adhocfungus

u/adhocfungus@midwest.social
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Yeah, raising a kid is full of moments like this that nobody will believe but will crack you up. My guess is that this lady's kid did this a few times and she extrapolated it into a whole story.

Never heard of this, so I looked it up.

"The Hand of God" (Spanish: La mano de Dios) is the name given to the opening goal awarded to Argentine footballer Diego Maradona during Argentina's victory over England in a quarter-final match at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The goal was allowed to stand because none of the match referees could see Maradona using his left hand to score.

The Hand Of God

on Roman Brio ad (1974) · c/vintageads · 28 pts · 7d

Love this stream of consciousness style.

"Should we hire an ad agency to come with something catchy?"

"Just ask Mark what he thinks. That guy won't shut up and there's bound to be some gold in there."

on america moment · c/shitposting · 2 pts · 8d

I really dislike the China/Russia glazing tankies here, but saying anyone can beat us is a baffling claim. Our war crimes abroad could rival every other country put together.

Even if you're just talking domestically that's a bold claim. For every Tiananmen massacre we've got a few Tulsa Race Massacres to pick from. For every Uyghur Genocide we've got a few Trail of Tears.

If you're limiting it to just domestically and recently our unconstitutional CIA programs on US citizens, private prison collusion with judges, and escalating ICE detentions could easily match the oppression of Hong Kong, Tibet, etc.

That's not to minimize the suffering China causes, but acting like we haven't spent 250 years perfecting the game is crazy to me. Have some shame like the rest of us.

Wasn't the big complaint against Star Trek: Section 31 was that people didn't want to watch Corrupt Space CIA? And don't people enjoy SNW and Lower Decks because they embrace the lighter side of Trek?

Honestly I think most Trek movies have tried to get dark and it never lands for me.