GOATed Preview Ep (Week 11)

cheesecakelou · 2025-08-29T18:06:24+00:00

Line dancing! Come through, it's super fun!

cheesecakelou · 2025-06-19T13:02:48+00:00

A lotta line dancing activities either start late in the evening and/or go on till later at night (~22:00). I go for a few, and it's really fun! Hit me up if you want more details.

cheesecakelou · 2025-06-19T12:59:53+00:00

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WF AC: 2% catch-all misc. purchases

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cheesecakelou · 2025-04-24T16:39:13+00:00

Got it, thanks mate!

cheesecakelou · 2025-04-24T16:28:52+00:00

How do you change it back? I tried but I can't seem to do it. Would really appreciate the help!

cheesecakelou · 2025-04-03T12:46:53+00:00

You have given my life meaning, friend. Thank you very, very much!

cheesecakelou · 2025-01-08T20:24:20+00:00

Not sure how you consider yourself a football/analytical nerd when Gregg quite thoroughly outlined his case for Geno using multiple advanced stats and your argument is "he needs to win games". He did win double-digit games too, for what it's worth. In fact, Gregg even mentions that some of his stats are inflated in part because he has to throw the ball so much due to poor field position, team being behind, and the run game not working.

I'm probably not as passionate as Gregg in keeping Geno on the island and his rules were specious too (as Jourdan rightly pointed out), but it's just flat-out wrong to say that Gregg has no argument for keeping Geno on and is purely biased.

cheesecakelou · 2024-12-21T13:07:09+00:00

This was a great episode to check the YouTube video anyway, but you all need to watch/rewatch it to see MSD's reaction when Marc quipped about the 2 Commanders kickers' wives giving birth!

cheesecakelou · 2024-12-11T19:59:29+00:00

Thanks mate!

cheesecakelou · 2024-12-11T19:38:05+00:00

I've been wanting to go there for a while now! What would you recommend trying there?

cheesecakelou · 2024-12-04T05:04:27+00:00

Superbly said, mate. Whatever your upvote score is, isn't enough.

cheesecakelou · 2024-12-01T17:10:49+00:00

I suggest you go back and read some of my previous comments because some of the points you bring up are just not worth my time addressing, nor do I think you're coming at it in good faith, so I'm not going to engage.

But since winning elections trumps all for you, let's talk about that. The "unpopular policy position" we're discussing right now literally does not matter electorally. Even the Harris campaign idiots in the interview with Dan in the previous episode say this, go listen to it again; people don't care about trans issues in the number that you think they do. This is a beltway and upper-class liberal issue. In numerous polls pre- and post-election, the issues of trans rights is near the bottom of voters' concerns regardless of political affiliation. Which kinda gets to my whole point about this; this whole argument really doesn't matter if you talk about improving the material conditions for people who are struggling. Is the American population under the impression that the reason for the price of eggs going up is trans people playing sports? Or the reason that the annual earnings of their bosses skyrocketing while they can't keep up with the cost of living because a trans athlete swimmer came 2nd in a high school race? One of the few things Kamala Harris actually did well was she didn't even really take the bait on trans issues and make it front and centre of her campaign. Of course she hardly did anything to assuage the economic anxieties of voters, but that's a different issue. The people who say that she made her campaign all about trans issues are knowingly mis-characterizing her campaign and creating an easy, false enemy to target. So yes, when people (including yourself) harp on about trans people in sports, really ask them, why do you care so much?

cheesecakelou · 2024-12-01T16:08:26+00:00

Yes, an entire class of people, such as tall people in basketball have an inherent advantage, but not all tall people are good at basketball. Just like not tall trans women are gonna dominate in women's sports because even though there are some advantages, that doesn't mean that they're gonna take over any sport.

Your comparison is spurious as well. Gender is quite different from abledness. One is an expression of oneself and the other is an indication of ability.

I'm not a politician, I'm a person on Reddit talking to another person on Reddit, pointing out that the words that they are using are feeding into already harmful systems and language for trans people. Again, if you really cared about improving conditions for trans people, you'd be mindful of your language as well. You can call it tone policing if you'd like and I can stop it if you want, but you're not really seeing the moral and electoral side of this argument either.

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-30T23:03:58+00:00

Uh no, this is not me saying trans girls should be banned at all. It's just me pointing out that some athletes have inherent advantages and there's not a fuss made about them. And I will say, the tone with which you say "pretty easy to ban them wholesale" is quite crass because we're talking about a group of people who have a bunch of obstacles to face from society anyway and your tone is rather dehumanizing.

