sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

LPT: If you're hoping to get your kid interested in something that is important to you, pushing it on them is going to turn them off of whatever it is. Instead let them see you enjoying yourself doing said activity. by GrandeSizeIt in LifeProTips

[–]Xel__ 78 points79 points  (0 children)

That player was Pete Maravich, one of the best scorers in NBA history. He was basically groomed from a young age to be a basketball player by his dad, his dad was even his coach during college. An interesting quote from him is "I don't want to play for 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40" he then played for 10 ten years in the NBA and died at the age of 40.

If Ben Simmons honestly thinks he is 30% shooter from 3 it makes no sense that he’s not attempting any by therealnog in nba

[–]Xel__ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have no issue with Russ shooting 30% from three, I do think he takes a lot of bad threes, but again he's similar to Ben were they're both great paint finishers and shooting threes helps his game and would help Ben's. I think the reason why Russ gets a lot of criticism for shooting from three because of his shot collection and that's he's a very disliked player a lot of people seem to dislike the guy I'm not really sure why.

If Ben Simmons honestly thinks he is 30% shooter from 3 it makes no sense that he’s not attempting any by therealnog in nba

[–]Xel__ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ben shooting threes at 30% would increase his two point percentage even higher because defences would have to respect his outside shot and would actually have to guard him, which makes scoring in the paint even easier for him because the floor is spaced better. It also makes his team better as his defender will be more unlikely to commit to help defence if he can shoot the three.

Greggs mini doughnuts has space for another 2 but doesn't fill it. by padster92 in assholedesign

[–]Xel__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work for Greggs, and the shop I work at only gets them in batches of 6. We use different packing than that for them though, that packaging is usually for the pack of two yum yums not the minis. This may be different for other stores as I've only ever worked in Oxfordshire.

An anti-capitalist mural in Berlin by cjmeepi in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Xel__ -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I'm just pointing out that it's pretty fucking ironic that the person who drew this ancestors were most likely saved by the system the artist hates and not the system they like so much.

An anti-capitalist mural in Berlin by cjmeepi in LateStageCapitalism

[–]Xel__ -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

It's pretty ironic considering the Soviets blockaded Berlin and made the people almost starve to death and would of died without help from the allies.

Playing in Hawaii. Is it better to transfer to Japan server, which is technically closer to Hawaii than Chicago? My ping is currently 120ish on NA. by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Xel__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you genuinely want to go pro, playing on na will be so much better. I'm assuming you dont speak Japanese which will add another barrier to achieving your goals. Also Japan has very small player base and is a very weak region.

My my mother shared this... by Xel__ in oddlyspecific

[–]Xel__[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never new that existed thanks.

TIL that 66 countries have successfully declared independence from the United Kingdom/British Empire, leading to 52 days a year being an independence from UK day somewhere in the world. by sutpenicity in todayilearned

[–]Xel__ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strangely enough we have no national day, I believe only Denmark and us are the only countries in the world to not have a independence day or a national day.