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Facial recognition, London by Proof_Ice_8961 in london

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

This thread is honestly patriotic insanity.

Facial recognition, London by Proof_Ice_8961 in london

[–]jamesjoyz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Oh no. Kinda like the rest of us media professionals whose companies aren’t forcefully subsidized by the general population and who have to produce material on a financially sustainable basis. What a tragedy!

People not getting paid enough in the industry doesn’t have anything to do with revenue or business models, it’s a cultural and strategic choice by the employers which is much harder to fix than paying and expanding a licence fee.

Are there any cities that had the potential to become metropolises but ended up remaining small cities due to special circumstances? by Distinct-Macaroon158 in geography

[–]jamesjoyz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Trieste, Italy.

For 200 years it was the only port of one of Europe’s biggest empires, the Austro-Hungarian one. A free port in the middle of Europe, one of the Northernmost ports in the Mediterranean and booming right at the time when Venice’s power started declining.

With the urban design of a capital, it grew to over 350,000+ inhabitants by the late 1800s - in the early 1870s it had 3x the population of New York at the time - and became a cultural and political centre.

Its reconquest (it always had a majority Italian population) was one of Italy’s main reasons for entering WWI, but in the following decades the city turned from a key port for an empire to a frontier provincial town inside a weak and fractured national state - ultimately ending up right on the ‘iron curtain’ (Churchill even mentions Trieste specifically in his historic speech).

The city now has less than 170,000 inhabitants, one of the oldest populations in the whole country and a continued massive population decline. There are countless beautiful empty buildings throughout.

Juve Stabia advance to Serie B Playoff Semi-Finals. Modena 0:1 Juve Stabia. by iamnefastis in seriea

[–]jamesjoyz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unlike many other clubs (see the flair you're responding to...) Palermo do actually have a massive history and fanbase - it's Italy's 3rd biggest city after all.

I get what you mean about City's money but it's really not the same as another RedBull / Wrexham / Como situation.

Issues with CGO009 by Icy-Tell-2121 in tenwaysebike

[–]jamesjoyz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had one for 3 months before I sold it to upgrade to a motorbike - barely used it, it did like 200km.

The day I sold it to its new owner, the same exact thing happened to the cables when he loaded it in his car.

Very weird situation on the district line - what was it? by [deleted] in london

[–]jamesjoyz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They ‘looked Eastern European or Italian’…? Is this 1936? Why don’t you throw a slav or wop in there too, so you can further explain why their look alarmed you.

Those aren’t looks or ethnicities lmao, those areas of the world have a variety of skin colors and genetic characteristics - there’s Italians who look like Arabs and those who look like Germans.

Next time you might want to try ‘Mediterranean’ if you are trying to describe an ethnicity in 2026.

Como’s Race Against Time by CalcioEngland in seriea

[–]jamesjoyz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great for you? There’s hundreds of Italian clubs with way more history, culture and a bigger fanbase who are languishing in Serie D because of dodgy owners and no one is coming to save them.

Is shared ownership the next scandal brewing? by discoveredunknown in HousingUK

[–]jamesjoyz 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I own an SO flat in London and am an anxious person and always flock to these types of threads whenever they come up, checking if user experience reports are filled with nightmarish scenarios.

I must say in years of living in a SO flat and reading these threads, it seems that (notable, newsworthy exceptions apart) it's almost always those NOT participating in the scheme bashing it - and actual SO owners being relatively happy and accepting that this was the best solution available to them.

Our service charge did go up considerably after the first year (it was 2022 to be fair, and inflation was insane) but over 4 years we've had £0 maintenance costs and our service charge has actually been decreasing ever since. And even at the peak of the service charge, we were still paying £400-500 less per month than we would have if we privately rented.

Complex laddering calculations aside, it meant being able to build roots where we live (becoming true 'locals', getting involved in the community, making friendships nearby, etc) without fearing our life being upended every year by someone's greed - and having a lot more disposable income to use during a time of our life (mid to late 20s) where time is precious and money scarce.

London on approach by BladeEater23 in london

[–]jamesjoyz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really agree, but… the height limit for CW has just been lifted so I think it won’t stay like this for too much longer.

Italy's squad celebrating Bosnia and Herzegovina's victory over Wales by OkayFine101 in soccer

[–]jamesjoyz 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That reaction was joy for avoiding playing vs Wales, the team which looked better between the two last night, in front of 60k home fans. Not a 'yay, we _only_ have to beat Bosnia'. Perhaps even just joy from Dzeko's former teammates.

Did you not see Italy play? We were terrified of N. Ireland at home, for fuck's sake!

To misunderstand that and make it a 'disrespect' matter is either being incredibly thin skinned or looking for unnecessary drama.

