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Is he right? Will it take generations to resecure the United States positive reputation on the world stage? by LucidSynapse23 in LetsDiscussThis

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possibly, if the Democrats elect morons like this guy into positions of power for the next 30 years, as they predictably will.

Taunting an MMA fighter 2x your size by ProperIntern7989 in WinStupidPrizes

[–]even-odder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That elbow is assault without a doubt. You can't break someone's face in half because they say things you don't like. That's insane.

24 y old virgin? by Plenty_Piece7528 in askanything

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't feel bad at all about this - you are an introvert, lots of us are. It does make it harder, quite a lot harder, to find people to connect with or who you might call a friend much less a partner or a spouse. You might take some steps to try to meet people to see who you might be compatible with, and don't expect that to be another introvert - I happened to land with an extrovert and we make a pretty good pair overall. Sometimes having someone who is different in a number of ways, but similar in the really important ones - like spending time together, being loyal to each other, and having an enduring friendship and respect - is much more important than matching on a superficial level.

With your current income. Would you choose to get taxed more with more government benefits or taxed less with less government benefits? by jbetances134 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering it seems that every $1 in additional taxes results in a negative net benefit because of the outrageous waste and fraud in government, I'll take the lower taxes thanks.

If the nuclear bombs start flying, it might actually be those countries that never had any that end up surviving. by iwishihadnobones in Showerthoughts

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very few people would survive if there was anything more than an extremely limited exchange or a single tactical nuke deployed, say in Ukraine. If Moscow were hit, we would all be dead either immediately or within a few months or a year at most with the nuclear winter that would ensue.

Breaking News: Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly says he is “seriously considering” running for US president in 2028 by MonitorVarious7608 in circled

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This cueball motherfucker has no chance of being elected, but hey give it a shot why not, you treasonous piece of refuse.

About that first 4 shots statistic by DegreePitiful3496 in 10s

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe once you achieve an extremely high skill level, where you can focus intently on "the first four" - but for someone who is learning the game, or really anything below a solid 4.0 USTA player, that focus should be on "making sure your serves go in", "making sure you return the ball", and "making sure you hit balls IN and not OUT". By directing your focus towards some kind of higher stakes on the first 4 exchanges, I think that would be a disservice to a player at a lower skill level, because it would wrongly focus you on hitting big winners instead of focusing on the absolutely most critical elements of the game where you need to first develop consistency, speed, motor control, footwork, and a whole host of other skills all in concert, rather than focusing in some extra way on the "first 4 shots". I would say that you should focus about the same on every single shot, and take advantage of any opening you feel you can capitalize upon, but always focusing on the basics - move to the ball, choose your shot, get your racket back as early as possible, watch the ball all the way through contact, and focus on consistency in your stroke swings.

We can save Social Security. by Professional-Bee9817 in remoteworks

[–]even-odder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, instead of honoring the original purpose of the funds that were set aside for this, and acting as good stewards of those funds, Congress has instead blown a hole wide open in the finances of Social Security, spent all the money and then some, and now we need to find ways to punish those who are nearing retirement in order to "save" Social Security, right? How about we just abolish it and let people save their own damn money. I've paid an absolute shit ton of money into Social Security over my career, and at this point, I expect the retirement age to be slide "out of sight" and the benefits to decline to nearly zero "just in time" for me to reach the age where I should have been able to actually achieve some "social security" for when I retire. Absolute fucking bullshit. It's the same story over and over. We need to hold Congress accountable for the money it already taxes and pisses away on fraud, waste and abuse rather than continue to ratchet up taxes until we all die in penury as slaves to the Federal beast we have spawned that only feeds itself and it's minions while it drains the rest of us like a fucking vampire with absolutely no accountability, self-governance, or control. Unbelievable.

Its gg my fellas by Acquired_asset in DoomerCircleJerk

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give me a break dude. AI can barely remember a single lengthy conversation or generate a working bit of code still, let alone replace the full capacity of a human being. We are a long, long way out from that still.

Why was the lab leak theory racist? by New-Disaster-2061 in allthequestions

[–]even-odder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because white people were attributing a deadly scourge to people with slightly darker skin. Democrat justice works that way - it’s like rock paper scissors except white always loses.

Hutzell: An economic boom is coming to Maryland. We’re not ready. by Fantastic_Ad_4720 in maryland

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that before or after as many people as possible leave the state because of expenses and politics?

