The Chinese will be the first to give a shit about it. Sort of like with the spanish flu

Your story is fantastic! That guy must have looked over his shoulder for the rest of his day, thinking he accidentially interacted with some big shot.

Lmao 100gecs isn’t the kid thing anymore, you’re OLD and OUT OF TOUCH OUT OF TIME YOURE OUT OF YOUR HEAD WHEN IM NOT AROUND

Tbh I think theres a good bunch that just go “at least he keeps his promises” lol

Yeah the candles are a lot of fun! Super hot though.

I can relate. Added a story in an edit.

Nah no hooligan stuff, though we do fire roman candles once in a while, but that’s just for the vibes. I know a few hooligans actually, but that’s more from my upbringing. It’s mainly the big leagues that have those, they’re surprisingly chill actually. Just dudes who found out they liked to fight and decided to meet up with like-minded individuals instead of assaulting random strangers in the street.
They agree beforehand on where to fight, with how many and with what allowed and when to stop. Really seems like there’s no (nonconsensual) harm in it.

Edit: related story. One time I was at a bar with some of them. A guy comes up to me, sizes me up, asks me if “I wanna go?”
I’ve been in fights before and I’m pretty good at talking myself out of them. Ridiculing yourself is great, if you make yourself seem pathetic then they’re less likely to go for you, since it would be weak of them to do so.
But if you’re asked “do you wanna go?” Then that’s it. There’s no answer that doesn’t start a fight. And this guy just came out of the blue, really fucked with me. No buildup.
I felt so stupid. I know there’s some chuds and chud-adjacents in that culture, even in good clubs. I was looking kinda queer, of course something was going to happen. Stupid.
So what do I do? Well I make sure I have at least legal cover, for if something bad happens. I loudly proclaim “no sir, I do not wish to fight you. Sorry for provoking you.” Maybe I’m lucky and I’ll get attention from those around me. A few half-glanxes thrown my way, but no one reacts otherwise.
Fuck.
The guy is big. Not super big, but bigger than me. And he’s a fighter, I’m not. I’ve been in fights, but mainly to get out of them. He fights often, and well you can tell. So I’m in for it.
What does he do? He shrugs, says “alright, have a nice evening” slaps my shoulder as he says “take care” and walks over to another guy, who he sizes up and asks if he would like to go.
The other guy says “nah man, not tonight” oh okay, see you around and on he goes. Fourth guy askedsays yes, they go outside.
Later on I catch them at the bar sharing a beer lol.

I used to feel the same way about football - I’d just watch the world cup and that’s it. Then I got dragged to a local game and now I’m hooked. It’s a lower league, which means I can actually keep up with what’s going on. I can see when they’re making mistakes now. And I care! Oh how I care! They’re my boys out there on the field! Our tickets paid for their uniforms! We make songs for them, and they lose all the goddamn time! It’s brilliant. And there’s such a great sense of community.

Yeah I more or less know the rules to American football, but “knowing a game” goes deeper. Why do they do what they do? Strategies and so on. I tried to get into it, but the ads just took me out, everything is sponsored, everything is brought to you by some company and it’s commercialised to hell all the way through the leagues it seems.

Oh yeah I also don’t follow American football. It’s like if someone designed a sport specifically with ad breaks in mind.
About a year ago there was a discussion here that started out with some guy disliking football (soccer) because there wasn’t any action. He argued that points scored = action and the low point scores of football was proof it was boring.

I’m not trying to disparage American football, I think I’m just too pessimistic and used to there being less ads, so I see all the stops not as part of the sport, but as some artificial thing installed by an outsider. But I haven’t been taught about the game and what goes on and so on, so that’s also a big part of it. I am of the opinion that any game can be made interesting, if you know what is going on. Heard a guy from Loading Ready Run say that years ago in relation to getting into curling, and it’s stuck with me since.

But I’m not gonna get into American football, there’s too many ads and militarism about it. Has a fascist vibe. Not that FIFA are saints.

Me neither, but I got caught up in the hype about their beef a year ago, so that was fun

Super Bowl half time show with Kendrick Lamar

I am not enjoying each fact equally

Unrelated to this specific episode, but I heard someone say Burts innie is the one we saw in the season 1 finale. I think the elevator Irving paints lets innies leave work without getting deactivated. I think that’s why Burt has followed Irving around after.
“Think of it as a transition” - Milchick, speaking of Burts retirement.
Having Innies take over gives Lumon absolute control over them, since they can be “turned off” at any point

I was convinced there weren’t any other branches until Milchick says he got an overseas transfer. They are so shady and I love it because it seems the writers actually thought about what is providing the shade, rather than just doing the stupid “mystery box” gimmick like so many others

I like their relationship, it feels like a great way to explore a lot of themes about bodily autonomy and so on

Okay sorry for not bowing down to you with the utmost civility, I see now the error of my ways in treating you with the same derision you treat us. I shall now serve you my liege, for you have been bamboozled! You see, the real tank man video is actually quite different those Evil tankies have deceived you