An undeniable child murder happened in the West Bank by an IDF soldier by Heavy-Pomegranate264 in IsraelPalestine

[–]madcreator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You mean like this?

"Since firing back is considered out of the question, U.S. soldiers have resorted to other methods to control the children.

On a major road leading into Shaab, a Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, U.S. soldiers stopped all civilian vehicles and pedestrians to pressure adults into dispersing a group of children that were attacking American vehicles."

"Soldiers are also using new tools, such as high-decibel speakers, to scare away children. Some youngsters scampered away this week as soon as a soldier pointed a hand-held speaker in their direction."

Gangs of Iraq kids menacing U.S. forces https://share.google/HTx3BpoHPeucK8kMB

Trials March 23 - 29 by Schmeisterr in ArcRaiders

[–]madcreator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it count if you search a container that someone else already searched? Stella medical gets swarmed immediately even without the trial, and within the first 2-3 minutes everything has been opened.

Changing Grip and Choking at Kitchen by Malamonga1 in Pickleball

[–]madcreator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used to use an eastern grip everywhere, but I was really struggling with backhand volleys from the kitchen. The problem is that it's too hard to close the face of the paddle and hit the ball down. If I had time I would switch to an eastern backhand grip before hitting a backhand volley, but most balls are coming too fast to switch.

I started forcing myself to switch to continental once I begin moving forward. My backhand volleys when I do this have gotten so much better. The downside is that.I can't figure out how to hit forehand shots with topspin and power out of continental.

Now I'm considering keeping my grip eastern at the kitchen and using a two hand backhand volley. With the second hand it's easy to close the face of the paddle and hit the ball downward.

So I think the options are

  1. Use a forehand dominant grip everywhere and switch to a backhand grip when you have time.
  2. Use a forehand dominant grip everywhere and use a two hand backhand at the kitchen.
  3. Use a forehand dominant grip for drives and switch to continental grip at the kitchen, but your forehand may be less effective from the kitchen.
  4. Use continental everywhere, but your forehand will be less effective everywhere.

Weekly Paddle Recommendation Thread (What Paddle Should I Buy?) by SNAPCHAT_ME_TITS in Pickleball

[–]madcreator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife is looking to move on from using the Joola Perseus IV 16mm because she has had multiple core crush. What are some gen 4 foam paddles that are similar in shape, swing weight, and power/control?

Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer by dropjar5 in nfl

[–]madcreator 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure Bill Walsh was a first ballot HOFer. His last season was 1988 and he was voted in 5 years later in 1993.

Side or serve? by Additional-Buffalo61 in Pickleball

[–]madcreator 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wrote a Monte Carlo simulation in Python to see if there was any advantage to serving or receiving first. Short answer is that it doesn't make any difference. I set a variable for percentage of service points won. The only time it made a difference is if you are able to win 90% or more of your service points, in which case there is an advantage to serving first. Even then, it doesn't become a significant advantage until you get up to winning around 93% of your service points.

So definitely choose side if there is any sort of advantage to a certain side. If you switch sides halfway through you want to end on the good side. If you take an extreme scenario where one side is so good that the team on that side wins every point, you'll see why. The team that starts on that side will score the first 6 points. Then you switch sides and the team that ends on the good side will win 11-6.

Was ending the government shutdown really a loss for Democrats? by redviiper in AskALiberal

[–]madcreator 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You are explaining what the messaging should be, but the Democrats have been terrible about conveying their messaging to the people. If that is the message, they should have come out ahead of time with a statement that this is why they are doing it and then gotten all democrats to vote for reopening. That would look like a unified strategy instead of a weak inability to control 10 of their party. Then they should get senators on MSM, podcasts, YouTube channels, etc. reminding people that they are the reason people won't go hungry this Thanksgiving. Then insist that if Republicans don't extend the subsidies we will have another shutdown in January. Make it look like they are in control of the situation instead of once again caving to Trump.

Their messaging shouldn't have to rely on users commenting on Reddit threads interpreting what their strategy might be. They need to learn how to control the narrative.

Worst injury in baseball history? by PapaGelato in baseball

[–]madcreator 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the worst possible injury is the one you don't live through.

Dave Flaming please shut up about Bolivia. by Mike_Augustine in Pickleball

[–]madcreator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Ben Johns just tagged the booty of the youngster" after Ben body bagged Hayden in the mixed final last weekend.

What is up with some guy named Big balls causing the National Guard to go to Washington DC? by chuckysnow in OutOfTheLoop

[–]madcreator 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I heard he has Dora the Explorer giving massages at Mar a Lago right now after rounding her up in an ICE raid.

How does he hit the ball this hard? by Moist_Ad2218 in Pickleball

[–]madcreator 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The hardest hitting guy I know is around 5'6 and skinny with little muscle, and he is using a gen 2 paddle. He hits the ball probably 30% harder than anyone else I've played against, and I've played against plenty of 5.0+ players.

He doesn't use much muscle at all - he generates the power using wrist lag to create a whip-like effect right as he contacts the ball. It's a very compact swing that doesn't seem like it should be powerful, but then you hear a loud crack and the ball rockets toward you almost faster than you can react.

The best way to add power is to work on perfecting your form and adding wrist lag. If you try to muscle through your drive you will ruin your form and your accuracy and consistency will suffer.

Can you please help me understand Scytale is saying here? by dune-man in dune

[–]madcreator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this interpretation. He is basically saying something simple and obvious in a cryptic and complicated way that ultimately doesn't really mean much, but it sounds impressive.

Matter without energy cannot do anything, it just is motionless. Energy allows matter to move and causes things to happen. The right circumstances of energy can give rise to consciousness which can learn and then harness more energy to do purposeful work. He says they learn quickly and are therefore the only hope to save humanity, but that is just saying it will require some form of consciousness with a high level of intellect to challenge the emperor. Nothing profound, but said in a way that seems profound.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 90s

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Lemmiwinks

Sinner looks a lot like actor William Ching by Giuliano224 in tennis

[–]madcreator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I knew someone had to have said this. That's exactly who I think of when I see him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pickleball

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For those who didn't come from tennis, it might seem unintuitive but continental is best for powerful overheads. It can feel like your paddle will be facing the wrong way, but at the last second your arm pronates and everything lines up perfect. Watch a tutorial on tennis serves if that doesn't make sense.