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It feels just fantastic, even though I am not a Liverpool supporter.

I hate how much I enjoy this incarnation if Liverpool. There is definitely a Je ne sais quoi about this team, that it hasn’t had in my lifetime at least.

Good thing they weren't in your work shoes otherwise you'd never have found them.

Goes to show maybe I shouldn't even bother putting in effort in a long post like that when the first line is all people get stuck on.

I didn't say you did...

@Eco @Dr. Gonzo There is literally nothing wrong with Budweiser or Coors. They aren't anything fancy and don't try to be. For a low price point they are a fine beer to drink, though I don't pretend I'm drinking artisan products. I often have cheap lagers around to drink as a palate cleanser, the clean and simple taste of Blue Labatt or Pabst Blue Ribbon goes a long way and makes me appreciate more complex flavours. Sadly Gonzo, San Diego isn't the beer Mecca... because Chicago is. Here we have the highest concentration of breweries per square-mile and we also have the most breweries in any American metropolitan area, and that is a fact I read in the Chicago Tribune. Granted, I still feel most breweries make a mediocre and derivative product at a high price point but it's nice to have variety. So I suppose San Diego could have a better selection of local brews but definitely Chicago has the country beat on quantity and choice. I have had many, many, many local brews, so many I cannot remember most; but the two that seem to stick out for constant quality is Pipeworks Brewing and Hop Butcher For The World. So if you are ever in the Chicago area, I'd reccomend find something by those two, although the latter is very difficult to find. The issue I have with most breweries is the culture of having the 'most XY'. By that I mean a brewery wants to have the 'most sour ale' or the 'hoppiest IPA', rather than having a balanced and complex product they often just double down on one core flavour which for me just makes for terrible drinking. Or oddly enough, they create a product that is less refined than it's counterparts, American hefeweizens, dubbels, trippels, whits, ad nauseam are often a lot easier on the palate, and it's usually a disappointing experience. However I will put money down that the best craft brewery in the world isn't American at all. It's Canadian, and French-Canadian at that. Unibroue out of Montreal creates beers in the trappist and Belgian style. These beers are phenomenal and it's sacrilege to say but Unibroue rivals and often beats some of the best beers coming out of Belgium; beers that have hundreds of years to be perfected. I don't mind an IPA. They are feast of famine, I don't have a preference on it's hop level as long as it is balanced. I dislike sours in general save for the Leipzig Gose and Flemish Red. Very inconsistent. Dubbels. trippels, blondes and so many other Belgians are phenomenal. Hefeweizens, Marzens, Bocks, Dunkels, out of German have my heart. Lagers never get old even though they are kinda bad, haha. As far as English style beers go, the Bitter, Pale Ale, etc they are under appreciated and under-brewed. The Australian brewery Coopers makes fantastic Ales and I'd reccomend anyone drink Coopers if visiting Australia.

Montreal in November! I am so excited.

Guest starring!

Reminds me of that South Park episode with Randy having to apologise to Jesse Jackson by kissing his arse.

I can't say I'm ever surprised that former Communist eastern-European countries with homogenic populations are racist. They can barely stand eachother, let alone people that actually look different. It is actually quite amusing to witness a Croat and Serb violently argue over their mutual shared history and cultures through the lens of ethnic biases. Watch them put aside differences when an Albanian or Bosnian enters the fray. Nothing unites like mutual hated!

No 16 year old has self-awareness

Saw the Hispanic doppelganger of Sandro Wagner today waiting tables. A shame as well, he's probably equally talented.

It was a nonsensical rant about how a hairdresser ruined my hair

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My nan is in the hospital, not looking good, I feel the anxiety and stress of the world bearing down on me, I don’t think I could forgive myself I can’t see her again. It is especially cruel because I was planning on surprising her with a visit in February. I wanted to be there with her on my birthday and pop’s passing day. A very ambivalent day for her. Not looking for any pity or anything like that, I just needed to vent and it is easier on here with relative anonymity than anywhere else

It's not an emotional pain competition. Cheater or not, it's much easier to judge someone than to really understand them. A pain shares is a pained halved, and as far as I know putting a story in the spotlight can help others. You can look at it through the idea of 'exploitation' if you really must but I'd rather think of the people it could have help through empathy and shared experiences. For some, even knowing that the millionaire footballer with everything material in this world can suffer through similar emotions is enough.

Maybe for you but it may have been something to help him get over it. Everybody mourns differently. Geez not many men can open up on how difficult it is being a widower and a single-parent, let alone let people and the public in. If it helps anyone, I'm sure it's job is accomplished. Looking through life with a cynical lens doesn't make your correct or smart. Who are you to question the sincerity and mourning of another person?

Exploitation or cathartic release? Very judgemental when you don't know the man personally.

Sorry, my bad typing it out. I meant for instance 80 interceptions in 100 chances to i intercept. I was trying to point out that stats often leave out other vital information.

Yeah, if Van Dijk has 100 chances and intercepts 80 that is better than Maguire intercepting 100 from 140

It is hilarious because he will say 'better' in a non-rhotic English accent (bettah) and then say 'academy' and 'players' in what sounds closer to his natural accent. No 'r' sound on 'better' but a very harsh 'r' on 'player'

Haha, he took 100 shots at goal and only had half on target. That is a miserably high number for a midfielder. What is it? Seven penalties and six regular goals? That means through his shooting he gave away possession 87 times and scored 6.

People give Bale a lot of shit he deserves but rarely do they admit he scored a handful of Real Madrid's most important goals of all time. The goals he scored were the winners of two of their UCL triumphs, and one of them may be the best goals scored by a Madrid player ever. Not bad for a player that is absolutely despised. Also what the turd is a Neapolitan breakfast? Is that three scoops of ice cream served with a side of pizza?