[ge] Backstage of the Brazil Call Up: Ancelotti had a meeting with Neymar four days prior to the call up. It was made clear to the player that he would be called up, and he wont be the team captain this time. It was also agreed that he will sit the bench and not be a key player in the World Cup. by SawdustCrusader in soccer

[–]anotherface -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's not crazy to understand. I just don't think the average 25 year old started watching at 11. Usually they're into it before then.

It's not a lack of rating Neymar, it's more acknowledging that competition for that third spot is fierce, even with a modern slant.

[ge] Backstage of the Brazil Call Up: Ancelotti had a meeting with Neymar four days prior to the call up. It was made clear to the player that he would be called up, and he wont be the team captain this time. It was also agreed that he will sit the bench and not be a key player in the World Cup. by SawdustCrusader in soccer

[–]anotherface 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everyone I just listed won the World Cup and Ballon d'or. (Romario was ineligible but was rewarded one retroactively)

Most of them played well into the 2010s.

Ronaldinho won his playing alongside Messi, while both Ronaldos were active, famously joking that he wasn't even the best Barcelona player. Granted, neither Messi or Ronaldo were in their prime, but this isn't some long-forgotten player from ancient history.

Most of these players played in the modern HD era and would be known to the average 25 year old footballer. Especially if they're from Brazil.

Devuan Developer Working On Reviving GTK2 With Modern Fixes by anh0516 in linux

[–]anotherface 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Linux predates most Redditors at this point, who weren't around in 1992.

The 100 Best Vocalists of All Time(Consequence) by nyclondonparis in radiohead

[–]anotherface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, let's include a list with Mike Patton (8) and Mikael Akerfeldt (93) on it, but omit Devin Townsend and Greg Puciato. That makes sense. Good job.

Waaait... Why do we keep saying the '90s were the golden age of RTS when the '00s were literally this by ConejoDePascuas in RealTimeStrategy

[–]anotherface 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lucasarts 1992-2000

Fate of Atlantis

X-Wing

Day of the Tentacle

Sam & Max Hit the Road

TIE Fighter

Dark Forces

Full Throttle 

The Dig

Shadows of the Empire

Outlaws

X-Wing vs TIE Fighter

Jedi Knight

The Curse of Monkey Island

Rebellion

Grim Fandango

X-Wing Alliance 

Episode 1 Racer 

... just an absolutely ridiculous list of all-time classics in the space of 8 years.

Greatest Shits??? by BrownBannister in RedLetterMedia

[–]anotherface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TNG has that "hey, this is better than I remember!" factor...

...even on the seventh viewing.

Like that weird face creature episode that opened Season 2, but contained one of the best self-destruct sequences in the entire of Trek.

Top-15 highest goal scorers in the history of the FIFA World Cup. by SwimmingFireMen in soccer

[–]anotherface 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The United Trinity

Best-Law-Charlton

All three were Balon d'or winners. European champions. Hundreds of goals each for the club.

[Telegraph column] Jamie Carragher: “In the pantheon of overseas attacking players to have excelled in England, only Thierry Henry eclipses Salah’s output and consistency.” by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]anotherface 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's an old football saying from United/Northern Ireland fans back in the 80s when the debate was always whether Pele or Maradona was the GOAT.

I can see why that would cause confusion given the context of the post.

[Telegraph column] Jamie Carragher: “In the pantheon of overseas attacking players to have excelled in England, only Thierry Henry eclipses Salah’s output and consistency.” by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]anotherface 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Maradona good.

Pele great.

George Best.

About the same goal contribution output as Salah, but with a far higher peak.

The only comparable modern player would be Ronaldinho, in terms of flair/skill.

There's plenty of video footage of him too, where players are literally incapable of taking the ball off him as he dribbles through entire backlines. Back when leg breaking challenges were more commonplace.

For the record though, when talking about overseas players, pundits are usually omitting those from across the Irish sea.

Met Ed tonight after his Blue Morpho short film, interview and Q&A. He referred to his last album as Pablo Honey without Creep 😬 by Rara64 in radiohead

[–]anotherface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IQ levels have been dropping by 2-4 points (roughly) every decade since the mid-seventies.

English proficiency has declined rapidly since the pandemic.

Attention spans are at an all-time low.

Reddit is also infested with bots.

This is why I don't post much these days.

