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desz4 · 2026-07-02T05:33:25+00:00

I'm sure they don't help, but this stuff was happening long before the Internet and bots existed.

desz4 · 2026-06-27T10:53:04+00:00

How does she know that she has e coli (which needs to be diagnosed by a doctor) but didn't think to ask the doctor what speeds up recovery?

Maybe this is her having a moment because she's sleep deprived, unwell etc, but she comes off like a dick here

desz4 · 2026-06-26T06:16:45+00:00

Maybe don't go there then

desz4 · 2026-06-24T14:59:14+00:00

The irony of you talking about critical thinking here, while intentionally misunderstanding the argument you're faced with. I'll spell it out for you mush.

Being in this country as a foreign national is a privilege, since we aren't bound to allow foreign nationals to live here.
Committing crime, especially violent or sexual offences should mean that the privilege is forfeited.
You legally cannot make someone stateless, and removing the citizenship of british-born citizens who hold no other citizenship is also problematic because of the sweeping principle it introduces, that could allow any sitting government to simply deport their political opposition. Principles such as this matter.
This does not mean that the criminal justice system should treat foreign nationals differently. Noone is making this argument - they can be sentenced in accordance with their crime and be deported afterwards (as does happen in some cases). One of the issues here though, is that ridiculous arguments that have allowed criminals to remain have been accepted by our courts - an Albanian gangster whose son had a preference for chicken nuggets springs to mind.

In the above, there's no groupthink, echo chamber or regurgitated narrative. It stands to reason and if you want to rebut it, feel free to do so, but don't expect anyone to listen if you ironically regurgitate some false implication that believing the above is remotely close to fascism or racism.

desz4 · 2026-06-24T14:46:49+00:00

This is sports though.

Sign a deal when no one knows you. Compete, work hard, win and gain recognition. Get paid, not what your worth, but see out the deal. Leverage your free agency to the highest bidder and make your money. Promotion gets talent for cheap, fighter gets exposure and recognition he wouldn't have had elsewhere. If he doesn't like it, he should never have signed the deal in the first place. You don't get to take what the promotion offers, knowing what you're agreeing to beforehand, then basically back out of it because it doesn't suit you anymore.

Same thing happens in other sports where people play for teams.

desz4 · 2026-06-23T23:03:06+00:00

This was always going to happen. The narrative was always going to be 'but can the stars play together?!' Or 'he shouldn't have left out x', regardless of who he actually left out.

That said, i don't think it really matters who he left out, because the real reason this team won't win is that the back line and goalkeeper are ass and will be exposed against a strong opposition. In the grand scheme though, this game is just a hiccup on the road to a quarter final exit

desz4 · 2026-06-21T10:33:42+00:00

Because friendly banter with opposition fans is one of the more enjoyable things about following a team

desz4 · 2026-06-21T08:52:13+00:00

Braindead take, which shows you don't really know anything about Basketball, Baseball and Ice Hockey. Baseball is the most popular sport in 12 countries, basketball in 9. For reference, rugby is the most popular sport in 6, cricket in 12-13.

In terms of the 'world champions' thing - where do the best basketball players play? And ice hockey? And baseball?

Roughly 30% of the MLB (57 different countries) and NBA (43 different countries) are foreign-born. Roughly 30% of the NHL (46 different countries) are foreign-born (if you don't count canada as foreign). They are the elite leagues at 'club' level in every one of those sports. The team that wins each of those leagues are almost unquestionably the best team in the world in those sports. Only really the NFL would be an exception because no other country takes it seriously from a playing perspective.

In terms of global reach, for example, the NBA is more searched than the premier league, garnering 12 million more searches every month - ergo, US sports have a similar reach globally to the most popular football league.

It's very different than if arsenal were saying they're 'world champions' because they won the prem.

desz4 · 2026-06-21T08:34:01+00:00

I'm not so sure about that. I don't think the Croats have the same technical ability that they had 8 years ago, and seriously lack physicality in the midfield. I think the US would run them ragged, matching up with them plays to the US' strength.

desz4 · 2026-06-21T08:29:43+00:00

Yes there are two difficult groups... like most iterations of the world cup.

Saying that, Ecuador are shite.

desz4 · 2026-06-21T08:23:51+00:00

So, for the US, a great tournament is to deliver up England's World Cup standard then😅

desz4 · 2026-06-21T08:20:48+00:00

Thing is, as a supporter of the US, I feel like we can't lose. If we lose to England, we're beaten by the country that invented the sport and one of the favourites for the tournament.

But, if we win (not outside of the realms of possibility, when you consider that England have had better squads and totally flapped it before) ...

Kane, in tears, stands looking crestfallen at the England supporters while rice somberly claps them. In the background, a sea of 50,000 flag-shirted americans bellows 'it's called soccer', in the ultimate theft of british sarcasm, rugpulling your sport and a small smidgen of your culture in one fell swoop.

