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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Below Deck is the modern-day Downton Abbey

Below Deck is great because it's young people. It's almost like Downton Abbey... It's the modern day Downton Abbey because it's the people who live downstairs serving the people who live upstairs.

The thematic parallel of class struggle between staff and owners/guests is accurate, making this a solid analytical take.

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Aug 6, 2018
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Birthdays officially start to suck at age 26

At what age do birthdays just start to suck? Oh, I'd say 26. Everything from there is downhill.

Whether birthdays suck is entirely subjective.
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Aug 6, 2018
#2110
Big CatBig Cat

Ray Lewis' Hall of Fame speech was the most ridiculous ever while being exactly what we expected

Ray Lewis just now finished his Hall of Fame speech, which was the most ridiculous Hall of Fame speech while also being exactly what we all expected from Ray Lewis. I actually was getting upset, but I couldn't stop watching because it was so ridiculous.

The speech is widely remembered for its intensity and length, making the description of 'ridiculous but expected' a common sentiment among sports fans.
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Aug 6, 2018·Who's Back
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Nick Saban and Bob Stoops are the ultimate football guys for ignoring a robbery while drawing up plays

They're so invested in making their points that they don't notice when a man walks into the bar with a shotgun and robs the place. So they were out having drinks, diagramming football plays, and they were completely oblivious to a dude robbing the bar with a gun. That is an ultimate football guy story.

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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

The Knicks won the title because they have the most 'grit'

I said, Charlie, that's her name. I said, they have grit. They have grit. It's like in that game four, when when, when Brunson went into the huddle, he said, Hey guys, smart basketball. This is, we can do this... They don't [give up]. That's when they say, alright, we can win this thing.

Grit is an intangible quality that cannot be measured or proven.
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Former sports agents are the best choice to run professional teams

I don't know much about the business side of like basketball, but I know that the, the GM or the president [of the Knicks] is a former agent [Leon Rose]. And I know that that Golden State run was run by a former agent too [Bob Myers]... I think this is gonna be the, the beginning of, we're gonna start to see sports agents start to run teams a little bit. I think they know things that about money and about all that stuff.

The success of Leon Rose and Bob Myers is factual, but whether this becomes the standard hiring practice is an ongoing trend.
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Jerry O'ConnellJerry O'Connell

Winning a championship feels better than the 'emptiness' Joe Mazzulla describes

Coach Mazzulla in his press conference said something about feeling empty when he won and feeling empty when he lost. ... I'm not a psychiatrist, but winning feels better. It's just my take.

This is a subjective emotional comparison, though most people would agree winning is preferable.