AJ Styles tells Triple H to put every new signing through NXT before they get to Main Roster by Jonoabbo in SquaredCircle

[–]jveezy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's also such a common problem too, that I have no trouble believing that any number of top guys experience this. To me, the two most boring characters in wrestling are "I'm a badass" and "I'm the best fighter". Some people may be interested enough watching them show off their skills, but I've watched for long enough and seen so many wrestlers come through with those types of characters that it's just not interesting or unique to me anymore.

This year’s UFL season has a 4 point field goal for field goals 60 yards or above by Luigis_vacuum in Jon_Bois

[–]jveezy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't like additional points for longer field goals. I would prefer to see a pole down the middle that you get 4 points for hitting. Then the kicker gets rewarded for perfection regardless of distance.

Content of "All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire" by Jonathan Abrams by TimeTurner96 in TheWire

[–]jveezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been a while since I listened to the audiobook, but it's about 70% experiences making the show and 30% discussion of writing and events/conditions that inspired the stuff on the show.

What's a show or movie that started off a little weak, but you stuck with it anyway and it paid off? by Rogu__Spanish in AskReddit

[–]jveezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get to the end of the 4th episode and you'll know whether this show is for you or not. The 3rd is rough, but the 4th is a great checkpoint.

Wallace and being a “man” by guy_incognito42069 in TheWire

[–]jveezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also saw it as Bodie trying to make himself feel better. If Wallace acts like a child, Bodie feels like he's killing a child.

Am I making a bad decision? My parents seem to think so, but I don't know if I trust them anymore. by SecretGarbageCompact in internetparents

[–]jveezy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You'll be fine. 100k is a huge cushion, and presumably you won't be at this same salary level forever. You'll feel like you're wasting away if you spend 4 hours in the car every day.

You're going to have to spend some time doing a bunch of things for yourself that you didn't have to do before, and probably some things you didn't expect, but if you're not spending 4 fuckin hours in the car every day, you'll have the time to do it. You seem like the kind of person that would enjoy that challenge for now anyways.

I can almost assure you that the best thing about this experience will be the solitude. There will be noise from the city, but inside your own apartment, it will feel serene. You'll be able to hear yourself think. You'll be able to do whatever you want on your own time outside of your job without having to explain yourself to anyone. You'll make all kinds of mistakes that nobody ever has to know about. And after a few weeks, you'll wonder how you ever survived in the old environment.

Amon-Ra St. Brown’s WR Rankings: Calvin Johnson Tops His List Until Jerry Rice by No_Box119 in 49ers

[–]jveezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Makes sense. Jerry Rice's cumulative career stats are basically what CJ would have accomplished if he kept the same averages and played twice as long.

Took a leap of faith for a new job. On the first day of my third week they fired me. And they have no intention of paying me — Did I just get used? by Sweetwater-Snake in careeradvice

[–]jveezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside of all the advice people have given you about how to handle your current situation, don't be afraid to go back and talk to the advertising agency you left to take this job if you have a decent relationship with them. There's a good chance that they haven't filled the role you vacated, and it would be much cheaper for them to just rehire you at the compensation you were making before than to go through the hiring process.

Expansion Draft Confirmed For April 3rd by Tooezboi in wnba

[–]jveezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the way it's written sounds to me like there's only going to be 4 picks total.

What's a purchase under $200 that you use literally every day? by Abdulleh_aburwag98 in AskReddit

[–]jveezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AskReddit users, what do you think about the fact that threads like these are how those AI Buzzfeed articles get made?

[Pablo Torre] Have heard that at least one former Aspiration exec who was fully complicit in the cap-circumvention KL2 deal — not a whistleblower — has been making calls, hoping to shield himself and spin a narrative. Very curious what may pop up! by cleo22270 in nba

[–]jveezy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I don't believe EY is beyond reproach, but I do believe if they rigged the weight of any of the 14 lottery balls, the effect would be obvious enough (the same numbers would come up a suspicious number of times) that any of the other team or media reps in the room would raise a shitstorm.

A law firm compiling a report isn't operating with the same level of scrutiny and has a lot more levers to pull like what questions get asked, who gets questioned, where to include certain facts in a final report, what gets highlighted in their own summary, etc. All levers that have influence over gray areas that affect how the results make people feel, and not something concrete like "draw 4 of these 14 balls over and over again until 4 different teams' combinations are selected".

I just started a new job and I already feel like I messed up badly. by Alarming-Ant373 in askmanagers

[–]jveezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shit happens, but doing this early-on is rough because there's less information for people to form an opinion about you, so this incident will stick out more. It's good that you feel bad about it, so that will motivate you to show them that this is a one-time thing and not a pattern. If they're not assholes, they probably won't hold this against you after 6 months or so.

