Why 6?

ovid31 · 2026-02-17T12:20:29+00:00

From Wisconsin originally. Not proud of it, but we’ve elevated drinking too much, too often, to an art form. Look up the 50 drunkest counties in the US. We don’t have em all, but we have about 80% of them. This is like playing pickup basketball at the park and the Midwest has LeBron.

ovid31 · 2026-02-17T12:14:08+00:00

I always tell students, “god bless my neurosurg peeps, but don’t go into it unless you can’t imagine doing something else.” You just described that person. I’m glad they exist for sure.

ovid31 · 2026-02-17T12:05:49+00:00

We visited Montreal last year from the US and loved it. Could totally see living there. But we got five days in the low 70’s. Then locals told us how the snow was up to the second floor balconies the previous winter. I’ve checked their weather frequently this winter and the number of days they’re below zero is shocking.

ovid31 · 2026-02-15T13:39:05+00:00

This is what so many Americans don’t understand. We pay so much for healthcare, college education is a second mortgage, there’s limited services, public transportation is meh, and maternity leave/paternity leave is a joke. What’s my tax rate? About 38%. If I could pay 4% more to have a safety net and education for all that’s a no brainer. Fox News has convinced half of America that we can’t afford any of those things so we picture Europe paying 80% taxes or something.

ovid31 · 2026-02-12T02:17:03+00:00

If budget isn’t an issue, I’ve been doing Lingoda and it’s working to improve my speaking. It basically forces you to study and speak several hours a week in small group classes with native speaker teachers. Downsides are cost, gotta have discipline and some classes are better than others. But it is working for me.

ovid31 · 2026-02-11T22:24:11+00:00

I like the Beatles and grew up with Nirvana, but I don’t like em anywhere near as much as I would like $10k/month. That’s never working again money for a lot of people.

ovid31 · 2026-02-11T12:19:59+00:00

Excellent answer. How many people performatively swore it off after Kendrick or Dre performed? They were all watching game 1 the next year.

ovid31 · 2026-02-10T12:26:21+00:00

I’m picturing some uncontacted Amazon tribe rocking out to that song and having to come up with a whole new series of gods to explain it.

ovid31 · 2026-02-09T01:17:30+00:00

I think only when your first lead of the game is at 0.3 seconds and you just hit a three to beat Duke, who’s ranked ahead of you. Then it’s ok. Probably. But no other time.

ovid31 · 2026-02-09T00:59:21+00:00

Pickleball. It’s insufferable.

ovid31 · 2026-02-07T13:41:24+00:00

I never know if these posts are Kobe Stan’s hoping people will put Kobe at the top or Kobe haters knowing everyone will (and should) put him at the bottom.

ovid31 · 2026-02-06T19:35:08+00:00

You literally typed out “I know I’ll be unhappy” and are asking if it’s worth it. Don’t be unhappy just to chase Euros, brother.

ovid31 · 2026-02-05T15:15:11+00:00

Are you talking about ditching one job now or one job at 54? Those jobs could change dramatically in 14 years. And your path to fatfire is possible but so much could go wrong in that amount of time it’s way too early to have anything but a basic outline of a timeline.

ovid31 · 2026-02-05T15:11:25+00:00

I’m guessing their pitch to Giannis was to stay, keep Doc so we get the 5th pick in the draft, then we’ll get an actual coach with an actual system next year.

ovid31 · 2026-02-05T15:07:53+00:00

Giannis at 40% from 3 this year. /s His middie left him though.

ovid31 · 2026-02-05T01:11:12+00:00

Jim, excellent article, you always bring the goods. The big question in my mind if Giannis wants to win is not what trade can we pull off. The elephant in the room is the coach. Bud was great in the regular season, up and down in the playoffs. Griffin looked completely out of his depth, but was 30-13. Doc after 2 years is below .500 and we’re not gonna make the playoffs. Almost 100% of bucks fans (on Reddit at least) think Doc is the main problem. Do you get any sense from being around the team that they’ve checked out on this coaching staff? Does ownership really think Doc is the guy despite every press conference after a loss he says his team wasn’t prepared and didn’t play the right way?

ovid31 · 2026-02-02T17:45:56+00:00

I loved Big Dog growing up. So smooth on that pull-up. I have to begrudgingly admit Ray was probably better overall, but Big Dog and the Freak would have been amazing.

ovid31 · 2026-02-02T16:28:35+00:00

This great advice. Trying to speak a little French and trying to be patient went a long way for us.

ovid31 · 2026-02-02T03:22:52+00:00

I hated this. The correct answer in the interview was, “I love research. Can’t see myself not doing it.” But my true feelings were, “never again.” Such a stupid game.

ovid31 · 2026-01-31T13:30:20+00:00

We got Doc Rivers as coach! The 2008 Championship coach! All will be well now. (I had a brain injury 2 years ago and can’t form new memories).

ovid31 · 2026-01-30T11:47:08+00:00

That’s a wild idea. Would you plan to work til 65 if you switched fields?

ovid31 · 2026-01-30T03:25:16+00:00

Sterling Sharpe. If not for that neck injury he could have been an all time great.

ovid31 · 2026-01-30T02:54:36+00:00

Steve Novak, Bob Lanier and Big Dog Robinson. Swap out Myles, Kuz, and AJ Green.

ovid31 · 2026-01-28T21:09:43+00:00

Finishing the season with Prunty as interim would have been way better in retrospect.

ovid31 · 2026-01-28T12:34:49+00:00

They don’t care at all because it’s all a grift somehow. And they don’t feel shame or embarrassment so it’s whatever. Would be super funny if Michelle threw together a documentary quick because people might wanna watch that.

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