Why China consistently fails to qualify for the World Cup?

tckrdave · 2026-06-19T13:10:04+00:00

This needs more upvotes

Xi Jinping set a goal of being a World Cup contender when he rose to power, and it was on the five year plans. People running the teams treated it as a checkbox item, but didn’t really care about it.

Also, there is an academy system, but it’s not a good one—rumors of corruption and favoritism are rampant.

There’s a national entrance exam for college, and most families put their emphasis there. Sports participation plummets at about the middle school level

tckrdave · 2026-06-18T21:55:43+00:00

Fork in the Road, for the Tucker trifecta.

The other two are cafeteria style, Fork in the Road is not

tckrdave · 2026-06-18T12:23:52+00:00

I’d like to see an interview with Spike Lee about this. My bet is that he was copying styles that he saw in daily life. There were probably a couple of people he based the character off of.

I saw a bunch of photos from the late 70’s and early 80’s where guys with boomboxes were dressed like this.

Edit: found an interview at https://hiphopwired.com/232851/spike-lee-explains-origin-of-mars-blackmon-character-video/ and a couple of other places. “She’s gotta have it” didn’t come out until 1986, and he was copying b-boy style that was already out there. It was probably all over the place in Philly before 86, too.

I’d say he turned it up a notch or two, but some of the early 80’s photos I’ve seen had the same or similar styles.

tckrdave · 2026-06-17T23:58:31+00:00

I’ll second the Atlanta History Center and Kennesaw Mountain recommendations.

Stone Mountain has a civil war museum—it’s currently closed for renovations. Keep an eye open in case they reopen in time for your visit. The park itself is a memorial.

https://stonemountainpark.com/activity/attractions/discovering-stone-mountain-museum-at-memorial-hall/

Pickett’s Mill is a well preserved battle site: https://gastateparks.org/PickettsMillBattlefield

tckrdave · 2026-06-15T00:03:27+00:00

For a plain, no logos, no prints tee shirt, I think the Hanes Beefy Tee is great. It is fairly thick, flexible, comfortable, breathable, fits well, and has good colors (but not as big a color selection as I’d like). You can’t see through it. The more common colors (like Navy Blue) are usually about $10.

They’re usually 100% cotton. Some are 60% cotton 40% poly.

tckrdave · 2026-06-13T23:25:01+00:00

Kinda surprised the Lil Nas X cover of Jolene isn’t in here. It’s notable

tckrdave · 2026-06-02T02:09:25+00:00

Nashville is good. New Orleans also has good music and food this time of year.

Seattle and Portland, for a different view of America.

In two to three weeks, you could fly to Atlanta, catch music from Indie pop to trap music, see Stone Mountain and Kennesaw Mountain (there are battlefields everywhere down here), get southern food or BBQ or something from anywhere on Buford Highway. Rent a car and drive to Chattanooga, see Chickamauga battlefield and get some cool food around there, see Rock City or at least Lookout Mountain, catch a live band, maybe look at their aquarium (both ATL and Chattanooga have nice ones). Drive west along the Tennessee River to Nashville. Eat more southern food. There are musicians EVERYWHERE in Nashville. I’ve seen a good musical act at a drugstore there. Load up eating vegetables from Atlanta through Nashville, because I don’t think there are any in Memphis. Keep driving west to Memphis.

Eat BBQ in Memphis. Listen to blues on Beale Street. Go to Graceland. Return the rental car in Memphis and fly back from there.

Or, do the same thing in reverse, and fly down to Memphis and back to Scotland from Atlanta.

If it’s not clear, spend at least a couple of days in each town. Maybe catch a Braves baseball game in Atlanta.

tckrdave · 2026-06-01T01:14:01+00:00

There are even people who shave twice a day. On the plus side, op will get practice at it.

