The amount of complaining from English soccer fans about the upcoming World Cup in the United States has become embarrassing.

Every day it's something new. The stadiums are wrong. The atmosphere is wrong. The cities are too spread out. The fans are wrong. The sports culture is wrong. The food is wrong. The transportation is wrong. Wah wah wah.

Yes, American stadiums are different. They're larger, newer, cleaner, and designed around a different sports culture. You don't have to prefer them, but acting like they're some kind of disgrace because they don't resemble a rainy Saturday afternoon at Stoke is ridiculous.

The anti-American obsession is especially strange. Social media is full of people acting shocked that America is, in fact, America.

The constant complaining also comes off as incredibly entitled. Billions of people around the world would love the chance to attend a World Cup. Instead of appreciating the opportunity, some fans seem determined to spend the entire tournament searching for things to be miserable about.

It's okay to have preferences. It's okay to prefer traditional soccer stadiums. It's okay to think other countries have better atmospheres.

But if your reaction is to endlessly whine that they don't do things exactly the way you do back home, maybe the problem isn't the host nation. Maybe you just need to grow up.

Am Ende des Tages hilft Migration faktisch nur den Leuten mit Kapital. Ein Arbeiter profitiert nicht von den durch Migration verursachten steigenden Grundstückspreisen, sondern leidet darunter.

Ein Arbeiter profitiert auch nicht von mehr Konkurrenz auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, sondern leidet darunter, weil er seinen Job verliert oder sein Lohn sinkt.

Wer davon profitiert, sind Firmenbesitzer und die Manager- bzw. Akademikerkaste.

Genauso profitieren auch nur Grundstücksbesitzer von der steigenden Nachfrage nach Wohnraum, und die wenigsten Arbeiter besitzen ein Grundstück.

Zu guter Letzt ziehen Migranten in Arbeiterviertel und bringen die damit verbundenen Probleme mit sich. Die wenigsten Flüchtlingsheime stehen in reichen Vierteln. Die Akademiker- und Villengegenden Deutschlands sind kaum bis gar nicht divers.

People promoted the "Tunnel all sables" and I'm promoting the "Be Orela Day!"

Let's celebrate all baddies!

I fuckin love Orela Rose

I swear

We need to celebrate MtF transgender people because BHVR is not doing shit this Pridemonth!

Who's with me?

Not counting Sprint races, George Russell — driving the most dominant car of the season — has scored fewer points than Sergio Pérez in any of his 4 years at Red Bull through the first 6 races of the year.

• Checo Pérez 2023: 97 points  
• Checo Pérez 2024: 91 points  
• Checo Pérez 2022: 79 points  
• Checo Pérez 2021: 69 points  
• George Russell 2026: 67 points

I’m talking more specifically in the past couple years, im not even tryna use this as on opportunity to dog on Farage in this subreddit again but I feel like thanks to his politics straight up being fucking racist is completely normalised now and it’s really exhausting, im pretty young but I can’t recall it ever being this bad, and it’s why I really just despise Farage and all the people that vote him.

I’ve muted the post but this is literally one of the replies : “No. I see a lot of people fed up of Islam/Muslims. That's not a race it's a religion and archaic belief system. I think it deserves to be criticised, belittled and mocked.”

Deserves to be criticised, belittled and mocked, nice.

Listen, I’m sure not everyone is going to like this post, but I’m truly just curious of what people think of this question. Why should Amanda and West keep their jobs? Here’s the thing for me: if I was doing poorly at my job, wasn’t meeting goals or expectations, and truly putting in no effort or wasn’t meeting deadlines, should I be able to keep my job? With part three of the reunion about to air, I want to see if either one of them truly participates. If they don’t and it’s the same thing as the last two episodes, why should they keep their jobs? They have truly given us nothing; they’ve barely spoken. Amanda has walked off. It’s just a lot of eye rolling, head shaking, and, as somebody else said, they are just zonked out. The reunion is what mostly everybody truly waits for at the end of the season to kind of wrap up storylines, plots, and get answers to whatever is going on during the season. Amanda has given us more in the past, so she might deserve a slide, but West: every reunion he’s been a dud. He says nothing, speaks nothing, fake apologizes, and that’s it, and he gets paid as if he participated. Their jobs are to be open and show what’s going on in their lives; hence reality TV. If they’re not showing us anything when push comes to shove, why should they keep their jobs?

