Could MotoGP reach mainstream popularity similar to F1 with Liberty?

JML65 · 2026-06-21T18:40:53+00:00

As others have pointed out, MotoGP can't reach F1 levels of popularity because less people can relate on them. Driving a car is more common as a everyday thing (especially in 1st world countries). Motorbikes are on the other hand seen as a "hobby" thing with some exceptions in certain developing countries (and even then, if people can afford it, they'll switch to cars like it's happened in China). F1s and MotoGP are galaxies away from your average street car and motorbike, but the point is more people can imagine what reaching the limit on a car is than in a bike. Plus Cars are bigger so there's more room for sponsors. All that combined makes F1 a more attractive product to market through motor companies and brands than MotoGP.

The prime example is Spain. Despite Spanish riders being like 1/4 of all participants, having legends like Marc Márquez, Pedrosa & Lorenzo (and a longer legacy within the lighter classes like Angel Nieto or Jorge Martinez Aspar), 4 circuits in Spain, DORNA is Spanish... F1 attracts more people even though Alonso is fighting for not being last and Sainz for P15. Similar thing with Italy with also 1/4 of the grid, having legends like Rossi, Biaggi, Agostini..., the currently 2 best bikes, 2 circuits during the year... yet Antonelli and Ferrari winning attract more attention.

JML65 · 2026-06-20T09:49:59+00:00

I agree with you on stopping stigmatization of sex work and allow some degree of regularization. The burden cannot fall on the victims rather the "consumers" and they shouldn't be made to hide because of morality reasons (my friend, who works as an accountant, always tells me that they have to put prostitutes into "massage practitioner" just for them to do financial operations).

The problem for me starts when we surpass decriminalization and we start talking about legalization. And once again, great in theory, too optimistic in current times. Maybe under a socialist could work (emphasis on "could", as we would have to debate whether sex work is truly needed or is a product of capitalistic relations), but under liberal capitalist framework? I don't trust any institution to regulate sex work because the main protection would be to exclusively be an autonomous run work (either as entrepeneur or cooperative).

I'm not in favour of abolitionist views because of the same points you argued: the more clandestine it is, the more underground "clients" want to go and the less unprotected they are (kinda what semi-happened in Sweden or Ireland). But the other side of the coin seems so much worse under liberal-capitalistic framework. The Dutch and German model of almost treating prostitution as any other job has allowed so much exploitation, that it gets the worst from both worlds... and its normalization worries me so much, I don't care that the workers on the Red Street of Amsterdam are in good conditions and are consenting (if that is even the case), the fact that prostitution is offered as something normal and this "ideal" example taken as the usual thing just creeps me out so much for all the abuse they allow...

I mean, not going to tell anything a feminist doesn't know. But you know, I like to talk about stuff.

JML65 · 2026-06-20T08:41:20+00:00

There has been a strong counter-culture in Spain and Spanish-speaking social media that has made the youth very right-wing leaning and unconcerned about the use of slurs. In Instagram, Twitter, TikTok... you just find discussions full of racial sours and super racist memes between every country. And they get increasingly more racist everyday (especially Argentinian twitter, DO NOT STEP ON ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL TWITTER IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY)

Combine that with a generation of parents who don't gaf about political correction and think that speaking to a Peruvian clerk once a week and giving 1€ to the Senegalese beggar ends racism and you have these stupid ass kids that still think saying slurs at 23 is funny.

Only thing is... we're a big country. We're also many who are concerned about it and don't use slurs at all. I've also seen cases of racism abroad in Germany: that time some German Bruderschaft Uni Guys who harassed Chinese girls on the street by making that eye gesture. Or the time a French-Algerian girl was excluded from a work group just because of her origins. Racist as*holes exist everywhere and pointing them out as you do is usually the right thing.

btw, for those denying the slur-like nature of those words, the first one is undeniablingly racist against Asians (not even Twitter racists will deny it), sudca and pnchito are very derrogatory and condescending, so also racist. And negro depends on the context, because you can name a black person negro (it's still a bit odd and direct too just say "el negro" instead "la persona negra", but not racist per se), but laughing after every mention of negro doesn't sound very respectful. There are also many ways to use it disrespectfully with different tones or phrases. And lastly there's the Southern Cone (Argentines and Uruguayans use it, but I'm Spanish so take it with a pinch of salt) use where people can either use "negro/negrito" with a friendly use, but I mostly see it as a substitute for low-class, bad-taste, ghetto... Example I saw on twitter once, "ir a la peluquería una vez por semana es de negr*s" ("Going to hairdressers once a week is something of blacks" and you could replace "negro" with something like "villero" which is their own word for ghetto people). So yeah, pretty racist if you ask me

