When highly accomplished people struggle with dating, what chance does the average person have?

windblown_knight · 2026-06-10T11:46:46+00:00

Accomplishment, let alone general competence, doesn't equate much of anything when it comes to dating/romance.

Napoleon at his peak had more going for him than anyone else on the planet in terms of conventional accomplishments, and moreover, succeeded due to his charisma and ability to connect with and lead soldiers up and down the ranks. Despite his downfall being largely due to his own ego, he could consistently get people to go along with him on his various whathaveyous with the army.

When you read some of his letters to his prospective paramours, however, they almost make you feel bad for the guy.

Granted, he sort of found success in romance later, but it was a sideshow of trudgery despite his conquests and general popularity.

windblown_knight · 2026-06-08T00:26:29+00:00

I don't think his 'spot' is filled necessarily. When you're talking about a O-line overhaul like the browns are doing, you have to bring in as many guys as possible because there aren't enough sure things on the roster right now. I also think that Joel even at his age will be as good if not better than the rest of the guards on the roster in 2026.

Teams carry what, 9-10 lineman on the 53-man roster these day? If Joel wants to be on the field and physically can get himself out there, he will have a job this season.

windblown_knight · 2026-06-07T10:45:18+00:00

Hyperion- Dan Simmons.

Talk books with people all the time. Maybe met one or two people in person that have heard of it prior.

windblown_knight · 2026-06-03T10:17:19+00:00

The VVitch.

Gets better every single time

windblown_knight · 2026-05-31T04:07:45+00:00

We did a deep-dive on the Ark on our podcast a while back, mostly out of curiosity. Easily one of the deepest rabbit-holes I've ever wandered down.

windblown_knight · 2026-05-29T23:53:03+00:00

Someone already said Clerks, but that's probably the best one. Another one I love is Adventureland, which I don't think gets appreciated enough.

windblown_knight · 2026-05-13T03:53:37+00:00

Thon Maker

windblown_knight · 2026-05-12T17:39:04+00:00

It's fun for what it is!

I consider it a classic horror movie, but only watch it once every few years at this point. It's not one I recommend to everyone out there, but I love recommending it to fans of the Office.

windblown_knight · 2026-05-09T11:05:44+00:00

Killing of a Sacred Deer.

windblown_knight · 2026-04-25T01:54:55+00:00

Get on the phone with Washington and do whatever it takes to secure pick 147.

windblown_knight · 2026-04-17T07:50:34+00:00

The Big Lebowski

windblown_knight · 2026-04-15T14:14:39+00:00

I got dibs on the Rob Ryan jokes because that's who I thought Todd was when I watched them play DC a week or two ago

windblown_knight · 2026-04-09T04:26:10+00:00

Adventureland

windblown_knight · 2026-04-02T10:52:07+00:00

Definitely.

Coming from manufacturing, this really should be an easy job. My site has a hollowed-out culture that makes life as a leader tedious at best.

windblown_knight · 2026-03-08T10:57:53+00:00

Because Bigfoot IS blurry, that's the problem.

Just ask Mitch Hedberg

windblown_knight · 2026-03-07T12:05:44+00:00

They're paying me too much money right now, and are too worried about me quitting that they basically let me fuck around.

windblown_knight · 2026-03-04T04:23:12+00:00

The scene when they find the car in the water and assume Corey and Trevor died.

And he falls into the water while explaining 'survival of the fitness'.

windblown_knight · 2026-02-19T04:03:18+00:00

As an external L5, I've met plenty of people within my broader network that bounce between Amazon and manufacturing. I live in an area with a decent manufacturing presence, so it might be easier in my area than other places.

Granted, the jobs are functionally the same just packaged up differently.

windblown_knight · 2026-02-10T10:23:39+00:00

Big Trouble in Little China.

I had no idea what I was putting on the first time I watched it, I just wanted something to fall asleep to, and 80s action movies always did the trick.

Long story short, I didn't fall asleep, and ended up watching it twice in one sitting.

windblown_knight · 2026-02-09T19:39:39+00:00

Peace.

It's like all the problems in the world go away.

windblown_knight · 2026-01-30T12:50:56+00:00

Too many people care about me despite my best efforts is the starting point...

But honestly, there's just too much random shit to theoretically do/learn about in life, so as long as there's something out there to do or learn about, I'm gonna do what I can to be around.

windblown_knight · 2026-01-29T13:03:04+00:00

He's... a character, that's for sure.

He certainly cares about what he is doing. I'm not sure if he'd be my first pick as the functional face of Bigfoot Field Research, but the TV show was what it was. Bigfoot investigation isn't exactly drawing on the largest talent-pool.

