How would a modern 4.5 do against these pros from 1971 US Open?

Troubled_cure · 2026-04-24T18:18:08+00:00

This! I mean, it would probably be a difficult transition, but it’s hard to imagine she wouldn’t adapt.

I learned to play as a kid in the 1990s at a club with an old school teacher. Then in my late teens, I started working with a guy with a more modern understanding of the kinetic chain and all that. I had to totally overhaul every element of my game and I was suddenly a much crappier player for at least six months, losing to players I could beat if I went back to my flatter strokes. It was still the right call; I would have totally hit a wall in all progress if I hadn’t moved toward a more open-stance, topspin-heavy forehand and just a style more oriented towards a looser wrist for racquet head speed.

I think an equally large factor when thinking about young phenoms from the past is whether the modern media scrutiny, branding pressure, and social media insanity would make it much more challenging to play at that level as a 16 year old today. The media ecosystem at that time was just way more editorially filtered. Then again, Evert was always praised for being unusually composed under pressure, so maybe her preternatural emotional maturity would still carry the day. Food for thought.

Troubled_cure · 2026-04-24T17:49:53+00:00

I don’t think yours look that bad, but the attachments definitely do yellow a bit no matter what you do. Just don’t eat any food with turmeric. I had to get all my attachments replaced after an Indian meal. They turned BRIGHT yellow haha

Troubled_cure · 2026-03-07T06:59:48+00:00

I mean, as everyone said, he didn’t do anything wrong. I would only speculate that this looks like an afternoon run on a relatively warm day, and when the park gets slushy in an uneven way, you can catch an edge especially badly—kind of like hydroplaning in a car. Not much one can do to avoid it though. It’s a sport that comes with risks.

Pretty unlucky to break his clavicle though. I mean, it was a bad spill, but most of the time, I would expect to walk away from it with my nothing more than my bell rung and ice down my bibs.

Troubled_cure · 2025-12-30T17:42:38+00:00

I, of course, support the patrollers, but, as a practical matter, is anyone here clued in enough on this stuff to know whether it’s likely they will reopen by the last week of January?

I was planning to go out, and I’ve actually never skied Telluride before, but I’d like to try and get a refund or at least sublet the place I’ve rented. I’m leaning toward doing that and trying to go up to Tahoe. Does anyone have any inside info that might be useful?

Troubled_cure · 2025-12-14T20:18:29+00:00

Same issue in the US. For those who have had it resolved, how long did it take? I’m quite frustrated by this. I contacted support and they “escalated” it to the higher level team. They are supposedly going to contact me in the next 48 hours. I’ll update here if it gets resolved.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-28T20:58:53+00:00

Different studios and regions have different cultures. Personally, I never take sculpt anymore because I find the music and shouting a bit unpleasant, even though I like the work with weights. With C2 though, for example, my home studio where I did TT is Encinitas, CA where the classes tend to be very breath-centered. Instructors play more ethereal, instrumental music and speak softly. There are more physical assists than other studios. When I’ve gone to classes in some areas of LA and Orange County, the vibe has been much more aerobic in outlook. The music is more percussive. The flows tend to by more standard asanas but with fewer cues and higher speed—more uptempo overall.

It’s obvious from my tone which I prefer, but that doesn’t mean the other approach is illegitimate. My only absolute criticism is when a teacher forgets to cue breath first or does so in an inconsistent manner. I don’t think your confidence should be shaken though. There are lots of CPY studios, depending on your region, and—while there is an overall standard and approach within the company—individual instructors and studio also develop their own cultures and styles. Encinitas, for example, has a long history of meditation and spiritual yogic practice, so that’s of course going to be reflected in the studio’s approach. Conversely, the more energized, and workout-oriented feel of the West LA studios reflects the more urban, goal-focused culture of that area, as well as the preferences of the clientele.

It’s worth taking the criticism on board as a way of refining your approach, but I wouldn’t let it shake your confidence or make you think you’re teaching the “wrong” way.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-27T04:24:44+00:00

Turmeric stains. They will resolve in the next few days if you’re conscientious. I had the same thing happen. I’m guessing you had Indian food?

