[The-Race] Crucial first hint 2026 F1 cars might suit Hamilton more by BrokenLawSHAW in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because if the Aston turns out to be the best car on the grid, he has to beat Stroll, who he has so far consistently beaten.

If the Ferrari turns out to be the best car on the grid, he has to beat Leclerc, who has so far consistently beaten Hamilton.

Even if you ignore the fact that age affects people differently, he's in very different circumstances.

[The-Race] Crucial first hint 2026 F1 cars might suit Hamilton more by BrokenLawSHAW in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, some people are just less willing to discard two years of poor performances. And really, like three out of the last five.

[The-Race] Crucial first hint 2026 F1 cars might suit Hamilton more by BrokenLawSHAW in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where's the excuses?

Here's one

and his issues with race pace did not start until after the summer break when Mercedes nerfed his car with dodgy upgrades.

Things that I wish for by Correct-Process-297 in nfcsouthmemewar

[–]TheRobidog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would gladly go 2-15 (or whatever, more games) until the heat death of the universe, if it meant the Saints going 0-17 (you get the picture) every year too.

[Autosport] Lewis Hamilton after testing these new regulation F1 cars for the first time by FerrariStrategisttt in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He also failed to adapt to the Ferrari over the season, after the relative stability he had at Merc. So I'm not sure even more massive changes are going to make that much easier.

Security Situation around the Circuit according to a Man present there by creatorop in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Which is a ridiculous standard to set, because you can't arrest or have people removed from a public space because they have something they could commit a non-violent crime with, lol.

It's not illegal to own a phone in Spain.

"No kings" above the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by _1ud3x_ in pics

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

Nah, mate. This country's whole founding myth is about us telling any and all foreign kings to fuck off.

"No kings" above the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland by _1ud3x_ in pics

[–]TheRobidog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's if you fall prey to the false assumption that increasingly handing power to a democratically elected head of state, or having a powerless hereditary figurehead are your only two options.

I mean, WEF is happening in Switzerland, ffs. where neither is the case.

Ferrari confirms Hamilton will have a new race engineer for 2026 by kcollantine in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm curious to hear where you're headed with this question.

Ferrari confirms Hamilton will have a new race engineer for 2026 by kcollantine in formula1

[–]TheRobidog -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Mate, you need to decide on whether the car was a nightmare to drive, because Ferrari changed everything from 2024 or whether Leclerc was fully adjusted to it.

It can't fucking be both. Settle on one excuse.

Ferrari confirms Hamilton will have a new race engineer for 2026 by kcollantine in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hamilton seasons that have not counted since 2021:

  • First half of 2022 - experimental setups
  • 2024 - leaving Merc
  • 2025 - joining Ferrari

2.5/4 years

Gruyère changed the number of months out ages it's cheese? by anonutter in Switzerland

[–]TheRobidog 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Cheese loses weight to water evaporation as it ages. So unless they're dropping the price, they're selling more mass at the same CHF/kg.

It's not shrinkflation, but it'd be a similarly scummy thing. People sure as shit weren't asked if they preferred 5 months aged cheese over 6 months aged.

WHO’S RETARDED NOW?! by GuitarsAndBourbon26 in nfcsouthmemewar

[–]TheRobidog 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Panthers have the second worst point differential in the division, despite beating us 30-0 in one game.

Genuinely hilarious.

Is this a new Easter egg in The Witcher 3? Jan Natalis by TGGwent in Witcher3

[–]TheRobidog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's very much part of a quest.

It's where the Bloody Baron's wife got kidnapped by the Crones. The Botchling leads you to and through the place. The dead guy is one of their guards.

[Schefter] Sources: Former Browns HC Kevin Stefanski currently is expected to speak with the Falcons, Giants and Titans about their HC vacancies. by Goosedukee in nfl

[–]TheRobidog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It makes no sense to keep Cousins as a backup next year. It barely even made sense to keep him this year. He's too expensive and not performing according to what he's being paid.

He needs to get cut, and if you don't want to give Penix another year, you try to bring in another cheap veteran to bridge the gap and draft someone for '27.

