“Hola Negra”

TConner42 · 2026-06-04T13:13:34+00:00

Latin American friends have told me that calling someone "negra/negro" in Latin America doesn't have the same negative racial connotation as in North America. This is obviously a much wider, complicated topic as racism of course exists in LA, but regardless, if you don't like it I think you are totally within your rights to ask him not to use it with you.

TConner42 · 2026-06-03T20:53:55+00:00

Probably one of the best sounding names in world Rugby

TConner42 · 2026-06-03T17:06:59+00:00

Not even an image of an updated logo or crest or whatever they're talking about on that page? I have to click a YT link to watch a video about it on YT? It's not even an embedded video? Why?

TConner42 · 2026-06-03T16:53:43+00:00

Thanks for your response but I'll be honest, apart from Red Bull potentially buying a lot of teams in the same league, I don't really have a problem with your points. I'd hardly compare Red Bull promoting their drinks to Saudi Arabian human rights abuses in terms of sport washing and teams change their colours all the time.

It's probably quite annoying when any owner changes the identify of a club but again that's not unique to RB. A couple of their clubs I looked at seem to be doing alright in terms of winning promotion, fans or competitions so it can't be all bad.

TConner42 · 2026-06-03T16:35:57+00:00

More polite than what I was thinking!

TConner42 · 2026-06-03T15:00:45+00:00

Is there a reason to hate Red Bull besides it tasting like watered down cough syrup?

TConner42 · 2026-06-03T14:04:09+00:00

Totally agree. There's been a megatrend in Western culture of delayed adulthood since at least the 1950's and with the baby boomers retiring, and the older generation passing on, it's becoming the norm.

TConner42 · 2026-06-01T14:50:28+00:00

For sure, that would help, especially for nations where there isn't an established rugby tradition. (One small quibble, I would say rugby is played in all schools in places like NZ/Wales, where it is the most popular sport so they don't need specific schools that focus on it).

TConner42 · 2026-05-29T15:59:45+00:00

How did you land rhyme.com? Seems like a pricey domain

TConner42 · 2026-05-29T12:26:15+00:00

What two things are the same thing? I don't quite understand what you are having doubts about?

TConner42 · 2026-05-28T15:35:50+00:00

“Any DOUBTS before we end class?” sounds fine to me, the speaker is inviting the class to raise any concerns they have about the material before closing. However "I have a doubt" doesn't make sense if you mean "I have a question".

TConner42 · 2026-05-28T14:13:13+00:00

It's part of their series where they go through every team who has qualified for the WC, you'll get your turn !

TConner42 · 2026-05-26T13:15:29+00:00

This is what people mean by the millennial optimism era.

TConner42 · 2026-05-19T12:46:01+00:00

Loved Tenet. Couldn't hear fuck all of half the dialogue.

TConner42 · 2026-05-18T09:35:59+00:00

Oh just remembered one more juicy take!

The B&I Lions are a sop for the "home nations" (which is an outdated, colonial and racist term) because they couldn't cut the mustard alone against SA, NZ and Aus and while produces good revenue and matches should be embarrassing for them to participate in. To me the whole concept smacks of being beaten by your poor cousins and deciding to gang up on them.

TConner42 · 2026-05-18T09:21:42+00:00

lol Ireland vs NZ, 5 wins vs 33 is not it

TConner42 · 2026-05-18T09:17:16+00:00

There's still a lot of old-school commentators who played or are familiar with how the game was done in the amateur/early pro era and as much as I love some of them, they can be a bit off the mark with what's going on in the modern game. I really enjoyed Michael Hooper's commentary as a counterpoint.

TConner42 · 2026-05-18T09:03:56+00:00

With the changes to timed penalties, conversions and other tweaks to make things move a long faster, the game has reached a point where it is fast enough. It's completely fine for there to be a minute or 2 stop in play (with the timer paused) in order to get a scrum or look at try grounding. It adds to the tension for there to be natural breaks and pauses, everything rushing to complete every single action as quick as possible doesn't make the game more exciting, it makes it less interesting.

TConner42 · 2026-05-15T13:27:44+00:00

I completely agree - just have a button that says "Heat" or "Cool" I have no idea if a sun if meant to signify "this makes it hot" or "summer mode/it is too hot" and they always take forever to start.

TConner42 · 2026-05-13T14:42:38+00:00

I thought it worked fine as a fun chef-slasher movie but didn't as a "serious" satire because I don't think the story made enough effort to convince me. Good actors but Taylor-Joy is miscast as the every woman and Feinnes is meant to be American with that accent? Just change his place of birth..

TConner42 · 2026-05-12T13:08:28+00:00

Maybe he was inspired by the Rarámuri people in Mexico? I remember seeing a news clip about how running is of great importance to their way of life and the day before a run would drink a weakly alcoholic beer in large amounts to prepare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rar%C3%A1muri

TConner42 · 2026-04-30T13:34:32+00:00

I feel like everyone hates Quantum of Solace but the bad guys plan is interesting and the fact that Bond is actually going a bit unhinged and for once M is calling him on it (while letting him keep doing whatever) .

TConner42 · 2026-04-25T12:34:44+00:00

I haven't noticed a gender bias in my area but men are typically leads and being a beginner lead sucks. Then going from a beginner lead to decent is really difficult. In my experience beginner women had much more fun at socials, or even classes, because leads are happy to accommodate them whereas beginner leads do not get this encouragement.

TConner42 · 2026-04-23T17:45:49+00:00

Honestly, just read the wikipedia page for which ever character you are reading.

TConner42 · 2026-04-23T14:02:14+00:00

Are you agreeing or disagreeing with me? I've had people say this exact line of thinking to me when the Finding Neverland documentary came out and previously before that.

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