*EDIT Rember all of this drama came out after they had already finished filming halfway through the season airing. So they did not plan to give anything on air. Had this secret not been exposed what did they bring to the show in all reality? The production re edited half the season that hadn’t aired yet once they found out. Not Amanda and West. They were caught as they were saying and that’s why this all came out.

*2nd EDIT
This has nothing to do with (cheating, the relationship dynamic, morals ) this has do with what they have brought to the table themselves. Not what has been forced to the table.

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Jedem ist klar, dass das, was Veganer machen, richtig und vernünftig ist. Es gibt keine sinnvolle Argumentation nach der es schlechter wäre, auf Fleisch zu verzichten als welches zu essen. Egal aus welcher Perspektive man das betrachtet. Die meisten können nicht damit umgehen, dass andere Mensch besser sind als sie selbst. Vor allem können sie aber nicht mit dem Wissen umgehen, dass sie selbst auch besser sein könnten aber zu schwach sind zum verzichten. Und deswegen packt man lieber ein paar ausgelutschte Veganer Jokes und Sprüche aus, von denen jetzt gleich auch alle in den Kommentaren zu lesen sein werden.

This sub is really losing any semblance of critical thinking. There has also been a major flood of duplicate and low quality posts recently.

Can everyone please search for their question or comment before posting? I have seen the google photo post at least 10 times.

This sub was fun when this show first came and a much smaller group of people were sharing legit theories but now that everyone and their mother in law are watching and posting what seems like any thought they have about the show — the fun of this thread is ruined for many of us. You may be mad I am saying this but COME ON FOLKS.

What we KNOW so far:

-We know the church bell ringing, fog and earthquake means the island is waking up/ awake. We still do not know what woke it up and why now! This was the most fun theory to discuss in the early days.

-Remember the Island is the real evil here and was evil before Richard Warren and co arrived. There was nothing to sustain life when they arrived and they only found TEETH. So had the island been hungry for a LOOOOONG TIME when they arrived - I think so! He was NOT the first or last person to make a pact with this island because….

-True Sight mushroom is how people can speak to or hear the island or see it for what it is. We know the island preys on desperate people. We know for a fact that more people on the island have tried the shrooms — why would you think they too didn’t get to speak to the Island and make a pact to give it life for whatever it is they were most desperate for.

(Theory: the boogeyman and the clown are two examples of real people making a pact with the island like Richard Warren and using their personas to take life for the island)

-We know for a fact Francis Warren survives because we see a painting of her into adulthood missing her finger and wearing the brooch. The people who live on the island so not have the same information we do at this point so they so not know there are more descendants… but we do.

- Wolves everywhere - the calendar, the white board in Ep 3, Pattis headdress.

So knowing this we do get something interesting to think deeper on. The wolf represents the "shadow archetype," embodying primal energy, vitality, and hidden unconscious instincts.

The shadow archetype is an unconscious aspect of the personality that the conscious ego does not recognize or accept. Coined by Carl Jung, it represents everything we hide from ourselves—including repressed fears, darker impulses, unacceptable desires, and even positive traits we fail to develop.

I hope this helps to clarify for some people some of the key details in the show up to ep 8.

Soy un mexicano que tiene conocimiento sobre el uso y funcionamiento de Linux como Arch Linux y RHEL, también conocimientos sobre el uso y funcionamiento de Kubernetes, se programar en Python y puedo hacer modelos de Machine Learning y Deep Learning usando Keras y Tensorflow, se configurar agentes de IA y modelos generativos, se configurar routers de diferentes modelos para hacer routing, DHCP Servers, puertas de enlace seguras..., tengo conocimientos sobre el uso y funcionamiento de PKIs, Autoridades de Certificación y Certificados.

Pero incluso con mis amigos ingenieros más cercanos no puedo hablar sobre esto. Termino hablando sobre el álbum del mundial, que México la 4T o los narcos o que si ya están funando a quien sabe quién o alguna tontería que no tiene ni sentido ni razón de ser tan importante. Espero que en algún momento de mi vida pueda conocer a más personas mexicanas con más conocimientos técnicos y con la que pueda tener conversaciones sobre algo realmente tecnico, espero que haya un boom de los autos eléctricos y pueda tener una conversación sobre este tema con algún mexicano.

This sub is beyond hilarious now.

