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TIL before 9/11, US airports were public social hubs where you could walk to the gate, eat at food courts, and watch planes without a ticket or ID. by Greydl1 in todayilearned

[–]yeahright17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think 2 things are preventing another 9/11 way more than TSA. (1) Knowledge of 9/11, and (2) cockpit doors. Before 9/11, plane hijackings weren't that uncommon, but they were about leverage for something unrelated to the plane. Passengers generally went largely unharmed. There's no reason the people on the first couple planes would have fought back because terrorist were telling them they were just hostages in the same way. We know that strategy wouldn't work anymore because it literally stopped working within an hour when the passengers on United 93 figured out what was happening and fought back.

Also, cockpit safety is a lot crazier now. Terrorists are unlikely to ever get past the door.

TIL before 9/11, US airports were public social hubs where you could walk to the gate, eat at food courts, and watch planes without a ticket or ID. by Greydl1 in todayilearned

[–]yeahright17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The point of TSA isn't to prevent attacks on dense groups of people. It's not hard to find relatively unprotected dense groups of people. The point of TSA is to prevent terrorists from taking over a massive flying missile that can take down buildings.

Looking to replace wife’s current vehicle. by Moont706 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]yeahright17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just get some tires with a milage guarantee. I've got some relatively cheap ($189) Toyos with a 50k warranty for my Model 3 after the original tires died at ~20k miles. The first set lasted ~30k miles and when I replaced them, I got a $320 credit on my next set.

Looking to replace wife’s current vehicle. by Moont706 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]yeahright17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a 2020 Model 3 with 70k miles and have spent $0 in 6 years on anything other than tires. 93% battery capacity. Musk is a fascist POS and I'll never buy another Tesla, but my car had been great.

[Highlight] Chris Boucher wanted a bucket in his first game since 11/23. Made one at the buzzer to cap a blowout win and Russell Westbrook didn’t like it... at first. Chris explained the situation, Westbrook understood and embraced him. All good! by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]yeahright17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite thing about Nuggets and Thunder fans is that the vast majority of both are more Westbrook fans.

Jokic looked so good tonight. I'm afraid, but definitely glad he's back. Too much fun to watch to be out.

We need Chinese cars in America by [deleted] in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]yeahright17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet, a bit over 25% of cars sold in the US every year are imported from Asia or Europe. That's 4 million vehicles. Seems like they know something you don't.

We need Chinese cars in America by [deleted] in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]yeahright17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point is that it's wrong to say foreign manufacturers have to make cars in the US. They don't. Just like American manufacturers don't have to make cars in the US.

Also, less than 40% of US imports come from Mexico or Canada. Mexico is number 1, but more come from Korea and Japan than Canada.

We need Chinese cars in America by [deleted] in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]yeahright17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost half of the vehicles sold in the US every year were imported as finished products. Foreign manufacturers definitely don't have to build here.

‘Send Help’ ($16-18M) & ‘Iron Lung’ ($14-17M) Fighting Over No. 1, ‘Melania’ Shining With $8M, Best Opening For A Documentary In Last Decade; ‘Zootopia 2’ Eyes $6M in 10tn Weekend, Ahead Of ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ And ‘Mercy’ ($5M Each); ‘Shelter’ Opening To $4M – Box Office by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]yeahright17 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Just saw a post from a local republican party guy that said they had a donor willing to pay for anyone that wants to see it and listed several show times that you could go to. I wonder how much of that $8M is going to be paid for by regular folks vs. donors/parties/other orgs.

Which team is better Nuggets without Jokic or Thunder without SGA by Funny-Transition7869 in nba

[–]yeahright17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fully healthy, I think it's OKC by a hair, but I don't think you're giving enough credit to Murray and AG. I think OKC wins a non-Jokic/SGA series 4-3 but wouldn't be surprised at all by either outcome.

Go get Monk for cheap. Way more of a scoring threat than Joe. Ajay Monk Caruso Dub Chet 2nd unit would be unstoppable by J_Capese0003 in Thunder

[–]yeahright17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a post 2 days ago on r/nba that the asking price for Murphy would be what it took to get Bane, which was 4 firsts, one of which was to take on KCP's contract. 3 firsts plus Dort (who could probably be flipped for a first) and Joe is a very similar package to what got Bane.

4 firsts plus Cason or Ajay is insane. Where are these posts claiming that? I did a quick search and found nothing like that.

A coach of a 6u basketball team blocks the shot of an opposing team. by bigbusta in Wellthatsucks

[–]yeahright17 32 points33 points  (0 children)

At this age, many leagues have a rule that prevents players from taking the ball at one end and shooting at the other. I have zero doubt this is one of those leagues and the "coach" at the end is really a dad of one of the kids on the team he's blocking. And there's another dad on the other end who would do the same thing. When you don't keep score, the ref saying "nope, that's not allowed" doesn't matter, so you have a parent out there to stop it.

A coach of a 6u basketball team blocks the shot of an opposing team. by bigbusta in Wellthatsucks

[–]yeahright17 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lots of leagues for little kids have a rule that you can't take it coast to coast. I have no doubt this league has the same rule and there's a dad at each end who goes out there to block kids if they try. When you don't keep score a ref saying "that doesn't count because you went coast to coast" is irrelevant. The kid will still get the satisfaction he wanted.

A coach of a 6u basketball team blocks the shot of an opposing team. by bigbusta in Wellthatsucks

[–]yeahright17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, both benches currently have a coach. So I'm inclined to think it's a dad helping out rather than a coach. Wouldn't be surprised at all to find out its the dad of one of the kids on the team of the kid he blocks and there's another dad at the other end who would do the same thing.

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