Banter RDT 159 - Eagles Board Big Ol’ House Of Fun

[HoneyBadger35]

In a group of 23 people there's a 50% chance two people share a birthday.

This is one of my favourites. More likely than not once you add the 23rd person. Terrific stat.

 

[Ochre]

My favourite stat is that the record for the highest % of runs scored by one player in a complete team innings in a Test match, was scored by Charles Bannerman when he was the first batter of the first innings of the first ever test.

 

[Ochre]

This stat is also up there purely for driving Warne as insane as his commentary drives me.

 

[Dazzler9]

This stat is also up there purely for driving Warne as insane as his commentary drives me.

Clicked on that Shane Warne tweet. Check out the first reply

 

[Ochre]

Clicked on that Shane Warne tweet. Check out the first reply

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I feel like the second reply explains a lot about why Kane ended up how he is.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Dunning-Kruger Effect right there

 

[Dazzler9]

I feel like the second reply explains a lot about why Kane ended up how he is.

So much wrong with that Tweet, that it befuddles me.

 

[Dazzler9]

Here is my favourite reply



Couldn't resist

 

[Keys]

I’ve seen that deck of cards stat before and it never ceases to blow my mind. To think that you could shuffle a deck and in all probability it’s a completely unique order every time you do is freaky

 

[ashley12]

I play a lot of poker/cards and the "fun" players get shocked when one random card value appears slightly more than it should.

That actual stat/mind melt would break them.

 

[squashface]

Wait till Warney hears about the concept of infinite vs finite

 

[Mr Eagle]

Even the Monty Hall Paradox would be too much.

Hmm, how does he go with object permanence? Can we start there?

 

[Dazzler9]

Even the Monty Hall Paradox would be too much.

Hmm, how does he go with object permanence? Can we start there?

Admittedly that one took me a while to come to grips with.

 

[DanWCE]

Exhausting negativity around these parts lately

 

[kane249]

Exhausting negativity around these parts lately

A lot of fair weather supporters who are spoiled by success

 

[DanWCE]

A lot of fair weather supporters who are spoiled by success

It's okay to be disappointed after the game on the weekend but far out, it's Wednesday. Let's get a dose of reality.

The same posters are just thread hopping, sprouting negative s**t about every facet of the club we all signed up here to barrack for. I try not to add people to my ignore list for being emotional, that's how my man ep has survived all these years. Even he's being more positive than others lately

But I might need to update my ignore list to add sooks in with the idiots.

 

[kane249]

It's okay to be disappointed after the game on the weekend but far out, it's Wednesday. Let's get a dose of reality.

The same posters are just thread hopping, sprouting negative sh*t about every facet of the club we all signed up here to barrack for. I try not to add people to my ignore list for being emotional, that's how my man ep has survived all these years. Even he's being more positive than others lately ♥

But I might need to update my ignore list to add sooks in with the idiots.

People just feel entitled and are spoilt for success.

Consider the likes of St Kilda, Bulldogs, Port Adelaide, Fremantle, GWS, Gold Coast and their supporters, and then consider we have as many flags as them combined.

Heck we also have as many flags as Norf and they had a 60 year head start on us.

 

[Truckosaurus]

There's nothing wrong with hoping your team does well. We won a flag three years ago, still have the bulk of that squad, have recruited an A-grader to boost the midfield and have had bad luck with injuries to key players (and an inability to win in slippery conditions) making life hard in 2019 and 2020 (so a build up of frustration over a few seasons). Everyone copes with disappointment differently, but the fact that people are upset is a good indicator of how strongly they identify with the club. Fairweather supporters don't care when a side loses, they just lose interest. If someone's emotionally invested enough to post on this board, be it positively or negatively, it's a good thing.

We are literally all on the same team.

 

[Mr Eagle]

Twenty years on BigFooty.

Twenty years

Admittedly, I was barely here years 15 through 18, but that's hardly the point...

The point is that I have spent a large portion of my life pissfarting about on here.

Happy anniversary to me

 

[kane249]

There is a Russian Dwarf Athletic Association....

 

[Dazzler9]

There is a Russian Dwarf Athletic Association....

Halfway through, I was genuinely trying to work out whether that was a 3 year old or a dwarf.

 

[Dazzler9]

I don't watch FTA TV anymore, footy (and weekend travel shows) excepted. Until now I have been getting the bulk of my news from abc.net.au and news.com.au.

News.com used to be OK, years back, but is gutter trash tabloid click-bait junk nowadays. ABC is veering too far towards leftist wokeness. Can somebody please tell me where to find some balanced, fact-based news coverage that is not behind a paywall? Much appreciated,
Dazzler.

 

[Dazzler9]

News.com used to be OK, years back, but is gutter trash tabloid click-bait junk nowadays. ABC is veering too far towards leftist wokeness. Can somebody please tell me where to find some balanced, fact-based news coverage that is not behind a paywall? Much appreciated,
Dazzler.

Am I chasing unicorns?

 

[Truckosaurus]

watoday isn't bad, you can get around the paywall by opening articles in private tabs.

 

[Truckosaurus]

BBC News for international stuff.