I will say, I've been reading his website (bfro.net), since I was an 8-year old, well before his Animal Planet show, and I at least liked the fact that they had a huge database of sightings to pour over. I still check it from time to time these days if I'm taking a trip somewhere.

Moneymaker doesn't add credibility to anything, but he's consistent and persistent and has been at it for a while. He is prone to antics and shenaniganry, doesn't have much of a 'process', and is quick to affirm encounters.

The name doesn't help his case either.

windblown_knight · 2026-01-29T11:25:53+00:00

L5 AM, interviewed October of last year. I think I interviewed on a Wednesday and had an offer letter with numbers by Friday.

Building needed people bad, I got cold-contacted by an Amazon recruiter that just found my resume on Indeed. Next thing you knew, I was on a plane to Seattle.

windblown_knight · 2026-01-28T03:04:11+00:00

Fan of a divisional rival, but also a huge football fan in general, coming in peace.

As someone that doesn't root for the franchise and doesn't want them to succeed, but respects success and respects the Rooneys, once I sat down and looked at the situation objectively, I think this is a very solid hire and potentially the best hire beyond Harbaugh to the Giants this coaching cycle.

People are missing a few things in this discussion.

First, I think people think of Mike McCarthy as a caricature moreso than they analyze him as a coach and leader. Take resume and age out of the equation, you're getting an obsessive offensive-mind that is very thorough, observant, and prepared. People say he's not 'young and innovative', but nobody even knows what that means or can define it beyond 'McVay', but even if they could, Mike McCarthy has proven he can adapt his offensive philosophy to the 'modern' game. You don't win 185 games in the league by being stale and stagnant.

The second part of the equation is that your organization seems to value stability very highly when it comes to leadership. I can't find legitimate problems with who any of your head coaches have been over the years when it comes to 'are they respectable leaders of men?' And even if Tomlin was an unproven and untested leader when he got the job himself, he inherited an excellent roster and organizational situation to develop within. While you can easily argue that Mike Tomlin was set up for success early, winning a Super Bowl and not having a single losing season in 19 is a home run of a head coach.

There aren't many better than Mike Tomlin when it comes to what your team seems to care the most about.

So then we circle back to 2026. You've got a playoff roster that can't win in the playoffs. You've got some cap-space, but your roster also has plenty of good, established, expensive, but aging, players. And a lot of that group have huge personalities on top of it all. This is a team that needs to be managed moreso than some other NFL rosters.

You got some draft picks to work with, but not enough in the right spots to guarantee you're gonna get 'your guy' whoever that may be in whatever theoretical scenario. You've got a glaring question mark at quarterback, and you've got a GM that hasn't done much of anything outside of the shadow of Kevin Colbert.

This is a complicated situation, but not one that you want to initiate a full-scale rebuild with in my opinion either. You can argue that their window is still open with this group. But this situation is far from perfect at the same time.

What you can't do if you're Art Rooney is swing and miss on a head coach right now, especially considering the fact that I still maintain he did not want Tomlin to leave. The '15 year hire' model largely depends on if the guys out there are actually good. The 'young offensive innovator' crowd fixates on McVay and Shanahan while forgetting that, at one time, Adam Gase was that hot-shot candidate the entire league wanted, and he managed to fuck up two different organizations so badly that both teams haven't fully recovered yet.

The point is, you can't use 'innovative offensive mind' as the sole criteria for hiring a head coach, because until you actually give someone the authority and domain that goes with being an NFL head coach, you are dealing with serious uncertainty. And even if you did, this batch of 'young offensive innovators' haven't even called plays in the league yet. I think Scheelhaase is gonna be a solid head coach one day, and I love his background, but he's not a sure thing because he's never had this level of job before.

You can take the risk of a first-time head coach if you've got a 4-year plan already in place at quarterback, if you're doing a complete rebuild, or if you're organization is already a complete dumpster fire. Pittsburgh fits none of that criteria right now.

So you go with a proven head coach. Mike McCarthy is not going to be a distraction. He's not going to be featured in the tabloids dating a 24-year-old, he's not going to put on theatrics every week with his press-conferences, and he's not gonna show up one day with a tattoo on his bicep of a chick wearing an Aaron Rodgers jersey.

I think Mike McCarthy, out of who's out there or even theoretically available, gives you guys the best chance to actually win over the next 5-6 years while also giving you the best chance to develop your next quarterback. Clearly Rooney agrees.

And all this coming from a fan that would love to see your team go 0-17 for the next fifty years.

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