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Qatar World Cup thread of off-the-pitch drama and debauchery

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3 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

Lulz. Because they know Qatar ain’t winning. 

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1 minute ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Seems like a punishment for the winning team and fans.  

Free beer is free beer.

Seems we’ve heard about rampant corruption for decades and yet every four years the venues are full and the ratings kill. Apparently nobody who matters gives a shit and it doesn’t really affect me as a casual observer. I’m surprised the beer thing hasn’t made a difference. That’s about as shitty and absurd a reversal as I’ve ever seen and if there’s one thing that gets sports fans riled up it’s lack of alcohol. Where are the fucking riots? Hooligans should be burning those death trap stadiums to the ground right now! Are only locals attending? That might make sense actually, you couldn’t pay me to visit those creepy oil wealth monarchies. 

16 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Free beer is free beer.

LOL if you think they are going to give it away.   

On 11/19/2022 at 8:58 AM, SquishMitten said:

Not gonna lie, I just looked up flights. Wife told me no

Smart woman.

 

26 minutes ago, Deej said:

Smart woman.

 

Nevermind the ecological disaster of the sex beaches: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tourists-sex-on-the-beach-leaves-lizards-exposed-zmlh65pgm#:~:text=British tourists having sex in,nature reserve in Gran Canaria.

 

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British tourists having sex in public places are damaging the fragile ecosystem in sand dunes on a Canary Islands beach, a study has revealed.

Academic researchers identified 298 “sex spots” among the dunes in protected areas at the Maspalomas nature reserve in Gran Canaria.

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Nebkhas — dune hummocks covered in plants — are regularly affected by visitors treading paths through the vegetation or cutting branches off trees and shrubs to make “a semi-private space”, their report said. The study, entitled “Sand, Sun, Sea and Sex with Strangers”, is published in the Journal of Environmental Management.

According to the research, which noted the large number of tourists from Britain, America and Germany, “the bigger the sex spot, the higher the number of people who made

 

3 hours ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Seems like a punishment for the winning team and fans.  

 

3 hours ago, The Dog said:

Free beer is free beer.

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A friend of mine flew in.  He says it's actually a decent time.  The private parties that Budweiser usually would have is very liberal to who they let in which is basically everyone

Yea I have 4 buddies that made the trip and are having a good time so far. They spent 2 days on Cairo and 1 in Amman before getting to Qatar. They have tickets to Mexico Argentina and a couple other games, so far they said they are having a blast. Not in tent cities and they said alcohol is pretty available. 

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I wish your friends the best of luck when they wake up kidney-less in bathtubs full of ice.

Just now, utee94 said:

I wish your friends the best of luck when they wake up kidney-less in bathtubs full of ice.

I wish them more luck when they interact with the Qatari “justice” system.

They spent a shit ton more on the room than I did for the Tijuana thread. Probably fine 

Just now, conVINCEd said:

I wish them more luck when they interact with the Qatari “justice” system.

Yea this I am kind of worried about 

He's a white dude that is the ops manager for Asia of a big company.  Has done plenty of business there.  He's probably got a few contacts.  

As long as they don't do anything stupid they will be fine. 

So walk around fully clothed, tell them to not hold hands (although Arab men do it all the time) and enjoy the trip. 

As long as they don't do anything stupid they will be fine. 
So walk around fully clothed, tell them to not hold hands (although Arab men do it all the time) and enjoy the trip. 

Well, they’re friends of Zepol, so…they’re fucked.

Yea they got an 8 ball in Cairo. My social group is all about bad choices unfortunately but so far they have chilled in Qatar 

Mainly its perception in my experience in the region. Don't be falling down drunk in public or cause a scene and you can basically do what you want.

9 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Yea they got an 8 ball in Cairo. My social group is all about bad choices unfortunately but so far they have chilled in Qatar 

Haha.  Man.  They got balls.  My biggest rule is no sniffy sniffy overseas.  That's usually shit you can't talk or pay your way out of

Yep, always been a weed only guy when traveling outside North America

3 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Yep, always been a weed only guy when traveling outside North America

Not in the Gulf. Shit, had a buddy who would bring hash from Afghanistan to Dubai when he was on a two day pass through. Always thought he was a dumbass. 

51 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Yea they got an 8 ball in Cairo. My social group is all about bad choices unfortunately but so far they have chilled in Qatar 

Those dumbasses are gonna end up in the gulag with Brittany Griner.

I had no idea Surly was the dark web of off-shore drug usage advice.

1 minute ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

You’re doing it backwards. ONLY do blow south of the border.

North America my man, Mexico and Costa Rica are great. 

Officiating seems problematic.

England, Wales and other European nations will not wear the OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar because of the threat of players being booked.

The captains of nine countries, including England's Harry Kane and Gareth Bale of Wales, had planned to wear the armband to promote diversity and inclusion.

 

A joint statement from seven Football Associations said they could not put their players "in a position where they could face sporting sanctions".

"We are very frustrated by the Fifa decision which we believe is unprecedented," the statement read.

The governing bodies said they had written to Fifa in September informing them about the OneLove armband but not received a response.

"Fifa has been very clear that it will impose sporting sanctions if our captains wear the armbands on the field of play," the statement added.

"We were prepared to pay fines that would normally apply to breaches of kit regulations and had a strong commitment to wearing the armband.

"However, we cannot put our players in the situation where they might be booked or even forced to leave the field of play."

In response, Fifa has brought forward its own "No Discrimination" campaign., which had been due to start from the quarter-finals.

Captains will now be permitted to wear a No Discrimination armband for the duration of the tournament.”

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63699477?at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social&at_link_id=27645E26-6983-11ED-886A-D8700EDC252D&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCBreaking&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial

 

Oba, observing the hypocrites, yeah”

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Why is the US playing ocean mammals today?

42 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Why is the US playing ocean mammals today?

May as well be. Listening to welsh sounds like those underwater recordings of whales. 

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Ticketing app issues mean hundreds of fans miss start of England v Iran

 

Wow, almost like treating women, gays, and immigrants like shit could come back and bite you in the ass, karma-ickly speaking.  Hope it happens globally.  

John Oliver did his season finale on it.

 

Didn’t want to thread shit on the WC thread but I just can’t bring myself to give a shit about this when it is at the wrong time of the year.  This is when baseball ends and football is king.  Summer is for Olympic sports and futbol.  I tried watching and put it back on music.  I will try again this weekend if there is nothing else to do.

 

Didn’t want to thread shit on the WC thread but I just can’t bring myself to give a shit about this when it is at the wrong time of the year.  This is when baseball ends and football is king.  Summer is for Olympic sports and futbol.  I tried watching and put it back on music.  I will try again this weekend if there is nothing else to do.
 

Same. Feels off.

I really can’t think of one athletic endeavor where a team of the best Americans wouldn’t fucking obliterate a team of the best Welshmen. Except soccer apparently. Awesome sport you have there, rest of the world.

7 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I really can’t think of one athletic endeavor where a team of the best Americans wouldn’t fucking obliterate a team of the best Welshmen. Except soccer apparently. Awesome sport you have there, rest of the world.

Cricket or rugby???

3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

Cricket or rugby???

Maybe cricket. I really do think we’d fuck their shit up at rugby, there’s a good amount of players here.

20 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

They are #9 in the world.  We are #19.

https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru

How would Derrick Henry or Micah Parsons be in Rugby?

 

Our best athletes ain't necessarily on the rugby field.

24 minutes ago, slorch said:

How would Derrick Henry or Micah Parsons be in Rugby?

 

Our best athletes ain't necessarily on the rugby field.

That’s their national team vs. ours.  I didn’t realize we get to make our best athletes play a sport against their will.  We’d probably be pretty good after 6 months.

" When you took the freedoms in America for granted..."

 

God damned America!!!

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