#and fucking crickets from most so-called lefties

[humandisastersquad]

Wear a fucking mask

[jewish-vents]

something i’ve noticed lately is online leftists being ignorant to some (most) forms of antisemitism, but vocal ONLY about jokes/stereotypes about jewish ethnic features.

they can point out the big nose stereotypes all day long (and they should) but when we beg them to have more concern for conspiracy theories, double standards for jews/israel, disinformation about jewish history and the war, holocaust inversion/denial/fake care for survivors, using zionism as a get out of jail card for judenhass, generalizing all israelis and diaspora jews as genocidal, denying that most jews identify with zionism, misusing jewish terms, demonizing jewish culture and hebrew, actual modern day blood libel, tokenization, accusing jews of “stealing culture”, denying indigeneity, painting ashke jews as white colonizers/villains, completely disregarding other diaspora groups, calling for israelis to be murdered, trying to “revoke” israelis’ jewishness, falsely calling the jewish people /only/ a religious group, redefining or goysplaining words/concepts they learned last week, using historically antisemitic canards, desecrating jewish monuments, houses, businesses, schools, and synagogues, AND literal, physical violence against jews….

it’s silence. crickets. it’s excuses and justifications. it’s thoughtless conversation enders. it’s refusal to sit with discomfort and address one’s mistakes. it’s a buzzword copy and pasted with a flag. “death to israel” or “kys zionist”. it’s “antizionism ≠ antisemitism”.

if you refuse to acknowledge the many forms antisemitism takes, of course you’d hyperfocus on one specific type. racist tropes about jews in media are awful. they’re harmful and part of dehumanization.

but if your understanding of antisemitism starts and ends at “greedy long nosed goblins in harry potter,” and you refuse to listen to jews, and refuse to see how antisemitism functions outside of pop culture and how it manifests into verbal and physical violence, you are no ally.

spreading antisemitism will not help palestinians at all, and it’s so fucking devastating that online activists can log on and feel vindicated and like they’re all heroic just for harassing random jews. meanwhile they’re wasting time and energy that could go towards something that ACTUALLY helps the palestinian people.

(also funny that they wanna call jews white when these stereotypes are about non-white ethnic features. and they stem from nazi propaganda about jews/jewish blood “ruining” white genetics. i could go on and on about the weird racial science lefties have ran with since oct7, especially within what we understand as race/ethnicity as social groupings, what makes someone indigenous, the weird blood quantum shit, noble savage trope, and the infantilization of palestinians)

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[youreamonocoque]

yo okay i have no actually intelligent questions to ask about tennis but: who are your favourite players (and why), who are your favourite doubles... pairings? teams? whatever they're called (and why), and do you have a favourite tournament/whatever they are? and OH i did just come up with a decent question: what are the major tournaments and fixtures beyond the grand slams?

Oh man here we fucking go, buckle up! I’ll tackle your final question first before I get a bit OTT!  (and I go on a bit so under the cut it goes) (Thank you for asking me this stuff, send me more people. I love the Hitty ball with racket sport)

Major Tournaments beyond the Slams: (This is going to be for the Men I’ll get to the Women in a minute)

There’s like 4 or 5 levels of tournaments, You’ve got your slams at the top then the Masters 1000s, ATP 500s, ATP 250s and then the Challenger Tour. The Masters 1000s give players the most ranking points and there are 9 of them on the tour (Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Madrid, Italy, Canada, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris.) There’s 13 ATP 500s and then 39 ATP 250s. Most of the big name players will play all the 1000s, most of the 500s and maybe some 250s. The Challenger Tour is usually for newer players or players who want more matches under their belt (lower ranked mainly). The ranking points contribute to the Race for London which is where the 8 players with most points battle it out at the ATP Finals. The next Maters 1000 after Wimbledon is the Canadian Open. (Week beginning 5th August) but there all on the 2019 ATP Tour Wikipedia Page if you want to take a look! 

The Men also have this thing called the Next Gen ATP Finals which are for those under 22 (I think??) where they rack up ranking points and go to play in Milan (although I’d double check because I can’t remember if it is Milan or if it changed recently)

The Davis Cup is a team event where countries play against each other. The format was recently changed because of Gerard Pique. I don’t understand it, don’t ask me to explain it. The previous format was much better. 

Also the Laver Cup, like the Ryder Cup in golf. It’s Team Europe vs Team World. It’s brilliant, it’s a lot of fun. Started by Roger 3 years ago and it’s still going strong and now counts towards the rankings. 

Women:

The Women's tournaments confuse me a little. Anyways they have the WTA Premier Mandatory (4 of them), WTA Premier 5 (5 of them), WTA Premier (12), WTA International (32) and of course the WTA Finals. They also have a Challenger Tour called the 125K Series. (Although I know literally nothing about that sorry!) 

