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Posts posted by HookEm
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On 6/13/2025 at 10:07 AM, BurntEyes said:
Some Owls would like a word with you.
The state needs more good schools that don't put you $300K in debt.
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Tristan Thompson and Avery Bradley also had decent careers, but Tre should easily surpass them.
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Wondering how this would play if I did a Yelp review on my wife and gave her 5 stars. Need to workshop it. This may have legs.
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2 hours ago, immamac said:
This is fucking dumb, Women aren't voting 30% different than men. fucking garbage ass study.
See below 2024 Presidential election results. By my maths, it was a spread of 32 pts between young men and women voters...
If you don't see the ideological difference between young men and women right now, then I just have to assume you don't interact with very many people in that demographic. The difference between my daughter's female friends (at Arkansas), and my son's male friends (at UT) is staggering. And that doesn't even account for the fact that the overall population at Arkansas skews conservative and the population at UT skews liberal.
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This thread is something I think about often. I have a 20 yr old son, 19 yr old daughter, 17 yr old daughter.
Here are the big contributors in my view:
1. A wide ideology gap that is growing wider
Young women are far more liberal than they have been in my lifetime. I can see this in my kids and their friends. Young men are trending the other direction and the divide in ideology between the two is increasing. And when the ideology is that different, many women view men as "monsters" and are afraid of them. And the men view the women as "men haters" and want nothing to do with them. My son was routinely attacked in high school and at UT for offering up even moderate opinions.
I'm sure you all have seen this chart before, but it definitely tracks my personal observations:
2. Women won't date less educated men
This is another big one. Women are more educated than at any time in world history. For thousands of years, women have been socially programmed to want a guy who is at least as educated as themselves. And if the men are less educated, then they better be very successful / rich or they have zero shot.
Well, now colleges are 60% made up of women. Who are all of these educated women going to date? Is a female engineer or boss babe going to date an auto mechanic? Not in my experience. So the women devote themselves to their work, rising in their organizations while collecting "bodies" in their casual dating, all the while becoming less attractive to the increasingly conservative young men.
3. Increased social isolation
People are spending more time than ever alone. Remote work, remote school, decrease in social activities, decrease in faith-based and community activities, etc. have reduced the intersection points that fueled dating for previous generations. So people turn to dating apps, and only the top% of people end up getting all the action.
This all starts when people are young and just gets worse as they get older.
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Upgrading our coach is the biggest win of the offseason.
Regarding Heide and his 3P%, his low attemps are partly a result of his low minutes. In the postseason, his attempts climbed to 3.2 a game (hitting 62%), and in games where he played more than 22 minutes a game he averaged 3.6 per game.
To put it in perspective, his 6.8 3P attempts per 100 possessions puts him in the same range as Matt Coleman, and a little more than Brock Cunningham. Not a TON of shots, but enough to matter if he can hit them.-
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What she’s done is financially attach herself to the most popular player in her sport. Love her or hate her, she’s going to make money off of Clark, which is great for Angel because she has one elite skill on the court and that skill has been monetized by exactly one person to my knowledge, Rodman. So, play the villain, be a victim, and earn some money.
Rodman had one skill? I think you are forgetting the part where Rodman was 2x NBA defensive player of the year and was 1st team all defense for almost a decade.-
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On 4/20/2025 at 11:36 AM, jimmyjazz said:
If you're that intrigued by a "faith-based" school, maybe check out a few others? SMU? Trinity? Notre Dame? St. Olaf?
I have a different view on going to UT as a person of faith. If faith is important to you at Texas, you can definitely find groups that share your faith. Catholic, Nondenominational, Baptist, Methodist, Muslim, Mormon, whatever. And when you find those people, they will likely be serious about their faith, because they have decided to follow it in a place that is neutral toward faith at best (and often quite hostile).
In contrast, at many "religious" schools, the average student has no more faith than your average student at UT. Many go there because it is smaller, or because their parents think it is more sheltered. I dare say it is easier to find a SOLID group of Baptists to connect with at UT than at Dallas Baptist or Baylor. Because they are congregated in a small number of organizations.
Just my anecdotal experience, but I have seen it play out across generations at UT and other large state universities.
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I seriously doubt many people will move because of this nonsense. Instead they will just change where they vacation and bring home stockpiles of weed. And they will stock up over the next few months.
