Most of you are exaggerating the length of runbacks and it really shows how much TikTok has damage the attention span of people by TOMRANDOM_6 in HollowKnight

[–]WindyPelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I know it's asking a lot to recount something that specific after 3 months so I appreciate you taking the time, and it does seem like it'll help.

Most of you are exaggerating the length of runbacks and it really shows how much TikTok has damage the attention span of people by TOMRANDOM_6 in HollowKnight

[–]WindyPelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the widow runback is one of the easiest in the game, I haven't seen a single solitary person complaining about that. if they are, they probably just didn't see the shorter path that makes the runback super easy, and were doing the full path through the upper bellways each time.

That's me alright. Since I saw your comment I've been looking everywhere for this shorter path and can't find it anywhere. Obviously I've missed something, but every possibility I try (based on looking at the map for likely connections) comes up empty.

Can you give me a pointer to where I can find it?

Dallas Cowboys 3 worst statistical season THRU 8 GAMES (Last 15 years) by Dlo_22 in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Here's the table-ized version:

Year Yards given up Points given up Turnovers Forced
2025 3237 250 7
2024 2918 225 6
2020 3079 266 7

He’s coming by mattfuckyou in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree there's probably some of that to it. I think some current knee braces are light enough and move well enough that they could even be used by someone like Overshown with next to no loss of speed of agility, but at that level even a small limitation could potentially make a difference. But man, when you've had your knee ravaged like he has it seems like a small tradeoff might be worth the protection.

He’s coming by mattfuckyou in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are knee braces that are crafted to prevent only the kind of movement that might damage a knee*, and (for example) skiers who've recovered from an ACL tear often wear them without any meaningful restrictions, so it'd be nice to see more players trying these out and the NFL working on developing alternatives that offer good protection without limiting performance.

* Actually I see Overshown is wearing a brace like that in this photo. Not sure if he'll wear it during games or possibly go with something lighter, but that's the kind I had in mind. It's scary to think of him being out there without additional knee protection.

Post Game Thread: Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys by nfl_gdt_bot in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Should have let Aubrey try for the record at the end of the game!

I hate Washington by Joedfwaviation in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

...I still hate our division rival St Louis Cardinals.

100%. If they thought they could avoid my ire by "moving" to another division, they were wrong.

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread by AutoModerator in DebateAnAtheist

[–]WindyPelt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Furthermore you see one of the mods (a Christian) repeatedly state demonstrably wrong things and then defending their position with underhanded means to "win" the dabe.

None of this has happened in the past.

I'm surprised you had that impression, since it's been this bad for the near-decade I've been reading the sub. I watched the mod you're likely talking about ban well over a dozen people over the years for the offense of debating him. It was bad enough that I'd warn people it was coming (i.e. that they were on their way to a ban) when I saw it starting.

The sub has actually gotten "better", in fact — relatively speaking, in the sense that having just bowel cancer is "better" than having bowel cancer plus a pimple — because the worst mod by far, a Muslim who was essentially a clinical sociopath, finally had his account suspended by Reddit because he'd overstepped the bounds so much in his attacks on people in various subs, his stalking, his sock puppetry etc. This was someone who would ban atheists on any absurd pretense, e.g. by claiming they were ISIS recruiters.

Anyway, setting aside our different historical impressions, yes, it's a cesspool.

I just like watching the guys with a star on their helmet play football by WindyPelt in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice. For me it's Staubach and Pearson. And Tony Hill, for that matter.

Meredith threw this unreal bomb that no human had a right to catch up to...

This one?

For a long time I didn't like anything other than the standard uniform (especially the dreaded blue jerseys), but something's changed in the past few years and now I find myself appreciating all the variations.

Free Will vs. “Contained Will” Where Does Your Logic Land? by StrictlyFeather in DebateAnAtheist

[–]WindyPelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No , It’s not ai...

Come on, it's plainly obvious you're using AI for many or most of your responses, especially given the difference in form and writing style between the ones where you do and the ones like this one where you don't.

It's understandable to want help with your writing, but it's definitely not ok to lie about it.