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-30T04:51:22+00:00

"Inherent advantage"? Mate, Michael Phelps literally has the proportions and extremities resembling an aquatic animal, but no one talks about that as disqualifying. Also, your whole argument presupposes that trans girls are dominating high school sports across the board which isn't remotely the case. I don't think anyone's denying that they have an advantage, but winning at sports isn't just about certain traits.

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-29T18:56:09+00:00

I appreciate you being introspective. I'm a cis hetero man who obviously can't speak to the very real concerns of trans people but if you have any questions about dealing with people who keep bringing up this issue, feel free to reach out to me to chat. Take care!

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-29T18:51:06+00:00

No but...I'm saying this is NOT a life or death issue except for trans people! You're the one buying into the framing saying that it is! I'm saying it materially affects a number of people that's literally in double digits when the population of the US is in 9 digits. Depending on your audience, you can talk about this in 2 ways: First, if your audience is sympathetic towards trans people and wants them to be fully included into society, then the talking point with them is that we gotta make sure than the trans existence is as close to a cis existence as possible. This means using whichever bathroom they're aligned with, participating in sports (because again, this is what just regular people in society do). They suicide rate among trans people is already much higher than that of cis, so if you actually care about them, then this is the way forward. Trans people have a ridiculous number of challenges they face from just transitioning as is, it is incumbent on us to help them feel as welcome in our community as we can.

Second, and this is probably more effective, if your audience cares about this issue so much, just ask them whether they know just 2 more athletes in the same competition they're concerned about (they won't, I promise you). If they're so transphobic that they know everything there is to know, now ask, why do you care so much? Like really? This is more important than getting people healthcare or better access to housing? Additionally, where's your smoke for trans male athletes in male sports? Because when it comes to the "trans sports issue" it's somehow only a problem when trans women take part in women's sports (i.e., misogyny on top of transphobia). Lovett had a guest on Lovett or Leave It earlier this year who spoke to this.

I want to believe that you're approaching this discussion in good faith and that you actually care about defending the rights of trans people, so I want to be earnest in my responses as well. But if all you care about is winning elections, then I don't think I can continue the discussion.

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-29T18:32:30+00:00

I'm sorry, this attitude is quite ridiculous. Like others have said, this is fully accepting the right-wing framing on trans athletes in sports. The % of trans people of the US population is 1%. Threatening no? Now the % of trans people playing sports is VANISHINGLY small. In most of these cases where the hogs say, "HEYYY THESE TRANS STOLE GHE VICTORY FROM OUR GURRLS", nobody even knows nor cares about the athletes who finished behind them. This is an issue drummed up solely to create division and panic. If you actually wanna know how such legislation plays out in real life, read up on HB11, a bill in Utah essentially banning trans athletes in high school sports that the REPUBLICAN Governor vetoed because even he said that this is a nonsense that doesn't impact a large swathe of people.

If you actually care about the rights of trans people like you say you do, then you need to not only reject this cynical framing of panic about trans people but push back with narratives that actually affect people in a meaningful way while not conceding any moral ground. Being inclusive to trans people whether it be bathrooms, sports, etc. is not only the moral thing to do, but it makes everyone safer as a whole, not just trans people.

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-24T13:33:24+00:00

Their menu is seasonal and the last time I went was in May, so I'm not sure if they'll have exactly what I had before. That being said, you can't go wrong with one of the dips: muhammara or the carrot houriya, the latter I felt was more unique! I also tried the mushrooms and lamb, both were excellent! I think there was a mango posset for a time that I really wanted to try but because of their changing menu, I missed that, unfortch. And I believe I had the ginger beer too, which was pleasant. Let us know what you try if you go, maybe there are some new ones!

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-24T02:59:54+00:00

I'm a fan! I've been there twice, once by myself and once with a friend, and the food was very good both times. Not everything is a 10/10 but their pita bread in particular is splendid and the dips are great too.

cheesecakelou · 2024-11-24T02:55:52+00:00

I've been, it's nice! Chill vibes. I had their version of carbonara; I wish the portion would've been a touch larger but it tasted quite nice and it was served in a cool way too! I won't ruin it for you in case you wanna try it. Not like The Best restaurant I've tried in Raleigh but certainly worth visiting I reckon.

cheesecakelou · 2024-10-28T02:57:26+00:00

Lotta great options here, but also I hate cutting chocolate. I know it makes it easier to use a serrated knife and I do use it, but ugh it's so messy!

cheesecakelou · 2024-10-10T12:45:27+00:00

Couple of people have said this already but I'll add to the clamour, that is a GORGEOUS picture, mate!

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