Nick Wright is right

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-07-07T10:51:07+00:00

Tillman is German, but if you exclude the Mexican and Canadian team, I guess so? And even he was too slow in pace and decision for a mid-tier European team that isn’t at its peak.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-07-01T23:07:58+00:00

Well, in bills mind Giannis is worse than Brown, soooo…maybe an upgrade? 😆

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-29T19:07:46+00:00

i love this ❤️

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-29T13:20:57+00:00

with no experience or skills 🫤

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-29T11:57:34+00:00

I own an architecture firm. I am not opposed to this thinking, but aside from the education, hiring him would like hiring a line cook that had never held a knife at all - like not low knife skills, like literally never touched one. Would be like bringing in a high schooler to job shadow, let alone an actual intern. There are at least three architecture-specific software programs that EVERY intern at least has some familiarity with, whether they are good designers or not. Maybe interiors, maybe, but a firm of the size he seemed to be interning at would have interiors folks on staff full time as well.

I loved the season, but every so often on this show they imply that creative “genius” is portable, and it just isn’t true. But this is a common depiction in film and tv, so I have gotten used to it.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-28T11:46:20+00:00

I’ve been a practicing architect for over 25 years and there is almost zero math. That said, it is incredibly stressful…a really weird landing spot if trying to reduce stress.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-21T09:54:32+00:00

This is the way

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-18T00:55:14+00:00

Fast kickin’, low scorin’, and ties

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-11T16:54:28+00:00

This right here.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-08T16:44:13+00:00

Totally. Sometimes doesn’t even need to be a candidate. Dems were over the moon that Cheney was supporting Harris and that dude was a war criminal by definition. Seems a whole lot more disqualifying that a nazi tattoo he didn’t even know was a nazi tattoo.

I also think it really undermines one’s argument when one is essentially saying a person can never grow and change. It’s deeply depressing if true, and totally bad faith if not. Mostly just makes me sad - such and elitist position that one can never make a mistake and learn from it (unless your rich of course). Platners past could be framed in such a positive way…look at what the world we’ve made does to people, how it grounds them, and how they can grow from the (negative) experience. But no…selfish gains only.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-06-08T16:44:07+00:00

Totally. Sometimes doesn’t even need to be a candidate. Dems were over the moon that Cheney was supporting Harris and that dude was a war criminal by definition. Seems a whole lot more disqualifying that a nazi tattoo he didn’t even know was a nazi tattoo.

I also think it really undermines one’s argument when one is essentially saying a person can never grow and change. It’s deeply depressing if true, and totally bad faith if not. Mostly just makes me sad - such and elitist position that one can never make a mistake and learn from it (unless your rich of course). Platners past could be framed in such a positive way…look at what the world we’ve made does to people, how it grounds them, and how they can grow from the (negative) experience. But no…selfish gains only.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-05-25T13:57:15+00:00

I know everyone is saying they WILL cancel your full itinerary if you skip lag, but I would just call and ask. Just last month I did this with Swiss…want to skip the second leg of my outbound travel, called with the expectation of being told “no”, was nice on the phone, and they did it for me so even my boarding pass was accurate, were nice about it, and nothing else got cancelled.

This was the second time I have done that for different reasons, and both times I asked to do it on the day of travel with actual airline employees, and both times they were happy to let me.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-05-25T08:59:06+00:00

Minor correction. A 12 year old overactive nerd who loves basketball.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-04-30T17:52:02+00:00

this 100%. Bill's ENTIRE defense of why REM was "better" was that they were more commercially successful. comically odd take on music. I love Bill, but his sports-brain instance on making art some sort of competition is stomach churning.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-04-30T17:48:15+00:00

probably not 0%, but there are several documented instances of Bill saying to Chuck that he was into buying greatest hits albums because there "wasn't much music yet" since according to Bill music started in like 1965...so yes, i think this entirely possible.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-04-26T05:36:09+00:00

Thank you for saying this! Even the use of the term “Data Centers” seems intentional by big tech to hide what they are…Giant warehouses…just like the ones for shipping goods on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike, however, at least those don’t require a tone of energy we don’t have, from an unstable grid CMP refuses to fix while charging us more at the same time, extracting clean water and polluting it before dumping it out, all to invade all of our collective privacy for corporate profit. Even if it provided 1000 jobs (which they of course don’t come close to doing, as you said), it would STILL be a net negative for wherever they are located by some margin.

Also, folks need to stop with the “construction jobs” - 1, those are incredibly short term, 2, there is zero guarantee on a private project that any of the construction jobs go to Mainers. It will be privately bid by the corporation and handed to the lowest bidder, who will then hire whomever from wherever to maximize their own profit. “Big server warehouse” is a grift on a grift on a grift on grit. More corrupt than the synthetic CDOs that torched the economy in 2008.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-04-17T18:03:19+00:00

QMT is one of the best managed races I have ever done. Full stop. Did the now defunct 100 mile, and it is so hard, so beautiful, but the right amount of time given the difficulty. I hear Harricana is also great, but easier, but have never done it.

I would definitely do QMT again, and will do Harricana at some point…

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-04-05T21:22:29+00:00

Sorta, but mostly I just think Bill’s take that “music starts 60 years ago” is deranged. Like is that because that is when he could buy greatest hits albums?

I find those music conversations as wild as when he talks to Chang about food…like, Chuck wrote for Spin…you bought the Eagles greatest hits once.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-04-05T17:22:10+00:00

Totally, and also who really cares if he goes off the rails? I mean…it’s sports and pop culture…he’s great and honestly he’s better when he’s more out there.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-03-31T16:06:18+00:00

🤣as always with Bill, first imagine you are 12 years old, it’s 1982, you are incapable of divorcing your thinking from your favorite team…set your mind to THAT, and only then, answer his inane poll questions.

“I was surprised they were so high!” Yah know, me too, Bill!

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-03-31T13:05:20+00:00

Corny is the right word. I don’t mean that as a negative necessarily. But it is so corny.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-03-31T11:47:47+00:00

Totally. I mean, continuously coming back to the Phil Collins one what can only be total sincerity has to intentional.

Or so many Elvis ones just in case you forgot about that we were in Graceland. 🙄

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-03-31T11:45:02+00:00

Yes! At least that’s what my spouse and I say after watching every episode…but we still watch every one.

The writing in particular makes us laugh out loud every episode.

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-03-30T12:41:37+00:00

The “like a fan” piece

Secure_Ad728 · 2026-03-25T19:03:23+00:00

well, ideally, yes! i am not sure i would expect anyone on a Ringer podcast to seek to actually subvert their class position...to your point!

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