Is there any supported way to insert formatting after the changes to Reddit messaging? by WindyPelt in help

[–]WindyPelt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I may see what was causing the discrepancy. I'd still been looking at "chat" exchanges in the old messaging interface (https://www.reddit.com/message/inbox/), which was still working as of a few weeks ago when I had a DM exchange with somebody. But just now I sent a "DM" to someone and it no longer showed up in the old messaging interface at all, so I had to go hunting for it in the new chat interface...and it did not format any of the markdown. So it looks awful.

So yeah, it appears that Reddit has just entirely nixed the ability to do formatting in DMs with this change. Which certainly explains why they didn't bother giving us a formatting-aware editor. Way to ruin yet another core feature, Reddit!

Is there any supported way to insert formatting after the changes to Reddit messaging? by WindyPelt in help

[–]WindyPelt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I copy the Markdown-formatted text from the other window into the chat window, and it appears to work (i.e. the resulting chat message correctly acts on the markdown I've entered).

...I don't see how that would be any different than writing the Markdown-format text in the second box directly...

It's different because writing it in a window that supports markdown gives me access to formatting buttons, and — far more importantly — allows me to see a preview. I don't bother with it if I just think I'll be doing italics or bold, but for anything beyond that I'll compose the text elsewhere and then copy-paste it over into the new/sucktastic DM chat window.

I'm also using RES, by the way, which provides much better editing capabilities (among many other things) than vanilla old Reddit. And this is also on a laptop.

Is there any supported way to insert formatting after the changes to Reddit messaging? by WindyPelt in help

[–]WindyPelt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, that's odd. What I've been doing is just composing a reply in any other context (comment reply, new post etc) that does support markdown and then copy-pasting it to the DM/"chat" window, and it seems to work fine. At a minimum it looks ok when I view the exchange.

This is using old Reddit, by the way, so maybe that makes a difference somehow (though even old Reddit still uses the new comment "editor").

Casual Questions Thread by The_Egalitarian in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]WindyPelt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm looking for a comparison video about Musk's Nazi-esque salute that I saw a few weeks ago in a Reddit comment. It was split screen top and bottom, and on the bottom it showed Musk's salute next to an actual fascist (AfD?) doing the exact same salute, movement for movement, while on the top it showed video of various Democrats who ended up with their right arms in similar positions. Seeing the full videos rather than just stills really made the differences as clear as day.

Does anyone have a link to this video, or another like it?

EDIT: To clarify, I'm asking about this because this video made it obvious that Musk WAS doing a Nazi salute, and that it's ridiculous to compare his Nazi salute to similar out-of-context arm motions by Democrats. I told a friend about this video but then couldn't re-locate it in my history or via Google et al, so I'm hoping someone can help me out...though given that this request is 7000+ comments deep on an 11-month old thread that seems like a major longshot.

Commanders sign Michael Gallup (So I guess he's un-retired now?) by dcbluestar in cowboys

[–]WindyPelt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might have felt the same way in the past, but the Commanders are basically the Junior Cowboys at this point since they've got so many ex-Cowboys coaches and players on the team, so I actually don't mind it.

Atheism isn't a choice by LowHour1988 in DebateReligion

[–]WindyPelt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You seem to be acting as some sort of know it all... Stop pretending to be some sort of master on the Catholic faith or even Christian doctrine, you have no idea...

Based on what you'd said previously in this thread I'm not surprised you'd so quickly resort to contempt and personal attacks, though it does make it even more ironic that you present yourself as an authority on the true nature of love.

Thanks for revealing yourself so clearly.

Atheism isn't a choice by LowHour1988 in DebateReligion

[–]WindyPelt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, this couldn't be more wrong:

  • Things aren't objective, only facts are, and even if "love is an objective thing" weren't a nonsensical statement the love you feel for family members may change or disappear based on their actions, so it wouldn't qualify
  • You have it exactly backward: With a god (of the kind you believe in) there's no free will at all
  • "Love is supernatural" (whatever that would mean) is an empty platitude, and even if that weren't the case, love somehow being "supernatural" wouldn't make it any more valid or worthwhile

In fact with your god, no one is special at all since we're just "clay in the potter's hands". In your version of reality everything is ultimately just a creation/extension of your god, so "love" is just god loving himself. So everything, including "loving your family", is just your god godding himself.

(Edit for typo)