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  1. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    My favorite part of him sucking and losing to double digit seeds every year is that the Marquette fans refuse to assign any blame to him. The guy may be there 20 years just doing the same shit. 

    I know a ton of Marquette alums. They think Shaka is a savior. 

    Lets see how they feel if they have few more tourney brickfests. 

  2. 19 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

    Finland is 90+% Finns.  The degree of difficulty in instilling and acting on a common set of values is orders of magnitude lower in a racially and culturally homogenous population.  It's not about them "doing the work" so much as the fact they they have far fewer societal obstacles to overcome than a pluralistic society like the US.  Whether we like it or not, the tribal instinct is deeply ingrained in our psychology and it significantly hinders our ability to work together on common solutions.  It's a hard problem to navigate.  

    This. The Scandinavian countries are virtually monocultural. The US is THE melting pot of the world. Its one of our strengths but cultural and racial strife come with that. With the ascent of social media, it defines us right now. 

    And as for romantic relationships, these kids have no idea how to flirt with each other. At all. There is nothing like taking a few weeks to get up the guts to ask out that hot girl and either succeed or fail. And then do it again. 

    Oh and everything isn't personal man. We could all use a refresher on that. 

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  3. A lot of good points here but for me this biggest difference from my childhood is tech/social media. Everyone has a bullhorn now and so many of them are batshit crazy or evil. Tailor made for extreme tribalism.

    So now we are a nation of people who scream at each other and don't listen to anybody. My Apple News feed uses some perverted search algorithm that makes the app nothing much more than an outrage/fear machine. Every other story is something I need to be pissed or worried about, notwithstanding the fact that I probably can't change it. 

    Now spring all that shit on young people without enough grounding experiences to keep them sane, and here we are. [Dont forget to add in the madness of Covid]

    The upcoming election will ramp this whole deal up by eleventy billion times. You win elections by identifying a problem and making sure to blame the guy you're trying to beat. You read enough of that crap you can't help but be miserable. 

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  4. My wife is a type A but generally even keeled. We are older parents and she went through this when our kids were toddlers. If we didn't have kids no way I would have stuck it out. 

    All the unexpected meltdowns and screaming at everybody over trivia. Holy shit. 

    Wouldn't ever go through that again. Seriously words can't express how much that sucked. 

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  5. On 7/6/2023 at 12:03 PM, someguy said:
    On 7/6/2023 at 12:03 PM, someguy said:

    The whole point of the omelet scene with Sydney is the care she took with it, as expressed in the time and technique she was using when nobody was looking.  Sugar was pregnant and hungry and asked for an omelet.  Sydney was not serving a customer and was not being judged or evaluated on the omelet.  She could have just banged out a perfectly edible omelet and Sugar would have eaten it.  So why loving beat the eggs over a mesh strainer, perfectly execute a french omelet (I won't go over all the steps, but the show nails the details with how the french omelet is executed - no disrespect to the photo posted up thread, and make no mistake I would gladly devour it as it looks delicious, but that is not a french omelet technique with how browned the omelet is), put in the little touches with chives and crumpled chips, and make sure to even coat it one last time in butter?  Sydney did that 1) because she loves to cook for cooking's sake and 2) she loves to take care of people.

    One of the big themes of this season - especially in the second half of the season - is about the motivation of why we work, and in particular making the case for the beauty of working from a motivation of love and service.

    Marcus - goes to Copenhagen, learns a lot from the pastry chef.  The pastry chef tells a story of how he thought he was the best until he met someone better while working as a commis (strongly implied he is talking about Carmy when, in the Fishes episode, Richie walks in a hallway and sees a picture of the pastry chef and Carmy).  Pastry chef talks about how he had to learn that it isn't just about mastering technique, the best dishes he had ever eaten were inspired.  Marcus is tasked with coming up with three desserts and nails it, inspired by Copenhagen, Sydney, Carmen, and Michael.  Marcus creates out of love.

    Sydney - see omelet example above.  She is weighed down by doubts, fears, responsibilities - but at the end of the day she still loves to cook - it comes from a pure place.  She might want the stars and she certainly wants to reach financial stability (not bad desires!), but underneath it all, she is motivated by love of cooking and love of serving people.

    Richie - the most dramatic arc demonstrating the theme.  Richie is angry and defensive and doesn't know his place.  He is good with people but torpedoes whatever progress he makes due to his personality flaws.  Through his experience staging at a 3 Michelin star restaurant, he comes to see the beauty and dignity in serving others.  It transforms him and allows him to hone his strengths without self sabatoge.

    Sugar - her involvement with the restaurant started as a place of conflicting feelings for her, with all the ghosts and family trauma associated with it.  At the beginning of the season, Sugar said at first she couldn't stand to be there but, once they started the renovation, she felt herself drawn there.  She starts out somewhat reluctantly part time, getting drawn more and more into it.  By the end she has discovered she is good at project management and loves/is invested in the success of the restaurant.  She navigates issues with the city, staff, Carmy, and Cicero with skill.  In the last episode her husband affirms the changes he sees in her, saying how happy he is and how much easier it is to live with her now that she's found something she loves, even if it has required more of her.

    Claire - hers isn't really a journey.  She knew when she was young she was fascinated with understanding medicine and how to help people, as evidenced by her story as a child when a friend broke her arm.  Claire has a very realistic and clear eyed vision for the sacrifice involved with residency and pursuing her passion/vocation, but she loves it despite the sacrifice.  Claire understands that even though it is busy and draining, it is life giving to love what you do and help people doing it.

