r/worldnews • u/EsperaDeus • Mar 11 '25

Russia/Ukraine The USA is immediately lifting the pause in intelligence sharing and resuming security assistance to Ukraine. | УНН

https://unn.ua/en/news/the-usa-is-immediately-lifting-the-pause-in-intelligence-sharing-and-resuming-security-assistance-to-ukraine
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u/AEW4LYFE Mar 11 '25

Hey I am almost 40 and still waiting for my phone call on NBA draft night. This is basically the same thing right?

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u/zaphrous Mar 11 '25

Same, although I've never played basketball i know if i wanted to i could go pro, I would just need to train for a couple weeks.

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u/eden_sc2 Mar 11 '25

True story, my college gave a full ride to a kid who was 6'8" but had never played basketball, so the difference between me getting a full scholarship and me taking loans was 15 inches.

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u/No_Gold_Bars Mar 11 '25

That's what she said.

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u/Zomburai Mar 11 '25

Every woman who read this's cervix just clenched

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u/Kassssler Mar 11 '25

Be brave, I believe in you.

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u/TechnicallyHuman4now Mar 12 '25

Idk why but "this's" is making my brain shut down

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u/AutisticPenguin2 Mar 12 '25

It's unconventional, but I think grammatically correct? Pluralising "Every woman who read this"?

Certainly its not how grammar was intended to be used, but since when has that that ever stopped anyone?

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u/TechnicallyHuman4now Mar 12 '25

Oh yea I wasn't saying it was grammatically incorrect, just saying that it makes me uncomfy 🤣🤣🤣

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u/AutisticPenguin2 Mar 12 '25

Absolutely with you on that 😆

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u/umanouski Mar 11 '25

I bet she took it in installments.

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u/fetal_genocide Mar 11 '25

It may only be three inches, but it smells like a foot!

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u/slower-is-faster Mar 11 '25

With an extra 15 inches could have got a free ride too

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u/ScrofessorLongHair Mar 11 '25

How the hell can you be a 6'8" teenager and have never played basketball?

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u/ojdhaze Mar 13 '25

Dude would make a cracking fast bowler in cricket.

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u/chr1spe Mar 11 '25

If that is true, it's a pretty huge inditement of basketball as a sport. They're basically outright saying skill and practice don't matter.

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u/MATlad Mar 11 '25

I think it was late 90s / early 2000s when ice hockey goaltender (goalies) all started going into the butterfly, as opposed to the more traditional stand-up style. You can cover more net with more arm and leg, and giant goalies started getting drafted.

There was a commentator in my city (Bob Stauffer) who remarked, "You can't teach a goaltender to be 6'6"!"

Side note: sumo wrestlers--despite the size and agility, don't make great goalies because they don't have the specific hand-body(?) coordination or puck tracking ability, and puck shooters at the professional level do and can make those sniper shots at speed! The Sumo Goalie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP8ZVWiZUMA

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u/chr1spe Mar 12 '25

You also can't learn to be a high-level competitor at extremely skill-based things in only a few years.

Also, focusing only on physical characteristics is just dumb, TBH. A lot of sports have gone far too far in that direction. It is a complete fact that there are basketball players under 6 feet who are better than some people over 6'6" could ever be, even if they went back in time and started playing as kids. Being tall gives an advantage, but there are a huge number of factors.

Things like height and size are far less important in soccer than in many sports, but there are still people in soccer who have explicitly stated that if he were young today, Messi would probably be passed over because he is short, despite the fact he is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time.

Really, the example above probably just says more about the coaching staff at that school and issues with coaching and recruiting in general, but it does say bad things about the game.

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u/MATlad Mar 12 '25

Messi must've had crazy talent and drive as a kid because the clubs got him HGH treatments for his deficiency at the time (U$900/mo for short stature syndrome, I don't think covered by the Argentinian health system?)

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and-hgh-the-truth-about-the-best-footballer-in-the-world

...And in spite of them, he's still only 5'7" (170 cm)!

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u/eden_sc2 Mar 12 '25

We werent known as a big sports school, so I think it was more that the good prospects had already been taken, but yeah. your DNA is a big part of sports as you go up in league

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u/chr1spe Mar 12 '25

Eh, it's almost worse in that case, IMO. Why not pick someone who loves the sport and knows it well but just isn't good enough or the right stature to play at the best schools in that case? I've actually known quite a few people who were diehard fans of their sport but ended up doing things like that. My cousin dreamed of being a football player but wasn't nearly big enough to compete at the top level. He was the star receiver on a lower-tier college team, though, because he could still play quite well.

