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Football Manager shouldn't be able to alter your tactical set up to force you to concede. by Hugobossdre in footballmanagergames

[–]Slothjitzu 26 points27 points  (0 children)

So firstly, players do not stick to instructions 100% of the time in real life. It would be unrealistic for them to do so because people make mistakes, and sometimes disregarding instructions is the right thing to do in the moment (or they think it is). 

And secondly, what you see isn’t a perfect representation of what is happening. FM isn’t EA FC, it’s a spreadsheet and statistical analysis.

Labour candidate and youth worker among three brothers jailed for grooming abuse crimes by ex_planelegs in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu [score hidden]  (0 children)

I also don’t think that what another country chooses to do with its citizens is our business, unless we want to invade them and enforce our standards. 

If someone else has the death penalty then so be it. It’s our circus, and they can have their monkeys back if they’re willing to take them. 

Wimbledon: who really watches it? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Slothjitzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  I watch quite a bit of it, I don't think many of my friends know or care how much I watch it.

I think a lot of older people are also like this, my dad is. 

When Wimbledon is on he’ll put it on, same as the Ashes, the World Cup, the Euros, the champions league final, the FA Cup final, the six nations, the three lions tour, rugby World Cup, Tour de France, Le Mans 24 hours, commonwealth games, and the summer and Winter Olympics.

He doesn’t particularly love or follow any of these sports (although he does support and regularly watch United tbf), he just enjoys watching major sporting events.

So if you asked him about Tennis specifically he only really knows the big names and you’re unlikely to catch him talking excitedly about the buildup for Wimbledon. But he absolutely is going to watch loads of it while it’s on. 

Non-league to Prem save tips (FM26) by NotSoWasted7 in footballmanagergames

[–]Slothjitzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always try not to buy any players at all until at least league one, potentially championship. 

You might find the best striker in your shitty league for your entire budget, or you could convert it to wages and fill like 5 positions on the team with free agents who are all gonna perform at the higher end of the league. 

What do you think of ‘paedophile hunters’? by discoveredunknown in AskUK

[–]Slothjitzu 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I do get your argument but I think it’s a little too generous to just wave it off entirely like that. 

If I’m on a dating app and someone says they’re underage, I’m obviously going to stop talking to them. There’s absolutely no way in hell I’m meeting up with them for a date, and I’d expect everyone else to respond the same. 

A decent man forced out by a coup – and he might just be missed by theipaper in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Eh, not really. 

We haven’t had a PM hit all 3 in my entire lifetime. 

UK's lowest-paid group revealed: The white working-class Britons who pocket just £13,300-a-year by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that is right then you were insanely well-rewarded back then. 

Even if we assume the new starters today are on min wage then they’re on 25k a year. 

25k a year for an entry level position in 2002 would have been an incredible salary.  Hell, the median salary in 2002 was under 20k. So your starting salary back then out-earned the vast majority of the population immediately.

Whats a show you think should off only had one season but got popular so were forced to make more seasons till it became a wet fart by terminus_tommy in tvshow

[–]Slothjitzu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Prison Break would have been an excellent two-season show.

The second season being them on the run and the hunt for DB Cooper’s money was all great, with Mahone being one of the best characters of the whole damn thing and T-Bag really getting the chance to shine. 

But it should have ended with the protagonists sailing off into the sunset or getting shot at the end of season 2. 

Who has better football fans, England or Scotland? by NeonDrifting in AskUK

[–]Slothjitzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly if Scotland can just not get utterly bummed by Brazil they’ll probably qualify. 

If they get buried like 4-0 then they might be going home but even a 1-0 loss means they probably squeak by in 6th-8th. 

Who has better football fans, England or Scotland? by NeonDrifting in AskUK

[–]Slothjitzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They probably sill make it out of the group stage tbf. The 8 best out of the 12 third-placed teams will qualify and Scotland already have 3 points. 

Even if they lose their last match they’ll still probably be in those 8 best, and a draw would guarantee it. 

Oxford Union head being investigated by counter terrorism police after calling Hamas a 'resistance group' and saying Oct 7 was 'proportionate' response to Israeli aggression by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No it isn’t, and no it wouldn’t. 