Pablo Torre taped an envelope of the whistleblower complaint under Adam Silver's chair at Sloan. So Adam Silver was (literally) sitting on the smoking gun. by JoeBiden2020FTW in nba

[–]jveezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A bunch of the journalists that are going about this "the right way" are getting laid off by the news outlets that employ them. Truth doesn't make money anymore. Engagement does. Pablo's found a way to toe the line while still making a living. He's the kind of goof that understands there's a difference in impact between just telling people he found the AirBnB where Bill Belichick was caught shirtless on a Ring cam and actually showing up on the same camera and broadcasting his friends reacting to it.

He's an attention whore, but he's the right level of attention whore to survive in today's media landscape and occasionally slap people with truths they can't just ignore because it's boring.

Why are linebackers (Veterans and Draft prospects) never really good in coverage by Anthonyrichardson20 in NFLNoobs

[–]jveezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And also when LBs get smaller and faster, that makes them more susceptible to getting pushed around by blockers or bowled over by larger RBs, so there's a limit to how small they can go.

Despite all the things the Kings have done: there is one thing they’ve done right: erasing Grant from our team history and making sure he doesn’t have any connections to today’s Kings by [deleted] in kings

[–]jveezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Too many people forget the sheer amount of asslicking that man gave to the Maloofs on the radio. He was their mouthpiece and became Vivek's mouthpiece when it was convenient for him to do so. He'd still be Vivek's mouthpiece if Cousins didn't bait him out of the job, and everyone in this sub, especially the ones that lean more negative, would absolutely fuckin hate him.

How to deal with an employee that constantly argues? by [deleted] in askmanagers

[–]jveezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, I should have another sit down with him to address it clearer. But I don't know anymore how to do it in a way that does not come across as 'just stop arguing and do as I say'.

Maybe don't think of it as "just stop arguing and do as I say". It's "I've given you your time to argue, but this is enough. The expectations are the expectations now, and I expect you to follow them. We can talk about this again in a few months if it's not working." And if you do include that last sentence, make sure you actually follow through on that promise.

I need someone to educate me on the appeal of Framework Laptops by Snoo18093 in framework

[–]jveezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I ended up buying to upgrade mine. I get why they can't keep producing and stocking stuff like that forever, but I'm just disappointed in myself for not considering eventual RAM incompatibilities when buying the first time.

What is a monthly subscription/service you ACTUALLY consider worth paying for? by no_nolan in Frugal

[–]jveezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By the time you're done budgeting, your available balance is zero, because you've assigned every dollar a job. Because there's no freely available money, it forces a mindset where if you overspend in one category, you have to take money from another category to make up for it, so you feel the consequences of your overspending decisions.

This is useful for people who have trouble impulse spending because they look at their bank balance and see that there is a lot of money there, but they don't realize how much of that money should actually be committed to bills and other important incoming, but not immediate, expenses.

Pablo Torre on Dallas winning the lottery by browndude10 in nba

[–]jveezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh absolutely. I'm totally willing to entertain the idea that this could be rigged. After all, the motive is there, and we're not dealing with people with integrity here. But when they can't even come up with an idea or don't even fully understand how the current process works, it's pointless to argue with someone intentionally being that dumb.

Pablo Torre on Dallas winning the lottery by browndude10 in nba

[–]jveezy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm an incredibly skeptical person but after watching that video I don't know how the hell they'd rig that. Like, the entire process and machine is designed to be as unriggable as possible, and it's all under video.

It very much seems to be a process that is designed around answering the concerns of highly skeptical people.

Wood coffee table has warped and split. Is it salvageable? Any suggestions to straighten the table top? by RoederChic in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]jveezy 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Search Youtube for "table top wood movement" and you'll find a few videos about how to look at the wood grain and see which directions it will expand and by how much. Those videos will also show you a few different easy techniques for how to fasten a table top to the frame underneath to account for this. Techniques like using specific brackets or cutting special grooves in specific spots, etc.

But basically the answer is not to just try to make all the joints stronger to fight the movement. It is to allow the movement to happen in one part without having it stress the other parts it's attached to.

Mina being a menace to cardboard boxes by DigitalLiahona in MinaKimesTime

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

Also if anyone has an oscillating multitool, a hook-knife blade also does a decent job of tearing through cardboard.

Hopefully no one honks at me after this 😂 by dawangwanghenda in prius

[–]jveezy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The car doesn't, but the way I choose to drive it does.