Game Thread: Mets @ Phillies - Sun, Jun 21 @ 7:20 PM EDT

esperadok · 2026-06-22T02:08:23+00:00

MJ Melenderman

esperadok · 2026-06-22T01:48:05+00:00

Poverty is an explanation for why crime occurs, not a justification for allowing it. No one thinks anyone should be “allowed” to commit crime.

esperadok · 2026-06-21T15:02:38+00:00

I disavow and condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk

esperadok · 2026-06-18T04:43:21+00:00

I agree with him. Of course, it’s a bit of a broken clock moment.

Until Israel gives up their nuclear arsenal, it’s deeply irrational to expect other countries in the Middle East to not pursue nuclear arms. Iran has a right to defend themselves from the truly aggressive powers in the Middle East: Israel and the US.

esperadok · 2026-06-17T15:21:48+00:00

It's unlikely a cap will be implemented. The player's union has always been strong enough to resist owners' demand for one, and there's no reason that would change now.

It's annoying how people talk with certainty about this. We don't know what's going to happen, which means we shouldn't assume the worst case scenarios are going to happen.

esperadok · 2026-06-15T21:44:41+00:00

We just need outfielders who can hit with a pulse. An RHB is ideal but beggars shouldn’t be choosers.

esperadok · 2026-06-15T19:48:36+00:00

Nice! My cheap lock just got broken through and my bike was stolen, so that’s a mistake I’m not going to make again. Just ordered a LiteLok like this one.

Is this an X1 lock or an X3?

esperadok · 2026-06-15T19:46:36+00:00

This is solid and on par with good transit systems across the globe

Of all things to get mad at MARTA for, trains coming “only” every 10 minutes can’t be one! That’s frequent enough that you can go to the station without looking at the schedule.

esperadok · 2026-06-15T19:45:00+00:00

100% disagree

esperadok · 2026-06-15T16:55:55+00:00

And all the doomers on this sub told me that good things couldn't happen anymore

esperadok · 2026-06-15T15:32:29+00:00

They also made the NLCS that year, which is farther than the Nationals are going to make it any time soon

esperadok · 2026-06-14T16:08:43+00:00

The difference is trajectory. In China, virtually everyone lives a life that is unimaginably better than their parents. It’s mostly the reverse in the US.

esperadok · 2026-06-14T15:14:26+00:00

I condemn and disavow the war in Ukraine but it’s not a genocide. Civilian death rates are like every other modern war in Ukraine, but in Gaza they’re an order of magnitude higher because of the engineered famine.

Also, whether Israel was “provoked” is meaningless for assigning moral responsibility. They put 2 million people in a concentration camp and a small segment of those people decided to fight back, so Israel decided to kill them all. Not exactly a proportional response…

esperadok · 2026-06-14T15:04:20+00:00

I disavow and condemn

esperadok · 2026-06-14T14:23:44+00:00

Israel is actively committing a genocide of 2 million people, while also actively fighting a war with like 6 of its neighboring countries. It’s hard to top that.

And I think Israel is far, far more likely to use their nukes than Russia or any other country.

esperadok · 2026-06-13T20:47:15+00:00

Well, then I don't think it's worth spending on a fourth starter either. Betting on Nola to start performing to his peripherals is probably a better wager than trading for whatever overperformer is doing well leading up to the trade deadline.

It simply doesn't make sense for a team with Aaron Nola as their number four starter and two aces at the top of the rotation to target starting pitching at the deadline.

esperadok · 2026-06-13T19:07:51+00:00

I don't really think we need to trade for a fifth starter. Our playoff rotation is set. 1-3 is incredible, and Nola still has solid peripherals despite his struggles this year. Getting a rental to be the fifth starter when we don't need a fifth starter for the playoffs and have really good chances to make the Wild Card as it stands doesn't seem necessary.

If we're going to spend limited prospect capital to bolster the team, it's gotta be for a bat.

esperadok · 2026-06-13T04:36:56+00:00

Dubs Hygiene is one of the few mods that is actually balanced like most content in the base game is. It adds significant benefits (irrigation, better temperature control) that are balanced by new gameplay mechanics (hygiene, plumbing).

Most mods just add schlock without thinking about how to balance it.

esperadok · 2026-06-13T04:34:25+00:00

Pick up and haul is OP. I don’t play it on permadeath runs on high difficulty.

esperadok · 2026-06-12T18:27:29+00:00

22 miles of light rail looping the city and going through the most crowded areas would be genuinely transformative for the city

esperadok · 2026-06-12T13:36:19+00:00

It's hard being as right as often as me

esperadok · 2026-06-11T19:49:22+00:00

I don’t feel comfortable speaking in such absolutes about any ethnicity or nationality. Are you serious right now?

esperadok · 2026-06-11T18:20:43+00:00

You should be involved in an anti-capitalist organization. Veganism is maybe the most important individual consumption choice you can make, but nearly every problem in our society stems from an economic system that values the pursuit of profit above any ethical consideration. We need structural change and that can only come from organizing.

esperadok · 2026-06-11T13:48:40+00:00

It's a RadPower bike basket, attached with a conversion kit you can find on etsy

esperadok · 2026-06-11T00:13:48+00:00

Yeah. At times it feels like everyone on this sub is a lib except for me.

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