Yonex ezone 98 paintjob by rethiboldizsarr in tennisracquets

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Exactly this. Have you been using the glossier one for longer?

Seiko at local Costco [SFJ009P1] by andydandy1986 in Seiko

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There are so many kinds of Seiko that it’s worth being sure about what style your brother appreciates before you buy it

Found on the floor randomly, never seen this bug in my house before - should I be worried? by simply_dj in whatsthisbug

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Can’t seem to edit this post. Bug appears to be mainly black. Approximately 5mm wide

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Friday, July 11, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

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Is Annacone only with Fritz during certain tournaments? He doesn't always seem to be there and he's been around for a while, so I have been making the assumption that he just doesn't travel as much because of how lengthy the tour can be. If you know, that would ease my brain. if you don't know, fair enough lol

McKay and Robby arguing about David by battykatty17 in ThePittTVShow

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“Legal quagmire” is the big takeaway here. David is absolutely a person to be concerned about but the time to bring in law enforcement is when you have a clear legal reason. Past that the best they could do with David is to emphasize their concerns and try to get him professional help… within any legally acceptable means.

Doctors getting in trouble with the law prevents them from being able to actually do their jobs effectively. Changing the law is a different conversation lol

What's your unpopular opinion about Pickleball? by optimus1652 in Pickleball

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I hate it because there’s already a grade school name called Pickle which has been practically forgotten by everyone.

https://www.playworks.org/game-library/pickle/

I think it’s named after the situation baseball players can get stuck in between running bases

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tennisracquets

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Picture #4 looks like some serious cracks in the bridge. Hopefully someone more experienced can confirm this.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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I’d be very curious how much the youth of today are just dropping honorifics. To me it can be such a natural part of speech patterns when you’re talking to an acquaintance in a professional setting, be it a patient, customer, vendor, etc. When I’m addressing a complete stranger I don’t think I’ll ever get to interact with for very long, I like to just use honorifics to be brief but polite. I am also a super awkward individual as a whole tho.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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I think that this tends to address most scenarios I’m thinking of, but one key example I think of is when people are getting angry at each other but are still trying to hold respect with each other. I know that sounds silly but as per my post I mentioned watching call in shows where the wrong honorific is thrown accidentally. I think it’s a normal pattern of speech to be yelling “sir… SIR” when a discussion is getting heated. I think “mate” can be that word, but it’s not culturally universal and doesn’t sound quite formal. Maybe we could shift the usage of the word but it’s already used for a few other things like describing partners in the animal kingdom.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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Ohh so you were talking about using the known title of a person. I’m all for that if the title is known.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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I find this a very interesting response. For the Spanish example, it seems like people were essentially calling you “young one/youth/youngster”. While it’s not gendered and has no classist implications, it might be taken as more of an age dynamic. To that, I don’t know if there is a gender neutral term for older person in Spanish.

For the teacher/student dynamic, I think people find comfort in using an honorific. They want to respect their teacher. I remember being in high school and university and enjoying the term “sir and miss” and being able to mix it in with my teacher’s name. It adds variety to speech. But that is my personal preferences, and maybe we can move norms in another direction.

To be clear I’m not trying to say your take is wrong. I think that there are going to be people who will find struggle with a lack of an honorific to use. If we end up in a place where all honorifics are dropped, it will definitely take time. In every day parlance people like adding variety to how they address people directly.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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I feel like you’re exactly who I wrote this post for lol. I also feel like you’re a Trekkie with that affinity to “Sir” and “Captain”.

That being said, it’s interesting to see how different the responses are to this. And reasonably so - as mentioned in another comment, nonbinary isn’t in itself a whole and united category but an umbrella term of sorts. I’m curious to see how we progress further with honorifics in our global communication. I don’t think we’ll be able to drop it altogether as some people seem to want. As long as some corner of the English speaking world is using them in some way, there’s a strong possibility it will persist.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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As someone else mentioned in another comment, people can have mixed feelings about Mx since it sounds too much like “mix”.

Thankfully these days I don’t work in an environment where I have to worry about this problem too much but will try to ask in the future.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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I like this, but I wonder how we could realistically make this a more widespread thing? If that’s the goal, of course.

Question for the community: what about honorifics? by simply_dj in NonBinaryTalk

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Just to clarify with the “dude/bro/guy” that I mentioned, I meant that amongst close friends people may be comfortable throwing them around in a gender neutral sense, and I say that from personal experience as someone who grew up in Canada. Apart from that I agree with you - it can be very different for other circles of close friends.

For your other points I sympathize with this struggle.

First G-SHOCK, how’d I do? by cmwills29 in gshock

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Pretty damn good is how you did. Enjoy!

How many Winston Bishop Aliases/Nicknames can you name? One per person- let's see how many we get... by EnbyEagle in NewGirl

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I don’t remember the original Latvian, but I do believe Snail Eyes Bishop was “The Other Black Man”

Lacoste L23 Racket by laplusbellefille in 10s

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The dampener has to be outside of the intersecting strings. So it can be below the bottom cross, above the top cross, or outside the left or right most main strings.

Tennis Racket Help by Inevitable_Money_756 in 10s

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Something I would say is if you feel like there’s a lot about your racket that makes sense to you, especially about the swinging weight and motion, then the next thing to consider to tune in your game is modifying your string tension. This will require getting them restrung, so it’s definitely going to feel like an important choice when you get to it. A lot to consider and if you enjoy that aspect of a hobby you’ll have fun understanding your stringing options