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First and foremost, before I even get to the why and how, I have to state the obvious and that is that the fight fucking sucked.

With regard to who won and why, most professional fighters interviewed seem to think that Tyson lost due to illness and/or age. Holyfield said his balance was off and people have referred to the fact that he was wearing a leg brace. There is also talk of Tyson having a 2-inch gut ulcer a couple of months out from the fight and his back being messed up. Of course, people are relentless in painting Tyson as an elderly victim in this all who was exploited by the wily and greedy Jake Paul who is making a career of fighting the elderly the retired, the semi-retired and various tomato cans who he can get to sign on a dotted line. If Jake Paul offered me just $500K, I'd gladly put gloves on and let him beat me up.

Can Jake Paul fight? The consensus is "yes." and I believe that to be true. He is fit, conditioned and has powerful punches and great foot movement. I would say that he is a very good fighter, but he is not an elite fighter who will break into a Top 10 ranking. I believe that he is a 3rd tier to 2nd tier fighter. He is a guy who should definitely not be slept on, but also not a serious heavyweight contender. He is the kind of boxer who is a name who you match against a former champion as a tune-up fight to get rid of the champ's ring rust and condition him to get back into top-5 contention. Jake Paul is not a complete bum or a tomato can, but his skills are not elite level. Additionally, the 220 lbs he is currently fighting at is due to roids. He is probably more of a natural 205 Lber and were he to continue boxing, it might suit him to actually slim down further and fight at light heavyweight.

While pundits and pros are stating that Mike was not himself and that he is old and injured, I still feel very strongly that this thing was 100% fixed and scripted and that an amiable agreement made it so Jake Paul would win, but not by knockout so as to somewhat preserve Tyson's dignity and legacy and that Tyson would not be able to throw any power punches. I watched the fight and I don't remember Tyson even throwing one combination. The complaint of him looking "off balance" was probably due to the awkwardness of him having to restrain himself and not try to beat the shit out of Jake Paul. Even if his conditioning was dog shit and his legs were out from under him, he still should have been able to give a solid 3 rounds of punishment. After all, they were only 2-minutye rounds.

Essentially this was not a competitive fight, but friendly sparring that they sold like all the other big fights are sold with a bullshit bitchslap and some bad blood drama in the days building up to it. OF course, actual boxers have to sell this pile of steaming shit as valid to everyone else because if it comes out that boxing is fixed, fake and gay, then the rubes are less likely to buy tickets and PPV because they already lost a tremendous share of profit to UFC and other MMA promotions.

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My contempt for the Boomer generation is neither unknown nor disguised. Their familial, societal, and civilizational are comprehensive. And yet, even so outspoken a critic of their wicked generation as myself can still be surprised by the extent of their sheer awfulness, which has further limits than virtually anyone of the younger generations can imagine.

I’m friends with a couple who got into a routine of leaving their kids at grandparents during the weekends. They later found out that grandparents, the moment the parents left, would go and dump the kids off at daycare and pick them up before parents came to get the kids. Like they got to see the kids once a week, and even that was too much. Despite that grandparents claimed they wanted to see the kids.

You know, perhaps its not the worst thing in the world that so many Boomer grandparents tell their children that they don’t have time for their grandchildren. Because apparently, the alternatives are even worse than we would have thought.

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One reason I love the way Lacey drew that particular Hypergamouse episode is that you can see that the GenX daughter still has love and affection for her Boomer parents, but is fully aware of the total futility of contradicting the programming that replaced the ability to think in the average Boomer’s mind. Boomers never even hear the sarcasm intrinsic to GenX speech, because metacommentary on the Narrative is simply unthinkable to those who have never broken through it. It would be like trying explain the difference between air and water to fish that have never even seen the surface.

By the way, when you learn the real reason Boomers are now mourning their lack of grandchildren and are starting to become concerned about the birth-rate crisis, it probably won’t surprise you.

“We need to have enough working-age people to carry the load of these seniors, who deserve their retirement, they deserve all their entitlements, and they’re going to live another thirty years.”

Translation: Boomers have finally figured out that all those immigrants who were supposed to replace their grandchildren don’t give a damn about them and are more likely to abuse them than take care of them.

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