Otis Anderson

The parents who get nuts about their kid’s performance are plentiful in rec league, and many travel coaches are more apt to cut an annoying parent than a struggling kid

Paid travel sports is a source of healthiest relationships in my younger kids life, and even though a lot coaches make choices to prioritize winning over development, many do the opposite.

I guess I have a hot take that youth sports culture is far less toxic now in a mostly paid environment than it was 35 years ago in mostly free one - though I’ll admit paid or free may be irrelevant to the changes

It is incredibly normal

That one is probably the worse piece of scholarship though

Skynet defeated by pointing at the right yaml file

That is very funny

Life would be better if, when a CEO made a statement about their product’s capabilities, you gave it about the same level of credence as a parent talking about their kid’s athletic potential

He just said people switch sectors, and he is right?

Spilled some on my pants - pretty sure they’re done for

Yes please

Why exactly did I chose to eat a lunch that included harissa chickpeas at my desk?

With extremely mixed success

within software I would say the argument is mostly over, despite the occasional “as a software engineer, it only produces shit code that you have to spend twice as long reviewing as it took to write.” very few people actually think this and they’re all on this site

The other, better hitting catcher is fine though

Is this a thing ? Have I been unknowingly carrying around an attractive trait and learning about it in my late 40s?

My informal impressions from al anon meetings was that most of their qualifying relatives and spouses preferred beer or white claws , though perhaps this is a good time for the airplane with holes graphic

I’m shocked that Harrison Bader isn’t an Eric Byrnes style dipshit

Gave my youngest daughter "the talk". While your coach wants you to believe he will distribute playing time based on how hard each kid works, he will not actually do that.

Tbh I think it’s more the second thing.

Salesforce should be very scared .

It only happens when I get into flow state when reading

I don’t think the DOGE people ever mentioned it , which is one of the many signals that they were absolute clowns

An insane amount of Durable Medical Equipment spending from Medicare is fraudulent

I would enjoy it if Luis Matos decided to throw a wrench into everyone’s plans and hit his way onto the team

My most Stancilian instinct is to say that anywhere that has a Whole Foods has an edible bagel

Offer not valid for residents of New Hampshire

Diane Arbus?

I guess this is what I’ll feel like every time I see young person speak until I die now.

Could not disagree more! The sun is up when I wake up and it makes me need to hear “Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It” and “Sing me Spanish Techno” immediately

People do grow to hate movies after they become film critics though