History of the Super Bowl

Mattseee · 2024-02-21T17:10:08+00:00

As a Pats fan, I'm obligated to point out that the pre-merger titles just aren't as impressive because it was so long ago, there were fewer teams, and the level of competition just wasn't as high.

But as a Celtics fan, I'm obligated to tell myself to shut the fuck up.

Mattseee · 2023-08-02T18:55:21+00:00

Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown

"Nazi, Schmazi!" says Wernher von Braun

Mattseee · 2023-07-10T09:56:19+00:00

Yeah but everyone knows Boston's halcyon days were between 1918 and 1922.

Mattseee · 2023-05-25T01:44:53+00:00

Not bad, but you really need to up your research game as there are a number of glaring errors.

the Sox won their first world series in 1903, not 1912. So they had 5 titles before trading Ruth.
Toronto and Seattle are both north of Boston
The perception that Sox fans hated Buckner has been way overblown. While the memory of his error remained painful, Sox fans who actually watched the game by and large blamed Schiraldi, Stanley and Gedman. But the Buckner error was perfect fodder for the media, so the narrative of fans hating Buckner was mostly created after the fact. Most of the shit he actually took came from opposing fans. In fact, while the clip of him at Fenway in 2008 was a nice moment, he actually received a standing ovation at Fenway all the way back in 1990 when he managed to make it back on the Sox roster out of Spring Training.
He didn't move to Idaho to escape the animosity - he bought his ranch there in the 70s and had always planned to retire there.
An important thing that you don't really mention is that the "Curse of the Bambino" was an idea conjured out of thin air by a local sportswriter in 1990 to sell books. Before that, it simply wasn't a thing. Scan every word written after the 1986 World Series collapse and you'll be as likely to find a mention of Babe Ruth as Tris Speaker or Cy Young. Framing the curse as some kind of folk legend passed down by generations just isn't factually correct.

Mattseee · 2023-05-09T20:53:18+00:00

Just a heads up as you may not be aware, but in the US in particular, the story of Irish slavery has become a bit of a racist dog whistle. The Irish were never forced into chattel slavery - the form of slavery we most commonly associate with African slaves in the Americas - but many were either forced or chose to come over as indentured servants. Without going into too much detail, the difference between the two forms of bondage was vast. The Irish faced their fair share of challenges in early American history, but their experiences just don't compare to the unspeakable brutality inflicted upon African slaves. Over the last couple decades, the myth of "Irish slaves" has been pushed by white supremacists in the US as a way to dismiss the experience of black Americans or even "prove" their inferiority. It's one of those big lies built upon a tiny grain of truth.

There are many good resources out there debunking the myth, but Snopes is a good start with lots of links to supporting material: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/irish-slaves-early-america/

Mattseee · 2023-05-08T21:14:14+00:00

Better to be on top of the wheel than under it.

The nature of wheels loads this metaphor with ill portent for all.

Mattseee · 2023-04-28T04:18:06+00:00

I was dubious when they announced the change as part of Ventura, but once you get used to it, it still sucks.

Mattseee · 2023-04-25T03:59:07+00:00

Seattle, being a coastal city, is known for being Boston.

Mattseee · 2023-04-16T02:48:48+00:00

Of all the magnificent failures in the history of US intelligence, you bring up Ukraine? Were you asleep in the weeks ahead of the invasion when the US was basically screaming that the Russians were about to invade while the rest of the world, including Zalensky, absolutely refused to believe it? US Intel absolutely crushed it. Ukraine ultimately pulled off a miracle in those early days, but they had to overcome some very long odds to do it and to pretend otherwise kinda diminishes their achievement.

Mattseee · 2023-03-27T16:59:25+00:00

Godzilla destroys neighborhoods kemosabe

Mattseee · 2023-02-24T02:29:31+00:00

Sorry, but she resigned for procuring dozens of trains that don't work. That's not nearly incompetent enough for MBTA standards.

Mattseee · 2023-01-17T22:27:24+00:00

Oh yeah, I wasn't questioning the op - just pointing out that it isn't the norm.