    That leaves Carmy - he is the one character still figuring it out.  He is in process.  He has the training, the talent, and the accolades.  Does he love to cook, or is it just something he discovered he is really good at?  Did he press into cooking because he brother wouldn't let him be part of his restaurant, so Carmy set out to get so good his brother would have to let him in?  Was he able to thrive in the intense pressure cooker of working under pressure and abusive chefs because he raised by a narcissistic mother?  There is evidence that Carmy found refuge in food, discovered he was good at it, but never really loved it.  There is also evidence that Carmy does love food and loves people.  Carmy is constantly getting distracted - the fridge door handle being the obvious thing - but the entire season Carmy is dodging meeting with Sydney to focus on the restaurant.  But Carmy, when present, also shows himself capable and willing to love and nurture.  We see him gladly give up his knife to Tina (no small thing for a chef to do).  We see him listen and take the time/effort to give Sydney a special chef coat.  We see Carmy, with Claire's influence, start to confront his past and channel it into inspiration with the savory pistachio cannoli.

    At the end of the last episode, when Carmy is locked in the fridge, he and Richie have an intense screaming match after Richie sees Claire leaving upset.  Richie accuses Carmy of being just like his mother, which (understandably) sets off Carmy.  Richie's point is that, like his mother, Carmy will not let himself be happy, will not enjoy who is around him and is constantly looking for the black cloud over every situation.  Viewed a certain way, Richie has a point, but it is also somewhat unfair as Carmy - unlike what is depicted of his mother - is not a narcissist and shows himself over and over capable and willing to team up with others, look out for them, serve, nuture, and elevate them.  However, there is no denying that Carmy is in a transitional place - there is a realistic scenario where he takes the Richie path, and a realistic scenario where he takes the path of his mother.

     

    One of the best posts I have ever read on this site. [An admittedly low bar but I digress]

    I would summarize the omelette scene in particular as the ancient Greek concept of "Arete" meaning the pursuit of excellence for its own sake which allows one to fulfill their purpose(s) in life. 

    I would submit that in our relentless pursuit of efficiency we have lost a lot of that and need to get it back. 

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  6. I still have folks up in Pampa and Borger. Made the drive between them too many times to count. I know fire is part of the deal there but they just had a bad one within the last decade. This is so bad. 

    Great people up there so hate to see them going through this ordeal. 

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  7. Whats the saying, you don't have to out swim the sharks, just the people you're swimming with?

    ATM is swimming with Texas, LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss and OU. Collectively they wouldn't even look at most of the guys Aggy is braying about. 

    Dog paddling in those waters isn't going to work out. I'm here for it. 

  8. My grandfather worked a ranch in the Texas Panhandle and loved baseball. When he came to visit us in Arlington we always went to Turnpike Stadium to watch the AA DFW Spurs. 

    When I was 11 the Texas Rangers moved to town. Instead of watching the Arkansas Travelers, we took Gramps to watch our hometown MLB team play the fucking New York Yankees. That kinda thing sticks with you forever. 

    Baking in those bleachers for $3.75. 7PM starts at 95 degrees. Farm and Ranch night. Never missing a bat night, which supplied all our neighborhood baseball bats every summer. All that bad baseball but we loved them all the same. 

    After the line drive over Nellie Cruz in 2011 I turned it off and monitored the score on my phone. I figured if Texas somehow won I would go back and watch, but watching the meltdown in real time was too painful. Still never seen the Freese home run and hopefully never will. Just hurts too much. 

    And now you can say Texas Rangers World Series Champions. Man how sweet it is. Surely in that great ranch in the sky Gramps has a smile on his face. 

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  9. 7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I'm down for it evolving into a Pat Riley series if it somehow went that way - I never really cared about Riley when I watched the NBA - he was coaching teams that I didn't root for, but yeah, Brody's portrayal is making me look up Riley stories.

    Beneath that GQ exterior Riley was a killer and so were his teams. Broke my spirit as a Mavs fan in the 80s

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  10. Man such a case of blue balls on this. You have to resolve the BTK story. 

    Would hope either Fincher gets religion with someone like HBO or at least agrees to have someone else take it over with the same cast. 

    And fuck Netflix. Not paying 20 a month to watch Korean movies and cooking shows. I will let it sit for six months and see what two shows they have added that are worth shit. 

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  11. 48 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

    I can't imagine the decision to not have or utilize those detectors is cost related. The RR loses millions per hour when a line is closed. The cost benefit analysis is so one-sided I can't fathom anyone being that stupid as to discontinue/not implement the devices due to their price tag.

    SWA just proved that kind of stuff is cost related. Wall St is driven by quarterly earnings. A lot of C-Suite people think nothing bad will ever happen and plan accordingly. Goes great until it doesn't. 

  12. 18 minutes ago, Pokoloco said:

    Crazy how insecure and worried about his future Koepka was. These guys have the same worries all of us do.

    that part has surprised me the most. He always played like the biggest swinging dick out there and now its just gone? 

    i mean for us hackers, sure. But this guy?

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  13. On 12/15/2022 at 9:17 AM, Gourmand said:

    Damn shame that Vince Guaraldi didn't live long enough to see his music become probably the most iconic Christmas music of my lifetime. That album is just a perfectly beautiful jazz/holiday record.

    The instrumental "Christmas Time is Here" is just gorgeous. Just a touch of melancholy to it. 

    The sponsors were going to pull the plug on any music for that show and somehow it didn't happen. Small miracles. 

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    Partial to 12 O'Clock High. The prospects for making it through your tour were really slim in the early days of the Mighty Eighth. 

    And as much of a pussy as John Wayne was, Jimmy Stewart was a Grade A badass. Right in the middle of it all. 

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