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Mike RoweMike Rowe

The handy gene and the athletic gene are often recessive

The truth is, just because you're passionate about something doesn't mean you can't suck at it. The handy gene, like the athletic gene in many cases, is recessive. I didn't get it. The things my grandfather could do with a construction mindset, I just didn't get it.

This is a metaphorical/humorous use of genetic terminology, not a biological fact claim.

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Jan 27, 2021
#1370
Big CatBig Cat

Barry Bonds is the greatest baseball player of all time

Tom Verducci filling out a baseball Hall of Fame ballot and leaving the greatest baseball player of all time, Barry Bonds, off of it.

Whether Bonds is the greatest is subjective, though his stats (PED-fueled or not) are arguably the most dominant in history.
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Jan 27, 2021
#1371
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Baseball Hall of Fame voting should be left to the fans

Leave it up to the fans. Let the fans vote. You buried it. Maybe because you've convinced yourself over the years that you're so important that everybody should look up to you because you get to check a piece of paper.

The voting structure is a matter of institutional policy, so this is a subjective opinion.
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Jan 27, 2021
#1372
Big CatBig Cat

Aaron Rodgers is staying with the Packers because it is his destiny to torture me for another decade

I knew deep down [Rodgers] wasn't going anywhere because I think it's destiny for Aaron Rodgers to torture my soul for another decade. I think he'll just be there forever.

Aaron Rodgers remained with the Packers for the 2021 and 2022 seasons before being traded to the Jets.

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Mike RoweMike Rowe

You can pull down all the statues you want, it won't change the facts of what happened in history

I'm also looking around and seeing people today convinced they can change our present by altering the past. You can pull down all the statues you want. It's not going to change the facts of what happened. We can't improve the future by shining up the past. It is what it is.

This is a philosophical viewpoint on the nature of history and symbolism.
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Mike RoweMike Rowe

Professional opera singers smell as bad as professional athletes after a game

Opera singing is disgusting. The costumes you have to wear, they smell like a hockey outfit... I've never encountered a professional opera singer in the midst of a performance who smelled any better than an athlete at the end of the fourth quarter.

This is based on Mike Rowe's first-hand experience in both worlds, though 'smell' is inherently somewhat subjective.

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