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On Mullets

People ask me why in 2023 I’m still rocking a mullet. Easy answer. Without the lettuce I’m just a guy that says dumb shit all the time. When I say dumb shit with the mullet, it’s like my face is saying one thing out front, and my mullet is apologizing out back. My mullet is “Dumb shit out front,…

Floofballs

Vox on something I’ve always wondered: Why tennis pros reject balls before a serve (and what happens to the ones they do.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChzL17zV9hA More fluff ⇒ more drag ⇒ more time for your opponent to react. So they’re looking for a ball with less fluff for their first serve…