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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 23, 2020 2:43:39 GMT -5
Went for a 45 minutes walk earlier and I feel so much better now mentally, even if tired Guess I'm gonna try to do it on weekdays too, it may take away some time from studying but it seems to be worth it As I'm always working from home and especially since Covid-19 outbreak, I walk every morning before my breakfast. 30 minutes to an hour every morning, on weekdays and in weekend. I'm doing it for 7 months now and I can't miss it anymore. Fresh air does so good for your mind and body. I highly recommend everyone to do it (or morning run).
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Post by leron on Nov 23, 2020 3:27:34 GMT -5
I miss cycling, this is really a bad time for all of us. I haven't been out for so long, but I know it's needed and I know that I'm still lucky because there are people out there who are fighting for their lives.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Nov 23, 2020 10:04:05 GMT -5
What 24 hours makes, none of the people giving JMB grief yesterday are today. Merci Calina
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 23, 2020 13:28:30 GMT -5
Too many people rely on social media - how many followers do we have? how many people like my pics? oh my good, am I popular enough? etc etc. Hallelujah.
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Post by tiger40 on Nov 23, 2020 14:39:26 GMT -5
Awwww, how can you not fall in love with baby animals, it's just impossible not to. They're cute little faces really do melt my heart. Bless them.
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Nov 23, 2020 17:17:25 GMT -5
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Post by walterglass on Nov 23, 2020 17:54:16 GMT -5
Always thought spending too much time online only holds back making progress in the real world. But my real world is such a fucking unintentional mess right now that I can see me taking some refuge online.
I have a girl I’m nuts about but I’ve left feeling let down, a nutty girl who has left me and another girl who is nuts about me who I’d sooner left me alone.
Pick the bones out of that.
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 24, 2020 13:00:58 GMT -5
* This is not related to the posts above.
How can someone be so drama queen? Jesus Christ (Superstar).
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Post by tiger40 on Nov 24, 2020 15:01:06 GMT -5
When I look at little baby animals I could honestly just pick them up and cuddle them especially little birds like ducklings and goslings. Awww, bless them.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Nov 25, 2020 6:34:18 GMT -5
I know people have it worse, but fuck me online lessons are annoying and boring
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 25, 2020 9:54:54 GMT -5
Troublesome time ahead.
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Post by eva on Nov 25, 2020 11:28:17 GMT -5
fucking hell, Maradona is dead
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Post by RocketMan on Nov 25, 2020 11:42:21 GMT -5
fucking hell, Maradona is dead Holy shit. I watched the documentary just this weekend. RIP
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 11:49:39 GMT -5
fucking hell, Maradona is dead Oh fuck Not really surprised about it but 60 is too young still.
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Post by Manualex on Nov 25, 2020 12:10:19 GMT -5
fucking hell, Maradona is dead I feel sorry for the sport who lost a legend. But the person outside that isnt something to be celebrated.
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Post by matt on Nov 25, 2020 12:16:17 GMT -5
RIP Maradona. A flawed genius, but on his day, he played at a level that no other player has got close to. Magic.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Nov 25, 2020 12:49:06 GMT -5
Probably the most iconic player ever A flawed person, a legendary footballer, but more than anything someone that meant much more than his achievements on the pitch He's not someone I'd call a personal idol, I didn't see him play live and we probably didn't share the same moral beliefs, but his story is as fascinating as it gets, and I respect what he meant for Argentina (politically too) and the city of Naples, and he's one of those that made the sport I love so special
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 25, 2020 13:10:06 GMT -5
fucking hell, Maradona is dead RIP
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Post by funhouse on Nov 25, 2020 13:22:28 GMT -5
Didn't know I would feel this affected by a player I didn't grow up with. But Maradona truly was everything that football is. The goals we all know about, but the passion for the game is what strikes me, something that never seemed to have left him. And that's where I maybe should have written about what football *was*. I probably sound like a boomer now, but when you think of the best players today, you don't really think of them as human at all. Fantastic on the pitch, but apart from their lack of a personality, what do we know about them off the pitch? Rape charges and tax avoidance. There's nothing else there. I'm not saying everyone must be charismatic, but if no one is(only exception right now is probably Zlatan), then the game itself is missing something. Maradona was unique as a player, but also the last of his kind that was "allowed/allowed himself"(sometimes to a fault of course) to be a larger than life personality. Thinking about how football is run today, encouraging conformity above all, there will most likely never be someone like him again, not on that level. Goals like his against England can be replicated, but not things like an entire city worshipping you unconditionally the way Naples did and still does today, decades after you stopped playing for them. What a champion! RIP.