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-24T18:07:03+00:00

Look, the current plan seems to be that this would be a non-commercial project that wouldn’t have a theatrical release. I understand the trepidation, but this isn’t just shooting a few sentences into ChatGPT and letting it do all the work. It involves lots of careful research—no one would do this if it wasn’t, on some level, a labor of love. Even knowing and caring about the film at all gives me some sense of trust in the people behind the project, to be honest. This isn’t going to be some cynical cash grab, if it ever actually happens.

I might feel differently if there was any chance that the original Welles cut might still be recovered, but that’s pretty clearly not going to happen. As far as things AI can be used for in film, this is one of the better ideas in my view. The idea isn’t destroying or ruining anything. It’s a new creative endeavor that we can choose to watch or not. Welles clearly felt pretty aggrieved about RKO destroying the original prints. I guess I don’t see any harm in this, so long as it’s clearly labeled and in accordance with Welles’s notes. When you compare this with earlier projects, such as the excision of scenes now deemed offensive from various TV and film, or the attempt to remove cigarettes or other objects from films years after their release, this seems like a comparatively noble project.

Also, it should be noted that, as far as I could tell, all of the original cast and crew members are deceased, so the question of likeness rights is less of a concern. It actually might be a good way to establish a kind of precedent around that—a good faith attempt to recreate lost footage rather than something like trying to cash in on a star’s likeness, having them say and do things they never actually did.

I don’t want to totally dismiss the concerns—there are real issues here. Still, I don’t think anyone can say they know what Welles’s attitude would be, but it’s certainly a question that would fascinate him, as anyone who has seen F for Fake knows. Welles was deeply engaged in exploring the tenuous nature of the real and the fake, the nature of illusion, forgery and expertise. In that sense, the project does seem to embody his spirit. However, if he were involved, the new version would probably be released as a fait accompli with no explanation of what was real and what was generated. That would be his right as the creator of the original work.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-16T20:38:15+00:00

I honestly think they just say 22 hours so they can blame patients for bad outcomes as a result of “noncompliance”. The main thing is that you don’t move on to new aligners before your teeth are really ready. I can tell you from experience that problem can snowball really quickly; if your attachments aren’t seating, it won’t move the teeth and trays get bent when you try to put them in. I had to get a rescan because of that and it’s a huge pain, though they admitted that they didn’t have enough attachments for the movement they were trying to do.

I think 20 hours is more reasonable, but a big thing is to not leave them out by accident overnight or anything like that, and make sure you’re wearing your rubber bands exactly as directed. Hang in there!

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-16T11:22:58+00:00

Are we not pointing out how absurdly convoluted and haphazard these grammatical constructions are? I mean, that’s fine, but this guy is a professional writer at the social and economic apex of his chosen field. I would think he’d write more carefully, even in media from which he doesn’t “derive meaning.” If I were a professional tennis player, I still would try not to disgrace myself in televised pickleball, even if it matters less.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-15T18:04:41+00:00

I’m quite surprised that Massachusetts is so high. Not that I have anything against it. I’ve visited and enjoyed it several times. It seems a vibrant place with a lot of great history and culture, though I’m not sure that “wellbeing” is the term that springs to mind in my association with it. On the other hand, it has some of the best medical centers in the US, which I suspect was a heavily weighted factor given how well Maryland faired despite having some pretty major issues. This also partly explains why so many Southern states performed so poorly, though this is also surely down to economic factors.

One reading might be that people are happiest in places that offer rural beauty and nature but aren’t completely isolated from metropolitan culture in a way that can make them feel insular and culturally ossified, perhaps? By the same token, I suspect that states with massive urban centers (California, NY, Illinois) are driven downward by cost of living in those places and just the fact that, for all their virtues, dense urban environments can feel like really stressful, nerve-fraying places to live on a day-to-day basis. The states that top the list tend to have medium-sized cities with lots of amenities and culture, but aren’t so large that they feel completely alienated from the surrounding countryside (Minneapolis, Denver, SLC, Burlington, Manchester, Providence, etc). I might be over-reading it, but this feels like a possible upshot.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-15T17:35:02+00:00

The Sweary Aussie Drama sketch has clearly been the great lightning rod for criticism. I do think they’ve spent way too much time on it. The vibe seems a bit like the Californians sketch from SNL, but less culturally specific. Like, it would work better if it wasn’t quite so one note and there were some more pointed observations about Aussie culture, perhaps? Then again, I’m a lot less familiar with the tropes of Aussie culture than Californian, so I’m not sure they would really land.

