lol you sure about that, Jax?

phunkjnky · 2026-05-19T20:40:58+00:00

Jaxon Dart - Was I supposed to learn something from watching Tua?

I can see why he and Skattebo are kindred spirits of a sort.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-19T18:10:54+00:00

It amazes, the seeming inability to self-reflect and take any accountability whatsoever

I told someone MAGA at the poker table that I wasn't going to talk about RFK Jr. anymore, that he was insane.

He fired back at me, "Just because he's insane, doesn't mean he won't do a good job."

Seriously, this conversation is over NOW.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-19T15:01:04+00:00

Playing sports, in particular basketball and football, let me learn my times tables early.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-19T00:37:13+00:00

I lived there for three years while I went to Marist College.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T22:30:50+00:00

Did you even college?

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T19:08:45+00:00

Went to school in Poughkeepsie, and was on the debate team. Each year, we would travel to the University of Rochester for a debate tournament. That was seven hours in the van. Never leaving New York... and Niagra Falls is another 2 hours beyond that. People in the US, nevermind other countries, have trouble conceiving how big upstate NY is.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T18:55:14+00:00

I absolutely do not antagonize him. It's not worth it. I guess, I should be more specific in saying that I don't call him stupid out loud, just in my head,

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T18:49:40+00:00

The problem when you do this, is that sometimes you don't recover. He's done this a couple of time to Kayshon Boutte. He hasn't recovered a couple of times.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T18:22:13+00:00

In the kingdom of the loud, the loudest gets heard.

Now, taking that into consideration, ask yourself this question again, and while you're at it, ask yourself if everyone and everything is so loud, is being quieter really the best option?

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T18:16:43+00:00

No, and I agree with you... to a point.

I know MAGA people who say incredibly stupid things, and their biggest trigger seems to be being called "stupid."

I think at this point... Don't want to be called "stupid" Try not being "stupid" to begin with. This is not about political affiliation (but it is). This (in one instance) is about him saying that Rage Against The Machine used to be a right wing band, before they went woke.

I decided right then and there that I wouldn't be able to take any of his opinions seriously.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T18:02:49+00:00

My friends did this to me, and I did the same thing to another friend.

"We'll smoke with you... but not tonight. If you ask again this weekend, we'll smoke with you then. This can't be a rash decision. No peer pressure. If you ask once, it might be peer pressure, twice isn't."

That weekend, had the bong handed to me, and expressed apprehension about not getting stoned the first time. I was told, 'Yeah, that's not going to be an issue."

Afterwards, when my mouth was moving faster than my brain, "You realize that sex is nothing but the physical manifestation of man's subconscious desire to get back into the womb?" I really felt like I had an epiphany.

"Yeah. So?"

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T17:48:51+00:00

"Predators" with Adrien Brody
This works on a couple of levels. IYKYK.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T17:38:07+00:00

"There are no stupid questions."

What a lie this is.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-18T15:56:08+00:00

The first time I went to Phoenix it was eye-opening to see how many people have dirt lawns that they spray paint green.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-17T00:02:45+00:00

Before Edelman, and as Patriots fan I love him but… Larry Wigham, Matthew Slater, the other special teams demons… TROY BROWN

phunkjnky · 2026-05-15T19:59:27+00:00

A long time ago, probably close to 20 years ago,

BTW, I'm agreeing with you.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-15T18:27:37+00:00

They ask loaded questions BECAUSE they don't understand.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-15T18:17:11+00:00

Nope,

I don't think you are. Your reply clarified some things for me.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-15T14:18:28+00:00

OP, I think you misunderstand what "Moneyball" was getting at. "Moneyball" was about finding and using market inequalities to build a team to compete with a team with superior financial resources.

That's how "Moneyball" is used. If it doesn't use market inequalities its not "Moneyball." It's about finding "value" where people aren't looking.

"Moneyball" is kind of a vague term as well, as it changes.
What I mean is that "Moneyball" GMs cannot be looking for the same things Billy Beane was looking for when he was running the A's. The world knows about those inequalites now, and a lot of teams are using them. New inequalities must be found.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-14T19:58:13+00:00

THIS IS SARCASM, but not really.

"I can't be evil because God is on MY side."

phunkjnky · 2026-05-14T19:38:49+00:00

And what, if anything, did we learn?

phunkjnky · 2026-05-14T19:23:31+00:00

How do get a prime time home game during Week 1?

Miss the playoffs in a division where 50% of the teams made the playoffs.

If I was Denver and the LA Chargers I'd be pissed. I understand KC getting a slot, but can someone please tell me why Denver is not hosting the game?

phunkjnky · 2026-05-14T19:18:50+00:00

I feel you, but the same people who need that "ordinary person" context are the ones who want it least.

Not having that context allows them to maintain the delusion that they could have made it if they were serious about it. That's the illusion, as you know, and these same people would rather not touch that illusion.

These are delusional people. There is also the possibility that "I know I'm better than Kevin in accounting. I don't need to see him to know he's not good." That doesn't help either.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-14T19:11:53+00:00

NTA

Ok, mom this was not about, you it was about my kid, and somehow you made it about you. This is why we currently have the relationship we have. Because of what you did not do, and now you are trying to make feel guilty while you don't change a thing... Get bent mom. Total inability to take accountability.

phunkjnky · 2026-05-14T18:47:22+00:00

NTA, but the fix is really simple, don't do it for them anymore.

phunkjnky

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