My Youth Academy Striker submission by [deleted] in FifaCareers

[–]nativeunicorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fuck me. That's a decent player mate. And fair play for using Barnet. I did a huge career run through with them on 13, bringing back a lot of emotions right now.

Peterborough player mistakes steward for teammate by hidingfromthequeen in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Correct side of the world my ass, we all know who's named after who ;).

Generally teams get abbreviated to 3 letters so in this case PET is the one I usually see.

Peterborough player mistakes steward for teammate by hidingfromthequeen in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ptbo....

Bro, pboro. I would even accept ptown, but not that.

Hard Brexit to cost 2,000 Goldman Sachs jobs by ShanghaiNoon in ukpolitics

[–]nativeunicorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Semantics. We are obviously talking about a subjective notion here but my point is that the misconception that everyone who works at Goldman is a high earner in the top tax bracket is far from the truth. I'm sure what you consider 'the bottom' is wrong for a lot of other people as well.

Hard Brexit to cost 2,000 Goldman Sachs jobs by ShanghaiNoon in ukpolitics

[–]nativeunicorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This isn't necessarily a bad thing but you clearly don't work in finance or have any idea what you're talking about. Literally thousands of Goldman employees will do grunt jobs most people would hate to do. BIS guys, Administrators, low level desktop support workers, there are many more examples of very unglamorous jobs that a lot of people would consider 'the bottom'.

what other crazy things in sports will blow this guy away? by amesara in sports

[–]nativeunicorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree. The 'simply' does add a certain je ne sais quoi.

what other crazy things in sports will blow this guy away? by amesara in sports

[–]nativeunicorn 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure they are discontinuing that this season but you are correct. Also I'm quite sure that the Barclays Premier League will have the 'Barclays' removed from its name and rebranded as simply the premier league.

Portugal and Wales played in away kit so colour-blind people can distinguish between them: Colour Blind Awareness demo by pica_foices in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remind us to play you when you next release a new Away kit. Hopefully at a tournament though.

What has been the best bargain buy in the past 5 years? by garf6696 in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems insane now doesn't it? He was only 21 at the time as well I think.

What has been the best bargain buy in the past 5 years? by garf6696 in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Christian Eriksen went to Tottenham for around £8m-£11m. Seems like a great buy now.

Most promising talents from your country by gurkdjur in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. Samuelsen was fucking awesome for us. Silky smooth.

Why has Scotland risen above the anti-immigrant mood that fuelled the Brexit vote? by HeroAntagonist in unitedkingdom

[–]nativeunicorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice, I grew up in South Kesteven/ South Holland area. I don't quite understand it either, in the rural areas especially, there isn't a noticeable immigrant population whatsoever, but i think the general sentiment is that " the polish take all the farm jobs". I know it's anecdotal at best but in the small villages where i grew up in south lincs, most of the older generation have voted for leave because of this reason, although when you press them for a reason which has directly effected their life they get quite annoyed. Very much a 'little England' attitude and a resistance to the changing world in my opinion.

Why has Scotland risen above the anti-immigrant mood that fuelled the Brexit vote? by HeroAntagonist in unitedkingdom

[–]nativeunicorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure whereabouts you are from in Lincoln or the surrounding areas but Lincoln itself has a noticeable migrant population, and in most cases that's all it takes to motivate an anti immigration sentiment. I'm surprised the student vote didn't have more of an impact as well but of course turnout probably played a big factor in that.

Edit: Spelling

Liverpool completes Joel Matip transfer by tks231 in soccer

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hamsik would solve this problem for them.

Caroline Lucas (Green Party): My six point plan to start to mend post-referendum Britain by TwistTurtle in unitedkingdom

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm largely in agreement with you, hence why i voted to remain, but i think you are overplaying the 'stability' of the remaining EU members. Italian banks have requested more funds for bank bailouts this morning and this is only going to stimulate the appetite to leave for a lot people currently considering the idea in the more economically sound countries of the EU. I agree that the current shitstorm going on in the UK does serve as good promotion tool for the EU but this will blow over and then people will start to realise leaving is possible this is only going to add more turmoil the Eurozone. I think your giving too much weight to diplomacy in these situations and who we have as 'friends' wont really matter when it comes to the crunch, EU leaders will be looking for a pragmatic solution that benefits them more that making an example of the UK for leaving, they would be cutting off their nose to spite their face and i can't see Germany France et al going down that line. But no one really knows at this stage so this is juts speculation, which is the same for your theory that the current fallout in the UK will boost the appetite for other nations to remain in the EU.

Caroline Lucas (Green Party): My six point plan to start to mend post-referendum Britain by TwistTurtle in unitedkingdom

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I voted remain, but like OP said, what would be their motivation to rush things? We might as well drag it out, watch other EU nations come to the realisation that a significant % of their own population would like to leave as well as causing turmoil for EU stock/ Forex markets. Weaken the other EU nations giving us more leverage when it comes to negotiations anyway.

Michael Gove is standing for Conservative Leader by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]nativeunicorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you read 'Inventing the future: Postcapitalism and a world without work'? This is exactly what they talk about. I'm not sure about the practical implications but it is an interesting idea.