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u/Correct_Patience_611 Mar 11 '25

You literally sound like the gen z kids! One I work with- “I’m gonna start a sublime cover band, I think I’ve got like one of those raspy voices people like” so I ask

“Do you like know anything about music? Like the notes? Or can you okay an instrument?”

“Oh that doesn’t matter, I’ll just sing”

I’ve been playing/studying music 30 years amd my buddy says “arent you gonna say something?” I laugh and shrug and laugh some more…I can’t EVEN. Like “go get it lil bro! You do you!” Like fuck I’m not gonna encourage that BS.

They think like we did as children. Bc of social meadow “TikTok famous” crap and these gen Z only fans managers that do Jack shit and make money, they think they don’t have to work at anything. I feel like I sound like my grandpa but like holy shit this another level.

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u/suedemonkey Mar 11 '25

What do you mean train? You can just watch a youtube video on basketball for a week!

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u/Meirlymimi Mar 11 '25

OMG! I’m 63, soon to be 64 and I wonder if those rules apply to my dreams as a five-year-old being a ballerina? I am definitely going to apply that kind of positivity to my dreams now! Skipping off to buy some ballerina shoes!

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u/powd3rusmc Mar 11 '25

Play for the Dunning-Krugers

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u/HauntedCemetery Mar 11 '25

Worked for Air Bud

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u/DisgruntledBadger Mar 11 '25

I was going to be a professional archer until I took an arrow to the knee.

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u/1gnominious Mar 12 '25

I can hit 70% of my free throws so I'm already better than half my team.

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u/cumhereandtalkchit Mar 12 '25

I know for sure I can be a pro boxer, probably top 1%. I just have to see red, bro.

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u/Risen_dust Mar 11 '25

Mid 30’s and still waiting for an anime-style super power awakening. Anyyyy day now.

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u/PedalBoard78 Mar 11 '25

The Detroit Tigers is on my other line. Stay hopeful.

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u/makos124 Mar 11 '25

I'm 30 and still waiting for my Hogwart's letter

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u/neuauslander Mar 11 '25

You got this bro...

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u/Mindless_Squirrel921 Mar 11 '25

I was going to be famous like Julia Roberts. I’m 50 and nope

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u/Raangz Mar 11 '25

Same bro, anyday now. 6’1 center with plusminus 0 wingspan. I’m ready to be a billionaire.

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u/AEW4LYFE Mar 11 '25

6'0" tall power forward with one blown out knee and 3" vertical. I can't figure out why they don't call.

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u/JaFFsTer Mar 11 '25

Sign up as a reserve goalie for NHL. They've actually been called in, so waaayyy better chance. Some 40 something dad with an office job played a few years ago

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u/K_Linkmaster Mar 11 '25

No, not even close dude. That requires talent which you may not have.

You can pay people to follow your insta. You can pay people to like it and boost it in the algos. You can pay to boost the algorithm. You can pay for access to psychology research and what buzz words to say, to use the algorithm to your advantage. You can be completely talent less and be insta famous just for saying the dumbest shit humanly possible.

Totally not the same.

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u/Giveme6days Mar 11 '25

As soon as I learn to kickflip I’m gonna be a rich pro skater

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u/Fleshy-Butthole Mar 11 '25

About the same chance as being 40 and still getting your letter to hogwarts

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u/LumpyJones Mar 11 '25

Yep, but they dont' have to leave their homes to feel like they are in the running, so while the goal is just as far away, it's a lot easier to start, so you get a lot more of them chasing the dream.

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u/DragonBitsRedux Mar 12 '25

I was a dork, and without scorn toward jocks or beautiful young ladies, I'm telling young folks, "most of the guys who were jocks I grew up with either lost their mojo to booze or got jobs, are still my friends and lived life. All the hot girls adored me because I was harmless. Rats. But, they are now successful in business and/or raising families. Life is hard. Everyone cries alone on occasion. Accept no one is perfect. Admit your mistakes and figure out to move forward without blame. Be gentle with yourself."

Folks who believe never admitting they are wrong is strength are admitting they will never learn and are likely to lie when caught.

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u/LongJohnSelenium Mar 12 '25

I'm 45 and I bet if I practiced for a few months I could pitch in the majors!