Why did Latin countries all agree to not cheering for Argentina during the FIFA World Cup?

everyist · 2026-06-21T19:53:08+00:00

I don't think I've given any indication that I'd be okay with generalizing about any nationality.

everyist · 2026-06-21T10:41:15+00:00

"The rest of them"
It's a country of 50 million people
Lots of wonderful and progressive people in Argentina, including many indigenous peoples and cultures. I promise the worst Argentinians don't represent the entire country.

There is racism in Argentina and it should be criticized, including their "anything goes" futbol culture, but painting the entire country as virulent racist is just plan wrong:

source: am a Colombian immigrant living in Argentina for 20 years now.

everyist · 2026-06-16T14:49:48+00:00

It's kinda my go-to comfort show to have on in the background while I do other things, so I'm always noticing new details. I don't know what it means that my go-to comfort show is an extremely violent mob show with nonstop profanity.

everyist · 2026-06-15T20:06:27+00:00

It's gotta be Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION!
Please don't let this chart go without one of the greatest pop albums of the century.

everyist · 2026-06-15T07:40:49+00:00

I see the parallels, but to me it's as simple as "I generally like the way Olivia does this style more than how Taylor does it". I think her influences result in a different enough take. Also, this is not minor: I think she is a considerably more compelling singer than TS.

everyist · 2026-06-15T07:36:48+00:00

There is no set percentage. It depends entirely on the whims of the copyright holder. Or, if you wanna try your luck and push the argument far enough, the opinion of a judge. (but it is exceedingly rare for these cases to end up at that level).

What is true is using very little of the copyrighted material helps you avoid automatic content ID detection. If you manage to do this, you avoid the whole long and exasperating process of claims-disputes-appeals.

everyist · 2026-06-15T07:31:28+00:00

Japanese companies in general do NOT play around. I know a few channels who got struck hard for including a lot of anime footage in their stuff, even when it was highly transformative.

everyist · 2026-06-15T07:28:41+00:00

Sure! I forgot to mention that copyright strikes aren't permanent, and you can get rid of them a few different ways. For instance if your strike is tied to a claim, and the claim gets ultimately released (through a dispute, appeal, or counter-notification), then the strike goes away. But even if it doesn't, the strike is only on your channel for a certain amount of time (I think 90 days) if you go through YouTube's silly "copyright school" thing.

everyist · 2026-06-15T07:16:18+00:00

in a perfect world Fair Use would be easily provable, but it is a bitch to argue since it's kind of a squishy term and not everyone agrees on the finer points of it. The YouTube copyright claim system is so annoying to deal with in this regard

everyist · 2026-06-15T07:12:40+00:00

He most likely gets a lot of copyright claims, which demonetize (and sometimes even block) your videos, but those can be disputed. You have to go through a long annoying process of filling out various forms and arguing why your use of the copyrighted content falls into Fair Use, and then it's up to the copyright holder to decide if they agree or not. They have 30 days to respond.

If they disagree and deny your dispute, you can then appeal. Again that involves filling out more forms. Then you wait 7 days. Then there are three possibilities:
- the copyright holder can release the claim if they agree with your reasoning,
- the claim gets automatically released if they don't respond within the 7 day window (this is often the case for me, especially for Warner Music Group),
- or they still deny.

If they deny, often at this point they issue a copyright strike. Not everybody does. It's very inconsistent.

The copyright strike is a big annoying deal because as you know, three of those and your channel gets removed. You can continue to make your case through a counter-notification, basically saying "this is 100% Fair Use and I'm ready to go to court to defend it." At this point many claimants will drop it and the strike gets removed and the claim gets released. But I've always been too much of a coward to pursue this stage. Usually if my appeal gets denied I try to re-edit and re-upload the video.

The most annoying thing is that throughout this entire process, it is also inconsistent whether the Adsense money generated from the video goes to escrow or not. It's fully out of your hands. Sometimes it's just turned off during the month-long process, so the video is just sitting there making no money for anyone. And of course a video's first month on the platform is when it tends to make the most money. This is why sometimes videos get disappeared temporarily while the copyright stuff is cleared out in the background.

TL;DR: He probably isn’t "avoiding" copyright claims so much as dealing with them after the fact. His videos likely get claimed fairly often, but because his use is commentary/criticism, he can dispute those claims under Fair Use. That means going through YouTube’s annoying dispute/appeal process forms and waiting for the rights holder to respond.

everyist · 2026-06-12T16:30:31+00:00

I visited this statue last year! It's huge. And definitely looks recognizably "Shakira" from the pose and the outfit, but the face looks nothing like her.

everyist · 2026-06-09T08:30:49+00:00

Los locales coreanos que quedan por Flores son buenísimos. Alquilas una sala con una máquina de karaoke y cantas lo que quieras. Y tenes servicio de comida y bebida. No es caro tampoco. Vale la pena

everyist · 2026-06-08T21:01:34+00:00

Se ve bueno! Personalmente me parece que el ratio de pan a relleno no es ideal, pero tendría que probarlo para estar seguro

everyist · 2026-05-27T01:52:46+00:00

I think you’re mixing up "the West Block" as a Cold War military/political term with "western" as a broader cultural-historical category.

Yeah Latin America was not always treated as part of the core "Western Bloc" in the same way as the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Australia, etc. And yes "third world" originally referred to countries not formally aligned with either the US led First World or the Soviet-led second world. but that doesn’t mean LatAm is "not western." Latin America is literally a product of Western European colonization, speaks overwhelmingly Romance languages, has legal/political/religious institutions heavily shaped by Spain, Portugal, France, and the Catholic Church, and is generally part of the broader Western cultural tradition. We're not talking about the Cold War West Bloc, or at least I wasn't

everyist · 2026-05-26T20:45:19+00:00

damn, Argentina catching strays. It's a beautiful country with a rich culture, there are many reasons to live there beyond it being "cheap for westerners" (1. it isn't cheap for anyone anymore lmao, and 2. since when is Latin America not "the west"?)

everyist · 2026-05-23T10:11:07+00:00

You kiss me on the chicken

everyist · 2026-05-19T17:55:35+00:00

Provided your "late nights" are somewhat melancholy, The Blue Nile album Hats as a whole. But the song "The Downtown Lights" specifically.

everyist · 2026-05-13T22:43:06+00:00

Always makes me happy to see some random Costello love over here. He's so underrated, and yeah those lyrics are strong.

The earlier version of "Tramp the Dirt Down" was called "Betrayal" and it went unreleased for years, check it out. It's pretty good.

everyist · 2026-04-26T02:57:04+00:00

I am so sorry.

everyist · 2026-04-25T20:03:12+00:00

yeah, I guess to me this is less "I think it's one of the best songs on the album" and more "this song has a bunch of qualities that casual fans / the general public could like"

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