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I think a lot of people are going to go. It's the world cup, after all. Saw a news story about people not finding accommodation because it's too sparse and expensive. apparently there are like portable living arrangements and basically field tents being set up for $$$ a night.
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I've got a friend going and he's expecting to get thrown in the sober zone or qatari jail (they're the same thing)
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the policing situation sounds like a mess https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63477302 quote:"The focus is to try and prevent unfortunate misunderstandings where fans inadvertently cause offence," he said. quote:Fans will only be permitted to drink in the designated fan areas, one of which is a fan park which can hold up to 40,000 people and will show matches on big screens. Are there really only 2 places fans are allowed to drink outside the stadiums?
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Crazy Ted posted:128-team tournament No seeding, completely random draw. joepinetree posted:Yeah. From 2026 onward, CONCACAF gets 6 spots in the WC, plus 2 spots in the playoffs for the last 2 spots. I can't even imagine how bad a team has to be to fall out of the top 8 in CONCACAF. It's one of the reasons I'm happy Canada qualified for this one. It wasn't the hex, but at least the spots were limited and they earned one. By destroying everyone too.
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Whoops Hundreds of Heathrow staff to strike in run-up to Fifa World Cup
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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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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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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Yeah, they owned. There's definitely a lot of fans that have paid their way there
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From the HSE: The number of injuries in Construction in 2021/22 was 30, a decrease of 10 from the previous year total (40). The five-year average for fatal injuries in this sector is 36. roughly 2.1-2.2 million people working in construction in 2020.  i guess that's workplace accidents, not deaths of anyone employed ilmucche fucked around with this message at 16:53 on Nov 16, 2022 |
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Mickolution posted:Nothing was smashed in that incident, as far as I know. They were just interrupted and the speed with which the apology came makes me think those guys weren't following the guidelines. This sounds like I'm defending Qatar and I'm not, at all. I just don't think they'll be arresting people for having a few too many or bringing rainbow flags to a game. Once the tournament is over, then they'll deal with locals who act/speak out once most people have stopped giving a poo poo. I think that's probably the guidance from on high. Grit your teeth and let them do as they want then deal with whoever's left at the end. I suspect a lot of individuals aren't going to get the message though and a lot of people are going to end up in the sober zone
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I guess twitter dying works out for them since people's main method of blasting insanity onto the internet will die
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qatari customs denying player visas would be amazing
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vyelkin posted:This photo of a fan accommodation site from the Guardian looks more like a prison camp where you break rocks all day Well you have to repurpose the venues after the event
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AceOfFlames posted:Ok, this is probably going to sound like the stupidest question in the world: how do these people then deposit this money in the bank? Do they all have Swiss bank accounts (I guess since their HQ is in literal Switzerland). I ask because if I get a transfer from abroad (I still have some savings back home) my own bank immediately sends me an email asking me where I got this money and all but asking me if I am a money launderer. I can't imagine asking for a bribe and not getting caught thanks to the nature of banking. when you're rich enough you have ways to easily launder that amount of money
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Group stage match tickets supposedly still available for like 50-70 pounds which isn't a great sign for attendance
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joepinetree posted:Sad that the last real world cup any of us will ever have experienced is 2018. This winter bullshit on half empty stadiums is not the same. And all CUM aside, the 48 team format is just the stupidest decision in the list of stupid decisions FIFA has taken. Hey, let's make stuff like Spain V Netherlands or Argentina V Croatia impossible, and have a lot more Panama vs Tunisia instead. What, you're not excited for group M: Uzbekistan/El Salvador/Tahiti?
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Tokyo Sexwale posted:I'm excited for a Vanuatu/Surinam/Equitorial Guinea/Kyrgyzstan group You'll never get elected Fifa president if you don't even know how the CUM cup will work vyelkin posted:too exciting, better remove one of those countries 
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So that's why the stands were half empty yesterday
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didn't they send that thing out specifically saying that rainbow stuff was okay?
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Tai posted:What are the chances of FIFA getting some blowback for this post world cup? i would guess they'll get sued by budweiser, but the qatari government has already put together a slush fund to pay it off. other than that, stone nothing because they're fifa. who's going to hold them to account?
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Al-Saqr posted:Can all the Ukraine flag Twitter shut the gently caress up how about they stop supporting Nazis before they open their loving mouths and lecture other people Wut
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NinpoEspiritoSanto posted:Chiefly to talk about how poo poo Qatar are They were really bad and I think they're going to get run over by senegal and the dutch
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joepinetree posted:I feel like a cspam poster, I feel like a SAL poster, I feel like a TRP poster. Of course, I am not a cspam poster, I am not a SAL poster, I am not a TRP poster. But I feel like it, because I know what it means to be discriminated, to be bullied, as a poster in a foreign subforum. What do you do then? You try to engage, make friends. Don’t start accusing, fighting, insulting, you start engaging
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Jose posted:if qatar is so hot in summer they had to move the world cup to winter then I can't wait to see what they claim is possible to ensure the olympics actually happen in summer after 14 more years of climate change love the idea of having people run the marathon or ride a bike 140+ miles on the baking pavement
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Rigged Death Trap posted:why settle for a similie when you can have the real thing Assassination coordinates!!! Ban this filth
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Al-Saqr posted:I gotta say, this World Cup was incredible, just a complete rollercoaster from start to finish, and the final was incredible, I have many criticisms against qatar but they really pulled off an incredible achievement for the Arab world by pulling off this event as well as they did. Could specify how they pulled the event off particularly well
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Al-Saqr posted:If you thought qatar was bad for human rights wait till you find out what egypt and morocco are like! No but really, can you expand on them pulling it off "as well as they did". Only one worker death? Only a few games with ticket problems and videos of spectators not able to get in?
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BrigadierSensible posted:What gets me the most about this pic, is how much "fun" Elon and Jared are having. I was pretty drat bored for the first 75 minutes of that match
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the sex ghost posted:Ah, a fellow fan of every football team in the world
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