Victor Wembanyama (22 years, 134 days) passes Lew Alcindor (22 years, 352 days) as the youngest player with 40 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game😲
@DistantCoder@sorrytotweet@windupheroGO@Stalruth RNG in it feels bad but I wonder if you track games lost / won entirely to rng you’d have a different perspective. (Not saying that it isn’t happening to the extent you are, just saying that it might give a clearer view)
US professional sports are really useful because they constitute one of the most "vulgar" capitalist scenarios imaginable: workers very transparently create *all* the value in these leagues where ownership very transparently does *nothing* but control the means of production
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?