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I mean, I get it a roster that got swept in 1rd + Ben Simmons is not inspiring, esp w/Kryie possibly sliding into John Wall (but plus all Kyrie's nonsense) territory. but in terms of legacy and perception - only bc he seems to care so much about it - he'd almost certainly be better off staying...

lmao jesus fucking christ

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the progressive coalition, being by nature much broader and more diverse, is much unwieldier there are other reasons but that's an important one

I do however agree about that epistemic rift between "knowing" a truth and "understanding" facts

you say that as if it simply happens, like there hasn't been a decades-long, coordinated effort by a handful of impossibly wealthy families - Koch, DeVos, Coors, Bradley, etc - to promote their interests through their foundations and the think tanks, policy groups (i.e. ALEC), and so on that...

I think these are all ultimately philosophical issues bc they're all about ultimately nebulous concepts like aesthetics and fairness the NFL btw has a similar epistemological issue in relation to what is and isn't a catch (i.e. by a receiver) you'd think it was simple - you caught it or you...

I think it's an epistemological issue i.e. the rule is ambiguous enough - what exactly is a gather step? - that traveling is essentially whatever referees decide it is or isn't more to the point, I never had a problem with Harden's quasi-traveling - it's in the spirit of the game and it's...

tbf the dislike wasn't just about Harden personally, he's also the avatar for things that a lot of people don't like about the current NBA i.e. the influence of analytics on efficient shot selection, which he and Daryl Morey simply took to its logical conclusion you see similar complaints in...

and so a lot of the dislike of Harden's game was aesthetic - not so much in his individual movements as in the overall game his style created i.e. prime Harden really did turn the game into an endless procession of 3s and foul shoots while his teammates stood around waiting for outlet passes...

he's being a bit hyperbolic but there's a good deal of truth in what luka says there many rules in basketball have to be officiated by referee judgment calls like any sport that's especially true for anything related to contact (i.e., fouls) there's contact on every play, the question is...

step-back jumpers aren't controversial, they've been around since the 80s was a big part of MJ's game (tho from mid-range rather than 3), the one-legged step-back was Dirk's signature move, etc what is/was controversial about James Harden's step-back is that he seems to take more than 2 steps...

yes, I am aware of that. I know what the word means. my question is, why is in- sometimes an intensifier and sometimes a negation, i.e. incapable or inconsistent? is there a rule that governs when in- has which meaning or is it just something you have to know case by case? a rule in English...

as well as what rule, if any, any determines when in- means "into" and when it means "not"

so, I understand the difference between flammable and inflammable (which, I should have been clearer, are not exact synonyms) flammable == capable of being set on fire inflammable == capable of bursting into flame without any ignition however, combustible is an exact synonym of inflammable...

I guess what's really needed is an explanation of the rules of the Latin prefix "-in"

anything with flame comes from the Latin "flammare" (which means flame) plus some prefix so enflame - which is not a spelling you'd ever see? it's inflame - has the same root it makes sense why inflammable and inflame mean what they do and not the opposite "in-" those cases means "into" but...

inflammable being one of the most misused words in English, I'd guess

that inflammable is a synonym, rather than antonym, of flammable (the actual antonym for both being nonflammable) but incombustible is an antonym of combustible despite the two sets of terms having what seems to be exactly the same type of Latin root maybe with someone with better Latin can...

tho to get back on track, speaking of Italo, Chicago, NY, and genius theft here's Frankie Knuckles himself cementing the Italo->Chicago narrative with a very early house remix of an Hot Mix 5 Italo favorite and here's none other than Lenny Dee using a...very similar bassline for a classic of...