So when I read this stuff I have two thoughts

“Tony Stark is a loser. He got left in space. I like people who weren’t left in space.”

This is like Grover’s monster at the end of the book. I know you say “WARNING: THIS POST IS NOT A JOKE.” but damn if I don’t want to read it anyway to see if it’s a really good joke.

Nice try, but this is a description of the leaked footage RIGHT HERE!

Gamora was Thanos’ childhood sled and symbol of youthful innocence. Captain America was dead the whole time. Blackwidow is Iron Man’s father. Hulk is people.

Wait, did you really see this or is this shit just made up? I have been reading comics for 35 years and what you described seems even dumber than some of the really dumb crossovers I have been duped into reading in my life.

Russ shot better than either McCollum or Lillard today, had fewer turnovers than Dame, and had more assists than both of them combined. The problem is a philosophy that says “keep shooting” and gets you Schroder and George going 4/22 from deep. Russ was 0/4, but that’s not really “running wild,” is it?

Hell yeah, and Erdogan can eat a bag of dicks to boot

Yeah, there’s no way him falling out of the rotation was skill related. I get he’s always been a defensive liability, but there’s no way a guy averaging 14 pts and 10 rebs isn’t good enough to be in the rotation on a team that won 17 games all year.

But also, a team that won 78 percent of its games when it took fewer than 30 three-point shots hoisted 33 and made five. So that’s 35 percent of their shots for 15 percent of their points. In a five-point loss. In a game in which they shot 52 percent from two and scored 74 points in the paint and from the line.

the Knicks were actively trying to get rid of him because he was too old and wasn’t talented enough to make the rotation.

Let’s all remember this man wants him dead:

Kantors always been interesting and often underrated since people malign his defense so much but at least he tries I'd rather have a guy who is bad at defense but tries than someone who just doesn't give a shit

As a psychologist, want to chime in and add a few things. This effect is well-known but it’s not a large effect. Birth order effects are small, relative to many of the other effects which determine intelligence (mostly genetics and overall SES/education/opportunity). Second, there’s a huge bias between parents with…

My older brothers are both useless idiots. 

And yet, if you have only one child, s/he has a significant chance of turning out to be a self-centered monster (I know a few too many). We parents just can’t win...

My brother is a corporate vice president, makes more money in one year than I make in five, is a great husband to his wife and father to his children, and can run circles around just about anyone brains-wise.

Weird I see the opposite with myself and my friends.  The second child seems to have been more successful in the traditional sense *shrug*

This is why I tell any friends about to have a baby that my absolute best advice is to take everyone else’s advice with a good sized grain of salt. It is amazing how some parents find a way of doing things that works for their specific child and then turn around and dispense that thing like it is this unimpeachable…

After “finishing” raising my first kid (ie she moved to college w/things of scholarships, got a job & internship immediately), & almost done with the second (coasting through HS as a varsity athlete and likely valedictorian), I have concluded the same for teens. I think sometimes you just luck out with a kid who…