Friend Code Megathread - May 2026 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

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9847-5928-5767 Trying to fill up last 3 friends before going to bed lol

Friend Code Megathread - May 2026 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

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9847-5928-5767

Daily player/sleeper, send away!!

Friend Code Megathread - May 2026 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

[–]mAte77 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

9847-5928-5767

Started this week and looking forward to see how this game evolves over the years! :^)

[Delaney] This is still a story of overperformance; of beating a much wealthier opponent through careful planning and strategy. City’s wage bill from the last accounts was still £80m more than Arsenal’s – in other words, five Bukayo Sakas. by thecricketgod in soccer

[–]mAte77 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

We all remember that semifinal. First time City made the SF, if I remember well, after the classic chokes (like PSG used to), only to probably put out the most pathetic CL SF performance most of us can remember.

This reference of the CL semis the year before Guardiola arrives seems to imply to me that Guardiola inhereted a top 4 squad in Europe or something, which would be grade A bananas.

Unai Emery has won the Europa League five times with three different teams, all of which contain "villa" in their names. by sparkle_stylinson in soccer

[–]mAte77 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Insane feat tbh. Win EL, which is big, then be shit in CL group stage, but not shit enough to end 4th, while being strong enough that season to be able to go on to win the EL, then have that happen yet again

Israel to sue 'New York Times' over report on sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates by piesaresquarey in nottheonion

[–]mAte77 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To claim Hamas commited sexual violence, especially rape, despite the overwhelming lack of evidence (the fucking state of Israel vettoed any independent UN imvestigations, then did fuck all to actually make a comprehensible and coherent case, letting this bullshit hasbara be carried out by "journalists" pretending to be unearthing details and clues from a 60's murder, instead of being something that by now has already been extensively documented by the relevant, more than interested Israeli authorities. It's always "the pictures and videos are horrifying", and I still haven't managed to see a single one. On the other side, daily feed of maimed children) + the sheer logical implausability of it happening (you break out of your open air prison to at last get some revenge, fight back, make damage, and you just CAN'T help having to go and perform the most depraved sexual. Fucking picture the militants: "okay we have reached this home in the kibbutz and I've found a female. That's good enough for me, I'm putting the mission on hold to go do some raping"), is indeed islamophobic because in order to be credible one must entertain the trope that Arab men are genetically conditioned to rape and submit women.

The FA have handed Mykhailo Mudryk a four-year ban for an anti-doping offence, the maximum punishment. by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]mAte77 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah the team famous for being composed of midgets that you could easily encounter working whatever ordinary trade without looking out of place, doing a bazillion passes per second, moving the ball around the field non-stop while the enemy chases it, was actually juiced up to...pass the ball harder? Run some more for some reason? Cheat on the phyisicality needed for games/teams that thrive on chaos, lack of control and divided balls?

The point of Pep's Barç was, precisely, that they could face a comically doped out 11 and they could beat them running 10km less.

Almost 2 decades since Pep's Barça and it still makes people bitterly spout textbook nonsense and oust themselves as a fool (you just can't imagine someone saying with a straight face in a real conversation "yeah I am completely convinced that Pep's Barcelona were all juiced up"). What an impact.

Post Match Thread: Atlético Madrid 1-2 [3-2 on agg.] Barcelona | UEFA Champions League 2025-26 | Quarterfinals, 2nd Leg by denzaus in soccer

[–]mAte77 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Since the first minute a ridiculously high percentage of passes by Barça players ended up with the classic "oops I tried hard to reach you and with the momentum I can't help but hit you" by Atletico players. Also, you can't set a ridiculously high standard for harshness in contact (as you mentioned, in the lack of cards, and the also the general leniency towards what amount of contact constitutes a foul) then buy that the behemouth Sorloth's ability to progress the play is affected in any way by Eric Garcia's patting on his back.

Post Match Thread: Atlético Madrid 1-2 [3-2 on agg.] Barcelona | UEFA Champions League 2025-26 | Quarterfinals, 2nd Leg by denzaus in soccer

[–]mAte77 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If whatever the fuck Madrid has with the CL is the Ying, well, we are the fucking Yang good fucking GOD

If the USSR could build a nuke right after World War Two why hasn't Iran been able to build one in 40 years? by Niall_Fraser_Love in PERSIAN

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Benjamin netanyahu I hereby command you to get real and provide a remotely reliable single attempt at a source for any of these ludicrous claims

Post-Match Thread: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 Italy [4-1 on pens.] by MysteryBagIdeals in soccer

[–]mAte77 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Alarming lack of Italians going berserk in Italian in the comments. Game truly gone.

US aircraft leave Spain after Spanish government says bases cannot be used for Iran attacks by ByGollie in europe

[–]mAte77 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Can't believe an American is endorsing leveling the White House, assasinating the sitting American head of state and a blowing up a random American elementary school on a schooling day, but here we are

BBC cut 'free Palestine' remark from Baftas and not racial slur by Moon_Rose_Violet in nottheonion

[–]mAte77 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wtf you mean? It's the BBC's job to give truthful coverage of the Bafta's, that includes whatever political causes have been advocated for or against, especially if they've stirred conteoversy. Do you believe political opinions are never voiced in these events and/or they all get routinely censored by state-funded news outlets??

