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We humans have very little in the way of natural defenses against the elements like sun, rain, heat, cold. That's why we wear clothes and don't expose ourselves naked to the elements. I mean, there are also other reasons, but you know what I mean.

Wouldn't agree at all tbh. They're still athletes who hit peak physical conditions in spite of their disabilities. It's genuinely incredible. You obviously aren't required to be interested but from a sporting perspective, it's very much a great thing.

Yes we were told that at school as well as about plump women being the most sexually desirable back in the Victorian era.

That generation would have loved to live in our times where plump is more plentiful 😆

I think having a tan is still very much a trait of the working classes.

We should have an exit / departure tax for every person leaving the country.

Not sure how we'd control that for anyone leaving through airports or ferryports in the north though. Maybe anyone leaving the island might work?

The ar5e is going to fall out of soccer within 15 years.

It's at the point of saturation, and unless there's rules brought in, the Super League will become a reality and with it the decline of the sport, and possibly the permanent decline of international soccer.

I love the grossly overpaid comments.
Some players may be paid a lot - but every club will pay players as little as they can get away with.

Maybe at the top level formal education might be low. But anyone playing at the top level is intelligent- tactics, s&c, nutrition, finance.

FIFA and uefa may seem like gangsters to you but the game has never been so popular across the globe.

iIt only works if you level the playing field a bit. Even City v Real has gotten boring.

FIFA and UEFA are gangsters, that's what they are. They are selling a very popular product, and that's not uncommon among gangsters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_FIFA_corruption_case

Broadly speaking, men get better at new relationships whereas women get worse.

A 35-year-old man going into a new relationship will usually be a better version of himself at 25. More cooking / cleaning, less going out, more home-focused etc. Practically every man I know around this age is a better version of themselves. A 35-year-old woman going into a new relationship is usually going to be a more independently-minded and more cautious thanks to previous bad experiences.

Basically, men drift towards being more capable of being a good partner over time whereas women drift towards being more independent. Anecdotally, basically all the 35+ year old single women I know seem to be really proud of being independent and single. No single men I know gain any self-worth from being single. "I don't need a man" is a common idea in popular culture. It's seen as powerful and independent. There is nothing powerful about a man saying they don't need a woman.

There's also a really common notion amongst women that a man has to be equal to them or better, whereas it's pretty well-established that men don't care about a woman's education / wealth / job etc. I think this becomes more pronounced for women as they get older with "What does he bring to the table?" being asked while men don't require that their new partner meet some standard.

I think society has a really simplistic "younger women have more value because they're hotter and more fertile" take on dating and age gaps etc., but I think it's more nuanced and has more to do with attitudes and attachments to independence. I think for men, a 25-year-old woman is easier to date than a 35-year-old, and for women, a 35-year-old man is better to date than a 25-year-old.

Yeah, you often see widowed/divorced men starting a new relationship quickly. Many more women are happier being single. Many men just can't cope alone?

The new champions league format is a massive improvement on the old one.

Having to play 8 different teams in the group stage as opposed to 3 means much greater variety of matches which creates more intrigue.

How long have people been saying this? Probably every 10 years or so and it's still nowhere near close to happening.

The proof will be in the pudding. I'm not an expert on it but what happens in the last two or three match days if some teams are qualified and some are out of it?

Maybe it makes it more interesting for match going fans, but you're still going to end up with the same teams qualifying as every other year, so it's more games for the same outcome.

It’s amazing that even with half the continent illegally watching games through streaming it’s still absolutely raking in the cash.

I saw a small bit of a the paralympics opening ceremony, lots of flames and choreography.

It was argueably better than the olympics one.

But I immediately thought of this film when I saw all the flames etc - same orange glow.

Then I could not get it out of my mind and I was almost expecting a sacrifice, when the blonde paralympian with two artificial legs was at the part of the opening ceremony on a plint with a flame. I thought don't stand there have you not seen The Temple of Doom?

(Image from still of video).

Lot of complaining about the price of Oasis tickets and in fairness they are extortionate however considering the way the music industry has gone and bands can't make much money from physical media sales (as nobody buys cds anymore) and they make almost nothing from streaming (which is how most people consume music these days), it doesn't seem unreasonable to me for them to make back what should be rightfully theirs by overcharging for live performances and charging much more than was the case in the past.

Don't forget, they are selling 160,000 tickets at an average of what, say €200.

That's 32mill for tickets, another 1mill for merchandise.

To put the concert on for those 2 nights is costing a fraction of that. It's simple profiteering by the band and promoters, end of. But hey, it's the free market we live in, no-one is being forced to buy a ticket. They are handing over the money willingly.

They will do Slane too, that's nailed on now.

My controversial opinion, I find O'Riordan very annoying.

Exactly, everything these days are seen as an entitlement or rite of passage rather than a privilege.

But the overall number of CD's Vinyl etc being bough is well down on where it was in the 90's and early 2000's

Artists don't make anywhere near the money they used to from physical sales.

politics / social issues and sport should be completely separate. Sport should be a getaway from all that.

Watching my team Bohemians scraping to avoid ending up in relegation playoffs yet all throughout the year and before the club and fans espousing this cause, that cause, this charity, that charity, all over their website, social media, almost elevated in importance to what’s happened on the pitch….and they’ve been allowing certain persons attend matches for free all whilst they have had to sell their historic ground to pay off debts and now, almost getting relegated … 🤨 🤔🤦🏻‍♂️

Maybe run the football club, like a football club ⚽️🏆 …and not a social / political movement that just happens to have a football team and ya wouldn’t be in the mire…..

The people who run Bohs (and they're social media) seem to be more interested in fishing for clout on line rather than caring about how the team performs.Feels like they care more about being seen as everyone's favourite little socially conscious club (but only conscious of trendy lefty causes) than about being a football club that is successful.

Isn't that the social media team's job? I mean, do you want the social media team running drills and selecting the team?

Look, they have to play, and get people to watch. Clubs need an ethos and a community based community on values. You can't disaggregate a club from it's culture, and culture is usually tied to politics.

people won’t be paying through the turnstiles to watch shitè football, and watch a team almost get or get relegated whilst they see the money they spend on and at the club, pissed up the wall…. The overriding ethos sane people want to buy into, as regards sport is supporting their team and it becoming successful and winning matches and trophies….value winning. Bohs have an average attendance of around 4,200 people, if they were more successful that will increase, more revenue, more potential for ongoing success.