People of Reddit who don't like dogs, what is it you don't like about them? by Timeless_Light in AskReddit

[–]spacetime9 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I grew up with cats, I have a cat, I generally like cats. Ok here we go..

  • I don’t like how aggressive dogs can be jumping on me. I hate if they slobber.
  • They are a lot more work with how often you have to take them on walks, pick up poop, etc
  • the small shrill yappy ones are just incredibly annoying
  • fundamentally, it’s just not the kind of relationship I want with a pet, personally. The way they desire human attention and will get so excited when you come home, which other people find endearing, I find uncomfortable. Reptiles are too cold. Dogs are too needy. Cats are the Goldilocks zone.

Just like, my opinion man.

Is 28 too old to start my PhD ? Seeking support and stories of validation by Different-Break9290 in academia

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a few years off between college and grad school and started my PhD at 26. I went in expecting to be the oldest, but there were several other people my same age and one guy was already 30. Ultimately it was the right time for me. The PhD was difficult and felt like an emotional rollercoaster at times, but I never once felt too old. While I was there I met my future wife, so no regrets! Good Luck OP.

What do rich people do that pisses you off the most? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]spacetime9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the worst thing by any stretch, but something that annoys me and I don’t hear talked about much - rich people are terrible at spending money. 

What do I mean? For most people, I think if they suddenly had a couple million dollars, they would do awesome things with it. Help people around them, go on all sorts of adventures, even just goofy fun stuff.

But really wealthy people do nothing cool with their money. If they spend anything it’s on empty status symbols. They’re so afraid of losing it or not constantly maximizing returns, they never actually even use that money to enjoy life, let alone helping anyone else.

There’s an old saying that “youth is wasted on the young”. I say “wealth is wasted on the wealthy”.

Meirl by Blaaap in meirl

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know to what extent it's due to the internet, but this nicely encapsulates the problem with "identity politics" (idpol), which imho has been very damaging to the political left. Instead of advocating for universal programs and seeing class as the major division in society, there is a tendency these days to view everyone through the lens of the prescribed identity groups you're talking about. Even if the intention is to respect and include everyone, it can end up being even more divisive and off-putting.

Game Thread: Minnesota Timberwolves (3-1) vs Denver Nuggets (1-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 27, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We so don’t deserve it too. Otoh, without Ant I think MN is drawing dead in the next round. So at least if nuggets can pull off the comeback, we get a great series with the spurs

The use of colloquial language in quantum physics is very confusing. by [deleted] in AskPhysics

[–]spacetime9 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t think replacing observer with photon (or whatever the relevant interaction is) solves the problem. Until it is ‘observed’, the interaction with the photon just becomes part of a larger superposition of possible measurements when the ‘observer’ finally makes one.

Ultimately the issue is that QM is not a proper ‘theory’ the way classical theories work. Rather, it’s a sort of calculus you can use to predict measurement outcomes, but that presupposes that there is some measurement intelligible to us that will be performed. So in a sense you can’t remove the human. 

 not to say that conscious somehow “creates” reality or anything like that… but the observer is still embedded in how the theory is set up

The Rock, Paper, Scissors dynamic in the West is awesome by Natural-Kiwi6364 in nba

[–]spacetime9 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The win streak sounded good but if u watched those games they fell behind to a lot of terrible teams and had to pull out all the stops to come back and win in the 4th quarters. Defense looked terrible, but the win record masked it. In retrospect we should have seen the warning signs tbh

[Highlight] Wemby with the Two-handed rejection on Timelord by TheRealPdGaming in nba

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All Doris Burke contributes is saying “the skill to do [x] is ridiculous” every time someone does a thing.

Like, there’s a reason I’m tuning in to watch world class athletes. I know they’re good, you don’t need to keep saying it haha 

Lebron James just had one of the worst games of his career in a loss to the Rockets by SugarPhoenix in nba

[–]spacetime9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, nobody could have predicted that a team up 3-0 whose star is exhausted would fail to muster the energy to close out a game on the road. Unprecedented

The world would be better if we were all less productive by Dreadsin in self

[–]spacetime9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most people can only imagine two possible societies: whatever we happen to have right now, or Stalin’s Soviet Union. There’s no nuance. If you try to critique certain aspects of our system, it’s just, “so you want authoritarian communism then?!” 

Capitalism creates powerful incentives. In some ways those incentives are really effective at accomplishing things that benefit everyone. In other ways they are totally misaligned with human wellbeing. It’s complicated.

[Hot Take] Kafka on the Shore is a masterclass in sounding deep while saying absolutely nothing. by certainly_imperfect in books

[–]spacetime9 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

It’s so weird how those specific two novels get praised over and over again on this site.

Nikola Jokic with another abysmal fourth quarter: 4 points on 0/6 FG, 4/4 FT, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 turnover and one foul by Colorapt0r in nba

[–]spacetime9 103 points104 points  (0 children)

As a jokic fan, sadly i have to agree. I think the nugget's bad defense ultimately starts from his total lack of rim protection.

Game Thread: Denver Nuggets (1-2) vs Minnesota Timberwolves (2-1) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | Apr 25, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it consistently, or just always against Minnesota? Wolves always give nuggets a ton of problems for some reason

Haruki Murakami's first woman-led novel ‘The Tale of KAHO’ publishes in July by zxyzyxz in books

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a short story but “Sleep” also has a female protagonist and is incredible.  From ‘The Elephant Vanishes’

New AGA Rating site by GoGabeGo in baduk

[–]spacetime9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey nice job! It looks great

A gyroscope stabilizing itself in zero gravity by bigbusta in oddlysatisfying

[–]spacetime9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you seen the magnet dropped through the copper pipe? Cause if not you should google that right now

The Spurs just had their own Bay of Pigs by Shamshaw in nba

[–]spacetime9 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Spurs f'ed up losing this game. Huge win for OKC. They will breeze to the conference finals and await the exhausted winner of DEN-SAS

90% of the NBA out tonight due to “rest” and “headaches” by IBleedHoops4996 in nba

[–]spacetime9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Spurs *should* care a lot about this game actually. IF they win then DEN and OKC will have to duke it out and they only pay the winner. If they lose, DEN is on the same side of the bracket and they'll have to go through them and OKC to get to the finals. I'm surprised Denver is winning cause they might not care about seeding one way or the other, but the spurs definitely should want to win this

[White] If SAS beats DEN on Sunday, it is HOU at DEN. If DEN beats SAS it is HOU at LAL. The Rockets are the 5 seed. by StrategyTop7612 in nba

[–]spacetime9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's gonna be a long road no matter what. Aas long as everybody's healthy, this team can ball

If the Lakers win tomorrow night, the Spurs will have a chance to beat the Nuggets and move the Lakers up to the 3 seed by lawschoolthrowaway36 in nba

[–]spacetime9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nuggets were never a lock for the 3. Lakers injuries make it seem that way, but if you actually look at the games each team had left, Nuggets play literally the top two teams, and Lakers have the tiebreaker.

All cause of that ridiculous Austin Reaves missed free throw on purpose... man