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2024.05.19 06:32 Aboogabooga_ 25M - How are my fellow Asian/Brown People doing?
Remember: Don’t be sad bc sad backwards is das and das not good!
Hope you’re doing well!!
Someone always needs at least one person to talk to even if it’s just for a short time and I’d like to provide that support bc we don’t like seeing people down!
We can talk about anything you’re into or even things we have in common. Some things I’m into are:
Anyways, thanks for reading and have a good rest of your day :)
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Hope you’re doing well!!
Someone always needs at least one person to talk to even if it’s just for a short time and I’d like to provide that support bc we don’t like seeing people down!
We can talk about anything you’re into or even things we have in common. Some things I’m into are:
- sports (basketball, soccefutbol, American football mainly)
- anime/manga/manhua/webtoons (always looking for recommendations!)
- video games
- Naps!
Anyways, thanks for reading and have a good rest of your day :)
2024.05.19 04:07 Spongebob_2010 How I became a furry
Hey I'm new here, and I though a good story on how I became a furry would be pretty cool, as it is way more wild than most, mainly because a pause.
So in like 2021 I was scrolling youtube shorts and I found a video about the game changed. Specifically a bird transfur. My autistic ass wanted to see what it was about, and that is basically how I learned of the furry Fandom
So I had watched a crap ton of furry videos. It was a bit into 2022 where I though thar I should draw a fursona, which was a protogen(my current one is, just not the same) so when I was nearly done, I thought, "wait, am I actually doing this" and decided to scrap the entire idea of being s furry.
A month passes by, and a new kid comes to school, I will refer to them as F.(last name) We went to this basketball game for some reason(school trip) and I was watching memes, where a video of puro getting beat popped up, and I thought, "hey, I remember changed, F. Probably knows it too so I should show him."
Turns out, he didn't. He thought it was an SCP, and I decided to google it for him, I showed him both puro and the SCP and he got interested. This led to me accidently turning him into a furry, but he isn't the reason why I am one today.
He decided to spam changed memes, as I had showed multiple signs of disliking the game, trying to avoid the past. When he started spamming, I decides to become anti-fur just to piss him off. I didn't Harrass any furries, just sent anti-furry memes to stop him from sending furry ones.
Just like before, I realized " wait, this is stoopid, they are just people," so I stopped being an anti fur and just vibed in the middle.
Recently(January) I had found this youtube, madchest. He had this video of reacting to anti fur memes, and his points and joked I really liked, so I looked at his channel. He had 4 other videos, 1 being a sequel to the aforementioned and 3 furry meme reacts.
I decided to watch the furry memes and got hooked on the cute creatures. I decide to keep on watching tik too compilations and decided" you know, these are pretty cool, I should make one" and so I did.
It was a protogen, leode, being a play on LED but more normal sounding. I always had a thing for technology, so he seemed like a perfect fit.
After I made him, I decided to become a furry again. This was a really long story, and just wanted to get it off my chest so it get off my mind. Thought it was interesting. To anyone left reading, have a good day/night!
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So in like 2021 I was scrolling youtube shorts and I found a video about the game changed. Specifically a bird transfur. My autistic ass wanted to see what it was about, and that is basically how I learned of the furry Fandom
So I had watched a crap ton of furry videos. It was a bit into 2022 where I though thar I should draw a fursona, which was a protogen(my current one is, just not the same) so when I was nearly done, I thought, "wait, am I actually doing this" and decided to scrap the entire idea of being s furry.
A month passes by, and a new kid comes to school, I will refer to them as F.(last name) We went to this basketball game for some reason(school trip) and I was watching memes, where a video of puro getting beat popped up, and I thought, "hey, I remember changed, F. Probably knows it too so I should show him."
Turns out, he didn't. He thought it was an SCP, and I decided to google it for him, I showed him both puro and the SCP and he got interested. This led to me accidently turning him into a furry, but he isn't the reason why I am one today.
He decided to spam changed memes, as I had showed multiple signs of disliking the game, trying to avoid the past. When he started spamming, I decides to become anti-fur just to piss him off. I didn't Harrass any furries, just sent anti-furry memes to stop him from sending furry ones.
Just like before, I realized " wait, this is stoopid, they are just people," so I stopped being an anti fur and just vibed in the middle.
Recently(January) I had found this youtube, madchest. He had this video of reacting to anti fur memes, and his points and joked I really liked, so I looked at his channel. He had 4 other videos, 1 being a sequel to the aforementioned and 3 furry meme reacts.
I decided to watch the furry memes and got hooked on the cute creatures. I decide to keep on watching tik too compilations and decided" you know, these are pretty cool, I should make one" and so I did.
It was a protogen, leode, being a play on LED but more normal sounding. I always had a thing for technology, so he seemed like a perfect fit.
After I made him, I decided to become a furry again. This was a really long story, and just wanted to get it off my chest so it get off my mind. Thought it was interesting. To anyone left reading, have a good day/night!
2024.05.19 01:20 2ndCatch What playoff teams do you see taking a step back next year?
As a counterpart to a post I saw earlier today about play-in/fringe teams that are expected to take a leap forwards next season, which teams are expected to fall in the standings next year, either due to significant personnel changes, over reliance on aging talent, or more competition in their conference/division.
I’ll split my own thoughts between the two divisions and give my predictions for placements for some teams, but they’re obviously just projections so don’t get mad if your team ends up being on the list.
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The Bulls don’t look like they’re doing anything major this offseason, other than trying to move Zach Lavine, and with his contract being what it is, I don’t expect him to be the type of asset that teams will be paying much of a premium for.
The Bulls would do well to commit to the tank in preparation for a pretty good looking 2025 draft class, but I’d only expect them to be slightly worse given that the front office (inexplicably) doesn’t seem keen to totally blow up their roster.
Prediction: 11th in the East.
Atlanta Hawks
I actually can see the Hawks committing to a bigger rebuild seeing as they’ve jumped to grab the #1 pick in this year’s draft.
Jalen Johnson is an interesting young player and it seems like it might be time to sell on players like Clint Capela (who has had a lacklustre couple of seasons) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (who is on the older side, but should have very good value for competitors due to his fantastic production this season).
They will also almost definitely move on from one of their star duo, and if it’s Trae Young that’s moved, they’ll likely be going into the 2024/25 season with a hoard of future picks and a significantly different roster.
Prediction: 12th in the East.
Miami Heat
Miami is an odd case because they have dealt with a fair amount of injury trouble this season, and you can never really count out a team coached by Spo.
That said, Jimmy Butler isn’t getting any younger (if he is resigned by the Heat in the first place), and Duncan Robinson and Terry Rozier are entering their 30s too. I don’t expect Miami to be much worse than they were this year, but if their key players miss time like they did this season, they might slip into the lower play-in bracket as the younger teams in the East improve.
Prediction: 9th/10th place in the East.
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavs is less of a case of them being much worse, but I simply trust the teams around them (Pacers, Magic, 76ers, Knicks) to progress more than them next year.
Another uncertainty is the roster, which is about to be significantly retooled following the recent 2nd round exit. If Mitchell resigns, then it’s likely Garland will be moved. Allen may also be traded soon as the Cavs move on from their twin towers experiment.
Even if the Cavs do shift their young talent for win now pieces, the new team will need time to gel, and with the rest of the east getting better, I think the Cavs could be fighting to avoid the play-in next season.
Prediction: 5th-7th place in the East.
Bonus Prediction if Mitchell does not re-sign: 8th-10th place in the East, as they lean more into player development for Garland/Mobley.
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This season seemed like an ‘end of the road’ kind of season for the Clippers, who looked like world beaters before the familiar story of injuries and postseason struggles cut short their season.
The Clippers core is largely made up of aging, injury prone stars, one of whom, Paul George, is not under contract yet, and the other, Kawhi Leonard, hasn’t been able to string together a healthy season + postseason in almost 5 years.
I’m sure Ballmer will want to remain somewhat competitive to fill up the swanky new Intuit Dome, but with Memphis re-entering the Arena next season, and the Rockets young core taking a step forward, a team lead by Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and maybe Paul George, all of whom are entering the twilight of their careers, could be wrestling with the play-in.
Prediction: 6th-8th in the West.
Golden State Warriors
The Warriors had a hell of a run, but now more than ever it seems like it’s time to look the future.
Another team reliant on an aging star core, the Warriors 3 cornerstone players have all shown signs of slowing down (relative to their own standards). Klay Thompson looks significantly slower on defense and has been a much more streaky shooter this season than in any other season of his career. Draymond Green still has a fantastic basketball mind, but age and on court antics remain an issue.
Even Steph Curry had a poor shooting stretch towards the end of the season, and while he will likely still make an All-NBA team this year, this year maybe be one of the last for the all-time great.
Brandon Podziemski, Trayce-Jackson David, Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga (who has shown fringe all-star level potential in very short spurts) are interesting young players, but I don’t expect them to be able or ready to lead the Warriors out of the gauntlet that the West is turning into.
Prediction: 11th/12th in the West
Phoenix Suns
Another team, another case of aging stars.
The Suns showed a late resurgence towards the end of this regular season, but fell short in their first round matchup with the Timberwolves.
Team ownership has echoed a wish to retool and run it back rather than make any big moves this offseason, but the Suns do face some glaring roster construction issues.
The Suns lack a dedicated point guard and lack size, doubly so with Jusuf Nurkic’s future with the team looking uncertain. New Coach Bud has echoed a wish to try and obtain a point guard this offseason, but it may be tough to acquire a quality option with the Suns current cap issues.
Regardless, the Suns three stars will have to learn to play off one another better, and with Beal and KD both being on the older side and having had past injury issues, Phoenix will have to fight hard to beat back younger teams vying for good play-in seeding.
Prediction: 8/9th in the West.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are the most unpredictable team in this list for me, mostly because GM Rob Pelinka constantly reminding us of the Lakers three tradeable first round picks this summer, and that he won’t be afraid to use them should a star become available (cough cough… Donovan Mitchell, cough… Trae Young).
With all that said, my current predictions are that Mitchell will resign, and that another team will be able to put together a better offer for Trae than Austin Reaves + salary filler + the aforementioned 3 picks.
In that case, there are three questions hanging over the Lakers performance next season:
Prediction: 9th-11th in the West.
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Interested in seeing others picks and justifications, as well as thoughts on the predictions above.
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I’ll split my own thoughts between the two divisions and give my predictions for placements for some teams, but they’re obviously just projections so don’t get mad if your team ends up being on the list.
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Eastern Conference
Chicago BullsThe Bulls don’t look like they’re doing anything major this offseason, other than trying to move Zach Lavine, and with his contract being what it is, I don’t expect him to be the type of asset that teams will be paying much of a premium for.
The Bulls would do well to commit to the tank in preparation for a pretty good looking 2025 draft class, but I’d only expect them to be slightly worse given that the front office (inexplicably) doesn’t seem keen to totally blow up their roster.
Prediction: 11th in the East.
Atlanta Hawks
I actually can see the Hawks committing to a bigger rebuild seeing as they’ve jumped to grab the #1 pick in this year’s draft.
Jalen Johnson is an interesting young player and it seems like it might be time to sell on players like Clint Capela (who has had a lacklustre couple of seasons) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (who is on the older side, but should have very good value for competitors due to his fantastic production this season).
They will also almost definitely move on from one of their star duo, and if it’s Trae Young that’s moved, they’ll likely be going into the 2024/25 season with a hoard of future picks and a significantly different roster.
Prediction: 12th in the East.
Miami Heat
Miami is an odd case because they have dealt with a fair amount of injury trouble this season, and you can never really count out a team coached by Spo.
That said, Jimmy Butler isn’t getting any younger (if he is resigned by the Heat in the first place), and Duncan Robinson and Terry Rozier are entering their 30s too. I don’t expect Miami to be much worse than they were this year, but if their key players miss time like they did this season, they might slip into the lower play-in bracket as the younger teams in the East improve.
Prediction: 9th/10th place in the East.
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavs is less of a case of them being much worse, but I simply trust the teams around them (Pacers, Magic, 76ers, Knicks) to progress more than them next year.
Another uncertainty is the roster, which is about to be significantly retooled following the recent 2nd round exit. If Mitchell resigns, then it’s likely Garland will be moved. Allen may also be traded soon as the Cavs move on from their twin towers experiment.
Even if the Cavs do shift their young talent for win now pieces, the new team will need time to gel, and with the rest of the east getting better, I think the Cavs could be fighting to avoid the play-in next season.
Prediction: 5th-7th place in the East.
Bonus Prediction if Mitchell does not re-sign: 8th-10th place in the East, as they lean more into player development for Garland/Mobley.
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Western Conference
Los Angeles ClippersThis season seemed like an ‘end of the road’ kind of season for the Clippers, who looked like world beaters before the familiar story of injuries and postseason struggles cut short their season.
The Clippers core is largely made up of aging, injury prone stars, one of whom, Paul George, is not under contract yet, and the other, Kawhi Leonard, hasn’t been able to string together a healthy season + postseason in almost 5 years.
I’m sure Ballmer will want to remain somewhat competitive to fill up the swanky new Intuit Dome, but with Memphis re-entering the Arena next season, and the Rockets young core taking a step forward, a team lead by Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and maybe Paul George, all of whom are entering the twilight of their careers, could be wrestling with the play-in.
Prediction: 6th-8th in the West.
Golden State Warriors
The Warriors had a hell of a run, but now more than ever it seems like it’s time to look the future.
Another team reliant on an aging star core, the Warriors 3 cornerstone players have all shown signs of slowing down (relative to their own standards). Klay Thompson looks significantly slower on defense and has been a much more streaky shooter this season than in any other season of his career. Draymond Green still has a fantastic basketball mind, but age and on court antics remain an issue.
Even Steph Curry had a poor shooting stretch towards the end of the season, and while he will likely still make an All-NBA team this year, this year maybe be one of the last for the all-time great.
Brandon Podziemski, Trayce-Jackson David, Moses Moody and Jonathan Kuminga (who has shown fringe all-star level potential in very short spurts) are interesting young players, but I don’t expect them to be able or ready to lead the Warriors out of the gauntlet that the West is turning into.
Prediction: 11th/12th in the West
Phoenix Suns
Another team, another case of aging stars.
The Suns showed a late resurgence towards the end of this regular season, but fell short in their first round matchup with the Timberwolves.
Team ownership has echoed a wish to retool and run it back rather than make any big moves this offseason, but the Suns do face some glaring roster construction issues.
The Suns lack a dedicated point guard and lack size, doubly so with Jusuf Nurkic’s future with the team looking uncertain. New Coach Bud has echoed a wish to try and obtain a point guard this offseason, but it may be tough to acquire a quality option with the Suns current cap issues.
