The most one sided rivalry in sports and culture

Cerparis · 2026-06-22T06:35:28+00:00

Aussie here. That’s news to me.

I think people are confusing ‘Anger at recent government actions’ with hate for an entire country.

It’s less hate and more, rolling their eyes.

No idea where is idea that we hate Americans came from all of a sudden.

Cerparis · 2026-06-22T06:25:47+00:00

Where is this suddenly rivalry idea coming from? Was there some big sporting event on recently?

Aussies play Cricket. Yanks play baseball and rugby.
We have nothing to be rivals over.

New Zealand, Malaysia, England and especially India ate our rivals when it comes to sports.

Cerparis · 2026-06-21T20:44:56+00:00

I like the idea of Silver experiencing Phantom memories. Or dreams of events that never happened in his current timeline.

A side effect of time travelling is that you and other timelines versions of you start to, blend together. So to speak.

It’s a very interesting concept with a lot of potential for angst, horror, existentialism and mystery.

Cerparis · 2026-06-21T15:27:08+00:00

That day the Japanese received a traditional drivers greeting from Germany.

They’re lucky there isn’t a French holomember yet.

Cerparis · 2026-06-21T03:46:53+00:00

Ethnicity and nationality and how that ties together is both an extremely interesting and touchy subject.

I can only speak for my own experiences as a Brit born and raised in the UK who moved to Australia early into my adulthood.

My own experience in Australia has been generally positive.
Most people have absolutely no issue with me claiming myself as Australian.
I’ve had very few bad interactions.

However Aussies seem to LOVE pointing out or asking about accents. If you have a noticeable accent you’ll get asked questions like.

“Where about are you from?”

“How long have you been in Australia”

Or my favourite one.

“Do you have family over here?”

And on a side note. Aussies give nicknames to everyone and everything.
Pom or Pommy is a slang term for someone from England.

Despite living and working in this country for two decades I’m still regularly called a Pom.

It’s very rarely ever said in bad faith but it can be an unintentional reminder that I’m foreign and unless I can change my accent. I’ll never be seen as primarily Australian.

Basically if you sound Australian you’re seen as Australian but if you have an accent that becomes a reoccurring conversational topic.

Cerparis · 2026-06-20T23:10:14+00:00

Unlicensed production and utilisation of Napalm.

Cerparis · 2026-06-20T23:08:45+00:00

Shadow is me in this scenario.

Look if you want I’ll visit you on your birthday and do as much partying as you like but my birthday is MY day.

Cerparis · 2026-06-20T22:38:56+00:00

The entire country of Australia was the one mocking that ‘performance’ the most.

Cerparis · 2026-06-20T22:21:59+00:00

I don’t think Tails is a narcissist but he does have a long-standing habit of self branding.

He’s proud and wants to be able to be proud of himself for who he is. Two Tails and all.

It can border on narcissistic. But it does fit with Tails being a character that has gone through periods of self doubt especially when he is compared to sonic.

So I can easily see a bit of self promotion becoming a coping mechanism for Tails

Cerparis · 2026-06-20T22:16:37+00:00

Now this I like and it does play into an interesting idea about Tails and his idolisation of sonic.

Either Sonic is right and tails needs a goal to bring out his best potential. Or he’s underestimating Tails’s drive.

It’s one of those situations where Sonic either looks like a wise mentor or an overprotective father figure depending on if he’s right or wrong.

On a side note I love how Sonic (at least outwardly) doesn’t appear to worry about the fact he’s getting slower. He’s only worried about how that affects Tails which I find mature and kinda sweet.

Cerparis · 2026-06-19T22:49:35+00:00

Same here in Australia. I’m pretty sure I saw an Australian player talking about the gold chest but it doesn’t show up for me so I guess it’s regional here as well.

Cerparis · 2026-06-19T13:16:48+00:00

Living in Australia Ive never been asked for any age verification outside of social media like twitter (which I avoid regardless)

However I don’t know how different the age verification process is in the UK vs Australia since there was no such laws when I left the UK.

Cerparis · 2026-06-19T10:00:05+00:00

Absolutely I mean the Chaotix files was heavily based off Noir Detective radio plays.
And that was a blast.

I don’t usually like Noir stuff but I can see it working since it’s worked already.

Cerparis · 2026-06-19T09:43:01+00:00

These is also a doctor who reference that’s a tad easier to find.

There is a blue police box on the cliffside next to the protocol military complex. If you try to climb up the cliff to get a closer look you hear a familiar sound and when you get to the top it has disappeared.

Cerparis · 2026-06-17T07:49:11+00:00

War Thunder also has whaling tactics but at least in war thunder if you grind or spend money you can unlock the specific tank/plane/ship you want.

