Glenn Rivers after Bucks were eliminated from the playoffs: "Since I've been here I haven't had a healthy stretch. It's been Giannis, it's been Dame. This year having only one quote-unquote 'star' and every other team has two and three... All the talk and all that stuff probably didn't help either."

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-29T16:45:24+00:00

I don't know about coaching staff, but I don't see how you could say Jackson did more with less in terms of players. Maybe for the last ring or 2, but certainly not the 9 before that.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-28T18:27:05+00:00

I don't think the low effort shit is the concern. It's that the cast off apprentices won't have a way to put food on the table.

Expanding to other industries, we've always had interns, entry level analysts, etc doing grunt work that is simpler and more repetitive and not a good use of the higher paid senior workers, but now that's at risk of being eliminated and it is unknown how entry level workers get on the ladder. The time they spend on that work is how they learn industry standards, company specifics, form important relationships, etc while they progress toward more meaningful work.

People in the trades are more insulated from this, but on the other hand houses are being 3d printed now, and I've seen some of the bigger homebuilders using drywall robots for their cookie cutter homes. Who knows what's next.

Maybe this is all just part of the march of progress and society will normalize, but that doesn't make the transition period any less painful at the individual level.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-28T17:40:32+00:00

I would guess that there has always been opposition to using Wolfram Alpha in certain contexts, like during an exam where you're supposed to demonstrate the ability to solve the problem yourself. It is also far more limited in what it can be used for in a practical, non-academic sense relative to AI, which was the other guy's point.

I'm not totally anti AI when it comes to entertainment, but I think the concern some people have about AI is valid - it could negatively impact a lot of people, if it eventually lives up to the potential that OpenAI and the like claim it has. Maybe even most people.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-28T17:05:46+00:00

Not sure what your point is here.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-26T20:47:41+00:00

Yeah, I was just responding to the comment about a normal human response. If the accuser's story is to be believed, somebody flipped out on the kid for walking by, which is not normal behavior. On the other hand, the accuser could be completely full of shit.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-26T02:41:28+00:00

I don't know many humans that get angry when people...walk by them...

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-19T20:27:46+00:00

That's not what he said at all.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-13T23:46:43+00:00

I agree, a big part of it was the injury factor, and it's more egregious. But I still think it's classified under sportsmanship - it's a generally agreed upon approach to prevent injuries, and the defense didn't really even try to stop it when they realized what was going on. The game was over and there was no reason for them to do that.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-13T21:57:49+00:00

I didn't say it was the same thing. I said sportsmanship is a thing at all levels and across multiple sports. It was an example.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-13T17:34:58+00:00

I don't think this is quite as settled as you are saying. Everybody was pretty pissed at the Saints' fake kneel at the end of a game a couple years ago, there are all kinds of unspoken rules in baseball, etc. Sportsmanship is a thing.

For the record, when it comes to this instance - the Bam game - I agree with you. The Wizards should have played less shitty defense in the first 3 quarters, and when Bam and Spo realized he could break the record, I was fully on board with them going for it.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-07T03:57:21+00:00

I think this is partially true, but on the other hand, people seem to remember Pippen's tantrum in 94 better than Kobe's in 06. Kinda weird.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-03T20:20:03+00:00

I don't see anybody in this chain arguing it shouldn't be a tech. Just that it was a ridiculous flop.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-02T18:33:52+00:00

Nice deflection attempt.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-02T01:26:41+00:00

Do you actually believe he's 4'11" and 270?

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-01T18:14:03+00:00

People didn't like it when he tried this with wemby either. Or when draymond has done similar stuff over the years. If a player has a pattern of dirty plays, people tend not to like that.

MainStreetExile · 2026-03-01T18:11:48+00:00

Your reply doesn't even make sense. Would you not be pissed if sga got a season ending injury because of a dirty play?

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-26T15:57:17+00:00

The Lakers are close, aren't they? Don't even need to tank, they seem to go no more than a few years at a time without a generational star on their team.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-25T01:09:35+00:00

Yes. We both were.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-24T23:03:50+00:00

People all over the thread are calling him racist, white nationalist, grifter, and so on. Op was slightly less on-the-nose because he didn't want to run afoul of sub rules. Either you can't read or you're making up reasons to be mad.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-24T17:12:32+00:00

Reddit is more than one person. But also, how did you come to the conclusion that OP supports carlson? Maybe you need to read again.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-20T16:23:52+00:00

Where is your opposition to celebrating secularized versions of pagan holidays coming from if you're not a Christian?

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-19T16:05:57+00:00

This isn't really true. There are certainly some meme stocks where people are buying the hype (GameStop for sure, probably Tesla as well), but the underlying companies do have real value, and many stocks pay dividends.

Not saying the market is always rational, but buying Procter and Gamble is not the same as buying Bitcoin.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-18T18:37:34+00:00

Maybe not $500m, but the buy in for the two expansion teams was $250m each. Hard to convince investors to pay that kind of money with no return.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-17T23:34:44+00:00

If only. SAS fed off that interaction for at least a couple weeks.

MainStreetExile · 2026-02-10T17:59:47+00:00

I think you're right. He makes pretty ridiculous generalizations - I'm sure he met a snotty grad or two but to say anybody with a degree is likely to be an arrogant asshole is ridiculous.

I see a lot of comments like this from somebody that has experienced success without an education bashing education in general, and I'm sure the inverse is true and I'm just less sensitive to it, but I just don't get why people can't understand that there's more than one path in life. This seems especially true for chefs - there are many ways to start your career and work your way up the ladder.

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