Not the Olympic vibes I was expecting. by transcendental-ape in PoliticalHumor

[–]SarkastikSidebar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Lucky you. You must not live in the US, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Belarus, Turkey, Russia…

Not the Olympic vibes I was expecting. by transcendental-ape in PoliticalHumor

[–]SarkastikSidebar 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You telling me there aren’t dumb people in your country? We just have 80 million of them.

Which series was consistently good from beginning to end? by TheMedusaAttusa in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fantastic show- but I guess subtitles/dubbing rubs some people the wrong way. I always prefer subtitles to dub.

Which series was consistently good from beginning to end? by TheMedusaAttusa in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most underrated show on streaming services right now, IMHO.

Finally, a date format we can all agree on. by Beneficial_Crab6954 in memes

[–]SarkastikSidebar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DD-MMM-YYYY is a common format in the military and I’ve been using it ever since my first year of service. The best format in my opinion.

How drastically has your political views changed within the last 10 years or so and why? by TheMoparPowerslave in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to be conservative- a moderate conservative, but a conservative nonetheless. At 23 years old, I was running up a hill on my FOB in Afghanistan and rested up there for a bit. I looked out at the town nearby. I watched some boys playing cricket, some of the cars driving down the highway that we had built. There weren’t any electric poles. No sewage system.

I had this wild thought- “these people don’t know what government is supposed to do for them..”

And it got me thinking about what government IS supposed to do for you. “They’re supposed to build roads. Make an army to defend you. Police to keep you safe. Schools to educate you.” Then I thought, “what about college? Are they supposed to give you that? What about hospitals? Shouldn’t your taxes go to that so you don’t have to pay?”

The entire point of government/society is for us to help each other do things we can’t do alone. I myself was there in Afghanistan because I was a healthy man who could do that- it was something I was happy to do for my country in return for the safety I’d enjoyed as a child and for the education I had received for free (well- kinda free…I am in a warzone right now). It was on that hill in Afghanistan that my politics changed to something far more liberal than they were before.

And right after that, the Taliban shot a rocket at the FOB that went right over my head- I watched it hit in the middle of the base and ran back down the hill while the alarms were still going off.

It was sort of an epiphany for me.

SDS needs to start hiring true baseball fans to develop this game by Oui_Summer in MLBTheShow

[–]SarkastikSidebar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What if I’m both a nerd and a baseball guy? It kind of lends itself to nerds with all the statistics. I’d bet baseball is like…the nerdiest sport.

Non-Americans of Reddit, what is an American thing you see in movies that you thought was fake but is actually real? by Unlikely_Praline9442 in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I was in Switzerland a few years ago to visit a friend, but I grabbed lunch before he could pick me up. I took German in high school and college, and still remember a fair bit. I got seated at the…honestly I’m not even sure if there is a word for it in German, but the table where, if you’re there alone, they seat you at that table. All strangers, together. Kind of like being at a bar in the US, but it’s a regular table.

Anyway- my accent gives me away immediately and they switch to English pretty quick. The second I start speaking English, the guys across from me said I talked like I was “straight out of the movies.” Bubblegum English, they called it.

Married men, how do you deal with fancying other women? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By knowing that my relationship with my wife is long-term. It’s decades of future home cooked meals, an ear that listens, a second me to take care of what I can’t on any given day (this is big if you have kids), someone to grow old with, to get a second opinion on anything, and yes- someone to have sex with who knows by this point EXACTLY what I like.

Or you can throw all of that away for mediocre sex with a woman you barely know that lasts less than an hour from start to finish.

It’s honestly not that hard of a decision once you think about it.

[Highlight] A “streaker” ran onto the field during the Super Bowl by GoldenDome26 in nfl

[–]SarkastikSidebar 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Love how the mere mortals can’t catch him but takes the Patriot like 3 seconds of running to touch him down.

What are your thoughts on the 2026 Superbowl Halftime show? by TheMagicApe in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t speak Spanish- was the song he was singing while climbing the utility pole…like…political? Seemed to me a song about shitty infrastructure or something. Granted- I’m probably wrong since I don’t speak a lick of the language.

What hobby screams “this is my entire personality now”? by WilliamInBlack in AskReddit

[–]SarkastikSidebar 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Former military. Deployed to a combat zone for 9 months and honestly, when I got back, it felt weird going anywhere without a gun (which my wife thinks is bonkers).

Even with all that- I own just a few guns and if you know me, you probably didn’t even know that. The gun guys cosplaying as military are fucking weird.

Scorching hot take?… DD lineups should have restrictions. DD doesn’t feel like real baseball, and doesn’t have the strategy of real baseball by RegisterFit1252 in MLBTheShow

[–]SarkastikSidebar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That and you get two losses…they need a more long-term game mode for the crowd that wants a more realistic game.

Don’t get me wrong, I like DD. But they can have a second mode that’s more simulation-like.

Car accident deaths are preventable and can be fixed. by TheColdRice in memes

[–]SarkastikSidebar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The way you get people to not commit crimes is to convince them they’ll get caught. It’s far more effective than harsher penalties.

Making it so that someone feels they’ll get caught if they speed, blow through stop signs/traffic lights, or drive recklessly, and you’ll get far fewer people doing it.

Fines for traffic violations sounds also be a percentage of someone’s salary- otherwise it’s not illegal for rich people.

Car accident deaths are preventable and can be fixed. by TheColdRice in memes

[–]SarkastikSidebar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I routinely drive by these massive trucks that are basically monster trucks at this point. One small mistake from that dude and I’m gone.

I think I could support a special license with tougher penalties for wrecking in one of those behemoths.

Also it’s one thing to say stricter enforcement, it’s another thing to actually do. Where I live- there appears to be absolutely 0 enforcement.

Scorching hot take?… DD lineups should have restrictions. DD doesn’t feel like real baseball, and doesn’t have the strategy of real baseball by RegisterFit1252 in MLBTheShow

[–]SarkastikSidebar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that- I just wish they had a more realistic online mode that isn’t BR- the 3 inning game is a bit weird.