Regardless, the Suns three stars will have to learn to play off one another better, and with Beal and KD both being on the older side and having had past injury issues, Phoenix will have to fight hard to beat back younger teams vying for good play-in seeding.
Prediction: 8/9th in the West.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are the most unpredictable team in this list for me, mostly because GM Rob Pelinka constantly reminding us of the Lakers three tradeable first round picks this summer, and that he won’t be afraid to use them should a star become available (cough cough… Donovan Mitchell, cough… Trae Young).
With all that said, my current predictions are that Mitchell will resign, and that another team will be able to put together a better offer for Trae than Austin Reaves + salary filler + the aforementioned 3 picks.
In that case, there are three questions hanging over the Lakers performance next season:
- How many games will Anthony Davis play?
- How long will LeBron still be LeBron?
- Which (if any) of the role players will step up?
Prediction: 9th-11th in the West.
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Interested in seeing others picks and justifications, as well as thoughts on the predictions above.
2024.05.19 00:37 AggripaDaRippa 28/M/Pennsylvania/Anywhere Single cat dad looking for new people to chat with!
Hey there! Looking for some new people to talk to, down to chat about pretty much anything as long as you can somewhat hold a conversation haha. Not really great at writing these things so I'll just list off some of my interests and things I'm looking for.
About me:
-i like watching sports; baseball, hockey, F1, sometimes basketball.
-i love video games, I play mostly on my PC, but I also have a PS5 and a switch. Right now I'm mostly playing dota 2 and r6 siege, but I have and play a lot of other stuff too.
-I have two cats that I love to death, totally down to show you how cute they are!
I love movies, I have a pretty large physical movie collection of blu rays and 4ks, I especially love horror but I'll watch most genres.
-I also enjoy music a lot, mostly metal, but also pop punk, pop, rap, country, and some other random stuff too. I've been to A LOT of concerts over the past 10 years but haven't been to many recently.
-im pretty introverted, I work a lot and when I'm not working I like to pretty much stay in and relax for the most part.
-i work night shift, i I have a pretty unorthodox schedule and sleep during the day and I'm up all night haha
I have 6 tattoos!
I don't smoke or drink, I don't really mind or care if you do though!
Physically im 6 foot tall hazel eyes with glasses and short brown hair. Medium build, a bit of a dad bod.
That's pretty much it, I'm sure there's a lot more I could include but I'll save that for later. Now here's some things I'm looking for!
What I'm looking for:
-someone who can somewhat hold a conversation and is actually interested in getting to know each other
-down to share selfies and possibly down to voice chat in the near future
down to switch to another platform, I don't really want to use the chat feature on here, sorry.
-open to the possibility of something flirty, and or just friendship. I'm not strictly looking for friendship only.
That's mostly it I think. Shoot me a message with a little about yourself if you're interested
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About me:
-i like watching sports; baseball, hockey, F1, sometimes basketball.
-i love video games, I play mostly on my PC, but I also have a PS5 and a switch. Right now I'm mostly playing dota 2 and r6 siege, but I have and play a lot of other stuff too.
-I have two cats that I love to death, totally down to show you how cute they are!
I love movies, I have a pretty large physical movie collection of blu rays and 4ks, I especially love horror but I'll watch most genres.
-I also enjoy music a lot, mostly metal, but also pop punk, pop, rap, country, and some other random stuff too. I've been to A LOT of concerts over the past 10 years but haven't been to many recently.
-im pretty introverted, I work a lot and when I'm not working I like to pretty much stay in and relax for the most part.
-i work night shift, i I have a pretty unorthodox schedule and sleep during the day and I'm up all night haha
I have 6 tattoos!
I don't smoke or drink, I don't really mind or care if you do though!
Physically im 6 foot tall hazel eyes with glasses and short brown hair. Medium build, a bit of a dad bod.
That's pretty much it, I'm sure there's a lot more I could include but I'll save that for later. Now here's some things I'm looking for!
What I'm looking for:
-someone who can somewhat hold a conversation and is actually interested in getting to know each other
-down to share selfies and possibly down to voice chat in the near future
down to switch to another platform, I don't really want to use the chat feature on here, sorry.
-open to the possibility of something flirty, and or just friendship. I'm not strictly looking for friendship only.
That's mostly it I think. Shoot me a message with a little about yourself if you're interested
2024.05.18 23:30 Peak_Dantu A Thought that Helps Me Part Ways
I have trouble letting go of things, especially gifts from people I care about, and especially clothes. Very recently I discovered a pair of suit pants that had considerable moth damage, and some t-shirts that had weird yellow stains, and some Nike basketball shorts that had sat for so long the elastic went brittle. I realized by "saving" everything, I was doing the opposite. While I was out for a run, I had a thought that is really helping me to let go of things:
Why do things exist? To fulfil their purpose. Things do their purpose for as long as they can, and when they no longer can, they will eventually turn into something else. Clothes exist to be worn. Toys exist to be played with. Art and collectibles exist to be viewed and admired.
What about things we possess just to possess? By packing things away in the dark, we frustrate their purpose. If you will not let them fulfil their purpose, let them go to someone who will.
I certainly am not conceited enough to think I am the first person to have these thoughts, but they have been helping me, and I hope they are of some use to you, too.
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Why do things exist? To fulfil their purpose. Things do their purpose for as long as they can, and when they no longer can, they will eventually turn into something else. Clothes exist to be worn. Toys exist to be played with. Art and collectibles exist to be viewed and admired.
What about things we possess just to possess? By packing things away in the dark, we frustrate their purpose. If you will not let them fulfil their purpose, let them go to someone who will.
I certainly am not conceited enough to think I am the first person to have these thoughts, but they have been helping me, and I hope they are of some use to you, too.
2024.05.18 23:01 sxr4hh My friend is incredibly toxic and I somehow feel bad
For context, my toxic friend and I are both 15 years old. At the beginning of our friendship, she seemed pretty cool. I could tell she got comfortable quickly, but I didn't mind it since I also have attachment issues. However, I've started to notice her violent tendencies towards me both physically and verbally.
Firstly, she says a lot of slurs that she shouldn't be saying. I told her to stop saying them and she said that she didn't know that they were slurs. It was questionable since almost everyone knew what was a slur and what was not, but I didn't make a comment on it. She proceeded to say the slurs anyway and verbalized that she didn't care. Additionally, she seems to have no boundaries when she says certain things. For example, my relationship with my mother is something I keep private since it's a sensitive topic for me. Unbeknownst to my friend, she brought up my mom in a conversation one day. I told her I didn't want to talk about it, but she refused and persisted that I give her an explanation. I said no multiple times and she began to ask inappropriate questions like "is your mom a prostitute?" or "is she dead?" I'm not much of a cryer, but in this situation, I really was holding back tears.
Secondly, she has a short temper. This didn't bother me at first because I deal with short-tempered people daily, but with her, it escalates. A lot of the times when I say no to her, she strangles me from behind. Or if we're in gym, she deliberately throws basketballs at me. Obviously, it hurts like hell and once again I have to tell her to stop but she never listens. I've talked to my other friend about it (the three of us are a trio) and she agrees with me + stands up for me. I want to drop her, but I feel awful because she always apologizes to me for her actions and says she means no harm or is just joking around. Plus, we share mutual friends, so dropping her would leave an awkward gap and cause a lot of problems in the trio. I feel like my personality is also holding me back from doing what I need to do since I tend to be a forgivable person and brush things off, even when it's not worth forgiveness. Any advice on how to overcome being too nice? Also, how else should I approach this situation?
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Firstly, she says a lot of slurs that she shouldn't be saying. I told her to stop saying them and she said that she didn't know that they were slurs. It was questionable since almost everyone knew what was a slur and what was not, but I didn't make a comment on it. She proceeded to say the slurs anyway and verbalized that she didn't care. Additionally, she seems to have no boundaries when she says certain things. For example, my relationship with my mother is something I keep private since it's a sensitive topic for me. Unbeknownst to my friend, she brought up my mom in a conversation one day. I told her I didn't want to talk about it, but she refused and persisted that I give her an explanation. I said no multiple times and she began to ask inappropriate questions like "is your mom a prostitute?" or "is she dead?" I'm not much of a cryer, but in this situation, I really was holding back tears.
Secondly, she has a short temper. This didn't bother me at first because I deal with short-tempered people daily, but with her, it escalates. A lot of the times when I say no to her, she strangles me from behind. Or if we're in gym, she deliberately throws basketballs at me. Obviously, it hurts like hell and once again I have to tell her to stop but she never listens. I've talked to my other friend about it (the three of us are a trio) and she agrees with me + stands up for me. I want to drop her, but I feel awful because she always apologizes to me for her actions and says she means no harm or is just joking around. Plus, we share mutual friends, so dropping her would leave an awkward gap and cause a lot of problems in the trio. I feel like my personality is also holding me back from doing what I need to do since I tend to be a forgivable person and brush things off, even when it's not worth forgiveness. Any advice on how to overcome being too nice? Also, how else should I approach this situation?
2024.05.18 19:52 Quiet_Lamp Tips on how to play for a terrible player?
Hi all,
I havent played basketball for over 4-5 years. I never was any good but my friends and I made a league for a league tournament locally. Its about 8 of us and im probably the worst. when i played a league last time maybe 8 years ago I made 0 points the entire season…. I know crazy. Anyways, i cant really layup with my left at all. My shooting isnt great. My handling isnt great. I dont know pick and roll well. Etc.
However, i want to be a good asset and i know its a friendly competitive game, but i dont want to be a sandbag. Never feels good. I dont want 0 points in a season again. Im short 5 foot 7 but 200 pounds. Not very strong but i think my defense is solid. I think i can play good solid defense but offense i would feel lost when they pass me the ball i just want to pass it away right away. Any tips on how i should play the game?
Any help is appreciated thanks!
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I havent played basketball for over 4-5 years. I never was any good but my friends and I made a league for a league tournament locally. Its about 8 of us and im probably the worst. when i played a league last time maybe 8 years ago I made 0 points the entire season…. I know crazy. Anyways, i cant really layup with my left at all. My shooting isnt great. My handling isnt great. I dont know pick and roll well. Etc.
However, i want to be a good asset and i know its a friendly competitive game, but i dont want to be a sandbag. Never feels good. I dont want 0 points in a season again. Im short 5 foot 7 but 200 pounds. Not very strong but i think my defense is solid. I think i can play good solid defense but offense i would feel lost when they pass me the ball i just want to pass it away right away. Any tips on how i should play the game?
Any help is appreciated thanks!
2024.05.18 16:06 Agitated_Reality-777 Another tale in the books of a "gifted kids" downfall.
Title. Ugee results came out. I qualified from real but not in supr. But that makes sense considering my shit jee percentile. I had never given a fuck about iits and nits and i could not care less.But this college I did care about because I wanted to do somewhat research based things and iiith is best for it in india. I was in school and my parents took me out and put me into allen randomly with dummy. I did not study. I couldn't get myself to. I'm not interested in these questions and I don't even know what btech is for. Always been great with things. Won several interschool competitions in delhi to Kerala. Sketched so well that people accused me of tracing. Lmao. Guitar skills were sexy but never got the chance to use it on girls smh. Proficient in English to a really decent level. I was reading really high up books like Agatha Christie's when I was in 5th . And to make matters more weird im and year ahead.
This gave me a complex.i knew about anime before all my friends did making me have this weird emotion of "no wait but that was my thing " it's stupid but that's the same way you guys feel about gatkeeping this sub.
I didn't give a fuck about studying in 10th. I literally played genshin (in sorry ) all day and my parents thought I was cooked. Huge fight with dad where I told him I want to die and so he smashed my tablet to bits with his foot claiming it's the cause for me feeling this way. Least toxic household. Also slammed my head on the wall 💕💕
Since COVID i dropped reading any book , stopped playing football ,swimming ,skating, basketball, just played games online. Amogis sus se downfall shuru. I was wasting my potential, i had a script for a good story too. I didn't do anything about it. My brother who used to shit in anything I did was too impressed. But then as time went by. I had wasted two years. It's 10th now. It's board exams. Told myself I will top and get this scholarship given by Singapore unis which groom students from a young age so they can help their workforce. ( It's literally free admission to NUS). BUT man . The lethary and adhd i developed in COVID didn't leave. I couldn't write. I couldn't think. My parents toxicity. Broke me.
I genuinely didn't study in 10th. I was failing my pre boards . Actually. Result day : i scored 94 percent. Without literally any effort. I was just playing video games on mom's phone before exam.
The regret I felt, what if I had studied and gotten 98 and ran off to Singapore. Fuck.
11th starts. I feel so disinterested and so idk how to say this but just numb to everything. I can't remember the word for this. Dad puts me into jee coaching. Shit teacher. My dad's in army so we shift a lot. This time it was Tamil nadu . I can't tell you how much outcasted I felt. Just for being from north. Actual racism and hatred. I hadn't even spoken to these guys in my class and they already were cursing me Tamil. And I had a short stature then so i was an easy target lmao.
Physics teacher was a cunt and won't clear doubts. Maths teacher couldn't even teach because didn't speak English lmfao. ( Teachers were from north so they taught in English 🙏 Bhai bahut shitty method half of the teachers didn't even know english) Chem teacher was really new at teaching. And Bhai I got covid.
My mom got it first. But I was fucking sick as hell. I had a fever day on and on. Dad knew that this was no coincidence BUT HE FORCED ME TO GO TO COACHING. BHAI. FUCKING HELL. I HAD already joint a month late so he's like i don't want you to miss lecture.
I WAS DEPRESSED. I couldn't even stay awake in class. I was so sleepy . And the teachers wouldn't let me sleep. I wanted to cry but who to? NO ONE gave a fuck. Mother's worse than dad. God i beg you to never give anyone parents as shit and cruel as mine. I called form allen begging him to pick me up. You know what he did ? Hung up.
Just like this. 11th beggining was gone. GONE. I hadn't learn units and dimensions,kinematics and nlm . Backlog now. And bsdk questions dekh ke uss time pe vectors hi properly understand nahin hua . I was guessing questions in every exam or copying. Which made me feel pathetic. I was the one who got copied from what's going on here. Maths sir taught tatti literally shit. Chem sirs haryanvi English was 🙏🙏.
Just like this half of 11th was over. Now I had another problem. IM real weak and frail. I get sick very easily . And in my class evbery other day someone was sick. This was the literal worst phase of my life and existence. I experienced literal hell without going to Kota. And the racist classmates were making it so much worse with their shitty antics. Approaching me , saying something to me in Tamil and laughing or badly mispronouncing Hindi cusses at me. I was literally the only northie there. And so 11th was.
