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Nations should exclusively use identical twins for synchronized diving to gain a scoring advantage

Get identical twins to be doing the synchronized diving. I feel like that's an absolute no brainer. If your country has identical twins, put them into synchronized diving program as early as you possibly can, because they're going to have such a leg up. Even if they're off a little bit, their physical similarities are going to cover that up a lot.

While logically humorous, there is no data to support that twins have dominated the sport disproportionately, though 'twinniness' would help with visual synchronization.

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Jul 30, 2021
#15299
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Trading Anthony Rizzo and Chris Bryant is the correct business move but emotionally crushing for Cubs fans

There's the business side of baseball, which I fully understand. And then there's the sentimental, your heart, the guys you root for the guys you love. I understand the baseball side of it because they need to trade guys when they don't know if they're going to be here at the end of the year, and you've got to rebuild, but goddamn does it suck.

The Cubs did successfully rebuild their farm system following these trades, though the immediate emotional impact was as high as Big Cat predicted.
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Jul 30, 2021
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Dodgers fans don't deserve Max Scherzer and Trea Turner because they haven't endured the bad times

You get jealous when they go and they put on another man's uniform and they were playing for another team and you see the other fans starting to root for them. And you're like, no, no, that's my guy. I feel like I'm getting cucked by another fan base. Like the entire city LA getting Trea Turner and Max Scherzer, it's a bad feeling, but I feel like they don't deserve them yet. They didn't go through the bad times of those guys.

This is a subjective emotional claim about fan 'worthiness.'
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Jul 30, 2021
#15301
Big CatBig Cat

Jalen Green will be a great NBA player based solely on his draft night suit

Jalen Green's going to be a great NBA player. Just look at his suit. And I was like, yup, Perk, thank you. This is the analysis. Like I don't give a fuck about you showing me a few highlight teams and being like, he comps out to this guy because similar to the prospects in baseball, none of us know. So yeah, if it's going to be like, 'Hey, this guy wearing a cool suit or not,' that's actually the analysis.

Jalen Green was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2022 and has shown flashes of high-level scoring, averaging 19.9 points per game over his career through the 2025-26 season. However, he has not yet been selected for an NBA All-Star team or an All-NBA team, and was traded from the Houston Rockets to the Phoenix Suns in 2025. As there is no specific timeframe mentioned in the quote for him to become a 'great NBA player,' and the term 'great' is subjective, the predicted outcome remains possible but unconfirmed.

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England will beat the Netherlands and then lose a heartbreaking match to Argentina

I think England's gonna win this weekend. And then you'll have the realization that it might not actually be coming home after all... losing to Argentina at that stage, that would be the most heartbreaking loss they could possibly have.

Specific tournament outcome needs verification based on the actual 2026 bracket results.
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Christian Pulisic is clearly not and cannot be the face of US soccer

I'm just sick of relying on him [Pulisic] to be the face of US soccer because it can't be, it's so clear that he's not.

This is a subjective evaluation of a player's leadership/status.
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The 4-1 loss to Belgium was the worst USMNT performance in years

That was the worst performance from the US that I've seen in years. Just completely lackluster from the start. So much blame to go around. Tim Ream, friend of the program, good guy over the hill, turned into soccer Shawn Bradley before our very eyes got dunked on twice.

Subjective opinion on the quality of the performance.