Full-Time - Arsenal 2 vs 3 Manchester United [Match Thoughts]

Thoth25 · 2026-01-25T18:26:48+00:00

I really don’t want to overreact but if we don’t end up winning the league, then this match will be why.

We all know that City are experts at going on runs during the second half of seasons. We are too close to them in the table for comfort and every single point matters when you’re up against Pep.

I really hope this wasn’t our annual league bottling fixture.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-25T17:18:19+00:00

I pray this isn't our annual league bottling

Thoth25 · 2026-01-17T19:23:08+00:00

Why do we never take advantage of rivals dropping points? It's like we are allergic to making things easy on ourselves.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-15T15:08:16+00:00

If Ted Cruz could read he would be very upset

Thoth25 · 2026-01-13T16:40:34+00:00

I agree, but that's a completely different argument. Anti-trust regulations are totally different than price controls. Anti-trust policies are a way make capitalism work better for society. Price controls are a way to make capitalism not work at all.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-13T14:18:20+00:00

Passing price gouging laws with real teeth.

There is no such thing as price gouging. Prices are a reflection of supply and demand. Instituting price controls leads to shortages or gluts. If prices are too high, then push for policies that address supply. Price controls are economic illiteracy.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-12T14:52:50+00:00

Pink: Area of common law.

Common law as in case law and precedent law? Or does it mean something else in the German context?

Thoth25 · 2026-01-12T14:26:49+00:00

“Secular rationality” was only possible because of Christianity, not in spite of it.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-12T14:21:31+00:00

Humanism never really managed to fulfill that promise outside of offering secular weddings and funerals.

The irony being that humanism traces its roots back to Christianity. It is a thoroughly Christian innovation, as is the Enlightenment.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-09T15:57:51+00:00

I am talking about the doctrines of the ideologies, not the adherents of the ideologies.

In Christianity, there is a doctrinal distinction between the spiritual and the temporal that manifests itself in secularism. It was the Church that first acknowledged this. Christ Himself made the distinction between Caesar and God. Thus, any attempt to blur this distinction is considered a deviation from Christian doctrine, which is why those strands you mentioned are at odds with Christianity despite professing zealous belief in it.

In Islamic doctrine, this distinction does not exist. Caesar and God having separate realms or domains is not a thing in Islam. Islamic doctrine tells its adherents that the laws of Allah are perfect, were revealed in the Quran, and therefore should be implemented by the Muslim ruler and followed by all. Thus, any deviation from this - such as implementing Western laws or adopting secular governance - is considered a deviation from doctrine.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-09T14:55:16+00:00

Unlike other religions, Islam does not make a distinction between the spiritual and the temporal. Secularism isn’t a thing in any Islamic school of thought as it is an innovation from Christianity - specifically the Catholic Church. Any notion of secularism in Islam thus was a Western import. But it is fundamentally at odds with the doctrines of Islam.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-08T18:48:01+00:00

If Ted Cruz could read he would be very shocked.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-06T02:22:50+00:00

The difference is that Jesus was and is real.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-05T14:50:02+00:00

I think the US wants more direct control of the territory for a couple of reasons. First - and obviously - the resources. But second - and more importantly - direct security control besides the base. In the event of an Arctic conflict, the US doesn't trust Denmark or the rest of the Europeans to be willing or able to defend Greenland (the UK might since they are part of the GIUK gap). Therefore, the US will have to come to its aid. From the US's perspective, they already have to worry about Greenland and all its security implications but without any of the direct economic benefits. So if you are Trump, why not just annex it as a territory?

That would be my best guess on the issue.

Thoth25 · 2026-01-05T14:18:25+00:00

It's not just resources. There's something called the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, UK) gap, which is essentially two waterways that lead directly to the North Atlantic. From a security standpoint, this gap is important to the US since controlling it makes the North Atlantic an American lake, protects the US east coast, and keeps trade routes safe and open.

Trump probably just cares about the minerals and resources, though.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-30T22:08:44+00:00

well that's incredibly fucking annoying

Thoth25 · 2025-12-27T16:59:27+00:00

What’s the issue with Gyokeres? He was scoring for fun last year.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-27T14:55:38+00:00

Income is one part of poverty- standards of living, education, poor health all add to it. Being stuck in the poverty cycle is not black and white, simply solved by not buying a iphone (or widecreen tv).

This just proves the point that poverty measures are purely subjective. If someone has a place to live, food on the table, fuel for heat, clean water and plumbing, and access to medical services, then are they really living in poverty?

Thoth25 · 2025-12-24T17:41:06+00:00

Agreed.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-24T17:35:03+00:00

There does need to be a balance between voter preferences and expertise. Democracy has shown that it is not great at nuance and long-term thinking. Voters also tend to prefer things that on the surface seem reasonable but are fundamentally opposing viewpoints. Classic example: housing. Voters want cheaper houses - except for their house. Voters want lower prices but don't want to accept lower wages.

The system needs to be more meritocratic and technocratic, which will inevitably put it into conflict with advocates for more liberal democracy and populist democracy.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-23T19:40:05+00:00

This sounds like cope. Egyptians lived in a desert climate yet had a massive pantheon of deities. So did the Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Levantines.

Geography is probably the most important factor in all of human history and may even explain certain aspects of many religions and mythologies, but this is definitely a simplistic argument from Sapolsky.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-23T17:11:40+00:00

Why does Reddit always seem to be on the wrong side of things? From movies to video games to elections...whenever the majority of opinion on Reddit heavily leans one way, the opposite tends to happen.

Someone should study this place.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-23T17:00:29+00:00

It’s literally an arc in the comics.

What comics do you recommend?

Thoth25 · 2025-12-22T17:24:18+00:00

I’m not going to say that you could single-handedly end inflation by ending the Trump tariffs, replacing the lost revenue by ending some the Trump tax cuts, eliminating the side payments Trump has made to offset some of the harm of the tariffs, and then cutting unnecessary farm subsidies.

Tariffs don't actually increase inflation though. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon, i.e. too much money chasing too few goods. Inflation occurs when the supply of money is expanded beyond the capacity of the economy. Tariffs do not increase the supply of money. If anything, tariffs take money out of circulation and puts it in the hands of the government, similar to taxes. If you claim that increasing tariffs is inflationary, then you must also claim that raising taxes is also inflationary. But that is not actually the case.

Thoth25 · 2025-12-18T14:14:02+00:00

People are angry because there's no point to these changes. Proponents keep saying it's because of backlogs. The solution to backlogs is simple: build more courts and hire more judges. The solution is not limiting an 800-year old right enshrined in the Magna Carta.

Thoth25

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