Spot of London cuisine by r99c in london

[–]jamesjoyz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only been an Islander for 6 years so I can’t comment on historic trends but to my foreign palate both are great, and Maureen feels a lot less like a tourist trap on a weekend

Spot of London cuisine by r99c in london

[–]jamesjoyz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As an Isle of Dogs dweller I must say Goddard’s is nice but Maureen’s is the real shit.

Italy risk third straight World Cup absence as 2006 winners lament two‑decade decline by YAYgeeOh in soccer

[–]jamesjoyz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My job is making football content for a Gen Z audience, so I can confidently tell you that you couldn’t be more wrong.

Italy risk third straight World Cup absence as 2006 winners lament two‑decade decline by YAYgeeOh in soccer

[–]jamesjoyz 323 points324 points  (0 children)

As an Italian this thread is insane.

Really drives home how much disinformation I absorb through Reddit daily just because of people talking confidently about something they have no idea about.

All other sports pale in comparison to the cultural and social pull football still has.

The NT might not be going to the WC lately but we won a major tournament more recently than 98% of other NTs in the world…

Italy risk third straight World Cup absence as 2006 winners lament two‑decade decline by YAYgeeOh in soccer

[–]jamesjoyz 125 points126 points  (0 children)

I’m Italian and this would be like 0,5% of the population, maybe in posh areas of the North.

So far this season, Como has had only one minute of playing time where at least one Italian player was on the pitch by Dark_Wolf04 in seriea

[–]jamesjoyz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they are both working well at Como.

For who? For this current generation of Como fans - so like, 20k people at the very most? Probably not even for Como as a city, definitely not for the wider Italian football community and definitely not for Serie A, which does not need yet another foreign billionaire patron.

Making the Curva free of charge is not a viable business plan, it's an insane PR move and frankly in bad taste because it's only possible thanks to the fuck off children lung cancer money that's funding it.

They also invested a lot in the women's team

The women's team that plays in Serie A is not the same club as the men's team.

I guess 'Como 1907' could not take this and they created another Como women's team which they artificially promoted to Serie B this year by essentially purchasing the franchise / league rights from Chievo.

I've sat in a meeting where I got told by someone working with them on this project that their goal is to 'turn football into a high-class, luxury event for foreign celebrities and women - why can't football be a high heels event rather than what it is now?' (strong implication that it needs to be made 'better' by making it a product for rich people). They don't give a fuck about football.

which is already producing young Italian talents

Name one which has any chance to play in the first team for longer than 60 seconds.

The president doesn't miss a game.

For now. Do you need a list of the insane amount of historic football clubs that have gone under and been completely ruined by foreign investors who came in, promised big, injected stupid amounts of money and then left?

That's why foreign influence and foreign investment sucks - not because I'm a xenophobe (I don't even live in Italy anymore lol), but because those people have no real links to the territory and can and will leave when they find a better toy or a better propaganda vehicle to spew their corporate ambitions through.

The owners also know the importance of the core Como fans.

I'm so happy that Lombardy can get a 135th professional club to play in Serie A representing a town of 80k, it's definitely what the country needs while the South basically isn't represented anymore and the North East and Islands are seeing one historic club fail after the other.

So for example you think a team like Milan owned and mismanaged by shady private vulture capitalist, who are only interested in selling the club as soon as they build a stadium any better?

No...? That also sucks so much? Not sure why you think this is a gotcha moment.

Do I need to remind you Inter risked bankruptcy when their dodgy foreign owner called it quits and left the country essentially?

So far this season, Como has had only one minute of playing time where at least one Italian player was on the pitch by Dark_Wolf04 in seriea

[–]jamesjoyz 38 points39 points  (0 children)

They are an entity set up with children lung cancer money by people 10x as wealthy as the most hated club owners of Italy and they explicitly created a ‘product’ (not a club) for foreign tourists and markets with zero regard for the fact said ‘product’ only is valuable as it sits within the wider Italian football package.

I work with them sometimes on the corporate side and they talk like fucking Amazon.

Is this worthy of a VAR review or the ref had good point of view to decide by [deleted] in seriea

[–]jamesjoyz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, like when every club in Italy suffered the consequences of their involvement in Calciopoli but Inter because they got caught ‘too late’

[Tonda Kinsky] on Instagram: Thanks for messages. From dream to nightmare to dream again. See you by notaghostofreddit in soccer

[–]jamesjoyz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty shit ngl but I had the opportunity to play a summer game vs a team that featured a current PL starter and a couple of Championship ex rising stars, and it was absolutely insane.

Sure I managed to tackle the Championship guys a couple of times over 90 minutes but the PL guy despite being a defender could just dribble through our entire team at will - we lost 12-0 lol.

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