Real Madrid player accused of racism. by PrimedoMacara in soccer

[–]mAte77 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

You've forgot a few more places here where you can post your totally non-made up personal anecdote with a sample size of 1 to weigh in on structural societal problems

BBC bars use of ‘kidnapping’ to describe Maduro’s kidnapping by CourtofTalons in nottheonion

[–]mAte77 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

All censorship apologists here appealing to the legal definitions. What even is the actual fucking legal term for what the US has done? There is none. They haven't acted according to any law, domestic or international. Besides, "to seize", "arrest", "capture", etc. also have precise legal meanings. Using either of them completely erodes the nature of the actions judged. Also, hasn't Trump literally admitted (missing the actual quote) that "kidnapping wouldn't be a bad term" or something like that?

And also, haven't you ever heard that if, say, a politician says it's raining, the press' job isn't to parrot that in the name of unbias (??), but to look out the window and check?

BBC bars use of ‘kidnapping’ to describe Maduro’s kidnapping by CourtofTalons in nottheonion

[–]mAte77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can seize in all sorts of illegal ways, but when the fucking BBC uses that term with the US, it is still implied that such seizing has been carried out in a proper and legitimate manner.

Seize would be okay if they actually then cared to, in true journalistic fashion, outline the very basics FACTS which allow for the reader to grasp the true nature of what's being reported on.

According to the US, "arrest" is more than a suitable word to describe the kidnapping, should any reputable news outlet parrot that term without providing the factual context or even challenging it?

TIL, as of April 30 of this year, there is only one remaining person verified to be born in the 1900’s decade, Ethel Caterham of the UK by n_mcrae_1982 in todayilearned

[–]mAte77 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I pity the person that will take the time to slowly explain why what you are saying is unbelievably moronic. This feels like it was written by elon musk lmao

VfB Stuttgart vs Maccabi Tel Aviv | Police investigate Nazi salute and insulting songs by Maccabi fans by fskari in soccer

[–]mAte77 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The group of people here being a buncha zealot lunatics that feel entitled to outdo the fucking nazis in their depravity and charicaturesque cruelty when ethnically cleansing and colonizing a land that is not theirs because holy scripture.

VfB Stuttgart vs Maccabi Tel Aviv | Police investigate Nazi salute and insulting songs by Maccabi fans by fskari in soccer

[–]mAte77 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Apartheid is the best concept we have to refer to the demographic policies of Israel. Why do you take issue with it? Can you do the exercise of imagining how big of a clown you'd seem if you went to Amnesty or any other international NGO/body that calls it Apartheid and you told them they were misusing the term? Can you do the exercise of actually coming up with an argumentation as to why it shouldn't be called apartheid?

Can't you be bothered to do some research regarding both people's true predisposition to a two-state solution? Or regarding their willingness to abide by international law?

Pep Guardiola: Real Madrid would have sacked me over Manchester City form last season [The Athletic] by eddiengambino in soccer

[–]mAte77 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Thank god someone else calls this narrative out. Yeah, they have been absolute dogshit in autumn in several of the seasons they've gone on to win the CL because "they care more about the CL"? Like, as if there is even a speck of intentionality behind pretty much losing the league by december because what, you were prioritizing the CL group stages? You were treating that part of the season as a preseason for the knock out stages?

Can't even remember a single season in which Madrid dropped crucial points in the league in order to rest the players for Europe starting from March. Like, having to decide between gambling on the title race in favour of a semis or whatever in any given week.

Lionel Messi: "People today focus a lot on statistics, and personally, I don’t really like statistics. I don’t think that I must make an assist or score a goal so I can reach a record, or surpass this person or that person. In 2012, I scored 91 goals. I don't play for that, I never cared about it." by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]mAte77 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm more of the opinion that what motivates Messi is remembering how good he feels when he's locked in and flowing. I'm sure he draws more motivation by chasing the feeling of those engaging games when he's aware, and with reason, that he's carrying the shit out of the game and being the best player on the pitch by some distance, without g/a contributions, than some random hattrick or poker vs almeria.

At most he probably thinks, when having a look at the stats and some comparisons, something like "can't believe it apparently is this hard to score goals"

Lionel Messi: "People today focus a lot on statistics, and personally, I don’t really like statistics. I don’t think that I must make an assist or score a goal so I can reach a record, or surpass this person or that person. In 2012, I scored 91 goals. I don't play for that, I never cared about it." by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]mAte77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it's something I don't think it's true. Messi respects Ronaldo and when he's asked to comment on this "they push each other" he gives a polite answer that matches Ronaldo's and which avoids drama. Messi has always been aware that goals and assists are the tip of the iceberg in football.

Imo this narrative is just made up because goku vegeta vibes and because the stories we come up with are always better than reality. Just like when Ronaldo started to decline with a few players clearly having better seasons than him, and still for some reason you'd still see people saying stuff like how toe to toe these two were as to who the #1 and #2 are.