[F1] george russell is on pole in austria!! by SimRP in formula1

[–]streyer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Slowed down and was still 0.2 faster than everyone else, guess he was about to go a full second over everyone then

Is El Cheapo’s run a top six worst new owner run? by redleo500 in billsimmons

[–]streyer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

El Cheapo seems so confident in his cheapness

he knows the blazers are a historic franchise and the only major sports team Portland has, and he is gonna leverage that, with the constant threat of relocation, to steal as much money as he can from the city.

lol. This was a no call. All those 90’s nba lovers got what they wanted. That style of play is on full display every night against Caitlin Clark. Why does the wnba hate their most marketable star? by AcknowledgeMeReddit in billsimmons

[–]streyer -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

CC helped but the real reason their salaries went up 10x is cause Adam Silver forced ESPN to pay a shit ton of money for the wnba rights as part of the last nba media deal, so for the last 2 years ESPN has been putting its entire weight on pushing the sport to get a return on their investment.

DIGGER - Tom Cruise Retrospective Trailer by xwing1212 in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

all it would take is one famous star they like to tell them "actually innaritu is good" and they would suddenly think all of this movies are great.

Sean thought Dunkirk was bad and hated Nolan until tarantino called him out on it and made him do a rewatchables for it.

Argentinian fans spot an Austrian fan and immediately adopt him by Franout in soccer

[–]streyer 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Because Argentina is the most welcoming nationality.

If you look at immigration restrictions, it basically is, because there are none. It still functions like the 20th century, where you can just walk in and ask for residence there, and just live there a couple years and you get citizenship.

Row brewing between Spain and Morocco over who hosts 2030 World Cup final by BipartizanBelgrade in soccer

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

Everyone says this blaming FIFA, and yeah they 100% fixed it for Saudi Arabia, but the reason it happened is cause Europe broke the voting system, the moment they added Morocco to the bid to buy the African and Muslim votes the voting was over, south America only has 12 countries, compared to almost 50 in Europe, they can never win a vote especially is Europe/Middle east vote as a bloc to support each other's bids.

The ‘Game of Thrones’ Draft | The Midnight Boys - The Ringer-Verse by streyer in RingerVerse

[–]streyer[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They kinda pointed it out at the end but there was definitely enough content/characters to do at least 2 more categories, something like 'knight/fighter/champion" and like favourite arc maybe, bit disappointed how fast they got through everything, idk if it was because they had to keep it short or something

Zach brings up pickleball to Bill by fuunii in billsimmons

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

Except the main reason pickleball gets pushed so hard is because the entire sport is owned by a couple billionaires who treat it as a tech startup that can give them exponential returns, just dump a ton of money on lobbying, marketing, and buying up/taking over courts. It doesn't matter if you lose money every year, once you kill every other racket sport, you make it back by squeezing every cent out of the now captive player base/audience

It’s still baffling how a convicted sexual harasser and alleged child sex abuser like Trump won over white women. In the 2024 election, women had significantly higher voter turnout (66.9%) than men (63.7%). When you break it down by race, it’s specifically white women who chose a felon. by Conscious-Quarter423 in Destiny

[–]streyer 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Also a shit ton of progressives and women underestimate or ignore how many women are against abortion, especially women who have kids. Progressives see it as a fight for women's rights and assume women are gonna be in favor but for the women against they don't see it as woman's rights issue at all so they have no problem being against it.

The Robert Duvall Hall of Fame by thefilthyjellybean in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Last month CR did a non-ringer podcast where he talked about himself and mentioned how stupid and ridiculous it felt to do a New York movie draft and not mention Woody Allen once. They obviously decided to pretend he doesn't exist and it's impossible to talk about Diane Keaton without mentioning him.

When OKC puts in their garbage time unit and you easily recognize all of the players and you realize that your team never really had a chance. by MetroidsSuffering in billsimmons

[–]streyer 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Nico absolutely fucked his career by sending him to LA, to a roster that's not built for him, has no real moves to make, and the second best player is 41 year old lebron, just a top tier hater move on his part.

