
Everything posted by jkjk
- Football
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European Models Tournament
Stephanie Camilla Freja (pity vote)
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The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
^^ There are going to be some bad teams in the 48-team tournament. As an example, here are a four teams which would/may have qualified if this year was a 48-team tournament: Trinidad & Tobago, Uzbekistan, UAE, Burkina Faso.
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Blade Runner 2049
I'm not good at detailed reviews because I tend to give away spoilers, which I don't want to do. I liked the movie, enjoyed the visuals, and the story was interesting. I liked the original, but I did not enter this movie in the same an invested fan would. So, I can't speak to whether someone who loved the first movie would appreciate the way the two stories work together or how the new movie compliments the first.
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Best Magazine Photoshoot;
Elizabeth (none of the above)
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General Celebrity Gossip
The celebrity default is to go to rehab in hopes people forgive them or feel sorry for them. I hope that doesn't happen for him. As a serial sexual harasser/abuser, I hope he pays for his actions in some way.
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General Celebrity Gossip
^ I wonder if that would be more difficult to be revealed. I imagine the powerful people involved in that would fight even harder to keep it a secret, and it's normally very hard for children to reveal abuse. This is just a guess, but I would think it might take someone who helped but was not directly involved being overcome by guilt to the point of not caring about the ramifications of telling the truth. In general, i'm not optimistic, but I hope that ring doesn't exist as that would be the best case scenario.
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General Celebrity Gossip
Studio executives and directors doing this to women (and men) is a old as movies. It's assumed to be somewhat common but I don't think anyone can be certain how common. Since executives and directors are the ones with power it's not strange that the abused would be afraid to speak out on their own, and it's makes complete sense that once the person loses power or once there are multiple accusers that they feel comfortable speaking out. I don't think I have seen other executives singled out in this way during the last few days, and that's because they are still in power and people want a chance to have a career. I seems to be limited to Wienstein and people around him, so far. The idea of going up and grabbing people keeps reminding me of Trump saying he does that in that video. He, and likely the others also, seem to think it's their right to do this because they are rich / powerful / famous.
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Best Vogue Cover Competition
Josephine Skriver - Vogue Brasil May 2017: 6/10 Cindy Crawford - Vogue Australia July 1990: 4/10 Natasha Poly - Vogue Spain July 2016: 8/10 Gisele Bundchen - Vogue UK August 1998: 3/10 Andreea Diaconu - Vogue Paris June/July 2013: 7/10 Estelle Lefébure - Vogue Australia August 1987: 3/10 Kate Upton - Vogue Brazil July 2013: 5/10 Christy Turlington - Vogue UK February 1988: 2/10
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Mr. Robot
Is it bad that I forgot the show was coming back soon?
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Brooklyn Decker
I know it's not surprising when a beautiful woman looks beautiful while pregnant, but she definitely looks great.
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Hannah Ferguson
- The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
^^ In the past, FIFA would say they based the allocation on previous World Cup performance, but the slots rarely changed much and the changes rarely matched up to the actual performance. I don't think FIFA makes those claims anymore. What you suggested makes sense, but I think FIFA has made it clear they are not trying to just get the 32 (or 48) best teams, there is going to continue to be a focus on getting all confederations more spots. I just looked at the 48 allocation again so I would get the numbers right, UEFA will increase from 13 to 16 ad CAF from 5 to 9. That's a significant difference in increase in terms of percentage. It would be a better tournament if it qualification spots were performance based, but it seems unlikely, unfortunately.- The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
UEFA and CONMEBOL are clearly the two strongest confederations overall and have the best performances in World Cups. The allocation of spots to the World Cup is not just based on strength, they also give more to CAF and AFC in hopes of growing the game more in those regions (I think that's FIFA's reasoning). If you look at the approved increase in spots for when the World Cup goes to 48 teams, those two confederations gain a lot of spots and UEFA/CONMEBOL do not.- European Models Tournament
Kelly (for me, this one was not close)- Football
- Football
- Best Magazine Photoshoot;
Nina- European Models Tournament
Kelly Josefine- Best Magazine Photoshoot;
Lais- The Political Correctness Haters' Club
I understand why it's interesting to think about it, but independence seems very unlikely. The two most common routes to independence are for the country to accept independence (which Spain has said they will not do), and civil war (which I doubt either side wants). Probably, the best case scenario for Catalonia is to gain some of the things they want from the Spanish government (their desires are easy to look up, if you want). I don't know how likely that is, but I don't think they can hope for more.- Blade Runner 2049
- Last movie you saw...
Blade Runner 2049- Best Vogue Cover Competition
Heidi Klum - Vogue Germany June 2009: 4/10 Candice Swanepoel - Vogue Japan June 2012: 2/10 Sasha Luss - Vogue China May 2015: 8/10 Claudia Schiffer - Vogue US December 1991: 5/10 Laetitia Casta - Vogue Germany April 2002: 2/10 Claudia Schiffer - Vogue UK October 1989: 2/10 Adriana Lima - Vogue Spain June 2010: 3/10 Gigi Hadid - Vogue Paris March 2016: 4/10- European Models Tournament
Sandrah Kelly Britt Frida - The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP