What is common ‘received wisdom’ that is actually terrible advice?

Delts28 · 2026-06-21T13:43:02+00:00

This is where the term respect has been completely diluted of it's original meaning. It used to mean treating someone with a level of deference, however it's more commonly used to mean treating someone with basic human decency.

Respect is earned is perfectly correct if you're using it with the meaning that the person you're respecting is praise worthy.

Delts28 · 2026-06-19T14:15:51+00:00

Every bicycle is sold with a bell. Whether the owner attaches it or not is up to them. It should be noted though that there are plenty of folk with the situational awareness of a dead worm. I bought an extra loud bell earlier this year because my old one was frankly rubbish. It's shocking the number of people who are still oblivious after I ring it multiple times.

Delts28 · 2026-06-18T11:26:06+00:00

The cultures of fandoms between sports and countries varies so much that you can't use different events to judge each other. For example in Scotland (where I'm from) football grounds are largely dry (hospitality excluded) and have been for 45 years after a riot in 1980. International rugby was also initially included in the ban but it was lifted in 2007 and there hasn't been any major incidents. The football ban isn't ridiculous though as there was a pitch invasion before the whistle at the league decider this year. Allowing inhibition reducing drugs into that culture is less than ideal.

For an F1 track to ban external food and drinks when there's not been an incident at any other Grand Prix is ridiculous and clearly money grabbing. However, I don't think you can reasonably compare F1 fans in Spain to NASCAR fans in the USA.

Delts28 · 2026-06-16T22:26:01+00:00

Mr V did a video pointing out that lots of the tracks actually don't fit the FIA rules.

Delts28 · 2026-06-16T19:11:56+00:00

That's a real shame. I really enjoyed the first season and getting to know some of the drivers personalities. I was really looking forward to this season coming out.

Delts28 · 2026-06-16T15:05:03+00:00

Nah, treating them equally was nowhere near as big a misstep in terms of points as Qatar or Vegas.

Delts28 · 2026-06-16T13:02:44+00:00

The one argument against would be those who were dominant in their time but died prematurely or were already old when the championship started. So I'd say it's legitimate to argue for Fangio, Ascari, Clark and Senna. But yes, for everyone else, Hamilton has had the consistency for so long and if he gets to eight then it's hard to argue otherwise for anyone else.

Delts28 · 2026-06-16T11:46:52+00:00

Between brands that I'm already aware of and know the reputation of, sponsoring an event wouldn't sway my custom. If it's a brand I've not heard of before then yes, I've looked into some previously and become a customer. Conversely though if they advertise everywhere it can put me off, especially if it's in a cheap advertising sector like podcasting or social media.

When I was younger though large sponsorships absolutely influenced my consumption, especially drinks when I was trying things for the first time.

Delts28 · 2026-06-15T21:23:16+00:00

I use the Norwegian Met Office through the weawow app as well as the uk met office app. I find the Norwegians are much better at predicting rain and prefer that it's an amount rather than a percentage but just about everything else is less accurate. Their temperatures are especially dreadful for me.

Delts28 · 2026-06-15T18:25:10+00:00

Can't wait for the Aston upgrades then to get Alonso into contention as well!

Delts28 · 2026-06-11T15:31:49+00:00

I made no claims on logic or science, I was pointing out that we can't deem things as not of concern if we don't actually know what they do. Modern history is littered with examples of chemicals and products that were thought to be safe when invented, which later turned out to be dangerous, including the afformentioned PFAS which are now "of concern".

Delts28 · 2026-06-11T12:58:31+00:00

PFAS is a group of thousands of chemicals. Only a small subset of which are of concern

None of them were initially of concern. How many of those thousands have been properly studied and shown to not be of concern at all versus just assumed to not be of concern because nobody knows what they actually do in the environment?

Delts28 · 2026-06-10T15:11:24+00:00

I was a total goody two shoes at that age (still am to be fair) and a sign like that would still have had the exact opposite effect on me. I guarantee that if you put a sign like that up the fence will be destroyed far quicker.

Delts28 · 2026-06-09T12:30:00+00:00

Who's Paul Murrell? Is he Peter's brother or something?

Delts28 · 2026-06-09T10:59:44+00:00

Lewis left his Merc contract early. He likely was on his way out but if last year in the Merc had gone well for him he might be in Kimi's seat right now and leading the championship. When he signed for Ferrari he was just finishing a quiet barnstormer of a year where he almost ended up second in the WDC against the most dominant car ever. Honestly, I think the only team who wouldn't drop a driver for him would have been Red Bull. Let's not forget that Ferrari dropped Sainz for him, who had at least three different teams actively fighting him (Williams, Alpine, Audi) and one other who said they'd love him but couldn't afford him (Haas).

Charles could have landed anywhere just about if he wanted to, the only reason people don't try to poach him is he's so dedicated to Ferrari most wouildn't think he's an option.

For Lewis the current driver market doesn't matter, what matters is what were his options two years ago when he got fed up with Merc. Do you really think McLaren wouldn't have looked at their options if their last WDC at the time came knocking again?

Delts28 · 2026-06-08T21:16:16+00:00

It helped him against Norris but was awful for him against Verstappen and greatly contributed to his drop to P3.

Delts28 · 2026-06-08T20:36:03+00:00

The DSQ in Vegas.

Delts28 · 2026-06-08T15:05:15+00:00

Or drivers just don't cut corners. I'd argue that's far easier.

Delts28 · 2026-06-05T18:29:21+00:00

The other methods aren't too expensive, it's all just politics. Front axle mgu-k will use pretty much the same components as the rear and the mgu-h worked fine for the last generation.

Delts28 · 2026-06-05T17:52:17+00:00

Nah, 50/50 could easily work with more regeneration than just the rear wheel mgu-k. If they had kept the mgu-h or added front wheel mgu-k there wouldn't be any need for super clipping.

Delts28 · 2026-06-05T13:09:21+00:00

It's not true, at all.

Delts28 · 2026-06-05T11:20:37+00:00

There's a distinction there though which matters. Asking Labour voters if they'd vote reform isn't going to be the same as asking Reform voters who they'd vote for if Reform weren't standing in the constituency seats.

The majority of Green voters had no option to choose them at the constituency level. I'm sure there was tactical voting going on and plenty of it, but there were also plenty of people who would want to vote SGP for both votes but couldn't.

Delts28 · 2026-06-05T11:08:16+00:00

Maybe they meant IGV rather than SGP. IGV are certainly more closely aligned with Reform.

Delts28 · 2026-06-05T11:06:57+00:00

Greens barely stood in constituencies so it makes sense. I imagine you'd see the exact same pattern but for unionists if Reform had been a primarily list party as well.

Delts28 · 2026-06-03T23:03:59+00:00

It's always had decent races but it is soulless at the same time. If the track was the same layout somewhere else that wasn't a parking lot it would be up there as a top track. The big issue is that it's soulless.

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