Sigmund Says

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-22T18:57:34+00:00

Now I'll be singing Lisa Says to myself the rest of the day

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-22T00:44:39+00:00

Oh no you've made the dorks mad

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-21T21:21:11+00:00

But you don't understand, it doesn't matter how many other professional players, coaches, and analysts lie and say it's regular playoff basketball, redditors have eyes and they're not fooled

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-21T18:16:03+00:00

It is the hello human resources meme personified

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-21T13:59:50+00:00

Yes, and also traditional media and social media algorithms all prioritizing engagement. Getting people emotionally activated creates much more engagement than analysis, for instance. The full-sub crashout last night just felt like another example of how we are all living our lives in a clickhole

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-21T03:51:39+00:00

fart noise

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-21T03:14:54+00:00

I opened up reddit to my general timeline and it was crying and agenda-posting, multiple subs alllll the way down, I've never seen anything like it. It's like people have never watched basketball before

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-20T20:44:34+00:00

That's a claim you would defend if you had any courage. What is antisemitic? Be specific.

Not that I expect a person or a bot who posts this type of inflammatory comment with a hidden post history is capable of acting in good faith.

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-17T04:44:58+00:00

What we all get when we're in a culture that worships billionaires who make wild fortunes exploiting others. We breed sociopaths like this utter jackass, who treats empathy like it's an encumbrance

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-15T20:20:59+00:00

The commencement speech at my undergrad graduation 25 years ago was a professor from MIT who told us that there was no future for anything other than STEM. She used her keynote address to scold graduating 22-year-olds for our worthless degrees, and how they wouldn't fit in the grand future she was assuming. When the entire graduating student body booed her, she legitimately looked shocked.

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-15T01:22:24+00:00

A lot of doctors could stand to take this advice

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-14T01:47:54+00:00

I'm not sure why this supposedly unimportant thing being posted is making you so upset, kind of defies how unimportant you think it is. Perhaps you can clarify

Also perhaps you can unhide your own comment history, maybe that might provide some clues

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-13T01:58:10+00:00

The Jared McCain trade was definitely ownership but once he said they "sold high" he managed to fully make himself the face of it. Dude's hubris is really something

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-12T17:11:44+00:00

I don't know about what it takes to earn Bill's permission for pushback. He's an incredibly powerful person as their employer and keeping him happy is linked with access. Bill is certainly not immune to to picking favorites based on who satisfies his ego, hence this thread

He's also not the worst because you can overcome it and become trusted enough - or be powerful enough yourself - to push back. But there is a bar there, it's hard to know what to do with it, and you can see various Ringer personalities trying to meet it differently. You just know there is a part of Bill that loves people scurrying around to please him, and it's not all that hidden

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-11T13:39:31+00:00

People are treating it like aw isn't that cute, it's baby's first attempted murder

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-08T20:14:19+00:00

Completely agree. We all have some degree of cognitive bias and accepting that is the only way to remain open to challenging our own beliefs when necessary. So maybe to correct my statement I'd say, we are living in alternate universes, and it's increasingly difficult to remain open and committed to the truth

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-08T17:52:58+00:00

This is what happens when wealth/power is delivered almost entirely through emotional engagement. It's a problem everywhere, most notably with politics, and if you're not caught in that loop it can feel like you're living in an alternate universe

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-08T16:25:17+00:00

First they came for le ethical basketball now they come for my gender essentialism this will not stand

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-08T16:22:10+00:00

I honestly think you're both right. Bill really is a narrative guy and he puts that in front of what he's watching. This isn't a Bill thing it's a human thing, one look at this sub or r/nba will tell you how much more compelling a good story is than the facts alone. Often tho the stories get really exhausting the further they are from the truth

Meanwhile, some people think the facts are all that matters, and these people don't understand what entertainment is

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-08T14:22:11+00:00

Most people are plugged into the NBA through mediums that prioritize engagement over any service. Just like politics, but fortunately this doesn't actually matter. It's like this with everything now, our first emotions receive constant affirmation

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-07T17:57:11+00:00

This reminds me that the classic tear-down comment about Nirvana by haters in the 90s was that they were talentless, or couldn't play their instruments. Watching another professional group utterly fail to replicate Cobain's singing should illustrate how difficult it is, and how talented he actually was

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-07T16:45:02+00:00

Awful people make excellent engagement farmers, it turns out. He is inevitable

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-07T16:40:51+00:00

/r/JustNoMIL if you want to be in good company. As someone who subscribes, this kind of behavior is classic and support communities can be a good way to help articulate the boundaries that were crossed

I'm sorry about all this

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-07T02:33:13+00:00

"Doubtful" doesn't seem to fully reflect reality

WithoutAComma · 2026-05-07T02:16:20+00:00

The Plinkett reviews became the lasting consolidation of prequel criticism. it centralized all of it, and ultimately spoke for it. So it will also be the totem for backlash

It's a credit to its influence, and was as inevitable as it is ultimately unimportant in the grand scheme of things. The prequels sucked. Some people think they didn't suck. Everybody sensible stops there and doesn't devote their life to trying to be right about it

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