(Part1/2) I will continue in another post this is too long
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This gave me a complex.i knew about anime before all my friends did making me have this weird emotion of "no wait but that was my thing " it's stupid but that's the same way you guys feel about gatkeeping this sub.
I didn't give a fuck about studying in 10th. I literally played genshin (in sorry ) all day and my parents thought I was cooked. Huge fight with dad where I told him I want to die and so he smashed my tablet to bits with his foot claiming it's the cause for me feeling this way. Least toxic household. Also slammed my head on the wall 💕💕
Since COVID i dropped reading any book , stopped playing football ,swimming ,skating, basketball, just played games online. Amogis sus se downfall shuru. I was wasting my potential, i had a script for a good story too. I didn't do anything about it. My brother who used to shit in anything I did was too impressed. But then as time went by. I had wasted two years. It's 10th now. It's board exams. Told myself I will top and get this scholarship given by Singapore unis which groom students from a young age so they can help their workforce. ( It's literally free admission to NUS). BUT man . The lethary and adhd i developed in COVID didn't leave. I couldn't write. I couldn't think. My parents toxicity. Broke me.
I genuinely didn't study in 10th. I was failing my pre boards . Actually. Result day : i scored 94 percent. Without literally any effort. I was just playing video games on mom's phone before exam.
The regret I felt, what if I had studied and gotten 98 and ran off to Singapore. Fuck.
11th starts. I feel so disinterested and so idk how to say this but just numb to everything. I can't remember the word for this. Dad puts me into jee coaching. Shit teacher. My dad's in army so we shift a lot. This time it was Tamil nadu . I can't tell you how much outcasted I felt. Just for being from north. Actual racism and hatred. I hadn't even spoken to these guys in my class and they already were cursing me Tamil. And I had a short stature then so i was an easy target lmao.
Physics teacher was a cunt and won't clear doubts. Maths teacher couldn't even teach because didn't speak English lmfao. ( Teachers were from north so they taught in English 🙏 Bhai bahut shitty method half of the teachers didn't even know english) Chem teacher was really new at teaching. And Bhai I got covid.
My mom got it first. But I was fucking sick as hell. I had a fever day on and on. Dad knew that this was no coincidence BUT HE FORCED ME TO GO TO COACHING. BHAI. FUCKING HELL. I HAD already joint a month late so he's like i don't want you to miss lecture.
I WAS DEPRESSED. I couldn't even stay awake in class. I was so sleepy . And the teachers wouldn't let me sleep. I wanted to cry but who to? NO ONE gave a fuck. Mother's worse than dad. God i beg you to never give anyone parents as shit and cruel as mine. I called form allen begging him to pick me up. You know what he did ? Hung up.
Just like this. 11th beggining was gone. GONE. I hadn't learn units and dimensions,kinematics and nlm . Backlog now. And bsdk questions dekh ke uss time pe vectors hi properly understand nahin hua . I was guessing questions in every exam or copying. Which made me feel pathetic. I was the one who got copied from what's going on here. Maths sir taught tatti literally shit. Chem sirs haryanvi English was 🙏🙏.
Just like this half of 11th was over. Now I had another problem. IM real weak and frail. I get sick very easily . And in my class evbery other day someone was sick. This was the literal worst phase of my life and existence. I experienced literal hell without going to Kota. And the racist classmates were making it so much worse with their shitty antics. Approaching me , saying something to me in Tamil and laughing or badly mispronouncing Hindi cusses at me. I was literally the only northie there. And so 11th was.
(Part1/2) I will continue in another post this is too long
2024.05.18 09:01 SharkEva AITAH For breaking my Number 1 sex rule with a handicapped guy?
I am not the OOP. The OOP is u/Throwra_JessComeOn posting in AITAH
Concluded as per OOP
2 updates - Long
Original - 17th April 2024
Update1 - 19th April 2024
Update2 - 13th May 2024
AITAH For breaking my Number 1 sex rule with a handicapped guy?
Obviously throwaway, I don’t need anyone here seeing my regular account. Also I’m in the US and English is my first language, any discrepancies are because I suck at typing on my phone.
So TL/DR for the “give me the bare bones, I don’t have all day to read on the shitter” crew: My #1 sex rule since high school has been no sex before the third date. I recently broke that rule with a handicapped guy, and now my childhood best friend is pissed and grossed out because she thinks I have some weird kind of fetish.
Context/full story: I’m a 28f. My childhood best friend we’ll call Jess is also 28f. To put it simply, I don’t think I’m any kind of prude, I just don’t really feel comfortable with casual sex, never have. My best friend knows this and has teased me about it lightly in the past. She’s been in a long term relationship for the last 3 years, I’ve mostly been single while working on my degree and starting my career. Jess lives in another state with her boyfriend, so we don’t hang out much anymore.
So about a month ago I had a first date with a guy I’d been talking to for a bit, thought it was going places, but he gave a WEIRD vibe on the date and I cut and ran early. On my way home I stopped at a local pub, figured I’d have a drink to unwind and people watch till it wore off. (Tipsy driving is still drunk driving IMO.) I get there and it’s pretty packed, Friday night and all, and there was no seating room at the bar. Took my drink and looked around, most of the “restaurant” side of the pub was someone’s birthday party, but there was a small table with a seat open off to the side, with a guy reading a book there. So I say eff it, I’m a social person and what’s the worst thing that happens, he says no? So I ask if I can sit there for a bit, I promise we don’t have to talk or anything.
At this point I feel like I’ve fucked up because this guy up close is the hottest man I have ever seen. But he just smiled at me and gave an enthusiastic “Sure!” A few minutes later of me sipping in silence and he says “I don’t mind talking, if you want to.” (Yeah I want to are you kidding me right now?) We talk for a bit and it turns out Mike (fake name) is 29, just finished his master’s degree in some kind of computer learning field (“I program computers to program computers”) and he’s living on his own for the first time. He apparently stops by the pub after work because he’s right around the corner, and he’s not used to the silence yet after living so long with a half dozen siblings.
We talked for a good two hours, about everything from dating (which he said he’s basically given up on) to hobbies and tastes, and we have a near total eclipse of a venn diagram on this stuff. I eventually sort of blurted out that I don’t know why he’d give up on dating, this is the closest thing I’ve had to a good date in forever. (Shooting my shot obliquely here lol.) He gets kind of an odd look on his face and says “Tell you what, I have to go to the bathroom, but when I come back I’ll ask you out for real.” Weird, but okay?
Then it all clicks, because he doesn’t get up to walk away, he just rolls. In his wheelchair. And I’m thinking “oh my God he wanted to give me a chance to back out of this without making it awkward how cute can this guy BE.” He grinned like crazy when he got back and saw I was still there, and I basically tripped over myself saying something to the effect of “So I’m free all weekend, what did you have in mind?”
Another hour later, we’ve got plans for Saturday, and he told me he has a neuromuscular disorder I can’t remember the name of (my degree isn’t in STEM lol) so his legs work, but the signals from his brain get misinterpreted so he doesn’t have the balance or coordination for walking or standing. The pub starts switching over to the youngerowdier crowd and he asks if I’d like to go back to his place for coffee to continue our conversation.
As you have probably long since realized, I did not get any coffee or conversation till the next morning and I have ZERO regrets. We’ve been dating since and I know it’s still early but I really feel like this might be the one.
Onward to yesterday afternoon, my friend Jess (remember Jess?) is in town, and we go out for coffee to catch up on things. I’m gushing about Mike, but when I get to how we met she just sort of got weird and edgy. I don’t remember any exact words but she essentially said that I must have a fetish for the handicapped since I broke my #1 rule and it’s the best physical relationship I’ve ever been in. Like it’s good for me because he uses a wheelchair, not because the guy puts in effort in bed??? She said I’ve “changed” as a person and left without even saying goodbye. 15 years of friendship and I’ve never seen her like that.
So here I am, asking the most objective people online (haha) if I’m an asshole or weird for being super attracted to a guy who uses a wheelchair and basically putting out immediately.
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RefrigeratorHot3859
Firstly, you are allowed to change the rules that you made for yourself. Secondly, I do not get from anything you wrote that you have a “fetish” for the handicapped. Her comments are weird.
Sounds like you need to keep Mike and drop Jess. Good friends will be happy for you, and from what I can gather, that ain’t her.
dubh_righ
She's got a weird fetish - for super hot guys who are kind, and well spoken, and fuck like a hero. What a weirdo. (sarcasm, in case it's not obvious)
brelywi
Hey that’s my fetish too! Here I was thinking I was the only one.
ShottsSeastone
oh fuck that friend. i read this whole thing.
Update - 2 days later
My first ever update! Yay! Uh, so if you were hoping for some terrible drama, I hate to break it to you that I don’t roll like that. No pun intended. So I do have an update on Jess and shit finally makes perfect sense. And I have a slightly NSFW but funny story about Mike, because this guy is just the best, y’all.
Okay, so first, I finally messaged Jess yesterday and said basically “I’m still hurt by what you said, but after 15 years of friendship I’d never forgive musif I didn’t at least ask why you snapped at me like that.” She replied immediately, “I’m so fucking sorry, I didn’t mean any of that, can we have a do over on lunch?” So I agreed cautiously and took a half day to meet with her today.
Turns out that those of you who said she was jealous, and that she might have something else going on, and especially the person who said something might be going on in HER relationship….. gold stars. She’s in town because she’s job hunting, because she’s moving back in with her parents for a while since her relationship ended. Apparently they have been having a ton of small problems adding up, but the biggest one? Sex. The guy she’s been with was apparently never great but it’s gotten to the point where he makes no effort at all for her to enjoy herself and then gets pissed when she isn’t in the mood.
She tried talking with him about it, making suggestions but he told her recently that it’s “emasculating” being given sex advice by a woman. The straw that broke the metaphorical camel’s back, however, was that her boyfriend has always had a thing for Asian women. She’s caucasian, but she does have long black hair. After weeks of fighting over their sex life, he suggested that they spice things up….by her dressing in a kimono and pretending to be Asian. She lost it on him and is absolutely disgusted by the racist fetishism and ended it right then.
So she had allllll of this bottled up and was hoping to talk to me and finally be able to put it down….. and I missed every hint that she had something big to discuss because I was gushing about Mike. So to her it felt like I was just twisting the knife by bragging about how great our sex was. She snapped, and somewhere between what I was saying and what she wanted to talk about some wires got crossed and she said something incredibly dumb.
She left without saying goodbye because she was mortified and ashamed as well as irrationally mad at me. Something to know about Jess, she’s an awful liar and she and I were the co-founders of our high school’s “foot-in-mouth” society, so I do believe her. I told her I forgive her and I’m sorry I didn’t realize she wanted to talk about something bothering her, and she said I was too stupidly nice and have nothing to apologize for, so I think we’ll be okay. For the time being I’m not ready for her and Mike to meet, because I don’t want to make things feel worse, and she agrees. But she’s really really happy for me. Hopefully this is just a funny story we can look back on someday.
So, on to how Mike almost killed me, lol. Last night we were talking about the reddit post and he gets this funny expression that I’m starting to recognize. And he goes “How do we know you don’t have a fetish if we haven’t at least tried it in the chair?” And I’m like “are you serious lol”. He said he’s never attempted it, because (cue tears) he’s never felt so comfortable with a partner before. Well.
His chair has what is essentially like a parking break thing. Or it should, it’s unfortunately broken and apparently getting them fixed is an expensive pain in the ass. He doesn’t use it that often so he hasn’t made it a priority. And there’s this thing called Newton’s third law, you know how every action has an equal and opposite reaction? As it happens, when you’re trying to, ah, get the motion of the ocean going, in a chair with wheels that aren’t locked, there’s a sort of counter motion that starts and fucks it all up. So we were going nowhere fast except for inching along the floor in his bedroom. And laughing at the silliness, which isn’t helping. Eventually he just stops and says “Maybe we can get some of those wooden block things they use to keep little planes from rolling away, like in Indiana Jones you know?”
I absolutely lost it. Like laughing so hard I’m in tears, he’s giggling half at the situation and half at my reaction, and everything just keeps setting me off again. FINALLY I get it under control, doing some deep breathing exercises and shit, and I look at him again. And he pulls the straightest face he can, and says, for the love of god, “Golly. This sure is uncomfortable.” Folks if I had asthma I would have fucking died right there. I laughed so hard I think I pulled a rib. Like wheezing and not even laughing anymore so much as weeping and making this awful “heeeeee” noise when I could catch my breath. While he’s laughing and rubbing my back and saying he’s sorry, he couldn’t resist.
So yeah, confirmed, no fetish here, and this magnificent bastard’s comedic timing might actually kill me.
I doubt I’ll update again, because there’s really nothing I can see needing to share given everything sort of worked out. And in the end, the real assholes were the….friends we made along the way? Idk. Thanks for all the lovely comments on my last post and for coming along with me on this absurd but brief drama in my life, lol.
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Rustymarble
Obviously, Jess needs to have a twin with a mother-in-law invade her home with ummm....dog poo...and somehow there's a tree dropping leaves and and a 7 year old brat threw an ummm...apple? And then the cops came and everyone clapps!
Forward-Two3846
I think Mike updates are essential to AITAH 😆. I am so excited for you and I hope you have the time of your life.
Update - 1 month later
Hello again! I was going to post this on my own page but a few people mentioned that they think it’s nice to read on AITAH, so fuck it, here’s the “met Mikes family” update. And it's a doozy, or at least felt like it at the time for a girl who grew up with a small, dysfunctional family.
So first up, you know what people (at least me) don’t think about when dating a guy who’s always sitting? Height. I know he’s taller than me because we cuddle a lot, and he’s taller sitting on the couch, but I didn’t reeeeeeally get it. So we drive up Friday night after work (actually south and west, lol, but to my brain it’s always up) in his vehicle, which is modified to be driven entirely using his hands. Neat, right? He’s a really good driver too. One more green flag. We get to the house, and it’s…. It’s huge you guys, LOL like not a mansion, just kind of a sprawling one floor rancher. Real estate was wild back in the day.
Anyway we get out, and I meet his mom. I’d like to point out I am no slouch, I’m 5’-friggin-7. His mom is TOWERING over me. But she was the nicest lady ever. We go inside and I meet his dad (who funny enough is apparently the only short one in this family) and his youngest sister, who is living there with his one year old niece. She gets up to hug me and SHE IS ALSO REALLY TALL. It’s already a bit late then, so we eat and head to bed, I get to see his cute as shit room from when he was a teenager, and I casually ask “hey, so uh, I don’t know how this works and stuff, but how tall are you?” and Mike is all “I dunno, like a bit over 6’4? Been a while since I checked.” A BIT OVER 6’4. “So, is everyone in your family tall?” “…..kinda?”