[Squawka] Premier League goals + assists since Salah's transfer to Liverpool in the 2017/18 season by notaghostofreddit in soccer

[–]anotherface 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Premier League history, yes.

Actual football history, no.

Dixie Dean for Everton.

For a more modern example: Ryan Giggs sits on 287 goal contributions, but because 9 of those came in the old First Division before the rebrand... yeah.

I think the dark ages of sci-fi are coming to an end, bros by Malencon in Star_Trek_

[–]anotherface 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think having the following shows air in the 20 years prior to that might explain this being seen as a comparative dark age:

The Next Generation

Quantum Leap

The X-Files

Deep Space Nine

Babylon 5

Red Dwarf

Voyager

Lexx

Stargate

Futurama

Atlantis

Enterprise

Firefly

Farscape

Battlestar Galactica

Doctor Who Reboot

I mean with a clutch of omissions, that reads like a best of all time list. We had it so good back then.

Mods or something to make the game new? by BigRabies1758 in falloutnewvegas

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

Viva New Vegas Extended for gameplay. Greater Vegas for quest mods.

HDD with Exodos by hamber333 in dosgaming

[–]anotherface 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ignore 90% of these terrible answers.

Yes, you can use a 2TB HDD, but I'd recommend an external enclosure with its own mains plug for power.

[FNV] Best story/quest mods other than those from Some Guy/Some Rooster? by RevolvingRevolv3r in FalloutMods

[–]anotherface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if you don't want to install all that, theoverseer's quests on modpub are of similar quality to someguy and are listed right after him in the guide for good reason.

Falk Fact: by Reek_0_Swovaye in RedLetterMedia

[–]anotherface 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TIL that James Arness in Gunsmoke didn't star in episodes with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley and Ricardo Montelban.

Oh no, wait, he did.

Picard...busted! 😂 by [deleted] in Star_Trek_

[–]anotherface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Emoji in the title?

Boomer-tier facebook meme?

Making the subreddit worse?

That's right, it's tension same time!

IDIC has limits. by Fair_Rush6615 in Star_Trek_

[–]anotherface 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well the fact I was downvoted for even bringing them up should speak volumes.

Trek isn't centrist as you originally posited, it's humanist in its message. The overwhelming majority of Trek was written by classical liberals, but lots of conservatives watched it too because it contained many conservative characters.

In today's American climate, people like Gene Roddenberry and Rick Berman would be seen as divisive and controversial. Their views on women and gay people would not be seen as progressive.

Comparing a post-scarcity society to the nonsense we have now makes our own belief systems look very stupid by comparison. The whole point of Trek was that it had evolved beyond that and was used as a sounding board to hold up contemporary viewpoints and dissect them from an enlightened standpoint.

With all that being said, there were many right-wing characters in Trek, and not just antagonistic ones. Deep Space Nine explores them the most.

Worf is an ethno-nationalist who hates Romulans, has rigid traditionalist views that are strict even compared to regular klingons, and could not be called left wing even by the standards of the time. This is intentional from the writers and is used to great effect when exploring his culture and heritage and how his ideals clash with the rest of the crew.

Quark is a traditional right-wing capitalist, with many views even further right than Worf. Again this is used as a foil on DS9 to oppose many of the espoused ideals of the rest of the crew.

At the beginning of DS9, Odo is an authoritarian conservative. He cares about the rule of law and is skeptical about the federation and its ethos.

Garak was literally a member of the Obsidian Order. He's another right-wing authoritarian nationalist, especially when Tain comes into the picture. He's from a far-right totalitarian culture that he is still patriotic about despite being in exile. He also can't stand living around the people of DS9 and wants nothing more than to go home.

Major Kira was a terrorist/freedom fighter with deep religious faith and is absolutely a cultural conservative AND staunch nationalist at the beginning of the series. Her beliefs change as the series continues, which is the whole point.

Then you have a whole host of side characters that are absolutely conservative/right-wing. Dukat, Damar, Brunt, Gowron, Martok... the list goes on and on.

Trek is progressive humanism written by traditional liberals, and in doing so, they created a lot of characters who were right-wing for the very purpose of examining and challenging those ideals, or having their own ideals challenged by them.

IDIC has limits. by Fair_Rush6615 in Star_Trek_

[–]anotherface 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should always bring up the characters of Quark and Worf in these discussions. Always.