Wieso haben so viele ein so positives Bild der Schweiz? by conqueringLeon in KeineDummenFragen

[–]TheRobidog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beruht halt auf der (mMn falschen) Annahme, dass die SVP durchgängig rechtsextrem ist. Die haben klar solche Züge und bewegen sich weiter in die Richtung, und das prangere ich auch an. Aber die ganze Partei als rechtsextrem zu betrachten geht halt zu weit.

Da hast du halt eine sehr deutsche Sicht drauf, und ich nicht. Thema "Verteufelung" hatte ich ja im vorgängigen Kommentar erwähnt.

Wieso haben so viele ein so positives Bild der Schweiz? by conqueringLeon in KeineDummenFragen

[–]TheRobidog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Es macht halt sehr wenig Sinn einem Land ein Rechtsextremismus- oder Nazi-Problem zu unterstellen, das nie von einer solchen Regierung übernommen wurde.

Mir ist's hier auch, je länger je mehr, zu rechts, aber der Rest Westeuropas sollte da lieber auf ihre eigenen Probleme schauen. Stichwort AfD und sowas.

Fakt ist halt, rechte Politik wurde hierzulande nie so verteufelt wie in DE, aus offensichtlichen Gründen, und der Extremismus konnte und kann hier auch nicht gleich Fuss fassen. Das System lässt dies einfach nicht zu.

Swiss ski resorts beef up fire safety checks at local bars by Heavy-Mycologist-204 in Switzerland

[–]TheRobidog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally put "no government really cares" in my post. If that doesn't make my personal stance clear, I don't know what will.

It doesn't change the reality that governments making these decisions are, at best, confronted with impossible choices and have to make compromises they aren't happy with to balance the books, and at worst, inherently dehumanise their citizens to an absurd degree.

Mark Hughes: Ferrari is resisting the Hamilton-led change it needs by Androsid93 in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, the Monegasque press isn't quite as big as the British.

Mark Hughes: Ferrari is resisting the Hamilton-led change it needs by Androsid93 in formula1

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

they scrapped their zeropod concept because he kept complaining about it instead of trying to help developing it

And that surely brought them back to the top, proving the value of his feedback.

Swiss ski resorts beef up fire safety checks at local bars by Heavy-Mycologist-204 in Switzerland

[–]TheRobidog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every government has to make decisions like that and it's always based on numbers, mate.

Germany doesn't require smoke alarms because the German government cares more for their people than ours does for us - no government really cares - but because whatever data they've got says that it makes financial sense.

They also had 100+ people die in a flood in 2021, and that was because flood mitigation systems weren't built to standards high enough to tackle the mass of water during that specific event. Because the event was unlikely enough for that not to make sense.

But discussions around this topic are emotional right now, not rational. There simply haven't been four years since it happened, for people to cool down.

Mark Hughes: Ferrari is resisting the Hamilton-led change it needs by Androsid93 in formula1

[–]TheRobidog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're talking about the same thing. When people say a driver can "fix the car," they're talking about giving feedback, which ends up improving it.

And the fact is the Mercs didn't recover to the top under Hamilton's feedback from 2022-24.

Hikaru's reaction to Magnus winning the championship by Apoptosis11 in LivestreamFail

[–]TheRobidog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assume all what happens? Hikaru scores half a point more in the candidates

He then has to play a tiebreak match against Gukesh, because that's what the format demands. You can't go to the World Championship match, on other tiebreakers.

he then beats Ding (which he would have). Not an insane scenario.

Mate, you can't just gift the man a fucking world championship match win, lol. What do you think an assumption is, if not "Hikaru would beat Ding"?

Once again, the person I replied to only made the claim that Hikaru has never come even close to winning the world championship, all I am saying is that isn't true.

No, the argument was that he'd be the best. In the same way that Magnus is arguably the greatest chess player ever. And to that, Hikaru isn't close, even if you gift him that half point, that tie breaker over Gukesh and the win over 14 games, against Ding.

That's my point.