#Broadcast Rights

[cozylittleartblog]

not that we didn't already Know belos was full of shit, but it's even funnier knowing the titan was still alive the whole time and probably judging him

[onesidedradiostatic]

stayed gone but you're the sinners watching/listening

(AKA I spend an unnecessary amount of time editing)

(also on youtube!)

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

A lot of you underestimate how prevalent British bias is not only in F1 but across sports generally, and even in other industries.

Max saying he has the wrong passport in the paddock is an accurate statement. Do you think he, Seb, or Michael would've been half as vilified by the British media if they had a British passport instead? Would Fernando? Do you think Yuki would get half as much shit about his radio "conduct" if he was British? Because it's the British commentators who consistently have issues with it, and say shit like it's "unbecoming" for a driver to speak that way, ignoring that 1 it's not his first language and 2 IT WAS ENGLISH PEOPLE HE LEARNT THAT LANGUAGE FROM. Sometimes people misspeak, but Yuki has always taken accountability and apologised if he has and if he caused harm. Martin Brundle did not get nearly as much backlash from the media when he misspoke and called an Asian driver a slur while commentating. He also never apologised for it.

Alex, one of the four Brits on the grid but who drives under the Thai flag, has said that the commentators only call him British born when he does well. He was completely excluded from the Silverstone publicity about the home crowd heroes, whereas George, Lewis & Lando were heralded, not only on race weekend, but for weeks leading up to it.

Alex's statement also reminded me of this Richard Harris quote, "When I'm in trouble, I'm an Irishman. When I turn in a good performance, I'm an Englishman." Genuinely, if I took a shot every time a British organisation/person claimed a talented Irish person was actually a Brit, I'd have died from alcohol poisoning years ago.

Hell, I see George wearing the poppy pin this weekend in the lead up to remembrance Sunday. Do you know the amount of shit James McClean gets every year because he refuses to wear one? And he has very valid reasons for choosing not to wear it, yet he's torn to shreds every year by not only random people on the Internet or on the streets but by commentators and the media too.

Because of how this sport became mainstream and because no one challenged Bernie Eccleston's monopoly on broadcasting rights back in the day (people were given the opportunity to buy a share of the broadcasting rights; the idiots said no), this sport has prioritised the British voice/perspective for decades. I know the other broadcasts are just as biased for their home team/drivers, but the British one is the biggest one, as it's the main broadcast for better and more often for the worst. It's the broadcast with the most reach and influence. Their bias has to be challenged eventually if this sport ever hopes to properly expand and grow. The British bias is so difficult to miss once you start noticing it.

[evilherehotel]

hey inanimate improv. hey. wtf was that

[existingingrey]

백공죽 Expanded Version.

[applestorms]

OK SEE. what really gets to me about the kiss is that he goes in for a second one (and a third. and a fourth) like he doesn’t just settle for one. conventional rules of tragic romance say that you’re only allowed one. you make it last as long as you can, sure, but you only push it so far. it’s a single goodbye, a moment to give in and indulge before fate drags you apart. your heart aches and it hurts and you love, but then you take a step back and let it all fall away.

this isn’t that. it’s not short. he doesn’t move on. he holds him in place and drags him back in and proceeds with the plan exactly how He previously decided it. he verifies his own death and then sneaks in a final peck before the shots strike. he waits to ensure that he truly won't survive and then allows himself a single tear, only while till's eyes are still closed, so subtle you can barely see it in the rain.

when till grabs his neck, he's shocked. there are no marks. he never actually tried to kill him. he just needed the distraction. everything happened exactly how he wanted it to. this melodramatic, selfish fucking bitch,

[moeblob]

[essektheylyss]

I will be honest, I had "protective shadowgast content" on my notably unlikely and somewhat facetious wishlist for the one-shot, to the point that I was only saying it in jest in DMs, because I really did not expect nor need it, and I'm still in shock that what I got was Caleb going from "Trent is below 'grounding my godson' on the list of priorities right now, get the fuck in line, bitch" to "I should've ripped out his fucking spine with my dinosaur teeth" in two seconds flat the moment Trent even referenced Essek.

Like, we all saw that, right? I feel like I gotta confirm I'm not actually having a jet lag-induced fever dream.

[cupidreamexe]

this disability pride month i wanna give a shout out to the people who 100% KNOW theyre disabled but have to deal with going through the tedious process of getting a proper official diagnosis. especially if youre just barely on the cusp of not quite meeting the diagnostic criteria so they dont want to diagnose you just yet. the ones who have to monitor their symptoms for months, even years, but the symptoms have melded so much in your daily life that its hard to keep track of whats a symptom and whats 'normal'.

i see you. you are strong. you are not overreacting. you are not faking it. you will get through this. you are not alone.

you are your own best advocate and you deserve to be heard.

[dear-ao3]

so i’m at home still which means i’m watching the silverstone race with my mom and my sister. the last time i was home and it was a race weekend was china and i had to explain to my mom who nico rosberg was because he was commentating. my mom is a lewis hamilton fan (she doesn’t know much about anything pre drive to survive) and somehow came to the conclusion that she should hate nico because he and lewis don’t get along anymore

so now of course nico’s in silverstone and was asked who he thinks will win and obviously he said hamilton so i was trying to explain this again to my mom in case he comes on at some point so she knows who he is and well here’s how that conversation went:

me: hey mom remember that guy, nico, who used to race with lewis?

my mom: yeah you told me not to like him

me: no! i like him! you decided you didn’t like him

my mom: why did i decide that?

me: they’re not friends anymore because they were battling eachother for a world championship

my mom: yeah! then i don’t like him, i like lewis. what about this guy?

me: he’s in silverstone and he got asked who he thinks will win and he said lewis cause he has good race pace and i remember his race pace cause i used to race him and blah blah

my mom: is he trying to make up for years of being jerky by talking about lewis all the time?

me: 😂😂

[dellovestorant]

Go off King

[malwarechips]

rain world fandom needs to acknowledge more that nsh isnt purely jokes and nothing else. guy can get serious too you guys know this right. right. please.

[mewguca]

I don't feel very well

I feel upset and confused and disappointed

and kind of scared for the future... I don't like when people suffer. i dont want more suffering to happen in this community

I'm still going to try to finish my batch of emote redraws, I think... I only have one more to get done.

I'm trying to distract myself, but it's difficult... I feel like I finally stopped thinking about it entirely the other day and now I can't stop thinking about it again

Please don't harass others, for any reason. it never helps anybody. (i don't think yelling at people on anon is going to do any good either; it's not particularly productive. you should think very carefully about what you say to people and what good you believe it will accomplish.)

and please all be more critical of information you come across in the future... it can help avoid this sort of thing repeating

[ohpuckno]

utah @ edm, nye 2024

[novantinuum]

thinking about the fact that steven must've gone along with the diamonds' whole little "we're gonna televise your coronation to the whole universe" thing without telling them his true intentions JUST so he could get the opportunity to go on that universe wide broadcast and basically say "yeah so Fuck This Throne man i'm never sitting on that throne imma go home and have a gd pizza or whatever anyways peace"

he must've felt like the slyest motherfucker ever in the hours leading up to that lmao

[kutie106]

Sammy: (points at Brooklyn and Yaz) Together we’re Drop Dead Gorgeous, but apart, I’m on the ground, Brooklyn’s dead, and Yaz is still a beautiful goddess

The news reporters: Ok???