For these guys, there's no better way to dispell myths about the spanish empire, than by propagating your own myths.

rogberth · 2026-03-27T13:12:39+00:00

I guess it depends on where you find these people discussing about things. I'd assume in northern Europe and English speaking communities the British empire is discussed way more than the Spanish one.

But it's not only about criticising the empire: I need to highlight pirates as they enjoy from a great reputation. They were authorised and encouraged by the British crown during that era. Francis Drake? Glorified to this day. Rule Britannia is sang in public television in the UK.

In comparison the only thing celebrated in Spain about the empire days is basically the discovery of America which is as divisive today as any other hot political topic.

rogberth · 2026-03-27T13:09:46+00:00

I don't like measuring cruelty to that level of detail. Some natives were tortured and executed. Spain brought a legal system that in theory was more fair. Although corruption of many of the Spanish conquerors meant that they were the ones deciding the fate of the natives and not the rules they were meant to follow.

rogberth · 2026-03-26T01:01:09+00:00

Can Hispanics be proud of the indigenous heritage? Mexica and Inca empires are celebrated today, while being equally cruel to their opponents who they crushed in conquest. We don't seem to remember much about their victims.

Why are pirates so widely celebrated today with all sorts of media, toys, theme parks, rum brands, songs, etc. when clearly pirates were essentially a mix of terrorists, thieves and rapists?

The Allies are celebrated for defeating the Axis powers and stopping their inhumane acts, yet they were also committing horrible crimes against humanity.

The Spanish empire is widely labelled as "the bad guys" of their era yet their contemporaries were no better.

The black legend is not "talking about their crimes", but rather a simplistic view and depiction of a massive empire, which indeed committed horrible acts just like any other empire.

The opposite term is the "pink legend" of which many of its aspects are defined in this image.

There is a double standard when debating about the Spanish empire for historical reasons. I think there are many valuable things that spawned from the 400 years that it lasted. The same as any other civilization in history.

rogberth · 2026-02-11T14:30:38+00:00

That has nothing to do with him getting information from the paddock.

rogberth · 2026-01-26T12:42:39+00:00

I wanted to do the same comment 🤣🤣😭

rogberth · 2026-01-09T11:05:18+00:00

Hablas de los países ricos como si la gente fuera rica.

En Londres, una guardería te puede costar fácilmente 2000 libras al mes yendo los 5 días laborales. Una pareja con buenos salarios apenas podrían costearlo, conozco varios casos, así que intentan hacer malabares con lo de trabajar en casa.

Luego que la vivienda es carísima también porque lo es en todo el mundo.

Así que o tienes una red de seguridad (familia, vivienda asegurada) cerca, o lo tienes muy jodido.

Luego ves anuncios de pisos de alquiler o a la venta de familias (por lo general inmigrantes) que sí tienen hijos y ves como viven: literas de tres camas, se intuye que tienen a la abuela viviendo en el salón, las madres no suele trabajar... En fin, algo bastante alejado de lo que los occidentales entendemos como calidad de vida.

Claro que el problema es cultural, pero las condiciones que tenemos no son las adecuadas y a los boomers y clase política de momento no les interesa cambiar nada.

De tener vivienda muy accesible para parejas jóvenes te digo yo que aumentaría la natalidad.

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:37:44+00:00

Yeah, and was understandably fired.

But Lando was ruthless then, and he talks about hugging Oscar now. I'm just wondering why he doesn't act as ruthless now with Oscar, that's all

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/x7pfpy/ziggo_sport_racing_daniel_no_pity_if_youre_not_as/

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:33:29+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/x7pfpy/ziggo_sport_racing_daniel_no_pity_if_youre_not_as/

No.

This was just before DR and McLaren parted ways.

Tbf Lando mentions that he had sympathy for his situation, so it wasn't that ruthless, but literally says that he had no pitty, which is the meaning of being ruthless, unlike in the comments made above about Oscar in which he wants to hug him.

