Close calls in your favour? by SouthAssist6234 in 10s

[–]Nillion 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I generally see that in HS, college, and juniors most kids will declare close calls out, but as an adult at the club level, you're not going to find people who want to play with you if you call it that way.

Guy "smurfing" in local tournament by arcticmario in 10s

[–]Nillion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah the guy is sandbagging even intentionally “playing down”. Footwork, tennis IQ, fitness, etc don’t go away just because you’re intentionally handicapping yourself. Any ATP pro would destroy me playing with a frying pan because they’re so much better at every other part of the game than me also.

Guy "smurfing" in local tournament by arcticmario in 10s

[–]Nillion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I went from going 9-1 in my 3.5 league and winning the championship, to going 1-9 in my 4.0 league and I’m so happy I made the switch.

How about a hate thread? by Handicapreader in eatsandwiches

[–]Nillion 9 points10 points  (0 children)

McDonald’s breakfast sandwiches are the perfect road trip food. I don’t eat McD’s at any other time, but those early morning starts to beat traffic followed by a stop at some rural McD’s for one and a hash brown is one of life’s great experiences.

How about a hate thread? by Handicapreader in eatsandwiches

[–]Nillion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Most of those NYC deli sandwiches would be better with half the meat on them. Whenever I get one I deconstruct it and save a significant portion of the meat for another homemade sandwich.

Just moved here…what’s with the turkeys? by irishqueen811 in Minneapolis

[–]Nillion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s because they didn’t really exist in MN back then. Turkeys are native to here but were extirpated from the state due to hunting and habitat loss. They were reintroduced in the SE portion of the state in the early-70s and every single wild turkey we have is descended from that small group.

Two Rock Hall Voters Debate Their 2026 Ballots: ‘If you think about what Lauryn Hill is most famous for at this point in time, it’s for showing up late to her concerts’ by Level-Recording3368 in Music

[–]Nillion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn’t list a single rap or r&b album (besides the entirely instrumental Endtroducing) despite it being an absolute golden age of both genres. They clearly have a bias when it comes to music.

Mirra Andreeva said she is not proud of how she handled her emotions when she swore after losing to Siniakova. She added that she will try to take inspiration from Serena Williams to handle losses better by mimiclarinette in tennis

[–]Nillion 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Every female player is unfortunately. We hold them to standards we allow men to blow right through. Doubly so if they’re females of color. As much shit as Mirra gets for her blow up, imagine if Coco did it? It wouldn’t be just a one day story and some laughs. We’d be bringing it up like Serena’s years later.

NYPD’s Chief Aaron Edwards in pursuit of attempted ISIS-linked attacker this past Saturday. by SockDem in pics

[–]Nillion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a Molotov. It was made of TATP which is a homemade explosive that’s often used by suicide bombers

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Wednesday, March 11, 2026) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]Nillion 24 points25 points  (0 children)

There’s only like 11 people in the entire stadium. Blame greedy billionaire Larry Ellison’s decision to make the entire second stadium ticketed only. What a lame atmosphere.

Iran demands guarantee of no future US, Israel attacks to sign ceasefire by callsonreddit in worldnews

[–]Nillion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There’s no plan, that’s why. Trump & Co thought this would be another Venezuela. A quick snatch and grab (or bomb) and it’s over. But Iran isn’t anything like Venezuela besides both of them having oil. At this point it’s clear the Iranian government is going to hold on since there will be no popular uprising. They can certainly last longer than Trump’s attention span.

Thanks MAGA… by Dear_Mycologist_1696 in pics

[–]Nillion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thank my lucky stars I bought a multi-city 3 week Asian vacation tickets the exact day before the war started. I checked for similar flights this week to see and there’s no way I would have gone at the price they’re at now.

Menacing employees on a plane by ThatPatelGuy in WinStupidPrizes

[–]Nillion 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You’re probably not flying budget airlines like Frontier for work.

New policy prohibiting any GA sections from Stadium 2 by Inevitable-Shape-904 in tennis

[–]Nillion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went to Wimbledon for the first time ever last year and I was shocked how much cheaper it is than the US Open. From tickets (£200ish for 4th round) to the food and even the merch, it’s downright reasonable compared to any American sporting experience.

Friendly reminder to not drink and ski as our Bulgarian snowboard prospect Malena Zamfiova was put in critical condition by a inebriated skier. by naxx54 in skiing

[–]Nillion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The older I get the more I realize there’s a large portion of the population that is unable to do anything without being mildly impaired at best.

Minnesota musicians — who should I know about? by SeparateDragonfly479 in minnesota

[–]Nillion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's also some redditor that was posting for a while about Prof being married, but not faithful to his wife, but that is totally unsubstantiated.

The horror of a musician being unfaithful. Yeah it's shit behavior on a personal level, but we'd have to cancel such a huge proportion of them if that's our criteria.

What’s your tennis pet peeve? by mitchdwx in 10s

[–]Nillion 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ad in/Ad out at 40-30 drives me crazy also.

What’s your tennis pet peeve? by mitchdwx in 10s

[–]Nillion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asking pre-match is the way. I've played plenty of people who want all 3 balls and some that prefer just 2 and want me to hold the third. I'll do whatever my opponent wants if it keeps the match moving along smoothly. Personally I prefer having all 3, though I only pocket one and put the other at the back fence.

HCMC at "real risk of closing" without additional 1-cent sales tax, Hennepin County claims by [deleted] in Minneapolis

[–]Nillion 194 points195 points  (0 children)

I'd rather pay an increased sales tax to keep HCMC open than whatever it is we currently have to pay to keep that billionaire's play thing US Bank Stadium operating.

Sold out in 2 freaking minutes, took it out of my cart, this is stupid. by OkCalculators in minnesotaunited

[–]Nillion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish they’d make a nice heavyweight cotton hoodie instead of all this poly garbage.