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The big Wall Street guys will eventually win the GameStop war because they always win in the end

I'm cynical about all this, so I assume that eventually the hedge fund guys will have so much money that they can wait everyone out and fuck everyone over. I feel like they always win, no matter what. Even if it's a win-the-battle-lose-the-war type of situation... the little guy's winning right now, but the big guy always wins.

While several hedge funds (like Melvin Capital) suffered massive losses and eventually shut down, the broader financial system remained largely unchanged, making this take partially correct.

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Jan 27, 2021
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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
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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
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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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The intentional-grounding penalty was the right play

I actually think he had, that's an OC problem because there was no underneath route. If he throws that deep and, like, everyone had—it just was a shit show. He couldn't throw it deep because he was basically getting chased. If he takes a sack, everyone has to come back. It probably is more than 10 seconds to get the next play. So that one, I had no problem.

Whether the decision was optimal is an inherently debatable football judgment.
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The Colts needed a complete reset after Chris Ballard's firing

Chris Ballard was there for 10 years, never won an AFC South. You finally just—it's inexcusable. The Andrew Luck retirement is probably what bought Chris Ballard a lot more years. He basically could just keep on saying, 'Well, our plans were screwed up because Andrew Luck retired.'

This is an evaluative judgment about a general manager's tenure and cannot be objectively resolved.
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The NBA should start on Christmas Day and play 60 games

The NBA should start on Christmas day. It should be a 60-game schedule. It'd be so much better.

This is a preference about league scheduling and cannot be objectively resolved.