We met the Nordic Basketball team he calls a family properly the next day. (Actually they’re Irish, but they’re blond and tall so it conveys the idea better.) The ONLY one of reasonable height, and still taller than me, was his oldest sister, lol.
They are also LOUD. Like not really shouting or anything usually, just, PRESENT. Mike is a lot different around them, but in the cutest way, like he just beams all the time and you can see how happy he is to be home. One of his brothers put him in a headlock and gave him a dang NOOGIE as a greeting, and got elbowed in the side for it, and all of them laughing. And his mom smacked one of his brothers with a rolled up magazine for putting his feet on the table. More laughing. Just… intimidating but in the happiest way imaginable. I’ll admit I was a little shut down for a bit, but Mike kept checking in with me to make sure I was okay, and they were all really nice, so I got into the spirit after a bit.
I mentioned this in another comment, but Mike has a special sports wheelchair he uses for, well, sports. And he and his siblings play basketball. And he is GOOD. Apart from just having a hell of an arm, he’s quick as hell. And this magnificent bastard that I love will absolutely, purposefully, GLEEFULLY run someone’s toes over. He AIMS for it. They all have this yank-back-the-foot maneuver that’s hysterical to watch.
So it was this crazy day of loud people playing and having a blast, nieces and nephews running around, and just noise. My ears are still ringing. The food was catered in advance because his mom “had seven babies, all I make on mother’s day is margaritas.” They also have a pool, it’s a bit chilly still but the pool is HEATED so we actually all got to swim, which was a lot of fun because I got to show off that I too am athletic…. I can do a backwards somersault off a diving board! Yeah. I’m a real catch lol. They at least pretended to be impressed.
We all stayed up late drinking and bitching that it was too overcast to see the aurora (boo) and I had the worst hangover I’ve had in a while on Sunday. We slept in a bit late, and then joined Mike’s family for the BBQ part of the BBQ weekend. His dad can GRILL, people. And he’s fast, food coming off the grill at lightning speed. I asked Mike about it and he laughed and said “there was seven of us to feed. Ever see a nest of baby birds? He had practice.” Which, fair enough.
I don’t have much experience with babies, but I got to hold his youngest niece (the one living at home with his sis until her husband gets back from deployment) and we had a light talk about kids in the future. I told him that I never put much thought into it but if they were going to grow up in a happy home like his and not how I grew up, I’m pretty sure I’d be open to having them with him someday. But later. I need him all to myself for a while first. He seemed really really happy about that, which makes ME feel all goofy and happy. I’m sappy.
We had to drive home Sunday night, but before we went his mom hugged me and said she’s NEVER seen her son like this, and thanked me for taking good care of her baby. And asked if we’d be back for the 4th of July or if we were doing something with my family. And I tried to be all “haaaa no we’ll be here if you don’t mind, I don’t see them much” and I think she caught on that there’s more to the story so she just hugged the shit out of me (vikings, all of them I swear) and told me she can’t wait to see me again.
My ears are still ringing from all the noise and chaos, but it was an absolute blast and I can’t wait to see them again in July. Also, pretty much sure Mike is the man I’m going to marry. I literally can’t think of a single reason why I would ever let him get away.
Anyway thanks for reading, hope you all had a lovely weekend, and those of you who got to see the aurora I’m happy for you but you suck, lol.
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ERVetSurgeon
NTA. sounds like you have found a happy family to join. Good for you and good for Mike.
This story is so heart warming it belongs on BestofRedditorUpdates.
Congratulations, at some parts I felt like I was reading about the Roarke Family's dynamics in one of Nora Robert's JD Robb's Eve Dallas Novels, the whole Irish family vibes were just there. So lovely.
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Concluded as per OOP
2 updates - Long
Original - 17th April 2024
Update1 - 19th April 2024
Update2 - 13th May 2024
AITAH For breaking my Number 1 sex rule with a handicapped guy?
Obviously throwaway, I don’t need anyone here seeing my regular account. Also I’m in the US and English is my first language, any discrepancies are because I suck at typing on my phone.
So TL/DR for the “give me the bare bones, I don’t have all day to read on the shitter” crew: My #1 sex rule since high school has been no sex before the third date. I recently broke that rule with a handicapped guy, and now my childhood best friend is pissed and grossed out because she thinks I have some weird kind of fetish.
Context/full story: I’m a 28f. My childhood best friend we’ll call Jess is also 28f. To put it simply, I don’t think I’m any kind of prude, I just don’t really feel comfortable with casual sex, never have. My best friend knows this and has teased me about it lightly in the past. She’s been in a long term relationship for the last 3 years, I’ve mostly been single while working on my degree and starting my career. Jess lives in another state with her boyfriend, so we don’t hang out much anymore.
So about a month ago I had a first date with a guy I’d been talking to for a bit, thought it was going places, but he gave a WEIRD vibe on the date and I cut and ran early. On my way home I stopped at a local pub, figured I’d have a drink to unwind and people watch till it wore off. (Tipsy driving is still drunk driving IMO.) I get there and it’s pretty packed, Friday night and all, and there was no seating room at the bar. Took my drink and looked around, most of the “restaurant” side of the pub was someone’s birthday party, but there was a small table with a seat open off to the side, with a guy reading a book there. So I say eff it, I’m a social person and what’s the worst thing that happens, he says no? So I ask if I can sit there for a bit, I promise we don’t have to talk or anything.
At this point I feel like I’ve fucked up because this guy up close is the hottest man I have ever seen. But he just smiled at me and gave an enthusiastic “Sure!” A few minutes later of me sipping in silence and he says “I don’t mind talking, if you want to.” (Yeah I want to are you kidding me right now?) We talk for a bit and it turns out Mike (fake name) is 29, just finished his master’s degree in some kind of computer learning field (“I program computers to program computers”) and he’s living on his own for the first time. He apparently stops by the pub after work because he’s right around the corner, and he’s not used to the silence yet after living so long with a half dozen siblings.
We talked for a good two hours, about everything from dating (which he said he’s basically given up on) to hobbies and tastes, and we have a near total eclipse of a venn diagram on this stuff. I eventually sort of blurted out that I don’t know why he’d give up on dating, this is the closest thing I’ve had to a good date in forever. (Shooting my shot obliquely here lol.) He gets kind of an odd look on his face and says “Tell you what, I have to go to the bathroom, but when I come back I’ll ask you out for real.” Weird, but okay?
Then it all clicks, because he doesn’t get up to walk away, he just rolls. In his wheelchair. And I’m thinking “oh my God he wanted to give me a chance to back out of this without making it awkward how cute can this guy BE.” He grinned like crazy when he got back and saw I was still there, and I basically tripped over myself saying something to the effect of “So I’m free all weekend, what did you have in mind?”
Another hour later, we’ve got plans for Saturday, and he told me he has a neuromuscular disorder I can’t remember the name of (my degree isn’t in STEM lol) so his legs work, but the signals from his brain get misinterpreted so he doesn’t have the balance or coordination for walking or standing. The pub starts switching over to the youngerowdier crowd and he asks if I’d like to go back to his place for coffee to continue our conversation.
As you have probably long since realized, I did not get any coffee or conversation till the next morning and I have ZERO regrets. We’ve been dating since and I know it’s still early but I really feel like this might be the one.
Onward to yesterday afternoon, my friend Jess (remember Jess?) is in town, and we go out for coffee to catch up on things. I’m gushing about Mike, but when I get to how we met she just sort of got weird and edgy. I don’t remember any exact words but she essentially said that I must have a fetish for the handicapped since I broke my #1 rule and it’s the best physical relationship I’ve ever been in. Like it’s good for me because he uses a wheelchair, not because the guy puts in effort in bed??? She said I’ve “changed” as a person and left without even saying goodbye. 15 years of friendship and I’ve never seen her like that.
So here I am, asking the most objective people online (haha) if I’m an asshole or weird for being super attracted to a guy who uses a wheelchair and basically putting out immediately.
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RefrigeratorHot3859
Firstly, you are allowed to change the rules that you made for yourself. Secondly, I do not get from anything you wrote that you have a “fetish” for the handicapped. Her comments are weird.
Sounds like you need to keep Mike and drop Jess. Good friends will be happy for you, and from what I can gather, that ain’t her.
dubh_righ
She's got a weird fetish - for super hot guys who are kind, and well spoken, and fuck like a hero. What a weirdo. (sarcasm, in case it's not obvious)
OOP: Okay, yeah this made me laugh for real. Seriously, what a weeeeird fetish I have!
brelywi
Hey that’s my fetish too! Here I was thinking I was the only one.
ShottsSeastone
oh fuck that friend. i read this whole thing.
- you have 0 fetish.
- the guy is hot
- the guy is intelligent
- the guy lives on his own
- the guy has his shit together
- THE MAN GAVE YOU THE DOOR TO LEAVE
- Love comes in all shapes and sizes.
OOP: That shit floored me. He's so considerate in so many ways. His stories about his sibs are also hilarious, I can't wait to meet them. We're trying not to rush things just because it all seems so great, but they have a BBQ in May that he'd like me to come to and I am so there. He was raised around a lot of love and it shows.
Update - 2 days later
My first ever update! Yay! Uh, so if you were hoping for some terrible drama, I hate to break it to you that I don’t roll like that. No pun intended. So I do have an update on Jess and shit finally makes perfect sense. And I have a slightly NSFW but funny story about Mike, because this guy is just the best, y’all.
Okay, so first, I finally messaged Jess yesterday and said basically “I’m still hurt by what you said, but after 15 years of friendship I’d never forgive musif I didn’t at least ask why you snapped at me like that.” She replied immediately, “I’m so fucking sorry, I didn’t mean any of that, can we have a do over on lunch?” So I agreed cautiously and took a half day to meet with her today.
Turns out that those of you who said she was jealous, and that she might have something else going on, and especially the person who said something might be going on in HER relationship….. gold stars. She’s in town because she’s job hunting, because she’s moving back in with her parents for a while since her relationship ended. Apparently they have been having a ton of small problems adding up, but the biggest one? Sex. The guy she’s been with was apparently never great but it’s gotten to the point where he makes no effort at all for her to enjoy herself and then gets pissed when she isn’t in the mood.
She tried talking with him about it, making suggestions but he told her recently that it’s “emasculating” being given sex advice by a woman. The straw that broke the metaphorical camel’s back, however, was that her boyfriend has always had a thing for Asian women. She’s caucasian, but she does have long black hair. After weeks of fighting over their sex life, he suggested that they spice things up….by her dressing in a kimono and pretending to be Asian. She lost it on him and is absolutely disgusted by the racist fetishism and ended it right then.
So she had allllll of this bottled up and was hoping to talk to me and finally be able to put it down….. and I missed every hint that she had something big to discuss because I was gushing about Mike. So to her it felt like I was just twisting the knife by bragging about how great our sex was. She snapped, and somewhere between what I was saying and what she wanted to talk about some wires got crossed and she said something incredibly dumb.
She left without saying goodbye because she was mortified and ashamed as well as irrationally mad at me. Something to know about Jess, she’s an awful liar and she and I were the co-founders of our high school’s “foot-in-mouth” society, so I do believe her. I told her I forgive her and I’m sorry I didn’t realize she wanted to talk about something bothering her, and she said I was too stupidly nice and have nothing to apologize for, so I think we’ll be okay. For the time being I’m not ready for her and Mike to meet, because I don’t want to make things feel worse, and she agrees. But she’s really really happy for me. Hopefully this is just a funny story we can look back on someday.
So, on to how Mike almost killed me, lol. Last night we were talking about the reddit post and he gets this funny expression that I’m starting to recognize. And he goes “How do we know you don’t have a fetish if we haven’t at least tried it in the chair?” And I’m like “are you serious lol”. He said he’s never attempted it, because (cue tears) he’s never felt so comfortable with a partner before. Well.
His chair has what is essentially like a parking break thing. Or it should, it’s unfortunately broken and apparently getting them fixed is an expensive pain in the ass. He doesn’t use it that often so he hasn’t made it a priority. And there’s this thing called Newton’s third law, you know how every action has an equal and opposite reaction? As it happens, when you’re trying to, ah, get the motion of the ocean going, in a chair with wheels that aren’t locked, there’s a sort of counter motion that starts and fucks it all up. So we were going nowhere fast except for inching along the floor in his bedroom. And laughing at the silliness, which isn’t helping. Eventually he just stops and says “Maybe we can get some of those wooden block things they use to keep little planes from rolling away, like in Indiana Jones you know?”
I absolutely lost it. Like laughing so hard I’m in tears, he’s giggling half at the situation and half at my reaction, and everything just keeps setting me off again. FINALLY I get it under control, doing some deep breathing exercises and shit, and I look at him again. And he pulls the straightest face he can, and says, for the love of god, “Golly. This sure is uncomfortable.” Folks if I had asthma I would have fucking died right there. I laughed so hard I think I pulled a rib. Like wheezing and not even laughing anymore so much as weeping and making this awful “heeeeee” noise when I could catch my breath. While he’s laughing and rubbing my back and saying he’s sorry, he couldn’t resist.
So yeah, confirmed, no fetish here, and this magnificent bastard’s comedic timing might actually kill me.
I doubt I’ll update again, because there’s really nothing I can see needing to share given everything sort of worked out. And in the end, the real assholes were the….friends we made along the way? Idk. Thanks for all the lovely comments on my last post and for coming along with me on this absurd but brief drama in my life, lol.
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Rustymarble
Obviously, Jess needs to have a twin with a mother-in-law invade her home with ummm....dog poo...and somehow there's a tree dropping leaves and and a 7 year old brat threw an ummm...apple? And then the cops came and everyone clapps!
OOP: And everyone's phones blow up! Genius, I'll finally go viral and get all those internet dollars I assume people are raking in, LOL
I probably will post an update on this account, but I don't necessarily want to bog down AITAH with my silly shit. I'm so excited and nervous. It's apparently a Mother's Day BBQ! which I didn't know because my parents and I are estranged and I never even seriously thought about having kids before meeting Mike. But apparently it's a lot of people and a lot of food and apparently everyone knows he's bringing me. Also, can I just say FUCK YES about his mom? They apparently have a huge one floor rancher and she just assumed we'd be sleeping together in his old room. Like none of that weird "you aren't married so you get separate rooms" shit. I already adore them and we haven't even met yet.
