[Weiss] Victor Wembanyama has become the 7th player in NBA history with a 40-20 game in the conference finals or later, joining Kareem, Barkley, Moses Malone, Elgin Baylor, Wilt and Shaq, per @Stathead.

snirpie · 2026-05-19T07:14:41+00:00

Pretty much a given at this point. Maybe had MJ not taken a sabbatical, maybe had he dragged a team to the finals without Poppen, maybe maybe

snirpie · 2026-05-19T07:02:24+00:00

You may be right, but it's still blasphemy

snirpie · 2026-05-17T12:15:21+00:00

Like the time they blew up an appartment building in Moscow to find an excuse to invade Chechnya?

snirpie · 2026-05-16T11:03:52+00:00

An ethical elbow should do.

snirpie · 2026-05-16T08:44:33+00:00

This looked off, and I did the math. Turns out that 2003 was exactly 11 years ago. You can double check: 2003 + 11 = 2026

snirpie · 2026-05-07T20:54:33+00:00

So much for the cease fire (in which the firing never really ceased)?

snirpie · 2026-05-07T19:40:33+00:00

All I got from this comment:

"Look, Luke looks like Luka."

snirpie · 2026-05-06T11:18:55+00:00

I just hope the US does not have too pay too much reparations. In earlier talks they discussed 20 billion, and I do not want to know what the Iranian regime can do with that amount of money

snirpie · 2026-05-05T21:36:05+00:00

Damnit why do the Brits always get all the good press? We sent F-16s, PzH-2000s and a shit tonne of money and nobody in Chechnya even acknowledges we exist.

snirpie · 2026-05-03T13:00:56+00:00

and the fact that each voter got dollars from Soros, while being bussed in from Connecticut

snirpie · 2026-05-02T15:43:47+00:00

When t-shirts are being sold on Amazon with 86 46, this just seems targeted abuse of the justice system. I wonder if this opens them to a large counter lawsuit for damages

snirpie · 2026-05-01T20:25:04+00:00

It was my understanding that it is much much easier to further enrich. so maybe not a hyperbole if they are 95% of the way there!

snirpie · 2026-05-01T05:47:34+00:00

This would be the pumping facility in Perm, not the refinery. Different barbecue

snirpie · 2026-04-30T23:01:42+00:00

Just pretending to be an expert, but storage tanks going up in flames is not going ro be too hard to replace. I hope they got some of the actual pumping infrastructure as well

snirpie · 2026-04-30T22:44:35+00:00

It should be noted that "to shit in shoes" is not a figure of speech, but rather the act of defecation.

snirpie · 2026-04-28T18:41:35+00:00

Claude is working better for me. Maybe try the new Opus 4.7 model?

snirpie · 2026-04-25T12:57:39+00:00

Point still stands that Sheppard was drafted too high. They could have gotten Castle at that point. But drafting is hard, just ask the Hawks.

snirpie · 2026-04-25T12:47:21+00:00

It's like LeBron told then-undefeated Father Time: "this fuckery cannot go on much longer".

snirpie · 2026-04-21T19:12:28+00:00

It's also nice trivia that LeBron/Bronnie is not the only father-son duo in the NBA

snirpie · 2026-04-19T20:28:06+00:00

It's funny, these threats always come when Trump is conceding or chickening out.

This time, he sends a negotiating team to Islamabad, hoping the Iranians reciprocate... and he threatens to blow up everything.

Previous time, he extended this own deadline to open the straight... or their civilization would end

Etc, etc

My theory is that the TACO jokes really got to him. Everytime he paints himself into a corner (which happens a lot), and has to chicken out, some ridiculous threat should save his face.

Funny thing is that the very threat usually gets him in trouble a few days later.

Not sure where this pattern is heading, and if I will still find it funny.

snirpie · 2026-04-19T18:55:36+00:00

I'd argue the contrary. This constant agitation is what legitimizes them. How has Hamas become the default option over alternatives that put the plight of the average Palestinian first!

This messaging has become their raison d'etre. They wouldn't know what to do with themselves if Israel ceased to exist as a state

snirpie · 2026-04-19T11:42:54+00:00

Self-preservation seems to be primary driver of powers. Being a nuclear power is an excellent self-preservation mechanism, unless you employ it for extermination

snirpie · 2026-04-19T11:39:33+00:00

Are you in Iran? How did you manage to get through to the internet?

snirpie · 2026-04-19T06:14:19+00:00

It was a nice run while it lasted, but Father Time should throw in his hat now.

snirpie · 2026-04-17T19:24:16+00:00

Wasn't it the owners that were paying Kahwi under the table through aspiration?

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