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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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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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Angel Reese: Fair pay, anti-sexualization, side eyes, and Missed Buckets
HookEm replied to Iceman's topic in Basketball
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. -
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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