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Post by defmaybe00 on Nov 25, 2020 13:30:20 GMT -5
Didn't know I would feel this affected by a player I didn't grow up with. But Maradona truly was everything that football is. The goals we all know about, but the passion for the game is what strikes me, something that never seemed to have left him. And that's where I maybe should have written about what football *was*. I probably sound like a boomer now, but when you think of the best players today, you don't really think of them as human at all. Fantastic on the pitch, but apart from their lack of a personality, what do we know about them off the pitch? Rape charges and tax avoidance. There's nothing else there. I'm not saying everyone must be charismatic, but if no one is(only exception right now is probably Zlatan), then the game itself is missing something. Maradona was unique as a player, but also the last of his kind that was "allowed/allowed himself"(sometimes to a fault of course) to be a larger than life personality. Thinking about how football is run today, encouraging conformity above all, there will most likely never be someone like him again, not on that level. Goals like his against England can be replicated, but not things like an entire city worshipping you unconditionally the way Naples did and still does today, decades after you stopped playing for them. What a champion! RIP. Think that's a problem with celebrities in general these days Everyone's supposed to do the right thing, say the right thing etc. You still get great players, great actors, great artists, and I appreciate what some of them are trying to do for society as well, but that feeling of fascination and emotional connection has gone missing a bit
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Post by matt on Nov 25, 2020 13:37:35 GMT -5
His performances at the 1986 World Cup? I mean, fucking hell, wow. No individual player has ever come close to gracing the biggest stage in football quite like it. So great, with the ultimate prize at the end, that it really puts in perspective just how that single achievement outweighs all other achievements from footballers.
The greatest player arguments isn't about stats and all that information the pathetic fanboys on twitter spout about Messi or Ronaldo (seriously lads, grow up and get a life), it's about reaching levels nobody has ever seen. And in a short space of a few weeks in 1986 at of the greatest competition for the greatest game in the world, Maradona reached that level all by himself and lifted the greatest prize in football. You can shove your Messis and Ronaldos, it doesn't come close to that magic.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 13:40:57 GMT -5
Didn't know I would feel this affected by a player I didn't grow up with. But Maradona truly was everything that football is. The goals we all know about, but the passion for the game is what strikes me, something that never seemed to have left him. And that's where I maybe should have written about what football *was*. I probably sound like a boomer now, but when you think of the best players today, you don't really think of them as human at all. Fantastic on the pitch, but apart from their lack of a personality, what do we know about them off the pitch? Rape charges and tax avoidance. There's nothing else there. I'm not saying everyone must be charismatic, but if no one is(only exception right now is probably Zlatan), then the game itself is missing something. Maradona was unique as a player, but also the last of his kind that was "allowed/allowed himself"(sometimes to a fault of course) to be a larger than life personality. Thinking about how football is run today, encouraging conformity above all, there will most likely never be someone like him again, not on that level. Goals like his against England can be replicated, but not things like an entire city worshipping you unconditionally the way Naples did and still does today, decades after you stopped playing for them. What a champion! RIP. Think that's a problem with celebrities in general these days Everyone's supposed to do the right thing, say the right thing etc. You still get great players, great actors, great artists, and I appreciate what some of them are trying to do for society as well, but that feeling of fascination and emotional connection has gone missing a bit I think that's the problem with today's media and internet, everyone with camera phones... You can't do anything without someone reporting it on media or filming you. Must be fucking exhausting because it encourages you to keep a cover in public. It's better to act in a pleasant/boring way than to be yourself and stress whether the media starts to criticize you over something ridiculous.
