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some scrub
Steelers/Kawhi fan
Kyoani is goat
Worst Valorant player in na

[Jazz and Spark 「Close Collective」 @JazzyTheSmooth1]

The idea of the World Cup just becoming a battle to decide which country gets custody of Hatsune Miku is actually hilarious

[Mark Valorian @markvalorian]

Once you fully debunk the “technical justification,” the argument against Balogun’s reinstatement collapses to an irrational cling to normalcy:

“This has never happened before, therefore it is unfair.”

I can understand the gut reaction, but this is just as fundamentally illogical as the technical justification.

If we concede the red card was undeserved, why is it a bad thing for FIFA to adapt and correct a wrong? Is it preferable to deliberately allow an unjustified suspension to be carried out?

And why is it fundamentally unfair for this to be the first time they do it anyways? There is “legal” precedent; FIFA has the documented ability to review disciplinary measures and suspensions. Just because this scenario happened to play out at this stage of the tournament doesn’t change the fact that the red card was totally undeserved.

If there were another immediate example in this tournament of an egregiously incorrect card being applied that was NOT corrected by FIFA, then there would be an issue. But as it stands, there is simply no rational argument for why this should not be the first.

Of course, when you boil it down, the argument is not really about either the technical justification or the normalcy, but more that it’s just the USA that is the beneficiary. And I’m sorry to say, but if that is driving your sentiment, you need to get over yourself.

The facts of the matter are clear: this was an unjustified red card that should have been corrected, regardless of the team it was applied to. FIFA absolutely made the right decision, and the game and tournament is better for it.

[Wylfċen @wylfcen]

It’s funny that Babe Ruth invented power hitting because he was 99.999th percentile in disagreeableness. Everyone back then said to swing down on the ball or you’ll hit a ton of fly outs and he was like “NO, I want to make the ball fly. Look at that sucker go!” The same quirk caused him to ignore traffic laws and subsist on a miracle diet of infinite hot dogs and beer, but he hit 714 home runs even while ogre-maxxing, because the laws of physics didn't apply to him. If we had no proof he existed, he’d be considered a folk hero like Paul Bunyan.

[Dustin J @405pokefan]

I admittedly dont know anything about soccer but I just watched the USMNT lose their best player because he accidentally tripped over someone. I swear this is the softest sport ever created

[Thorin @Thorin]

There's an enormous sickness in sports media and fandom that you see in esports but is best highlighted by this world cup.

Nobody understands variance. They act as if every result could only have been that score and thus every loss is some huge damning institutional failure and the defeated team is definitely worse.

[richard @richard_normal]

broke: analytics say jaylen brown is the 7th best player on a good team

woke: eye test says jaylen brown js the 2nd best player on a great team

bespoke: eye test says jaylen brown is the 7th best player on a good team

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

At the 2022 World Cup, Argentina were set to face Brazil in the semi-final. They just needed to beat the Netherlands. FIFA informed the Netherlands that they'd be permitted some drama, but they had to lose by whatever means to Argentina. Argentina led 2-0, pretended to lose concentration and it went to 2-2. But Argentina had been arranged to win anyway.

FIFA quietly informed Brazil that they had to lose to Croatia. That is how Argentina ended up playing Croatia instead. In that game, FIFA instructed Croatia to fold completely. They duly collapsed 3-0.

For the final, FIFA informed France they had to lose by at least two goals. It was becoming too obvious though, so FIFA told the referee to manufacture two penalties for France to make it look competitive.

Kylian Mbappé's hat-trick was authorised. Kolo Muani's one-on-one miss in the final minute of extra time was not an accident. Why do you think France didn't ban him from playing football after that miss? He was wearing a secret earpiece. FIFA called him directly and told him not to score, because a 4-3 France win would have blown the whole operation.

During the penalty shootout, France were permitted to score exactly one of their first three. FIFA did not want Argentina needing a fifth penalty; too much drama, too much risk of someone going off-script.

Africa also had its share of the arrangement. FIFA contacted Portugal and informed them they had to lose to Morocco to guarantee African representation in the semi-finals. Why do you think Cristiano Ronaldo was weeping? He could not believe his own teammates had agreed to the terms.

The evidence is everywhere. You just have to be willing to see it.

[Justin Macmahan @JustinMacmahan]

I know the soccer purists will come after me but this is the dumbest shit ever. At what point can we hold the defense accountable for guarding people? Offsides being applied this close to the goal is ridiculous

[RickGrimesKneesAndToes @DawgAndSoul]

@NickStillHere Gotta ask for a resume and proof of income before I hoop with someone

[Himbo President 🇵🇸 @himbopresident]

Every four years you'll try to read up on the tournament and someone will tell you this time it's Belgium or Ghana's turn and you need to understand that those people are lying to you

[Tuch @Tuchakage]

"Pikachu sense for a distortion in time and space and tell me when a portal opens up" LMAOOO

[Zerigala @Zerigala69]

I'm CRYING Wolves really got COVID test, paternity test, and driving test on the same team 😭

[dom 📈 @domluszczyszyn]

“find the dumbest GMs and keep calling them” is undefeated

[sys @ksusys]

as an uneducated world cup viewer i went in with the suspicion that teams should just shoot the ball more and nothing i've seen so far has disabused me of that opinion.

[Zo 🏳️‍⚧️🏆 @aprillarpergrey]

stupid archetype name gimmick

[Gold ✨️ @GoldN64]

They need to keep this demon squid FAR away from the Code Lyoko reboot. They were terrifying I hated them so bad 😭

[JokerMakeupJacobite 🇮🇪👹🐋🐢🌹🇺🇦🇵🇸 @ClwnPrncCharlie]

no one currently living except for Jalen Brunson and George Bush know the feeling of being trained since childhood to fight and defeat your father’s archenemy and succeeding.

[4quest.❤️🔱🖤 @thinkpiecetribe]

“Victim Wembanyama” put this nigga in the hater hall of fame immediately I’ve seen enough

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

‘Code Lyoko’ is officially returning with a brand-new sequel series currently in production, set to serve as Season 5.

The project is currently in the writing stage, with the original creators and voice cast expected to return nearly 19 years after the show’s last season aired.