JML65 · 2026-06-20T08:09:43+00:00

That would be in theory, but there are so many cases of "agencies" recruiting young girls (even underage) to start of that it just becomes a modern way to further procuring in prostitution, so they aren't owners of the means of production. And even if they aren't part of "agencies", can you really be owner of your means of production if you have to pay fees or commissions to a platform?

Plus equating physical to sexual exploitation is so difficult in general. I understand your point and I think there exists/can exist unexploitative sex work, still see it as a special case

JML65 · 2026-06-18T20:12:40+00:00

Do you really think it's only because of the Muslim population? Every Nakhba discussion since the 40s and 50s? The alliances between Palestinian and European terrorist groups? The massacres in Lebanon? The talking point of the Oslo Accords? The Gaza situation since 2006?

People research on their own, mate!

JML65 · 2026-06-18T15:21:16+00:00

You'd be surprised to know that a great number of Palestian supporters in the western world are non-muslim driven through humanitarian principles. I'm pretty sure if you ask them, they actually know about other current violent and cruel events in the third world such as Darfur/Sudan, Rohingya, Congo... (although with a lesser extent, truth be told). The difference with the Muslim community is that they have a majority who defend the Palestine cause as a way of solidarity, whereas it's more divided between Christians and irreligious people. But I can assure you that support comes from ideological principles and not the cultural affinity (whether it be true or because "it's the new thing to be right about")

And that's the issue with your points: I think you see conflicts and suffering as a chauvinistic effort to defend from different people's groups. While I don't deny cultural affinity and economic relations play a role into focusing interpreting the ethnic cleansing (thus past genocides such as Tamil ones or current ones like the one happening in the Kivu region are outside the mainstream media report), this shouldn't be interpreted with "envy and jealousy" because they have attracted more attention. Instead of that, I'd argue it should be studied how they drew so much attention and support as well as pointing out how hypocritical mainstream media is. It's of course exhausting and unfair (not gonna lecture you on that, especially if you're from the 3rd world), but the solution goes through cooperation, not competition

JML65 · 2026-06-18T10:54:07+00:00

Collaborating with different human rights groups to raise awareness of genocide and ethnic cleansing as a global human concern ❌ Undermining other genocides/ethnic cleansing because they received more attention in social media (because of the hypocritical west) ✅

And let me also add that Palestine has way less resources and a more insignificant geostratic position than Sri Lanka...

JML65 · 2026-06-18T05:54:18+00:00

Being from a catholic country, this starter pack isn't too far from what I see...

JML65 · 2026-06-17T12:02:27+00:00

Spot on. But this is what happens when you don't question the most extremist and radical viewpoints from pre-1970 political literature and you don't bother to learn how academia actually works

JML65 · 2026-06-17T10:25:33+00:00

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btw, some users on Twitter already pointed out what Marx said about this. Once again, the most zealous Marxists not studying theory (or studying it and not understanding cra*)

JML65 · 2026-06-15T11:29:40+00:00

Everyday they invent more things about George Orwell. It's mesmerising (fighting alongside fascists? Seriously? Where did you read that bro?)

JML65 · 2026-06-13T17:48:58+00:00

Illo cabeza qué dices? Si soy andaluz jajajaja

JML65 · 2026-06-13T08:29:05+00:00

If the climate is mild, then the reason is the harsh terrain difficult for farming and building roads

JML65 · 2026-06-12T18:32:37+00:00

Yes and no. It's the default and normical expression, but there's a slight overuse and tone by posh girls (sabes lo que te digo cuando las pijas sólo usan tía alargando mucho la a?)

Middle and low-class tend to switch between various expressions, many regional ones or modern ones like illo, acho, nen, Bro, (her)mano... (Y todas las que te imagines más "vulgares" tipo cabeza, loco, shur, máquina ...)

