an_angry_tiger's recent activity
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Comment on Iran’s supreme leader signals harsher crackdown as protest movement swells in ~society
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Comment on What private companies are you happy doing business with? in ~talk
an_angry_tiger Link ParentI've gone in to hiking clothing, its practical and tends to be at least decent quality (although you still have to be careful about cheap brands and luxury/fashion margins). Patagonia has a lot of...I've gone in to hiking clothing, its practical and tends to be at least decent quality (although you still have to be careful about cheap brands and luxury/fashion margins). Patagonia has a lot of good core principles and make good clothing, and they sell used clothing on their website. Cotopaxi is also good quality, although I don't know about their principles (and their used clothing website seems to have gotten worse). REI is a great store and has their own house brand that makes really practical clothing for a great price.
Also UNIQLO, I know everything there is going to be a good baseline of value for the price.
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Comment on What private companies are you happy doing business with? in ~talk
an_angry_tiger Link ParentThey do more than make excellent flour, they publish a huge range of great quality recipes on their site that they develop, and host a baker's hotline that you can call and get live support from...They do more than make excellent flour, they publish a huge range of great quality recipes on their site that they develop, and host a baker's hotline that you can call and get live support from real people on whatever you need help with when baking.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 18 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger Link ParentIt does seem, to my homer brain, that yeah they see the Harbaugh on the market and want to make a move now.It does seem, to my homer brain, that yeah they see the Harbaugh on the market and want to make a move now.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 18 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger Link ParentAnd now Mike McDaniel!! The fun doesn't stop, really did not see that one coming.And now Mike McDaniel!! The fun doesn't stop, really did not see that one coming.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 18 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger Link ParentAnd there goes John Harbaugh from the Ravens!!! Another tombstone for the year.And there goes John Harbaugh from the Ravens!!! Another tombstone for the year.
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Comment on On 2016 nostalgia in ~talk
an_angry_tiger Link ParentYeah I don't really get 2016 nostalgia, I get Obama era nostalgia. But I started university when he was inaugurated and graduated at the start of his second term, so that coincides very tightly to...Yeah I don't really get 2016 nostalgia, I get Obama era nostalgia.
But I started university when he was inaugurated and graduated at the start of his second term, so that coincides very tightly to the most nostalgic time of my life: university and young adulthood.
I mean I guess I also have nostalgia for 2016, but more in the way of "oh my god things seemed trending upwards back then and life seemed good, holy crap we did not see the next 9+ years coming".
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Comment on Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit in ~tech
an_angry_tiger Link ParentI mean, reddit has been a place for creative writing exercises for way longer than AI has been around, longer than I've been on this site, hell longer than most of my adult life. People love going...We don’t know who the hoaxer was here, or their motives. Seems fairly amateur-hour, tbh, given the current state of AI tools. A properly motivated and funded disinformation campaign would know how to make its fake badge and research paper less detectable as such.
I mean, reddit has been a place for creative writing exercises for way longer than AI has been around, longer than I've been on this site, hell longer than most of my adult life. People love going on there and just writing bullshit (e.g. r/amItheAsshole and such), doesn't have to be for a coordinated nefarious purpose.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 18 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger LinkWhole swath of firings this week hasn't it been, red monday. Glad to see Stefanski get canned (I'm still bitter about Baker), although that's going to do jack shit to help the browns (they're...Whole swath of firings this week hasn't it been, red monday.
Glad to see Stefanski get canned (I'm still bitter about Baker), although that's going to do jack shit to help the browns (they're screwed, ownership is useless, the watson contract still haunts them, and Shedeur Ain't It (tm)).
Neutral on the arizona firing. Neutral on Carroll, but damn they had a bad season, had hoped the Geno experiment worked out better but hey.
I don't have a lot of faith in the Bills going deep in the playoffs, but it's been a fun season, and that last game against the Jets was great, gives me exactly what I wanted: the Jets losing horribly. No idea what the Jets are going to try and do next season but it won't work, fuck that franchise.
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Comment on Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z in ~tech
an_angry_tiger Link ParentYeah, I barely go on reddit at all these days, only to a few subreddits I still follow, which also seem to be dying out over time. I used to go on r/all just for a firehose of quick dumb content,...Yeah, I barely go on reddit at all these days, only to a few subreddits I still follow, which also seem to be dying out over time. I used to go on r/all just for a firehose of quick dumb content, but at some point that all became very political (as in directly relying or commenting on fresh news items) and very incendiary and I just wondered what the hell I was doing.
It seems to be settling in to a niche of being a image/video based social media place, guess the company is happy about that, does seem to be a whole lot of those around though, and I don't know why I'd choose reddit for that now instead of tiktok.....
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Comment on One of Sweden's most famous literary characters, Pippi Longstocking, turns 80 years old today in ~books
an_angry_tiger LinkHuh, I don't think I'd ever have pegged her as a Swedish creation, never gave any thought of where the character came from at all.Huh, I don't think I'd ever have pegged her as a Swedish creation, never gave any thought of where the character came from at all.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 11 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger LinkAs a fan of the Bills and Baker Mayfield, that Bills Bucs game was great, highlight of the week and didn't need to watch anything else.As a fan of the Bills and Baker Mayfield, that Bills Bucs game was great, highlight of the week and didn't need to watch anything else.