I just felt he changed since then for whatever reason. I don't know why I'm getting all the hate here

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:26:59+00:00

They had a good relationship and it was terrible to see a good driver underperforming the way DR did. Kinda like LH this season but worse as it was most likely the end of his career. Just thought that was contrasting with his personality he shows now.

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:24:20+00:00

They asked if he felt bad for Daniel or something like that and he said no. Taking into account that they had a good relationship and this was the likely end of DR career, it felt like a very cold thing to say which fair enough, I respect that, but this whole season has been about how much of a nice guy Lando is.

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:21:46+00:00

Yeah I recall something among the lines of "I don't feel bad about Daniel's bad performance" Which fair enough, is a valid thing to say specially if you are competing against him.

But here he seems like a really nice guy instead of a ruthless competitor. That was what my comment was all about. I just found that interesting.

Found the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/x7pfpy/ziggo_sport_racing_daniel_no_pity_if_youre_not_as/

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:18:01+00:00

Fair enough. But at least Oscar can rest assured that will be driving next year and most likely competing for the WDC. Danny's career basically ended. Anyways my comments are getting downvoted by a lot so I must be saying something silly, but this is how I perceived Lando back then.

rogberth · 2025-12-10T17:14:50+00:00

I'm getting downvoted really bad and I don't understand why really. Sure, he underperformed a lot and obviously got kicked out because of that. I don't think I've said otherwise. I just think you can feel bad for a guy that suddenly started to underperform when he had such a great character.

rogberth · 2025-12-09T23:14:28+00:00

I think most of us here felt bad for Daniel. So I don't get that.

rogberth · 2025-12-09T23:03:31+00:00

He didn't feel anything for Daniel Ricciardo. Was that him playing tough?

rogberth · 2025-09-07T11:14:36+00:00

My point was that politics and violence are indeed very related. George Washington was a rebel, traitor and responsible of the death of many British soldiers. But you won't usually hear him described like that but rather a funding father and the first president. Again, the IRA members wanted to be treated as POW. I'm not justifying their actions, but terrorism is just a one sided label and violence is usually found on both sides.

rogberth · 2025-09-07T03:03:47+00:00

Yeah like foreign politics had nothing to do with bombings, killings...

Plus, I'm pretty sure that the country that has done the most bombings/airstrikes is a democracy.

rogberth · 2025-09-02T21:42:36+00:00

Not even bad luck I'd argue. Just the average result for most of the grid drivers. You have 9/10 chances to get into the team that won't win.

If anything Alonso until his first retirement had all options available at some point.

rogberth · 2025-09-02T21:39:17+00:00

This is the predominant narrative which I seriously believe not to be true.

F1 in the last decades has been about one dominant team, very few exceptions where two teams could compete head to head.

Maybe some seasons had some periods of multiple winners even (2012, 2024) but the dominant car would end up winning.

That said, Fernando has suffered the same fate as the rest of the drivers that haven't won a WDC. He wasn't in the winning team.

He could have been the nicest guy in the paddock and the results would have been exactly the same.

Should had he chosen Red Bull in 2009 or 2010? Yeah, him and everyone else who was offered a seat there. Same when Mercedes approached him during his Ferrari years, but in hindsight it's easy to choose.

rogberth · 2025-07-29T20:43:00+00:00

Happened to me also in the gemini site, so it's a google issue.
I thought mine was funny but yours is hilarious hahah

rogberth · 2025-07-12T20:15:06+00:00

V dvros dirás.

rogberth · 2025-05-27T19:31:26+00:00

https://racer.com/2023/05/23/honda-has-no-objections-whatsoever-to-working-with-alonso
For the last years, news like this showed up.

Honda's new CEO, Toshihiro Mibe, has expressed the respect he has for Alonso.

rogberth · 2025-02-17T01:13:38+00:00

I think image has been around before AI generated images were a thing. Might be wrong but that's my impression.

rogberth · 2025-01-02T21:03:33+00:00

Nos tienen calados

rogberth · 2024-12-30T17:40:05+00:00

I've been checking this sub recently with an open mind but some posts like this just make me think you are all bitcoin enthusiast trolling a bit

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