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cagliostr0 posted:So when you talk about scumbag animal dictators do you include the ones running the country hosting? Is there a country in the region that isn't run by one? Theres democratically elected scumbags
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The Kingfish posted:Ale, lager, wine, seltzer, rum, whiskey, tequilla,gin, vodka, etc. Ohh Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Dannyyyy Booooy
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Theres democratically elected scumbags people that vote in scumbags deserve it, families that were installed by the brits in 1930 or w/e aren't the same NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:Ohh Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Dannyyyy Booooy this post is racist and also very funny
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i say swears online posted:
Think you’re missing some context, a song that reminds you of the good times maybe?
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i say swears online posted:this post is racist (heavily pronouncing the H) what
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qatar 2022: no irish need apply
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tubthumping is the rallying cry of anti-irish sentiment, I am learning all sorts of things about the UK
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i say swears online posted:qatar 2022: no irish need apply  https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/chumbawamba-tubthumping-feature/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the potato blight He sings the songs that remind him of the oppression of the English landlords
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i say swears online posted:are they in the red or in the black? that's all i'm asking They have the 3rd biggest reserve of natural gas in the world with like 300,000 people to take care of. It’s not really possible for their expenses to outweigh their income short of an instant and total conversion to renewable energy overnight
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:
quote:UK CD single[44]
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:They have the 3rd biggest reserve of natural gas in the world with like 300,000 people to take care of. It’s not really possible for their expenses to outweigh their income short of an instant and total conversion to renewable energy overnight i don't give a poo poo about their oil revenue, i was responding to a post saying the world cup was a financial success when anyone with eyeballs knows it's not
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The Kingfish posted:Ale, lager, wine, seltzer, rum, whiskey, tequilla,gin, vodka, etc. how dare you publish my long island ice tea variation like this
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Nov 23, 2022 22:33
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i say swears online posted:i don't give a poo poo about their oil revenue, i was responding to a post saying the world cup was a financial success when anyone with eyeballs knows it's not It is absolutely a financial success in the metrics the Qataris care about.
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FullLeatherJacket posted:how dare you publish my long island ice tea variation like this applebee's is starting a class-action suit on your behalf
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TheRat posted:It is absolutely a financial success in the metrics the Qataris care about. political success? media success? sure, okay. there's literally only one metric in accounting and it has two colors
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Al-Saqr posted:Qatar will permanently be in the black because they literally have gods bounty of Liquid Gas, these gulf countries are INSANELY full of liquid cash that’s why they do this insane stuff without being overthrown the next day because they physically can’t go bankrupt and can’t be held accountable Literally every American large event since and including the 86 Olympics has made buckets of money. And if Qatar thinks Gulf State dick waggling is useful more power to them, but their competition is local. So what if they have more exposure than Dubai, there's no one in the stands and the whole thing is a farce. Pook Good Mook fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Nov 24, 2022 |
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Tbf Qatar probably have a legion of grey looking guys whose job it is to make the world cup be a massive commercial success because that's something you can put on a big billboard In a vacuum and without the existing massive oil profits skewing the figures one would assume it has cost far more money than they would expect to make back from adverts and tourist revenue etc
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empty stadiums despite literally paying people to show up means fiscal prudence
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i say swears online posted:empty stadiums despite literally paying people to show up means fiscal prudence What point are you even trying to argue here?
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TheRat posted:What point are you even trying to argue here? they're spending more money than taking in. i refuse to believe that this is controversial
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Pook Good Mook posted:Literally every American large event since and including the 86 Olympics has made buckets of money. no, you don't understand, every morning I call the dude in charge of Bahrain and tell him he's a loser because he doesn't have a World Cup that no-one liked or *checks notes* Roman Reigns vs Logan Paul everyone will surely respect us now, the Elon Musk of countries
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TheRat posted:It is absolutely a financial success in the metrics the Qataris care about. it absolutely is a financial success according to non-financial metrics
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i say swears online posted:i don't give a poo poo about their oil revenue, i was responding to a post saying the world cup was a financial success when anyone with eyeballs knows it's not vyelkin posted:It seems like in a lot of cases in Qatar, the bribes aren't just to win votes but to open up ongoing commercial and political relationships. Platini voting for Qatar in 2010 helped cement a lot of enduring ties between France and Qatar, including Qatar buying the football club Paris St. Germain and sinking billions of euros into it, and Qatar purchasing weapons from French arms manufacturers. In a case like that, it seems Qatar didn't even directly bribe Platini with an envelope of cash or anything, they just communicated to Sarkozy that it would be in the best interests of the budding France-Qatar relationship for Platini's French vote to secure the World Cup for Qatar, with the implication being that all those future deals and contracts were at risk if Platini didn't follow through. Same thing for the Thai vote, shortly after the World Cup bidding in which the Thai delegate voted for Qatar, Thailand and Qatar signed a natural gas trade deal.
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i say swears online posted:they're spending more money than taking in. i refuse to believe that this is controversial It's not and I'm unsure if you think anyone disagrees with you other than suggesting that in the very long term an event like this will have benefits that will outweigh the capital outlay to build all this expensive poo poo Or something. I don't know. Someone please post a funny pic of the fan gulag so I can post 'lol' at it, that's more in my wheelhouse
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i say swears online posted:i don't give a poo poo about their oil revenue, i was responding to a post saying the world cup was a financial success when anyone with eyeballs knows it's not International sporting events are never financial successes except for some reason when they’re held in Los Angeles
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Ya but those shenanigans only work once and gas is a fungible commodity. What was Qatar gonna do, not sell their gas and leave it in the ground? Come on. Those deals were conveniently timed, that's all.
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the sex ghost posted:an event like this will have benefits that will outweigh the capital outlay to build all this expensive poo poo quote:Or something. I don't know. Someone please post a funny pic of the fan gulag so I can post 'lol' at it, that's more in my wheelhouse
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i say swears online posted:it won't lol
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i say swears online posted:they're spending more money than taking in I don't think they care
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yeah, pretending that balanced budgets a real thing is lmao.
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Rarity posted:I don't think they care i was responding to a post saying it was a financial success aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i asked if it was true and then everyone jumped out of the woodwork to talk about anything else but accounting
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i say swears online posted:it won't why is it hard to envision a country wealthier then God throwing away a trivial amount of money on the offchance they'll make it back over the next 20 years due to the prestige gain. seems like a worthwhile use of their stacks tbh. they weren't doing much else with it, you can only import so many slaves to kill.
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i say swears online posted:i was responding to a post saying it was a financial success aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa That's because the accounting part is irrelevant
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TheRat posted:That's because the accounting part is irrelevant oh nevermind then. financial success! Famethrowa posted:a trivial amount of money on the offchance they'll make it back over the next 20 years lol
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i say swears online posted:i was responding to a post saying it was a financial success aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa because financial success is not just number. It's the Franco-Qatar arms deals and overall relationship. It's the Thai gas export deal. It's the graft.
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karmicknight posted:because financial success is not just number. It's the Franco-Qatar arms deals and overall relationship. It's the Thai gas export deal. It's the graft. that's a political success!!!!!! gently caress!
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karmicknight posted:it's economics. it's certainly not finance. i agree tho!
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I think maybe you could adjust your narrow definition of money to take into account how states use politics, sports, etc etc to affect their finances is intricate and fluid ways rather than just doing their monthly food budgets like people and worrying about money in/money out
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