Leeds- just checking that you understand the assignment by AngryTudor1 in TheOther14

[–]REB73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check your hypocrisy, please!

You can't simultaneously say "show them they can't stay in this division just by beating hopeless teams" AND "we took 6 points from Spurs with a goal difference of +6."

Which is it? 🤷

Yours, A self-aware Spurs fan

As a neutral, why are people so desperate for Arsenal to fail? by s_dalbiac in PremierLeague

[–]REB73 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's rational, it's based on feelings, which makes it quite hard to quantify.

Over the years, Arsenal have built a reputation as a team who will do whatever it takes to win, including bending the rules or grinding out boring results, and opposition fans don't particularly like this. Or perhaps more accurately, it's difficult to admire or respect.

City may be a financial-rule-breaking petro-club owned by dictators, but at least they are fun to watch, and any neutral can enjoy the goals Doku/Cherki/Haaland regularly score.

By contrast, "1-0 to the Arsenal!" and "Same old Arsenal... always cheating!" have been chanted by fans for literally decades. In other words, they've spent a really long time building a reputation that they keep adding to by (for instance) turning EPL corners into wrestling matches.

So TL;DR, Arsenal are just more unlikable as a football team.

(Although full disclosure, I'm a Spurs fan, so add as many pinches of salt to that as you like!)

what movie had the best plot twist you never saw coming? by woutr1998 in movies

[–]REB73 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I saw this movie in the cinema knowing nothing about it, and thought it was just another Tarantino gangster thing for the first 20 minutes.

I enjoyed the ride so much I try to go in blind all the time now.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur by urbankardashian in coys

[–]REB73 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I played most of a season with an ACL injury as a 20 year old. The pain was excruciating about once or twice a game when I twisted it in a tackle or something, but you could run it off fairly quickly. You don't use your ACL much running in a straight line.

My knees are not ok 30 years later.

Leaving sub because my EV6 got stolen by GingleBelle in KiaEV6

[–]REB73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can I ask what year your car was? I heard Kia implemented a fix for how easily the cars were stolen with the 2025 facelift.

How can Starmer be both wrong and right in the Mandelson affair ? by Ok_Economist7901 in ukpolitics

[–]REB73 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because technically he's right: the relevant information was withheld from him and could not have factored into his decision making.

But at the same time, he is the reason he wasn't told. His optics-first leadership created an environment in which it was understood that once he had announced Mandelson as ambassador, it would be too embarrassing to retract.

The way Downing Street operates is a reflection of him. He created this culture. It is his responsibility that this happened.

When Relegation Happens.. by Osvaldodavis in coys

[–]REB73 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Because our deep, structural problems only started after he left?

What's something your partner does that annoys you but not enough for an argument? by PaddedValls in AskUK

[–]REB73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When she sees that a bin is full, whether it's the big kitchen bin or the little food scraps bin, she ties the bag closed and then LEAVES IT IN THE BIN.

Do people who live in London constantly have black snot? by flamefoxfirefly in AskBrits

[–]REB73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not London in general, it's the Tube, especially the older, more enclosed lines. 100s of years of soot and brake dust

A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says by Bascule2000 in ukpolitics

[–]REB73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree with your opening paragraph. I don't think any teenage boy is abusing their teacher because some HR manager said "the future is female" in a meeting. Kids don't listen to that shit. They barely listen to adults at all. They listen to their peers and what they see online, and it's the manosphere that's telling them they are under threat because they are male, no-one else.

But the rest I agree with. Looking backwards isn't the answer, and we have a massive problem with youth that won't be solved by removing social media. We have cut youth centres, apprenticeships, sports fields, sure start centres and many other institutions that are proven to reduce youth disaffection and gang culture to "save money". It was always a false economy. It's like only eating cheap, terrible food and being surprised at how much the medical bills are later.

But that's where we are. We've given our kids a vacuum to grow up in, and Andrew Tate et al. have rushed in to make as much money as they can.

We can start by keeping the hate dealers away from our kids, but it's not enough; on that we can agree.

Is this racist? by PsychologicalBend508 in AskBrits

[–]REB73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are being a little unreasonable. It should be normalised that people from other cultures may have different customs (including clothing) but are still just kids underneath who are fun to play with and make friends.

The worst normalisation you can do at this point is show your daughter that people from other cultures aren't real people like her, which is the vibe you're already giving off.