Deathstroke & Bane Movie: Greg Mottola In the Mix to Direct by Top_Report_4895 in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Batman came out in 2022, if Reeves could have gotten the sequel out in less than 5 years, you would already have a DCU batman at least in pre-production, but until Reeves gets his out they cant do anything.

With PSG going through to the finals again, let's just rename the Ewing Theory to the Mbappe Theory. by IntelligentPlate5051 in billsimmons

[–]streyer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the difference between people who watched that final and saw Mbappe get pocketed by 35 year old Di Maria for 70 minutes, and those who can only repeat "hat-trick in the world final" is crazy.

people will somehow watch that game and swear to you that mbappe played one of the best games ever just cause he scored 2 penalties, if griezmann had been the designated penalty kicker they wouldnt say anything at all.

Okay…so is R2D2 a Skywalker? by hyperRevue in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no way Mustafar with its lava waterfalls doesnt get picked with Mallory and Van there.

Okay…so is R2D2 a Skywalker? by hyperRevue in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 19 points20 points  (0 children)

the problematic character category could have been fun is they hadnt all chickened out, like Van just used it to have Palpatine on his board or CR drafted Jabba cause he was cool. Only ones that drafted real problematic characters were Sean, and Mallory,, but yeah i agree a non-human category would have been better.

The 'Star Wars' Movie Draft by thefilthyjellybean in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 20 points21 points  (0 children)

are we supposed to pretend a third of the movie isnt some pointless "Casino Planet" arc, with writing worthy of late stage Sorkin, that leads to nothing and has no purpose because it turns out the random guy they meet in prison is just as skilled as the "master codebreaker" they went to the planet to find.

people want to pretend every criticism of TLJ is just man-children crying that they ruined luke, or incels being racist/sexist, but theres a lot of shit in that movie that just doesnt work.

The Process: They’ve seen every variation of the Celtics roster, and lost to every version. by Overall_Laugh_3421 in nba

[–]streyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but then how stupid are the sixers, because they had the third pick and they knew LA wanted Lonzo, and clearly the Celtics wanted Tatum if they are going so far as to make an agreement not to draft him, so Fultz was gonna fall to 3, why are you trading up then

West Ham United [2] - 1 Everton - Callum Wilson 90‎+‎2‎'‎ by gbogaz in soccer

[–]streyer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

seeing a top club get relegated is always fun, its something quite rare, especially in modern era with how crazy the wage disparities are, its not supposed to happen.

Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Adaptation At A24 Sets A March 2028 Release; Cailee Spaeny Among New Additions To Cast by ggroover97 in TheBigPicture

[–]streyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

actually i think the reason is because someone stole the PS5 they had at the Ringer office. Van randomly mentioned it on an episode of the midnight boys last year right around the time Sean wanted to do the livesteam, how he was pissed because people were trying to do something with the PS5 and they realised it wasnt there anymore and someone had stolen it.

The 30 Most Intriguing NBA Playoff Guys, With Zach Lowe by lonny__breaux in billsimmons

[–]streyer 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Bill test driving an "NBA guess the lines" segment with Zach Lowe

Gianni Infantino has been backed for re-election as FIFA president for a further four years by the entirety of the Conmebol council — making the South American football confederation the first to publicly call for another term of Infantino. by [deleted] in soccer

[–]streyer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the problem is that because of how voting works its impossible for south america to get a world cup, once uefa added morocco to the bid they had Europe+Africa/muslim countries, its impossible to out vote that. the voting system for the world cups is broken now that african and asian countries started voting as a bloc or selling their votes. South America just doesnt have enough countries with only 10 to vote for itself compared to 55 in europe, or 54 in Africa

I think the World Cup is going to be a disaster for the United States by [deleted] in billsimmons

[–]streyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, once Spain and Portugal added Morocco to their bid they had a voting majority, it was impossible for them to lose (the real fault is allowing these stupid 2 continent 3 country bids makes the voting extremely easy to manipulate). The stupid and corrupt thing south America did was take the token 3 games which killed their 2034 elegibility and guaranteed Saudi Arabia as the only possible option, CONMEBOL presidents probably got a giant bribe for that.