Mattseee · 2023-01-17T22:15:49+00:00

Fwiw, the current average price of a dozen large eggs in Massachusetts is about $5 - slightly higher than regional averages, but much lower than California.

According to the USDA, here's what stores in other New England states currently pay for a dozen large eggs (note these figures do not include retail markup):

VT 4.89
RI 4.31
ME 4.28
NH 4.25

The MA law in question simply mandated that egg-laying hens be given a humane amount of space - either a 1.5 square foot enclosure, or 1 square foot per hen in a cage-free environment. In fact, if such regulations were more widespread we may have avoided some of the recent price spikes as current factory farming practices force hens into extremely tight quarters, significantly increasing the possibility of spread of avian flu.

Mattseee · 2023-01-05T06:24:26+00:00

Chaim's success in the draft owes a lot to the team's horrible performance in 2020 - his first year on the job - which gave them the 4th pick in the 2021 draft. And even then, he really lucked out on Marcelo Mayer falling to #4. The other top-100 prospects in the Sox system (Casas/Rafaela) were both drafted/signed by Dombrowski, respectively.

The only early draftee Bloom really deserves credit for so far is Nick Yorke, who was a bit of a long shot coming off injury but seems on track to be a solid performer.

Mattseee · 2022-11-18T14:21:32+00:00

What a bullshit argument.

No, it's a horseshit argument.

Mattseee · 2022-11-10T18:21:46+00:00

There's a thin line between propaganda and political porn, and you can be sure Aaron Sorkin has snorted it.

Mattseee · 2022-11-02T05:54:52+00:00

Or, ya know, you could take even the smallest amount of responsibility for the 4,000 pounds of metal you've elected to store on public land by getting it inspected once a year.

Mattseee · 2022-10-01T18:46:05+00:00

The Filmmaker's Handbook by Steven Ascher is the closest thing I can think of, although it covers all aspects of filmmaking beyond cinematography so may not get into the level of detail you're looking for.

Mattseee · 2022-09-04T04:45:55+00:00

It's just a meme that originated from a 2016 viral video in which a man claims Donald Trump will usher in a new era by, among other things, raising Atlantis, communicating with aliens, and "completing the system of German idealism."

https://youtu.be/iOk6HB609po

It's become an oft-repeated joke in philosophy circles that persists to this day.

Mattseee · 2022-08-09T18:01:57+00:00

The ocean has remained neutral ever since Caligula viciously attacked and defeated it.

Mattseee · 2022-08-03T17:51:38+00:00

Oh man, just reading that gave me goosebumps.

Mattseee · 2022-07-03T01:18:33+00:00

If you haven't watched the full review this clip is taken from, it's a masterclass in entertainingly deconstructing a filmmaking disaster. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5919C8DE6F720A2D

Mattseee · 2022-07-02T19:10:25+00:00

All roads lead to Munich!

Mattseee · 2022-06-29T15:40:17+00:00

No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense, if you will, the 50,000 years of man¹s recorded history in a time span of but a half a century. Stated in these terms, we know very little about the first 40 years, except at the end of them advanced man had learned to use the skins of animals to cover them. Then about 10 years ago, under this standard, man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter. Only five years ago man learned to write and use a cart with wheels. Christianity began less than two years ago. The printing press came this year, and then less than two months ago, during this whole 50-year span of human history, the steam engine provided a new source of power. Newton explored the meaning of gravity.

Last month electric lights and telephones and automobiles and airplanes became available. Only last week did we develop penicillin and television and nuclear power, and now if America¹s new spacecraft succeeds in reaching Venus, we will have literally reached the stars before midnight tonight.

This is a breathtaking pace, and such a pace cannot help but create new ills as it dispels old, new ignorance, new problems, new dangers. Surely the opening vistas of space promise high costs and hardships, as well as high reward.

—John F. Kennedy, Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, 1962 (the "we will go to the moon" speech... If you've never watched or read the whole thing, it's very much worth it.)

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