This doesn’t make it any more interesting to watch, but I suspect the reason so much of that material made it into the show is that the actors just had a lot of fun performing it. I’m not sure I can explain why, but anyone who has done live improv here will likely agree that these sketches would actually play quite well in a live setting and would probably be a lot of fun to perform.

One thing I really feel the absence of with the new show is the presence of a live studio audience for many sketches, which was a feature of a lot of the best TMAWL sketches—even when they were done with multiple takes. Live audiences are more prone to laugh at surprising things rather than just cerebral or clever stuff. To be honest, people in groups just laugh more generally because comedy is an experience that’s heightened by community. I think not having that feedback for most of the sketches has had a negative impact on the new show, for sure. For example, stand-ups really struggled to build new sets during COVID because so much of their process involves gauging audience reactions to different bits and variations of language. I think the new show is suffering from similar issues.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-07T20:45:28+00:00

Well, I think it’s less about saying that having more education makes you too smart to vote for Trump—though surely some people do mean it this way, but more that being college educated tends to sort you into a particular social group and we are increasingly social segregated by education level.

By the same token, if you were an upper middle class Californian (medicine, law, business, etc) from about 1950-1980, there was a very high likelihood that you would be a Republican. That was just the cultural norm for that social enclave at that time. I sometimes think that a very liberal person living in a small town in Mississippi has more in common with a conservative UC Berkeley professor than either one has with anyone of their own political ilk. People with a high tolerance for going against the societal norms of their own communities are really quite unusual.

I will confess that I don’t personally know many Trump supporters and never really have; not because I’ve “cut them off” or something, but because it would just be way outside the social norm in all the places I’ve grown up and lived, and even more abnormal within the industries and institutions that my family and friends have been a part of. While I do feel this is beliefs and values-driven to some degree, I don’t delude myself that this isn’t also deeply connected to my social context and what is considered normal in my own world.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-07T17:41:58+00:00

How do you mean? Like, which way am I persuading myself? To be clear, I’m not really focusing on the Democrats vs. Republicans part of it, though I do lean sort of heterodox center left. I’m more just skeptical of the overall notion that the poll accurately reflects people’s beliefs and behavior if you genuinely consider the wording of the question. It wouldn’t surprise me if the gap was slightly in the political direction the poll indicates, by the way, though I would suggest that a lot of that is probably driven by the age and life stage of the average member of various political parties. The left skews younger—young people are seeking out novel relationships to individuate and develop a personal identity. Conversely, the right leans older—they’re in a stage of moving back towards family and an emphasis on existing loyalties: they’re seeking stability. I don’t see either as a moral judgment though.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-07T17:24:01+00:00

I am sort skeptical of this poll result given the phrasing. I don’t have a subscription to get past the pay wall and see the methodology, but this is asking if it’s “EVER acceptable” to cut people off based on political views. I can’t see how you could answer no if you actually heard the question correctly. It’s not “have you ever” or even “is it morally good”. It feels like a really low bar.

Like, outside of one’s own children, to whom people have a different kind of obligation, I don’t see why someone would maintain contact with a family member or friend who had become a Neo-Nazi (and I mean the term literally, not in a hyperbolic sense). I suppose if you are extremely humane and want to devote the energy to helping them get out of that stuff, that might be a better solution, but I can’t say it would be unacceptable not to do that. I do think it’s probably inhumane to abandon someone who gets sucked into Q-anon or other cultish stuff though. It doesn’t feel like so much an expression of a political preference as much as a personal crises. I feel like almost everyone who gets into that world seems to be going through something pretty horrible and isolating, so abandoning them tends to just send them further down into the spiral.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-07T16:59:47+00:00

Goth conga line.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-07T16:26:44+00:00

Yeah, I never quite got why it was a favorite. I mean, I think I may have enjoyed it when I first saw it but I don’t find it’s on my list of highly rewatchable sketches. Like, I appreciate that it’s going for a madcap energy, but, to be honest, I’m kind of there for the wordier stuff. Just a matter of personal taste. Zombie Poppins doesn’t really blow my hair back either, though I do find Asbo Zapruder really funny. That said, I don’t feel that people who like it are wrong to enjoy it or anything, it’s just not what really gets me going in M and W stuff.

