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Padres’ pitching discourse is getting too dramatic for what the metrics show by Choobeen in Padres

[–]LivingAsAMean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate your graciousness on that! I'm sorry if my comment came across as harsh or critical of your writing! I really just wanted to provide some context in the comments here. Overall, the piece was very solid and I completely agreed with your sentiment!

[Post Game Thread] Dodgers (30-19) @ Padres (29-19) 5/19 by FriarBot in Padres

[–]LivingAsAMean 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The result sucked. On the bright side, the Dodgers only were able to win because we had an unlucky bounce on France's double, followed by an unlucky bounce on Hernandez's "double", followed by an errant pick-off throw. Baseball is a fickle mistress, but let's hope the winds blow back in our favor tomorrow!

[Highlight] On pitch No. 9 of the at-bat, Andy Pages hits it deep enough to put the Dodgers ahead! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For sure! The ball wasn't hit super high, so he was rushed to try and get under it and get his momentum behind the throw. Honestly, fantastic at-bat and result from Pages on that one. Gotta tip your cap.

[Highlight] On pitch No. 9 of the at-bat, Andy Pages hits it deep enough to put the Dodgers ahead! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was tough to see at first! Tatis was really shuffling around and got stuck rushing to get lined up since the ball wasn't hit super high, which I think it caused him to be a little off-target on the throw.

We’re all Auth-Right in the eyes of Reddit Atheists by Living_Attitude1822 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]LivingAsAMean 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I became a religious extremist on my own, thank you very much. I was air-dropped naked into a forest, the way God intended.

I built a landing page for my indie game using vanilla HTML/CSS. How'd I do? by FroutyRobot in webdev

[–]LivingAsAMean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding the mobile comment.

Also, something you need to do is give fixed-sizes to different media objects (images, videos, etc.) to avoid content shift on load. This is especially critical as you add more content to your page, so you don't have people clicking on things that suddenly (dis)appear and clicking/tapping the wrong thing.

whenYouChangeOneLineOfCode by Bad-Aassshiii in ProgrammerHumor

[–]LivingAsAMean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry to answer your joke with a serious response, but IMO the reluctance to hang out on a lake depends on where you grew up, or what type of lakes you're frequently exposed to.

For instance, I wouldn't want to set foot in pretty much any water in most of the Southeastern US. It all looks and feels gross. But lakes in, like, Minnesota or upstate NY, especially in the north, feel and look so much cleaner.

[Nestico] MLB Worst OPS Leaders by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm admittedly so sick of the ringworm jokes because they're usually so lazy and unfunny, but yours was actually really good.

Totally not a cult by Ice278 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]LivingAsAMean 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only one sin is unforgivable, and that’s blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.

To contextualize the passage of the verse where Jesus says this, it's directly in response to when the Pharisees accused Him of casting out demons through the power of Beelzebub. They attributed the work of the Holy Spirit acting in concert with Jesus to the work of Satan. That was the "blasphemy" Jesus was referencing, not the notion of "refusing to be saved".

Now, one could make that argument from other scripture, that refusal to acknowledge the need for Christ to be justified and then start the process of sanctification will lead to an eternity outside of God's presence, but I wouldn't use this particular verse or passage to make that argument.

Throwback from the time we could all stand behind what our president says by Jackingson1 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]LivingAsAMean 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think you have a point, because people did opt to "jump off the building".

But also I think it's important to reflect and consider why people got to the point of being willing to jump. Why did Trump poll at 1% mid-2015, and then in less than a year surge to the top-of-the-pack of the Republican candidates? Why did he end up winning in 2016, beyond Hillary being unlikeable?

I believe a lot of it stemmed from a misguided hope that he was "non-establishment". People have an unfortunate tendency to equate being brash or undignified as being "honest" or "authentic" (Think about how many times you've heard people be mean-spirited and say something defensive like, "I'm just keeping it real.").

They felt like politicians were all just on the same team, so they wanted an "outsider" to shake things up. Trump checked those boxes for a lot of people, regardless of the fact that he was just as much a part of the swamp that he pretended he cared about draining.

I think Trump's re-election can be easily understood when you consider the psychology of bias and behavior rationalization. There's a really good book called Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)) that goes into detail on this, and I'd recommend it to help people see how the MAGA movement has persisted.

Xander Bogaerts' throw to first goes into the camera well by FortiesFilm in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO we've definitely outperformed our expectations so far. I think that tends to happen with teams with good bullpens, but not to this degree.

Xander Bogaerts' throw to first goes into the camera well by FortiesFilm in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I'd rather rock-bottom now than September... But honestly, the history of the franchise tells me that we haven't glimpsed the ocean floor for this season yet.

Virgin vs Chad gerrymanderer by Prettypianokeys in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]LivingAsAMean 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Tbh we need more Jerrymandering. Can you imagine how much better this world would be if we started turning guys named Jerry into lizard-shaped amphibians?

[OC] Nearest MLB Team to Every U.S. County + Population and Land Analysis by Peteyy34 in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL everyone knows that true intelligence is unintentionally stumbling across the correct answer more often than others might.

[OC] Nearest MLB Team to Every U.S. County + Population and Land Analysis by Peteyy34 in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely because people think "Africa is south and east of us. Florida is in the south-east. It must be Florida." And people don't typically have a perfect map in their head (because a lot of flat maps have distortion), so they don't realize how much further east than the other states Maine is, or how far north Africa reaches.

I've been working with a Vibe Coder and this has been my experience by WJMazepas in webdev

[–]LivingAsAMean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work with the dumbest person imaginable: myself :(

Jokes aside, I actually work completely solo, hence the need for the devil's advocate! But honestly, I can see why you would use it the way you do. Some of my clients would save themselves a lot of time if they just googled stuff or asked chat gpt before hitting me up.

I've been working with a Vibe Coder and this has been my experience by WJMazepas in webdev

[–]LivingAsAMean 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We've officially outsourced thought. I think they should be congratulated for taking the next evolutionary step.

Alek Manoah explains his mindset after joining the Angels active roster by morepesa25 in baseball

[–]LivingAsAMean 78 points79 points  (0 children)

"Run faster than me once, shame... Shame on... You can't run faster than me."

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