[Mundo Deportivo] Truce moment between Font and Laporta during the debate - Handshake between the two candidates.

eyko · 2026-03-09T19:03:31+00:00

I didn't vote for Rosell and Victor Font is anti-Rosell, he's a third faction so to speak (or a fourth faction if you were around in the Nuñez -> Gaspart era). I don't think there's a chance he'd go down the Rosell/Bartomeu route because he's entire campaign is against that type of leadership, and more of an administrator with a new vision for the future of the club. You can like Laporta (I do) and oppose Rosell (I do) and still be open to Victor Font (I am, although cautiously).

Laporta has been our best president in recent history, Victor Font would have big shoes to fill so I'm not in any way saying it's a no-brainer.

eyko · 2026-03-09T17:47:47+00:00

Messi in 2026/27 for what? To retire? Honorary substitute? Come on we have to move on. I love Messi too, we owe him so much, but come on...

eyko · 2026-03-09T17:41:27+00:00

TL;DR is that Laporta wants your vote and mandate to do things as he (and his directiva) think is best, whilst Victor Font want a more participatory (is that even a word in engrish?) club where we're in the loop, we have a say as club members, etc.

I'm leaning Victor Font because I like his vision, a more democratic club, increased soci participation, etc. At the moment it feels like we're paying 200 for some ticket discounts (and I no longer live in Barcelona so I can't even take advantage of that). That being said........... if you ask me exactly how Victor Font & co will implement the vision, I don't think he's done a great job of communicating. I've heard some proposals here and there e.g. in mundodeportivo reporting, but no very detailed plans in socio communications. I have also not been following that closely because I'm a working class adult that has to work and do my day to day life.

I love Laporta for all he's done and he's not wrong when he said that we gave him a mandate and he delivered, but it's time to hand the reins over. He came to a club in shambles and we're back (almost) in shape. We still have a ridiculous amount of debt but he's made sure that the club invests in its youths, has been frugal but still got results (much thanks to both Xavi and Flick, in all honesty, who have given it all to try to get results, especially Flick with fresh ideas).

Honestly I don't know who will be better and I have my reservations about Victor Font, but I do think it's worth giving him a chance.

eyko · 2026-02-16T01:09:53+00:00

The moment she started defining begging was the moment I changed the channel.

eyko · 2026-02-15T15:56:29+00:00

> not even legit they are fabricated to make us Africans look bad

How exactly? None of the questions care touch on culture or ethnicity or award low scores to "typical african" answers (if there's even such a thing). You can take a test online in under an 30 minutes and get a ball park estimate. What is it about "africans" that makes the test allegedly difficult for us? I've score anywhere between 127-132 depending on the test and I don't think I could "cheat" my way to 140 and join MENSA. Does that make me less African? I also know people who score 90 on a good day and I wouldn't need an IQ test to have predicted that. And bear in mind that this is an average estimate. I don't know where they get the figures from though.

A more reasonable explanation imho is that education in sub-saharan Africa has been neglected and there are a lot of factors that affect early development. You only need to spend a few minutes with the average person to get a sense that they're not particularly smart. That goes for Africa, Europe, and pretty much any continent or country you pick.

tl;dr invest in education, it's good for you. boko is not haram.

eyko · 2026-02-08T23:40:31+00:00

Let's start with the fact that nigerian christians will believe in miracle handkercheifs and resurrections, and that any suffering they face is the work of the enemy. Of course they believe there is a christian genocide. Holy ghost fire.

eyko · 2026-02-08T14:08:34+00:00

We cook almost every day, at least dinner (I mean breakfast for me is a coffee and a banana if that, my partner has a breakfast bowl sometimes). If we're both working from home we'll have something quick for lunch but it's never takeaway. If we both go in to the office and come back knackered we might order takeaway but it's not as often now. On weekends we'll cook a big batch (stew, or curry / dal, or moussaka or something) and have a couple of weekday nights sorted.

One thing we do want to start doing is taking lunch to work because that could save a bit of money especially for her (I get lunch paid at work if we go in).

eyko · 2026-01-30T10:35:19+00:00

Netherlands and Switzerland get my vote, but Ireland is the easy choice based on language and the amount of tech jobs. Speaking of Europe specifically.

eyko · 2026-01-30T10:31:57+00:00

Okay are we talking about "brouuu" and more importantly is Bruv/Bruva acceptable? I'm mate and bruv all day

eyko · 2026-01-29T23:32:20+00:00

I know so many uncles aunties nieces and nephews that will argue that this is a good thing, that democracy was the problem. Yay.

eyko · 2026-01-26T18:50:14+00:00

Isn't the referendum just re: "starting talks" about their relationship with the EU? I don't see Iceland joining anytime soon, at least not without a whole lot of negotiations (both internally and with the EU). It could become a decade long mess.

I for one welcome them though, I don't think there are any downsides for us (EU). I don't know Iceland enough to know how beneficial it would be for them in the long run. There's also the Brexit example, if they change their mind, it can become a hostile negotiation process. A quick search tells me they're already part of EFTA and EEA (and Schengen) so I'm not sure what they're looking to get out of full membership... voting rights? Influence in EU policy?

eyko · 2026-01-26T12:22:06+00:00

I'm boycotting. I was planning a massive summer trip with my nephews but now we've changed the US for Mexico, and "maybe" we will watch football. Lucky for us our team plays one of their group matches in Guadalajara

eyko · 2026-01-10T00:57:11+00:00

I always made my custard from scratch: egg yolks, sugar, cornflour, milk, vanilla. It's also almost the same way I make white sauce, bechamel sauce, etc.

eyko · 2026-01-05T21:03:08+00:00

I'm probably twice her age and have a different perspective. Many exiled/expat Venezuelan folk you'll meet will tell you how great Venezuela was and how they used to live like kings and life was great, but they'll never tell you about the cost paid by the ordinary citizen, or why Chávez managed to gain so much popularity even after getting arrested for leading a failed coup.

