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I still lol at the video of the giant sun blocking drones that they promised they'd have to deal with the heat.
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joepinetree posted:I still lol at the video of the giant sun blocking drones that they promised they'd have to deal with the heat.
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Nov 10, 2022 19:20
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Crazy Ted posted:Were those part of the mysterious hovering A/C systems that were supposed to be in place and were technically explained in no way whatsoever? They have somehow spent more than $200 billion dollars on this nonsense (not even counting the bribes), and $10 billion on stadiums and couldn't manage to build loving roofs and AC. Dallas Cowboys stadium was less than $2 billion and (at the time) was noted for its garish absurdity and can seat 80,000 people. You could spend half that price on a less absurd, opulent, and big stadium, and no one in the world would blink an eye. You could build 10 of them. The commitment to outdoor stadiums and shifting schedules and everyone being miserable is so loving strange to me.
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Pook Good Mook posted:They have somehow spent more than $200 billion dollars on this nonsense (not even counting the bribes), and $10 billion on stadiums and couldn't manage to build loving roofs and AC. Given the hotel workers had to search youtube for "how to properly chlorinate a swimming pool without dissolving swimmers" I'm expecting something to go horribly wrong in at least one of the stadiums during the tournament.
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Crazy Ted posted:Were those part of the mysterious hovering A/C systems that were supposed to be in place and were technically explained in no way whatsoever? see for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0idC5I7aDnI
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Starting to think Qatar was not the best choice of host nation after all
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FIFA world cup brought to you by dahir insaat
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joepinetree posted:see for yourself imagining that thing losing power and crushing 90k people
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:Given the hotel workers had to search youtube for "how to properly chlorinate a swimming pool without dissolving swimmers" I'm expecting something to go horribly wrong in at least one of the stadiums during the tournament. I said it above, but it's not easy to plan and run a wedding or a family reunion. Qatar has NEVER organized something like this as a country and have a leadership class of lazy rich layabouts who aren't interested in work. This is going to be a loving disaster. I half expect a fan riot or stampede that kills people at some event or game at some point. Famethrowa posted:imagining that thing losing power and crushing 90k people Again, we've had A/C for 80 years. This is so inexplicable.
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the sex ghost posted:FIFA world cup brought to you by dahir insaat whoever lifts the trophy they're gonna look like the Baddiel/Skinner bit with the bucket of custard from 3 lions 98
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joepinetree posted:see for yourself you can't fool me this is a dahir insaat video efb
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Pook Good Mook posted:Again, we've had A/C for 80 years. This is so inexplicable.
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Yeah, nevermind ACs. We've had "surface that creates shade" for thousands of years. Its called a roof.
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Just had a quick look at a weather ticker, highs of 30 (86) lows of 21 (69 nice) that first week.
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joepinetree posted:Yeah, nevermind ACs. We've had "surface that creates shade" for thousands of years. Its called a roof.
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joepinetree posted:Yeah, nevermind ACs. We've had "surface that creates shade" for thousands of years. Its called a roof. You're not wrong, but humidity in the Gulf States is loving brutal. There's no fixing the unfixable problems of committing to having games outside in Qatar. I remember in 1994 where there was a lot of complaints (from European times) about playing games in southern states in the US because of the heat. But in Qatar the entire country is like Miami.
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63590339 lol, lmao quote:Denmark's request for its players to be permitted to wear pro-human rights training shirts at the World Cup in Qatar has been rejected by Fifa.
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God drat those Squires cartoons are brutal. They should be emblazoned on billboards outside the UK headquarters of all the corporate sponsors. The whole thing is just loving sickening.
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It is good to finally have official confirmation that fifa is hostile to the idea of "Human Rights for All", before we just had to assume based on their behavior.
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Human rights for all? No, slave labour!
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I’d like to complain about the Ray Parlor being top level, thanks Qatar I couldn’t find it for like 10 minutes
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Pook Good Mook posted:Giving you the benefit of the doubt that you are separating S. Africa and Qatar, if you wanted to "expand" the World Cup to the Middle East or at the very least an Islamic country, give it to Egypt. You're never going to get around the heat problem, but at least they have loving stadiums, fans, and a national team that's respectable. If -- and it's a tremendous, hilariously-sized if -- you could get them to play nice, a joint Israel/Jordan host would certainly be a hell of a thing. But I don't think that's enough stadiums.
