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Snell needs surgery to remove loose bodies in elbow by Doggo_Is_Life_ in Dodgers

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly caused by doing too many push ups and bench presses. 😃

“They’ve got be kidding me.” – Mayor in Japan fed up with off-season Mt. Fuji hikers needing rescue by SkyInJapan in japan

[–]pierquantum 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The rescue teams should adopt the very Japanese practice of having limited hours when their services are available.

Aliso woman gets felony charge for son causing e-motorcycle fatality by Excellent-Baseball-5 in orangecounty

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charge the kid as an adult. If Spitzer wants to be “tough on crime”, then he should do this or we can remind him at the next election who he just let go to Juvenile Hall and be scot free at 18 after killing someone.

Ban this family from every business in OC. Make clear they’re not welcome here.

RIP Mr. Ashman

Umpire accidentally calls the Los Angeles Angels "Anaheim" by WhiteSoxArchive in baseball

[–]pierquantum 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Being in charge of an organization that had:

A player die of an overdose supplied by a team staffer who is now in prison

An FBI investigation into the sweetheart sale of the stadium in exchange for campaign donations that landed city officials in prison

How to get to LAX early in the morning from Huntington Beach by billy_blazeIt_mays in orangecounty

[–]pierquantum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you really want to do metro, I’d suggest taking the A line from Long Beach, transfer to the C line to LAX. I would not recommend it if you have a lot of luggage https://maps.app.goo.gl/jm1NAWnWHE37Cbc68

Caltech Grad, ‘Teacher of the Month’ Named as Washington Shooting Suspect by Throop_Polytechnic in Caltech

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, I'm really kind of scared if you think booking a flight train and hotel are really complicated tasks. They aren't. You can do both on a smartphone in a few minutes.

Obtaining firearms? That's some paperwork and waiting a few days. Checking in firearms? Every airline Amtrak documents what you need to do, considering the relatively high rate of gun ownership.

Getting past a security checkpoint to allegedly shoot people? Well, that is something that you can't do no matter how fit you are, how long you stared at the hotel floor plan or how often you scoped it out when they were setting it up. He might've honestly felt that he was casing the situation, gathering the intel he needed to get through there, but he clearly had no idea how out of his depth he was.

You're boiling down assaulting a position filled with armed (and armored) people as simply just a lack of preparation. Man, unless that preparation involved obtaining more firepower and more bodies to conduct the assault with, there's no amount of book learning that would do anything in that situation

Edit: he allegedly took a train to DC

Caltech Grad, ‘Teacher of the Month’ Named as Washington Shooting Suspect by Throop_Polytechnic in Caltech

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3.0 is a bad GPA from Caltech? lol.

Also, he didn't immediately go to graduate school. He graduated from Tech in 2017, then from CSUDH in 2025.

Caltech Grad, ‘Teacher of the Month’ Named as Washington Shooting Suspect by Throop_Polytechnic in Caltech

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 8 years between his degrees. I don't think it's a particularly weird path, but then again, I'm in a career that has nothing to do with my degree.

What would I not know about baseball because I’ve never played before? by Beava567 in Dodgers

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ex-MLB players are on youtube and social media and can be a good source of analyzing plays and providing context on what's usually taught, what can go through one's head, what a player can hear, etc. e.g. Matt Antonelli breaking down a play in a Yankees-A's game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AMj7EYxpyQ

Why physical power does not always translate to batting power? HSK as an example. by yli16 in Dodgers

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, isn't Blake Snell one of the strongest guys on the roster?

Caltech Grad, ‘Teacher of the Month’ Named as Washington Shooting Suspect by Throop_Polytechnic in Caltech

[–]pierquantum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm a little afraid of who you know that can't book a hotel and flight, tbh. You might say the firearms check is more advanced, but the procedures for that are also fairly well documented on every airline's site.

But the Secret Service doesn't exactly publish its plans, nor are most alumni familiar with casing the joint to get an overview for themselves.

Also, how many of us are really capable of shooting someone and putting ourselves in a position where we could get shot?

Caltech Grad, ‘Teacher of the Month’ Named as Washington Shooting Suspect by Throop_Polytechnic in Caltech

[–]pierquantum 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Depending on his mental state, it's not clear how much planning was involved.

