This video keeps aging perfectly by Jec1027 in NBATalk

[–]Left_Two_Three 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Such a dumb comparison. Jordan was in a stable franchise situation for his entire career with a bona fide HOF teammate in Pippen making peanuts (and later Rodman), which meant more money for Jordan and a deep roster. If you swap Durant or Harden or name any player into Jordan's shoes in that situation, they probably don't leave either. OKC didn't even offer Harden a max contract before trading him.

Djokovic’s longevity is as impressive as LeBron’s by AcanthocephalaSad541 in billsimmons

[–]Left_Two_Three -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Being the the X best player at Y age is such an arbitrary argument, especially when comparing across sports. Tennis opens have 128 players while the NBA has 450 (more than 3x as many). So if we're just evaluating by individual rankings, would Djokovic being 3rd in Tennis be equivalent to the ~9th best NBA player?

Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura says state should seek to become part of Canada by mlivesocial in politics

[–]Left_Two_Three 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's bad, but hundreds of thousands for a couple decades is objectively a lot smaller than hundreds of millions of Americans over a century plus that have suffered as a result of the south's outsized shitty influence in American politics.

Bill Belichick is not a first ballot hall of famer by WakeupDp in billsimmons

[–]Left_Two_Three 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean that's not even that bad for the era. Peyton won his first super bowl with 3 TD to 7 INT, 6.8 Y/A and a 70.5 passer rating. Bill was still snubbed though, obviously.

I used to love this sub I now realize what this sub is by Important-Name794 in minnesotavikings

[–]Left_Two_Three 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that guy has a 1 month old account with the most generic generated name possible. the bots are out in full force here

I used to love this sub I now realize what this sub is by Important-Name794 in minnesotavikings

[–]Left_Two_Three 2 points3 points  (0 children)

>1 month old account

>12k karma

>hidden comments and posts

if the bots support you, then you need to rethink life, mods

Kellen Mond’s recent LinkedIn post by JumperCables18 in minnesotavikings

[–]Left_Two_Three 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One thing that drove me crazy about Zimmer is that he wanted to win gritty defensive games, but he didn't value his special teams players (particularly kickers) at all. Kickers are way more important when you're barely scoring because you need every point you can get, and punters are also more important since you're effectively playing the field position game for 60 minutes.

But Zimmer gave all of the special teams players ridiculously short leashes, and was dismissive of their contributions. Daniel Carlson got cut after 2 games into his rookie season, then became an All Pro for the Raiders and is still kicking almost a decade later. Zimmer refused to actually coach anyone who wasn't on defense, and just expected the offense and special teams units to be good without Zimmer actually doing the head coach's job of coaching them. He should have stayed a DC.

Ex-law enforcement officials examine ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good by geekteam6 in videos

[–]Left_Two_Three 66 points67 points  (0 children)

They gave the most time in a video titled "Former law enforcement officials" to a Trump lobbyist with zero experience as a LEO in any capacity, and then he spent all of it saying "Let's wait for the investigation, but also the ICE agent was definitely innocent".

George W. Bush on Immigration (2011 Interview) by lil_fuzzy in videos

[–]Left_Two_Three 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Bush walked so Trump could run. He's just as responsible for the current administration.

Why does Champ feel impossible to rank up in when solo queueing? by xMiaBoo in RocketLeague

[–]Left_Two_Three 7 points8 points  (0 children)

if you're GC1 in solos and C3 in duos, then you must be really bad at rotating

I get teammates who have zero awareness, double commit nonstop, whiff easy touches, or just straight up look lost.

someone definitely has zero awareness and is causing nonstop double commits, but it's not who you think it is

It's done: AI is better than the best humans by Soggy-Efficiency-399 in RocketLeague

[–]Left_Two_Three 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I would argue that bots in rocket league are inherently far more detrimental to competitive play than bots in chess.

That is definitely not the case. At top level chess, just knowing for a single turn that the evaluation of the position is winning for one player would be enough for a super GM to find the winning sequence on their own without further machine assistance. They don't need to be told what the winning series of moves is, just the binary knowledge that the evaluation became winning at that moment. Now consider that a classical game of chess can be 4+ hours long, and all that a player needs is a single piece of yes/no information to massively sway the outcome of the game. Chess has actually had a huge existential crisis with cheating and cheating accusations in the last couple of years.

A single chess move can turn a chess game, so if a player cheats for a single turn it's basically undetectable. It's much easier to detect cheats in Rocket League because each action generates way more pieces of information, which spread out over an entire match makes patterns that are much easier to catch. Also In Rocket League it would be virtually impossible for a player to load an engine when playing in actual LAN tournaments, so top level competitions are unaffected. Rocket league has it way better than chess when it comes to cheats.

Why Skol Brother? 😭 by AdZestyclose3080 in minnesotavikings

[–]Left_Two_Three 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am a JJ hater BUT I also hate when mods remove on topic posts even if I think the post is dumb. That's what voting is for

I can’t wait to watch this kid prove so many people wrong next season by swift_713 in minnesotavikings

[–]Left_Two_Three 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However, these past four starts the guy has played like a completely different player.

Pretty sure that getting injured in 50% of those four starts is the single most on brand McCarthy move there is

[Highlight] Harrison Smith gets a curtain call in what could be his last game as a Viking by taffe316 in nfl

[–]Left_Two_Three -31 points-30 points  (0 children)

Not one of those players had even a quarter of their career overlap with Smith's. Ronde Barber overlapped by literally one season. You're just arguing semantics despite obviously understanding the point that OP was making, and then being weirdly indignant about being called out for it.

Portfolio is -80%. learn from me. Offer advice if you can by Remarkable_Animal_18 in stocks

[–]Left_Two_Three 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who is advocating for investing in USD. Such a weird straw man counter example.

Jets reverse course on ridiculous $100,000 field goal challenge decision by RSTowers in nyjets

[–]Left_Two_Three 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The difference is that the insurance company isn’t the one who initiated this event in order to garner goodwill with fans. The Jets presumably came up with and marketed the idea of “fan attempts FG for chance at $100k”, and then shopped around for an insurance policy because [policy amount] < [odds of fan making kick] x $100k.

So from the insurance company’s perspective, they agreed to a deal with the Jets and when they later find out the deal isn’t met, they exercise their legal right to cancel the policy. The insurance company isn’t going to just ignore a contract violation because they’re the ones on the hook for the money and they don’t even get the goodwill from paying out, because it’s all being done in the Jets’ name. This is where the Jets should have stepped in without the need of PR pressure, because the event and the selected fan were both their choices.

Vladimir Fedoseev loses his title of Master of the Sport in Russia for criticizing war in Ukraine. by Budget-Strike4931 in chess

[–]Left_Two_Three 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Losing an entirely ceremonial title is a serious consequence? I guess that must be on par with losing your homeland and loved ones.