“We simply can't accept a wrong left unrighted.”
I guess that’s why they voted for a convicted felon.
And also why 3 other indictments were dropped as soon as he was reelected. And also why no one is convicted in relation to the Epstein files.
How about the killing of American citizens by ICE?
.. and the list goes on
In a long list of “wrong left unrighted” the priority, of course, goes to a red card in a football game.
Do these people even hear themselves?
The most interesting part of the red card saga isn't the ruling. It's how differently Americans and Europeans process the idea that they might have been wronged.
Europeans are fundamentally different from Americans in one particular way: they expect life to be aggravating and at times unfair. It's just a fact of moving through the world. I joke that in Europe, the customer is always wrong. You didn't read the fine print. The only pharmacy in town is closed every other Tuesday for three hours, and even if the times weren't posted, that's still your problem. Too bad if you want the bill, because the waiter's on his union-mandated half-hour smoke break, and you're just going to have to wait.
To quote the great Mark Knopfler: sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. There's something freeing in that. Things are less in your control, so there's less angst in managing your expectations.
In America, things couldn't be more different. We simply can't accept a wrong left unrighted.
The flight attendant sneezed handing you a drink on your one-hour flight? 15,000 frequent flyer miles. Didn't like your appetizer? A replacement is on the way, and the whole course comes off the bill. There's a reason our interstates are lined with trial lawyer billboards.
Europeans have turned complaining into a continental pastime with no expectation that the universe owes them a remedy for their grief. You gripe about the train being late, your friends nod solemnly and everyone goes back to their apéro. In America, we launch a full-blown investigation of the train system, sue the government (and its contractors) that allowed for the tardiness and hold a Congressional hearing on the state of national infrastructure.
So to an objective observer, the red card shouldn't have happened, and VAR was a travesty. To Americans, our star player shouldn't be unfairly banned from a match we couldn't afford to lose for a card he so obviously didn't deserve.
Who cares that FIFA used a little-used reversal to fix it. Who cares that other people are mad about it. We. Were. Wronged. It was unjust. It must be corrected. We would accept nothing less.
Europeans waxing poetic about the sanctity of the game are, of course, talking about a governing body whose last tournament host was decided via confirmed cash bribes — one that imposed dress codes on women, shrugged off widespread allegations of modern slavery and reconfigured the entire tournament calendar to suit the host country. Which is exactly the point. If you've made peace with all of that, at least enough to watch the tournament four years later, a probationary suspension isn't actually a scandal.
Maybe that's the real divide. Over millennia, Europeans have made peace with being the bug. Americans have never once considered it, and apparently, we're not about to start now.
If you are new to this game, your reaction to reading this will be ‘WTAF’.
But when you have invested 100 hours in this game, you will be like ‘huh, makes perfect sense’
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I spent almosy two hours yesterday tracking down the leader of the Sandfang Marauders. After spending too many palmer pills (i lost count) I finally found him and defeated him.
Still in Chapter 4 though 😬.
This is for me the first game where I enjoy just roaming around doing random stuff. 😃
I have clocked 60 hours so far and I have explored Hernand, Demeniss, Delesyia, Pailune, and the Crimson Desert upto Varnia. I have stumbled upon so many bosses, machines, and weird creatures where I had to just run away 😃.
Compared to any other games I have played, this really feels like a real world. I feel like even when I am at some corner, there is something happening on the other corner of the world that I am just unaware of. It really feels like a simulation. I just love exploring in this game.
Only downside is that I am still at chapter 4 of the main quest. 😃
3 hours in, I am loving Crimson Desert. Yes the game doesn’t hold your hand to get through the world. Yes I am always stuck at some place having no idea what to do. But the game also leaves enough clues for you to figure it out yourself. And the joy that you get when you do is amazing. And tons of other stuff that you just discover on your own.
My favorite thing right now is slingshotting yourself by pulling down on trees. Man it’s genius.
Cooking yourself better food so that you can replenish your health more, love it.
Sometimes i just stand it some field and catch all the grasshoppers. I have no idea what to do with them. I haven’t figured it out yet. But boy I have a ton of grasshoppers to spend. 😃
I am having a hard time figuring out the names of the places. I need to catch some thieves at a specific place. And i have no idea where they are. I might have to take notes i guess 😩
3 hours in, I am loving Crimson Desert. Yes the game doesn’t hold your hand to get through the world. Yes I am always stuck at some place having no idea what to do. But the game also leaves enough clues for you to figure it out yourself. And the joy that you get when you do is amazing. And tons of other stuff that you just discover on your own.
My favorite thing right now is slingshotting yourself by pulling down on trees. Man it’s genius.
Cooking yourself better food so that you can replenish your health more, love it.
Sometimes i just stand it some field and catch all the grasshoppers. I have no idea what to do with them. I haven’t figured it out yet. But boy I have a ton of grasshoppers to spend. 😃
I am having a hard time figuring out the names of the places. I need to catch some thieves at a specific place. And i have no idea where they are. I might have to take notes i guess 😩
Did any of these countries plan to or already paid the founders fee of $1billion. And if they paid, will they get the money back once the Trump peace board go bankrupt? 😃