Thierry and Zlatan saying they wouldn't have become soccer players because of the costs of the American youth system, then seeing Lalas say it's a great system because it makes a lot of money for some people really sums it all up nicely
Never underestimate the impact you can have in someone’s life
A random fan woke up one morning to go support his favorite driver who hadn’t been himself lately . He simply shouted out amongst the crowd:
“Lewis, remember who you are mate.
You’ve done it before. You’ll do it again.”
& that was all your favorite driver needed to hear. He thought about that comment all week. He wins the race. He dedicates his celebratory post to what you said.
You’re the reason your favorite driver got his spark back. Incredible
im all for dunking the mets please continue they deserve every bit but i will never make fun of affordable tickets esp in this day in age where everything is a luxury now.
He sold the illustrator Pikachu card for a big profit. He isn’t a fan nor does he care, it’s all for money & hype. He is now trying to create artificial buzz for graded Jump issues & tankobon. He bought these with the intention to build up fomo & then offload to some hapless morons in a few years for an insane mark up. I hope this fails spectacularly in his face. Pure ass kissing bottom feeder behaviour.
Untalented men love to lament and reduce sports to “bread and circus” like it’s some kind of manly flex.
Sports is the oldest form of human storytelling. Competition, risk, mastery, tribal identity, heroes and villains all compressed into something people can feel in real time. That is culture.
The weakest men on the planet have no homegrown sports team. See UAE and Saudi. Zero talent. Zero athletics.
Athletes represent discipline, delayed gratification, public accountability, and excellence.
And if you wanna talk about dominance. Dominance is dominating other men, not women. If dominating women is how you feel dominant, it’s simply because you can’t dominate men.
In addition , sports create shared moments across class, race, and background in a way almost nothing else does. A game can unify people who otherwise agree on nothing.
And honestly, the only place I hear men seriously denounce sports is in that fake masculinity red pill space. That alone should tell you something. Every other man understands that at the heart of American culture is sports culture. The baseball game when the crowd starts stomping to We Will Rock You, the electricity of a football stadium, the energy in a packed basketball arena. Nothing is more American. Nothing is more culturally binding than that collective experience.
It’s a reason Ronaldo is the most followed person on social media and not world leaders. Excellence at that level commands global attention and admiration.
My “US hosting the World Cup” take is that it would have been much better to host them in smaller college towns that regularly have 100k spectators for football 🏈 games - would have been more “American” and this communities would have gone all out to be spectacular hosts.
This is exactly how I feel. Crushed I can’t take my kids to experience this. Not looking for handouts but $400 for Ivory Coast v Curaçao when a 1/3 of stadium is empty is so greedy
This guy dropped 168 Big Chances Created in 196 games while also dropping a Three Peat Golden Boot in 16/17, 17/18 and 18/19.
Messi is a cheat. An unreal player.