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@USMNTBaldEagle It's come a long way from when people just reflexively said 'soccer is gay'

The average american is so oblivious to the world of soccer. This sport truly doesn't even cross their minds, it's pretty saddening. I was talking to an older guy recently and he was holding a World Cup branded Michelob, so I made a light-hearted joke asking if he was excited for it. He goes "oh have you been watching any of those games" thinking the world cup was already underway. Don't even get me started on trying to explain to people how a USMNT player can play in the MLS, EPL, etc. but also represent the USA in the world cup. Apparently this is too complex for their brains. TLDR: The USMNT has so much work to do to win over the average american

@EricLevitz This post isn't average timeline filler. It's an existential truth bomb disguised as an innocent bit of advice.

The most puzzling AI-ism to me is probably the "Not x. Not y. But z." Not the em-dashes (an essential piece of punctuation). Not "That isn't x, it's y" (a useful if inelegant way to clarify an argument). But consecutive examples of what your subject isn't -- conveyed in fragmentary, staccato sentences -- before a declaration of what it is. Feel like this is an inherently irritating rhetorical device. And I don't recall regularly coming across it in pre-AI writing. So, I don't understand why LLMs are so in love with the template

@loebsleads Patriots. They had NO business being there.

Which NFL team's fanbase has the biggest gap between how good they THINK they are vs. reality?

@JIM_THE_BOSS_ @Kshi_nippon I appreciate your game

@Kshi_nippon Not in a white neighborhood. But same results from the ghetto. Ghetto folks are some of the kindest, most honest people on earth.

One thing many foreigners find unbelievable about Japan 🇯🇵 In some rural areas, people sell vegetables through unmanned stands. No staff. No security guard. You simply take what you want and leave the money behind. And somehow… it often works. Could this exist in your country?

Sabrett is the best here because they have a natural intestinal casing that snaps when you bite it. Also, boiling hot dogs is the best way to cook them, not grilling. You simply bring a pot of water to a boil with the hot dogs in it, wait till it fully boils, then leave them with the heat off to serve.

Who knows hot dog ball? I’m at the store and overwhelmed with the options. Sabrett Hebrew National Nathan’s Ballpark Oscar Meyer I went with Hebrew National.

The actual answer is that many people buy hybrids because like you say they are so efficient. And they really aren't that much more complicated than a standard OTTO ICE engine. The different combustion cycle they employ (Atkinson) is easier and less demanding on the engine over time. The drivetrain is robust on the hybrid. The battery is not overly large. But up until 2025, gas prices haven't been at the forefront. Probably changes again this year.

I don’t understand why every vehicle isn’t a hybrid. Why not use regenerative braking to charge a battery in every car? Huge increase in gas mileage. Why do they still make non-hybrids?

@MrPatMineo Treat people with respect. Shoving his face down like that would warrant murder in a proper society.

A brutal knockout/display of unsportsmanlike conduct down at #NHSCA nationals in VA…

@BowTiedPassport Didn't kfc used to have spicy version you could get, like Popeyes?

Went on a date with an Argentinian girl last night. She mentioned she lived in America for a year and asked why the food was "so spicy" I asked where?…She said…Boston I’m like, WTF could you have eaten in Boston that was spicy?! Broad looked at me and said…Kentucky Fried Chicken. 😂 Never in my life have I heard someone describe KFC as spicy.

I don't like nanny rules but I also live in an area with tons of these e bikes. Some are on the sidewalk, some on the street, many of the kids don't have helmets and are going 30+mph We saw one kid get hit where a car mostly stopped - no serious injury. But I know of two different fatalities in my city in the past year.

🚨NEW: Florida mother whose son died in an e-motorcycle crash is now pushing lawmakers to fully ban e-bikes and e-scooters for children under 14 Colton Remsburg, 13, was riding his e-bike when he was struck and killed by a pickup truck. He was not wearing a helmet and was not in a marked crosswalk Colton’s mother, Ashley LaChance, is now urging lawmakers to ban these e-bikes/e-motorcycles for kids under 14 Since December 1, there have been 41 crashes involving e-bikes and scooters in Orange County that resulted in injuries The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is finalizing a new e-bike ordinance that would allow deputies to issue citations and even impound them for repeated violations

@Mattnonymous091 @DIAS I wish

@stottpie @DIAS San Diego?

As a Londonder who moved to USA and lived in the Northeast and the west coast, I have noticed a HUGE intelligence gap between the 2 In New England / New York people are much more cultured, self aware and mindful of other people. In California many more self centered, conflict driven people who find it hard to step out of their own worldview. I wonder if university culture plays a part in this.

@whartonENG @stottpie @Heavenly_Race_ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 -160

@roseromaunt Imagine adding garlic to heat Uncultured rubes

This scene pissed me off because garlic doesn’t melt it just instantly burns it it’s too thin

@Ford_Nick A New York strip on its own, properly dressed so I don't have to handle the fat whatsoever

@ape_detective @SouthApe Of all the people I know who commonly swim in rivers and lakes, [1], 100% of them have had bacterial infections from it

You can just not be afraid of things and live your life instead. Especially imaginary things like bacteria and diseases. You can’t see it, you’re just imagining it might be there. It’s probably not. Serious illness from swimming is very rare. You know lots of people who swam in lakes/rivers/oceans. None of them got a serious disease from it.

Genuine question, are cave explorers not worried about the water down there in regards to bacteria and diseases? I can't imagine pools of probably stagnant water probably full of bat shit is very good for you.

@shavil0mi Seriously they're a dime a dozen and are likely to be one of the first people lost to ai What's really in shortage is old skilled labor like welding, machining, grinding, etc

Software engineering should no longer be considered "high skill". There are hundreds of millions of JavaScript or python engineers in the world. They don't all get a fast track to immigrate to western economies. There are other STEM disciplines that are actually rare skills

@Heavenly_Race_ Nah this is fake and gay. It's really rare I ever meet anyone within 1 sd of me, and I don't have any trouble communicating with people who aren't 3+ sd

Once you hit about a 20-point IQ gap, communication starts to completely break down. It's not that the lower IQ person is "stupid" (although that can often be the case) or the higher one is arrogant, it's that you're literally operating on different systems. A 20 point difference (roughly 1.3 standard deviations) means: Vocabulary and abstraction levels diverge sharply. What feels like crystal clear logic to one side sounds like vague, pretentious word salad to the other. Jokes land flat. Metaphors get taken literally. Complex cause and effect chains get simplified into "this good, that bad." Different time horizons and pattern recognition. One person thinks in months or years and sees systems, the other is locked into days or immediate rewards. Trying to explain second order effects feels like speaking another language. Also, processing speed and working memory gaps. The higher IQ person is already three steps ahead, getting impatient. The lower IQ person feels talked down to or overwhelmed. Both walk away frustrated. Both have wasted each others time.

@SoonerShports Wemby goes over the back on almost every rebound Crazy

@forgedface @thechosenberg Maybe you don't know what a thermostat does?

@stottpie @thechosenberg I don’t know how to respond to this without sounding like an asshole give me like a few hours

Completely normal 19 year old behavior