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@MattiasMagito @janiesaysyay @historyinmemes Yeah $170 isn't millions, clearly. But after the payout, you have $19,830, while Getty has a net worth of $1,983,000,000, presuming he had $2b prior. I'm sure he would have struggled by somehow. Putting principles over a loved one's safety, clearly not sociopathic at all.

@11redder @janiesaysyay @historyinmemes But $170 isn't millions..maybe he didn't want to turn scumbag pigs into millionaires out of principle.

When billionaire J. Paul Getty’s grandson was kidnapped, Getty refused to pay the equivalent of a $17 million ransom. After the kidnappers mailed the teen’s severed ear, he agreed to pay about $3 million—but covered only $2.2 million himself and loaned his son the remaining $800,000 at 4% interest.

@VVladimirstan @janiesaysyay @historyinmemes Better off being poor than a heartless sociopath (or cosplaying as one!).

@11redder @janiesaysyay @historyinmemes This is why some of you remain poor

@Lawole @janiesaysyay @historyinmemes Oh no, my net worth is reduced to $1,983,000,000 - whatever will I do? Won't someone please think of the poor paper billionaires???

@11redder @janiesaysyay @historyinmemes You think “billionaires” have billions in cash?

@janiesaysyay @historyinmemes If you have $20k in the bank, that's equivalent to kidnappers asking for $170 to ensure the safety of your grandchild. At such a trifling cost, would the consideration of whether it's a potential fraud even enter the minds of most people?

Tell the whole truth. “I have talked to people. I have this idea to let myself be kidnapped and then get a place in Morocco. I am his favourite grandson. It is all going to be a matter of a week or so.” 16 yr old grandson Paul said this to his girlfriend at the time, later his wife. He started the idea with some small local hoods and eventually it got back to the mob who carried it out. Paul had left his family, dropped out of school and was partying, drinking, using drugs and living in Rome, barely scraping by. He came up with the idea of a hoax kidnapping to extort money from the family. This was a well known rumor at the time in Italy and the U.S. it's why the family didn’t want to pay initially.

👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anthony Gordon: “Harry Kane is having a season that only has ever been beat by Leo Messi, the greatest footballer of all time”.

@IrishTimes When you go from the magic of Falcāo, Socrates and Zico to Guimaraes, Paqueta and Casemiro - it's hard not to feel nostalgic.

Someone told me once that the best World Cup you ever saw was the one you watched when you were 11 years old. Give or take a year or two either side, of course. The appreciation sweet spot is right at the beginning of adolescence, when you’re old enough to appreciate the magic of it, but young enough not to understand cynicism. For me, it was Espana 82. Read: irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2…

@chu787pr @AnAverageGamerX Bandai Namco Singapore, who were the original developers of MP4 before it was cancelled and restarted at Retro Studios, were acquired by Nintendo last year.

@AnAverageGamerX Closes Metroid Prime 4 studio 🤣

🔵 PlayStation closes Japan Studio, Bluepoint, PixelOpus, Firewalk, and more 🟢 Xbox closes Ninja Theory, Compulsion, Tango, Arkane, etc. 🔴 Nintendo at its lowest point and being the oldest of the 3:

@AdamVsGame @BeeFun__ @NintyPrime With combat tuned by From Soft.

@BeeFun__ @NintyPrime

🚨🔴Rumeur.. Pour la première fois, Nintendo serait présent ce soir au Summer Game Fest de Geoff Keighley 👀 Selon plusieurs messages publiés par @NintyPrime, une annonce first-party Nintendo Switch 2 serait prévue durant le show. Si cela se confirme, ce serait assez surprenant : Nintendo a rarement utilisé ce type d’événement pour ses grosses annonces. The Duskbloods ? Un Nintendo Direct ? Ou totalement autre chose ? 🤔

@fromsoftware_pr Day one. Please port the Dark Souls Remastered Trilogy (or just II and III and patch the original Switch port), Sekiro and Armored Core as well. Portable 60fps ports of the PS3 version of Demon's Souls and Bloodborne would also be welcomed. I'm sure Sony would be amenable. :p

Nintendo Switch 2 『ELDEN RING Tarnished Edition』の発売日が、2026年8月28日（金）に決定いたしました。 本作は、本格的なダークファンタジーの世界を舞台としたアクションRPGタイトルです。よろしければぜひ、お手にとって遊んでみてください。

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@H___AFC @Golfpunter1 They were winning until the 65th minute. After the PSG equaliser they had one shot until the 119th minute. 54 minutes and their only attempt was a 0.01 xG shot from Saka from outside the box in the 77th minute that was blocked.

@Golfpunter1 Arsenal were winning, why would they need to go out and score another goal?

