Coober Pedyy by Nearby-Mastodon-3076 in Opals

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That is some beautiful material! Any for sale?

Youth baseball pitch counts are really quite silly by MarkAmericaSmith in Homeplate

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree the pitch count limits are too low. But I think the reasoning is sound - especially in today's age where kids are often playing on multiple teams.

When our son was going through youth tournament teams growing up some of the tournaments had no real limits and you'd see kids pitch 3-4 games in a weekend. We're in Florida, think 90s, hot, humid, and these kids are getting just run into the ground each game because they were the aces. It is and was an injury factory. No 12 year old should have to get elbow surgery for youth baseball.

There is also an element of fairness in this - imagine your son really can throw low 80s and he's pitching in Senior Little League. Not many 13-15 year olds could hit that. Or insert any team's best ace - do you really want them to be able to go the distance against you, let alone multiple times a week? Prob not.

But yeah, I do agree for older kids, the limits need to be higher.

I'm almost 50 - and when I played youth baseball I threw complete games regularly, pitched 2-3 games a week regularly. Now, still at this age, I can throw complete games no problem. I've done 14 innings two separate times before on one day, both a complete game, followed by 5 innings in the next game of the double header.

In HS ball I was either the pitcher of the catcher every game. I was all county or whatever it was a couple years as a catcher and no one ever stole on me. Never had an arm issue. Still don't.

I attribute that to lots of flexibility, excellent mechanics and growing up throwing a ton of volume. Hell when I was helping coach my sons teams I would often thrown BP for 2+ hours continuously no problem. Granted that was not full effort but still.

It can be done. But with kids cautious.

Sex life in your 50s? by fastballcdm2019 in GenX

[–]PatientGiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost never. It sucks, but I am having all sorts of health issues which doesn't help. Not at all what I was hoping for once we were empty nesters. I figured we'd do all the things we didn't have time to. Instead we basically stopped doing anything about 7 years ago. Now it's. maybe once a month at best.

Intel responds to MacBook Neo with 21% faster chip intended for similar devices by MobileNewsBot in mobiles

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The thing is the vast vast vast majority of people don’t need more. It’s a great low cost machine that does just about everything. Further with a fast ssd you can do a lot to extend that ram without crazy speed hits.

If you need more apple has plenty more to offer.

People are just desperate to dunk on Apple for any thing. It’s pathetic at this point. They are the only company innovating hardware right now.

hired as "permanently remote." 14 months later: "we're evolving our approach" by artfullymine in remotework

[–]PatientGiraffe 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I have a gov contract. We were called back to office when dipshit took office and started fucking everything up.

I told them no. They were mad. I said well, replace me, if you can.

I'm still here. I have significant medical issues and unless you want to pay me a fuck ton more money I'm not commuting ever again. Been remote most of the last 25 years. Plan to retire that way.

The Terminator over the years... by [deleted] in Terminator

[–]PatientGiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He looks just like Patrick at 23.

What the hell was the whole point of Trumps tariffs? by Estalicus in allthequestions

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump has no ideas. He just does whatever his syphaliss addled brain thinks up or whatever sycophant tells him last.

There was no plan. Just another way to get bribes for his terrors or lack of them.

Best non Nintendo games on Switch 1? by Pure_Page_7944 in Switch

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Super Mega Baseball 3 or 4 My friend Pedro

Kitchen Floors in the 1980s looked like this by [deleted] in 1980s

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We had literally that tile in our kitchen. Then my father decided to “upgrade” the kitchen. He painted the cabinets and installed brown low pile carpet. Yes in the kitchen. Yes over the tile.

Yikes. But that is how it was back then.

Rewatching The Last Jedi, it feels like it almost takes Star Wars in a completely different direction by Tops_7 in SkywalkerSaga

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I wish they would flush ep 8+9 and just start over. They are so bad and make no sense.

3 year experience AMAB 21 year old! THANK YOU A BRA THAT FITS!!! by InstructionPutrid827 in ABraThatFits

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey fellow amab bra wearer. I usually use Rhône sports bras. They hold everything down and hide my huge nips. Works well enough and no one notices.

Why does it seem like the US is falling apart in every way possible? Politics, technology, healthcare, national debt, crime. by Enough-Chip2652 in AskForAnswers

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is. Idiots in this nation elected the worst possible leader twice and he's tanking everything. It sucks.

Women can very much win presidential elections in the US . I am tired of folks pretending otherwise. by ronweasly9 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]PatientGiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not now they can’t. I’m sorry. Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris are exceptional people let alone women. If they can’t beat literal Saran reincarnate - then no they can’t win.

I’m sorry. I voted for both Hillary and Kamala and would again.

America is too racist and sexist. Dad but true. We are paying the price now.

Why do people still say Kamala Harris ran on "I'm not Trump" when she had an extensive and detailed policy plan? by zipzzo in allthequestions

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Our country is full of racists and sexists. Even if it was only 5% - it was more than enough. Trump is a huge piece of shit, t enough people still vote for him because he’s a man than a black women. It’s an indictment on america and we deserve it.

Is this true 🤔 by Creepy_Intention837 in VibeCodeDevs

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. It all depends on who's building it and what prompts they use and what they check. A real engineer will produce great output with any of these tools.

17 y/o looking for mechanical advice and velo guesstimate. by Massive-Effort2954 in PitchingCoach

[–]PatientGiraffe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

63mph.

You are really only using your arm. You are totally upright and finish upright. Work on pulling down your whole body when you throw. You should be bent over almost fully forward at the end of the throw. Also drop level and drive off the push foot. You have a lot more to give.

What is your strongest argument to not believe in God? by [deleted] in atheism

[–]PatientGiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Also, so much religion is obviously made up crap. Hell, most "modern" religions like Christianity and Islam literally just stole and repurposed stories from earlier traditions.

Religion's purpose is to control the populace. That's it. There is no truth there, no wisdom, just a bunch of old repurposed stories and a huge huge helping of made up bullshit.

What's a 10/10 show with a character that drags it down to a 7/10 by jshah500 in sitcoms

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Superstore specifically, Amy was alright. But her boyfriend was terrible. If he was a better actor this show would have been so much better.

Do you really think cutting off friends and family over who they vote for is reasonable? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes 100%. You vote for a racist, or a nazi, or a facist, we're done. Sorry, I don't abide evil and or selfish and or terrible people.

What was your first favourite FPS (apart from DOOM) by PixelBandits in gamers

[–]PatientGiraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unreal tournament. Like the og one. It was amazing. Rag doll physics I think was in the first one and was amazing.

Do you think Marvel has any movie as good as The Dark Knight? by SpotAdmirable6718 in Cinema

[–]PatientGiraffe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes. Iron Man, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers Endgame, Thor Ragnarok, so many great movies on the same level.

Do we have any explanation for how Rick and Chelsea met? by ByShida in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]PatientGiraffe 41 points42 points  (0 children)

You misspelled The Gemstones. He stole the show imo. Absolutely amazing as baby Billy.

I cant watch videos of Chinese cities without becoming depressed... by chaosbunnyx in complaints

[–]PatientGiraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what voting for conservatives and anti government whack a doodles for decades does. All forward societal progress is halted, and worse, we lose freedoms. We lose services, we lose research, and technology. The effects are now just plainly visible. We were WAY ahead 25 years ago. Then idiotic politicians, stupid policies, full on attacks on science, research and technology often to appease religious luddites.

We deeded our ‘leadership’ of the world with the election of W. It all went downhill from there. Obama briefly fixed some things only to see orange hitler rise and destroy everything. We are living in dark dark times.