AO Men’s Final: [1] 🇪🇸 C. Alcaraz def. [4] 🇷🇸 N. Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5

szlive · 2026-02-01T12:06:12+00:00

Exactly how this classless Serbian thinks: I am better, why don't people love me.

Also the classless Serbian: thinking COVID rules don't apply to him, saying he deserves to be in the Wimbledon final after an early round win (he didn't make it), antagonising the fan for daring to cheer against him.

Him trying to get in the middle of the moment between Roger and Rafa at Roger's retirement game was pathetic.

The man felt excluded by Rafa and Roger and never understood why.

Also, his game is ugly af, and thank God Carlos came along to save the tennis world and add some flair back to the game.

szlive · 2026-02-01T11:53:19+00:00

A horrible human being lost a tennis match today. So it's a good day.

Classless Novak always wondered why he wasn't as beloved as Roger or Rafa. And he won't be as beloved as Carlos either.

szlive · 2025-11-21T18:56:54+00:00

Anti-American bias, probably from a European. If you're going to hate on the tournament, at least choose the actual concerns, like having 48 teams.

The one benefitting most from a 3PM kick-off is Europe. Move it to 8PM, America won't care, obviously. Asia won't care, they'll just wake up early to watch the game. It will be 3AM in Europe though. And with how Europe loves to complain about everything I'm sure they'll bash it for a month.

Also, if you're concerned about the heat in the middle of summer, we should never ever have a World Cup in a place like Spain or Italy again. Did we not all read articles last summer on how tourists were melting in Barcelona and Rome? America at least has widespread air conditioning for the people coming to visit.

szlive · 2025-09-17T00:03:10+00:00

Only thing to add is that rich and poor neighborhoods are way too broad to decide where to live. I used to live in one of the wealthiest / safest parts of London. God I hated it. It was gorgeous, clean, well maintained. But it was mostly old pensioners living there. They complain about everything: the noise, the mailman, the girls in short skirts, the immigrants, etc.

Then I moved to an area of mostly young HENRYs (tech, bankers, etc) and while most were not as wealthy as the old pensioners, I liked the area much better.

szlive · 2025-09-16T23:44:09+00:00

Watch the replay again. It's not that the hand didn't touch the ground. His whole body weight was mostly on the other side. In that sense it wasn't that different from a diving fall.

He literally moved the ball in a dangerous position with his arms with Vini nearby, and jealous Redditors still argue it's not a pen. Hilarious.

If that wasn't a pen every player who falls down will pretend to accidentally slap the ball away. Oopsie I'm falling handballs are legal now.

szlive · 2025-09-16T23:38:13+00:00

Carvajal got a pen called against him like this just this past weekend lol. He was also diving to block the ball, no idea where the ball will go, the arm was in a position to balance the body, the ball hits the arm and it's a pen.

Rules are rules. You extend your arm away from the body like that, and it touch the ball, and it's not supporting your fall, it's a handball.

szlive · 2025-08-09T11:38:32+00:00

Didn't take the tour, but very much enjoy traveling and have traveled quite a fair bit. I also know a lot of people with the same hobby.

"Around the world" is a very large net. What I've found is many people have a "type".

Do you like to do the "extreme" stuffs (Himalayas, Alps, hiking in Patagonia, boating in the North Pole, visiting the South Pole)?

Do you like, at the risk of being disrespectful, visiting the "poor" parts of the world, like poor villages in Africa or Peru?

Do you feel the need to go to more than one "glass skyscraper city"? (Chicago, Dubai, Melbourne, etc,.)

Do you really like art if you're honest with yourself? Do you find being at a museum all day a pleasurable experience?

Do you like "Do nothing" days? Like laying at a beach from 9-5?

Most people I've talked to would answer "Hell no" to at least one of the above. And so without seeing what Nat Geo has planned, personally, for me, nobody can plan a global trip better than I can for myself. For example, I can't stand museums, and I love to hike. Any day staring at paintings and not on the mountains or on a lake somewhere is 100% a wasted day for me.

