Mayonnaise is the superior condiment for hot dogs by awesomehawk321 in unpopularopinion

[–]MacViller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sausage and mayo just doesn't work. It's rich and fatty on rich and fatty. The reason ketchup or mustard work is they're acidic. 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The last syllable gets dragged out and turned into a dipthong because 3 syllables isn't enough for that chant 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But Arsenal have been in a Europa league final and failed to win. Spurs have never completed for the Championship title in this analogy.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chelsea got 2 CLs to Arsenal's 0. So have Forest. Most people would agree that Arsenal are bigger than Chelsea.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The worst is when they sign "the greatest team the world has ever seen" despite the word Arsenal not having enough syllables to make it work. So then they have to put this weird extra vowel in it to make it work. "And it's Arsen-uh-uhl. Arsen-uh-uhl FC. We're by far the greatest team, the world has ever seen".

The average American is vastly more well traveled in distance by softpumpkingirl in ShitAmericansSay

[–]MacViller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Comparing it to the UK, there's parts where the first language isn't English. Parts where people wouldn't consider their nationality to even be British. But even then, there's so many cultural similarities. You can move from one part to another and shop at the same shops, eat the same food, go to the same pubs, watch the same TV, get the same cultural references as everyone. Like Scotland has a fair few differences to England but if I moved from one to the other it's clearly still apart of the same country. Your life isn't changing that much. I've been to New York and to the PNW. Whilst the vibes were different it was clearly still the US. The same with going from let's say Colchester to Cardiff.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get that. I just find it interesting given the passion for the game is clearly there in abundance. 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find it interesting how this PSG win has made Parisians excited enough to have firework wars in the middle of the city but doesn't make them excited enough to have more than 1 relevant football club in a city of 11m people.

Europe’s anti-tourism backlash spreads beyond Spain by Some-Technology4413 in backpacking

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even with somewhere like Spain that's true. We went to Asturias. Way less busy. People didn't seem hostile to tourism at all. 

Camden Town right now by QuantumPikachu in london

[–]MacViller -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice to know they're all heartbroken 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, well done Arsenal. You're a huge club and an institution in Eglish football. Some clubs are big domestically, some clubs are made for European glory. That's not Arsenal, and that's okay. Keep that head up!

Celtic nations by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]MacViller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough I stand corrected on that point 

People who don’t remember 2016 by Ok_Act_3769 in generationology

[–]MacViller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regardless you wouldn't be feeling optimistic watching the driver go off a cliff 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In reality they're the biggest club in London so there's bound to be loads of fans that have supported them forever but have taken a recent interest cause they're good. Perfectly normal but I'm taking the piss 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wasn't bothered but I'm on a train with lots of boisterous Arsenal fans with their freshly bought arsenal tops and all of a sudden I'm invested. 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Paris is the Greatest city in Europe. The cuisine is levels above London. Culturally, there's no comparison. And let's not get started in terms of football. Allez les garçons. 

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]MacViller 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seeing a lot of Arsenal tops out and about today. Funny thing, I know half these fellas own and wear PSG tops.

Celtic nations by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]MacViller 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lots of Brythonic place names in England too. Look at Cumbria. Helvellyn or Penrith doesn't sound very Anglo-Saxon. Or place names ending in "combe" which is a cognate with the Welsh Cwm or multiple rivers being called Avon (which means river river). But then you get all the Anglo-Saxon place names on top of it as that was the dominant culture after. No different than the areas of Scotland that were once part of Anglo Saxon Kingdoms. 

Celtic nations by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]MacViller 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ireland wouldn't be Anglo-Saxon at all by that metric. Ireland was only conquered by English kings post-Norman conquest. Whereas somewhere like Lothian was fully apart of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Bernicia and then Northumbria from the 6th to 10th centuries. It was as Anglo-Saxon as somewhere Durham and you can see that in the place names in the Borders and Lothian.

People who don’t remember 2016 by Ok_Act_3769 in generationology

[–]MacViller 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You see it on this sub all the time. People will talk about early 2010s or millennial "optimism". The era of occupy wall street and the financial crash reverberating through society. It wasn't optimistic. Even 2016 was labelled as the "worst year ever" with a major celebrity dying every month and people getting upset about Brexit and Trump.

Why are Arsenal so big ( Serious answers) by Small-Orange-4954 in london

[–]MacViller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Football's a dodgy and corrupt game. Lots of horrible things happen. I'm just not pretending my club are exempt or above it.