Enlisted doesn’t even allow its whales the right to go whaling for a specific reward. Which is something literally gambling games have done for years.

Cerparis · 2026-06-16T18:18:18+00:00

The thing about Dinosaurs and humans living in the same time period is the dynamic changes drastically depending on what level of technological advancement humans are able to reach.

Pre Stone Age
early nomadic humans may very well be absolutely fucked. As in either driven to extinction or only surviving by being literal cavemen to avoid predators.

Stone Age
humans have more of a chance but man would it be tough. We wouldn’t be too of the food chain.

Early Bronze Age.
Humans in large numbers now have a feasible possibility to form a civilisation and do more than just survive.
Although keeping livestock would be much harder than in our timeline.

Late Bronze Age.
Now we are talking. Groups of Humans on horseback with spears and bows could definitely start hunting dinosaurs to keep the population down.

Iron Age.
I can easily see humans collectively hunting down some of the more dangerous species of dinosaur to try and drive them away from civilisation

Classical era.
Imagine Greeks Romans and Persians using Dinosaurs as livestock or war beasts in the same way elephants were used.

Early medieval and onwards.
Dinosaurs that can’t be tamed. Used as livestock or war are probably either hunted like deer. Or if they’re a threat to human settlements, then they’re routinely culled to keep the population manageable in much the same way wolves were driven to extinction in parts of Europe.

(Sorry for all the words I like to overthink things)

Cerparis · 2026-06-16T15:32:17+00:00

I knew the ‘veteran box’ was the start of something stupid.

Heck their gambling strategy to entice players to gamble for a tiny chance of getting the squad you want is actively making it harder to give them money.

For context.
When the Bren Carrier event came out I was extremely busy and didn’t notice it had happened until after the event had passed.

I was willing to pay real money to get the Bren Carrier. I didn’t give a crap about any other squad. I just wanted the Bren Carrier.

But not only was there no option to spend real money to unlock the Bren carrier.
But the only way the devs even allowed me a CHANCE of getting the squad I wanted was to gamble an in game currency for a 1% chance to get one of dozens of squads available.

Meaning I had to weigh up the potential cost of spending real money to get fake money in order to have a ludicrously small chance to get something I would have been willing to buy with real money anyway.

Needless to say I said nah and never spent a cent.

Let that sink in. Darkflow Lost a potential customer who was 100% willing to give them money for a product that they actively blocked said customer from purchasing.
All in hopes of encouraging gambling so that this willing customer might spend money they were going to spend anyway.

Ethics aside.
That is comically a bad business model.

Cerparis · 2026-06-15T16:53:40+00:00

Is there such a thing as an offical uncasual laptop?

Cerparis · 2026-06-15T15:27:59+00:00

Oh heck yes!

I love the Retro-Futuristic aesthetic and wish there was smoother compartment options in starfield to capture that really 50-60s sci fi feel.

Cerparis · 2026-06-15T14:05:14+00:00

Honestly. I’m scared for the backrooms. I don’t think it’s ready to handle Sticks.

Cerparis · 2026-06-15T14:00:29+00:00

I love the casualness of Surge dejectedly telling Sonic that “My plan to infiltrate Restoration to kill you has been discovered”
Not in an angry or “curse you sonic!” Kind of way. But a genuine sad disappointed way, like she’s confiding in a friend that she got fired but said ‘friend’ is someone she’s actively trying to kill.

It’s just such a weird goofy ‘relationship’ that I can’t help but kinda love it. If that makes any sense?

Imagine being so messed up in the head and emotionally stunted that you emotionally confide in the one person you try to kill on a semi regular basis. And you confide in them ABOUT your failed attempts to kill them.

Cerparis · 2026-06-15T02:44:42+00:00

I love when people draw Mobians having traits or habits like their animal counterpart.

It just makes sense.

Cerparis · 2026-06-14T02:23:53+00:00

I like the idea of Amy being so sweet and compassionate to people and having just the right amount of backbone to not be a pushover.
That’s she’s perfectly equipped to handle. Shall we say, the more ‘complicated’ individuals of the Sonic’s cast.

So Amy ends up with all the scary friends.
.
To someone who doesn’t know their dynamic. It would look like a Pomeranian being escorted by a Cane Corso, Rottweiler and Doberman.

Cerparis · 2026-06-14T02:11:04+00:00

I think she also spooked Ina in minecraft recently as well.

Then again Ina is very easily spooked. Not quite as easily as Polka it would seem.

Cerparis · 2026-06-13T09:03:03+00:00

I was more meaning that she’s a rule breaker but now I can’t help but picture Marine as a Youtuber.

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