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A Buffer Gay Dude posted:I’d like to complain about the Ray Parlor being top level, thanks Qatar I couldn’t find it for like 10 minutes Heck, same
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the sex ghost posted:Human rights for all? I want this shirt now
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brocked posted:I want this shirt now ON WORLD CUP STADIUMS IN QATAR AND LITERALLY ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT
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Famethrowa posted:how many drunks will get arrested and tortured for leaving the sober-up zones I think they'll probably turn a blind eye to a lot of that. Not to downplay the draconian poo poo that goes on there, but don't FIFA sort of take over a lot of poo poo in the country for the tournament? I know in South Africa, they had their own courts to deal with drunken fans and the like quickly and quietly. No idea if that's happening this time, but I would guess it will. Like, during the 1936 Olympics, Berlin was made out to be some sort of idealised city where everyone was happy and welcome and I can see them going that route during the tournament. There's also pretty much always scare stories before a World Cup that's not in Western Europe. Pook Good Mook posted:I remember in 1994 where there was a lot of complaints (from European times) about playing games in southern states in the US because of the heat. 
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i don't know where to ask but this thread is at least about the host instead of other stuff. what's up with the extra long tail on the t in qatar in the official logos? does it make a slightly different sound to the qatari people or something?
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Arivia posted:i don't know where to ask but this thread is at least about the host instead of other stuff. what's up with the extra long tail on the t in qatar in the official logos? does it make a slightly different sound to the qatari people or something? I think it's supposed to just invoke the idea of written Arabic.
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Gigi Galli posted:I think it's supposed to just invoke the idea of written Arabic. oh fuckin lol I don't know FIFA stuff much (seeing TRP as a top-level forum temporarily is neat though) but I can believe it's just dumb poo poo
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Arivia posted:oh fuckin lol Weirdly enough on the app it's still showing as part of sas for me
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Gigi Galli posted:I think it's supposed to just invoke the idea of written Arabic. However, just in case, out of respect...
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Crazy Ted posted:I think I posted at the time that was one desert NFL Stadium (Phoenix) that had both a roof and a retractable grass surface that could be wheeled outside to sun & water and then rolled back inside for games they could have just copied multiple times over. Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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Crazy Ted posted:I think I posted at the time that was one desert NFL Stadium (Phoenix) that had both a roof and a retractable grass surface that could be wheeled outside to sun & water and then rolled back inside for games they could have just copied multiple times over. Works better in north America where the stadiums often have giant empty parking lots next to them though
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ilmucche posted:Works better in north America where the stadiums often have giant empty parking lots next to them though They built these stadiums from completely nothing. They could make space to do whatever the gently caress they want.
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:However, just in case, out of respect... I see what_ you did t_here
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I know Ireland at USA 94 is something of a joke (although some good performances, get in Houghton!) But Jack Charlton and the Irish team of the time basically called for and pioneered some of the player care stuff we see in modern games. They wanted water breaks, they wanted water to be laid in bottles around the pitch so players could take a drink during any brief stoppage, and they wanted water to be allowed on when someone was down for an injury. All that stuff is standard now, but Charlton and Ireland were made out as cranky fools of a team with no hope trying to upset a tournament they couldn't win. Never mind the Aldrige incident where some loving moron of an American FIFA official in a ridiculous blue and yellow uniform with no clue about the sport other than he was gifted a job because of connections refused to let them make a sub. There was a lot of anti-Irish talk during that, while Charlton was making extremely sensible recommendations for playing football in a place with billion degree weather. Things that are now standard almost 30 years later. As for Qatar, I'm predicting a lot of it will go off without incident. There might be one or two "big events" but most fan stuff will get sorted out diplomatically if you're from a major western nation and if you're not it'll be swept under the carpet by the media looking down on poorer nations. The media will also go whole hog on, "The football is wonderful, despite the problems. Isn't the World Cup wonderful! A time of peace and nations with differences coming together." And it'll all be a giant wet fart and FIFA will continue to take bribes and accept gold watches. And poor people will continue to die.
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I feel the same. Of course I’m disgusted where this tournament is being held, but I am reminded of Euro 2012 and World Cup 2018 where there political/societal fears regarding the hosts, and both passed off without incident. I think if something occurs, it’ll be minor but reported widely and then quietly dealt with.
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not really football related, but found this article interesting https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/12/uk-local-councils-deposit-taxpayer-cash-qatar-bank-lgbt-rights
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