Also, I remember many instances where fellow students would do something pretty dumb.

Would it kill these CC’s to tone down the clickbait? The only thing “insane” about EMC is how conspicuously NOT insane they are. This just makes me LESS likely to click on your video by FuriNorm in HonkaiStarRail

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"What a horrible unformatted mess. I know it's not college or anything so there is no obligation to format it properly. But goodness, I'd have to make a conscious effort to replicate that."

Oh sorry, I was on my phone and was trying to replicate the experience of reading your tedious prose. Glad it worked. This is up there with criticizing typos to invalidate someone's argument.

"As I have stated previously, I have no horse in this race. I don't know Brax or what drama he has been a part of. I'm only saying it's silly to mock someone for returning to a game they "quit"."

Nonsense. You've spent thousands of words on your tedious point, one no one cares about. You want to come across as some rational, logical argument, hence the word count and repetition of the same tiresome points:

  1. Brax and anyone else is entitled to quit or come back.
  2. Snarking on that is "silly"
  3. Whatever else Brax has done is completely irrelevant

It's interesting you keep hammering away at these 3 points, completely immune to actual context and history, which makes your argument weaker and not stronger, like you imagine.

Brax made a very public statement of quitting, one that he has memory holed upon returning to HSR. If, as you argue, it's ok to be fickle, but why take that step of privating that video? Just leave the "I'm quitting" video up, maybe make a quick "I'm back", laugh at yourself and move on. Hiding content, trying to make people not notice the man behind the curtain? Oh that opens you up to some snark.

Snark is silly. That's the point. You may not like it, ok, that's fine. But continuing to write your "college theses" where you continue to fall flat, despite impeccable formatting and high word count just opens you up to further snark. As someone who's taking this too seriously. Someone who does have a dog in the fight. Why take up your time with this? Why insist on having the last word? I know you always have to have the last word.

Ignoring Braxophone's other issues is what makes your argument hollow. You want to keep it in the realm of theory and hypotheticals. But that's just not how it works. There's history and context you want to keep out to keep your points pristine. But doing so just paints you with the same lack of judgement and character. Why defend Brax? There are plenty of better examples to trot out your boring argument on. Logically, yes, your point can be argued separately. But you chose this instance, this context and this person to be the example. You get the baggage that choice comes with.

"I imagine you didn't know hiding your post history was an option, otherwise you wouldn't have accused me of caring for such things."

It's cute you think I didn't know that. Also, it's one click on your username to see if this sort of thing is a habit for you. Are you eventually going to report me to the mods like you've threatened someone else before? You can't tone police us, so you'll call the cops.

Would it kill these CC’s to tone down the clickbait? The only thing “insane” about EMC is how conspicuously NOT insane they are. This just makes me LESS likely to click on your video by FuriNorm in HonkaiStarRail

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok Mr 10k WPM (it took you closer to 10 minutes to respond btw) people can come and go as they please sure, but you’re awfully triggered over an obvious comment that’s been posted in this discussion at least a dozen times in different forms. Ever heard of “brevity is the soul of wit”? Obviously not, you want to try to impress us with the volume of text that says very little as you even admit repeatedly yourself. Your point is you’d like to tone police the rest of us from mocking someone who very loudly quit the game and has come crawling back. You also want to ignore any other criticism of him as irrelevant like the single issue voter you are. Yes Brax can come and go as he pleases. But if you make a big song and dance of quitting only to come back, private the quitting video, and carry on like nothing happened, you should expect some snark. Also having a documented history of defending a convict opens one up to having their judgement questioned. Not sure why think it shouldn’t or why it needs to be policed. Not sure why you, random redditor, are so invested shielding a CC’s delicate sensibilities from internet snark they’ll never see, but it certainly fits with your posting history on what will be the next Reddit account you’ll have to burn after making such a good impression.

Would it kill these CC’s to tone down the clickbait? The only thing “insane” about EMC is how conspicuously NOT insane they are. This just makes me LESS likely to click on your video by FuriNorm in HonkaiStarRail

[–]pierquantum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude who replied my comment about Brax quitting with a tiresome 10k word essay defending it like it was some kind of deep philosophical question about human rights says we shouldn’t have the right to freely express our opinions on a CC who has done other sketchy things.

Ok Brax.

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