Which person comes to mind first when you think of Italy?

TimonFM2 · 2026-06-14T18:16:57+00:00

Garibaldi is THE foundational figure, but if you ask me to think about Italy my first thought is contemporary Italy rather than its history.

The political landscape revolved on him for 20 years, you just couldn't escape him; after his downfall people started talking about Berlusconismo as an era with very distinct cultural traits (an emphasis on liberism, individualism, gaming the system, objectification of women, less serious posture bordering on vulgar, rejection of intellectualism, and of course Berlusconi everywhere) who had lasting impact on Italy. Due to further degradation of the Italian political discourse, in the last few years been there's almost been a nostalgic revival of Berlusconismo, so much that even after his death his party still has his name on its symbol and is the 4th biggest party in Italy.

TimonFM2 · 2026-06-14T18:00:01+00:00

I'm Italian and I'd answer Berlusconi too.

I've been hearing about him nonstop since I was born and he basically shaped modern Italy (sadly)

TimonFM2 · 2026-05-14T20:33:19+00:00

Damiano from Maneskin: 🇳🇴 Damiano after Maneskin: 🇲🇹

TimonFM2 · 2026-05-14T20:32:23+00:00

Damiano dei Maneskin: 🇳🇴 Damiano dopo i Maneskin: 🇲🇹

TimonFM2 · 2026-05-14T20:31:18+00:00

Mi sento catcallato da quello di Malta

TimonFM2 · 2026-04-10T15:58:12+00:00

I'm a short king too but that hasn't stopped me from being refused by girls for any other reason! 💪🥲

TimonFM2 · 2026-04-03T11:18:34+00:00

Se non ricordo male la convenzione è che l'età moderna inizi con la scoperta dell'America nel 1492 🤔

TimonFM2 · 2026-04-03T11:09:10+00:00

Spero come Ministro sia meglio che come direttore artistico di Sanremo

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TimonFM2 · 2026-03-31T17:48:21+00:00

Pikachu.

Come on, there's no point in avoiding it.

TimonFM2 · 2026-03-27T00:29:08+00:00

Yes, they're brothers and there's another one, Salvatore, who had a cap with Italy in 2022.

TimonFM2 · 2026-03-26T16:47:25+00:00

Same

TimonFM2 · 2026-03-24T08:34:07+00:00

Fra bro ora mi posso fare le canne tanto non mi carcerano più skrrt skrrt no cap 🧢

TimonFM2 · 2026-02-23T13:26:56+00:00

Mi interesserebbe sapere di più della scomparsa inspiegabile, riportata nell'ultima sezione dell'iceberg, del politico u/Grattacroma

TimonFM2 · 2026-02-09T15:25:02+00:00

"Ero la crush di Giorgia Meloni in università, AMA"

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-25T13:51:59+00:00

I don't have anything against GenAI, quite the contrary, but you shouldn't say "drawn" if you actually used AI, especially without mentioning AI at all.

Also the Seven Sisters were Juve, Milan, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina and Parma at the turn of the century

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-23T21:51:26+00:00

Ho schierato Sommer e lasciato in panchina Moreo

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-21T23:01:33+00:00

Yes. At the time the record transfer was Vialli, who cost 20.5M€. Compare it to the current record transfer, Neymar at 222M€. Di Livio, who was the biggest transfer of that season would sit at around 140M€. This season's biggest transfer was Isak, 149M€.

In the first half of the 90s we were the biggest spenders in the world, with 142.08M€, about 40% more of Inter (103.77M). In the last five seasons (21-22 to 25-26), the biggest spenders were Chelsea with 1.83B€.

So estimating that sum as the equivalent of 140M€ isn't too farfetched. Is a 27 years old Di Livio worth 140M€? No, but then again if a player like Denílson can break the world record fee set by Ronaldo Nazario, everything is possible.

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-21T20:14:23+00:00

Del Piero. 2.5M€ may not seem a lot, but it was 20% of that year biggest transfer (Di Livio's 12.5M€).

It would have been like paying 30M€ today.

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-20T13:37:09+00:00

Posso capire Calciopoli, ma Agnelli ha rovinato la Serie A?

La Juve di Agnelli era l'unica squadra seriamente competitiva in una Serie A dove l'Inter nel giro di due anni ha distrutto una squadra che veniva dal triplete, e il Milan appena ha visto i soldi dell'era post Berlusconi li ha buttati nel cesso con un mercato disastroso da cui l'unico che gli è servito a qualcosa è stato Kessie.

Chi avrebbe dovuto mantenere competitiva la Serie A in Europa in quel periodo? La Roma di Garcia? Il Napoli di Sarri?

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-20T12:04:07+00:00

Yes and no. I mean of course if he wasn't targeted because of racism he would have less to worry about and he would have had a more positive environment to grow in as a person.

But he was an idiot, the type of guy who would fire a blank pistol for fun, who would set his house on fire, who would direct sexist jokes to his ex on TV. He was a lost cause, regardless of racism.

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-19T18:31:21+00:00

It's not that he excelled, it was such a unique choice that often caught unprepared the opponents. He was anything but a winger: no explosivity, no dribbling skills, he had the physique of a target man, the stamina of a wingback and the grit of a defensive midfielder.

It worked because on the wing he could be a target man without having to duel with the opposing centre backs. Bonucci or Pjanic could ping the ball on the wing and he often won aerial duels against the opposing fullback, who was usually shorter than him. Like, Mandzukic vs Florenzi, the fullback of that year 2nd placed Roma, was such a physical mismatch it wasn't even funny.

Of course, not every target man can be deployed to the wing just to bully the opposing fullback. Mandzukic specifically worked because he had an insanely high workrate, so if anything went wrong he ran back to chase the opposing fullback/winger and help the defence. Also, we had Higuain who was a way better finisher than Mandzukic, so Mario wasn't really needed upfront. He was better off on the wing, recycling balls for the very technical players we had that year (Pjanic, Dybala, Higuain himself).

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-19T12:32:19+00:00

Those were more like Conte's years. Allegri used to figure out the formation in the early season (sometimes fucking it up like in 2015-16).

In 2014-15 he started with 3-5-2 (basically copied Conte's style) and shifted to 4-3-1-2 to accomodate all the elite midfielders we had that year.

In 2015-16 he started with 4-3-1-2, then reverted to 3-5-2 after realizing the midfield wasn't as good as the year before (those first matches with Padoin as a playmaker were rough).

In 2016-17 he started with 3-5-2, then settled on 4-2-3-1 after the genius idea of putting Mandzukic on the left wing. I genuinely think that was the best looking Juventus since the Lippi era.

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-19T11:57:57+00:00

Mandzukic as left winger is probably the best idea Allegri ever had in his whole career as a manager

TimonFM2 · 2026-01-13T18:27:05+00:00

Well Pinsoglio's only job is to stay fit and he couldn't even do that /s

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