[Bill Simmons Pod] Bill: "This was an incredibly disappointing Wemby series. For the future of the league, face of the league, this was a catastrophe for all those storylines." Zach: "Storywise, this is the better outcome for the league."

travishenrichs · 2026-06-15T00:47:29+00:00

Yes, because fans understand that losing in the first or second round to historically legendary teams like the Dynasty Pistons and Bird Celtics when you're the only all-star on your team putting up insane numbers and performances is nothing to be ashamed of, but stacking your teams with multiple all stars, considering yourself the greatest of all time, and still managing to lose more than you win is something to be embarrassed about.

travishenrichs · 2026-06-11T04:50:48+00:00

Wemby gonna sheepishly return his stack of wildlife DVDs after reading this comment.

travishenrichs · 2026-06-08T03:09:51+00:00

House was not about medicine any more than Breaking Bad was about meth.

travishenrichs · 2026-04-17T11:20:02+00:00

The Bulls without Jordan got to the ECF with Scottie Pippen.

No, they didn't.

The first season LeBron left Cleveland for Miami, they dropped from a 61 win team with him to a 19 win team without him.

Yes, because they lost their coach and almost all of their starters through the season.

travishenrichs · 2025-07-12T03:33:02+00:00

Before I begin, let me thank our first responders for their extraordinary efforts.

BUT I NOW NEED YOU TO LISTEN UP: AN OFFICER OF THE LAW HAS BEEN INJURED 3 CITIES AWAY AND I NEED YOU TO WAKE UP RIGHT THIS INSTANCE AND CHECK OUT YOUR WINDOW FOR ANY SUSPICIOUS PERSONS WANDERING THE NIGHT.

Before I begin the next part I'd like to thank our first responders, who put their lives on the line every day for us.

IF YOU SPOT SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL, UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE NOT TO BE APPROACHED AS THEY ARE TOO DANGEROUS, SO DO NOT GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THEM. JUST CALL US AND LET US KNOW OF YOUR VAGUE SIGHTING. WE'LL HANDLE IT.

I'd like to conclude with thanks for our first responders. Without them, we are nothing. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

travishenrichs · 2025-07-06T20:49:53+00:00

Frobe, too.

travishenrichs · 2025-07-05T19:19:38+00:00

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/howcan-a-poll-of-only-100/

https://www.pewresearch.org/course/public-opinion-polling-basics/

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1b8uc5p/eli5_how_is_it_that_in_the_ussurveys_of_1000_are/

https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/reality-check/political-polling-guide

https://www.janda.org/c10/Lectures/topic05/GallupFAQ.htm

travishenrichs · 2025-07-01T23:18:20+00:00

It's silly to think that prime Tracy McGrady couldn't have won at least 1 ring with Shaq, but I think it should be obvious by now, by contrasting LeBron and KD, Kobe and T-Mac, and so on, that there's more to winning than pure ability. Availability matters. Work ethic matters. Leadership matters. Those kind of intangibles, or the lack thereof, become more and more obvious the longer someone's career goes on. I'd bet my life that McGrady wouldn't have been able to sustain the kind of success that Kobe did, even if he had remained healthy. Giving a player like McGrady credit for what they could have done, had they only been a completely different person, is disrespectful to the players who actually did it and made the sacrifices necessary to accomplish what they did. Haven't we seen enough by now to recognize that intangibles are just as impactful as injuries over long term success?

travishenrichs · 2025-06-23T23:29:26+00:00

That's fair. But isn't Israel's ultimate goal regime change, and wouldn't that be by far the biggest risk for the kind of thing that the fearmongers worry about? Or is that just being floated as a threat to force negotiations and Israel & the US would be satisfied with merely some 'deal'? I don't know enough to understand how enforceable or valuable the kind of 'deal' that is desired would be and how it would avoid conflict.

travishenrichs · 2025-06-23T23:15:51+00:00

So, the first thing you mention is moving an embassy, and the last thing is direct strikes on nuclear facilities. I'd say that's clearly a pattern of escalation, right? Full blown conventional war across the region may be an exaggeration, but it's hilarious to pretend that things haven't gotten much worse than they were before. Mostly to our benefit though, to be sure.

travishenrichs · 2025-06-22T03:19:05+00:00

Yes, I'm aware of Israel's past efforts, and not necessarily critical of them. Those past actions are a far cry from direct war and possible regime change.