Forward-Two3846
I think Mike updates are essential to AITAH 😆. I am so excited for you and I hope you have the time of your life.
OOP: Oh there is one coming. Oh my God his family, lol. I am exhausted already and it's only 1 here, and we have another day of this ahead! They are amazing and he is glowing like a fireball, the side of him when he's with family is so bright I need sunglasses to look at him.
Update - 1 month later
Hello again! I was going to post this on my own page but a few people mentioned that they think it’s nice to read on AITAH, so fuck it, here’s the “met Mikes family” update. And it's a doozy, or at least felt like it at the time for a girl who grew up with a small, dysfunctional family.
So first up, you know what people (at least me) don’t think about when dating a guy who’s always sitting? Height. I know he’s taller than me because we cuddle a lot, and he’s taller sitting on the couch, but I didn’t reeeeeeally get it. So we drive up Friday night after work (actually south and west, lol, but to my brain it’s always up) in his vehicle, which is modified to be driven entirely using his hands. Neat, right? He’s a really good driver too. One more green flag. We get to the house, and it’s…. It’s huge you guys, LOL like not a mansion, just kind of a sprawling one floor rancher. Real estate was wild back in the day.
Anyway we get out, and I meet his mom. I’d like to point out I am no slouch, I’m 5’-friggin-7. His mom is TOWERING over me. But she was the nicest lady ever. We go inside and I meet his dad (who funny enough is apparently the only short one in this family) and his youngest sister, who is living there with his one year old niece. She gets up to hug me and SHE IS ALSO REALLY TALL. It’s already a bit late then, so we eat and head to bed, I get to see his cute as shit room from when he was a teenager, and I casually ask “hey, so uh, I don’t know how this works and stuff, but how tall are you?” and Mike is all “I dunno, like a bit over 6’4? Been a while since I checked.” A BIT OVER 6’4. “So, is everyone in your family tall?” “…..kinda?”
We met the Nordic Basketball team he calls a family properly the next day. (Actually they’re Irish, but they’re blond and tall so it conveys the idea better.) The ONLY one of reasonable height, and still taller than me, was his oldest sister, lol.
They are also LOUD. Like not really shouting or anything usually, just, PRESENT. Mike is a lot different around them, but in the cutest way, like he just beams all the time and you can see how happy he is to be home. One of his brothers put him in a headlock and gave him a dang NOOGIE as a greeting, and got elbowed in the side for it, and all of them laughing. And his mom smacked one of his brothers with a rolled up magazine for putting his feet on the table. More laughing. Just… intimidating but in the happiest way imaginable. I’ll admit I was a little shut down for a bit, but Mike kept checking in with me to make sure I was okay, and they were all really nice, so I got into the spirit after a bit.
I mentioned this in another comment, but Mike has a special sports wheelchair he uses for, well, sports. And he and his siblings play basketball. And he is GOOD. Apart from just having a hell of an arm, he’s quick as hell. And this magnificent bastard that I love will absolutely, purposefully, GLEEFULLY run someone’s toes over. He AIMS for it. They all have this yank-back-the-foot maneuver that’s hysterical to watch.
So it was this crazy day of loud people playing and having a blast, nieces and nephews running around, and just noise. My ears are still ringing. The food was catered in advance because his mom “had seven babies, all I make on mother’s day is margaritas.” They also have a pool, it’s a bit chilly still but the pool is HEATED so we actually all got to swim, which was a lot of fun because I got to show off that I too am athletic…. I can do a backwards somersault off a diving board! Yeah. I’m a real catch lol. They at least pretended to be impressed.
We all stayed up late drinking and bitching that it was too overcast to see the aurora (boo) and I had the worst hangover I’ve had in a while on Sunday. We slept in a bit late, and then joined Mike’s family for the BBQ part of the BBQ weekend. His dad can GRILL, people. And he’s fast, food coming off the grill at lightning speed. I asked Mike about it and he laughed and said “there was seven of us to feed. Ever see a nest of baby birds? He had practice.” Which, fair enough.
I don’t have much experience with babies, but I got to hold his youngest niece (the one living at home with his sis until her husband gets back from deployment) and we had a light talk about kids in the future. I told him that I never put much thought into it but if they were going to grow up in a happy home like his and not how I grew up, I’m pretty sure I’d be open to having them with him someday. But later. I need him all to myself for a while first. He seemed really really happy about that, which makes ME feel all goofy and happy. I’m sappy.
We had to drive home Sunday night, but before we went his mom hugged me and said she’s NEVER seen her son like this, and thanked me for taking good care of her baby. And asked if we’d be back for the 4th of July or if we were doing something with my family. And I tried to be all “haaaa no we’ll be here if you don’t mind, I don’t see them much” and I think she caught on that there’s more to the story so she just hugged the shit out of me (vikings, all of them I swear) and told me she can’t wait to see me again.
My ears are still ringing from all the noise and chaos, but it was an absolute blast and I can’t wait to see them again in July. Also, pretty much sure Mike is the man I’m going to marry. I literally can’t think of a single reason why I would ever let him get away.
Anyway thanks for reading, hope you all had a lovely weekend, and those of you who got to see the aurora I’m happy for you but you suck, lol.
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ERVetSurgeon
NTA. sounds like you have found a happy family to join. Good for you and good for Mike.
OOP: It's still pretty surreal. The other in laws that were there were all like that smiling hanging guy meme, "First time?" It was a great weekend.Stormy8888
This story is so heart warming it belongs on BestofRedditorUpdates.
Congratulations, at some parts I felt like I was reading about the Roarke Family's dynamics in one of Nora Robert's JD Robb's Eve Dallas Novels, the whole Irish family vibes were just there. So lovely.
OOP: Ahahaha I don't think it's interesting enough for that, but I am glad people are enjoying it.
I am not the OOP. Please do not harass the OOP. Please remember the No Brigading Rule and to be civil in the comments
2024.05.18 02:31 AvocadoSoft (19NB) could I get a uhhhhhhhhhh friend in these trying times
Oh you're still here? Here's a few things about me then~
I am really into writing! I have a few short stories written that you can read. I'm also pretty into roleplay and dnd so I write a lot for those. I usually do sci-fi, romance and horror.
I am an enjoyer of basketball (if you know you know). We can talk about nba drama, our favorite teams, players. If you play we can talk about that too. Anything really.
I enjoy hiking a lot. I have tons of pictures if you wanna see them. I used to live in Hawaii so you can also ask me about that wonderful place.
I love science fiction if you ever want to chat me up about shows, movies, or games. I can talk about literally anything.
Philosophy and psychology are really interesting to me. I could talk for hours about paradoxes, evolutionary psychology, among other things.
Saving one of my favorite things for last is music. I like pretty much everything. I'm mostly into rnb, soul, hiphop, rap, and jazz, however I can appreciate every genre. Even classical music! Don't even get me started in how much I love fugues lol.
Anyway this post is coming to a close. I'd like to warn that I have really bad anxiety and I am 99% sure I am autistic so yeah. If you think we might vibe then send me a chat! Whether you want to stay for a couple minutes, a couple hours, a couple days, months, years, or maybe even forever! Also if you need to vent I am happy to listen. I promise I don't bite and contrary to my posts I'm not sad all the time. If you've read this far tell me your ideal date idea! Also include your age and gender in your message! Thanks!
-Izzy
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I am really into writing! I have a few short stories written that you can read. I'm also pretty into roleplay and dnd so I write a lot for those. I usually do sci-fi, romance and horror.
I am an enjoyer of basketball (if you know you know). We can talk about nba drama, our favorite teams, players. If you play we can talk about that too. Anything really.
I enjoy hiking a lot. I have tons of pictures if you wanna see them. I used to live in Hawaii so you can also ask me about that wonderful place.
I love science fiction if you ever want to chat me up about shows, movies, or games. I can talk about literally anything.
Philosophy and psychology are really interesting to me. I could talk for hours about paradoxes, evolutionary psychology, among other things.
Saving one of my favorite things for last is music. I like pretty much everything. I'm mostly into rnb, soul, hiphop, rap, and jazz, however I can appreciate every genre. Even classical music! Don't even get me started in how much I love fugues lol.
Anyway this post is coming to a close. I'd like to warn that I have really bad anxiety and I am 99% sure I am autistic so yeah. If you think we might vibe then send me a chat! Whether you want to stay for a couple minutes, a couple hours, a couple days, months, years, or maybe even forever! Also if you need to vent I am happy to listen. I promise I don't bite and contrary to my posts I'm not sad all the time. If you've read this far tell me your ideal date idea! Also include your age and gender in your message! Thanks!
-Izzy
2024.05.17 23:15 Quick_Hyena_928 Knee pain. What’s your diagnosis / examination plan
- There might be grammar errors due to the text being translated from finnish to english so bare with me *
Left knee pain started on Monday, was at home and noticed the pain. No trauma in the background. Treated himself with Paracetamol 1g 1x3 and 1x3 400mg Ibuprofen and applied a cold pack and light massage. Also tried Voltare's forte gel and wore a knee support sleeve, they didn't help. Movement has become difficult, He can hardly sleep because of the pain. On Wednesday-Thursday night, the pain was already radiating to the calf and toes and he was worried about this. There has been pain on the right knee before, diagnosed as jumper's knee, but a cold pack and 1g of paracetamol has helped with this.
Now the pain is not in the AP direction, but when moving to both sides. It was a little painful at the beginning, the pain developed over the days and feels like it has steadily worsened until now. There has been no pain on the left before. Hasn't injured the leg before in past activities. knee feel swollen without moving. At night, he feels a pulsating pain, and when he moves, a sharp pain on either side of the knee.
No history of staying still for longer periods of time, no shortness of breath. The diet is varied, not a lot of fish dishes or shellfish, no alcohol. He tracks his macros and calories.
General condition is good, completely oriented to the moment. Temperature 36.2, CRP 12. Weight 104kg height 188cm.
The left knee is slightly warm compared to the right and the surrounding skin. Very obvious swelling is not noticeable, the patella does not ballotate. ACP and PCL are solid. Also the LCL and MCL feel solid when straight and in flexion, but pain laterally. Apley's test shows pain in the area of the lateral meniscus.
2024.05.17 23:11 Quick_Hyena_928 What’s your diagnosis or Examination plan?
There might be grammar errors. I translated it from finnish to english so bare with me
18.5.2024
20-year-old basically healthy man. Does not smoke. No drug allergies known. Plays basketball quite a lot, normally goes to the gym and walks a lot too.
Left knee pain started on Monday, was at home and noticed the pain. No trauma in the background. Treated himself with Paracetamol 1g 1x3 and 1x3 400mg Ibuprofen and applied a cold pack and light massage. Also tried Voltare's forte gel and wore a knee support sleeve, they didn't help. Movement has become difficult, He can hardly sleep because of the pain. On Wednesday-Thursday night, the pain was already radiating to the calf and toes and he was worried about this. There has been pain on the right knee before, diagnosed as jumper's knee, but a cold pack and 1g of paracetamol has helped with this.
Now the pain is not in the AP direction, but when moving to both sides. It was a little painful at the beginning, the pain developed over the days and feels like it has steadily worsened until now. There has been no pain on the left before. Hasn't injured the leg before in past activities. knee feel swollen without moving. At night, he feels a pulsating pain, and when he moves, a sharp pain on either side of the knee.
No history of staying still for longer periods of time, no shortness of breath. The diet is varied, not a lot of fish dishes or shellfish, no alcohol. He tracks his macros and calories.
General condition is good, completely oriented to the moment. Temperature 36.2, CRP 12. Weight 104kg height 188cm.
The left knee is slightly warm compared to the right and the surrounding skin. Very obvious swelling is not noticeable, the patella does not ballotate. ACP and PCL are solid. Also the LCL and MCL feel solid when straight and in flexion, but pain laterally. Apley's test shows pain in the area of the lateral meniscus.
What would you do as a doctor?
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18.5.2024
20-year-old basically healthy man. Does not smoke. No drug allergies known. Plays basketball quite a lot, normally goes to the gym and walks a lot too.
Left knee pain started on Monday, was at home and noticed the pain. No trauma in the background. Treated himself with Paracetamol 1g 1x3 and 1x3 400mg Ibuprofen and applied a cold pack and light massage. Also tried Voltare's forte gel and wore a knee support sleeve, they didn't help. Movement has become difficult, He can hardly sleep because of the pain. On Wednesday-Thursday night, the pain was already radiating to the calf and toes and he was worried about this. There has been pain on the right knee before, diagnosed as jumper's knee, but a cold pack and 1g of paracetamol has helped with this.
Now the pain is not in the AP direction, but when moving to both sides. It was a little painful at the beginning, the pain developed over the days and feels like it has steadily worsened until now. There has been no pain on the left before. Hasn't injured the leg before in past activities. knee feel swollen without moving. At night, he feels a pulsating pain, and when he moves, a sharp pain on either side of the knee.
No history of staying still for longer periods of time, no shortness of breath. The diet is varied, not a lot of fish dishes or shellfish, no alcohol. He tracks his macros and calories.
General condition is good, completely oriented to the moment. Temperature 36.2, CRP 12. Weight 104kg height 188cm.
The left knee is slightly warm compared to the right and the surrounding skin. Very obvious swelling is not noticeable, the patella does not ballotate. ACP and PCL are solid. Also the LCL and MCL feel solid when straight and in flexion, but pain laterally. Apley's test shows pain in the area of the lateral meniscus.
What would you do as a doctor?
2024.05.17 22:18 HaykakanTxa Daily News Report: 05/17/2024
Date: 05/17/2024
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Acba Bank to allocate 50 million euros for development of SMEs in Armenia
In cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Acba Bank will allocate a total of 50 million Euros for financing and development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Armenia. For the first time, the EBRD will share the risk of repayment of loans provided by a financial institution. This cooperation will further expand the financial support provided to SMEs.ArkaAm, EBRD provides $10 million to Armeconombank toboost support for micro, small and medium-sized businesses in Armenia, EBRD assists Armenia to reduce energy dependence on third countries – President, Akba Bank will allocate 50 million euros to the development of SMEs in Armenia
The Armenian Diocese of Canada denies the financial abuses attributed to Bishop Bagrat
Presbytery of Armenian Diocese of Canada issued statement regarding financial abuses attributed to former leader of the Diocese, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. Decision on administrative and financial matters of Diocese are made by Diocesan Council and not by the leader, so imputing misconduct to the leader is fabrication and slander.CivilNet
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Armenian, Turkish ministers emphasize cultural cooperation's role in the regulation of relations
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan met the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey Mehmet Nuri Ersoy. The ministers emphasized the importance of cultural cooperation between Armenia and Turkey.Armenpress, Zhanna Andreasyan discussed the restoration of the Ani bridge with her Turkish counterpart
⚽ Sport
Armenian women's basketball player wins Kazakhstan club championship
Inga Manucharyan, a player of the national women's basketball team of Armenia, became the winner of the Kazakhstan club championship. The Armenian player scored 23 points, took possession of the rebounding ball 11 times and made 8 effective passes.Armenpress
Armenian Chess Players Draw Matches in Sharjah Tournament
Chess players Shant Sargsyan, Manuel Petrosyan and Hayk Martirosyan continue their performances at the Sharjah Masters Masters tournament. Shant ended their matches in a draw in the 3rd round of the 7th tournament in the UAE.Armenpress
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2024.05.17 21:10 ChadEverhard As long as he pans out defensively a realistic floor for Sarr is still a 1 of 1 player.
