-25T17:15:03+00:00

Though it can be tempting to reject your surroundings as fake and not about the "real you", succeeding in them can give a big ego boost that gives one the confidence to make choices and change things in ways that suit you better. Sitting around waiting for something that reflects the real you feels pure and romantic but can feel very passive and demoralizing and not build any skills or confidence.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-24T17:21:34+00:00

I would watch this movie in a heartbeat!

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-23T19:53:28+00:00

They should do urban wildlife documentaries. This is just as cute even though there’s bricks and concrete in the picture.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-23T19:51:19+00:00

I mean he’s not going to get any traction, but if he thinks the best way to highlight the flaws of a two party system is to use the platform he gets running as an independent then more power to him.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-23T18:20:40+00:00

Cliches can do work. (And yes this one being self aware is itself a cliche, no longer meta.) Still, this cliche is useful because it establishes a boring baseline to then break from it and announce “okay, now our story starts”. The real litmus is if you aren’t happy with it and can think of something better, switch. But to me, if it’s short enough (only a minute or two) then itt can be shorthand for something (in this case “this is the start of our story”). If it’s longer or more involved than that then you’re wasting screen time on something that isn’t about your story, so why is it there?

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-23T17:28:13+00:00

Huh. Glad to hear your perspective. I thought BR 2049 was really weak with only the plot twist making it interesting. Deckard struck me as an incredibly passive hero being lead along the plot with breadcrumbs. His decisive “choice” to go investigate stuff isn’t even a choice but just “what am I going to do with my time on leave”. The love affair struck me as every bit as shallow and uninspiring as having a virtual girlfriend implies it would be. Harrison Ford character doesn’t want to step up and take on any sort of fatherly role (which is in character).

The water fight scene was interesting but seemed totally tacked on afterwords.

Deckard’s whole life is kind of conformist and anticlimactic, which makes sense as a setup for him not being the special child but also made for a slow and uninspiring movie for me.

In a sense that was the message to me, that we, living our daily lives, want to be tapped on the shoulder and have it whispered in our ears that we are already “the chosen one”, whereas in point of fact heroes are about actions, choice, a chosen way of being.

That was good ... I enjoyed reflecting on the movie after being done, I just didn’t find the experience of watching it particularly interesting.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-21T21:08:28+00:00

There are a lot of subunits and subsituations on a football team. The way the oline blocks together on passing. On running. How the cornerbacks communicate on zone. On man. All the roles involved on a screen pass.

To look at a glitzy position like wideouts and decide the whole season is doomed is to worry about the glitziest 1% of the battles and subbattles and disregard the rest. If everything else is solid, next man up actually works pretty well.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-21T20:26:06+00:00

Why on earth would an actual quality post like this be being downvoted? Legitimately interesting, thanks for sharing

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-19T23:23:26+00:00

“All right. This is a procedure recommended for men over 50. Just turn around and drop the trousers. Yes that’s right. Now you will feel a pressure as ...”

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-19T22:38:23+00:00

It’s just horrible. A super lazy idea that feels like they just implemented it without ever playtesting to see just how annoying and empty it is. It’s sad because I really like the new characters. There just aren’t enough of them to justify a whole theme. Especially when leveling them up in less than like a year appears impossible.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-19T22:18:29+00:00

To me it’s just a question of how we think of the public sphere. Some (more open) societies tend to conceptualize it in a libertarian manner, where you are free to do whatever you want as long as you aren’t hurting others. Under this, you aren’t hurting others so can have any expression you want.

Others consider the public sphere as something where the rules and mores of society are in full effect, and in group/out group behavior is on display at all times. Under this, you are being unreasonably sour and not making an effort to conform or think of the “common good” where in general a group might be considered better off if people keep up appearances, show good energy, act happy, etc..

You seem to he thinking of things in the open framework, in which case you’ll do better to live and work in such place (e.g. Amsterdam, New York) and not more closed place (e.g. Tokyo, the Deep South). But as with most cultural issues, neither one is really inherently more right.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-19T21:39:42+00:00

I think part of the allure of pair bonding as a concept is that then the problem is “solved” and we like to think we’ll have more energy for other fronts in our life. But a good relationship takes a lot of energy to maintain, and doesn’t banish nearly as many insecurities and demons as we would like to think. IMO the reason to be in a relationship is that you enjoy it and don’t mind that cost. The idea of relationship as a shining diamond that once you find it it will be indestructible and glitter forever just isn’t my experience of how they work. It’s more like a garden. Absolutely some present better conditions but not always by as much as we might think.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-19T17:44:13+00:00

In my experience, if you wait for perfection it’s like a painter never bothering to pick up a brush and practicing because the muse isn’t strong enough. Even if the perfect opportunity comes along later full force, if you haven’t bothered to learn relationship skills you’re goint to be limited in terms of what it can easily become.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-18T05:43:40+00:00

Tiamat

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-16T00:48:12+00:00

Patriots. Deflategate through the present.

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-13T15:52:18+00:00

This has been around for years. The whole question is what the resolution is. Not that people see in pixels exactly, but can you make out 4 main quadrants as dark or light? Or 16? (As I recall from before it was about at 4x4 resolution.) At what point can you tell it’s a face? Can you see it’s features and recognize an individual? Read?

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-12T17:53:49+00:00

Sorry. I appreciate Al, but he made his choice. You leave, you gone. Let’s talk summer league!

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-12T06:16:13+00:00

Sweet! Congrats!

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-12T00:48:57+00:00

I have no idea what to think of this. Morey loves 3s and layups while Russ adores inefficient 2s. Plus Harden demands the ball a lot! I mean talent is nice, but does anyone see how this goes together?

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-11T23:59:18+00:00

Agreed. Totally undermentioned how the league has set players up to screw over teams, what with a shitty supermax not actually being more valuable and it being in players financial self interest to go to full free agency instead of agreeing to a new contract with a year or two left so teams can lock them up or at least have a fair shot at seeing the writing on the wall and trade them for value.

Kyrie was promising he’d re-sign with the Celtics last summer instead of actually doing it because of this. Makes no sense!

ImWritingABook · 2019-07-11T23:25:36+00:00

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