I’ve been watching the way major sporting organizations have been operating lately, and it honestly makes me a bit uneasy. It feels like every time a massive global tournament rolls around, the conversation isn't about the grit, the history, or the fans—it's entirely about maximizing equity and finding new "partners" to buy into the structure.
It feels like we’re moving toward a future where the actual sport is just a shell for a series of high-stakes investment vehicles. I remember watching matches as a kid where the passion felt pure, but now it feels like there's a boardroom meeting happening behind every whistle. Once you start letting outside entities own a piece of the governing logic, do you think the integrity of the competition can actually survive?
Does anyone else feel like the "business" side is finally starting to cannibalize the actual spirit of the game?
bluebison8 said:...The sequel isn't boring, not even close. It’s actually freaking amazing. Especially since it's from an American director like 😁...
Yeah, honestly, Americans really know how to make a killer movie, especially those talented folks who probably couldn't even point to the US on a map.
As for the actual flick—it's alright. It’s good because it really fires up your imagination, but don't expect to walk away with some deep life lesson. Other than the fact that greed is a total nightmare...
First off, you picked a totally useless example! You can't even define what good actually means! I mean, seriously, just because something works for you doesn't mean it works for me or anyone else out there! For me? Good is being able to sleep in until noon without some jerk waking me up, but that's not everyone! My sister loves watching HGTV, but personally, I’d rather just jump out of a plane at 50,000 feet without a parachute! Like I said in my first reply: sure, you can try to define it, but honestly? You're probably gonna fail!
Man, I dealt with the exact same thing last year and the year before. I hit up my eye doctor and he hooked me up with some drops. They worked great while I was actually using them, but the second I stopped? Boom, right back to square one. Then I stumbled onto this thing online saying it’s all because we spend way too much time stuck indoors. So, I started getting out more, just soaking up some fresh air, and honestly, it changed everything. Now, that itching, burning, red-eye mess happens hardly ever.
If you try to tackle a question from just one angle, you’re only ever gonna get one answer! But hey, whether that single answer actually cuts it—if it’s enough or even right? Well, that’s a whole different ballgame! Look, a human being is basically just a form of energy! And we all know how this works: energy can't be destroyed. It doesn't just pop out of thin air and it doesn't just vanish into nothing. So, if you look at a person as pure energy (if that's even the right way to put it), then even after death, you aren't really "dead"—you've just shifted into some other state of being! But hey, that's just one physics-heavy take from a college kid...
Nah, once you go under the knife, things just aren't the same. I went through three and four wires six years ago (almost hitting the 1.7 mark on the 1st) and honestly? Not one single day since then have I been able to rotate my arm at the elbow—left or right. 👎
So, I’ve got a cracked right wrist, a busted left shoulder, and a wrecked left ankle... but wait, here comes the real kicker: I actually shattered my right elbow. Like, the bone near the joint snapped in two different places into three separate pieces 🙂 And then? Three surgeries, four metal wires, and a massive amount of brutal physical therapy 🙂 😱