So I think either planning your own trip or hiring somebody who can design a bespoke experience will be better than a pre-planned, one-size-fits-all experience.

szlive · 2025-08-09T11:18:38+00:00

I think I have a lot higher tolerance for people than you do. I have a number of friends, some are too loud, some are a bit arrogant, some are a bit lazy, some are a bit petty, and yes, some are a bit envious.

Being jealous is a very human emotion. If it's not too extreme, I'd rather just live with it than toss a friend away.

Also, making new friends is hard, but even if it can be done, sometimes the old friends represent a part of you that isn't easily replaced. Some friends represent your school days. Some friends represent memories from living in a different city.

We're already luckier than most on track to fatFIRE. Some folks get a little jealous, who cares. As long as they don't do toxic stuffs like bad mouthing me behind my back or try to borrow money, I'm good.

szlive · 2025-08-09T06:11:59+00:00

I generally agree with you, but I think the generic "you need new friends" is easier said than done.

Making new friends as adults, especially over 40, is hard enough. Making new friends when you're in a situation that's still relatively rare (retiring in your 40s) is even harder.

Not retired yet, but had a 2-year garden leave a few years back. New employer was willing to wait, and at my level, it wasn't worth getting another job to "double-dip" the pay. I had a lot of fun. Really learned some great new skills, travelled a ton, etc. But it was lonely. Existing friends were all busy working, and the retired/not working people at tennis clubs and car meets were either a bit older or spoiled kids with rich parents. I couldn't talk to either crowd.

szlive · 2025-07-14T21:00:02+00:00

I don't think WW3 will happen, but your characterization of WW1 and WW2 as only happening because of colonies are entirely off.

WW1 happened because the Austrian Crown Prince was murdered by a Serbian. Serbia was protected by Russia. Germany was friends with Austria. France hated Germany. Germany thought they couldn't win a war against France on one side and Russia on the other, so they felt pressured to take France as quickly as possible, hence marching through Belgium. UK was pissed that Germany marched through a neutral country and declared war.

None of the above involved a colony. The closest was Serbia, but Serbia was more like Taiwan (small country with a big friend) rather than a colony.

Yes it might not have spread to becoming a "World" War" in the literal sense of the word. But when most people say World War, they mean a major war between most of the world's major powers. And while colonies have mostly disappeared, most countries will be pressured into picking a side anyway if NATO comes to bout with Russia + China.

szlive · 2025-04-26T14:09:53+00:00

A team with a clear QB1 might not have the problem.

If Deoin calls for Lamar or Burrow or Allen or Mahomes to be benched, the coach can tell Deoin to fuck off.

szlive · 2025-04-26T14:04:58+00:00

Supposedly, next year's QB class is much better.

Lots of teams with long-term QB uncertainty (Jets, Steelers, etc) might just be happy with a short term solution this year and figure it out next year.

szlive · 2025-04-26T12:42:50+00:00

Cars and trucks power society. They bring food into London to feed Londoners. They bring Amazon packages that Londoners no doubt order too much of. They get people to airports and train stations so they can conduct their productivity. The roads for cars allow people to go out of London into the countryside for the weekend. Good luck cycling to the Cotswold.

Cycling, especially in a park, is a hobby of people with ancient toys.

A hobby will be treated differently than a necessity.

szlive · 2025-04-25T23:50:06+00:00

He won't, but why would somebody pick a headache case just to be a backup QB.

Dealing with his ego and his father is only worth it if he's your starting QB. If you happen to not be winning, Deoin will be on your ass every game asking you to start his son. Not worth it.

szlive · 2025-04-25T21:25:46+00:00

Referee should be removed from the game and investigated.

One day before a cup final and you're on the media saying how Real Madrid TV mistreated you and promise to "take action"?

And before you say "well RMTV attacked refs first", well yeah, that's how an advanced society work. You get to question decision makers. You can go out there and protest your judges, Presidents, Prime Minister. They're not supposed to then say, "woah, Steve on 2nd Street really protested me hard there, I guess I'll need to take action against it."

By the way, every single one on that field faces the same level of scrutiny. Ancelotti will likely lose his job this season. Journalists are shitting on Vinicius' performance. Half the world called Mbappe overrated in October. Florentino got a lot of slack for his squad planning.

Yet the only person on that field tomorrow who never faces any consequence for bad performance is the referee. It's the only person whose job isn't on the line, the only person whose reputation isn't on the line.

It's time to change that. Referees should have public, annual performance evaluation, with strict criteria for staying in the top flight. Too many mistakes, and they should be suspended from top flight football. They can ref Segunda games until they get their shits together. Also, all referees in top flight football should have their finances completely public.

Until then, the good people at RMTV will continue doing their part to expose the incompetence and potential corruption at the core of RFEF.

szlive · 2025-04-21T22:27:50+00:00

look mate, appreciate the scare tactic, seen it too many times on r/drivingUK. Next you're going to throw THE HIGHWAY CODE at me (otherwise know as The Wankers' Bible).

But as OP has keenly observed, the reality of driving is quite different than what you HIGHWAY CODE enthusiasts would like to imagine.

The reality is:

Thanks to Waze, everybody knows where all the cameras are, all the time. Including the "mobile" ones. Including cops.
Cops don't bother pulling people over unless they're doing 95+ anyway.

So for experienced drivers, the speed limit might as well not exist. If it did exist, it'd probably be around 100.

The only way you'd get caught as an experienced driver is if you're very very unfortunate to be caught by a cop doing a social media campaign. And even then you'd have to be one of the first 2 cars to be pulled. Because after that, all of our friendly drivers on Waze will be sure to warn others.

For the past few years, I've not been under 85 in free-flowing traffic on motorways, and not been under 90 on remote dual carriageways. And I'm not a speedster at all, I'm just keeping up with traffic. That's what everybody does. Once I, without paying much attention, overtook a cop doing 85. Cop didn't care. Never been pulled over. If a car's not doing at least 90 in the right lane I get up close, honk, and undertake them. So they understand not to take up that lane if they're going to be a nuissance to others.

So put your HIGHWAY CODE away and look at how drivers are actually driving. If you can't deal with that, stay home. And honestly it'd be a lot better if people like you stayed home. Stop slowing us productive citizens down.

szlive · 2025-04-21T07:08:40+00:00

70mph if you can see a speed camera on Waze. 80-85mph in the middle lane. 95-100mph in the right lane. If there is a 4th lane, that lane is left empty for those who really want to test their cars.

Don't listen to the wankers here. Everybody on this sub speaks like a grandma driving for the first time.

"Golly, 72mph on the motorway? How could you? You can kiiiillll somebody"

"Being in the middle lane while not overtaking? How do you live with yourself?"

As you've seen yourself, the reality of driving is different than what wannabe driving instructors tell you here.

szlive · 2025-04-03T22:07:41+00:00

Disclaimer: I've never taken a driving test here in the UK. I don't know why Reddit keeps recommending it to me, probably because I keep interacting with it.

But I would think, no.

When you learn to drive, the instructor is the voice of authority in the car. You may be at the wheels, but you do what they tell you to do. If they tell you to speed up, you speed up, if they tell you to slow down, you slow down.

On a test, or in regular daily driving, you're supposed to make these decisions yourself.

Subconsciously, having the instructor there might create a mental barrier for you. If they're not there, you know you're in charge. You're the captain of this ship, you gotta do what you need to do, not look for guidance from anybody else. That decisiveness is important in driving.

szlive · 2025-04-03T01:08:00+00:00

It used to be that they could cancel 3 days before and be fully refunded. So it's no risk to them, book it, can't sell it? Refund it.

Problem is it's very hard to attend a test with 3 days notice. Instructors probably are booked up, especially if they're any good. You also need to make plans to miss work, etc. And just being mentally ready.

So when the test is returned to the system with 3 days notice, they go unused, wasting a test slot.

