Fierce_LiNk

Congratulations on becoming a Dad!

Well done to the Netherlands! Definitely the best team throughout the competition, imo. Denmark played really well and the game was even throughout. Just didn't quite have enough up front to get a third goal. Excellent game and competition. Sad that it's finished!

Yeah, it's been outstanding. I'm rooting for the Netherlands to win!

I've started playing this and am really, really enjoying it. There have been plenty of occasions where I've been stuck and then the solution has come a bit later on. Very clever game. Not a fan of the "Tetris" puzzles, though.

I know it was inevitable, but Jordan Pickford is going to be a big miss. One of the only players of real quality in the squad. The season should be spent on rebuilding the club. Forget about promotion, just focus on rebuilding.

I fear for Sunderland because I don't see any fight or anything inspiring about them at all. The club lacks any character or personality. There will be a lot riding on them coming straight back up to the Premier League, but I can see them being in the wilderness for a few seasons. There's no willingness for the team to pull together and there's no real talent there that will pull them through a tough league. I can see them going down at the end of the season. It might even do them good.

I'm on summer break, but have quite a lot to do for September. I've been making good time, so I decided to not do much work today and have a day off. I played a bit of The Witness before lifting weights. It didn't turn out to be much of a day off as I contacted this company about ICT resources (a pretty big headache for me as we've got fuck all) Then, I received some phone calls from work about an event we've got coming up that everybody but me seemed to have forgotten about (whilst I was brushing my teeth after showering...trying to talk with toothpaste isn't sexy), then received an email reply from that other company about ICT stuff (received whilst I was on the phone) and have just spent an hour sending a pretty detailed email about planning and resources to one of my colleagues who panics a fair bit. I've achieved more today than I did yesterday, which was my on-day. How does that work?! Literally solved two problems whilst brushing my teeth. If you count the clean teeth, that's three things done in one go. I think...I think I'm winning! Edit: Almost forgot, also received a message this morning from a colleague about introducing and running a big project next year. Basically, more good news. So, that's about 4 or 5 things today. Yes. Definitely winning.

Nerves shouldn't be an issue, but they looked nervous tonight. I think the Netherlands being at home also helped massively. The second goal just put things beyond them and the Dutch were able to sit back and soak up the pressure. Think they'll win it now. A shame that this tournament is almost over, could easily watch it all again.

Nerves probably got the better of them. It's a huuuuge game. Although, I have to say that the Netherlands have looked pretty good throughout the tournament and looked the better team tonight. Just a bit more control to their game.

Say goodbye to your money.

The waiting around is boring as fuck. There's no better feeling when it finally goes through and you know it's yours. Although, saying that, @Eenuh and I were both massively underwhelmed when we had to wait around for hours on the day to get our keys off the silly previous owners. When we eventually got into the house, the whole place smelled of old dog. The carpets were crap and there was just a bad odour all over the place. Have to admit, we did feel a tinge of regret for those first few moments. It won't feel like it's your place until you start gutting it. When we got rid of the shitty carpets, sorted out some electrical problems and started papering/painting the walls, that's when it started to feel like home. Be prepared.

Looking forward to the England/Netherlands game tonight. It's going to be close. Tempted to say a 1-1 draw before extra-time.

I understand what you're saying and agree with a lot of your points. I imagine that a lot of people would have been offended when homosexuality was decriminalised, or when women obtained the vote because it challenged the social norms of those times. There are still people actively against homosexuality now (think there was a BBC report the other day about a violent attack on two homosexuals? might be wrong) and we've become a (supposedly) more tolerant society since then. The advent of social media means people are just more able to view their thoughts and feelings whenever they want and however they want. That goes for all sides, including those who are "offended" and those who are actively "doing the offending". I don't necessarily think having a stiff upper lip and showing no emotion is the right answer either. The cop-out answer is that you need something in the middle. So, challenging injustices when they appear, yet also finding the right way to engage in discussions appropriately and respectfully. I definitely think that it can be achieved and we can learn to discuss our differences, yet respect them and move on from that. Maybe it's that human nature element of not letting arguments go or knowing when it's time to move on? With regards to YouTube, I saw this years ago and it's still as relevant as ever: I still feel that we're not quite there yet with solving that issues. It's interesting because I'm part of the generation that grew up with forums, MSN, and so on and am seeing how Facebook and Twitter are now engrained into our lives. On the whole, I'd say that the standard of intellectual conversation has improved, but it's still not quite there. Think we both agree there.

Just throwing this out there...if there is a perceived injustice, why shouldn't people be challenging it? There is no "false dignity" in just gritting your teeth and ignoring things because then nothing really changes. Surely that's where improvements have come from in terms of better rights for homosexuals, better workplace rights for women and more opportunities to succeed regardless of your background? I don't necessarily know whether people are generally just more impolite or if we're being exposed to these things more due to social media. I don't know where we'd begin to quantify that.

I don't even think that's possible. The whole purpose of PSNow was because it was too much hassle for Sony to rework the older games to be compatible with the PS4 hardware, hence why there have been older PS2 and PS3 games released as download titles in drips and drabs. PSNow eliminates that as you're just streaming the game for elsewhere, so it doesn't necessarily matter about the hardware that you're using.

Oh, I completely agree that racism, sexism, bullying or anything that discriminates against a person for a reason that isn't under their control is wrong and should be challenged. I'm not against that at all. It should be seen as appalling behaviour. Yeah, again, I agree with that and understand what you're saying. On the subject of 'free speech': where do we draw the line between 'free speech' and 'hate speech'? Again, I feel that some people are able to hide in plain sight by blurring this line.

You'd then have to look at buyout clauses and the "fairness" of them. Barcelona put a £200million buyout clause in his contract. Surely that's anti-football to raise a clause so high, yet complain when there's a team there willing to pay it? Of course there are going to be insane figures going around for players if the prices are so high in the first place.

I know that PSG are no better, but it's actually nice for Barcelona to be on the receiving end of a high transfer deal for a change. I just love how they're throwing hissy fits about PSG not complying with FFP when they've been doing shady and expensive dealings for years. Not so nice now, is it? Having a huge calibre figure like Neymar in Ligue 1 might see the quality of that league increase, if the other teams start attracting more talented players. Out of the other big European leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A), the French league is the weakest by far.

They could justify the increase by doing what they did with Rocket League, which was to release it on PS+ for free on release. That was an awesome deal for us and the game turned out to be a hit. I got dozens of hours out of that game, if not hundreds. So, releasing the higher quality indie games on there at release. Increasing the quality of the PS4 releases would help. We've just got Until Dawn and we will be having Just Cause 3, so that's both a step in the right direction. Personally, I'd be in favour of integrating PSNow with PS+ and would count that as a huge bonus for me. I know I'm one of the lucky ones where there are tons of games that I haven't played on Now and my connection is good enough to do so.

Neymar set to leave in £198m deal. Brace yourselves, everyone. This will change things.

All Cows Eat Grass Good Boys Do Fine Always I'll reply to this properly later on @drahkon, as this is something I want to do better at, too.

N64 games were mostly bought for birthdays or second hand, without a box. I remember buying WWF No Mercy second hand for about £30+ quite a while after release. We've got it much better now in that department. Still, I can see why people are aggrieved by it. It is more money when it comes down to it. Obviously, not as much as the British Gas hike announced today, but it's still money. I hope that the money does get used wisely or we get better games for PS+, etc.

Yeah, I'd agree with that. Again, it's about context. There's definitely a limit with people that you're never explicitly taught (unless it goes wrong and they correct you) and there are certain things that go beyond that limit. E.g. would you tell a dead baby joke to someone who has just had a miscarriage, for example? Again, that's the context there and that's where it can cause offence. Some people are just outright horrible and will use veiled jokes or sarcasm to hurt people, but it's fine because it's "just a joke" or "banter".

Not tempted to go garage gym, or is that not possible?