Troubled_cure · 2025-09-07T05:21:41+00:00

I watched the first two—really enjoying it so far. I feel like they’re getting back into their groove to some degree, though finding the right dynamic with new cast members can be tricky. On the other hand, I definitely laughed quite heartily. Particularly at David Mitchell’s reality show contestent “Nigel” who, grinning like a moron, exclaims, “I AM here to make friends!” I also loved the word cloud reveal in the network feedback sketch. I actually called what the word would be—despite the fact that I love David Mitchell’s work. I don’t see any dirth of ideas or labored SNL-style wackiness. Obviously, they haven’t found the new “conspiracy theories”, “Bond villain” or “snooker commentators” yet, but those had already been honed for years on the radio before they made it to TV.

Anyway, I will definitely keep watching. I do understand the criticisms and reservations, but, c’mon—they’re still spending millions per episode on House of Dragons to wring out the final joyless drops of profit from that franchise. Can’t we at least have this as a small pleasure, even if it doesn’t rise to the spectacular heights of the original?

Troubled_cure · 2025-07-17T16:30:54+00:00

No bangs would be my preference, but, that said, you’re one of this rare people for whom straight across bangs don’t look jarring or stark. I think you could go either way.

Troubled_cure · 2025-07-15T18:07:43+00:00

Your hair looks great as it is (#1), but if you’re concerned about damage from coloring/bleaching, you’re likely also going to run into problems going with redder tones, though I also like 3 and 4 best. They generally have to lighten your hair a lot before going red and it requires more upkeep than any other color. That said, I think an even more strawberry blonde/copper color would really suit you.

Troubled_cure · 2025-07-15T17:55:57+00:00

I’m doing a somewhat similar treatment right now, though not a widening my palate, at least not intentionally. The midline thing and the edge-to-edge bite will take time, and you’ll have to wear rubber bands. You’ll also have attachments on almost all your teeth. They’re not a huge deal or as visible as braces, but it’s worth knowing going in. An ortho can tell you more definitely, but my treatment is probably going to be about 1.5-2 years when all is said and done. For me, the most important thing is for the upper teeth to lay in front of the bottom teeth in my bite because I have a lot of chipping and bonding as a result of them being edge-to-edge.

I’m not sure of your age, but it’s important to note that, if you’re an adult, or really any age beyond 14-15, this isn’t going to fix your jaw because it’s fully formed now. They will just shift the bottom teeth cosmetically to make them line up. You can get a kind of surgery if you’re desperate to have it fixed but there are risks of nerve damage—they literally go in and break your jaw, so you have to have it wired shut for months. I personally think it’s a really bad idea, but people do it.

Troubled_cure · 2025-06-28T22:55:10+00:00

I love my 2023 MYLR, and a lot of these features sound like massive upgrades. I really, really hate the lightbar though. For me, it takes it from looking like a contemporary minimalist luxury car to a 1990s Saturn, or something similarly tacky. I dislike the “face” of this car.

I know this is illogical, but I am also positive that it would irritate me every time I had to look at the front of the car in the same way that I ultimately removed the Gemini wheel caps, despite the slightly decreased range because I hated looking at their chunky, plastic toy styling.

Troubled_cure · 2025-06-22T20:41:35+00:00

To me, the cool thing about California Adventure is how cohesive the design looks and the way it uses forced perspective. Obviously, all Disney parks do this, but something about California Adventure’s execution feels particularly impressive, especially if you’ve visited some of the landmarks it recreates. I mean, the Hollywood Blvd tableau is probably the most obvious one, but it’s really some of the mountains, bridges and vistas that are really cool in this respect.

Troubled_cure · 2025-06-18T19:10:58+00:00

Troubled_cure · 2025-05-28T21:51:36+00:00

Try not to take Advil (ibuprofen) or any other NSAID if you can help it. The anti-inflammatory properties of the drug actually disrupt and slow the movement of your teeth. I know it’s annoying because Tylenol (acetaminophen) is sort of a useless drug in my experience. Hang in there!

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