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Joe
@idiotxque.bsky.social
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Woke moralist ✊
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To clarify, trans women playing women's football is not a problem. It's just that if it were a problem, this new rule would do fuck all because they're not playing competitive football in Scotland anyway
April 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And last, I think whoever replaces Ancelotti has a huge job on their hands to reset the culture within the team. It's already been said that it'll be a tough ask to turn Mbappe and Vinicius into effective pressers, but it'll be even harder to turn them into model professionals
April 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I also wouldn't be surprised if some of the more marginal squad players who aren't starting regularly (Guler, Endrick, maybe even Camavinga) were looking for a move. Why on earth would you want to stay in that toxic atmosphere if you weren't playing and weren't winning things?
April 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I wouldn't really expect much different from the likes of Rudiger, Carvajal and Vinicius, and we've seen it in the past with senior players like Ramos and Pepe, but I'd expect better from Modric and it's a shame to see their batch of fantastic young players caught up in it
April 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Several of them we already knew this about (not least Vinicius Jr) but it's been another level since the Balloon d'Or and refereeing things this season, and it seems to have infected every single member of the squad. If I was a player there I would be embarrassed by it, but it seems none of them are
April 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Yes it was only Albania, and no it wasn't perfect, particularly in the second half when the intensity dropped and we lost a bit of control, but it was a really promising start and definitely a really good place to be building from
March 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It's also a bit disappointing to hear someone who made such an acclaimed TV show and who's been so careful to point out that the show isn't placing the blame with one person or cause but showing that there are multiple factors, turn around and say the solution is banning social media for teenagers.
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The likes of Andrew Tate might be new, but the ideas he and his ilk espouse are not new at all - they've been around for a long time and haven't been properly addressed. If we're serious about ending violence against women, it has to be about changing how men are brought up in society.
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It also reads as though he's trying to say that back in his day, they didn't have smartphones or video games and no men were ever violent to women - I really doubt that's what he's suggesting, but that is the implication. That is obviously a ludicrous argument, especially in the context of the show.
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There's a lot of useless stuff that kids learn at school. Maybe part of the curriculum in computing should include a greater focus on critical thinking and digital literacy, learning about things like how fake news and rage bait go viral, and developing more analytical skills when consuming content.
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
There's no doubt that social media has some really damaging effects on young people, but any ban on under-16s using social media is just going to end up with teenagers lying about their date of birth to sign up, just like I did when I got my first Facebook account at 11, and using it anyway.
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
That's why it's important that we, particularly men, push back against comments/jokes that contribute to a culture where sex is seen differently for men/women. Jarrod Bowen isn't "fucking Danny Dyer's daughter", they're in a committed relationship and have a daughter. Also she's probably fucking him
March 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I'm not saying that simply encouraging women's sexuality will stop r*pes from happening, but I think a society in which women are encouraged to enjoy sex is one where consent is more obviously given (or denied), where violations of consent are more noticeable and where shame doesn't allow impunity
March 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM