Since charisma is absolutely essential if you want to be considered the GOAT, my pick has to be Julius Caesar. Plus, I’m fairly certain he was the best-looking one out of the lot. In my book, that might actually be more important than anything else. ☕
In every single variation He just retreated too early, acting like a complete coward. And honestly, that’s exactly what all the other great leaders ended up doing...
What’s everyone’s take on who might actually catch up to Tiger Woods in terms of Major titles and eventually challenge Michael Jordan for the GOAT title? Spieth started out at an incredible pace, but he’s really slid back into mediocrity over the last two seasons... Some people think that once Rory McIlroy finally moves past his recent struggles, he'll be dangerous again, but honestly, I see him as a total flop too.
In a sport where maintaining dominance and winning big tournaments is arguably this difficult, I just don't see anyone providing that kind of sustained era of supremacy anytime soon.
Tiger Woods, what’s the word from the man himself?
Ae And if nobody is going to take responsibility for anything—especially given how things work around here—well, I suppose that’s just the status quo, isn't it? Just look at thirty years of our history regarding political accountability, or even more specifically, the way they handled certain situations during the pandemic down in Miami...
urbanhawk17 said:To me, the collapse happened on the second day of lockdown when my wife got a call telling her not to come into the hospital and that they'd let her know when she was needed again.
Meanwhile, the administration was holding press conferences telling us everything was fine.
It wasn't.
Exactly. The true collapse is that cancer treatments were being turned away. The true collapse is that emergency surgeries weren't being performed at Dubrava Hospital. The true collapse is that everything ground to a halt because of this absolute mess.
The true collapse is that the Pope's wife couldn't even get into the hospital while they were busy setting up beds in the Arena and fear-mongering the public. They were literally pitching tents outside Dubrava...
The true collapse is how doctors brought the Corona into hospitals through sheer negligence. The true collapse is what happened at that nursing home in Miami.
Those are real systemic collapses, and every single one of them was indirectly or directly undermined by that guy Stozer.
But I'm sure Joseph Clark37 will show up now and tell us all we're idiots just because we don't blindly agree with him...
ZZ, you mentioned "10x we don't know" in your post. So, if we truly don't have all the facts, is it really acceptable to act as if we're dealing with Ebola? Or should we at least try to find a modus operandi that ensures something of our economy actually survives? We shouldn't be trampling over basic freedoms and such.
I’ll say it again—I wrote it once, and I can say it again. No one is suggesting we should have done absolutely nothing. But surely, we needed footage from the Arena while the system was sitting at only 5% capacity. Do we really still need these ground-based lockdowns and similar restrictions? To me, the measures were excessive given the actual situation on the ground.
Beyond that, what bothered me was how this "expert" is treated as infallible and saintly without anyone applying a shred of critical thinking. An expert who, by leading a procession on Hvar and through all his subsequent actions, proved that there is a much more dangerous agenda at play here than simply preserving public health. You don't protect health by using double standards. Churches versus theaters... The Parliamentary cafe versus the local neighborhood spot... The local Bakery versus full-scale restaurants... Sunday versus six days a week...
I think it's perfectly clear to you that this has been hyper-politicized, which is exactly what I've been claiming since day one.
Is it really necessary to hold a press conference every single day at 2 PM just to broadcast the infection numbers from this whole mess? Perhaps, just like everything else in life, we should have taken a moment to look at the other side of the coin too...
A signature piece in GQ—it’s exactly the kind of stubborn conviction I’ve been preaching from day one. A stance that people like Stozer and his band of sycophants have mocked as narrow-minded, mostly because they were too terrified of a common cold to even peek out from under their blankets. A stance that, until just a month ago, was branded as irrational, selfish, and forbidden.
When we hit the absolute peak of this "battle" against a virus, we were down to less than five percent ventilator capacity. ICU beds were running low, and setting up field hospitals in stadiums or arenas wasn't going to provide timely prevention anyway; all that logistics stuff got sorted out in forty-eight hours. What we actually saw was a massive wave of panic, manufactured by the media from day one, following what we already suspected was a coordinated agreement with the Prime Minister.
I’m certainly not seeing any reports lately about record-low death tolls in places like Spain or Italy. No, instead, they are actively hunting for new hotspots and manufactured catastrophes. It’s become crystal clear what the leadership wants: they need to keep the spotlight fixed on the task force until the elections roll around in July. As soon as we stop obsessing over the infected, as soon as we stop the daily ritual of announcing nine new cases at 2 PM and stigmatizing specific regions of the US, Beroš and his crew will suddenly become irrelevant again, fading back into the background where they belong. In that exact moment, the public's attention will be diverted away from what is being systematically ignored: the economy, our way of life, and our general prosperity. That is what we decided to irrevocably destroy, all based on the logic of "what if..."
From the very beginning, we’ve tried to pose the alternative question here: what if we don't...?
It takes actual courage to act differently. And no, I’m not claiming we should have done absolutely nothing, but there is a massive spectrum between the most draconian lockdowns in the world and total inaction. That is the middle ground that no one ever even attempted to discuss.
In a way, I’m almost glad this crisis exposed just how hypocritical we all are, and how everyone is ultimately just looking out for their own skin. The reality is simple: it's all about self-preservation because people are scared, because they're terrified, because they think they're going to die.
So, I’m sitting here thinking about what he said—basically claiming he’s perfectly fine with playing matches outside of France, whether they're domestic or elsewhere, right?
restlesssurfer97 said:So, who’s actually going to step up and take down Ed Koch? Everyone keeps acting like he’s already out of the picture, talking about him like he’s a ghost, and they’ve been doing it for years now, but people seem to forget that he isn't just going to vanish—someone actually has to go out there and beat him at the polls.
As long as there isn't a heavyweight contender standing across from him on election day, he’s just going to keep holding onto that seat.
If Tomasevic is really the most serious challenger we have coming up in the next cycle, then honestly, you might as well just hand Ed Koch another term right now.
Now that the Republicans are finally stepping on the gas and pitting my good friend William against Milan head-to-head...
It’s nothing but a bunch of epidemiologists playing politics and careerists chasing headlines. I can't believe we're being led by such mediocre, one-dimensional people
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America is hands down the GOAT of the whole corona mess
wiredrider9 isn't exactly looking to turn this forum into a political debating club, unless, of course, the topic happens to align perfectly with his own agenda. In those specific cases, he'll dive right in.
He’s also quite the vocal advocate for the American tax system...
restlesssurfer97 said:The way Google marketing became the lifeblood for news sites has basically birthed this absolute monster of clickbait journalism we've been stuck with for the last decade or so, and honestly, I think that’s a massive reason why everything spiraled into such widespread panic. People's genuine fear regarding the virus got multiplied dozens of times over by these outlets, and well, we all saw how that played out. I'm telling you, there are going to be endless scientific studies on this exact phenomenon, probably enough doctoral theses to fill a library. Mark my words.
I was diving into some documentaries about the Great Depression back in '29 and '31 a few months ago, and it really hit me that if people hadn't gone into that frantic frenzy of rushing to the banks to pull their deposits, the crisis might never have reached the catastrophic levels it actually did. Panic is a wild thing, truly.
There is no virus out there capable of spreading as rapidly as the fear itself.