i had fun watching love island. kinda one of the worst fanbases of all time tho. it’s interesting that ppl say they watch it as a “sociological experiment” but no one’s educated enough in the social sciences, so ppl just started getting anti-black and projecting bad politics lol
love island is actually a linguists dream. how often can you freely observe the speech patterns of a sequestered group of 20 somethings and see how it evolves within the span of 6 weeks. so many awesome rapid formations of shared vocabulary, convergence, etc. i’m so fascinated
jackie is like THEE name for millennial white trans women. whereas gwen is THEE name for zillenial white trans women. true gen z white trans women would probably be zoey. of course, lily supersedes generations. what’s our collective prediction for THEE name for the gen alpha gals
i do not like brad lander and i hate his liberal zionist bullshit but it’s crazy to see how mad she gets at even the most milquetoast defense of basic humanity
Neil deGrasse Tyson called out the biggest plot hole in Project Hail Mary, and Andy Weir had to defend it live.
Andy Weir: You and I are enemies now.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: It was a stretch for me, as an academic, to completely embrace the idea that the entire world of biochemists is insufficient to handle this mission. And they need the one guy who has the expertise no one else has. And he’s a middle school chemistry teacher.
Andy Weir: Right, so to be fair, he was a speculative xenobiologist, he’s a PhD astrobiologist, and he had done that, and then he’d left that field. He’d written papers.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: But he wrote papers, so the papers are out there and other people are still active, and he’s no longer active. So why does he still become the guy?
Andy Weir: Because he’s been part of the mission and the mission planning the whole time, so he understands all the other aspects of the mission as well. He knows all about the Hail Mary itself.
Chuck Nice: And they don’t have time to train someone else up on all the other stuff.
Andy Weir: And he’s as well trained as any of the other biologists need him to be in the field they need.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Okay, all right. He got out of that one.
Andy Weir: I wriggled out of that one.
Jaylen Brown says he used the NBA Players Association instead of hiring an agent for the NBA Draft because they're paid to help players
“When I entered the draft, I didn't have an agent. I'm probably the highest picked selected ever that didn't enter with an agent. When I was evaluating, I went through the whole process and sat with a bunch of people, and what they was offering I ain't really need. It was kind of already slotted, so I leaned on the union a lot more”
“A lot of the agents came and was like, ‘Yeah, we'll move you to L.A. We'll get you a trainer, put some money in your pocket,’ and I was like, ‘For what? Do I gotta give the money back?’ They was like, ‘Nah, but standard agent fee is 4%.’ I'm starting to do the math, and a house, car, and all that, whatever he was offering, is a lot less than what 4% would have been”
“Long story short, the math wasn't mathing for me. I ended up being the third pick. I think because I came in like that, a lot of people, I think it was the agents, they tried to slander my name a little bit, put it in the media that he's too this, he's too that. Ended up backfiring. It all worked out in the end”
“With the union, we pay dues. All the players in the NBA pay dues. We all pay like $10,000 out of our salary that goes to hiring lawyers, hiring staff, CEO, everything that you need to lead a company that works for us. So all of that is our resources that we all pay for, that we agree to. Once I learned that, I just started using it”
“I'm talking about you can get private investigations done. They give referrals for financial advisors. All type of stuff. Foundation wise, health insurance, whatever you need. They have a liaison that's paid to make sure that you get it done. So I put it on their desk like, ‘I need you to get this done.’ And they do because that's their job”