"LeBron coming to the Heat was insane, but this is on a different level"
The Messi era in Miami is just getting started.
Inter Miami have a chance at their second-ever trophy as they take on Houston Dynamo in the final of the oldest soccer competition in America the @opencup.οΏ½οΏ½ https://t.co/AZvJgI7LRT
St. Joeβs contains a single, high-quality turf field for 6v6 play. The facility as a whole can also accommodate various different sports, including but not limited to volleyball, lacrosse, softball and baseball.
Combine that with a 1/7-mile track as well as complete heating and AC systems, and you have a world-class, versatile sports complex.
I just gave my kids an epic "Back in My Day" Summer rant and I got on a roll...
Here are 16 reasons Summer in the '90s crushes Summer in '23 and why our kids are soft:
1) Gatorade Citrus Cooler > every crappy Prime flavor
2) No Gatorade? Thirsty? Any garden hose on the side of a house in the '90s will do. Tasted better, in fact...
My kids: "Gross. It has no filter."
Me: "Filters weren't even invented when we were kids. Drinking mud and hot copper from the hose made us stronger."
3) Kids in '23: "Can you text Joe's mom to see if he's home?"
Really? Now we have to go through 7 texts so you can see your friend? The old way was perfect:
Kids in the '90s: "I'm calling Joe's house to see if he's home."
4) Even better in the '90s...
Kids: "I'm biking to Joe's to see if he's around."
Parents: "Good. Be home at 5."
Biking > driving
Calling > texting
5) Kids in '23: "Can you set up a playdate with Ed?"
Parents, when did the term "play date" take over? It's lame, weak parent-speak. It's our fault.
We should stop using it.
Our kids don't need dates to shoot driveway hoops.
Kids in '93: "Can Ed come over?" (simple)
6) Kids in '93: "Ken Griffey Jr. is the most awesome baseball player ever!"
Kids in '23: "What's baseball?"
7) If your kid likes a PB&J sandwich in 2023 it takes them 10 minutes to say so:
"This PB&J is so gas it's fire my guy no cap."
Describing a tasty PB&J in the 90s: "It's good."
8) Kids in '93: "I'm going to see The Sandlot in the theater with all my buddies Saturday afternoon."
Kids in '23: "We're watching some streaming super hero thing I don't know what app it's on."
9) Kids in '23: "I found this funny online video it has this guy at the zoo and he...."
Kids in the '90s: Chris Farley. Jim Carrey. Adam Sandler. Will Smith.
10) Kids in '23: "Alexa, play that AI song with Drake and KPop?"
Kids in the '90s: "I memorized all the words to Tribe Called Quest's 'Scenario'"
11) Kids in '23: "I'm watching this YouTube channel of this kid with a British accent making fun of high school videos he finds on YouTube."
Whaaaat??
How absurd are these shows?
Kids in the '90s: Saved By the Bell
12) Kids hearing a joke in '23: "i loled"
Kids hearing a joke in the 90s: ***actual laughter***
13) Kids in '23: "I'm on a group hangout with my friends."
Kids in the 90s: "A group of us are going to the park to hang out."
14) Kids in the 90s: "Can me and my friends walk to the pizza shop to get lunch?"
Parents: "Here's $5 to get two slices and a Coke."
Kids in '23: "Can we order Uber Eats for lunch? It's only $47.50?"
15) Kids in the 90s: "It's Friday night! Let's go to Blockbuster and cruise the aisles and grab a New Release and get some Junior Mints and popcorn."
Kids in '23 sitting on the couch: "Disney+ doesn't have anything new."
16) 90s kids: Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
Kids in 2023: LeBron James' usage rate is....
ughhhhh zip it, dorks.
Jordan was better.
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Leo Messi has reportedly chosen Inter Miami CF after declining a mammoth contract from Saudi side Al Hilal which would have seen him make nearly πππ πππππππ across two seasons. π°π΅
Now the question remainsβ¦
Is it only Inter Miami or will he be instantly loaned to Barcelona for one last dance before arriving in the 305? π€π΅π΄
Honestly i was going to wait until August when my plan was going to cancel. But this Twitter account is so absurd I'm going to request a partial refund of my spin + and cancel now. Thanks for all the help clearing everything up. You're doing really great managing this Twitter account ππΌ
@fold_app@raventhemyst Yes, you did. Your exact words:
"Now more people are earning more rewards than before because of the guaranteed 1% minimum."
How can they be earning more rewards than before?
@fold_app@raventhemyst You guys full well know the average was more than 1%. This is such a disrespectful answer. We're not dumb. Thanks for protecting us from ourselves, we really appreciate it ππΌ
Then why not put out a big announcement saying this? Rather than market it as some kind of awesome new update?
It's not a coincident all of us users are giving so much backlash. This update was put out in a terrible way. Whoever was in charge of the marketing for this should be fired.
We appreciate honesty. Not what you guys are doing. I'm not saying you guys lied, but it definitely wasn't a straightforward announcement that we'd be losing 50% of our benefits as you should have. I could have at least appreciated the honesty.
When i first signed up 2 years ago it was common to be able to get an average of 2.5% cash back.
Then about 1 year ago the average dropped to closer to 2% which was still good.
Now the average will likely be slightly above 1%.
My concern is they keep saying, emphatically that they're listening to their users. Which seems unfair to say as im pretty certain most, if not all users are not requesting to get less benefits from the main feature Fold promotes.
Maybe if they were more honest, letting us users know that the days of 2%+ had to be removed because it was not sustainable to their overall business and margins. I could appreciate that kind of honesty. But unfortunately that's not the message they put out there.
I honestly never thought I'd go from loving @fold_app so much, letting everyone and their mother know about it, to having to cancel my subscription. But they just keep making the experience worse and worse.
Each update strips away benefits for the users from their CORE offering (cash back debit card). It's just the perfect example of what happens when you don't listen to the customer and focus on adding more features rather than make the one CORE feature as amazing an experience as possible.
He's right. I've been using fold for 2 years and this is by far the worst update in terms of rewards. Every few months @fold_app has been dialing back on rewards. Understandable as they are a startup and are figuring out the right balance. But this change went too far in the wrong direction. If this doesn't turn out to be at least equal to how it was before (i was averaging 1.75% cash back) then unfortunately I won't be renewing my membership. Sad.