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Just a Canadian in Hong Kong trying not to get NSL'd.

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@Seanptheghost Toure’s argument doesn’t hold up here. He’s using the “white audience” as a smokescreen. He’s playing like Drake doesn’t have a meaningfully large black audience - which is just untrue. Similarly, does HOV not have a massive white audience as well?

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@MeestaGreg @KevinOConnor This is who it’s been in my head the whole time. The comp includes the strong possibility he selddom suits up as well once he’s in the league

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@_laylan @leclercsdior Hong Kong

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@kjoules Is the implication here that these numbers are problematic? A lack of financial prudence?

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@russdiemon u just went back in time to 1999 and slapped the 17 year old me in the face.

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@transit_jam @wholemars Lots of people make that exact manoeuvre every 5-10 minutes every single day in Happy Valley - minus the Austin Powers routine.

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@YoshiWinz @INesbit @Not___KC *why hasn’t

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@YoshiWinz @INesbit @Not___KC This is what I’ve been saying to a lotta ppl. If it was a predominantly white privilege thing, why has Breanna Stewart been hyped up like this? It’s cuz she’s a big, and bigs just don’t get marketed like that. Sabrina Ionescu got a shoe before her but nobody saying she’s > Stewie

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@INesbit @YoshiWinz @Not___KC When Juju Watkins comes into the league, this conversation is gonna look so dumb. Watkins is gonna Iverson the league up marketing and endorsement wise. And we’ll all see it’s not a white privilege thing with CC and KP. They’re hoppers with marketable games.

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@INesbit @Not___KC On balance though, Tim Duncan is arguably the most skilled big ever but never moved the needle endorsement wise. How about KG? Incredibly charismatic and marketable, and while he did better than TD he still wasn’t the megawatt star Iverson was. Style of play dictates shoe deals.

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@tripperhead But they’re also going to replace it with something kitschy and cringey and lacking authenticity and people can smell that a mile away. They’ll know the new signs are soulless reproductions for the sole purpose of boosting tourism.

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@tripperhead I knew this would happen. By removing the visual language of the city in the neon signs and signboards in general, the city lost a big part of the aesthetic that made it appealing to travellers to begin with. Yes, call it Orientalism, but that’s also what drives tourism.

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@HumansNoContext Japanese whisky.

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@tripperhead I still can’t believe they called this thing “Night Vibes.” It’s like a Gen X dad asked his Zoomer son what a hip name would be and the kid, wanting to move on from the interaction quickly threw out the uber generic “Night Vibes”.

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@LegionHoops Greatest Raptor of All Time

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@StaticShock808 @RealDianeYap Since we’re steel manning the argument here, let’s just concede all these points. So, as a result of what you’ve highlighted, Asians have earned the physical violence we’ve been seeing in the past year?

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@LegionHoops When Siakam faced Jaylen Brown in the bubble.

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@crazyclipsonly Mom didn’t stop them two boys when she thought the numbers were in their favour…

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@LegionHoops Reggie Miller.

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@NBA_University Kevin Durant. Easy. Money.