Dr. Gonzo

But if it was treated like normal body dysmorphia, wouldn't it be more similar to a guy who's fat as fuck thinking he's physically fit and absolutely ripped or something like that?

Are we sure about that bit in bold though? I'm not convinced gender dysmorphia isn't more similar to other types of body dysmorphia. I'm no expert though and trans people, for the most part, are just trying to live their lives without hurting anyone else and I certainly don't think they should have their human rights taken away from them based off how they feel about themselves. I'm just not convinced that it's the same as a person's sexuality.

Hopefully he's more of a Michael Edwards than a Julian Ward

I think it’s harder to go back to business as usual with China now that Xi has reverted them back to closer to their pre-90s government. Things like their currency control - making RMB hard to bring out of the China, lack of IP control, and worries about what will happen if China decides to take the “one China” policy far enough to take Taiwan as their own (like companies that operated in Russia before Ukraine invaded) are all serious issues western business has with China. They’ll still use the cheap labour but expansion is less likely than it was 5-7 years ago.

Gotta say I think Rodgers would be a hilarious appointment. I still think he should go to a decent Serie A side and give that 2 years to show what he can do as a short term manager - I think it's pretty clear he's only effective at a club in short bursts and is 100% the wrong guy to oversee a rebuild. I feel for @Storts and other Spurs fans though - I have no fucking idea out of who's a realistic candidate for the job that I'd want to bring in. Spurs have a decent squad, but one that's very badly in need of reinforcements for the future. I imagine Kane's probably not to keen on yet another season with a club that's trying to match his ambitions but falling short and needing to rebuild again. I think it's fairly likely he will want away from the club again. But it's hard to have any faith in Levy & co. to match the ambition of fans/Kane and bring in the right sort of person to oversee the rebuilding of the squad. Mourinho was brought in as a serial winner to get Spurs to end their trophy drought and they sacked him on the eve of a final. They brought Conte in after sacking Mourinho and... I don't know why... but expected it to be different to Mourinho. But they've both defense minded managers... Conte's probably even more defensive minded, without the same man-management skills as Mourinho and while being a notoriously ruthless manager in training which often leads to his players feeling burnt out after not too long. I imagine Spurs fans want a manager who's philosophy on football matches their historic philosophy on football - attractive & expansive attacking football is what I've come to expect from Spurs over my life... I understand it. It's nicer to watch good football. I think fans could forgive Mourinho/Conte style management if it meant some silverware in the trophy room. Obviously the "best case" scenario for them is someone that plays the sort of football they'd want to see... but can also help them turn the corner and go on to be genuinely competitive on all fronts when the squad is at that level.... but that's a massive ask, I think, especially with some of the names that have been thrown out. Honestly, if they give Rodgers 2 years to impart his philosophy on players... but they also spend the next 2 years looking for Rodgers' replacement (and also giving him minimal say in transfers, although that's pretty tough with their DOF banned from football - or did they replace him?) and planning to bin Rodgers off after he's taken Spurs back to playing decent football... that might be their best long-term option. Bit shit for Rodgers, but fuck him tbh.

Higher than I thought tbh. I think Ron DeSantis's chances of getting the republican nomination are pretty low right now after his twitter disaster - he and Elon Musk end up looking like clowns ready to take on lots of public ridicule... whereas the democrats and the MAGA idiots are getting ample opportunity to shit on him constantly. I also think his political prospects are a lot lower than they would have been had he not pissed off one of the largest employers and biggest draws of tourism to Florida, so I think him deciding to go to war with Disney was... idiotic. But outside of Florida... it seems just, very easy to attack DeSantis on the Disney stuff. "If you can't handle Disney, how can you handle China?' Is something I imagine any decent journalist would want to ask at any press conference on the campaign trail. He doesn't really have an answer that works for a question like that - it'll just make him angry and he'll try to do the Trump thing where he attempts to bully a journalist... but it hasn't really worked for him on the national level acting like that.

Mushrooms, ground pepper, minced garlic cloves & shallots, salt, parsley, and cheese (I use different sorts depending on what I've got around).

