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Still serving in corpo and vip seats because of course they are.
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Xabi posted:Their treatment of migrant workers and LGBT+ I can stomach, but this is a step too far. It's ok, those also aren't problems if you're rich enough.
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Nov 18, 2022 14:12
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Should be flown over every stadium by drones until they're shot down by missiles bought from one or more of the nations playing in the tournament.
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Nov 18, 2022 15:06
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Might as well double down on the dodgy.
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Nov 18, 2022 18:08
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Extra long studs on, so they feel it.
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Nov 18, 2022 19:11
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I'd think they might be having doubts about the ROI they can expect from this tournament, but that should be chump change at this point. Increasingly seems like they're only one big sulk away from taking all the balls and going home.
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Nov 18, 2022 20:07
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vyelkin posted:They've spent like $200B on this tournament, something like 10x the previous most expensive World Cup. The economic ROI was never there, and so far they're throwing away every last bit of sportswashing ROI by failing to maintain even a facade of progress on anything except advancing the interests of the state of Qatar. On that note, one of the few new bits of information I saw in that Netflix FIFA documentary was about just how many trade deals and arms contracts and so on Qatar was signing with various countries using the World Cup as a bridge. Yeah, that's what I mean. It's an absolutely trivial amount of money compared to their overall spend so it just looks spiteful. The tournament hasn't even started and they savage the positivity team because they've not made the world love them already.
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Nov 18, 2022 20:24
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They just hand them out to the local sides they like. Helps keep the violence in Yemen ticking over etc.
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Nov 18, 2022 21:47
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They're going to die. It will be funny, then sad.
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Nov 18, 2022 23:07
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Rich people use rich people banks and they don't blink at a few mil here or there because they're used to rich people throwing millions about. Also, it's FIFA. They probably have a standard money laundering procedure and a staffer to run it.
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Nov 19, 2022 13:00
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It only counts as a bribe if you're not allowed to accept gifts that big.
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Nov 19, 2022 13:22
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But how fancy are the VIP and sponsor hotels?
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Nov 19, 2022 15:11
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By restricting shade to only the VIP seats they make the VIP experience that much superior.
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Nov 19, 2022 21:41
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Infrastructure. Deserts are bad places to build.
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Nov 19, 2022 22:20
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Starting strong.
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Nov 20, 2022 15:43
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Morocco doesn't count, that's so far NW Africa it might as well be Spain.
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Nov 20, 2022 15:48
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When you're expecting to bus in most of the crowds from contracter pens it doesn't matter.
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Nov 20, 2022 16:16
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That's why you build a driverless light rail.
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Nov 20, 2022 16:20
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Not enough. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 20, 2022 16:55
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With a spicy sausage it's even easier to hide the difference.
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Nov 21, 2022 12:44
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He did a lot of posing for underwear back in the day. His glistening abs were popular with lots of people.
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Nov 21, 2022 13:32
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Are they gonna go round checking the inside collars of the players before every game? Are they going to card anyone who makes a heart shape with their hands when they score?
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Nov 21, 2022 20:59
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The mascot is actually a representation of all the ghost fans.
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Nov 21, 2022 23:04
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Mickolution posted:Genuine question, what do you call it? Great Britain and Ireland. Or the Anglo-Celtic massive.
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Nov 22, 2022 15:49
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You could call them the North Atlantic Isles if you want to piss off even more people.
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Nov 22, 2022 15:59
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Unfortunately, it appears to be an extremely long-running anothology series of TV movie police procedurals without any linking core characters.
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Nov 22, 2022 21:57
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Playing or hosting?
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Nov 23, 2022 17:38
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It makes me think of when the Saudi's first bought WWE events and insisted they include a lot of half-dead pensioners in the line-up so the matches were poo poo, and then sat around the ring in huge VIP chairs visibly not paying any attention so the crowd response was poo poo. Only god knows how much more expensive.
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Nov 23, 2022 19:04
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Because they can. Because nobody will stop them.
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Nov 24, 2022 18:02
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I'm sure they'll listen.
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Nov 24, 2022 19:39
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To support their continued lockdown, China has been editing coverage to cut pictures of maskless fans.
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Nov 28, 2022 19:13
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Repêchage. Everyone loves a repêchage.
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Dec 1, 2022 13:54
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Damnit, you made me do it too.
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Dec 1, 2022 17:53
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I'm sure the however many thousand lgbtq athletes will be just fine with that. Maybe they're hoping that lodging the athletes in tents will cut down on the fuckfest? Also means either another big football tournament in the winter or playing it, along with all the other sport, in the desert summer. Everyone will love that.
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Dec 6, 2022 10:26
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Finished in March this year.
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Dec 6, 2022 17:12
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So do American conservatives, but that's def not a good look. They don't seem to be running any kind of filter during the tournament.
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Dec 8, 2022 11:52
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The official attendance figures have had every match oversold. Thousands more people than the stadium is rated to hold. The empty seats are due them all being captivated by the concessions and watching from the bar with a cold, alcohol-free budweiser. Why would FIFA doubt their good friends at qatar?
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Dec 8, 2022 16:50
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Now they can sell those tickets again to more deserving, wealthier people. No refunds. Final tickets sold: 10,000 more than the stadium seats.
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Dec 14, 2022 16:08
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How corrupt would you have to be for FIFA to find you corrupt? Match fixing so cheap you undercut the competition?
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The CIA let their former agents do a colour swap? It's not a surprise as a political move. You know those dudes were/are corrupt as gently caress, so even a poo poo bit of bugging will probably catch something illegal.
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