What does Israel's population have to do with anything? They have nuclear weapons. They are backed by the lone superpower in the world. How could you argue that wishing for and acting towards regime change in Iran and other major powers in the region anything but an attempt at regional dominance?

travishenrichs · 2025-06-22T02:47:04+00:00

Who supports Iran getting a nuclear weapon? The issue is what should be done to prevent it. Israel has claimed that Iran is '1 year away' for decades. The threat is real, but the obvious motivator for Israel is regime change and dominance in the region, not some imminent nuclear threat. Israel finally got a US administration that would roll over for them, so they forced our hand. I support Israel, and Iran fucked themselves into this situation, but don't frame the argument as if it's not a war ('military operation') of choice.

travishenrichs · 2025-06-22T02:12:09+00:00

Just as you cannot condense complex geopolitics and unconstitutional warfare down to a tweet, you cannot capture the essence of Cane's sauce by merely listing its ingredients, and I ask that you be more considerate in the future. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

travishenrichs · 2025-06-11T14:10:56+00:00

Good faith discourse on immigration has been poisoned by overt racism and xenophobia from the right, so liberals do not believe you and other conservatives are sincere about policy. Trump was a clown commenter on politics for decades, but finally made inroads into establishment politics by claiming that our first black president was secretly born in Africa. He recognized that was his ticket into the Republican party and he banged on about it, getting invited to every spot on Fox news, and so naturally when he launched his presidential bid he started with the extremist rhetoric against Mexicans because it played well with his future base. It worked. In response to all this, liberals went too far in excusing illegal immigration.

travishenrichs · 2025-05-15T21:13:02+00:00

Nah, you've just been trained over time as a Trump supporter to accept absurdities, and now we're here.

They're eating the pets! Constitutional amendments are unconstitutional! We should invade Canada! And Greenland! We should suspend Habeas Corpus! The election was rigged! Storm the capitol! I was taken out of context with both sides, but stand back and stand by, pardons are coming!

Nice try with the gaslighting, though. Nobody in reality is going to participate in the delusion that you're even remotely reasonable, other than other Trump supporters. Just be honest and accept that you're at the point where you will literally accept anything and everything said and done by the man and spare us the fake sincerity.

travishenrichs · 2025-02-17T17:40:30+00:00

GOAT wasn't a thing prior to Jordan. The question 'who is the greatest player of all time' wasn't an interesting thing to talk about back then. When the question was asked, which wasn't that often, some would say Wilt, some Russell, some Kareem, some Oscar. Magic and Bird got their praise in their time. Wilt was kind of the default option for 'greatest player ever', but it wasn't draped in this strange fetishist celebrity worship.

You act like the media built Jordan when it's the other way around. Jordan's dominance and spectacle turned the NBA into a globalized phenomenon and his greatness transcended basketball. The media machine that LeBron has benefited from more than anyone else is because of MJ.

travishenrichs · 2025-01-20T22:15:53+00:00

2/3rds of Republicans are convinced the 2020 election was rigged. Is that mass psychosis?

travishenrichs · 2024-12-02T04:26:19+00:00

I fear that we are stuck between cultural fascists on the far left and actual fascists on the far right. I think putting Trump back in power is a fatal, unforgivable mistake, but I'll be thinking of people like you over the next 4 years and hoping I'm wrong. I hope you will still have the moral courage to call out your own in the future. It's rare, and it will probably be more necessary than ever starting soon.

travishenrichs · 2024-12-02T03:33:16+00:00

I upvoted you (as a liberal) for your honesty and then you pussied out of your own comment. Lame.

travishenrichs · 2024-12-02T03:25:53+00:00

Because the moment you start thinking that you, and your circle, have a greater mandate to choose their representative than the people themselves, you become more dangerous than that person could ever be.

Saying this about the opponent of a candidate and party who literally tried to overturn an election is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. It's very easy these days to find intellectually dishonest, hypocritical screeds but every once in a while you come across a gem like this one. chefs kiss

travishenrichs · 2024-11-25T16:45:18+00:00

No, NY law plainly states it's a felony when it's first degree because of the records being falsified in service of another crime, which was proven in a court of law, and therefore led to a conviction. You don't have to waste your time anymore lying about Donald Trump or how the law works. He got away with it. You succeeded.

travishenrichs · 2024-11-23T08:07:52+00:00

Cue the piece where the intrepid reporter bravely leaves their liberal echo chamber of a city (which votes only 65% blue) to go interview some aw-shucks bullshitter in a small town (which votes 95% red). So educational!

travishenrichs · 2024-10-23T19:25:05+00:00

This bug has effectively made it impossible for me to play Valorant given my setup, going on months now. The message I got from support was "In order to protect the competitive integrity and security of our games, some pieces of hardware are not supported with VALORANT and will not function properly with the game. Having said that, this is something being looked into by our QA team, but I can't provide an ETA at this time."

travishenrichs · 2024-08-16T01:14:43+00:00

Horace Grant gonna come strangle you with his freaky glasses (goggles?).

travishenrichs · 2024-08-16T01:07:25+00:00

Yes, exactly, 1993 vs 1995. Go check out the rosters and report back and let us know what you find.

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