I do find the reaction to the CL final yday interesting. Have seen so many comments about how if Arsenal went out there and tried to play football they would have got murdered. Possibly. Who knows. We know Arteta certainly wasnt going to try. Arsenal have played this horrendous brand of football all season long. It wasn’t a new style for this game. It was just exacerbated by game state and opposition. 24.7% possession says everything. This is the worst team I have seen for playing style relative to their resources. Ever. This Arsenal team wasn’t going in as some plucky underdog. They have just won the PL ffs. They have spent over a billion pounds since Arteta has been at the club. They should be able to impose their own style on the game. This is meant to be an elite team. They play as if they are a League 2 team up against a top 6 team in the FA Cup. Some plucky underdog. They had a set of fixtures from the gods in this tournament. I would be shocked if it isn’t the easiest run to a final in the modern era. I understand winning is all that seemingly counts. Surely there will come a time and point where Arsenal fans want a little bit more given the resources Arteta has had available to him. #theunwatchables

@themagic_tophat @MatrixTejlu @HandofArsenal @GNev2 He puts his foot in and wins the ball, Saka kicks the back of his foot. Never a penalty.

@MatrixTejlu @HandofArsenal @GNev2 I don’t think he gets the ball at all but even if he does, it’s not sufficient contact to warrant it. It’s still a careless challenge and a foul

That Leo / Cala partnership is a cheat code. Ø is cooking tonight, needs to continue firing passes BTL. Rice in the 6 is bread and butter… 50 assists for Saka in the Prem 💫 Emirates …. 🗣️🔈 G Nev on the Saka pen “oooo its a chicken and egg one” 💀 SET PIECE AGAIN OLE OLE

@Joegify1 @PolymarketSport There was no foul on Gabriel. He kicked the Atleti player without ever making contact with the ball and then feigned being hurt by a non-existent challenge.

@PolymarketSport Hate watching is painful!Atletico survived a pubil red card & a penalty against Griez after his foul on Trossad but you are here singing minor issues.A foul on Gabriel happened earlier than Antonio's diving.Calafiori's contact wasnt enough to foul Antonio. It was just exaggerated

🚨BREAKING: Fans are questioning what the point of having VAR is after what just happened in the UCL: >The ref called a foul against Atlitico Madrid on Gabriel inside Arsenal's box. >Immediately after, Griezmann got clearly fouled in the box (should be a penalty) >The replay showed Gabriel never got fouled on the ref's initial call meaning play shouldn't have been stopped & Atleti should have a penalty. >VAR reviewed nothing.

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@ymrgf @DrAashish_ Ray Wilkins and Mark Hartley joined AC Milan in 1984 before the European ban on English clubs was even instituted. The number of English players going abroad thereafter remained remarkably low and those that did go generally only stayed abroad for a few years prior to returning.

@DrAashish_ Because of those bans, many Brit players went overseas like Lineker, Waddle, Wilkins, and Hoodle. Hateley is also a folklore legend for Milan When EPL started in 92, there were only 13 foreigners (not counting Irish or other Home Nation players).

Here's why it took SAF 12 years to win UCL -Ban on English teams in Europe btwn 1985-1990(thanks to our friends from Liverpool) -Only League winners allowed pre 1997 (No concept of top 4) -Foreign players limit. -PL not as strong as it is today( Not even top 5 of UEFA coef.)

@Pomilej Spurs should not be included in the top six. Everton have won 9 league titles, the fifth most in the country just behind Man City on 10. Spurs have won two, their last was in 1960/61, the season after Burnley won their second league title.

Let's go through memory lane again Arsenal finished 8th at our worst — and we got the strikethrough. The crossed-out name. The public burial. This was in 2020 Chelsea finished 12th. No graphic. Tottenham finished 17th. No graphic. Manchester United finished 16th. Still being called a "sleeping giant." Leicester — who made this same list above us — got relegated. Twice. Dead silent from the same media. But Arsenal? Arsenal gets struck off the Big Six like we committed a crime against football and humanity The scrutiny was never about football. It was never about league position. You guys think this agenda started now? Nah it didn't. It's always been there, that's why George Graham said, "the hate is part of our history". So dear Arsenal fan embrace it because no matter what we do, they won't stop hating. COYG. Always.

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@Smith8413 @OasisMania David Bowie and Kate Bush were also partially of Irish descent. Basically, all of the most important "British" musicians of the 60's through to the 00's were at least partially Irish. You're welcome.

@OasisMania What a load of plastic paddy bollocks. They state all their influences as being stone roses, the smiths, the Beatles, stones, the who, the Jam etc etc - all British bands, who without oasis would definitely not exist. Just another eg of being being scared to embrace Britishness

"There is rage in Oasis music and let me explain that to you. If I say to people there’s rage in the music, people might think about screaming and shouting, but you can rage joy. When the Irish are sad they are the saddest people in the world, when they are happy they are the happiest people in the world. When they drink they are the most drunk people in the world, there is one rule for the Irish and different ones for everybody else. We are Irish, me and Liam. There is no English blood in us, and anybody who knows that will know there is drinking and then there is Irish drinking. Irish drinking can be endless Oasis could never have existed, been as big, been as important, been as flawed, been as loved and loathed, if we weren’t all predominantly Irish.” - Noel Gallagher

@Smith8413 @OasisMania Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison were all of Irish descent. John Lydon of the Sex Pistols, another of their favourite bands, also of Irish descent. Likewise all of The Smiths (Morrissey,a more Irish name you couldn't find, is Irish footballer Robbie Keane's cousin)