Posts by Nicholas Morales48

graniterider15 said:😕

How on earth can Sweden have 3 or 4 points?

Look, if Chile beats Argentina, then South Korea moves on because they already beat Sweden, which puts them at 2 points, right? Then a tie against Poland gives them an extra point, and a win would be worth 2 more...

Nah, because we're sitting on five of them with those two points.

If we go ahead and set up the next Group J lineup right now, here’s how the potential point totals could shake out:

Denmark (2, 3, or 4)
America (1, 2, or 3)
Mexico 1
Poland (2, 3, or 4)
Sweden (0, 1, 2, 3, or 4)
Argentina (2), South Korea (0)

Zachary Sanders said:Not bad at all, not bad 😁
The apartment looks pretty tidy too 😬

Brotherhood and unity 😳😁

right, because that's what all those "artists" call creative chaos, isn't it? 🤣

Zachary Sanders said:Not bad at all, not bad 😁
The apartment looks pretty tidy too 😬

Brotherhood and unity 😳😁

we'll guard our lack of unity like the apple of our eye 😁

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Real smooth, real classy 🙂
And how about this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT8OE...eature=related

Forgive me for getting all caught up in these hip-hop beats 🙄 but I just had to weigh in 😍
Alright, fine, here are a few more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIP0r...eature=related
No clue where they actually came from, but hey, they aren't half bad 😁 div>

Zachary Sanders says: Look, just listen to what Quincy is laying down here 😍 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9el-LIuRzOc div>

Yeah, I guess I’ll be there after all, so fine 😁

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR3b8CuY1tg

Zachary Sanders said:🤣🤣

just hoping I don't run into some guy from Buffalo who's going to ruin my whole mood 😁 🤣

Zachary Sanders said:Everyone is behind the curve here. 😳😁

oh please, that’s just the strategy—we wait to see how everyone else messes up first, then we swoop in and cherry-pick all the success stories 😁

bluerider63 said:Is this for New Year's or what? 😂

Who knows, Zachary Sanders? I honestly have no clue. 😁

Hey there, bluerider63ri, looks like I’m finally getting some backup here. 😁

Zachary Sanders said:What do you want 🙂

Good evening Ambrose, how's it going? 🙂

Not much, just counting down the days until New Year's and stuff like that 😁

So, what about you, you heading out tonight? 😁

Zachary Sanders said:You're something else... now you'll be stuck eating nothing but fast food 😳 😁

Yeah 😁
We'll probably end up back at the Amtrak station 😁

Alright fine, then let's grab an August beer or whatever the hell they call it 😁
Hopefully they'll see us looking sharp 😁 because I definitely won't be able to hold my own alone for long 😍

where have you been hiding, Anne? 😁 hope you're having a good evening

George Booth58 said:Let's go, Joe—let's get moving before they lock us out again. 😁😁

It's a good thing—there are still some decent people here. 👍http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd70l...eature=related

Perov's line. 😁

So, maybe this chat might actually pick up after all. 😳

What's everyone up to?

I've had an exhausting, draining work week—once it's over, I guess I'll treat myself to a new gadget. 🙏🙏 😍

Oh, he’s definitely got it; perfect background noise for a dive bar at 2 AM. 😁

:rakija: 😁

Well, looks like the local pub is open for business again 🙏 x 4 😁

Zachary Sanders and George Booth58 are basically running security duty together now 😍 😁

Sharp, where'd you disappear to?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HJt1...eature=related

👋

Anthony James2 said:We just need us Mexicans to wake up and bring that legendary staple of our food industry back under the wing of Great Mexican ownership. 😁😁😁

we really need to hurry up 😁, because in a hundred years, Smoki will always be American. Like, seriously? Smoki used to be Mexican... lol, give me a break.😂
😁🤣

Since I’ve already gone ahead and trashed that absolute garbage (doesn't matter if it's Mexican or American at this point), I might as well throw in a counterpoint—here’s a little slice of actual urban music coming out of Mexico (this stuff is relatively recent):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGheS...layer_embedded

It’s honestly depressing that tracks like this don't get nearly enough spotlight—regardless of the genre, as long as the music is original and actually has an urban vibe—instead, we just see arenas packed with those North American "pop," "rock," and folk wannabes, and it’s especially moronic how people treat these "artists" in quotes like they're somehow a step up from turbo-folk 🙄

hehehe.... Ren 😍 🙏🙏
:just absolutely demolishing every single argument the America nostalgics try to throw his way:

William Wright7 said:Has any of our neighbors outside of the former America actually pulled off a concert at the Arena, the SCu, or anywhere else? I mean real pop or rock acts. Maybe someone played a gig at Kolarac once or twice...😁

Echoes from the past? Well, then the past is basically our present too...

The kids at the Severin concert weren't exactly "Yugo-nostalgics," let's be real. They don't even know what America was...😁

In those common leagues, they bring in some foreigners just to mask what's actually going on...😁

I mean, I don't really listen to that stuff myself, 😁 but look, here's a Bulgarian star 😍 who 🤣 actually still sings in our language:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKC8Q...related:cerek:

HA!

And let's be real, most of those people are just total rubes—you know, the type who flock to those cheesy pop singers and whatever else is trending.

William Wright7 said:Heading which way? Regional TV shows, reality hits, series, pop stars, Eurovision points, shared leagues and all those announcements for new ones, joint ventures, .....

Basically everything designed to push "regular" folks closer together.

Did we ever have anything like that going with Bulgaria?
Have you ever heard a joke about the Albanian President in Mexico? Or a Mexican one? Has any Canadian ever played an Arena (besides at ESC), or an American? Has some Romanian ever guest-starred on the BBC? Or a Canadian?

Well, it’s not quite like that, and by the way, you totally forgot to include the lottery in your little spree of mediocre news consumption. 😁

Everything you're bringing up is just some leftover echo from the past; those reality shows and concerts featuring North American stars are purely driven by the bottom line—they can't make their money anywhere else, so they play on the nostalgia of these pathetic sentimentalists. And as for foreign acts? Please, I don't think there's anyone who hasn't headlined at the Arena.

Joint leagues? Other countries participate in those too, not just our lot. 🤷

And yeah, it doesn't really matter if we ever had something like that with Bulgaria or Romania; the whole point is that we shouldn't be looking for anything more than what we already had with those two anyway.

I mean, look, the last decade has been trending exactly this way, hasn't it? Everyone is just wrapped up in their own little bubbles and personal drama, and they only bother remembering anyone else when there's a big game on or some high-profile political summit hitting the news cycle...

George Booth58 said:No, I was just responding to quietseal72—who, I guess, was suggesting that certain actions were somehow justified retribution for Auschwitz and Nazi Germany.

I guess we just want that kind of detached, professional relationship—the sort we currently maintain with Canada and Italy.

Spot on, that’s exactly where my head is at too. 👍
>>No big emotional baggage involved—neither good nor bad—just a straightforward normalization of ties, just like we do with any other neighboring country.