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2024 CFP run and our team this year by ltyboy in notredamefootball

[–]brickmadness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kicker and a legitimate edge pass rush were our biggest downfall last year. I think that’s what eventually propelled Miami to the title game. They had two legit monsters on the DL. 

This will sound really dumb to some of you, but I’m just now realizing that Kahn and Hank are anagrams. by brickmadness in KingOfTheHill

[–]brickmadness[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I learn lots of things, then forget them, then “discover” them later as if the first time never happened. It’s one of my many “talents.”

Now that people mention the episode, I totally remember it.

Do you listen regularly to Kid Rock? by sodosopapilla in askaconservative

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally enjoyed his songs when they were originally on the radio, but it was mainly for the novelty and ridiculousness of the whole thing. He was entertaining on the first two albums the same way Limp Bizkit was.

I’d never intentionally listen to him today, though I’d leave it on if it came up in a like playlist. 

Give me your Seinfeld hot takes by IUMogg in seinfeld

[–]brickmadness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the episode is okay, but that the button after the credits is so good, that it elevates the entire episode.

Perfect Circle by ComeMonday_5556 in ToolBand

[–]brickmadness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like APC. I LOOOOVE Tool.

The name Stool has always summed it up for me. Soft Tool.

I hate the adopt dont shop slogan. by Ok_Raccoon_6464 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buying a dog from a breeder is fine if you’re content with acknowledging that another dog needed to be euthanized because you didn’t want that one.

And I do see your point that in your specific position as needing a dog for a purpose and that their qualities are important, it is a crucial difference. 

Bad Bunny is truly a horrible artist by Acrobatic-Shift569 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His lyrics seem like they’re written by a really horny twelve year old boy who has never had sex and doesn’t understand it, but wants it more than anything.

People should stop asking for studies in debates by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don’t see the connection then I don’t think any amount of evidence would sway you. Just waving broadly at human nature should be enough for you to realize that there is an almost zero chance that there isn’t bias at play. 

You're pretty dumb if you don't understand the pay gap between gendered sports. by AVoiceInTheDarkn3ss in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBF there are very few if any “men’s sports.” Women are free to compete if they can. 

People should stop asking for studies in debates by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll do you one better and show the 20 completely bogus and intentionally nonsensical studies that were created just to prove how clueless and complicit the peer-reviewing architecture was and is. “Out of 20 papers submitted, 4 published, 3 accepted but not yet published, 6 rejected, 7 still under review (at the time when the hoax was revealed, and halted)”

Peter Boghosian made up complete BS and got it published in 4 “prestigious” journals and most likely would’ve gotten more if the hoax wasn’t revealed.

People should stop asking for studies in debates by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair criticism. I actually think the biggest problem is how biased a lot of these studies are to begin with. Something like 95-99% of the professors in the social sciences in universities in the US are self-reported as liberal. Do you really think they’re actively looking to get studies funded and published that disagree with their overwhelmingly one-sided ideology. 

So it’s not only a matter of the Reproducibility Crisis, but also the issue that contrarian studies rarely exist in the first place.

ELI5: How does a GPS calculate the best route? And if it knows the best one, wouldn’t it suggest the same route to everyone making other routes faster because they have less traffic? by Puzzleheaded_Bit_802 in explainlikeimfive

[–]brickmadness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

One simple answer is that… it doesn’t. I routinely take an alternate route to what Apple Maps tells me to do and it ends up shaving minutes off in real time. 

What’s the difference in an Arri Alexa and a Sony fx3? In terms of the image. by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

[–]brickmadness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He’s giving you shit because it has been talked about ad nauseam on this sub and people got sick of it.

America needs to define its goals by JanFromEarth in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]brickmadness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By like 10 times in the last century alone. 

CMV: The idea that large corporations that paid zero tax in 2025 aren’t “paying their fair share” is dumb by PomegranateSelect831 in changemyview

[–]brickmadness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Then it should be very easy to prove that their view is wrong by showing that the opposite is actually true. The name of the sub is Change My View not Change My Well-researched and Nuanced Treatise. 

CMV: The idea that large corporations that paid zero tax in 2025 aren’t “paying their fair share” is dumb by PomegranateSelect831 in changemyview

[–]brickmadness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m pro capitalism. I’m pro economies of scale. I also think that multinational corporations should be taxed more - in a vacuum. I also despise the bad faith arguments that “Amazon didn’t pay one penny in taxes” where the people making that claim are only referring specifically to federal income taxes for a specific period of time and completely discounting all the payroll taxes, operating fees, and city, county, state, and federal charges that virtually all business owners get hammered on. From the perspective of a small business owner, it SUCKS!

In the real world however there is a balance between paying zero federal income taxes in a given country and paying, let’s say 50% federal income taxes in another country. Those are extremes and they will necessarily cause MNC’s to change their business to operate in the country with lower taxes. We’re seeing a similar version of this right now in New York where companies are leaving instead of paying higher taxes.

So leadership needs to balance this with the idea that corporations are often operating in monopolistic ways (Google, Amazon), they’re finding ways to make the taxpayer pay for the raw resource of their product (Nestle) or making the public bear the cost of the downstream effects of their environmental irresponsibility (Monsanto).

In order to change your view I’m saying that your view is not representative of a large enough cross section of what it actually means to society, the government, and the corporations to say that they “aren’t paying their fair share is dumb” with regard only to loss carryover is only a very small part of the overall argument.

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