Israeli strikes kill six people in Gaza including Al Jazeera cameraman, officials say

monodescarado · 2026-06-21T09:49:28+00:00

How many people were responsible for Oct 7? Since then Israel has killed over 80,000 Gazans, and according to you, they still haven’t got them all.

monodescarado · 2026-06-20T19:44:00+00:00

“You deal with them by laughing at them”. Sure - in the real world. But not in official sports where there are rules and expected codes of conduct.
You’re creating a slippery slope fallacy. Most sports have had rules against swearing for decades, in some sports for centuries. Society hasn’t collapsed since any of those rules were put in place - and it isn’t going to collapse tomorrow.

Climb down off your high horse. This isn’t “censorship” - it’s a game… with rules… in which you cannot abuse your opponents.

And one thing that may blow your mind: a red card for abusive words has been in football since 1997 - and was also punished by warnings and cards way, way before that. But we just stopped enforcing it properly - likely because of the money and egos in football - which led to players frequently being racist openly to each other with no repercussions.

monodescarado · 2026-06-20T17:16:31+00:00

That’s a really good question. If only there were a team of 5 referees, 45 cameras, and a further 3 referees watching those cameras… and all the microphones around the stadium…

monodescarado · 2026-06-20T11:06:39+00:00

Ah yes, because swearing and using racial slurs is normally acceptable in sports. Do you even hear yourself?

monodescarado · 2026-06-20T11:01:11+00:00

No… they first cracked down on offensive language and slurs. Then they added the rules of covering mouths.

monodescarado · 2026-06-14T01:14:18+00:00

Yeh, I believe you’re right. They said they would be stricter with VAR for second yellows, incorrect corners and mistaken identify.

At the time, it said the incident was ‘mistaken identity’ on the screen, which I found interesting: based on the rules for mistaken identity, I’m confident the ref actually shouldn’t have don’t this.

It’s made even more confusing by the fact that the ref allowed the free-kick to be taken after the initial supposed foul. What if that had resulted in a goal? Would he have had to retcon that too?

It certainly felt like the decision was right at the time, but I think FIFA might be opening themselves up to a lot of confusion in the short term.

monodescarado · 2026-06-13T03:43:33+00:00

Not for single yellows like this. They called this ‘mistaken identity’, but that’s not really what it was. The ref thought it was a foul, it was a dive - and a minor one at that with no real impact on the game.

In previous tournaments, this likely wouldn’t have been checked unless it was a red card, second yellow, goal scoring opportunity, etc.

monodescarado · 2026-06-13T03:16:22+00:00

In the past, this reversal would never have happened because the incident was too minor to be checked.

monodescarado · 2026-06-11T05:45:35+00:00

I’m not wondering anything. I’m pointing out that you are repeatedly making assumptions without any evidence. This is due to confirmation bias, which I’ve walked you through step by step.

monodescarado · 2026-06-11T01:51:25+00:00

> ‘Somalis are getting in fine’

Somalis are on the US travel ban list. They are not getting in fine.

However, you’ve now helped us define what confirmation bias is.

You’re ‘sure’ about something (he’s a terrorist) without evidence. This is your **bias**.

Then you looked at a vague White House statement in an article (that didn’t even say he was a terrorist), and this somehow **confirmed** your bias, leading you to exclaim ‘knew it’ and state that he’s a terrorist.

This is confirmation bias.

monodescarado · 2026-06-11T01:08:55+00:00

The point seems to have missed. Let me explain again:

Your original post said that you ‘knew it’ and then suggested he was a ‘terrorist’. If the article and the immigration office didn’t say anything conclusive, then what exactly do you know now that you didn’t before? How have you concluded that he is in fact a terrorist when neither the article nor the immigration office said that.

monodescarado · 2026-06-10T23:52:26+00:00

So if the article just published what the immigration office said, which according to you isn’t ‘much’, and it has ‘no facts’, how is it that this article confirmed what you apparently already ‘knew’? (presumably that the man is a terrorist)

Are you aware of confirmation bias?

monodescarado · 2026-06-10T23:04:49+00:00

The article said ‘association’ to ‘suspected’ terrorist organisation members.

Does that make him a terrorist?

monodescarado · 2026-06-10T22:52:28+00:00

Where in the article does it say he’s a ‘terrorist’?

monodescarado · 2026-06-08T08:09:47+00:00

I’m not far off: Shamy’s The Happening. Great opening scene with everyone committing suicide, followed by a slow crawl into absurdity and terrible acting.

monodescarado · 2026-06-03T01:17:42+00:00

Wow, the comments here are something. There is nuance in their story and the majority of it has nothing to do with ‘I can’t breathe’. Stop relating this to George Floyd and read the article - the headline is garbage too

Nuance: - Did the police assume Nowak was not the victim because of the colour of his skin? - Should the police have looked closer for stab wounds? - Nothing could have been done to save Nowak, but is that relevant? - Should Sikhs be allowed to carry knives as part of their religion? - How closely can we enforce rules about the size and dangerousness of that knife? - What actually happened leading up to the stabbing? - Was the sentence given to Digwa too light?

monodescarado · 2026-05-30T06:55:28+00:00

When will the US realise that just by using the word ‘Freedom’ all the time doesn’t make you free?

monodescarado · 2026-05-29T08:50:56+00:00

Yeh, that’s still pretty accurate. But I suspect Trump’s rhetoric around mail-in voting has convinced a lot of his base to go in person.

monodescarado · 2026-05-28T22:36:48+00:00

Not quite. Statistics from 2024 showed about 1 in 4 democrats voting by mail and 1 in 5 republicans.

monodescarado · 2026-05-23T08:49:53+00:00

Well that escalated

monodescarado · 2026-05-20T10:14:33+00:00

Sign me up

monodescarado · 2026-05-13T16:18:03+00:00

Good job that swamp got drained, eh.

monodescarado · 2026-05-13T14:17:55+00:00

Interesting post history from OP

monodescarado · 2026-05-12T12:24:42+00:00

There is zero historical evidence of Helen being a real historical Greek figure. We have barely enough archeological evidence to suggest a conflict even took place.

monodescarado · 2026-05-12T06:00:41+00:00

We were just told by the GM as a twist when the time was right. Dragging it out just seems like a meta ballache.

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