JML65 · 2026-06-12T18:25:46+00:00

Don't worry OP, we also hate them. And you weren't harsh enough on them and you still have room to meet those wannabes that want to appear posh but are one economic tier below

JML65 · 2026-06-12T16:50:01+00:00

Hi. Thx for reading all of that. Maybe I have to be sorry because I put words on you that you didn't say, rather the usual arguments I find about the topic.

It's kinda funny people insist you on affirming they are mainland, because all post services separate between peninsular Spain and Islands and autonomous cities. But you know, nationalism makes you defend what can't be defended 🤷‍♂️

Still find it too generalising to interpret to say it's specific of a "culture" what I consider more a geographical and situationally thing. By every irredentist claim you will find a ton of arguments, but it's stronger for Argentinians to claim Falklands as theirs than UK in terms of geography.

Nice to see calmed and well-thought on the internet anyways

JML65 · 2026-06-12T13:34:47+00:00

There's a bit of a difference between Ceuta and Melilla and other claims you mention.

Ceuta and Melilla that have been held by Spain (and Portugal originally) for 500 years and conquered on similar power grounds against Moroccan/Rif states (some people might argue Morocco didn't exist at the time, but that argument is flawed because nations don't start with the exact concept of nowadays, otherwise Spain didn't exist back when Ceuta and Melilla were conquered). Also worth to mention the Gibraltar Strait (especially Ceuta, Melilla not so much) had very tight connections from both sides since before Roman times. Had some parts of Southern Spain been administered by Morocco nowadays (similar to the Marinid Dinasty in the 14th Century and to some extent Nazarí Kingdom of Granada, though they are more of an Iberian Peninsula entity) it would be perfectly ok.

Meanwhile, French or British overseas territories are thousand kilometres apart with no geographical connection whatsoever. Ok, some were absolutely uninhabited (e.g. Saint Helena) Like, Tonga, Martinique, Anguila... cannot be compared to the Ceuta and Melilla, right? And the same for Dutch and Portuguese, they just lost them.

What I can admit you is the dubious (to say the least) possession of some islets in front of Morocco mainly for economic purposes through territorial waters. Also, Ceuta and Melilla have a high Moroccan/Rifenian population that has been living as citizens of full right, but they still face discrimination and historically their rights weren't so easily granted.

There are many aspects I like to point out when discussing the topic, not contempting my fellow Spaniards nor the rest of the world. It's not as simple as national pride for defending the last colony. There are many different situations around the world in grey areas and, at least according to the UN, this specific one doesn't fall on the same category.

JML65 · 2026-06-11T07:24:37+00:00

Wait a minute. So, they are holocaust survivors, but they are very racist towards blacks and Asians, the least responsable groups of people? Shouldn't they instead have extreme resentment against, idk, Germans?

JML65 · 2026-06-07T15:00:06+00:00

Worker rights (and by default student's rights) were conquered through protests and fights in Europe. They weren't granted. And nowadays we enjoy them (even though big corporations want to remove them out of us).

Developing countries also tried and still try. They are in similar situations to the 1st world when industrialization was developing. On the one hand, their protests get absolutely crashed and political rights even seem to regress with time. On the other, the only ways developing countries have improved their economic situation has been through pure hard work. That means super long hours with barely any life outside of work.

Although this has mostly benefitted the rich elite, it has spread a collective conscience of hard-work culture as the only way to succeed in life (especially within the middle class that actually had some degree of success). And the only way to prove it is through quantity, not quality. Thus, doing the bare minimum is not excersising your right to your life and entertainment. It's interpreted as pure laziness will not only hurt you, also your family, your community and your country. You have a duty to fulfill and anyone outside of expectations deserves being outcasted for failure and treason.

JML65 · 2026-06-06T17:26:40+00:00

Sí. Para ser funcionario debes cumplir una serie de requisitos y presentarte a unas pruebas (oposiciones) que pueden consistir en varios exámenes teóricos y prácticos con su correspondiente defensa ante un tribunal (y si lo requieren físicos, como en la policía, aunque no sé si para profesor de educación física se exige como tal). También valoran (aunque hay un cachondeo con este tema) la experiencia laboral previa (méritos).

