When I played at normal tables on other poker rooms my QQ/AK ships pre were profitable.
Selective memory? Nah, I stacked off like 8 QQ and every time it was against AA/ KK
I won 2 by lucky Q.
AK I stacked off like 10 times and I lost 9/10 to AA, one I won against KK.
Variance? I say maybe. Just noticed people push usully with nuts preflop.
I also noticed that many people insta 3b push or open push with aces, does it really make people to call looser those ships? :O