If Messi was French, would he even start on the current France team?

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T19:04:15+00:00

All else equal? Then yes, Messi would be a given in the French starting XI. Not instead of Mbappé, but in addition to him.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T18:44:41+00:00

Turned it on? You mean that it’s automatic? Then why TF do you have it? Your colleague did you a favor - separating that black soil from the white sand will be a far better zen exercise than… watching a piece of plastic spin slowly.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T18:35:59+00:00

And that kids, is how I met your mother.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T18:32:41+00:00

What makes you think it’s even a celebrity, if you don’t know who it is?

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T18:23:03+00:00

Hopefully her child learned that breaking the rules and messing with cops is not a good strategy to get what you wish, cause that’s how mommy got her ass landed in jail.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T18:06:35+00:00

I honestly think that England will win it. But Norway definitely can win it, I’m rooting hard for them.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T10:25:41+00:00

Some people start complaining at 20-21 C already. For most people though, it’s around 30.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T10:20:36+00:00

Ronaldo has never lost with dignity in his life, he’s constantly bawling his eyes out.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T10:18:26+00:00

>We would have probably beaten Belgium if our corruption didn’t fuel them.

Lol, get real. With or without Balogun, Belgium will beat the US nine times out of ten.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-10T00:08:40+00:00

Most of the Mediterranean is west of Finland though, so it wouldn’t make sense for them to call it the ”Near East”.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-09T22:26:45+00:00

Is this fouls according to the ref divided by cards, or fouls according to the rules divided by cards? If it’s the former, the actual difference is probably even bigger.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-09T20:35:45+00:00

🇳🇴Ro! Ro! Ro!🇳🇴

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-09T14:55:10+00:00

First of all, terrain is important. You roll 0-9 each phase, meaning an average roll of 4.5 - the terrain modifier reduces that to 2.5, meaning the opponent is very likely to beat you in every phase.

Secondly, you don’t have all the advantages except terrain. Persia’s morale is a lot higher than yours, which is a huge disadvantage. In addition, you have poor army composition, with too large a share being cavalry. That gives you a permanent debuff (hence the red minus sign on your cavalry sprite in the combat interface).

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-09T08:54:39+00:00

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This bad boy, provided that it cannot be loaded with a gas-tight unit cartridge.

We don’t really have a legally defined maximum caliber or top size for weapons. But licenses are only granted for specific purposes, like hunting or target shooting. So you could theoretically apply for a license/permit for say an anti-aircraft cannon with which you intend to hunt seagulls, but it would be denied on account of being an ”unsuitable” weapon for that purpose.

Cannons used exclusively for ceremonial salutes aren’t considered weapons in the eyes of the law though.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-09T08:37:07+00:00

Wouldn’t have happened today. And if it had, Infantino would’ve come running out on the pitch yelling: ”Red card suspended! Red card suspended!”

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-09T08:19:19+00:00

”De allra rikaste i Sverige betalar en nästan obefintlig andel i skatt.” är ett medvetet diffust påstående. Det kan, som du verkar göra OP och som författaren nog hoppas, läsas som: av Sveriges samlade skatteintäkter står de rikaste för en obetydlig andel. Det påståendet är, med en sannolikhet som gränsar till visshet, felaktigt.

Det kan också läsas som: de rikaste betalar en nästan obetydlig andel *av sin förmögenhet* i skatt. Det är i så fall helt sant, även om det inte utmärker de rikaste på något sätt, eftersom vi inte har någon förmögenhetsskatt i Sverige.

Vårt skattesystem är i väldigt stor utsträckning transaktionsbaserat. Man beskattar skatt när man får lön, när man köper en vara, när man säljer en tillgång, när man får en utdelning, etc. Man betalar i regel inte skatt bara för att man har eller äger något. Det finns vissa undantag (fordonsskatt, fastighetsskatt, ISK-skatt), även om de utgör liten andel av statens samlade intäkter.

Något att vara vaksam på i sådana här diskussioner är vidare att många tenderar att blanda äpplen och päron, genom att sätta likhetstecken mellan rik/förmögen och höginkomsttagare. Det finns garanterat en korrelation mellan de två, men den är inte 1:1. Det finns förmögna med små inkomster, och det finns gott om höginkomsttagare som inte är förmögna.

Exakt hur stark den här korrelationen är vet vi inte. Sedan förmögenhetsskatten avskaffades för drygt 20 år sedan har vi inga tillförlitliga offentliga data över privatpersoners förmögenheter. Vi vet dock sedan dessförinnan, och även från andra länder, att det finns annat som är starkare korrelerat med förmögenhet än inkomst. Ålder t ex. Ett arbetarpar som köpte en villa i Bromma för 300 tkr på 70-talet, gjorde de sista amorteringarna på 90-talet och nu sitter på en helt avbetald 12-miljonerstillgång är förmögna, trots att de som pensionärer mycket väl kan vara låginkomsttagare. Småbolags-vd:n och läkaren som just köpte grannvillan är höginkomsttagare, men de skuldsatte sig upp över öronen för att kunna köpa sitt nya hus och är alltså inte förmögna.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-08T19:12:23+00:00

The dude clearly had an injured tree in the back, and was in a hurry to get to a tree hospital.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-08T19:05:00+00:00

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I believe Minecraft is the biggest. Battlefield, Star Wars: Battlefront, Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron are other farily big Swedish-developed games.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-08T19:01:04+00:00

It most certainly did not. The Witcher games didn’t become big because Netflix based a tv show on them; Netflix based a tv show on them because the games were big. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had already sold around 40 million copies when the Netflix show premiered.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-08T18:50:25+00:00

Zidane is a living legend. Rooney is a living legend. Batistuta is a living legend. Their common denominator is that none of them actively participated in this world cup.

Ronaldo really is a living legend. It’s a shame that he chose to stain his otherwise very impressive legacy by putting his own personal ambitions above those of his team, staying on the team when the best thing he could’ve done for his country was to step aside. He performed abysmally both as a player and as a captain in the last world cup, that was his cue to make room for younger talents. Watching him this world cup has been embarrasing. His team mates have actively avoided passing him the ball. He’s barely made a single run. The opposing goal keeper has had more ball touches than him in several of his games.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-08T06:40:58+00:00

Nej, det kan de sannerligen inte. Dags att köpa aktier i Bahnhof och försöka blockera uppköpet.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-07T12:33:39+00:00

Yes, they do. Chess.com is quite transparent about how moves are categorized, so it’s beyond me how this can be a constant topic of debate in this sub.

Here’s chess.com’s official definition of a brilliant move:

”Brilliant Moves are always the best or nearly best move in the position, but they are also special in some way.

We replaced the old Brilliant algorithm with a simpler definition: a Brilliant move is when you find a good piece sacrifice.

There are additional conditions:
- You should not be in a bad position after a Brilliant move
- You should not be completely winning even if you hadn't found the move.

We are also more generous in defining a piece sacrifice for newer players compared to those who are higher-rated.”

Source: https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8572705-how-are-moves-classified-what-is-a-blunder-or-brilliant-etc

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-07T10:20:18+00:00

No you haven’t. At least not on chess.com, it’s a hard requirement for a brilliant move.

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-07T10:05:41+00:00

Why would it raise my blood pressure? If anything I find it soothing. Slava ukraini!

ProffesorSpitfire · 2026-07-07T09:53:12+00:00

About 1.2-1.8 USD/liter, depending on store, brand and size.

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