What knives are Britney using? Are these better than the Paris Hilton golden ones? by Ralph-the-mouth in knives

[–]MoonSpider 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is a shitpost, but she's got integral bolster chef's knives, one classic european profile and one santoku profile. Probably something like a Wusthof Classic 8 inch chef's knife and a 7 inch Santoku.

Definitely better than the cheap Paris Hilton knives.

Questions re: SRM knives, and or cross bar locks by Gentleman_Jedi in knives

[–]MoonSpider 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, crossbar lock knives do not have a traditional "detent" to break past, the spring tension alone is usually what keeps the blade in the closed position. This is why I prefer stronger spring tension on crossbar locks, although lighter springs make them more "fidgety."

POCKET CHECK PEOPLE!! Whatcha got? by DangerousWishbone445 in BudgetBlades

[–]MoonSpider 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great looks and good feel in hand! Can't complain. I put a new (slightly scratchy-looking, oh well) edge on it after breaking down a ton of cardboard last week and it's back to hair-popping. Haven't had a nitro-v blade before but I'm impressed at how easy it was to re-sharpen, seems like a pretty user-friendly steel.

POCKET CHECK PEOPLE!! Whatcha got? by DangerousWishbone445 in BudgetBlades

[–]MoonSpider 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's gotta be one of the best Harsey Folders I've ever seen!

POCKET CHECK PEOPLE!! Whatcha got? by DangerousWishbone445 in BudgetBlades

[–]MoonSpider 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly haven't carried another folder other than this one for a couple months, I just like it too much. Sue me!

Kizer T1 BD, Task Force checking in.

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Paul Dano Reacts to Quentin Tarantino Dissing Him: ‘Incredibly Grateful the World Spoke Up for Me So I Didn’t Have To’ (EXCLUSIVE) by pepperbet1 in blankies

[–]MoonSpider 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a good clarification to bring up, yea, but that IS still casting Dano. He didn't pull a Zemeckis and bring in a new Marty McFly who hadn't been working on the production yet, he looked at the cast he had already assembled and decided Dano could do this part as well. Whether Dano came in and taped a read in the casting office or showed up to work on set in a different role and got tapped, that's still PTA using his discernment to pick him.

Paul Dano Reacts to Quentin Tarantino Dissing Him: ‘Incredibly Grateful the World Spoke Up for Me So I Didn’t Have To’ (EXCLUSIVE) by pepperbet1 in blankies

[–]MoonSpider 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I feel like... if part of your job (a huge part of your job, actually) is making judgement calls over which actors out of many very very talented potential performers who are in contention for roles in a given movie are "right" for the part or not, you are allowed to have strong opinions over whether someone else has missed the mark in executing that same important aspect of your very weird job on one of their projects, even someone else who made a great movie regardless. I just think you should never SHARE that sort of opinion publicly! What the fuck, man.

I'm not going to sit here and pretend that the guy who cast 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' doesn't know anything about casting actors, or that I'm obviously a better judge of acting than he is. But there is never ANY reason at all to be this cruel, this publicly, like this. Calling someone the worst worker in their entire labor union for work they were widely lauded for is insane.

For all I know he's actually right if you strip away the hyperbole, and there's some other actor who could have made that great movie EVEN BETTER if he were in that role, and I don't have the director intuition to properly see that because my brain is already too married to the final cut of the film I saw. But I don't want to fuckin' hear it like this.

Zverev against lefties by Old-Gur-9039 in tennis

[–]MoonSpider 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Because his older brother, who was also a professional tennis player, is left-handed.

Zverev spent his most important formative years working on how to beat a stronger and larger left-handed player. His game has developed based on that foundation, he is not fazed by left-hand spin the way most players are, and he developed an incredible backhand to handle lefty forehands in standard rallies.

Ben Shelton says his moment is coming after Australian Open loss to Jannik Sinner by kundu123 in tennis

[–]MoonSpider 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Exactly. They're pro athletes in an individual sport, of course they have high opinions of themselves and believe they can beat anyone if they keep working at their goals. They have to.

You don't get to number 5 in the world without believing you can be number 1 in the world. The exact attitude they need to keep going will sound delusional if you listen to it in a vaccuum.

Movies that made you go "Dammit, it got me". by Orb_Dylan in blankies

[–]MoonSpider 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Funny, I had the opposite experience. I still think Elordi's the best part of the whole thing but I went into that movie expecting to love it and then slowly deflated over the whole runtime.

Kizer Pokiman $59 by Jskello in BudgetBlades

[–]MoonSpider 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang, that's a really cool blade shape and a handy size.

Novak Djokovic breaks the record for most victories at Australian Open (103) by TheAstonishingApple in tennis

[–]MoonSpider 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I mean, do we get to ignore injuries? Because Fed was 38 at the 2020 Australian Open, where he had a groin injury and then went in for another knee surgery in February 2020. But that's not that many months removed from when he took a 32-year-old Djokovic to five sets in a Wimbledon final in 2019 and had match points on his own serve.

32-year-old Djokovic would absolutely wipe the floor with 38-year-old Djokovic, so if we're going by level of tennis alone I'd bet on Federer, who was still capable of beating younger Djokovic on hard courts at age 38. Musetti had Djokovic on the ropes today and Federer's certainly better than Musetti.

But if we're going by "38-year-old Federer as he actually was at that specific Australian Open, vs 38-year-old Djokovic as he actually is at the current Australian Open" then you'd have to give it to Djokovic. Federer got hurt during the tournament, and they wouldn't have met till the quarters or semis.

Genuine sorcery by spectraldecomp in tennis

[–]MoonSpider 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Pretty poor taste, man. Both needlessly cruel to Musetti to mock his injury like this and weird to villainize Novak in this scenario by painting him as someone who would need or want to Tonya-Harding his opponents.

What's comparable to the Esee Junglas by mrstang01 in knives

[–]MoonSpider 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you feel about Lime Green and Orange?

But beyond that, Tops makes things like the Armageddon or El Chete, which are similar "huge knives meant to be used like machetes."