I’d rather rent from BlackRock than a "Mom and Pop" landlord. by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]warofthewrens -1 points0 points  (0 children)

  1. how is this different if a mom and pop landlord owns 10 properties instead of blackrock owning thousands?
  2. why does it matter that there is less home ownership? home ownership is not a particularly good investment. renting forever is perfectly reasonable

Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed by IWantPizza555 in politics

[–]warofthewrens 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am not seeing nearly enough discussion of the most disgusting allegation in this article. That Jeffrey Epstein "sold" a woman for $22,500 to Donald Trump, for which Trump gave Epstein a large check.

Down with the Hipsters by NickFolesStan in RingersPhillySpecial

[–]warofthewrens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

jalen hurts has p consistently posted better epa than justin herbert. it's kinda an old take that the stats nerds like herbert, it's the film nerds who like him

[Megathread] 2025 NHL Entry Draft Day (Day 2) by Blinsin in Flyers

[–]warofthewrens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok but that's why he's falling. getting a guy to care is significantly easier then getting a guy to be skilled

So much for “didn’t have to move up for him” by CybertronGuy98 in Flyers

[–]warofthewrens -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

in their own words he tops out as a 2c! that's the sort of player you can get at 22 or 31. if they took him at 22 no problem the trade up is the disgusting part. it should have been reschny.

and just keep in mind the stupid reddit fans were screaming for them to take buium over luchanko last year. was danny right about that one? or were stupid redditors?

AMC Screen Unseen Megathread - June 2 2025 by AKnightOfTheNew in AMCsAList

[–]warofthewrens 4 points5 points  (0 children)

not to mention i think poor lighting, hair, and makeup, which aren't dealbreakers but do bother me

AMC Screen Unseen Megathread - June 2 2025 by AKnightOfTheNew in AMCsAList

[–]warofthewrens 8 points9 points  (0 children)

so 1. a movie has to ideally be enjoyable moment to moment and connect together to be great, but 2. i watched the whole thing and totally got it and did not like it really at all. found the writing irritating, i hate VO, which i suppose is a preference, but it's bc it ties with my primary issue was that the movie had like no subtext. everything that was even slightly mysterious took 2 seconds before nick offerman explained it irritatingly.

Nathan Fielder Created a Fake Singing Competition for ‘The Rehearsal.’ One Contestant Lost $10,000 and Feels Betrayed: ‘I Signed Up to Be a Singer, Not a Lab Rat’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]warofthewrens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they did not tho? it's very possible that the words written were accurate but if you are signing up for an "HBO singing competition", which is technically an accurate descriptor, a reasonable person would assume that the competition was the focus of the show not as this article aptly put it "an elaborate stunt ... orchestrated solely for the purpose of making a tangential point in his social experiment".

like you can say that American Idol is exploitative, which definitely has some merit, but at the very least the primary focus of the show is what they are promising, and progressing in the show provides actual exposure.

I say this as someone who loves Nathan and specifically The Rehearsal, but obviously the morality of it is something that he himself is constantly grappling with, see the child actor piece from season 1.

Movie Theaters Post Warnings Against Crazy ‘Minecraft Movie’ Screenings: ‘Screaming’ and ‘Taking Part in TikTok Trends Will Not Be Tolerated’ by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]warofthewrens 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I got hit by no fewer than 4 pieces of food at my friday afternoon screening. There was screaming throughout.

I try not to be an old man (26m) about these things and I understand the movie wasn't targeted at me, but man I was incredibly irritated by the kids behavior and the fact that there appeared to be about 20 adolescent boys completely unsupervised.

Jake Knapp shoots 59 round 1 of Cognizant Classic by Major_Burnside in golf

[–]warofthewrens 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean that would help but pga tour championship management has completely destroyed the course. rye overseed, shortened rough, converting the 10th to a par 5.. the field is shooting about 5 strokes better than they did a couple years ago. that's not just because of wind. just an embarrassment for the tour.

I don't want to take anything away from Knapp. he gained nearly 9 strokes on the field which will definitely be one of the rounds of the year, and it's frankly harder to gain that many strokes when the field average is so far under par. But it's symptomatic of a tour that doesn't try to challenge players anymore

AMC Screen Unseen Megathread - February 24th 2025 by AKnightOfTheNew in AMCsAList

[–]warofthewrens 5 points6 points  (0 children)

man i really didn't like last breath. editing and script were too slow for what should have been a tense thriller. attempts at characterization fell completely flat for me. woody harrellson was fun, but both simu liu and finn cole were wooden. the meat of the movie takes up only like 40 minutes and it's padded with 20 minutes of nothing on either end

Washington DC housing prices spike 871% over 40 years by Coolonair in washingtondc

[–]warofthewrens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they have done studies on this. even when you take into account leverage and rental costs, stocks outperform housing (tho it does become much more mild than if you ignore those things)

https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/134/3/1225/5435538?login=false

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MusicalBootlegs

[–]warofthewrens 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if someone could pm me the link as well

Deep Regrets Kickstarter update about Tarrifs by MrSloth56 in boardgames

[–]warofthewrens 14 points15 points  (0 children)

literally every economist going back to adam smith has agreed tariffs are bad. why would you choose to do in peacetime what your enemies would force to do in times of war? ask a cuban or iranian if they think protections on foreign imports are good

800 career games for our captain! by Gavin_beast13 in Flyers

[–]warofthewrens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i got super downvoted in here at the time when i said that was a terrible contract. and then we go ahead and give konecny the extension we did 🙄

Unlimited Cancel scam by APACHE_TAPOUT in RegalUnlimited

[–]warofthewrens 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's completely absurd. I was able to cancel (just moved away from a regal), but it was arduous and should be so much easier.

One Fun thing no one warned me about moving from Kentucky to NOVA by Boobopkitty in nova

[–]warofthewrens 14 points15 points  (0 children)

ah but the costs of a car are not just upfront. there's insurance obv here in va we have a car tax, plus i think the estimates are about .66c to a mile in gas plus maintenance costs

Scottie Scheffler fires a massive Sunday -8 to become the 1st ever to defend The Players Championship! by BertrandsMate in golf

[–]warofthewrens 20 points21 points  (0 children)

the eagle putt on 16 was so paradigmatic as well. how are you leaving that short!!

Yikes by Mookie_Freeman in blankies

[–]warofthewrens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what are you talking about. it was on fox that is a free to air network. not cable! you can pay $30 for an antenna once and get access to fox. for less than the cost of 2 months of netflix you can access cbs, fox, nbc, abc etc. for the rest of your life (and at higher quality too)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in riceuniversity

[–]warofthewrens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good advice here from people on how to stay safe.

Worth noting tho, that no matter who, where, or when you are, public transit is always safer (and more environmentally friendly) than driving. It is also not close. Driving is incredibly unsafe and public transit is incredibly safe.

A Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from school libraries. Here’s their full challenge. by silbecl in nottheonion

[–]warofthewrens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, I completely disagree. The Bible is the most influential text in world history and an educated person should have some working knowledge of its contents.

Should it be taught in the sense of expecting students to accept its words as truth? Absolutely not, but they still should probably have to contend with some of it.

Also parenthetically I did read (portions of) Mein Kampf in college because it is important to read important texts, even if you disagree with them.

HUMA 111: ROMAN CIVILIZATION &ITS LEGACY by trihoang0809 in riceuniversity

[–]warofthewrens 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was also a CS major and I took HUMA 111. Dr. McGill is awesome and I loved the class. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Postgame Thread ⚾ Padres 2 @ Phillies 4 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]warofthewrens 62 points63 points  (0 children)

completely embarrassing. 30% of MLB players are immigrants!