ITT: World Cup Miscellany - Pics, memes, gifs, reactions, etc.
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Hopefully you stocked up on paper towels!38 days. This is going to be a problem for me.
This is a real thing. My wife's family and friends from Brazil and other south american countries have very vivid memories and stories of going food shopping for the first time in the US (early 90s). Most of them came out of the store without buying anything because they were so overwhelmed by the number of choices. My mother-in-law distinctly recalls just needing to get milk, but she saw so many bottles that all looked different that she had no idea what any of them could be, so she left. Today, my wife successfully navigates many stores and spends money on a number of unnecessary options, regardless of cost. All is well in America.
Ehhhhhhh, Tgar went to Harrods for sushi and champagne on the Saturday before Christmas one year. IYKYK.
Bonkers.
Bonkers.
Their grandparents had to row uphill, both ways.
That’s the “Tyranny of Choice”
The Tyranny of Choice by Renata Salecl argues that late capitalism's emphasis on endless individual choice paradoxically creates anxiety, guilt, and dissatisfaction, rather than freedom, by making people feel responsible for their own happiness and failures. Drawing on sociology, psychoanalysis, and philosophy, Salecl examines how this ideology, seen in everything from dating apps to self-help, shifts focus from social critique to self-critique, hindering social change and leading to a constant, anxious search for the "perfect" option
I just want my wife to stop buying crap.
I am thoroughly enjoying following the World Cup on here. Good job guys. Your coverage is uplifting.
There are quite a few posters who are really into soccer, very knowledgeable about the sport, who don’t normally haunt the Premier League thread but have posted in the World Cup threads. Very nice.
An Iranian lives in the apartment above me. I’m tempted to ask him for a crib sheet of the curses he yelled last night when Iran didn’t advance.