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Comment on Development of the Paradox Interactive-owned IP Cities: Skylines will shift from Colossal Order to Iceflake Studios in ~games
an_angry_tiger Link ParentOver the last 2 years they've released a bunch of updates, in the patch notes for each one they talk about how some system or another as broken and they fixed it to make the simulation work, and...Over the last 2 years they've released a bunch of updates, in the patch notes for each one they talk about how some system or another as broken and they fixed it to make the simulation work, and each time I load up a game and can't really tell much of a difference. I'm sure they've fixed bugs, but they haven't fundamentally made the underlying systems either a) fun/gameplay, or b) have like, an actual noticeable impact on the game, with the player interacting with it in a meaningful way. The game, to me, is still stuck in only having "put down roads, zone lots" as a gameplay loop, and nothing else.
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Comment on Europa Universalis V review – even hardened grand strategy veterans may be startled by the intricacy of this historical simulation in ~games
an_angry_tiger Link ParentEU2 was 1419 to 1819, and EU1 might as well not exist because no one has played it. Seems wrong on the 1836 entirely, I imagine he's conflating it with when Victoria 1/2/3 start (1836), and...EU2 was 1419 to 1819, and EU1 might as well not exist because no one has played it.
Seems wrong on the 1836 entirely, I imagine he's conflating it with when Victoria 1/2/3 start (1836), and assumed from that. I think by "traditionally" he was mainly thinking of the start date, which has been the 15th century pretty consistently, and this is the first time EU has really been pushed to start so far back that its kinda jutting in on the CK timeframe (if anyone playing CK actually goes the distance).
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Comment on Los Angeles Dodgers beat Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series in ~sports.baseball
an_angry_tiger Link ParentI hear this sentiment a lot, and leafs aside, I think that ("what it is like as a fan of Toronto sports teams.") is pretty common to most cities. Aside from like Boston and LA, how many cities...I hear this sentiment a lot, and leafs aside, I think that ("what it is like as a fan of Toronto sports teams.") is pretty common to most cities. Aside from like Boston and LA, how many cities actually see repeated success? Toronto won the NBA chip just 6 years ago, and came within centimetres of a world series win (after winning back to back 30 years ago). Compare that to somewhere like Cleveland, where of their 3 big teams (Cavs, Browns, Guardians), only one has won anything in my lifetime, and that was a single time that required a generational (perhaps best of all time?) talent putting in the absolute series of his lifetime to narrowly win in a game 7, with 3 straight wins when down 3-1.
Most teams just don't do well, only 1 of the 30-32 teams can win each year, and most cities are just shit outta luck.
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Comment on Los Angeles Dodgers beat Toronto Blue Jays to win the World Series in ~sports.baseball
an_angry_tiger LinkBoy that sucked ass, was a great game of baseball and a great series, but not the way I wanted to end it. Really had no expectations of the Jays going that far and was pleasantly surprised, only...Boy that sucked ass, was a great game of baseball and a great series, but not the way I wanted to end it. Really had no expectations of the Jays going that far and was pleasantly surprised, only one team can win it and we brought it down to the absolute wire, which is more than the yankees could do last year.
Now with that being said, I'm going back to my regular baseball opinion of "I haven't liked this sport in years and the ohtani contract was the nail in that coffin, no enthusiasm for the sport where the best player takes a backloaded flexible contract so his team, which is the crosstown rivals of those he used to play for, can scoop up the best players with their huge payroll* and go on to back to back world series."
* yes I'm aware the Jays are also one of the top payrolls, and I don't think that changes much, the sport still remains in this weird state where the bottom few teams either have no chance, have cheapskate owners so they'll never have a chance, the fat middle of teams that have a decent payroll but not big enough to go far, and then the top teams that own their own sports networks (like the Jays) and have enough brand appeal that they can have a huge edge on the rest of the teams just by payroll size.
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Comment on Toronto Blue Jays prove they're top dog, clinch ALCS berth in the Bronx in ~sports.baseball
an_angry_tiger Link ParentI'm sure the yankees would find a way to be annoying in any case, I mean, they're doing a great job of it already.I'm sure the yankees would find a way to be annoying in any case, I mean, they're doing a great job of it already.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
an_angry_tiger LinkA broken clock is NOT right twice a day, the value it gives happens to line up for 1 second twice a day, but it is never correct. The only way you would be able to verify that its right is if you...A broken clock is NOT right twice a day, the value it gives happens to line up for 1 second twice a day, but it is never correct. The only way you would be able to verify that its right is if you had another timepiece, and even then, the clock isn't working, it ceased operating and the value it last produced can happen to line up with reality. Trying to use a broken clock for anything would be a futile effort, what are you going to do, stare at a clock all day where the hands don't move?
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 5 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger LinkBills :( But on the other hand: Baker Mayfield is having a great year and it's so great seeing him and the bucs succeed :), some fun clean wholesome football.Bills :(
But on the other hand: Baker Mayfield is having a great year and it's so great seeing him and the bucs succeed :), some fun clean wholesome football.
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Comment on US FBI readies new war on trans people in ~lgbt
an_angry_tiger Link ParentKen Kilpiienstein is a journalist, formerly at publications such as The Intercept, The Nation, The Young Turks, amongst other places, but now independent on his own Substack. He's generally pretty...Ken Kilpiienstein is a journalist, formerly at publications such as The Intercept, The Nation, The Young Turks, amongst other places, but now independent on his own Substack.
He's generally pretty reliable and neutral enough for me, although no one is perfect or infallible.
As for sources and if this is trustworthy and such, well this article specifically, who can say. Is the administration in general targeting trans people however? Oh yeah for sure, I mean you don't need research for that, just listen to when the POTUS starts bringing up "transtifa" and blaming trans people for all the worlds' woes. The administration isn't like, shying away from transphobia (or anything, really), like its pretty clear cut what they're about and what they're doing.
What a repulsive thing to say.