People spent literal months' coming up with ridiculous evidence of the DLC coming and it blew up so much that they started to believe it more and more until it came to a point that they cannot believe it isn't happening 🤣.

No, a random braided Beastren or a piece of text on an anniversary artwork is NOT the proof of DLC coming 😂.

We went from constant topics about "this DEFINITELY proves the DLC is coming" to crying posts of disappointment 🤦.

Them: “Honestly, I’m not judging you, but I’m not really seeing much flexibility in the way your (almost) 3 year old child’s schedule is.”

Me: “I need to be a little firm now, because the first 5 years are most important, I also lead by example. My child already has more autonomy and travel than his peers, and we’re only tough on a few things”

“Ok but, it’s a baby! He’s gonna grow up too fast because of all this strictness! It’s fine you guys grew up in the old ways and you’re fine!”

Me: “We’re only tough on

1. His consumption of food (less sugar, less junk food, plenty of fruits/healthier snacks);

2. What content he consumes especially how much (TV time or IPad time);

3. His sleep schedule since we don’t want to be those parents that have their children with them till 1/2 am, and the children have visible bags / dark circles under their eyes, which I personally consider to be abusive to the child”.

Them: “He’s just a baby, he needs to be free! So what’s so bad about a little extra tv time? Here, I brought a massive bag of chocolate for him, just let him have it! Don’t be so strict!”

Me: *Sigh*

Am I strict parent? Am I stealing my son’s childhood?

Edited to add: Son also has a structured ( not packed ) schedule. School, lunch, nap, park/playland (with choices depending on him), and a physical training class (toddler level) Friday and Saturday mornings, park in the evenings (with all friends from school) and Sundays we do family day and try to keep him occupied at home )

We also travel like crazy.

Go on. Attack me ans claim your superior, this is what yall do as always.

We are always dimissed as "immature, bratish, angsty". Our opinions are always dismissed cause God forbid a kid has an opinion that isnt like the adults. We been portraited in movies as hypersexual dumbasses who are only there to be killed or be jackasses. When we come out of the closet, we are bullied and killed for it for not fitting the status qou. We are told we need to grow up for expressing anything that aint just the same bigotry adults feed us. Yet adults act just as if not more childish then us

Good to see her get recognition (Also i hid his profile or else the post was getting removed due to nsfw thing)

Guten Morgen aus Berchtesgaden. ..... Wo bleibt der Kaffee? 🥱

zero industrial clutter, just raw textures doing all the heavy lifting. the contrast between the clean white cabinets and the vintage wooden dining setup is everything. the chiseled-edge limestone floors give it that perfect organic, slow-living feel.

I know that most of you are having issues with the current PU update, plus we all want to know what's happening with SQ42, but probably most of you have noticed that the toxicity levels are a bit high these days. Yes, the mix of the Summer Game Fest + the Defensecon are the perfect breeding ground to blow off some steam, but...

If the OP from a thread is someone with a hidden story (and probably a name_number ID), please, check if he has been opening more unnecesary rage-bait threads at the same time or if he's a recurrent complainer with the same kind of threads day after day. Just in cause. Don't let yourselves be emotionally manipulated.

The reality of what lies within our oceans has fascinated people since time immemorial, so it’s no wonder we’ve created countless myths about the watery depths.

But step aside, Atlantis, scientists have discovered a real Lost City beneath the waves, and this one is teaming with life.

The rocky, towering landscape is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge mountain range, hundreds of metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and consists of massive walls, columns and monoliths stretching more than 60 metres (200ft) tall.

My (21f) boyfriend (22m) was looking after my niece (2f) the other week. She is my brothers (25m) daughter. Before this day, me and my boyfriend, I’ll call him John, were having a conversation with my brothers wife, I’ll call her Lucy (25f). Lucy was saying she’s been meaning to get my nieces hair cut for a while but can’t find time in her busy schedule.
So fast forward a few days, John is looking after my niece for the day, thinks he’s doing a favour and goes to get her hair cut. When he drops her back off home later, it’s just Lucy there, John said she seemed normal and fine after hearing about the haircut, then John goes home thinking everything’s fine.
A few hours later, I see I’ve got five missed calls from my brother and several angry text messages about the haircut.
Now, I understand that it would have been better for John to ask before about the haircut but he genuinly thought he was doing a favour and that they would be pleased by it. So for my brother to be so angry and unpleasant about the situation I feel is extremely unfair towards me and John.
The hair cut and angry text messages were a week ago and since then me and my brother have not spoke and we have not seen my niece or Lucy. My brother has got our parents involved and they are siding with him, saying John must apologise. I don’t think it’s right John needs to apologise after all that has happened, if my brother had been reasonable about it then of course he would have apologised but I feel now my brother is the one who owes the apology.
AITA? Does John need to apologise?