Decided I’d throw my hat into the ring and make the 17,000th Sarr post on the sub but I’ll try to come at it from a bit of a different angle. Since this is going to be a longer post I figured I’d give you guys the gist of it before I begin. This post is about what Sarr’s prime could look like even if he doesn’t capitalize on all of his offensive upside and become a real star player. And how even if that is the case as long as he develops how he’s projected he’ll still be a player of tremendous value.
This pick is way more valuable than people are letting on. Assuming he develops Sarr’s floor is still sky high. He’d be a great player even if he doesn’t hit on his star potential. Assuming his individual offense and shot creation never develop past where they are right now he’d still be one of the most valuable role players in the league. There’s a reason that he’s the closest thing to a consensus number 1 there is in this draft. It’s because of all the 2024 prospects he has the highest chances of doing something elite at the next level. Baring major injury or some other unforeseen tragedy he should be a perennial DPOY candidate in a few years. If he can be that with a respectable C&S three ball at worst he’d easily be in that Derrick White tier as arguably the most valuable non star player in the league.
How many 5’s in league are over 7’ tall, have no real injury history, are athletic, can stretch the floor, comfortably guard on the perimeter, are rim protectors, can attack closeouts by getting to the rim OR pulling up in the midrange, and go coast to coast pushing the break after grabbing a board? That is a very realistic floor for Sarr. With his physical profile and instinct the defense projects well, his jumper passes the eye test, and his shooting numbers across the board have gone up every season over the past 3 years (heard 3 from a scouting report but can personally only find stats for the past 2). Correct me if I’m wrong but unless someone else comes along in the next couple of drafts he’d be the only player in the league that checks all those boxes. Even if you lower the height requirement by a few inches there are only a handful of players in the league that do any combination of half of that. The only 2 that come really close to meeting all criteria are Wemby and Chet but both of them have had injury histories.
You can’t tell me that 30 out of 30 teams in league wouldn’t bend over backwards for a guy like that. That’s the type of guy that could potentially make all star teams just because he’s a major contributor on one of the best teams in the league a la Draymond Green. A completely different archetype of player but someone thats capable of being the ultimate glue guy of any championship caliber team.
The best part is this is just looking at his realistic floor in a vacuum. This doesn’t even take into account his synergy with Trae and Jalen. How many stretch 5’s are in the league that can’t be played off the court defensively? Without even mentioning all of the other things he can do, that alone will make Trae and Jalen’s lives so much easier. Imagine a version of Jalen Johnson flying down the lane and just being able go up because he doesn’t have to worry about a big standing right outside the restricted zone. Imagine a version of Trae young that doesn’t have to rely on all of those long floaters and can actually get all the way to the rim for much easier layups instead. I’m sure this alone would do wonders for his efficiency.
This offensively conservative version of Sarr would eat off of them too. Playing beside a plus passer in Jalen (who still hasn’t reached his ceiling in that regard) and arguably the best passer and P&R ball handler in the league would generate so many easy looks for him. Whether those be open looks in the paint, in the midrange, on the perimeter, or even situations where he can put the ball on the floor and take advantage of late closeouts.
As the primary screener for those 2 he’d definitely put up an impressive ppg total. Maybe peaking somewhere around 3rd year John Collins. He probably won’t be at John’s level as a long roller because John just has an exceptional feel for that. It’s the one thing he does better than almost any other player in the league. But even in this conservative estimate of his offense Sarr already projects as a better popper and short roller due to the ability he’s shown to put the ball on the floor and score himself or find the open man in those situations. That production on O while being one of best defenders in the league is someone that will make all star teams. Probably not a perineal all star because he’d %100 be a system player but depending on how good the team is on any given year his numbers would definitely get him into at least a few.
In short I’m not letting anybody gaslight me into thinking this pick is “the equivalent of drafting Tobias Harris number 1.” Not that Tobias hasn’t had a good career. He peaked as a fringe all star player and if you were able to quantify overall basketball talent maybe Sarr peaks there too. The difference is what Sarr brings to the table would be MUCH more valuable because the tools he possesses are MUCH rarer and MUCH more integral to winning. I’m not saying it’s a forgone conclusion that he’s going to be the player I just described or better. But I’m very confident that with no major setbacks he at least develops into something in the ballpark of this post in his prime. And make no mistake that is (currently) a 1 of 1 player. We just gotta pray the front office makes the obvious choice on draft night, our young guys develop, and we can fill in the blanks between Trae, Jalen, and Sarr in the next couple of years to push us into contention.
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This pick is way more valuable than people are letting on. Assuming he develops Sarr’s floor is still sky high. He’d be a great player even if he doesn’t hit on his star potential. Assuming his individual offense and shot creation never develop past where they are right now he’d still be one of the most valuable role players in the league. There’s a reason that he’s the closest thing to a consensus number 1 there is in this draft. It’s because of all the 2024 prospects he has the highest chances of doing something elite at the next level. Baring major injury or some other unforeseen tragedy he should be a perennial DPOY candidate in a few years. If he can be that with a respectable C&S three ball at worst he’d easily be in that Derrick White tier as arguably the most valuable non star player in the league.
How many 5’s in league are over 7’ tall, have no real injury history, are athletic, can stretch the floor, comfortably guard on the perimeter, are rim protectors, can attack closeouts by getting to the rim OR pulling up in the midrange, and go coast to coast pushing the break after grabbing a board? That is a very realistic floor for Sarr. With his physical profile and instinct the defense projects well, his jumper passes the eye test, and his shooting numbers across the board have gone up every season over the past 3 years (heard 3 from a scouting report but can personally only find stats for the past 2). Correct me if I’m wrong but unless someone else comes along in the next couple of drafts he’d be the only player in the league that checks all those boxes. Even if you lower the height requirement by a few inches there are only a handful of players in the league that do any combination of half of that. The only 2 that come really close to meeting all criteria are Wemby and Chet but both of them have had injury histories.
You can’t tell me that 30 out of 30 teams in league wouldn’t bend over backwards for a guy like that. That’s the type of guy that could potentially make all star teams just because he’s a major contributor on one of the best teams in the league a la Draymond Green. A completely different archetype of player but someone thats capable of being the ultimate glue guy of any championship caliber team.
The best part is this is just looking at his realistic floor in a vacuum. This doesn’t even take into account his synergy with Trae and Jalen. How many stretch 5’s are in the league that can’t be played off the court defensively? Without even mentioning all of the other things he can do, that alone will make Trae and Jalen’s lives so much easier. Imagine a version of Jalen Johnson flying down the lane and just being able go up because he doesn’t have to worry about a big standing right outside the restricted zone. Imagine a version of Trae young that doesn’t have to rely on all of those long floaters and can actually get all the way to the rim for much easier layups instead. I’m sure this alone would do wonders for his efficiency.
This offensively conservative version of Sarr would eat off of them too. Playing beside a plus passer in Jalen (who still hasn’t reached his ceiling in that regard) and arguably the best passer and P&R ball handler in the league would generate so many easy looks for him. Whether those be open looks in the paint, in the midrange, on the perimeter, or even situations where he can put the ball on the floor and take advantage of late closeouts.
As the primary screener for those 2 he’d definitely put up an impressive ppg total. Maybe peaking somewhere around 3rd year John Collins. He probably won’t be at John’s level as a long roller because John just has an exceptional feel for that. It’s the one thing he does better than almost any other player in the league. But even in this conservative estimate of his offense Sarr already projects as a better popper and short roller due to the ability he’s shown to put the ball on the floor and score himself or find the open man in those situations. That production on O while being one of best defenders in the league is someone that will make all star teams. Probably not a perineal all star because he’d %100 be a system player but depending on how good the team is on any given year his numbers would definitely get him into at least a few.
In short I’m not letting anybody gaslight me into thinking this pick is “the equivalent of drafting Tobias Harris number 1.” Not that Tobias hasn’t had a good career. He peaked as a fringe all star player and if you were able to quantify overall basketball talent maybe Sarr peaks there too. The difference is what Sarr brings to the table would be MUCH more valuable because the tools he possesses are MUCH rarer and MUCH more integral to winning. I’m not saying it’s a forgone conclusion that he’s going to be the player I just described or better. But I’m very confident that with no major setbacks he at least develops into something in the ballpark of this post in his prime. And make no mistake that is (currently) a 1 of 1 player. We just gotta pray the front office makes the obvious choice on draft night, our young guys develop, and we can fill in the blanks between Trae, Jalen, and Sarr in the next couple of years to push us into contention.
2024.05.17 21:01 figure_sk8 Safe House (GMMTV) Day 2, Part 1 Summary/Rough Translation [Potential Spoilers]
Hi everyone,
Here's the summary/outline for the first half of Day 2 of Safe House! I'm sorry it got so long; it's partially because today was actually a full day as opposed to the first day which was only a half day, and also because a lot more interesting activities and conversations happened today, so I wanted to try to translate and transcribe some of them for you all. I hope this is is helpful!
Video 1 Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/C13r3ScN0L4?feature=shared
38:30 PD invites everyone to the kitchen to collect their lunch. Menu is a choice of fried rice or (they think) yellow curry with rice. Neo asks everyone for donations of cucumber because he loves cucumber (he mentioned this at the first meal last night)
53:45 PD announces (and startles the guys) that the winners of the last game will get dessert, and it can now be collected from the front door. It's doughnuts. The guys who lost are a bit sad about the doughnuts, but the winners offer to share with them
1:01:00 Relaxing time.
1:37:00 PD announces that all the guys were previously instructed to bring one item of sentimental value with them to the house, and now is the time to bring those items to the larger bedroom to present them
1:54:00 They suggest playing a typical Thai game; the name roughly translates to "live fish, dead fish." It's a game that involves moving and freezing. (The person who's "it" is blindfolded and has to order all the other players to move (live) and freeze (die). In the frozen periods, the blindfolded person moves around needs to find and and successfully identify each of the other players just by touch. This game can be played on the ground or in the water.)
Video 4 Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Op_kJG20Jag?feature=shared
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Here's the summary/outline for the first half of Day 2 of Safe House! I'm sorry it got so long; it's partially because today was actually a full day as opposed to the first day which was only a half day, and also because a lot more interesting activities and conversations happened today, so I wanted to try to translate and transcribe some of them for you all. I hope this is is helpful!
Video 1 Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/C13r3ScN0L4?feature=shared
- Luke is the first one up and about. At around 9:30, he apologises for the lull and says that "the kids" should hopefully be up and about soon.
- 11:45 Neo reads a letter saying that the losing team from yesterday's game has to prepare breakfast for the whole house within 15 minutes.
- 13:00 Luke reassures the audience that he's not by himself because he feels isolated from the rest of the guys or anything; he just wanted to wake up early to exercise, and now he's doing some light reading while waiting for "the kids" to wake up and get ready
- 15:00 The cooking team enter the kitchen and start planning what to cook. There's no rice ready in the rice cooker, so they'll serve bread/toast as the carbohydrate. They want to make eggs, so they decide to make scrambled eggs because of the time restriction. They also decide to make sausages and bacon
- 22:00 Neo and Mix make toast and make another wordplay joke (verbs related to preparing food that rhyme or sound similar, basically. Kind of translates to "cook (usually as it pertains to grains), warm up, stew, boil, and steam")
- 24:00 Luke tries to explain the difference between scrambled eggs and a similar preparation of soft omelette in Thai cuisine
- 28:00 Pond and Neo go to wake up Earth, Gun, and Khaotung with some musical style. They're basically singing to stop being lazy and go downstairs to eat. It's taking longer than 15 minutes to prepare the food, but it's fine.
- 32:00 Gun and Khaotung slightly sarcastically thank the sponsors for the opportunity to sleep as comfortably as they did and then to be awoken by the sight and sound of Neo
- 38:00 Mix makes fried eggs
- 41:00 They start to sit down to eat. There's no jam or any typical spreads for the toast, so they'll have it plain today. Luke starts eating the salad leaves, not knowing that they haven't been washed yet. Neo tries to get people to compliment the toast because it was his contribution to the meal preparation.
- 50:45 PD greets everyone and asks Neo to collect a box containing the next mission from the front door. At 55:00, Neo reads the cards which says that from today, they will do a short challenge each morning which will determine the "King of the Day," which comes with a photo-op and some small perks when it comes to the rest of the games and activities that day.
- The challenge today is to produce the loudest chicken noises they can, first in pairs, and then the winning pair will compete between them to determine the King of the Day. They pair up randomly by doing the hand game (sorry; I don't' know how to call the game in English, but basically, you choose whether to show your hand with the palm facing up or down. It's like rock/papescissors, but usually used as a first round when there are more than 2 people to choose between. When playing, the players call out "noi aok," which means that the minority hand position goes out)
- 1:12:00 King of the Day photo-op
- Gun takes the viewers on a guided tour of the house. We start at the pool, where Neo, Luke, and Khaotung improvise a song on the spot. They name the song "We Love You."
- 4:00 They print out and frame the photos they took yesterday (product plug for Canon)
- 16:30 PD announces the next competitive game. King of the day gets a wastebasket full of random items, and PD instructs him to assign each item to one person and to make up a good reason why he's assigning them thusly.
- Egg carton: for Phuwin because he likes to cook eggs (Luke makes a pronunciation error while saying "egg" (khai) to make it sound like Phuwin makes food that is ill with a cold (khai with a different tone), and they joke about it. Neo builds on the joke and asks "Makes food with whom? (who=krai->khai in colloquial Thai, which is yet another tone from the previous two)
- GMMTV Yearbook: for Gun because he's the eldest. He wants him to look at the photos and remember everyone
- Electric mosquito swatter: for Earth because he recently mentioned that he wanted to hit Neo
- Flip flops: for Neo because his feet look a bit dirty (Luke also learns the Thai term for them)
- Leaf/branch from a fake plant: for Mix because he wants him to plant it. It's a silly reason, so he adds some fluff to say that he hopes that Mix stays alive and well as long as the fake plant that he plants
- Shirt: for Pond because Luke wants him to wear it to go exercise with him tomorrow
- Wok spatula: Luke doesn't know what it is or its purpose at first, so they guys explain that it's used to make food. He decides to assign it to Khaotung because the "Khao" in his name is the same "khao" used in one of the Thai words for "food."
