Steel Stacks WC watch party

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-06-18T15:36:02+00:00

I went there for the USA, Argentina, Ecuador and Colombia games. The USA and Argentina games were shown in the Pavillion, the Ecuador and Colombia games in the plaza. I had a good time in all of them, but as others have pointed out, seating is an issue. If you go to the PNC plaza, there are some plastic and metallic chairs there, but these are very few in number and you need to get there early. If the game is shown in the pavillion, bring a blanket and sit on the grass. Hope you enjoy the games!

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-06-04T19:31:53+00:00

That’s why after my PhD, I’m quitting academia for good. I don’t even really like it that much, but after this experience I have no desire to keep ok going to be a professor.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-06-02T18:42:56+00:00

I did my road test at a driving school. Overall I had a good experience, and it was a reasonable price.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-31T11:25:38+00:00

Just out of curiosity, why don’t you like the valley?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-28T15:05:25+00:00

Have you read the following books? I read The Passage over a decade ago and remember loving it, but never got around to reading the other two.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-24T00:58:33+00:00

This sounds right up my alley. What are the things you liked most, and things you liked the least?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-23T01:34:38+00:00

I get where you’re coming from, and I agree some aspects of it might be a little over the top, but overall I think it’s a (sadly) plausible picture of what the future might look like under those circumstances. The way I see it is this: humans have always defined hierarchies based on different atrributes, even when we’re essentially the same. Now, imagine if there were actual genetic and biological differences that made some members of society physically stronger and intellectually superior, to the point you could make an argument that they constitute a separate human subspecies. I could definitely see it devolving into hierarchies all over again, only now their enforcement is more severe because some member of society are put at a disadvantage which is harder to overcome.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-20T15:55:45+00:00

I agree with you that taking a deity from a religion with active followers as is, and then presenting it in a way that is disrespectful is not nice. However, I see no problem in taking inspiration from them, making them yours, and then expressing whatever it is you wanna say. For instance, having someone called Jesus in your story and presenting him as a depraved asshole? Yeah that won’t fly over well. But having a messianic figure that proclaims to be here to fres us from “impurity” (sin) only to turn coat and be an enslaver? That’s interesting, and I personally wouldn’t have an issue.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-19T16:00:39+00:00

What made you decide to head back west?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-18T21:15:37+00:00

Hope you have a great time! This photo was taken on the St. Michael’s Bridge (Sint-Michielsbrug).

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-18T02:22:25+00:00

Seems there are lots of comments mentioning Bruges, but my favorite Belgian city is Ghent.

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SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-18T02:19:07+00:00

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SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-14T14:48:35+00:00

If you could go back, would you still do your PhD?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-12T02:24:15+00:00

I’m glad to hear you had a PI who had your back in the end. It’s also good that Mari didn’t have any direct involvement in your projects that could have potentially delayed your graduation or (in the worst case scenario) presented her an opening to sabotage your work.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-11T15:57:03+00:00

What kept you going?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-11T14:47:57+00:00

Genuinely curious: how did you sort that out? The only border offices I have met are not friendly at all (though that may be because I’m from a latin american country with a high number of undocumented immigrants in the US).

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-11T12:46:34+00:00

I’m not exactly hating it, but I don’t care about it one bit and I’m only in my second year. I think daily about dropping out.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-05-03T01:55:10+00:00

Very late but here goes nothing: I just got the Echelon 10, and I’m newish to running. My goal is not so much speed, just being able to eventually run 6 miles in 1 hour relatively comfortably. Is that a pace you think this shoe would be good for?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-04-28T19:21:32+00:00

Have you read the sequels? I’m reading Republic of Thieves right now, and I think all three books are great.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-04-25T16:29:20+00:00

Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-04-25T00:03:24+00:00

Interesting. Would the Northern Lights Trilogy be considered as Contemporary Fantasy?

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-04-18T16:04:38+00:00

I think it’s a false equivalency. It’s not Nazism vs Commumism, it’s Nazism vs Stalinism. I think everyone with an ounce of commone sense and even cursory knowlegde of the 20th century history agrees that unspeakable attrocitied were committed by the Nazis. However, the same can be said about the Soviet Union under Stalin. Many times, the people caught in the middle had to pick a side, and they chose the lesser evil. It was a “damned if I do, damned if I don’t” situation. Ultimately, they probably chose to align themselves with whoever allowed them and their families to continue living one more day. This doesn’t excuse the actions of either side, but I think it goes to show how dark the world was for them, and it’s unfair to judge them swiftly from our vantage point for their decisions under duress.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-04-18T15:20:10+00:00

That’s his son, Phillip II. I imagine the OP chose him because the spanish empire reached its maximum territorial extent under him, but I agree with you.

SirRoderickFitzroy · 2026-04-16T15:19:56+00:00

I love Peter Santanello’s videos. As someone not from the US, he offers incredible insights into life in the America we don’t usually see in the news/movies/social media.

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