A while ago, I went to the local library and asked the librarian to direct me towards the section which had the Brazilian books, movies and tapes. She asked me "they speak Spanish there, right?" I couldn't believe it since a librarian is supposed to be more cultured than an average person, but no, she goofed it on something as basic yet fundamental as the language spoken by the biggest country in South America. Unreal!

I've also had a college professor, believe it or not, asking me if I had been to Buenos Aires, the capital of Brazil!

(03-14-2013 11:24 PM)ErrybareMyronGainez Wrote:  ^^ This !! Or Americans saying stuff like " the world is watching" when they get on their local TV station and stuff. I love America ... but outside of the coasts, most of the country has a very funny idea of what the world is.

Living in the midwest, people usually ask me where I'm from because of my accent and facial aesthetics. When i tell them I'm from Brazil they usually get a stupid look on their face , force a smile and say " thats so cool !".

I used to follow up with ... "do you know where that is ?.

I shit you not , I've got .... "Europe", "somewhere in Puerto Rico", " next to Russia maybe ", " Is that like in Italy ?" , "close to Iraq" etc ...

I just dont comprehend how it is possible to live in such a bubble in a fucking 1st world country in this century of the internet and information overload.If people in 3rd world countries were that ignorant you could argue it's because they got more pressing matters to attend to. Like surviving the next day.

Now this is a sport:

(03-14-2013 11:24 PM)ErrybareMyronGainez Wrote:  I love America ... but outside of the coasts, most of the country has a very funny idea of what the world is.

Yeah, only people on the east and west coast know how the world is

That's an awesome sport which is now part of the Italian culture/folklore specially around Firenze.

Check this too, very brutal and uber Alpha sport:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5gufMm3l6U

It's called Buzkashi or "lamb pulling". It's a very old and traditional sport in Central Asia (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia). It's considered the Sport of Kings.

(03-15-2013 12:02 AM)nek Wrote:  Now this is a sport:

Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

The policies of Barack Obama are largely indistinguishable from those of Dick Chaney and Karl Rove.

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

The most simple things are often the best things.

Banging lizards is just finding a female with a willing wet hole to place something in.

Simple, yet millions of men channel their funds towards that activity.

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

You don't need shoes to fight, either, and you don't even need a ball.

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

(03-14-2013 11:24 PM)ErrybareMyronGainez Wrote:  Living in the midwest, people usually ask me where I'm from because of my accent and facial aesthetics. When i tell them I'm from Brazil they usually get a stupid look on their face , force a smile and say " thats so cool !".

I used to follow up with ... "do you know where that is ?.

I shit you not , I've got .... "Europe", "somewhere in Puerto Rico", " next to Russia maybe ", " Is that like in Italy ?" , "close to Iraq" etc ...

I just dont comprehend how it is possible to live in such a bubble in a fucking 1st world country in this century of the internet and information overload.If people in 3rd world countries were that ignorant you could argue it's because they got more pressing matters to attend to. Like surviving the next day.

Yeah the geographic knowledge of many, many Americans is worryingly bad. Then again, if you asked some Brit from a run down estate where Iraq was, he'd struggle just as much. I think what makes it worse with Americans is that it isn't just the dumb poor Americans, some well off middle class Americans also have the levels of ignorance you described.

(03-15-2013 10:08 AM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

I won't agree with you on many football matters (Our teams hate each other - but I am defo in the camp of thinking caring THAT much about a sports team is fucking stupid) but I will agree with you on this!

(Yeah, I'm a United fan...but I am actually a Mancunian!)

(03-15-2013 10:08 AM)MattC Wrote:  It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

No wonder soccer is gay. Always trying to kick balls to get the right swerve.

(03-15-2013 10:08 AM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

I don't think so. To be good at baseball you have to throw on the money, hit a ball coming at you at 100mph, run fast and have perfect timing and be able to judge/field balls coming at you at blistering speed. Even Micheal Jordan couldn't do it worth a shit.

Fanatically following spectator sports is mainly about 1) fulfilling the need of losers to identify with winners and 2) allowing people to hold forth about sports in an authoritative voice, and by imitation experiencing the thrill of feeling like a member of the decision-making classes (leaders in business, politics, media).

Im disappointed by men. We hold all the trumps and women need us way more than we need them. Yet we still fuck up and give women all this power. Ultimately even by learning game and putting all this effort into banging skanks we shoot ourselves in the foot. BAsically we are rewarding them for their shitty behaviour by learning how to be more attractive to them. Its fucked up and like rewarding a dog for shitting on the carpet, instead of smacking it over the head with a newspaper and kicking it out of the house. All we care about is sticking our dick into some pussy. There is absolutely no endgame. Think about it, we could rule these hoes with an iron fist if we got our shit toegether.