- Wastebasket for Luke because it's the last thing left, and he can use it for basketball
38:30 PD invites everyone to the kitchen to collect their lunch. Menu is a choice of fried rice or (they think) yellow curry with rice. Neo asks everyone for donations of cucumber because he loves cucumber (he mentioned this at the first meal last night)
53:45 PD announces (and startles the guys) that the winners of the last game will get dessert, and it can now be collected from the front door. It's doughnuts. The guys who lost are a bit sad about the doughnuts, but the winners offer to share with them
1:01:00 Relaxing time.
1:37:00 PD announces that all the guys were previously instructed to bring one item of sentimental value with them to the house, and now is the time to bring those items to the larger bedroom to present them
1:54:00 They suggest playing a typical Thai game; the name roughly translates to "live fish, dead fish." It's a game that involves moving and freezing. (The person who's "it" is blindfolded and has to order all the other players to move (live) and freeze (die). In the frozen periods, the blindfolded person moves around needs to find and and successfully identify each of the other players just by touch. This game can be played on the ground or in the water.)
Video 4 Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/Op_kJG20Jag?feature=shared
- Gun and Luke feel like eating something, so they round everyone up to go eat some som tam (green papaya salad) by the side of the pool.
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2024.05.17 18:52 Frosty_Drawer_7838 TIFU BY Buying 5" Shorts
For the last several years I've worn longer shorts; like typical basketball or workout shorts that cut off at the knee. Recently my wife told me that she wanted me to go shorter so she could see more of my legs because I have sexy legs (her worlds not mine) I figure I gotta keep my lady impressed so I started shopping for new shorts and concluded that a 6" or 7" inseam is about right. These hit me just above the knee and she seemed to be ok with that. Well, I have this pair of workout shorts that's the BCG brand from Academy Sports that have this liner in them. The liner is like a pair of briefs built in but it's stretchy and breathable and it's actually really comfortable (I'm a boxeboxer brief guy but these are actually really comfortable) to the point where they've become my favorite shorts to workout in. Well, last week I decided I wanted another pair or two so I went back to Academy Sports, and all they had in my size were the 5" inseam (the original pair is a 7" inseam) My wife and I were together and I thought they might be too short, she suggested I try them on so I did. She loved them! Said they really showed off my legs, and I thought they felt fine so I went for it.
Well this past Wednesday I wore them, relying solely on the liner to keep me in place and it mostly worked. It was chest day and I went to do some sets on the decline bench and this is where it all went wrong. The decline at my gym is actually pretty tall, and I'm not super tall so mounting it is a little bit of an issue but I've done this hundreds of times to the point where I don't even think about it. So I go for my usual move, lift my right leg up and over the center bar and insert my leg in the slot (stirrup?...I'm not sure what you call it). At this point I'm standing there with my right leg locked in, from here I normally get a little bounce with my left leg and spring up sliding my left leg into the slot as my butt hits the bench and then I lay back. It all kind of happens in one motion. Again, I've done this hundreds of times. Well this time I went for it and I'm not even really sure what happened but I guess my butt hit the seat too early. All I know is that as I was in motion and at the point of no return, I could feel my shorts being twisted and things started shifting around but I couldn't stop my momentum. As my back hit the seat, I realized my left leg didn't make it in the slot good and I was essentially spread eagle; then I felt the sensation of cool air somewhere it shouldn't be. That's when I realized that everything popped out of my left pant(shorts) leg and I was on full display. EVERYTHING was out. Fortunately I was able to gather things up and slip everything back in rather quickly.
I'm not sure who else saw, but if you're the lady that was on the rowing machine at the YMCA this past Wednesday between 5:15-5:30AM, I'm truly sorry.
TL;DR TIFU by wearing shorts that are probably too short
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Well this past Wednesday I wore them, relying solely on the liner to keep me in place and it mostly worked. It was chest day and I went to do some sets on the decline bench and this is where it all went wrong. The decline at my gym is actually pretty tall, and I'm not super tall so mounting it is a little bit of an issue but I've done this hundreds of times to the point where I don't even think about it. So I go for my usual move, lift my right leg up and over the center bar and insert my leg in the slot (stirrup?...I'm not sure what you call it). At this point I'm standing there with my right leg locked in, from here I normally get a little bounce with my left leg and spring up sliding my left leg into the slot as my butt hits the bench and then I lay back. It all kind of happens in one motion. Again, I've done this hundreds of times. Well this time I went for it and I'm not even really sure what happened but I guess my butt hit the seat too early. All I know is that as I was in motion and at the point of no return, I could feel my shorts being twisted and things started shifting around but I couldn't stop my momentum. As my back hit the seat, I realized my left leg didn't make it in the slot good and I was essentially spread eagle; then I felt the sensation of cool air somewhere it shouldn't be. That's when I realized that everything popped out of my left pant(shorts) leg and I was on full display. EVERYTHING was out. Fortunately I was able to gather things up and slip everything back in rather quickly.
I'm not sure who else saw, but if you're the lady that was on the rowing machine at the YMCA this past Wednesday between 5:15-5:30AM, I'm truly sorry.
TL;DR TIFU by wearing shorts that are probably too short
2024.05.17 18:27 Royal-Crew-2479 I need help with my mental health
I started playing basketball last year I got obsessed with the game all I do is basketball I live breath basketball now I still have obsession with the game just felt like my body was made not for basketball I'm right handed I got like bone genetic were my index and middle finger was deform I'm really short I used to have the mentality that I will be the best everything I lost I would train harder but it do nothing to my progress I think I lost interest in basketball is there anyway that I can gain it back?
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2024.05.17 18:05 Driver8TakeABreak D-Day through +2
Had to flip my comfort blanket! Just finding things to occupy myself. And one day I might learn how to link my older posts.
Day 0 was pretty uneventful. Pre-meds 30 minutes prior to transplant and then 200 ml of product containing ~ 3MM of my little stem cell warriors were marching to battle! Cool little tidbit. As the nurse was pushing the product in to my PICC line, she held a flashlight to the line I could see those tiny heroes marching! I think I’m going to design a stem cell warrior flag! They deserve the recognition.
Zero of true medical significance has happened since Day 0 so I thought I’d throw in a couple of fun facts:
The entire transplant team here swears that they can smell a new transplant patient for days after the procedure. They say I smell like creamed corn! There is one team member who kind of scares me … seems to be an unhealthy appetite for cream corn!
When packing gadgets, etc for entertainment (you’re GOING to need them) check batteries, bring an extension cord and a power strip. Went through all of the set up to get an Amazon Firestick ready for my stay. Grabbed the wrong remote and no extra batteries! Now watching shows on an iPhone. Booooo!
Pack comfortable clothes! And plenty of them. I rarely wear active wear outside of my place so I didn’t think to bring a lot. Sweats, basketball shorts, comfy tshirts are my go to and I wish I had more with me!
Be patient. Give the team grace! It’ll go a lot further than being demanding and or terse. My biggest frustration here has been meal service. It has taken no less than 1 hour from the time I call for food until it arrives. I make it a point to thank the folks who take my order and deliver my food. They now smile as they enter and I hope their interactions with me are a bright spot in what I would assume is a pretty dreary and thankless job!
Alright, that’s all for now. Thanks to all who’ve been reading along and offering encouragement. To those about to start this journey remember: “you can never control the wind but you can always learn to adjust your sails”!
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Day 0 was pretty uneventful. Pre-meds 30 minutes prior to transplant and then 200 ml of product containing ~ 3MM of my little stem cell warriors were marching to battle! Cool little tidbit. As the nurse was pushing the product in to my PICC line, she held a flashlight to the line I could see those tiny heroes marching! I think I’m going to design a stem cell warrior flag! They deserve the recognition.
Zero of true medical significance has happened since Day 0 so I thought I’d throw in a couple of fun facts:
The entire transplant team here swears that they can smell a new transplant patient for days after the procedure. They say I smell like creamed corn! There is one team member who kind of scares me … seems to be an unhealthy appetite for cream corn!
When packing gadgets, etc for entertainment (you’re GOING to need them) check batteries, bring an extension cord and a power strip. Went through all of the set up to get an Amazon Firestick ready for my stay. Grabbed the wrong remote and no extra batteries! Now watching shows on an iPhone. Booooo!
Pack comfortable clothes! And plenty of them. I rarely wear active wear outside of my place so I didn’t think to bring a lot. Sweats, basketball shorts, comfy tshirts are my go to and I wish I had more with me!
Be patient. Give the team grace! It’ll go a lot further than being demanding and or terse. My biggest frustration here has been meal service. It has taken no less than 1 hour from the time I call for food until it arrives. I make it a point to thank the folks who take my order and deliver my food. They now smile as they enter and I hope their interactions with me are a bright spot in what I would assume is a pretty dreary and thankless job!
Alright, that’s all for now. Thanks to all who’ve been reading along and offering encouragement. To those about to start this journey remember: “you can never control the wind but you can always learn to adjust your sails”!
2024.05.17 18:05 shroom-seal Jesser + PBG x Arthur!
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2024.05.17 17:52 MindlessPipe022803 How to get shit smell out of washer and drier
I use a shared washer and drier. My roommate sharted (basically took a full shit) in white basketball shorts and asked ME to help him wash it. I said when that happens u throw it away on the rare exception it's ur favorite pair of $100 jeans and it's one drop then u can spot treat (not in the kitchen sink, feel the need to add that for some people) and then wash. I said these are $5 Walmart shorts just buy new ones. After doing all the laundry in the house the last couple days I here him doing 7 loads this morning but not seeing any clean clothes come up in baskets. Eventually he brings one basket into his room. I go to grab his towels mixed in with his clothes to fold and put in the bathroom and see the shorts with shit stains dried into them. He then walks in and I ask if he at least tried to wipe them out and hose them outside before running them through the washer, his response "clearly not, look at them" (so u saw the shit not come out and still decided to put them through the drier now ruining it). On top of everything I see he not only washed his personal towels but mixed in 1 of my face towels that I now have to throw away. Please recommend how to clean a washer and if there's a filter in my drier or something I can run through a cycle to help the smell. Lmao just realizing he sharted about a week before he did laundry. Where did he hide the shorts?
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2024.05.17 15:39 rambii Do the Fever have a coaching problem? Video material inside with examples and compared to other teams so far
Tldr with short video examples at the bottom.
Small background for me, i have my coaching badges and can coach up to 18 years old kids , i did my training for 2 years and coached a u14 boy team to 27-4 record and win a local tittle , im by no means a pro or expert but a person who enjoys the tactical side of basketball. English isnt my native language so i apologize in advance for any grammar mistakes, i have tried my best to explain as simple as possible and provide video for every play, if you like this content i can make more let me know . My main reason to do this is because i want wnba to grow and i wanna show case that in my personal humble opinion coaching is an issue for Fever.
All videos in this example are free to watch for everyone on wnba app or youtube i did not break any copyright laws etc, just given links to said material this is for the mods coz its big wall of text.
Brink looked the best rookie in her first game, she also seem to fit the game plan really will making alot of room and making centers follow her outside 3 point line( so switch/defense colapsed )coz of her 3 point ability, and she hit one very early so they had to respect her shooting. She dragged people out on couple of play and open free lanes for free layup, this is something you dont see on the stat sheet, but if you watched the game you will have noticed. That`s why people saying is coaching issue, because even tho brink replacement is in my opinion non wnba talent in tank commander Li Yueru28, the team plays different with Brink in and out, and you can tell they are coached that way, for example brink will camp in dunker spots and 'trigger' to run as soon as hand off is done or screen, so she goes to do another stagger screen or hand off action depending, its aways the same meaning it was practiced.
example 1 timestamp yt for brink action/coached Look how they have to swap taller player for her, but then in the paint once she starts to drive is 3enemy players inside the paint , meaning alot of people left open ,easy good look( again coached she starts at dunk spot before hand off)
example 2 similar play to what golden state runs with number 10 here being like curry, and going back door, if they switch and cover cam she will be free because there isnt enough people to cover ,but then weak side 3 corner will
In this case if brink get favorable matchup she can go for layup if not number 10 will be open for a pass similar to play 1 again coached you can tell because the hand off/pass trigger the movement
example 3 again 'trigger action is starting' as soon as ball is passed to Brink, this is same as before look for penetration and miss match and kick out if defense colapses
example 4 abuse weak side defender and miss match, again look that nurse on top of the key is 'triggered' as soon as the ball is exchanged again this means coaching/trained 9/10 time) once she cuts, now there will be over reaction to help coz of her dominant hand being free for layup, this means either Brink or top of the elbow shooter will be open again they execute as practice and get a good look. you can see that number 32 has to react and help with nurse therefore leaving some1 open
Now if you follow the play before you will see similar variation, but in this case Jackson as rookie dosnt sit at her position but goes a bit closer she should be at the corner like Cam for 3 like nurse is at the elbow like last possesion This is how you can tell its coached, good spacing because Nurse is in exact same spot and Rickea should have done the same but she is a rookie therefore you can blame that on the rookie but you can see its good coaching UNLIKE FEVER OFFENSE They get a bucket off it as well instead of kicking it out for 3
example 5 actually setting good/double screens action
Trigger is hemby passing the ball you will see cameron starts to move Exactly after that and hemby makes the screen that's the trigger, idea is to pull out one of the paint people for a drive or over reaction for open 3 corner(in this case nurse will come after brink screen and get a good look or camm will roll and do same play as example 1/2 and kick out or abuse matchup
So you can see how all this make sense, and why is coached because there is aways a 'trigger' or people move when something happens tldr is teached/coached.
Dallas/Chicago ( im trying to make compilation for teams that are around/below us to show why they are better coached already)
example 6 The art of rejecting the screen, have you seen us run even one play like that? well yeah exactly poor coaching. Pretty simple ,very popular very basic play in today day's and age, criminal that we dont do it.
How to properly react to over helping/teaming up tldr when people blitz 2man trap CC You make the easy pass the the open person often to your left/right in this case top of the key, you read the defense colapse (because already its 2v1 before the pass and some one is gonna step up on you the person who just got the ball then that person has to either
A)Drive
B)shoot open /non contested shot
D)keep moving the ball/abuse weak matchup/sleeping defender.
