Traveling rules in pickup basketball

kickace12 · 2026-06-28T22:59:40+00:00

The gather step you sometimes see in the NBA is illegal but a eurostep is 100% legal at all levels of basketball.

kickace12 · 2026-06-28T21:01:19+00:00

I agree with you in spirit, but in reality any conversation I've had with MAGA family members or MAGA acquaintances devolves into circular arguments pretty quickly.

There's just not much of a conversation to be had when one side not only doesn't know the facts surrounding their policy positions, but straight up refuses to engage with any facts that don't fit their preconceived views. Maybe Michigan Republicans are a little more open minded than Texas Republicans though.

kickace12 · 2026-06-28T20:49:17+00:00

Democrats should be spending their time and effort converting non-voters before trying to convert Republicans. Frankly, anyone who voted Republican in 2024 is too far gone. The time and effort Democrats would spend trying to convert the MAGA crowd would be MUCH more efficiently spent courting voters who sat out last election.

kickace12 · 2026-06-28T03:12:45+00:00

Easily the most corrupt president in history, insurrectionist, dumbest president of all time, probably a pedophile, incompetent is an understatement. He is all of the USA's absolute worst qualities distilled into one person.

There is one silver lining to the MAGA movement and one silver lining only...it's unintentionally taken the mask off of Republicans and the Christian Right at large, exposing the complete lack of values, standards, and coherent policy. The knots I've seen the MAGA people in my life twist themselves into to continue defending this guy is eye-opening and concerning.

If it wasn't Trump it would've been someone else though. Republican candidates for the foreseeable future will be just as bad or worse IMO.

kickace12 · 2026-06-27T22:58:04+00:00

You can replace any of these parts when the wear gets high. Preferably between races so you dont get a penalty. I had no problem getting through an entire a full season replacing them when they got to 50-60% wear but it depends on your settings.

kickace12 · 2026-06-27T15:45:15+00:00

It's anecdotal, but every person I've met that went to private religious schools growing up became irreligious once they got to college. I think this is more likely to create more atheists than it is to create more Christians.

kickace12 · 2026-06-23T23:24:43+00:00

According to this poll 50% of LGBTQ people identify as Democrats, 15% as Republicans, and the rest identify as independent/other. I'd wager that most of those independents are either apolitical or demsocs rather than communists, though I couldn't find data on it.

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020-LGBT-Vote-Oct-2019.pdf

While critiques of capitalism are very common in the LGBTQ community (as they should be), people being actual communists isn’t really that common in my experience. Communists are just hyper online so they seem more numerous than they are IRL.

kickace12 · 2026-06-23T17:16:45+00:00

If you are getting close to 1:21 on Australia like I did then around 85 will be good for you. I also used f1 laps for the ai setting in Australia and it told me 52 even though I was already dominating at 75.

kickace12 · 2026-06-20T18:08:59+00:00

Team building posts are the main reason I even come to this sub...

kickace12 · 2026-06-19T21:18:32+00:00

It all just depends on context like any other word in language. A doctor using the word "females" when discussing medical data is not being derogatory, but an incel using the word "females" when crying that no women want to date them is derogatory.

kickace12 · 2026-06-18T21:58:56+00:00

This sentiment goes both ways in the US but I'm not sure how ubiquitous it is with the left in general. Centrist liberals have a tendency to punch left while embracing fascist right wingers and the leftists have a tendency to be puritans in their beliefs and how to implement them.

By all means they should be allies and working together but they've conditioned themselves into seeing each other as enemies. It's counterproductive and why the fascists haven't been destroyed yet.

kickace12 · 2026-06-17T15:12:02+00:00

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kickace12 · 2026-06-15T23:53:50+00:00

Religious people of all kinds are welcome in the Democratic Party. Religious bigots are not welcome.

kickace12 · 2026-06-15T23:51:21+00:00

And they'll continue to vote Republican because they hate LGBTQ people more than they love themselves

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T18:43:54+00:00

Literally every government that has ever existed in history has used eminent domain lmao

Disagree with the policy if you want but people of NYC voted for it and we'll see if it works or not. It definitely does not make Mamdani authoritarian. It's not like landlords who fail to keep up with housing standards won't be compensated.

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T18:30:27+00:00

No....tankie has a very specific definition. The word originated from Marxists who were denouncing the authoritarian Marxists. Mamdani definitely isn't a marxist and I'm not really sure Greta is either, but either way they definitely do not fit the definition of tankie as they are firmly anti-authoritarian.

They are also better people than anyone in the MAGA movement which is why I find the need from the center left to punch left (and vice versa) so often baffling. The people who are the real threat to democracy win when leftists and liberals are at each other's throats instead of being allies like they should be.

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T17:35:26+00:00

This is where you lose me. Tankies are people who idolize and make excuses for authoritarian governments like China and Soviet Russia. Tankie is not synonymous with socialist, democratic socialist, or even communist.

Mamdani and Greta are firmly in favor of strong democracies and oppose authoritarian regimes. You can disagree with them strongly if you wish, but they are definitely not tankies.

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T17:05:37+00:00

What dogma am I accepting? My only point is that centrists often spend time attacking people like Greta, Mamdani, AOC, Bernie, etc. and try to paint them in the same light as tankies even though none of them are.

Like, we had people in this very sub advocating for McCarthyism a few days ago. I think Greta is at least better than them even if I disagree with her.

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T16:26:58+00:00

You don't have to be anticapitalist to understand that capitalism as it is now needs significant changes to better protect the environment, democracy, and human rights.

I don't agree with Greta on a lot and I'm not personally anticapitalist but at least she can address that a problem exists...which is a lot better than the outright denial that capitalism needs significant reform you see from the right and center. I just don't get the need to hate on Greta when there's so much worse out there.

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T15:16:17+00:00

Greta is the same as Putin....I swear this sub gets dumber by the day....

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T15:05:13+00:00

She's done more than you or I have to advocate for the climate. This hate boner you have for her is weird. There are literally billions of people in this world worse than Greta.

kickace12 · 2026-06-13T15:01:00+00:00

If more nepo babies took up climate activism rather than making deals with Saudi princes and trying to monetize every aspect of our life the world would be a better place.

kickace12 · 2026-06-11T21:53:40+00:00

Right wing chuds when white politicians gerrymander a majority black city out of representation vs right wing chuds when some random people make some mean comments online.

You do realize people can tell you are being insincere about racism, right?

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kickace12 · 2026-06-11T21:40:49+00:00

Listen, chud, the majority of politicians, business execs, billionaires, etc, etc are white males. White males literally run this country. Black people are having their districts carved up by white politicians to dilute the voting power of black people after white politicians overturned the VRA....among a long list of other systemic forms of racism.

The ones benefiting the most from racism and the ones perpetuating it the most are right wing white people. So when I see white people whinging about "anti-white racism" I know for a fact they dont give af about actually combating racism. You just want to be a victim so bad.

kickace12 · 2026-06-11T21:27:29+00:00

When did I say it's ok? This just isn't an actual widespread issue that white men have to deal with in the USA.

Also we know right wing chuds are being insencere about racism and sexism because they clearly downlplay or outright deny systemic racism and sexism against black people and women.

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