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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 3 in ~sports.american_football
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 3 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger LinkWho would have guessed, many years ago, that we'd be seeing a Sam Darnold superbowl. All aboard the GEQBUS baby.Who would have guessed, many years ago, that we'd be seeing a Sam Darnold superbowl. All aboard the GEQBUS baby.
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Comment on Who Qualifies for Canada’s $1,800 Universal Basic Income Pilot 2026 in ~society
an_angry_tiger Link ParentWell I clicked on the "Contact Us" page and am immediately greeted by their contact email: sudaninvest192@gmail.com , so I have a strong feeling you may be right. If not a straight up scam, at...Well I clicked on the "Contact Us" page and am immediately greeted by their contact email: sudaninvest192@gmail.com , so I have a strong feeling you may be right. If not a straight up scam, at least could be an AI SEO kind of slop content site.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 2 in ~sports.american_football
an_angry_tiger LinkBoy the Bills huh. They really played like shit and lost that game on their own, womp womp who would have guessed. McDermott leaving I'm fine with, I don't think he's the cause but after so many...Boy the Bills huh. They really played like shit and lost that game on their own, womp womp who would have guessed. McDermott leaving I'm fine with, I don't think he's the cause but after so many years you kinda have to make a change. Beane staying and being promoted makes me feel like the situation is not going to remedy itself and they'll continue running a shitty team around Allen and losing in the playoffs similarly until he moves or retires. Ah well that's the Bills I suppose, already had a feeling they were going to lose going in.
The narrative of "this was the best chance they had for a superbowl" is funny to me. No more Mahomes/Chiefs to ruin the playoffs this year, but even then, what was the expectation? It's the shittiest Bills team in a few years, and they still had to go against the top 3 teams in the league. Feels like an odd sentiment to me that the Patriots, Seahawks (how the hell did they and Darnold get so good suddenly), and Broncos were seen as an easier road than getting through the Chiefs (who uh, I mean, they're not going to return to being the superteam next year are they? do they have the roster construction and flexibility for that? is Mahomes going to return as good as he's been in the past?).
And now of course the part where I complain about the refs -- but not about them winning the game for the Broncos, because that's not true, the Bills lost it on their own fair and square. No what I'm complaining about is that I don't think I understand the rules and I don't think anyone else does either, I think the rules are very vague and give a lot of leeway to the refs to just kind of make it up as they go along. I don't think that's unique to the NFL either, it happens a ton in the NBA as the refs just kind of make up what they consider a foul or not as they go along, and then in the NBA playoffs they just make up an entirely different consideration of what counts as a foul or not. There's no consistency to be had there, just up to whatever refs are in the game and how they decide to call it, and I guess how much the NBA execs want to give guidelines to the refs.
Anyway, back to complaining about the NFL, I finally looked up the definition of a "football move" after hearing about it so many times, well the rulebook doesn't use the term "football move", but the sentiment is found here (under "Article 7 Player Possession"):
To gain possession of a loose ball that has been caught, intercepted, or recovered, a player (a) must have complete control of the ball with his hands or arms and (b) have both feet or any other part of his body, other than his hands, completely on the ground inbounds, and, after (a) and (b) have been fulfilled, clearly perform any act common to the game (e.g., extend the ball forward, take an additional step, tuck the ball away and turn upfield, or avoid or ward off an opponent). It is not necessary that he commit such an act, provided that he maintains control of the ball long enough to do so. This rule applies in the field of play, at the sideline, and in the end zone.
It's just "clearly perform any act common to the game", with a non-exhaustive list of examples. A lot of discussion online pro-interception keeps dropping the term "survive the ground", which hasn't been a rule in years. A lot of discussion pro-catch says stuff about the knee being grounded and the player hitting the ground making it a catch, that also hasn't been a criteria in the rules for years. At this point I'll say it's an interception, and I'll say that because the refs and the NFL have decided it's an interception and will back them, and that seems pretty final, but honestly I don't think it's an ironclad case from the rules, I think there's enough flex room that just about supports any argument they could make. Same thing with pass interference and other such fouls, you watch a game and see tons of stuff that looks like pass interference that doesn't get called, and then calls for pass interference that don't match it. I've been watching this league for like 10 years and I feel like I'm no closer to having any intuition on what a ruling will be for any play.
That being said, not really interested in debating whether any specific play is or isn't valid, what's the point? Already a done deal and I doubt they're going to change to make the rules to make them more clear, and they're not going to overturn any of these, c'est la vie, I'm still going to watch this garbage and have it ruin my day, what else are any of us going to do?
Anyway, also grateful for CJ Stroud for making Josh Allen's performance look a little less bad. What the fuck happened there? Disastrous. I have no strong feelings about him either way, hope this isn't bad news for his future, but I also have to feel like that kinda fucked up a big payday for him in his next contract.
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Comment on Iran’s supreme leader signals harsher crackdown as protest movement swells in ~society
an_angry_tiger Link ParentWhat a repulsive thing to say.Sucks for the civilians, but on the other hand, a majority of them have enabled that horrible government for 45 years.
What a repulsive thing to say.
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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.
Man that panthers team was just awful, I tuned in for a year because Baker (my boy) also joined the team, and god that was horrible football to watch. One of those teams where nothing goes well and you can't judge any players because the whole thing is rotten, no one could succeed in a position like that.
Which I guess makes sense for Darnold too, can't trust the jets, they will betray you.