War Room OT Discussion v2

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dontsnitch said:
Pretty hard trolling by freakyfarley, I think it's time to purge him via my ignore list. I'm the mod of my personal WR experience.
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I like when someone PMs me about a poster like I should somehow ban them cause they don't like them. I tell them to use the ignore feature and it's like they are stunned for that to be a better option than me just banning someone cause they don't like them
 
Lead said:
I like when someone PMs me about a poster like I should somehow ban them cause they don't like them. I tell them to use the ignore feature and it's like they are stunned for that to be a better option than me just banning someone cause they don't like them
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It's an underrated feature that has unwarranted stigma attached to it. I'm not a coward because I block some teenage kid who's ranting and raving.

One click of the button:

iu
 
Lead said:
I like when someone PMs me about a poster like I should somehow ban them cause they don't like them. I tell them to use the ignore feature and it's like they are stunned for that to be a better option than me just banning someone cause they don't like them
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It's also pretty funny what people consider to be trolls. FF is good peeps, and I can't even imagine what DS thinks he said that was trolling. In a thread yesterday, I just said that PositiveBalance was a good poster and a good mod, and some lunatic accused me of trolling.
 
Jack V Savage said:
It's also pretty funny what people consider to be trolls. FF is good peeps, and I can't even imagine what DS thinks he said that was trolling. In a thread yesterday, I just said that PositiveBalance was a good poster and a good mod, and some lunatic accused me of trolling.
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I was very offended when that happened.
 
Lead said:
I was very offended when that happened.
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Oh, man, I'm also kind of fascinated by how firmly committed some right-wing nutters are to the idea that CNN is biased against them. They can't defend it at all but they take the claim to be so self-evident that they literally cannot conceive of anyone disagreeing (and they don't appear to actually watch). It's really interesting to see groups with different kinds of mass delusions deal with heretics. I think an anthropologist could get a lot of insight from reading the group.

Pan had a good post about how people react to having their views challenged as if they were literally being attacked (fight or flight kicks in). I'd seen that point made before but he summed it up well. But that's an individual reaction. On a group level, it's like someone is attacking the village and there's a kind of double reaction to show solidarity and to try to expel the invader or at least make him too hot to handle for bystanders. In Scientology, they call it "dead agenting," but I think it's more instinctual here (not a deliberate effort).
 
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Gonna take a ride on Nunes (uh...). Even money/underdog is not right, even if it's close. No sign that Nunes is anything less than top form. I like betting in spots like this because while the fight is statistically too close in the minds of fans, their betting behavior favors taking Nunes. The emotional bets are mostly all on Shevchenko. The argument for her is mostly based on round 3 of their first fight, and the emotional assumption is that Shevchenko wins any round 4 & 5, as if it's a given or even probable. The result of the first fight matters, but it matters the other way- the one that favors Nunes. There's value in betting against the casual money here, imo. This should be -130, not -105 or -110.
 
Lead said:
I like when someone PMs me about a poster like I should somehow ban them cause they don't like them. I tell them to use the ignore feature and it's like they are stunned for that to be a better option than me just banning someone cause they don't like them
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Very diplomatic Mr Lead. There is always the contraction followed by the relaxation of the cortex that must be allowed to measure the translucent ordinance of ones disposition. The expression of the throbbing is crucial in the realization of one's true presupposition towards their genesis.

It's the only way we can taste the collective together.
 
Lead said:
I was very offended when that happened.
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I'm surprised anyone would decamp from such a vibrantly tight flesh as Mr Savage. He is so delicious and juicy how can one not enjoy his presence?
 
Fawlty said:
Gonna take a ride on Nunes (uh...). Even money/underdog is not right, even if it's close. No sign that Nunes is anything less than top form. I like betting in spots like this because while the fight is statistically too close in the minds of fans, their betting behavior favors taking Nunes. The emotional bets are mostly all on Shevchenko. The argument for her is mostly based on round 3 of their first fight, and the emotional assumption is that Shevchenko wins any round 4 & 5, as if it's a given or even probable. The result of the first fight matters, but it matters the other way- the one that favors Nunes. There's value in betting against the casual money here, imo. This should be -130, not -105 or -110.
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I just don't feel like I really have a tight handle on Shevchenko. From what I've seen, I definitely like Nunes in the fight (maybe more than you do), but I have no confidence in my call. Nunes does have a major pacing issue, though, but it wouldn't surprise me if she finished before that matters.
 