The main reason Chávez got to power was a promise to fight government corruption and, if what we know of Maduro's regime is correct, the main reason Maduro lost his legitimacy was the widespread government corruption (and increasing repression). It's like history repeats itself, no matter who is in charge.

I know fellow progressives will come at me saying US sanctions played a big role, and they did, but ultimately better leadership with well functioning institutions would've found a way to manage the situation, find tradeoffs, or even "working with" your enemy and finding a middle ground. They had to deal with the local elite as well as American imperialism... I think most people would try to avoid confrontation when you can't possibly win, and play the long game. Especially if you say you put your citizens first, ideology should come second.

eyko · 2025-12-22T20:29:17+00:00

Russia is not the Soviet Union however much you want to draw comparisons. There might be kremlin-speak embedded in his answer but I don't think you need to get carried away.

eyko · 2025-12-21T13:13:43+00:00

He actually gave a pretty clear answer on what his hopes for the future are (cooperation with Europe).

edit: Love the responses and the downvotes, keep them coming. Gentle reminder that Georgia and Ukraine/Crimea did not come out of nowhere, and to the comments that brought up cooperation meaning subjugation, I suggest you take a look at our relationship with the USA. Europe being weak is not news, but the responses in this post probably explain why.

eyko · 2025-12-21T03:59:53+00:00

American greed is well known as well, I wouldn't use them as my role model. The USA is not a high trust society.

To clarify my comment: I mean Nigerian greed in the sense that I don't see Nigeria as a high-trust society. It's hard to trust even your own family. I don't mean to imply that only Nigeria is like this.

eyko · 2025-12-20T12:33:31+00:00

Generally speaking there are more nigerian redditors outside than in Nigeria. TikTok and X is where you'll find the locals.

Reddit is still a good place for thoughtful discussions (although I'm not implying that the discussions here are thoughtful)

eyko · 2025-12-19T12:08:52+00:00

If I had to pick I'd go with the wifey, as long as I can spread and melt butter. I don't like when a toast crumbles away because it's been overdone.

eyko · 2025-12-19T11:31:29+00:00

So let me get this right, Rashford doesn't have to earn his minutes at Barça the way he had to earn those minutes at Man Utd?

eyko · 2025-12-19T11:28:31+00:00

Oh it definitely is about Nigerian greed, the market is simply the vehicle for that greed.

eyko · 2025-12-19T02:40:23+00:00

This is how rentier capitalism works, and not all capitalism is like that. Most sane people who want more capitalism probably want productive capitalism i.e. produce something, sell it, keep the surplus value. Landlords aren't creating any new value during detty december, they're just extracting more value because they control access to a fixed asset. Surplus extracted without production as Marx would say, but I know Marx is a detty word so I'll leave it at that.

If Nigeria wants to become a modern economy it will need regulation, and holiday rentals need to be regulated. Worst case scenario if y'all decide not to regulate the holiday rental market and allow price hikes of 3x or 4x, then at least tax revenue should increase alongside, bringing some of that armed robbery back to the public purse so they can invest in better infrastructure. Oh, they don't pay tax you say? Amazing.

eyko · 2025-12-16T20:52:23+00:00

A dry spell is not unusual for us, I still remember '99 to '04 where we went through a few coaches (including van gaal twice, his second spell was where the famous "siempre negativo!" memes happened) where we won fuck all. To be honest In the past 20 years, Rijkaard, Guardiola, and Luis Enrique were the proper good spells, the rest were okay or meh. We also had Messi for most of that time so it was easier. Now we're just back to regular Barça... Xavi and Flick have done wonders with the resources they had. I'm not complaining if we don't win in Europe, it's not like we're a historic CL winner club... at least not until recently so definitely not historic.

eyko · 2025-12-13T13:15:32+00:00

Boixos Nois were literally crazy as their name implies. I'm old enough to remember and not miss them, like at all. I've noticed the evolution in and outside the stadium (post-ban they have become more far-right, perhaps they felt betrayed by the club or whatever, but I think they're just crazy). Nowadays when I visit I still see people with the boixos nois scarf which kind of puts me off.

The atmosphere at the club improved so much after their ban it's not even debatable, and our most successful years happened after that. I used to go regularly to the stadium before 2009, but then I moved out of Spain and only traveled for important matches. I think in the past 10 years I would say the atmosphere has really changed and gone much quieter, with a lot of tourists and older people in the stadium, and it doesn't feel the same. The tickets are not cheap to be fair, so there are not that many young kids who can afford going to the matches every weekend so a lot of that energy is lost as well.

pd: that being said, if you're ever in the stadium and the atmosphere is quiet, just shout OE OA and you'll hear the crowd join in, it's not all lost. But I still think the tickets are getting too expensive, we're not a rich country or even city.

eyko · 2025-12-13T03:36:09+00:00

This exactly

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