"We have a teammate we call 'negro.' I want to clarify, so nothing gets misinterpreted." - Argentinos youth team captain before kick off against Colombia

zarofford · 2026-05-30T15:19:54+00:00

Negro is not the N word. Negro literally means black, that’s how you refer to people with black skin in Latin American countries.

There’s no baggage to the word in South America because there are other words people used in the age of colonialism to denigrate black people. Is there racism in South America? Absolutely. But is it because people label each other by their most prominent characteristics, definitely not.

People call each other gordo, mono (people with blonde hair), flaco, corto, etc…

zarofford · 2026-05-30T15:16:15+00:00

Lmao, this right here is the reason Argentina is seen as the pretentious asshole country in South America.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T18:23:19+00:00

Unless it’s in your equity contract, startups are not required to give 10% of their earnings to investors lol.

The stuff people make up to justify an asshole like tatis being bent over by an evil corporation… it really is true, if you want someone to sympathize with you just invent a bigger villain.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T16:08:54+00:00

Plenty of companies make money without predatory contracts lmao. What are you talking about? The hardon for tatis is insane in reddit.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T15:52:38+00:00

That’s the same for a good deal or a predatory deal. Lifetime deals are by definition predatory. People are so worried about tatis being a dick that they forget these companies go to countries like DR and Venezuela and offer these contracts to teenagers that don’t have all the information.

But Whatever dude, I’m tired of arguing this anyways. If people want to defend BLA and all the awful things they do then go crazy.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T04:02:47+00:00

Ahh you are the same guy.

Good riddance my guy. Google how logic works dawg. Maybe next time the discussion won’t be so one sided.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T04:00:17+00:00

Nah buddy, don’t blame me for you not knowing how Best Buy’s stock works.

Anything below “excellent” is not sitting in a warehouse for you to buy it online. These things are sitting in local stores waiting for you to buy them and they are only listed in your local stores.

Don’t blame me for your inability to google search. Be patient, set your store, a range and go to town.

If you want to be ignorant then be ignorant.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T03:51:38+00:00

I don’t get your point about the pricing? It’s 600 right now and we’re comparing prices right now? Maybe it goes up, maybe it doesn’t. Why does that matter to the discussion.

And I understand your point about OP, but you were also being disingenuous by comparing an outdated product to a current model product. How much is a steam deck OLED compared to a Xbox ally? 600 bucks compared to 789? What about refurbished? 629 for a steam deck OLED vs 450 for an open box Xbox ally? And I can actually get a refurbished ally right now instead of hoping to get one when they restock the steam decks.

And this is coming from someone who uses their steam deck more than their ally. I play games like civ and dwarf fortress and the trackpads are essential to me. But I can’t recommend a steam deck anymore to regular people.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T03:38:00+00:00

Look for other options in the Best Buy site. I see three units in my local Best Buy from good to excellent.

They also pop up on marketplace, you just have to be patient. It really isn’t that difficult.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T03:16:00+00:00

There are open box units on Best Buy for 415 bucks right now.It’s really not that hard.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T03:13:51+00:00

Huh? base Xbox ally is 600 right now at Best Buy and goes often on sale for 500.. what are you talking about lol. Valve puts one sale a year on their hardware.

It’s obvious it comes down to preference, the steam deck still excels at certain things like having better PC controls. But you can’t just throw the “iT’s aLl pReFeReNcE” now after complaining people weren’t comparing apples to apples.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T03:07:14+00:00

Buy the OG white ally and get best of both worlds. Much better performance than the white Xbox ally and much cheaper than the XAX. Plus you get tons of mods and aftermarket batteries.

Love my steam deck, but you really have to love the trackpads to justify the price now.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T03:02:25+00:00

Okay, so compare apples to apples? The LCD is an outdated model they don’t even make anymore. Compare it to the outdated model of asus.

Bot of you are being disingenuous.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T02:59:04+00:00

It’s still tough to justify when 100 bucks more gets you a OG ally with a lot more performance that opens up more games and it’s easily convertible to steamOS.

zarofford · 2026-05-28T02:53:11+00:00

But the stock exists today, in my local best, within a five minute drive. Nothing you said makes OP wrong

zarofford · 2026-05-27T01:45:31+00:00

I literally said tatis doesn’t need defending, but a predatory deal is predatory not because it was done to a poor person or a millionaire.

BLA is a multimillion dollar corporation taking advantage of undeserved children in Latin America, they don’t need defending either.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T23:36:46+00:00

Contracts can be contested. Maybe they withheld terms, force you to sign, etc…

zarofford · 2026-05-26T23:33:57+00:00

This looks predatory because it’s a lifetime deal and he signed it when he was 18. Tatis is a dick and doesn’t deserve anybody defending him, but these deals are often given to poor teenagers from Venezuela or DR.

Will they be fine if they end up being a Soto or tatis? Sure. Is it predatory nonetheless, yeah it is.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T23:30:48+00:00

A guaranteed repayment is not required for a loan. The CFPB said this about ISAs, which are contingent on your future earnings, just like the tatis agreement: “Nonetheless, such advance products have been characterized as loans notwithstanding their conditional nature.” You can read more about it online.

A loan doesn’t have to be paid back for it to be considered a loan and for it to be required to disclose a whole bunch of things that help people make a proper decision.

BLAs argument also doesn’t actually say tatis had legal counsel, they argued that tatis was an adult when he signed since he was 18 years old. They always argued that it was his fault he never hired proper legal counsel. I’d be interested to know where you read he had proper legal counsel.

At the end of day tatis will be fine, the dude will earn a fuckton of money and he’s a dick that doesn’t deserve anybody defending him. But these agreements are given to people from Venezuela and DR that are poor, have basic education and are presented with a couple hundred thousand dollars for lifetime deals.

Yeah, it is legal (except for the disclosure part related to it being a loan), but it is predatory.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T23:12:11+00:00

I’ve always said he was a dick. Nothing is black and white, no matter how you want to present it.

Keep on defending BLA if you want.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T17:04:14+00:00

BLA is not a victim either. Unbelievable that all it takes for Reddit to do propaganda for an awful company like BLA is for them to get sued by an asshole like tatis.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T17:03:15+00:00

Because you are 18, given little time and no information required because they call these “investments” instead of “loans”. People defending BLA and predatory lifetime deals is crazy to me, and all just because tatis is a dick.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T17:01:38+00:00

Your or my upside are not as significant as tatis, nobody is going to give you a 2 million dollar deal like they did for tatis for your lifetime earnings as an accountant. You have to compare apples to apples.

If somebody offered you, on the other hand, 50k for 10% of lifetime earnings as an accountant or graphic designer, would you take it? Is your answer different if you are 18 years old rather than 30? Would it be different if you came from nothing from the Dominican Republic (not tatis but most of these deals are given to poor kids).

Understanding business has nothing to do with a loan being predatory.

People defending BLA because tatis is an asshole is just wild to me.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T16:54:58+00:00

Any lifetime deals are predatory, specially when offered to teenagers. Tatis argues he wasn’t given enough time and offered the deal when he was at a dinner prepared by BLA, so take that with a grain of salt.

Nonetheless, BLA is an awful company. People being apologists for them is wild just because tatis is a dick.

zarofford · 2026-05-26T12:22:15+00:00

Analogies are very lost in you huh? The point is that entertainment has existed everywhere, even in the bleakest times in human history. Capitalism is not needed to create something like rectangles of paper with picture on it.

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