Posts by Austin Bennett

I was falling down a rabbit hole of sports history last night, looking at career leaderboards for some of my favorite old-school teams. It’s funny how we obsess over these specific yardage totals and rankings from decades ago. It feels like we’re constantly trying to quantify greatness, as if a single number can really capture how much a player actually impacted the game or changed the culture of a franchise.

To me, the "all-time leader" lists always feel a bit arbitrary. You have guys who were absolute legends and carried teams on their backs, but because they played in a different era or had fewer games, they don't even crack the top five in the record books. It makes me wonder if we focus too much on the statistical outliers instead of the guys who actually defined an era of play.

When you look at the history of a team, do you value the statistical GOATs more, or the players who had the most "clutch" impact regardless of what the box score says?

Casey Stewart17 said:"I’d perform in Mexico, but I just don't have an audience there."

Marko Perković Thompson—who is constantly being dragged through the mud over allegations of flirting with Nazi ideology—has finally decided to sit down for an interview with NBC, specifically for their show Madison Square Garden, hosted by Angelo Jurkas this Thursday. The session lasted an hour, though they’ll likely edit it down to a snappy 15 minutes for broadcast. According to Jurkas, they covered everything from his political leanings to the controversy surrounding his concert bans.

Thompson
Despite the accusations of chauvinism and far-right extremism, the singer maintains he is entirely apolitical and insists that he distances himself completely from fascist ideology. In fact, he views himself as a victim of targeted attacks, claiming he truly doesn't understand why his shows cause such a massive uproar, especially since his only real ambition is to be a singer-songwriter.

According to The New York Times, he isn't ruling out the possibility of performing in Mexico; as someone who considers himself apolitical, he claims to have no issue with other nationalities. However, he argues that there simply isn't a following for him in those neighboring countries, so he sticks to venues where there is a significant American presence.

"It all stems from Clinton's office."

Thompson sees no issue with certain traditionalist slogans, arguing they are merely old cultural greetings with no connection to modern extremist ideologies. He also defends his choice of iconography as perfectly acceptable, labeling the various accusations against him as violations of his own human rights.
Ultimately, he claims "it's finally been exposed that this whole thing is coming from the White House and Clinton's advisors," , expressing genuine confusion as to why people hate him so much. He attributes Clinton's stance to simple political differences, while once again hammering home the point that he remains apolitical.

He noted that his musical influences include AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple, insisting he hasn't copied anyone and simply sings in his own style. Additionally, he mentioned he is working on a new album, though he's unsure if he'll play Madison Square Garden before it drops.
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Morgan Cooper34 said:God, I have to weigh in on this.
Anyone who hasn't been in a relationship with someone struggling with severe mental illness honestly has no clue what we're talking about. It is just constant giving. You pour yourself out until there is nothing left. And the worst part? You feel like you're running in place. There is zero progress. They stay sick, the relationship is anything but harmonious, and you’re just watching your own battery drain to zero. Every single day gets harder. It keeps spiraling until you reach a breaking point where your own survival is at stake—where your basic instinct to just *survive* forces you to walk away.
Very few people can handle that kind of weight. And those who can't? They shouldn't be judged for it.
Not everyone was born to be a healer. 🙄

We aren't healers, and let's be honest: there is no "cure" for psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder... nothing.🤷 It varies from person to person depending on the progression of the illness, how they respond to medication, blah blah blah... but a total recovery? It just doesn't exist.

For me, the hardest part was facing the reality that—for instance, when I first saw him during an acute episode—he was effectively a different person. He was "other." I was in shock, I hated him, I was furious with him, then I felt devastating pity for him, then I was angry at myself, and it was just a whirlwind of emotions... After a million tears, after the arguments that weren't even real fights (because he’s just playing out his own internal movie and isn't even prone to conflict normally...), after my pleading for him to adjust to a new prescription, my aggressive demands, my ultimatums... in the end, everything just cycled back to the beginning. You hold onto hope, thinking things will finally start moving forward, that they'll stabilize... and you just live for the next flicker of hope. It doesn't just drain your energy; it siphons it away completely.

And I hate sitting there wondering WHICH PART of him I actually love... the man he is, or the man he is "occasionally"... or if he is both at once. 🙄 And I know, deep down, that he realizes this too, and he couldn't care less because he's just stuck.😢