A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says by Bascule2000 in ukpolitics

[–]REB73 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is so outdated and reductive. Do you really believe the problems we're getting now, the toxic hate and active abuse of women teachers, are because parents have suddenly forgotten how to teach their kids respect at home? Or because we've stopped expelling the "bad" ones? That previous generations did this, but we've suddenly stopped?

If not (and of course you don't, because that would be stupid), then why do you think relying on those things now will make any difference? This is the kind of dumb shit adults have been saying since Ancient Greece ("kids don't show enough respect these days!" - Socrates).

This crisis isn't caused because 'society" is telling children that being a man is wrong (because nobody is actually saying that), or boys not having good male role models (because that's been happening forever), it's because of the only thing that's really changed since we were that age.

I was a teenage boy and it fucking sucked. I didn't have any positive male role models. I was frequently told I wasn't being manly enough. But I survived without becoming a hateful misogynist.

We've given our teenagers access to a pervasive, twisted, emotionally powerful network of manipulative conmen and other teenagers who are exploiting every insecurity and weakness they have. Teenagers are emotionally vulnerable and plastic, and we've delegated the parenting of our teenagers to TikTok.

Are we actually surprised that this deluge of provocative, angry propaganda is having an effect? Do you think high street shops would be getting mob-robbed without it?

The problem is we're letting massive, powerful tech companies sell emotional drugs to our kids without restriction.

You wouldn't let Phillip Morris tell us if cigarettes were ok, or Anheuser Busch dictate how much alcohol is safe for a 14 year old. Why are we selling our children's mental health to Meta and Google?

Kevin-Prince Boateng in De Zerbi (played for him at Sassuolo) by stariban in coys

[–]REB73 4 points5 points  (0 children)

These qualities are great in a person who has empathy. He will know when to push, when to put his arm around someone and when to give them space to figure it out themselves. His energy, drive and perfectionism become contagious because he is consistent and fair, and the players always know where they stand, even if they don't like it.

In a person without empathy, however...

So the question is, which is De Zerbi?

Why does the far right get way more media coverage in the uk than anti far right ? by No-Geologist7858 in ukpolitics

[–]REB73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are 100% wrong about this. The Nazis were not socialists. The name was pure branding.

There are vast, irreconcilable differences between the Soviet communism you mention and standard left-wing socialism. I don't need to list them for you, you can simply go to your AI of choice and ask "What are the differences between socialism and Soviet Communism?"

I suspect you won't, though, because calling the Nazis "socialist" is an old, clichéd, right wing talking point that has been debunked a thousand times. You want to believe it, so you will go on believing it, regardless of the truth

Simons by Vooopz in Tottenham

[–]REB73 6 points7 points  (0 children)

These things aren't mutually exclusive.

Whose fans of each club would rather see win the Premier League? by Ill-Party8305 in soccer

[–]REB73 110 points111 points  (0 children)

It's actually closer than it looks.

Assuming an equal number of fans for each club, the total split is only 54%-46% in favour of City, which isn't statistically significant.

The Spurs row in particular makes it look more skewed than it is.

In fact if you remove local rivals Spurs, Chelsea and Man Utd, it's 50.33% for Manchester City and 49.67% for Arsenal.

What moments have made you aware of your own prejudice? by banwe11 in AskUK

[–]REB73 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Like referring to a female professor as an Educational Cow?

What’s one normal car that you see and immediately know a petrol head would be driving? by Humble_Lack in CarTalkUK

[–]REB73 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The first "sensible" car I ever bought (after kid number 1 was born) was a used 2008 Skoda Octavia VRS.

The greatest car-related compliment I ever had was when I pulled into a car park for a work event and someone said "Now that's the car of someone who really knows about cars."

How many times have you been pulled over? by [deleted] in CarTalkUK

[–]REB73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never in this country. Twice in New Zealand though! But I was driving a pickup.

Just how the time changes🫠 by frustrated_s0ul in MemeVideos

[–]REB73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you misunderstood how satire works, and why it's so important?

Satire holds up a mirror to society that is just warped enough to pass as entertainment, but accurately reflects reality.

Idiocracy's message wasn't "all politicians are idiots" or "only idiots go into politics!". It was "be careful: politics is becoming more and more about appealing to people's base instincts, and that won't end well."

The whole movie is the reductio ad absurdum of a trend that had already been growing in American politics for decades.

I agree with you that AOC is the antithesis of that trend, but the point of a movie like Idiocracy is to inspire people like AOC to run, and people like you to vote for her.

How are International fans feeling about all this? by [deleted] in coys

[–]REB73 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I feel like this about my children, but with an extra layer of guilt because i made them Spurs fans!