- Welcome to Languish.org.
Recent posts
#1
Off the Record / Re: Podcasts you like
Last post by mongers - Today at 09:37:37 AMQuoteOn In Our Time - I absolutely loved the episode either before or after that on slime moulds.
My favourite In Our Times are always totally random scientific ones I knew nothing about before - like ones on echolocation or the evolution of teeth.
_Misha Glenney will present 'In Our Time' from next year.
Seems like a bloody good choice, I think he'll be a worthy successor to Bragg.
#2
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by mongers - Today at 08:35:57 AMQuoteYou euros aren't keeping up your end of the conversation
Us Brits are bridging it.
#3
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by HVC - Today at 08:17:16 AMYou euros aren't keeping up your end of the conversation 
#5
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by mongers - Today at 07:55:15 AMQuoteQuoteQuoteSenegal might be gunning for France with history et al too?
Sure. They are definitely sports rivals.
I am not sure what history you are referring to besides centuries of love and friendship
The 2002 game, again. Great game again.
Mixing up France and Portugal?
cf. Senghor from Portuguese Senhor
Oh I remember that, a bit amusing.
edit:
Man this place is dying, yours and Norgy's post are the only ones today, in like about 10 hours.
#6
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by Duque de Bragança - Today at 07:50:46 AMQuote from: Valmy on December 06, 2025, 11:27:23 AMQuote from: Josquius on December 06, 2025, 11:04:15 AMSenegal might be gunning for France with history et al too?
Sure. They are definitely sports rivals.
I am not sure what history you are referring to besides centuries of love and friendship
The 2002 game, again. Great game again.
Mixing up France and Portugal?
cf. Senghor from Portuguese Senhor
#7
Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread
Last post by Norgy - Today at 03:45:38 AMI think it was the first time Igor Jesus got a free kick given for him. He's been fouled quite a lot.
What strikes me is that despite all the VAR decisions, some referees are remarkably inconsistent in what constitutes a foul. Don't get me started on what is a handball or not. The offside rule and interference with play seem to be another few rules that have a very wide room for interpretation.
Now, I don't want to roll back VAR. But I would like a bit of consistency. The wrestling matches on set pieces inside the box? 20 years ago they'd all be penalties.
What strikes me is that despite all the VAR decisions, some referees are remarkably inconsistent in what constitutes a foul. Don't get me started on what is a handball or not. The offside rule and interference with play seem to be another few rules that have a very wide room for interpretation.
Now, I don't want to roll back VAR. But I would like a bit of consistency. The wrestling matches on set pieces inside the box? 20 years ago they'd all be penalties.
#8
Off the Record / Re: The EU thread
Last post by Zoupa - December 06, 2025, 10:13:22 PM"The Left" is in shambles everywhere across the West. My 2 cents is that every generation post Boomer feels they are worse off than their parents. Economic indicators lean that way. The left does not propose a clear vision to solve that, apart from a brief interlude with Obama's Dream and Hope, which turned out to be bullshit. The Right promises to turn back the clock and does politics of nostalgia. It resonates a lot more with ppl these days.
My crystal ball tells me a worldwide conflagration is gonna happen in the next 20 years, after which a reset on income inequality is due to emerge.
My crystal ball tells me a worldwide conflagration is gonna happen in the next 20 years, after which a reset on income inequality is due to emerge.
#9
Off the Record / Re: The EU thread
Last post by Valmy - December 06, 2025, 08:16:09 PMYou have made this point about the international brotherhood of xenophobes for a long time. The key is these are all populist movements with general complaints for their compatriots in other countries can get with. For technocratic mainstream center left parties like Labour what they have to say doesn't even make sense to Americans, even those who support the center left mainstream technocratic parts of the Democratic Party. Because you really have to understand the British system and their specific issues to understand or care.
If they had a bunch of powerful ideological points about social values or whatever then some Democratic voters might feel solidarity and start working closely with British center leftists. But they don't so there is nothing really to attract their attention.
If they had a bunch of powerful ideological points about social values or whatever then some Democratic voters might feel solidarity and start working closely with British center leftists. But they don't so there is nothing really to attract their attention.
#10
Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Grey Fox - December 06, 2025, 07:15:39 PMSoccer is the right way to name the sport.
It's a clever shorthand of association.
It's a clever shorthand of association.