It's plain as day that they'd be doing the same sort of financial doping for their sportwashing project as their Emirati puppets. So it's not really surprising - I wouldn't expect them to try to hide it.

The ref is the centre of the issue because he’s elbowed a player in the face & it’s not happening at random in the street. It’s something that happens in almost every match in the prem because refs can’t get decisions right and never have to explain themselves.

Don’t believe a thing regarding incoming transfers until they’re officially signed tbh

Robertson touches his arm and got elbowed in the fucking face, if a player does that to an official (except Bruno Fernandes, I suppose) that’s a 9 game ban. But when an official does anything wrong, they just investigate themselves… then promptly clear themselves of any wrongdoing. Massive joke. Klopp goes over the top with yelling at the officials for sure, but he’s not done anything as bad as physically lashed out at any of them. He’s only getting punished because he’s called out Tierney as either being unreasonably bad at his job or bent. Nobody batted an eyelid at Mason getting in the 4th officials face all match and… doing the same thing. So I wouldn’t say any elbows thrown in frustration were understandable. I’d actually argue that the officials should be held to a bit of a higher standard with their conduct… a bit like police are meant to be held to a higher standard. Releasing audio of VAR… in instances where the VAR gets an obvious decision right… doesn’t change that. Klopp’s ban is justified - the fine being greater than Tomey making money off betting on football or Suarez saying the n word 9 times… is an absolute joke though. Or anything a ref does being found to be completely justified and swept under the rug.

All clubs should tbh

Should’ve elbowed the ref in the face instead, since they’ve found that’s alright

I think you’re getting Rice & Caicedo

Of course they would, £100m is a “fuck off” price to deter people from bidding but for £60-70m they could make one or two signings that would improve them a lot on paper.

The actual legal complaint is wild, it features a screen grab from Borat 2 Coincidentally as I’m on a work trip in North Carolina, the state has made moves to restrict abortion… making me hate Charlotte, North Carolina more than I already did by having to be in this absolute shithole.

Not yet, I’ve been traveling a lot for work. I’ll probably get it when it’s been out for a bit and goes on sale though.

Should be illegal tbf, massive conflict of interest lol

Eh... I'm not so sure voters should get a pass just because they're easily tricked by people telling them to do things.

It's definitely a part of the problem. There are a lot of single issue voters and a strange number of them have "the second amendment" as the single issue they care about. I don't think these people are enough of a problem as say the NRA and gun manufacturers funneling money to politicians to turn a blind eye to almost daily mass shootings - but it's certainly a part of the problem. Even outside of single issue voters there's the "god, guns, and country" types too. There's a shocking lack of apathy about gun violence in the US tbh. Compare Serbia's mass protests demanding gun regulation after 2 mass shootings in a week to what happens constantly in the US and the general "oh well, there's nothing we can do about it" attitude.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/hilton-hotel-manager-arrested-waking-up-guest-by-sucking-his-toes/YROHUUXFZRAHXNH4SG5PHJ2QWI/ @MUFC

It seems like every day, or every other day, there's another one. It's mental their government does absolutely fuck all about this mass shooting situation that seems to only be getting worse. Texas's governor says "this is a mental health issue, not a gun issue" - nah mate, it's a gun issue. Every country's got mental health problems, not every country has 201 mass shootings in a year... that we've not even crossed the halfway point of. Even if it was just a "mental health issue"... surely it's also a gun issue as well, because if it were true it's just a mental health issue that does mean it's far too easy for anyone with a mental health issue to get their hands on a gun. I felt very sad to learn that one of the victims who survived had just had his birthday... and lost his mum, dad, and younger brother... all at the age of 6. Just because of some neo-Nazi fuckhead that was riled up by a bunch of racist idiots on the internet, this kid now has lost his entire immediate family at an age where I'm not sure that trauma can ever be processed ordinarily.

Scumbags:

I like Hodgson in dgaf mode

I’d call tories neoliberals, liberal dems I’d call Tory light. I also think labour’s pretty broad and in modern day a lot of the party isn’t really democratic socialist.