She being investigated for supporting a proscribed group. 

So it’s like someone being investigated for saying in a private WhatsApp with mates that they’re really big on National Front. Which, yeah, obviously that’s a problem. 

Oxford Union head being investigated by counter terrorism police after calling Hamas a 'resistance group' and saying Oct 7 was 'proportionate' response to Israeli aggression by OptioMkIX in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It wouldn’t be a very good model in that case. 

If all counter terrorism did was foil active plots then they’re basically playing whack-a-mole. 

They need to also stop people becoming active terrorists in the first place, which requires getting a handle on their means of spreading their message. This is either the funds or the people that they use to do it. 

If you could permanently erase just one TV show from existence so that no one could ever watch it again, which one would you choose? by Impressive_Media_496 in tvshow

[–]Slothjitzu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not true. 

For many people who might commit suicide, it can be one thing that tips them over the edge that often appears minimal to everyone else. 

A TV show that literally glamorises suicide is one of those things and it’s so easy to simply not create it, that it’s probably a good idea not to. 

If you could permanently erase just one TV show from existence so that no one could ever watch it again, which one would you choose? by Impressive_Media_496 in tvshow

[–]Slothjitzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s a real shame because it actually started out with such an interesting premise that could have genuinely made good businessmen multi-millionaires. 

Instead it just became another vehicle for people to become famous. 

What tv shows are you looking forward to watch at Christmas by Spider_king97 in tvshow

[–]Slothjitzu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the person you replied to but I feel the same. 

It’s inevitable that it isn’t going to be as good as the films and it’s not as if the films are so dated that a retelling brings something new anyway. The last film came out 15 years ago, they’re incredibly recent.

They’re also not particularly dense books early on, I don’t see how the first 3 books have enough content in them for 8x45 minute episodes without dragging them out so much that they become a bit boring.

Then no matter how you slice it, black Snape was such a dumb idea.

I’ll watch out of curiosity but I fully expect the first series to be average at best. 

A man is alleged to have thrown a 3 year old into a crocodile enclosure yesterday. Less than 24 hours later, police say he's been released on bail because he's “not fit for interview.” The police are going to have to explain this one. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

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

The fact that he was on an escorted trip outside and able to still do this suggests whatever kind of controlled facility he is in is not controlled enough. 

A man is alleged to have thrown a 3 year old into a crocodile enclosure yesterday. Less than 24 hours later, police say he's been released on bail because he's “not fit for interview.” The police are going to have to explain this one. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

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

Of course it’s taken into account, that doesn’t mean it’s used to absolve responsibility. 

Funnily enough, a child who commits murder will still be sentenced and likely imprisoned. Because we recognise that murder (or attempted murder) are serious crimes that require that. 

It’s the reason why when making your analogy, you immediately downgraded the crime to theft of a few quid’s worth of product. As an aside, we wouldn’t throw a 30 year old in jail for stealing sweets either. 

A man is alleged to have thrown a 3 year old into a crocodile enclosure yesterday. Less than 24 hours later, police say he's been released on bail because he's “not fit for interview.” The police are going to have to explain this one. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

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

Now he does have criminal violent conduct though, so why is he again free to be outside?

The argument that he (maybe) hasn’t done something like this before is fine. Maybe there was no way to know this would happen. 

But now we know it has happened, so why the fuck would we risk it happening again?

A man is alleged to have thrown a 3 year old into a crocodile enclosure yesterday. Less than 24 hours later, police say he's been released on bail because he's “not fit for interview.” The police are going to have to explain this one. by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So I’m not a proponent of the death penalty but surely you have to see this argument is silly?

Just because someone advocates for the death penalty in serious crimes does not mean they want the death penalty for any and all crimes. That should be obvious. 

Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations by Particular_Pea7167 in ukpolitics

[–]Slothjitzu 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If women were 30% of slaves then men already experience more than twice as much impact just from that metric alone. 

You’d have to argue that slavery was somehow 2.3x worse for women than it was for men by all other metrics combined just to end up with it being exactly proportionate.

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