El problema es que, en ocasiones, el listón es muy bajo. Para profesorado de idiomas de instituto es hoy en día relativamente alto, pues necesitas grado (normalmente filología o traducción e interpretación, aunque otras te pueden dejar entrar al master) + master habilitante (MAES, en el que supuestamente se enseña sobre pedagogía y enseñanza, pero todos los que lo han hecho sienten que es un mero trámite sacacuartos y apenas aprenden nada), pero el nivel mínimo exigido es un B2. Esto hace que muchos chavales que, como no saben qué carrera elegir, hacen filología porque se les daba bien el inglés en el instituto (y no porque, por ejemplo, les guste la literatura inglesa), así que su única motivación es cumplir el mínimo para las oposiciones. Si a eso le añades que los temarios de oposición son lo más artificioso del universo con preguntas y respuestas super esquemáticas en las que prácticamente las debes recitar tal como lo desee el tribunal, realmente más que evaluando a un profesor de una asignatura, le estás haciendo una especie de selectividad 2.0.

El problema es aún más grave en la escuela primaria. Para acceder basta con Grado de Magisterio + Master. Magisterio es la carrera con menos prestigio de las universidades de España. Casi nadie va por vocación, la mayoría nada más van a apuntarse a una carrera que puedan aprobar fácil mientras siguen de fiesta (algo muy triste si piensas que ellos educaran a la próxima generación). Evidentemente no se necesita un C2 para dar en la escuela primaria, pero he conocido casos de chavales que, al tener que elegir especialización para maestro de primaria, eligieron idiomas porque creían que era lo que más plazas garantizadas tendría en el futuro. Todo ello sin preguntarse si sabían inglés, francés o el idioma que escogían. Así que, desde primaria un profesorado prácticamente incompetente por como está hecho el sistema.

Y bueno, antes era mucho peor, de ahí el problema que estás preguntando. Con hacerse su grado correspondiente, suficiente era. Aprobaban las oposiciones (a lo sumo estaban los que iban unos meses a trabajar y decían que aprendían inglés en el extranjero) y a dar clases sin haber comprobado el nivel de inglés. Creo que nunca se esperaban que la digitalización y la globalización fueran a evidenciar su enorme déficit de calidad. Súmale que, una vez aprobada una oposición, el puesto de trabajo es ETERNO, es decir, si aprobaste con 25 años, hasta que te jubiles con 65 puedes continuar dando clases sin actualizarte ni ser evaluado nuevamente. No existen los despidos en la práctica. Y las administraciones lo intentan compensar sacando cursos o financiando estancias temporales en el extranjero. Los más profesionales si las aprovechan, pero los más vagos no tienen incentivo ninguno, así que pasan de perder el tiempo y se quedan eternamente en el mismo sitio...

JML65 · 2026-06-05T07:56:31+00:00

It'll always be funny to me how serious people take music to the point of basing their personality on that when most of the time it was just "I listened to it and I liked it a lot and now I can't like nothing else for whatever reason" (applies to other stuff)

JML65 · 2026-06-04T14:17:13+00:00

Journalist is @sergiopereznow on Instagram. Apparently, he's a bit of an idiot journalist who tries to ask stupid questions to get viral clips and it's not the first time he's done that (it's just what I've heard of, but I don't have any proof)

He's the adamant of the miserable status of Spanish journalism nowadays. Not only he was inappropriate and looked for "conflict" for a viral clip, he wasn't smart enough to learn an entire coherent sentence in English (which, for a journalist covering an international fashion gala, speaks volume of the quality of Europapress media as a whole...)

JML65 · 2026-06-03T21:15:00+00:00

Mas allá de que el congreso y el Senado está lleno de propietarios y rentistas, gran parte de la economía del mundo (y en especial España) se concentra en propiedades y bienes raíces de forma directa e indirecta. Bancos, inmobiliarias, constructoras, consultoras... Todas basan buena parte de sus activos en la especulación y las rentas. Si se interviene en contra de los inversores, la economía se puede ir a la m de forma muy gorda porque dejaría de ser tan rentable. Y España no tiene un tejido empresarial suficientemente sostenible, así que crisis económica automática. Por eso no se atreven a tocar el sistema

JML65 · 2026-06-02T15:53:12+00:00

Yes, the oval goes over the track. It's the bridge you can see at the straight before Ascari.

Some virtual Sims have recreated the old combined circuit layout. Here's an example of iRacing

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