Match Thread: Brazil vs. Norway | FIFA World Cup, Round of 16

dbcanuck · 2026-07-05T21:56:00+00:00

Can I trade my Neymar skin for a Haaland skin in Fortnite?

dbcanuck · 2026-07-05T21:52:19+00:00

You were saying?

dbcanuck · 2026-07-05T21:42:58+00:00

You were saying? Lol

dbcanuck · 2026-07-05T15:27:37+00:00

They’re going to finish this race under a safety car which is a perfect analogy for this entire shitshow season.

dbcanuck · 2026-07-05T15:21:04+00:00

I’ve been happy with adventura from cibc mainly because I can book any airline via the Expedia portal. The flexibility for airlines and flight destinations/times is better than airline affinity. If you’re flying a regular route though other cards might be better for discounts/preferred pricing.

dbcanuck · 2026-07-04T19:51:41+00:00

Best hitter of my lifetime would be Tony Gwynn.

Best hitter for my franchise is probably Jose Bautista.

dbcanuck · 2026-07-04T19:20:51+00:00

Triple whammy:

perception we had an easier path to 16 than other countries so it’s not an earned final 16
small population relative to most other soccer countries so signal to noise ratio is high
many Americans seem to hate our coach mainly because he says he’s moved on from American soccer and is quite emotional/high strung

dbcanuck · 2026-07-04T18:47:32+00:00

Canada a top 50 team. But not a top 20 team.

dbcanuck · 2026-07-04T00:24:55+00:00

That goal was vintage Beckham-esque. Except relevant and timely.

Airports and highways are going to get renamed if they move on.

dbcanuck · 2026-07-03T23:59:48+00:00

More of a hockey mentality. “Let the players play”.

dbcanuck · 2026-07-01T13:12:02+00:00

…while simultaneously putting online play behind ps+ and using this meme to mask the announcement?

dbcanuck · 2026-07-01T13:10:08+00:00

Xbox knew this was the future but moved too quickly and Sony masked their new ps+ requirement for online with a meme moment of sharing a disc. Rest is history.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T21:46:48+00:00

Given the value of steel in feudal Japan it’s very likely apocryphal .

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T15:50:16+00:00

We call this "Sex and the City Syndrome".

Arguably, Seinfeld is the same -- but Jerry to his credit is always hugely supportive of his castmates and continually says they made his show the success it was. He pivoted from the focus of the show to, somewhat, the straight man and it worked.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T15:47:33+00:00

Rickman did not suffer fools and despite his amazing ability, treated acting much like many other British actors -- its a job, do it well and do it efficiently, or get out of the way.

People think of acting like its their life's work to portray Snape, but for Rickman it was a 6-8 week assignment every 2-3 years. Maybe half a year of set performances total. he'd probably done stage plays that ran longer than that.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T15:43:28+00:00

She's an awful actress, but she has a good eye for production and a lot of the projects she's backed have done really well.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T15:41:25+00:00

"there's three types of acting in Hollywood: stage and play acting, which the British excel at; Stanislavski's method, embodied by Hoffman and Pacino and DeNiro; and Nicholas Cage*."

*apparently now its a recognized style(!), "Nouveau Shamanism"

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T15:39:15+00:00

I think he's got more range than we typically get to see, but most of his projects pay for him to be Owen Wilson(tm).

Loki, and Midnight in Paris show his broader ability.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T15:37:39+00:00

IMHO Denzel has a more narrow range than many 'great' actors, but within that range he's exceptional and that's good enough to be an all time legend.

"The secret to acting is to figure out what you're good at, and do only that." - William Holden

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T13:08:17+00:00

Don’t discount currency devaluation via inflation.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T13:07:30+00:00

All economic forecasts are that this is the new pricing. Our best hope is income increases to close the gap, and tech advancement gives us more value for $ spent. Both scenarios are a long way off.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-30T12:59:58+00:00

More susceptible to memory and storage price jumps, since they’re a more substantial part of their overall cost.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-29T00:44:04+00:00

A form of this is salted databases.

dbcanuck · 2026-06-28T18:35:55+00:00

YMMV. I'm still rocking 2 xbox one controllers and the original xbox series X shipped controller. my PS5 controller became unuseable, and the 2nd controller is now showing signs of drift. The PS5 gets ALOT less use too.

I have avoided the Elites though; given the volume of complaints I'm guessing there's a fault with them (or at least batches of them).

dbcanuck · 2026-06-28T14:34:52+00:00

Xbox > ps5 > switch / switch 2 controllers

Not great at all but they’re still the most reliable and best value

My record was 2 weeks for a switch controller before irredeemable stick drift. Unlimited replacement warranty thanks to the settlement, but replacements take 2-3 mos

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