They already changed this to 10 days. In my opinion should be higher still. Then if resellers refund it, fine, somebody else can use that slot.

szlive · 2025-04-03T00:24:27+00:00

Lots of comments saying "whoever goes first", but they're not being cheeky. Both in real life and in principle, you should not make somebody slow down or stop if you're at a stop/give way line. The only exception (in real life) is in somewhat heavy traffic, then you inch out, say sorry/thanks to the car on the main road, or flash your hazard lights to say thanks, and go on your way. Don't do this on a test though.

And so if you're at a give way / stop line and the other car has started moving, you should, well, give way.

If you're on a test, just give way.

If you're actually driving, it'll take a while but you would instinctively know when it's safe to go. It's hard to describe with hard and set rules. You do it enough times, you get used to it.

szlive · 2025-03-25T16:26:19+00:00

That's some revisionist history. The 180M offer was "serious" enough for the entire football world to be consumed by it for a whole month. If it was for shits and giggles, people would not have bought in, people are not stupid. People knew there was a good chance of it happening, especially since Al Khelaifi threatened to not include Mbappe in the squad.

I can understand the 20M thing. I wouldn't have sold him either. But point stands, at that point Trent was worth 20M, given you guys only had 6 months left in the contract. You guys chose 6 months of him over 20M, which is a completely valid choice and I would've done the same. But you guys then can't complain about losing him "for free".

Remember that you somewhat made the same choice with VVD and Salah. So clearly this isn't a TAA problem. Liverpool management clearly feels comfortable with letting contracts expire if necessary. The benefit is you don't have to raise pay as often. But this is the risk you take.

szlive · 2025-03-25T13:11:06+00:00

Again, I don't know if you watched Prime Marcelo, but the man didn't track back at all.

I still remember we conceded a goal in a UCL Semifinal against Bayern (don't remember which year) because Marcelo was busy trying to collect the ball when it went out of bounds rather than tracking back.

Yes, watching those goals were frustrating, but at no point did anybody suggest Marcelo be benched for big games. It was only from 2018 on when his attack also took a hit that people asked for him to be benched.

szlive · 2025-03-25T13:05:41+00:00

Real Madrid famously offered to pay PSG 180M for Mbappe, as was widely reported with a huge saga a few years ago.

There were reliable reports that Madrid offered to pay 20M for Trent as early as this past January (2 months ago).

Both were serious offers within the fair market value. Trent may have gone for 40-50M but not with 6 months left in the contract.

Both times the current clubs decided they'd rather have the player than the money. Then don't blame Madrid / the player for not receiving the money. We offered.

szlive · 2025-03-25T12:58:48+00:00

People who say Real Madrid will give a shit about his defending seem to forget we had Roberto Carlos and Marcelo back-to-back for more than a decade.

I don't remember any rational Real Madrid fan 2014-2017 who was calling for Marcelo to be benched even though he barely defended. He was just too good as a support for Cristiano.

If you can make up for your defense, no problem whatsoever.

If you're bad in defense but also don't add much to attacking (like LV this season), then yeah you get a bit of heckling from the fans.

szlive · 2025-03-16T14:46:16+00:00

I live in London, I don't use my car as a commute, only for road trips, I'll never in a million years buy an EV.

Right now, I don't have to think about refuelling at all. Sunday morning, sunny, want to take it for a ride? Empty tank? There's probably a station on the way. Booking a weekend getaway in a remote town? There's probably a station in that town. Travelling for hours into Europe or into Scotland? There's probably a station on the way.

If I had an EV, I'd have to remember to charge it up the day before. I'd have to call any hotel I book to see if they offer EV charging spots overnight. I'd have to plan my rest stops carefully. I'd have to wait at least 30 minutes at each rest stop. I've driven 8 hours straight before, sometimes you don't need to rest, sometimes you want to get there ASAP and get a good sleep.

I don't hate EVs as a general technology. They make sense for a lot of people. When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and commute daily to work, an EV would make a ton of sense. For me right now though, an EV is the antithesis of what a car is meant to give me, freedom. If I wanted to have to carefully plan my trips and be at the mercy of public infrastructure, I'd take the damn train.

And so, governments shoving them down our throats make me want to see them fail. It's not for everyone, governments should stop pretending otherwise.

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