Comments on: It’s Quickly Becoming Non-Ironic https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2010/06/its-quickly-becoming-non-ironic/ Weekly poker podcast hosted by Andrew Brokos and Nate Meyvis featuring interviews with famous and behind-the-scenes figures from the poker world as well as an in-depth poker strategy segment. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: foucault https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2010/06/its-quickly-becoming-non-ironic/#comment-5200 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:22:51 +0000 http://www.thinkingpoker.net/?p=5535#comment-5200 In reply to Ryan.

Thanks, Ryan! I’m just playing the ME this year, starting (but hopefully not finishing!) on July 7.

I did see that headline, but I hadn’t read the article. There were some gems in the body as well, thanks!

]]> By: Ryan https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2010/06/its-quickly-becoming-non-ironic/#comment-5198 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:44:55 +0000 http://www.thinkingpoker.net/?p=5535#comment-5198 Just now catching up on your blog, Andrew. Love the ironic look. I’ll assume that you, as both an Onion fan and a philosopher, have read this one: http://www.theonion.com/articles/existentialist-firefighter-delays-3-deaths,17500/

Are you not doing the WSOP this year? (Or, only the ME?) I look forward to those “trip reports.”

]]> By: Christoph https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2010/06/its-quickly-becoming-non-ironic/#comment-5076 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:10:45 +0000 http://www.thinkingpoker.net/?p=5535#comment-5076 Don’t know if you’ve seen the movie “the fog of war”? It’s about McNamara who was secretary of defence when Kennedy was president. He’s talking about the cuban missile crisis and how close they got to an attack on Cuba which very well might’ve led to a possible nuclear war with Russai. So whenever I hear someone talking about the good old times when mutually assured destruction prevented war and made the world more peacefull, I can’t help myself reminding this movie and McNamara saying something along the lines of: “That’s how close we were [to nuclear war].”

On the other hand it’s also true that a state is usually gonna act more rationally/reasonably than a group of terrorists. The thing I’m afraid of the most is that a non-governmental actor could somehow acquire a nuclear bomb and use it. But the whole “romantic” picture of the cold war is just plain wrong for sure.

]]> By: Pat Barnes https://www.thinkingpoker.net/2010/06/its-quickly-becoming-non-ironic/#comment-5072 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:36:04 +0000 http://www.thinkingpoker.net/?p=5535#comment-5072 Interesting how you make those connections. The snake and rabbit story reminds me of something when you and Mike were little. Didn’t Paul (our dog) catch a rabbit in the park. As I recall you and Mike thought that was so cool and I was traumatized (as I’m sure the rabbit was).

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