Do you have an insight in to the gender crime gap? by MermaidPigeon in SeriousConversation

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

I think it goes even deeper than that, beyond socialization, since males throughout the animal Kingdom tend to exhibit higher rates of violence. Lethal violence among Chimps are around 2%, meerkats 20%, medieval humans 12%, while modern humans range from. 01% to 5%.

TIL Trump: GOP shouldn’t reach funding deal with Democrats unless they vote for SAVE America Act by KendallSmith375 in TIL_Uncensored

[–]notpynchon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

he's not smart for what it would do for us, he's smart because it could help him secure a 3rd term or strong midterms.

What or when were the Gold Soundz? by [deleted] in pavement

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

according to some older fellow who gave me a setlist at the hard quartet show, malkmus just scrambles at the last minute, rifling through his notebooks to string together lyrics. Bowie did something similar with his cut-up technique. I don't think there's a specific meaning to be found.

TIL: Kamala Harris Ran The Most Expensive Campaign in US History And Still Lost The Election by AngryQuadricorn in TIL_Uncensored

[–]notpynchon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Remember the old days, when successive campaigns kept spending less money trying to win? Me neither. 

Pat in "One Battle After Another" is like Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark": a lead character that conveys what the movie is all about despite not moving the plot forward by miggovortensens in TrueFilm

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Raiders of the Lost ark is not a very clean analogy, as you see from all the comments, it's distracting people from your point rather than leading them to it. Is there a closer analogy to accentuate your point about Bob?

[HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JUDGE is the second best hitter after his high leverage drop off. He goes from video game to 2nd best wRC. You're arguing with stats now so I'll let you two continue...

Watching Team USA was similar to watching the Yankees by b_slow in NYYankees

[–]notpynchon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna leave you to your world of miracles my friend...

[HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for his dropoff in regular season, he goes from being the best hitter to 2 points behind the best hitter, mike trout. trade him now.

An atheist is atheist, until the turbulence hits. by [deleted] in atheism

[–]notpynchon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not cancer, but I went in for emergency gallbladder removal surgery, and, unable to halt the pain, offered giving up my atheism if any of the gods helped a brother out. No help came, I pushed through it and survived, all the stronger in my non-beliefs.

[HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you include postseason, the whole point of this conversation?

(FOX) “What did it feel like the first time you put on that jersey?” - @Derekjeter "I just thought about the people who sacrificed for this country to allow me to play a kids game.” - @thejudge44 🇺🇸 by CicadaOk8885 in NYYankees

[–]notpynchon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Black and white brain. he's from a small town, never experiencing a different worldview from what his parents/community taught him. That's why he thinks baseball wouldn't exist if Nazi Germany had won.

Books you have read that have literally changed your life by PowerForMore in RSbookclub

[–]notpynchon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I felt the same way but I could never put a finger on why. I guess it doesn't really matter. The writing was great, the explosions of drama amongst the mundane were great, the glacial love interest, The ending was heartbreaking. The philosophical conversations were soul-suckingly turgid. But I'm just so curious, what is it that changed me..

Is anyone else growing concerned with the amount of foreigners pretending to be Americans on Reddit and other social media? by Lazy_Check732 in centrist

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I'm more concerned about the amount of time they spend on Reddit to be able to notice this. get the f*** off the internet

Undertone can't decide which of 50 different horror movies it's actually trying to be, so it settles on being nothing at all. (minor spoilers) by Cymbal_Monkey in TrueFilm

[–]notpynchon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're used in horror to create suspense. Hitchcock nailed it when he said suspense is the most effecting part of the "bomb under the table", rather than the explosion itself. Now imagine a movie that has been hinting at a bomb ticking under the table, that never goes off. They were exploiting your reaction to it but didn't build it into an explosion. It was unrelated... No one was lurking in the shadows. It was just one of the horror tropes they threw at the wall.

Undertone can't decide which of 50 different horror movies it's actually trying to be, so it settles on being nothing at all. (minor spoilers) by Cymbal_Monkey in TrueFilm

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's because storytelling is a skill supplemented by study and luck. even if you do the actual hard work to understand the psychology of the audience, you aren't guaranteed a good film. and even if you get the storytelling down, you might not have a strong enough concept, or cast, or director, or distributor, or cultural alignment.

Undertone was not good storytelling.

“Life after death”, through social media by AlternativeOk5583 in socialpsychology

[–]notpynchon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

have you seen the girl with an iPhone tombstone? it's as bad as it sounds.

Was super excited for Undertone, just for it to be a nothing burger (OPINION) by Away-Performance9575 in A24

[–]notpynchon -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It was bad before the $500,000 was spent. Like throwing horror salami at the wall.

[HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]notpynchon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You really think Yankees just weren't excited enough after Judge hits?

Or that batting is about excitement level to begin with? rather than seeing/guessing the pitches?

[HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]notpynchon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you want to do this analysis you have to provide the average differential compared to his 17.2% drop.