EDIT: The angry text messages from my brother I feel need to be explained more as he was very hurtful. In the messages he expressed never liking John and that an apology won’t be enough. He criticised our relationship, keep in mind we’ve been together two years and are very happy together, John has always been sweet to my brother.
Also, to clarify this was not her first hair cut, and the cut didn’t change her style at all it was simply a trim. More so my issue wasn’t that I think John didn’t need permission, but it was the way my brother reacted.

Back in the days of lockdown and after, ESL had a nice line in kind of fun memorable tunes they rolled out between maps. Yes ok maybe it got repetitive, but it was fun and we loved to drop SERA 😭 in the chat.

That was all stock music, they paid a company for it to use royalty free. Thing is that company paid real human producers and musicians to make it. People heard music, composers made a living. Nice.

Fast forward 6 years. Now half or more of what we are getting is genuinely AI slop - in case you didn't know. It's made by someone logging into sites and just pressing a few buttons. Trained off that same music, but stolen. AI-washed music is flooding streaming.

Those musicians? Probably have to get new jobs, or just make AI slop themselves. Do you care? maybe you don't make music, but you knew someone who did. Or maybe you just liked the idea that humans can do something creative for a living.

If you ask me we've all been let down by the biggest industrialized IP heist in history, and the governments across the world have sat by and let in happen in the name of profit. If Mozart were born now, he would be a nobody, because his genius would mean almost nothing and be lost in a sea of slop.

I honestly weep for our humanity and the death of our creative soul.

But that's just me. How do you feel about AI slop and the death of human creativity?

EDIT =====

This is not a post about the music quality or style. It is about human creativity.

Because some you are doubting me, just to clarify they just played this "Just So You Know" - by Matthew Magenta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDo9bbWNoQ - Description says its from artlist.io a well known AI slop factory. Its not a bad track, but clearly AI is used.

EDIT 2 ====

In the new world of AI gen assets, provenance is always going to hard if not impossible to prove. That is why I mentioned governments failing us. The site itself is heavily pushing AI alongside stock music. It would be v hard to prove either way now, but I feel like I followed a reasonable process. I find it absurd that what is presumeably a younger audience (not sure though) is attacking me for pointing out that a future where they/you could actually earn a living from anything creative, is being stolen from them/you, right in front of their eyes - and yet somehow I'm the bad guy here.

EDIT 3 ====

ESL have replied to say they do not deliberately use AI music. That is great to hear! I've taken an absolute beating in the comments from you guys, mainly for not being 100% sure myself if the track is AI. This is a great sign! It can only mean you also don't want AI music, and that, after all, was the point of my post, to find out how you felt.

But ESL also state they cannot be 100% sure. The track does link to a well known AI music gen site as you can see for yourself. Yes it has stock music, but it clearly is pushing gen AI music, and other commenters note the stock music could potentially contain AI.

Despite the crowd harping "due diligence" to me, I want to remind you it's not my job to do the due diligence, it's ESLs. My conclusion was pretty reasonable given the track does link to this AI music site. And that a large number of tracks are not showing any provenance on "Now Playing".

But I regret saying "half of the music" in my titles, this was an exaggeration and I apologise. I personally like the music being played, but think the onus is on the streaming company to do due dilegence, not me.

The best thing to come out of this thread was NIGHTMODER - maker of the excellent music kit - replied to offer their tunes to ESL "all our music is pre-cleared on all platforms and made by real touring artists that people actually listen to." - this is the way to do due dilegence! Use labels with genuine human artists. Thank you to ESL for saying they will look into this approach! I really hope you do. And thank you genuinely for surfacing some great tracks over the years.

Despite the exaggeration in my post, for which I again apologise, I'm super happy to see that it may lead to further human creative output being used and rewarded in the CS scene, and that it has shone a light on just how unpopular a reliance on AI music seemingly would be (otherwise, like I say, why would so many be asking for the evidence, if you didn't care).