If we just stopped chasing bitches they would have to come to us and we would have free pickings and all the power. Imagine it a complete strike, no men paying attention tho these cunts for even one month. They would go crazy and come begging for dick. At some point THEY would actually have to learn some game and put some effort into meeting a man. Societies would prosper as men now use their intellect to advance technology and science, instead of coming up with schemes how to get laid. Unfortunately this will never happen :/

(03-15-2013 02:10 PM)w00t Wrote:  Im disappointed by men. We hold all the trumps and women need us way more than we need them. Yet we still fuck up and give women all this power. Ultimately even by learning game and putting all this effort into banging skanks we shoot ourselves in the foot. BAsically we are rewarding them for their shitty behaviour by learning how to be more attractive to them. Its fucked up and like rewarding a dog for shitting on the carpet, instead of smacking it over the head with a newspaper and kicking it out of the house. All we care about is sticking our dick into some pussy. There is absolutely no endgame. Think about it, we could rule these hoes with an iron fist if we got our shit toegether.

If we just stopped chasing bitches they would have to come to us and we would have free pickings and all the power. Imagine it a complete strike, no men paying attention tho these cunts for even one month. They would go crazy and come begging for dick. At some point THEY would actually have to learn some game and put some effort into meeting a man. Societies would prosper as men now use their intellect to advance technology and science, instead of coming up with schemes how to get laid. Unfortunately this will never happen :/

That is because men have less unity than women. Chicks have going to Jamaica and Dominican Republic for years getting dicked-down but they keep quiet so the media does not even report. Meanwhile men will go on a woman's magazine to shame men who visit Brazil and D.R....just to earn brownie points with women.

(03-15-2013 01:37 PM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 10:08 AM)MattC Wrote:  

(03-15-2013 08:45 AM)cool Wrote:  Soccer is the most played sport worldwide, because all you need to do to play is find something that resembles a ball. You don't even need shoes. There is nothing inherently superior about the game itself

It takes more skill and ability to kick a ball to get the right swerve, power, precision etc than it does throwing an American football or hitting a baseball. Fact.

I don't think so. To be good at baseball you have to throw on the money, hit a ball coming at you at 100mph, run fast and have perfect timing and be able to judge/field balls coming at you at blistering speed. Even Micheal Jordan couldn't do it worth a shit.

We'll have to agree to disagree, mate. There's some ridiculous skill I've seen with football that you may not have, and vice versa. As far as baseball goes though, I think it's pretty one dimensional. Happy to be proved wrong though.

I think 'war crimes' is an oxymoron.

(03-15-2013 09:03 AM)EisenBarde Wrote:  The policies of Barack Obama are largely indistinguishable from those of Dick Chaney and Karl Rove.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

I have one.

Go to watch a game with friends when you dont really give a crap about the game or the sport itself but do have a passing interest so you can bullshit your way through conversations.

I have actually been in some stupid conversations with "real" fans where for example their guy tripped another and it wasn't a dive but they're screaming blue murder.

The roles get reversed not long after and they go ballistic when no foul is given. Camera replays show it as a clear dive but still they dont believe it.

Probably why I never got into football after junior school.

I think this might actually be a popular opinion.

Anyway...

I think Guns N' Roses are the greatest band ever.

Don't forget as well - no band became as big as them. As quickly as them. Ever.

No band has ever accelerated that quickly to being the biggest band in the world. And this was back when there was enough money in rock music (unlike today) to make that a worthwhile achievement.

Hollywood/Entertainment industry is filled with pedos

The galaxy will be a lot better off if we as a species dies out before we begin to colonize space.

I find sports involving a group of men chasing after a ball boring. I think it's more 'alpha' to be good at combat sports.

1) American men are intimidated. I'm in a college town and there are tons-hundreds- of very slim, hot white chicks who filrt if you're young
(not with me.)


2) Approach like a motherfucker and you can find a girlfriend, but you better do it before 30-35. My chick-magnet friend
is started to get "nexted" by 18 year olds who say he's too old.

3) If ytou want to do tons of chicks and leave a trail of disppointment with your maneuverings, big surprise they don't deep down want that shit. Maybe to catch and "reform" you yes.

(05-02-2013 01:20 PM)cardguy Wrote:  I think 'war crimes' is an oxymoron.

I agree. War is a criminal act.

(05-02-2013 11:42 PM)rakishness Wrote:  

(05-02-2013 01:20 PM)cardguy Wrote:  I think 'war crimes' is an oxymoron.

I agree. War is a criminal act.

Criminal but necessary.