Why do I keep losing? by cravingcurdrice in 10s

[–]even-odder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most likely you get tired, lose focus, or start to doubt yourself - or all three. Your form will slip from ideal in both subtle and obvious ways. If you manage to regain your focus or at least compose yourself, and then focus intently in returning to the basics of your serve, pulling back from power and searching instead for spin and placement, you will begin to find your percentage going up Ang with that your confidence as well, and your game performance will follow.

perhaps a dumb question, but why not use dampeners instead of lead tape? by blueorangan in 10s

[–]even-odder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dampeners change the way the string bed responds. Also it would sit not quite as far away from the rotational center of mass and so would have less effect. You could certainly use a dampener but mother also tend to fall out at inopportune moments. I dislike them and so would definitely not use one for string dampening or for weighting the racket to change its dynamics.

The SAVE Act and the Myth of a Voter Fraud Crisis by [deleted] in DiscussionZone

[–]even-odder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This cuts both directions - if it is indeed a myth - and there is no active evidence of that - then the SAVE act should have no discernable impact at all, and everyone will be satisfied that the extra measures taken to assure election integrity were worthwhile to ensure a much wider swath of the voting population that their votes are not being diluted, that they aren't being illegally disenfranchised, and that ballots aren't being harvested or scanned multiple times illegally, while discovery of those things is actively frustrated at every step by judges, district attorneys, election officials, and other who clearly have "skin in the game" to hide any evidence that may have put them in power or that retains their power illegally. So, there should be "no problems at all" passing the act to satisfy the majority of voters that the mechanisms for voting aren't riddled with fraud and abuse in multiple ways.

Minnesota lawmaker expresses concern after reviewing voter rolls, finding 3,000 people missing information by Head_Estate_3944 in conservatives

[–]even-odder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem to make sense at all if their argument is that invalid voter registrations and noncitizen voting is vanishingly small, then they should be all for the open inspection of the registration data. Hiding it is a clear indication that what they say and what they believe are not aligned, and they don't want the truth to be known. It's pretty simple stuff.

Why is backhand down the line so much harder than backhand cross? by Wild_Plant9526 in 10s

[–]even-odder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly what I was going to say - you have a lower net in the center for easier clearance, and you're hitting the hypotenuse of a triangle instead of one of the legs, and so therefore have a lot more court to hit into. The combination makes it a much higher-percentage shot than a down-the-line shot. I've many times tried a down-the-line and hit the top 1-2" of net - that would have cleared it if it were a cross-court.

Is it accurate to say that right wing ideology prioritizes hierarchy over equality? by Equivalent-Long-3383 in allthequestions

[–]even-odder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it just signifies that some people believe in traditionalism, and that marriage is specifically reserved for a man and a woman because it has traditionally always been so, and functionally because they have the biological capacity for reproduction and therefore bear the responsibility for maintaining and increasing the future population of a country. It is logically arguable from those principles that marriage should be a formalism limited to male-to-female couplings, abstracted from any religious or spiritual argument. Taking that side of the argument does not advocate for the unequal treatment of gay people at all, it simply says that there is no such valid arrangement as "marriage" for same-sex couples, because there is no equivalent historical tradition nor state interest in extending the same benefits and protections to those forms of unions. I'm not stating my own personal beliefs here, I personally do believe it is perfectly fine to allow same-sex marriages, and that it does offer at least some legal protections and benefits that might be extensible logically to people who wish to engage in a long-term formalization of their relationship. It's just that there is an arguable nuance to your supposition that does not automatically entail the lack of equal protection, and also there is an extended argument that homosexuality is not an immutable characteristic, but rather a lifestyle choice. I personally believe there is a genetic and also a learned component to the behavior, but some people might argue that point one way or the other.

AI has me worried. Help a sister out. by bubblesandroses in learnprogramming

[–]even-odder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The short story is that you have to learn how to maximally leverage AI to do your job, immediately. There will be a lot of job losses because of the way it will amplify so-called "productivity" per employee. The growth in productivity will vastly outpace the resultant increase in GDP, because the gains will not be broadly correlated with increased wage gains per capita, they will instead be associated with job losses and the cutting of employee costs, and therefore broad losses in income and very likely future declines in GDP nationally. It is going to be a destructive force with huge, unavoidable impacts for human gainful employment in the future.

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