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With his length, he should be a much better defender. A year under Chris Beard would have done wonders for him. Hopefully he goes somewhere good.
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Thanks for the tip. Looks like the "49 Club" is for Alaska residents, but they apparently make an exception for temporary workers. I'll give it a shot.
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I looked into shipping with Alaska Air, but they charge $200 in fees to be a known shipper. Not sure we would make that back with a single summer up there.
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Also, what is the best way to ship supplies to Alaska? Say I want to ship a 150 pound box with a tent and other supplies? Is there a reasonably cost effective way to get that done?
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After watching The Gentlemen and White Lotus S2, I don't think there is a better candidate than Theo James. He has the required charisma, athleticism, and overall swagger. He has more charm than any Bond since Sean Connery.
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Here's an update of how I see the minutes playing out, along with the starters:
I assume we will start big with both Traore and Matas. But we could easily start with whichever one of the two emerges as the better player, with Swain starting at PF. Then the 3 would be either Heide, Pope or Weaver. All three of them are better from 3 than any of the other starters.
I could see us starting Mark + Wilcher + Heide + Swain + Traore. That would be two big guards, two athletic versatile forwards, and a big who can score, rebound and defend. Then off the bench you bring Pope, Weaver and Matas.
The minutes above are not how it will ultimately shake out as Codie, Clark and the other yet to be determined players will get some minutes. These are more "tournament" minutes.
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Does anybody have a list of potential additions? At this point, I would really like a couple of young, high upside players. Kind of bummed we lost Vinson as I thought he had potential.
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The food ranged from great to horrific.
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I was also in China last week. Flew in to Shanghai, took a bullet train to Nanjing, flew to Yantai, and then back to Shanghai. It was an interesting experience.
One of the guys I work with over there asked if I like Trump. I was like.... <crickets>. He goes "We love Trump over here. Everybody does. He's a businessman." I ask "what about the tariffs?" Him: "They will sort themselves out. No problem. Trump is just doing his job. Most Chinese like Trump and love Americans."
I was literally shocked. I have to say that in the time I was there, I never got a single sideways glance. No hostility at all. In fact, quite the opposite.
Another funny exchange... Every meal would conclude with sliced watermelon and maybe some oranges or tomatoes. I was giving them a hard time and telling them that this is why they are all skinny. In the US, we eat cakes, cookies and ice cream. They eat watermelon. Anyway, one of the Chinese guys leans over to me and quietly asks, "Is it true that in America, if you offer a black man watermelon that he will get mad? Why???".
As we spent the day together, I asked him how he learned English so well. He tells me that even though it is banned, he learned a lot from watching South Park. Haha! The earlier watermelon comment then completely checked out.
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Getting PJ Haggerty would take this team from a Sweet 16 ceiling to Final Four. That is worth $4M.
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My son is a geophysics major at UT's Jackson School and just got an internship up in Alaska for the summer. He will be leading tours out on the Matanuska Glacier glacier and helping with some research. Should be an interesting experience. He will have food taken care of, but is going to have to bring his own tent to live in. I'll probably buy him a Kodiac canvas tent to help make it more bearable, and he can probably get later use out of it if he has to do field work.
I'm taking the rest of the family up there in mid July for a week to see him and explore. Thinking we will spend 2 nights around , maybe a night at Denali and a 1-2 nights at Seward with a night coming and going from Anchorage. Let me know if anyone has any update recommendations.
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I fuck with this lineup/roster heavy. I like it considerably more than what Beard brought in Y1 granted hindsight is 20/20. We may have a Tre Mitchell lurking.
I think Miller knows what he's doing, knows what he wants to do, and has an idea of how to make it happen.
I’m not sure about that. Timmy Allen was 1st team All Pac 10, Marcus Carr was 3rd team All Big 10, Disu was the leading rebounder in the SEC, Bishop had started 62 games for Creighton, Tre Mitchell was 2nd Team A10. And we returned Jones and Ramey who were 2nd and 3rd Team Big 12 respectively. That is a lot of all conference talent.
This team doesn’t have nearly the accolades.-
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He could have always gone to Ole Miss if Beard was the key to his NBA future.
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41” vertical makes up for the height a bit.
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Shaq vs AI would be entertaining to watch.
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