Jack V Savage said:
I just don't feel like I really have a tight handle on Shevchenko. From what I've seen, I definitely like Nunes in the fight (maybe more than you do), but I have no confidence in my call. Nunes does have a major pacing issue, though, but it wouldn't surprise me if she finished before that matters.
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Nunes knows how to penetrate. Question is will she have enough gas to slip deep inside and tenderize the durable tight slavic flesh in Schevchenko?
 
Jack V Savage said:
I just don't feel like I really have a tight handle on Shevchenko. From what I've seen, I definitely like Nunes in the fight (maybe more than you do), but I have no confidence in my call. Nunes does have a major pacing issue, though, but it wouldn't surprise me if she finished before that matters.
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I feel like there have been way more than a dozen times when I was worried about high level fighters' pacing when they had a tough 5-rounder coming after showing a little endurance/pacing problem. My recollection is that it has never been a major problem and that I generally overreact to that information.

It's hard to predict how well the shorter scrappier contender will do against a typical dominant champ-type like Nunes, so I get passing on this one.
 
Fawlty said:
I feel like there have been way more than a dozen times when I was worried about high level fighters' pacing when they had a tough 5-rounder coming after showing a little endurance/pacing problem. My recollection is that it has never been a major problem and that I generally overreact to that information.
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That's interesting. Now I'm searching my memory for times that has happened (and I can definitely think of a few). Many years ago, I reached a similar conclusion about judging people's chins. I used to give some credibility to the thinking that "X was wobbled by a shot from Y that didn't even connect cleanly; what's going to happen when he faces much heavier striker Z?" Then I noticed it almost never played out as relevant.
 
Jack V Savage said:
That's interesting. Now I'm searching my memory for times that has happened (and I can definitely think of a few). Many years ago, I reached a similar conclusion about judging people's chins. I used to give some credibility to the thinking that "X was wobbled by a shot from Y that didn't even connect cleanly; what's going to happen when he faces much heavier striker Z?" Then I noticed it almost never played out as relevant.
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Spot on about fighter chins- that's similar but a better example. I used to think that a fighter's chin was a very important factor, but I think we can see that it's not very relevant unless one of the fighters is old. I don't know why I said "way more than a dozen" times in that post btw. I think I was lumping in 3 round fights that proved me wrong when I formed the thought. I can't recall a dozen gas tank concerns in main event fights. Aldo, Conor, Cowboy, Overeem come to mind from the last few years though.
 
Fawlty said:
Gonna take a ride on Nunes (uh...). Even money/underdog is not right, even if it's close. No sign that Nunes is anything less than top form. I like betting in spots like this because while the fight is statistically too close in the minds of fans, their betting behavior favors taking Nunes. The emotional bets are mostly all on Shevchenko. The argument for her is mostly based on round 3 of their first fight, and the emotional assumption is that Shevchenko wins any round 4 & 5, as if it's a given or even probable. The result of the first fight matters, but it matters the other way- the one that favors Nunes. There's value in betting against the casual money here, imo. This should be -130, not -105 or -110.
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Nunes gonna win for sure. People are brainwashed because they like Shevchenko and dummy Jack Slack is hating on Nunes.
After she beat Tate, Rousey, Shevchenko and McMann this guy still pulls out gifs from the 3rd round against Valentina to prove that she sucks.
He also predicted she's the perfect opponent for Rousey.
And as you said, people overrate the significance of their 'could have/would have won if only...' analysis.
 
One of y'all fuckers make a thread about the NPR thing. Im at work otherwise I would.
 
Lead said:
Explain?
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NPR tweeted out the Deceleration of Independence, and a bunch of Trump twitter folks thought that NPR was trying to incite rebellion against Trump.
 
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