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  • Oh they just don’t get F1 yet.

    Talk about the mid-pack teams only with him. We all know the good shit is with Alpine, RB, Haas, and crossing fingers for Williams and Audi. Following one driver and one team, may as well just put the 4 min YT highlights on instead of watch the actual racing.

    Maybe remind him the Max has no trophies. They all go back to the team after the race.



  • saltesc@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldFormula 1 for me.
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    Probably a good idea, OP. The F1 fanbase has become a circus in the past decade. A lot of newcomers bringing their tribalism mentality of other sports along with them, not understanding how F1 works.

    If you actually do want to get involved in a motorsport fanbase, GTs. But watching the NLS stream with chat while Max is in a team can be fatiguing. 100+ teams on track over many classes, so effectively 16 races going on, and every five mins his fanbase, that has no idea what they’re watching, start arguing about F1. Some genuinely say it’s their first GT race and ask a lot of questions, the fanbase is thrilled and explains everything with welcoming arms.


  • The “r” word isn’t specific to mental shortcomings. That’s slang and is shortened from the actual mental-specific terms. It is used a lot for its proper meaning in many fields, one of which is obviously medicine.

    Just like any sound that comes from a mouth, it’s not the letters, it’s the intent. If we start erasing words because people lack any knowledge of them, we’d need to readdress the entire language. In this case, people use a short-form of it (the word only) to incorrectly disparage a person with a condition they do not have. Such as idiot, moron, spastic, etc. which all have the same historical weight and use as retard, so are no different. The only difference is a lack of knowledge and defaulting to being offended, which is exactly what the person saying it as slang intended.

    That intent could be with any word.





  • I hate myself and decided to get into Italian and BBQ smoking… Everything is done on a timeline with fine heat control and time does not care for you readiness. You really have to memorise and learn from experience before you can get to the level of autopiloting stress-free.