C) wait for screen action then pass to the weak side (same direction first pass came from)
In this case they see Reese who is a rookie have defensive relaps and pass behind her, because again reese shouldnt really help but she 'steps' away from her target and is caught ball watching. Madi did couple of passes like that, and CC and other pg's in this team have the ability to make this simple passes, but the problem is there is no one to help cc when she get double teamed.
Example 7 of coached play with 'trigger'
Double screen action for deep 3 or roll with open free throw line passing lane to weak side/drive.
trigger is number #1 (williams) not keep going to dunker spot but stoping and preparing to do the SECOND screen thats how you can tell this is COACHED AND TRAINED Default play here is to keep penetration obviously not stop her run there for 'no reason'
I also want you to keep in mind that by the end of the play after second screen far 3 is open in this frame you can see her defending steping up to cover roll and free throw passing lane as i mention below leaving the shooter open with alot of space The idea here is the first screener that gets reject dosnt roll so you leave passing lane open for the 3 pointer (aka free throw line to be clear for drive or clear pass of the second screeneroller if you roll you will make the defender of weak side close to hes target and also clog the passing lane) If they don`t step up you take the long 3 (perfect for cc)
here is more in depth and you can see exact same play via golden state
**so again this is also how you can tell this is coached not some random stuff, i want you to find me double screen action from fever GAME THIS SEASON , thank you.
example 9 using the correct people who usually cant shoot 3 or big to setup screen, move the ball all the way to the oposite side with screen for open 3
I want you to notice the speed and screens quality/ball movement the fact that there is also rookies and this is a team that many said will be below us(Fever) in standings.This isnt a coached/set play, this is just working around screens and playing good ball, the reason it happens is because yes there are few vets doing a good job but the point is most have this team below us in the standings because we have the talent, do we have the coaching, that is up to you to decide and i guess the front office. Notice as i said before people setting up screens are not the 3 point shooters ( like often we will see coach want cc or Katie Lou Samuelson setup screens???? while forward/center Boston etc is afk in paint doing nothing?) In this case brink is Unicorn and can shoot 3 but the idea is the same boston and smith should be coming up setting screens not CC (this is what the coach has said in 2 press conferences now she want CC to setup screens, its wild)
Example 10 Coached/practiced inbound play, trigger is when Lexie Brown start running, notice that this is very similar to previous play cameron is in the same position as previous 3 play to setup the screen.
This is very good for Rookies give them few simple spots to learn and then include them in plays without telling them all the stuff they dont need to know, just keep it simple
Example 11 dealing with double team trap, finding the correct and having people step up outside the paint to offer pass options.Using rookie to setup a screen and roll to create space/have defender follow her
If this is fever, Hamby is Smith she needs to move to prepare another screen or offer option for pass not stayin still in paint, Boston has to be cam(or reversed role with smith either way works but boston is slower then smith), and then roll to take the person away, corner shooters should be mitchel and lou ,ball handler cc. Look how simple it is, you just need the correct players to do the correct things, this is all rookies, and a team that is in theory expected to finish below us in standings. But if we watch fever the wrong people are going up for screens, and we often have people staying in same spot for 10 sec doing nothing, i dont know why, its coaching thing 100%.
Another 2man trap into a bucket Aagain keep eye how brink (boston) should position her self for a pass over the top, while keeping defender away from the action, then hemby ( smith or w/e instead of going to clog the paint or staying still has to offer pass option once again).
Here is example what happens in Fever game so you can see the difference when cc gets trapped
Boston is turbo late, smith dosnt even offer a passing lane and there is 3 people next to clark while boston is not even in the picture yet , notice the difference? From speed to overall positioning and reaction this is coaching 101 dont doubt it. Not a single screen deep unlike the examples above, hell boston didnt even offer a passing line or screen till 4-5 sec later then she should have.
example 12 just running good off the ball and creating space for a shooter, in this case can be either mitchel or katie, i pause with and try to show with my mouse how the person should go they do it pitch perfect off ball movement, also look at the spacing compared to fever.
Example of screen action of Fever here what should happen is in this play after Clark gets the ball of screen , Kristy Wallace need to be all the way in the corner boston has to roll OPOSITE OF HER aka left of CC so she can open lane for CC to drive and then hit the corner Wallace Should look like this sorry for paint job Green is CC line for her strong right hand, red is where people should roll,be position wise compared to original play(You can see how much easier pass and position is corner 3 if Krist wallace went to correct spot also moved her defender away from swiping the ball /contesting clark drive coz if she commits to clark, then kristy is open for 3. They end up scoring, but you can see the way i draw it and sparks play it is far better obviously, again this is down to coaching 100% and practice, this isnt about team synergy its ball 101 basics.
Example 13 inbound play difference Sparks play +good screens/off ball movement versus
Fever inbound play
I would like not to waste my breath on this coaching abomination, thank you.\
Example 14 just being a smart team mate, aways go help if you see double team dont stay still, well done Cameron Brink and Hamby
When you just play good bb iq plays and move without the ball and space well, good things happen if other rookies are coached to do it in such short time i see no reason why indiana can't be too. Even if you dont make the shots or the passs, as long as the movement is there people will be happy, this isnt the case right now. If i'm CC i will be pissed and mad too, because look how others play when team mates get trapped, and look how Indiana play and react when she is trapped or any one really.
Look at how many white shirts near her and how many team mates including nobody left of her in corner 3
Also how come people arrive like a good 3-4 sec after her, is this a joke like? Obviously there is some disconect between the speed she wants to play and they are coached
Example 15 how much faster sparks 'counter attack' and move up the fieldyou can see even brink makes it there full sprint as one of the tallest players and a rookie for rebound if needed and she starts further away and out hustles a veteran , you all saw this play today do you see any indiana players? yeah exactly.
Thank you for taking the time to comment/watch even if this helps 2-3 people get better idea of why people are saying indiana isnt coached well i will be happy, if you want further content like this i will be happy to provide so, i'm doing it becasue i enjoy the game i dont need YT subscribers or likes or anything like that :)
Have a good day everyone, and hopefully we see a better coach for the fever soon enough.
TLDR
even basic screen action is lacking, lack of practice of 'set pieces ( think like soccer free kick/corners ) in this case inbound vs sparks inbound vs fever inbound
2man trap sparks into a bucket vs Fever spacing and nobody coming to open up a passing lane or help out
A simple 101 and popular 2 screen/reject action run by any team but we havent even seen a single such play from Fever
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Small background for me, i have my coaching badges and can coach up to 18 years old kids , i did my training for 2 years and coached a u14 boy team to 27-4 record and win a local tittle , im by no means a pro or expert but a person who enjoys the tactical side of basketball. English isnt my native language so i apologize in advance for any grammar mistakes, i have tried my best to explain as simple as possible and provide video for every play, if you like this content i can make more let me know . My main reason to do this is because i want wnba to grow and i wanna show case that in my personal humble opinion coaching is an issue for Fever.
All videos in this example are free to watch for everyone on wnba app or youtube i did not break any copyright laws etc, just given links to said material this is for the mods coz its big wall of text.
Brink looked the best rookie in her first game, she also seem to fit the game plan really will making alot of room and making centers follow her outside 3 point line( so switch/defense colapsed )coz of her 3 point ability, and she hit one very early so they had to respect her shooting. She dragged people out on couple of play and open free lanes for free layup, this is something you dont see on the stat sheet, but if you watched the game you will have noticed. That`s why people saying is coaching issue, because even tho brink replacement is in my opinion non wnba talent in tank commander Li Yueru28, the team plays different with Brink in and out, and you can tell they are coached that way, for example brink will camp in dunker spots and 'trigger' to run as soon as hand off is done or screen, so she goes to do another stagger screen or hand off action depending, its aways the same meaning it was practiced.
In this case if brink get favorable matchup she can go for layup if not number 10 will be open for a pass similar to play 1 again coached you can tell because the hand off/pass trigger the movement
Now if you follow the play before you will see similar variation, but in this case Jackson as rookie dosnt sit at her position but goes a bit closer she should be at the corner like Cam for 3 like nurse is at the elbow like last possesion This is how you can tell its coached, good spacing because Nurse is in exact same spot and Rickea should have done the same but she is a rookie therefore you can blame that on the rookie but you can see its good coaching UNLIKE FEVER OFFENSE They get a bucket off it as well instead of kicking it out for 3
Trigger is hemby passing the ball you will see cameron starts to move Exactly after that and hemby makes the screen that's the trigger, idea is to pull out one of the paint people for a drive or over reaction for open 3 corner(in this case nurse will come after brink screen and get a good look or camm will roll and do same play as example 1/2 and kick out or abuse matchup
So you can see how all this make sense, and why is coached because there is aways a 'trigger' or people move when something happens tldr is teached/coached.
Dallas/Chicago ( im trying to make compilation for teams that are around/below us to show why they are better coached already)
How to properly react to over helping/teaming up tldr when people blitz 2man trap CC You make the easy pass the the open person often to your left/right in this case top of the key, you read the defense colapse (because already its 2v1 before the pass and some one is gonna step up on you the person who just got the ball then that person has to either
A)Drive
B)shoot open /non contested shot
D)keep moving the ball/abuse weak matchup/sleeping defender.
C) wait for screen action then pass to the weak side (same direction first pass came from)
In this case they see Reese who is a rookie have defensive relaps and pass behind her, because again reese shouldnt really help but she 'steps' away from her target and is caught ball watching. Madi did couple of passes like that, and CC and other pg's in this team have the ability to make this simple passes, but the problem is there is no one to help cc when she get double teamed.
Double screen action for deep 3 or roll with open free throw line passing lane to weak side/drive.
trigger is number #1 (williams) not keep going to dunker spot but stoping and preparing to do the SECOND screen thats how you can tell this is COACHED AND TRAINED Default play here is to keep penetration obviously not stop her run there for 'no reason'
I also want you to keep in mind that by the end of the play after second screen far 3 is open in this frame you can see her defending steping up to cover roll and free throw passing lane as i mention below leaving the shooter open with alot of space The idea here is the first screener that gets reject dosnt roll so you leave passing lane open for the 3 pointer (aka free throw line to be clear for drive or clear pass of the second screeneroller if you roll you will make the defender of weak side close to hes target and also clog the passing lane) If they don`t step up you take the long 3 (perfect for cc)
here is more in depth and you can see exact same play via golden state
**so again this is also how you can tell this is coached not some random stuff, i want you to find me double screen action from fever GAME THIS SEASON , thank you.
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Example 8 very early middle of the field screen for ball handler CC +roll and abusing weakness /bad matchup Trigger is obvious even maubrey signals for it with her hand running up to set the screen again coached not something you 'come up' on the spot with.Have you seen a single fever player go deep to set screen and signal yet? Yep exactly. Look how it fast it colapse the defense because of spacing you ahve open corner, you can pull it back to either screeners etcI want you to notice the speed and screens quality/ball movement the fact that there is also rookies and this is a team that many said will be below us(Fever) in standings.This isnt a coached/set play, this is just working around screens and playing good ball, the reason it happens is because yes there are few vets doing a good job but the point is most have this team below us in the standings because we have the talent, do we have the coaching, that is up to you to decide and i guess the front office. Notice as i said before people setting up screens are not the 3 point shooters ( like often we will see coach want cc or Katie Lou Samuelson setup screens???? while forward/center Boston etc is afk in paint doing nothing?) In this case brink is Unicorn and can shoot 3 but the idea is the same boston and smith should be coming up setting screens not CC (this is what the coach has said in 2 press conferences now she want CC to setup screens, its wild)
This is very good for Rookies give them few simple spots to learn and then include them in plays without telling them all the stuff they dont need to know, just keep it simple
If this is fever, Hamby is Smith she needs to move to prepare another screen or offer option for pass not stayin still in paint, Boston has to be cam(or reversed role with smith either way works but boston is slower then smith), and then roll to take the person away, corner shooters should be mitchel and lou ,ball handler cc. Look how simple it is, you just need the correct players to do the correct things, this is all rookies, and a team that is in theory expected to finish below us in standings. But if we watch fever the wrong people are going up for screens, and we often have people staying in same spot for 10 sec doing nothing, i dont know why, its coaching thing 100%.
Here is example what happens in Fever game so you can see the difference when cc gets trapped
Boston is turbo late, smith dosnt even offer a passing lane and there is 3 people next to clark while boston is not even in the picture yet , notice the difference? From speed to overall positioning and reaction this is coaching 101 dont doubt it. Not a single screen deep unlike the examples above, hell boston didnt even offer a passing line or screen till 4-5 sec later then she should have.
Example of screen action of Fever here what should happen is in this play after Clark gets the ball of screen , Kristy Wallace need to be all the way in the corner boston has to roll OPOSITE OF HER aka left of CC so she can open lane for CC to drive and then hit the corner Wallace Should look like this sorry for paint job Green is CC line for her strong right hand, red is where people should roll,be position wise compared to original play(You can see how much easier pass and position is corner 3 if Krist wallace went to correct spot also moved her defender away from swiping the ball /contesting clark drive coz if she commits to clark, then kristy is open for 3. They end up scoring, but you can see the way i draw it and sparks play it is far better obviously, again this is down to coaching 100% and practice, this isnt about team synergy its ball 101 basics.
Fever inbound play
I would like not to waste my breath on this coaching abomination, thank you.\
When you just play good bb iq plays and move without the ball and space well, good things happen if other rookies are coached to do it in such short time i see no reason why indiana can't be too. Even if you dont make the shots or the passs, as long as the movement is there people will be happy, this isnt the case right now. If i'm CC i will be pissed and mad too, because look how others play when team mates get trapped, and look how Indiana play and react when she is trapped or any one really.
Look at how many white shirts near her and how many team mates including nobody left of her in corner 3
Also how come people arrive like a good 3-4 sec after her, is this a joke like? Obviously there is some disconect between the speed she wants to play and they are coached
Thank you for taking the time to comment/watch even if this helps 2-3 people get better idea of why people are saying indiana isnt coached well i will be happy, if you want further content like this i will be happy to provide so, i'm doing it becasue i enjoy the game i dont need YT subscribers or likes or anything like that :)
Have a good day everyone, and hopefully we see a better coach for the fever soon enough.
even basic screen action is lacking, lack of practice of 'set pieces ( think like soccer free kick/corners ) in this case inbound vs sparks inbound vs fever inbound
2man trap sparks into a bucket vs Fever spacing and nobody coming to open up a passing lane or help out
A simple 101 and popular 2 screen/reject action run by any team but we havent even seen a single such play from Fever