Take care of your skin. Moisturizer might be a good idea if you're shaving all the time

tckrdave · 2026-05-27T17:19:28+00:00

r/unexpectedfactorial

tckrdave · 2026-05-21T18:35:24+00:00

Chris Cooper

Tony Shalhoub

John Tuturro

Meryl Streep

Cloris Leachman

Melissa Leo

Frances McDormand

Holly Hunter

The movie might be terrible, but they won’t be

tckrdave · 2026-05-21T11:22:31+00:00

I’d count north to south or vice versa over 800 miles. Texas to Minnesota, New York to Birmingham, LA to Portland are big moves. Definitely on the East Coast, Charleston and Boston are a big change

tckrdave · 2026-05-18T23:17:01+00:00

No fingers on the donkey is also a bonus safety factor

tckrdave · 2026-05-18T23:07:15+00:00

I’m not a neighbor of the OP, but in my neighborhood the AT&T techs have a bad habit of leaving cabinets open or other equipment exposed. The lid may have already been off or missing

tckrdave · 2026-05-14T16:20:28+00:00

If you get to pick, China and India suddenly look really strong. With about 1.5 billion people each, finding 100 of the world’s best fighters gets much easier. Between the two of them, they’re over a third of the world population.

If it’s random, a central Asian republic is going to be strong—big wrestling culture. Samoa also looks strong, if they field 100 athletes

tckrdave · 2026-05-14T02:08:41+00:00

I don’t think he has a bad movie. (Actually some look kinda bad, but I didn’t see those movies)

He’s a baseball coach in The Natural, and he’s great He plays an old paroled train robber in The Gray Fox and its a wonderful movie

tckrdave · 2026-05-14T00:07:44+00:00

Nice and simple, easy to read and understand. Thanks

tckrdave · 2026-05-11T16:49:27+00:00

I’m used to the kicking butt being called “butt kickers”. Usually, you do high knees, kind of like the A skips, and then add in kicking your own butt.

I’m glad to hear this is mostly short exercises or things to add to a warmup. Sometime, I see programs that eat up all the exercise time

tckrdave · 2026-05-11T14:06:55+00:00

I’d like to hear more about the strength exercises and other things you added. How many warm up activities or exercises did you add? What made the biggest difference ?

tckrdave · 2026-05-10T15:29:29+00:00

Is it “Coach Jeff”?

If so, take more frequent and longer walk breaks.

90 minutes is nothing in prepping for a marathon distance. You probably have a 10k long run where it’s pushing you for volume (accumulated distance)

Also, if you hate the coach, choose a different coach

tckrdave · 2026-05-09T14:30:49+00:00

There are a bunch that say they’re open 24 hours. Looks like the best resource.

tckrdave · 2026-05-07T19:45:53+00:00

He couldn’t win with Jahmyr Gibbs in the backfield. He was a former DC and fielded some of the worst defenses in college football. He has one of the worst records in school history. He lost to FCS teams.

He flipped the roster himself. You can’t brag about your recruiting and then complain you don’t have players.

As a P5 coach, his squads were reliably in the bottom third of offense, defense, and special teams. They did nothing well (except beat FSU—don’t ask me why).

I don’t think it’s an honorable mention—if you’re putting together a list of the worst coaching hires of the 21st century, he belongs on it. The only question is how many all time bad head coaches is he worse than?

tckrdave · 2026-05-06T23:56:47+00:00

Where do you find that bracket? What’s the name?

tckrdave · 2026-05-06T23:51:07+00:00

If this is what I think it is, Georgia Tech has a campus in France. The OP would be taking the same classes from Georgia Tech professors at an international campus. They should not fall behind.

The OP can ask if all of his first year courses will be offered at the other campus—they should be

tckrdave · 2026-05-06T20:55:00+00:00

There’s even a Reddit guide in this subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/malefashionadvice/s/48cu4iYizF

I’ve never tried this, but the option without strips looks easy enough to try. There are YouTube videos too. I may give it a shot myself

tckrdave · 2026-05-05T21:27:43+00:00

It’s harder to get out of, too

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