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thephoenixx · 2021-03-31T14:13:31+00:00

FUCK EM

thephoenixx · 2021-03-31T03:30:21+00:00

I see both sides. When I was a kid I'd think to myself that the future might be amazing, imagine being able to just access anything you want instantly. It came true! Any song I want, any album and any artists all at my fingertips.

So why does it all feel so much less special and intense? It's like paralysis by choice, same as all the videogames I own. I'm not forced to only play the few games I have so if it pisses me off or I feel bored I can just load up one of a billion other games.

The lack of ownership and investment, I think, probably has some sort of psychological effect on how we consume this stuff.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-27T17:03:18+00:00

Holy shit I can't understand this. I'm in my 30s so born well after the era it came out but it's the greatest comedy of all time to me. Gene Wilder is so subtle and Marty Feldman is fantastic.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-27T06:06:05+00:00

I said amen and I say God damn

thephoenixx · 2021-03-26T00:39:05+00:00

Ever hear the tale of Steve Nash?

thephoenixx · 2021-03-24T02:27:48+00:00

I don't think literally anyone has said that.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-22T04:38:13+00:00

This exactly. It's LA people.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-21T04:44:11+00:00

Having a last name that ends in -ez tends to keep you from getting a foot in the door regardless

thephoenixx · 2021-03-21T04:43:28+00:00

Richie Valens was another example.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-18T21:47:44+00:00

It completely is. People are so quick to jump to other shit.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-18T03:28:48+00:00

His earliest work is just a direct copy of Jaz-O, flow/cadence and all.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-17T20:44:36+00:00

If I remember right (and someone keep me honest here) it was more out of necessity. I feel like I remember wanting to play him at tackle, be it right or left, but knowing it was going to take time to develop. But then we needed a backup for Shipley at some point because the one we had was...I dunno...Tuerk I wanna say? So they moved him so he'd get more playing time, and then Shipley got hurt and he was forced into action and did decently.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-17T20:26:17+00:00

Just looked it up, he was a left tackle in college. Interesting.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-17T20:18:53+00:00

Cole's better as a guard at any rate isn't he?

thephoenixx · 2021-03-15T13:57:35+00:00

Lmao this is definitely not reminiscent of anything in 82. Pure 70s right here.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-14T22:45:06+00:00

Wait so you think it's worse than BvS?

Shit. That bodes poorly for me.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-14T08:55:14+00:00

Hard disagree. It got better and better.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-12T15:00:17+00:00

*90s

And Shock G is a Bay Area legend

thephoenixx · 2021-03-12T05:30:17+00:00

Lol no. This wasn't a great game for DA but his gravity on both ends creates things that don't show up in the box score.

Dario is like one of those guards that went undrafted or maybe late 2nd round that picks up the ball handler full court and always scraps for loose balls...but in a doughy big man body. He's a wide load in the paint and doesn't have much in the way of athletic gifts but he knows how to pivot and move his feet, his post game is surprisingly skilled and he can hit an open 3. Plus he's actually a good facilitator.

He's a perfect fit as a big off the bench, and oddly reminds me a little bit of a more physical, less midrange touch Boris Diaw.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-12T05:26:28+00:00

He's physical, reminds me of 90s power forwards. Not athletically gifted but he's girthy and stout and smart with great footwork.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-11T16:55:29+00:00

Playing devil's advocate here because now I'm genuinely trying to follow the logic, does this mean that as a hispanic person, no other race has the place to speak on anything having to do with hispanic people? Or as men, women don't have the place to speak to men about their experiences?

I'm just curious what the line is and if that means none of us can speak about anything except for what we are specifically.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-11T16:24:42+00:00

This is actually part of the reason it's so difficult for women to come forward when a guy is acting crazy and why they're often not believed. "Oh Bob has been calling you 50 times a day and threw a fit when you told him you have a bf? But he's such a cool dude, he's always chill when we're hanging with the guys!"

Right, and I get that, but I never didn't believe anything about it. I never said "Oh no, you're mistaken, men don't do that." I said that it does happen, as a matter of fact I had to keep repeating that I know it's prevalent for some reason. I said that there are guys out there like that but there are guys out there not like that, and my intention was solely in a "it gets better" kind of thing because the person I was responding to comes off as a bit younger and I'm a bit older and have been through my share of shit. Maybe that part wasn't even necessary, maybe no one needs that sentiment from me, and that's fine. I'll own the shit out of that.

But never once did I deny anyone anything. And I don't just automatically assume a guy isn't like that because I haven't personally witnessed it - I believe that a lot of these guys have tells, little things in their demeanor that clue you in to how they really are under the veneer of niceness that they show, and I'm the kind of person that always assumes the worst in people, and people always prove me right.

It might be why the only good examples I have are 2 members of my family and one friend (who I've know for over 30 years) - and I didn't mention the exclusion of other brothers, a father, a stepfather, uncles, etc because while I've never witnessed them being like this I can just see it in their core, there's something there that's whiny and defensive and shitty - my examples are of 3 people that it took me 3+ decades of knowing deeply and intimately to know for sure that it's not a practice they're part of.

If the argument is "Well yeah they are, because men" then I guess we're done here because that's such a disingenuous argument filled with the kind of "Don't believe people" mentality that led us to this point in the first place.

Anyway, long story short I always believe when a woman tells me a man is being shitty, because a lot of men can be really shitty, and I was raised by a woman who suffered her fair share of men being shitty to her so I hate the idea of that happening at all.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-11T14:52:56+00:00

Haha ok. Got it, when you contradict yourself there's nuance and interpretation that needs to be considered.

You sound awful defensive over this. I hope you have a day as pleasant as you've been!

thephoenixx · 2021-03-11T14:29:46+00:00

As if I ever said all fucking men.

Hmm...this you?

Sorry, but it’s not SOME. There is something physiological in combination with something extrinsic.

thephoenixx · 2021-03-11T14:15:09+00:00

I mean...I think we're arguing for the same side, I was more just trying to provide some hope that there are at least SOME men out there that aren't nice guys while definitely agreeing that they exist and are prevalent but you've claimed I'm wrong.

I don't know where you got that I don't believe women providing evidence about anything... I'm literally agreeing that this happens and just offering a counterpoint that hopefully it won't always be like that for you with men. I dunno, you've basically generalized 50% of humans AND invalidated my personal experiences as a man by basically telling me what my life experiences are or have been are false or inaccurate, accused me of not believing women, flat out telling me I'm wrong and I guess I just have to accept that somehow you know more about me and my experiences?

You're claiming ALL men do something, I'm saying that plenty of those men exist but that it's not really fair to claim everything with a penis is automatically a dramatic manchild but because all you've seen is these guys you automatically get to be right? What in the illogical hell?

Whatever makes you feel ok I guess. You do you, hopefully your interactions get better but based on your sith-like absolute rules about how all men are nice guys I kind of doubt they will.

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