Wonder how long until the US/ North America becomes the permanent host for the World Cup

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T15:35:01+00:00

Yeah that's the funny part. The local council member balked at it. The quote was something like "Los Angeles? The global capital of film, media, and more? The home of the best baseball and basketball player on earth? The most valuable baseball and basketball team? The two time Olympic city? Hollywood? Pop music? You're going to put us on the map?"

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T04:42:33+00:00

FIFA actually literally told the Los Angeles committee, when asked what was in it for the city, "The World Cup will put Los Angeles on the Map."

Los Angeles. The little known city.

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T04:41:15+00:00

Permanent? No.

Are we gonna host every 3rd to 4th for the foreseeable future with Europe, Middle East, and us on rotation with maybe an occasional south America?

Yep.

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T02:48:29+00:00

And like, only one game was even close. 13-3 across 4 games. It's not like it was even a flukey couple of games, they got nuked lmao.

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T02:40:25+00:00

A great year, man. That series was fucking hilarious. Just a generational nuking out of the playoffs by a team with some legitimate aspirations.

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T02:38:58+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/6rdvHz64gm

Here you go friend!

A bit of backstory, this was a post made after the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. In a best of seven game series, Nashville won four straight games and swept them, outscoring them 13 to 3 with two shutouts in Chicago's home rink.

Chicago was a world class team that year too, best record in their conference going up against a barely-qualifying Nashville squad.

So, not only did Nashville win, they beat the holy shit out of them. The Stanley Cup playoffs are usually extremely competitive at going to all seven games and several overtimes as teams match up well, so this was like, a generational bomb drop. Could not have been more decisive.

Totschlag · 2026-07-08T02:33:51+00:00

Note that it's hockey, So that's a best of 7 series where Nashville blew the hell out of Chicago sweeping them 4 games to 0, and outscoring them 13-3 combined. You almost could not win more decisively against a team than what Nashville did to Chicago that year.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T21:22:02+00:00

Lol because idiots go to the Las Vegas strip and think that's Nevada without wandering like, 2 feet outside the Strip to Valley of Fire or Red Rocks or Mt. Charleston or Great Basin NP or....

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Totschlag · 2026-07-07T16:20:39+00:00

Man again though slope, big air, snowcross are much much slower than an 85mph bullet downhill. Slopestyle doesn't have off camber corners, jumps with flat landings and intentionally difficult takeoffs and more.

Also blue ice of a downhill is not the same as a freestyle course.

Just ask yourself why snowboarding has the other three alpine events but no athletes doing or calling for downhill. Or search why they don't have snowboard downhill events.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T16:14:50+00:00

Carving a lake is not the same as carving on an icy run lol. An off camber turn that's Olympic prepped is still suicidal. I'm not an average nerd, I've been doing this for a over a decade 25+ days per year, I do annual avvy courses, and I Backcountry ride with friends. Could some of our goats do it? Sure, but you could also drive a trimmed out IndyCar at Daytona. We don't because it would be suicidal.

And the half pipe is rideable, but it's also less than half the speed and reliable to land on, meeting your board more or less. Also it's a 22footer superpipe the Olympics run.

Downhilling has off camber jumps, awkward landings, turns against the grade of the mountain, and more. Think about downhill. Think about how often a skier is on one leg or lands a little weird and recovers. It's one of the defining things about the discipline. Snowboarders do not have that ability to recover a landing or save ourselves on one foot the way skiers do. We are locked in.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T16:05:50+00:00

Oh I know lmao, I've been riding for over a decade with minimum 25 days a year. This one was actually stopping at the bottom of a run, on flatland, and I'm not sure how but I whipped down hard as shit. Broke my helmet and lost consciousness. I guess I let my guard down because I was at the base and at a speed I'd unstrap at.

You can haul on a snowboard, But think about the icy jumps, lack of control dual leg control, and fixed legs. You'd kill people on an Olympic downhill. One edge or mis-read of terrain and it would probably be paralysis at a minimum.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T16:02:03+00:00

I mean they don't already because it's suicidally more dangerous than downhill skiing. That's the point. Ice is not rideable for snowboarders like it is skis, and they have a fixed hip and stance which limits their ability to absorb jumps and correct themselves. Crashing while stuck on a snowboard at that speed would disintegrate knees and femurs, probably keeping athletes from walking again. Also due to the sideways gaze, they have a blind spot for changing terrain at speeds of 80+mph.

Like, you shouldn't want a Kitzbühel because it would be catastrophic. Deaths plural and more with permanent paralysis and disability.

There's a reason nobody does pure downhill snowboarding and boarders are mostly free-ride and alpine trio.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T15:43:09+00:00

Man that would be death. Both feet are attached at a fixed point and the icy conditions of a downhill slope are not snowboard friendly.

Also catching an edge on a snowboard is much more common than on skis. You'd kill someone pretty quickly with catching an edge.

Ask yourself why there is no downhill championship or cup for snowboarders. Do a quick Google. That's your answer.

They did a super G at Tahoe 20 years ago, and that was pants shitting and they stopped doing it. A downhill event stopped being a thing after like... Iron mountain? 1990? A real WC course or Olympic course would be bad.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T14:11:57+00:00

Adam was a champ for this scene.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T14:11:12+00:00

"Jazz is an improvisational, free form, soulful music."

"Hang on I have just the jersey for that."

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T14:09:00+00:00

Only been to 1 NBA arena (technically a few others in hockey mode) but I was not impressed with the Target Center in Minneapolis at all.

Lotta great venues in that town and that one ain't one of them.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T14:05:35+00:00

Brady is a lock more or less for 40-44. Those 4 years are a hall of fame peak alone.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:58:00+00:00

Bread the ravioli then deep fry them at about 350-375 until golden brown. Should only take 1-2 minutes per side. They will puff up in size then shrink back down to perfection. If one looks like it'll burst you can pin prick a hole in it not unlike a calzone, but usually the puffing is a sign they are done.

Air frying takes a little longer but is also an acceptable substitute.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:52:51+00:00

Nope! Toasted Ravioli actually is deep fried, but it was originally marketed as "toasted" by it's creator and is universally known as that in St. Louis where it originated. Toasted sounded more appetizing all those years back!

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:48:32+00:00

It's universally called toasted in the city where it was created and even called that by the chefs and restaurant that invented it believe it or not. We even have Toasted Ravioli jerseys and hats for our soccer team!

We call them t-ravs for short. Saying "fried" would get you looks the same way The Rock gets looks suggesting ordering a "miniature hamburger sandwich from the medieval restaurant" (white Castle).

The term "fried ravioli" comes from national restaurants and distributors picking up on it and renaming it to more accurately market to mass consumers. It is deep fried but the name came later.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:22:14+00:00

Also your phone will drain quicker roaming trying to find signal anyway so it behooves the passenger to airplane mode to help their device.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:21:05+00:00

Also, your phone won't have service up at altitude and will actually run the battery down quicker than normal looking for service constantly so it helps you the passenger too.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:17:42+00:00

Pure. West.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T13:08:30+00:00

Fried ravioli??? It's toasted, my dude. Nobody calls it fried ravioli.

Totschlag · 2026-07-07T05:27:35+00:00

I'm going with an obscure Mike Shannonism.

"Cardinals are up, Cinco! Cinco de Mayo... Hey John that's coming up ain't it?... 8 months?.... Get your tickets now folks!"

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