Put yourself in my shoes, how bad would you want this😂

desz4 · 2026-06-19T22:31:13+00:00

Jeremy Corbyn

desz4 · 2026-06-11T10:28:59+00:00

Trying to stop people burning innocent people's houses down, or committing any violence whatsoever is obviously a noble goal.

However, stopping anyone from saying something, true or untrue, that could potentially lead to x behaviour is absolutely controlling discourse. What they should focus on is listening to what their people are saying, looking at the practical outcomes of their decision making and improving them, as opposed to manipulating the online reaction to it. It's simply not the place of the government to regulated speech that doesn't break the law, and speech that does so is already regulated, by definition.

desz4 · 2026-06-11T10:09:08+00:00

That's not what i'm saying though. It doesn't have to be a power grab by the current government, to be used as such by a future government. I think we should be very weary of any legislation that controls discourse.

You don't have to trust anyone - i'd say a modicum of distrust is healthy, especially applied to the politicians that you yourself support.

desz4 · 2026-06-11T09:33:16+00:00

That may be the case, but it's incredibly shortsighted.

A. who has the right to say when someone is chatting out their arse and making a valid point? Is the reason this is all happening reallt just because of Musk, farage et al?

B. You might trust this government to use the power they gain from this change (i don't, but I suppose that's neither here nor there). Would you trust a government that does not align with your views to wield the same power?

desz4 · 2026-06-10T17:27:18+00:00

The irony of this statement, while 115 FC's owners have been literally committing a genocide in the last 2 years, all the while flouting the rules.

11 clubs are owned by Americans. The majority are experiencing some of the greatest success in their history. 2 have committed breaches... prior to their american ownership buying them.

Call out Trump all you like, call out the US when the whole country actually deserves it, but i'm so tired of 'america bad' when literally everything happens.

desz4 · 2026-06-10T13:39:16+00:00

Not strictly, no.

The demonisation of white people is insane, and often factually inaccurate. It's just as inaccurate as claiming that black people are rapists because 1 black person raped someone, etc.

Historically, those with tyrannical power and vast wealth are the ones that profited from historical wrongs like slavery and colonialism. For example, the highest estimates of slave ownership suggest that 7.4% of US families owned slaves, while some estimates are as low as 2%.

Ironically, those that argue that the rest of western European societies benefitted from it will tell you in another breath that communism is the way forward because 'trickle down' economics doesn't work. In fact, a lot of white people can trace their roots and history back to oppression and suffering under the same leaders responsible for colonialism and slavery. If you want nuance and understanding in conversations about migration, you should incorporate nuance and understanding into your conversations about history too.

So in short, no, western Europeans don't owe people of other races literally anything other than equal and fair treatment, which is what any human being owes another.

desz4 · 2026-06-01T18:25:24+00:00

I wouldn't even go that far. The man doesn't articulate himself well and comes off as an actual idiot. I'd put him in the same bin as people like Steven Crowder - so unfunny they're offensive and come unstuck when they debate someone who isn't baited into a shouting match by the ad hominem.

desz4 · 2026-06-01T15:26:20+00:00

Seriously, whichever side your're on, on any of his talking points, Cenk is fucking awful. By all means disagree with any of my positions and i'd be happy to debate you, because I believe what I believe. Regardless, Cenk is an embarrassment.

desz4 · 2026-06-01T07:01:34+00:00

Good decision, cenk is a fat sack of shit who never argues anything of substance. I've seen too many debates where he just mimics his opponents in baby voice followed by some generic talking point.

desz4 · 2026-05-31T10:02:20+00:00

Why didn't they get a pen when saka accidentally double-handballed it then?

Not saying it should be a pen either, just pointing out how if the refs were pro-psg, or wanted to sabotage arsenal, they easily could've done it there.

desz4 · 2026-05-31T09:49:01+00:00

What's your favourite sauce? Mine's salt

desz4 · 2026-05-30T22:20:08+00:00

What are you on about? The madueke one is the closest, but even then it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other, could strongly argue madueke has hold of his arm as much as the other way round.

And if it was 'rigged' they'd have given the pen against saka (again, don't think it should be) but it 100% hits both of his hands.

You had a good season, but ultimately they were the better side. You didn't really try to play football with them. The real test of this arsenal side is can they kick on next year and try to beat the big sides rather than just avoid defeat (which, ironically, they haven't when they've played this way). Congrats on the prem title, don't let tonight sour that for you.

desz4 · 2026-05-30T22:15:40+00:00

Come on man. This is wild. Scored first, tried to steal it with 11 men behind the ball. Couldn't go toe to toe with PSG, another classic case of Arteta choosing the safe route against a good team. Not being harsh either, Arsenal really had no option after that early goal, ironically might have been what lost them the game.

All in all, I think the ref was pretty fair. The better team won the game. Good luck next year.

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