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Post by funhouse on Nov 25, 2020 13:48:44 GMT -5
Didn't know I would feel this affected by a player I didn't grow up with. But Maradona truly was everything that football is. The goals we all know about, but the passion for the game is what strikes me, something that never seemed to have left him. And that's where I maybe should have written about what football *was*. I probably sound like a boomer now, but when you think of the best players today, you don't really think of them as human at all. Fantastic on the pitch, but apart from their lack of a personality, what do we know about them off the pitch? Rape charges and tax avoidance. There's nothing else there. I'm not saying everyone must be charismatic, but if no one is(only exception right now is probably Zlatan), then the game itself is missing something. Maradona was unique as a player, but also the last of his kind that was "allowed/allowed himself"(sometimes to a fault of course) to be a larger than life personality. Thinking about how football is run today, encouraging conformity above all, there will most likely never be someone like him again, not on that level. Goals like his against England can be replicated, but not things like an entire city worshipping you unconditionally the way Naples did and still does today, decades after you stopped playing for them. What a champion! RIP. Think that's a problem with celebrities in general these days Everyone's supposed to do the right thing, say the right thing etc. You still get great players, great actors, great artists, and I appreciate what some of them are trying to do for society as well, but that feeling of fascination and emotional connection has gone missing a bit For sure, but I think sports is most affected. An actor or musician can be weird and still get work as long as they don't rape people or say blatantly racist things, while a football player can't smoke a cigarette one time without being crucified.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2020 13:56:31 GMT -5
RIP Maradona. A sport legend for sure.
As for the debate, let's not mistake personality and extraversion. I do agree that a lot of players, actors, musicians have a big marketing, PR state of mind but someone like Zlatan is the same. I don't call it personality, I call it being a c*nt .
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Post by matt on Nov 25, 2020 13:57:25 GMT -5
Didn't know I would feel this affected by a player I didn't grow up with. But Maradona truly was everything that football is. The goals we all know about, but the passion for the game is what strikes me, something that never seemed to have left him. And that's where I maybe should have written about what football *was*. I probably sound like a boomer now, but when you think of the best players today, you don't really think of them as human at all. Fantastic on the pitch, but apart from their lack of a personality, what do we know about them off the pitch? Rape charges and tax avoidance. There's nothing else there. I'm not saying everyone must be charismatic, but if no one is(only exception right now is probably Zlatan), then the game itself is missing something. Maradona was unique as a player, but also the last of his kind that was "allowed/allowed himself"(sometimes to a fault of course) to be a larger than life personality. Thinking about how football is run today, encouraging conformity above all, there will most likely never be someone like him again, not on that level. Goals like his against England can be replicated, but not things like an entire city worshipping you unconditionally the way Naples did and still does today, decades after you stopped playing for them. What a champion! RIP. Totally agree. Even for the more intriguing footballers (struggling to think of one off the top of my head), it's spoiled as we're living in an age of information overload where they're overexposed. They'll be bombarded to us through various adverts, sponsors and oversaturation of video clips and interviews. The allure and mystique has gone so that curiosity and reverence for the modern player isn't there. It's one of the reasons why I tend to switch off from a lot of football now and only find fascination in those teams and players that I don't quite know a lot about. As for Maradona, it's precisely what you mention that makes him so appealing. Extremely flawed with his demons, and all too human for it, we're always attracted to that fallibility and how greatness prevails from it. Today's robots are just dull - I cannot think of two more boring individuals than Messi and Ronaldo (okay, one robot who evades tax and the other who is a rapist). With their slick PR machines and shallow branding exercises (pity anyone who saw that self-indulgent puff piece film about Ronaldo), they make a lot of noise for individuals who are as dull as dishwater. The human connection with superstars is what makes the difference and giving us an insight into what it is that makes us human. On Messi and Ronaldo's retirement, we can commend their achievements but I won't be giving a shit either way. But with the likes of Maradona. It's so different - that human element is why Maradona is immortal and why, even before today's passing, he is and will always be held in higher esteem.
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