The Women don’t actually have a Next Gen finals which is a shame because those ladies are killing it. 

The Women have the Fed Cup which I believe hasn’t been fucked around with. It’s countries vs countries again basically like a world cup of tennis. There’s groups then semis then the final. 5 matches, 4 singles and one doubles. 

There’s also no mixed doubles played outside the Grand Slams which again is a shame. Although the Hopman Cup is a mixed event where countries take on each other in men’s singles, women’s singles and then mixed doubles. 

Favourite Players

Oh strap yourselves in. Honestly why I like these people is very hard to pin down.

Cameron Norrie 23 , British, World Number 50, Leftie, he’s a bit patchy but honestly has the potential to climb right up there. He’s such a nice guy as well. He doesn’t really like doing interviews and can be a bit dickish but I love him. 

Kyle Edmund 24, British, World Number 30, provided he’s on form and his body is healthy he is a very good player. Although he can be prone to fucking things up. He’s really soft and really shy. He wanted to be an F1 driver when he was younger. 

Pierre Hugues-Herbert 28, French, World Number 39. Has the career grand slam in doubles but he’s a fabulous singles player as well. I love his game style. He’s got a kicker of a serve when he gets it write and he’s got such an ease about his game. 

David Goffin 28, Belgian, World Number 23. Very solid player, good all round game but his backhand is a particular strength (which is pretty rare tbh). He’s just precious and a soft.

Roger Federer 37, Swiss, World Number 3, Do I need to say more?

Sascha Zverev 22, German, World Number 5, Sascha is a sweetheart honestly. He doesn’t have the best of records at Grand Slams (He’s never been past a quarter). But he’s a solid guy and just all round brilliant player.

Rafael Nadal 33, Spanish, World Number 2, Do I need to say more?

Andy Murray 32, British, World Number 227. It’s Sir Andy. That’s all. 

Johanna Konta 28, British, World Number 28. So long as everything I scoming together nicely she has the potential to win everything going. She’s really sweet and such a nice person as well.

Serena Williams, 37, American, World Number 10, it’s Serena, she’s a Queen!

Ash Barty, 23, Australian, World Number 1. Ash has really come into her own this year and she’s playing so well. She took a break from the game to go play cricket back in 2014 and was very successful at that as well before coming back to dominate in tennis. She’s brilliant.

I’m gonna throw in some doubles players because Idk about their partnerships yet either because a) it’s a new one or b) I don’t like their partner (it’s mostly a lol):

Joe Salisbury 27, British, World Number 19 (In doubles). His game has come on so far like if you have about 50 seconds look for his mixed doubles match on youtube from Wimbledon in 2017 where he runs into a fucking stand to win a point. Also look for highlights from the Dallas Challenger last year where his get to get a ball back is one of the best I've ever seen (you can’t see him get it tbh but he gets it). Also highlights of the match at Queens, any of his matches at Wimbledon this year, he is a fantastic player. The way he moves, the angles he gets, I could go on about Joe forever tbh. 

Jamie Murray 33, British, World Number 8 (Again in doubles). He’s the ‘other Murray’ doesn’t get as much love as Andy but definitely deserves as much. He’s won more slams than Andy has and he’s just such a brilliant player. Who I love very much. 

Favourite Doubles Pairings 

I don’t have many of these but here goes!

Pierre Hugues-Herbert and Nicolas Mahut: They’re taking a temporary break while Pierre focusses on his singles. But they’ve won the Career Grand Slam together ( a win at each grand slam) and they’re probably one of the best teams in the world. They’re so precious together as well it’s really cute. Nico’s son seems to love Pierre so much as well it’s just the cutest.

Bob and Mike Bryan. The Bryan bros! In terms of tournaments won the best doubles team probably ever. They’re twins from America, they’re 40 years old, Mike has a metal hip (like Andy now) and they’re still killing it on the doubles circuit. 

Favourite Tournament 

This is a tough one. Wimbledon has to be my all time favourite but outside of the Grand Slams. It’d be Queens. It’s on grass, it’s chilled, it’s highly rated by the players and it’s just beautiful. I mean I like Paris as well but tbh there’s something about Queens that I love so much and I can’t pinpoint it really. 

THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ABOUT THE HITTY BALL WITH RACKET SPORT! 

(I think I’ve missed something.....Hmm)

[joeypottrs]

Got tagged by the ever so lovely @curlybeanie

last (1-5) drink - water

phone call - mumsie (that’s what my mum is under in my phone)

text msg - “turning onto south street now from north lake” - to my mum so she could pick me up from the bus stop bc i was chaffing like a bitch and didn’t want to walk after work

song you listened to - Lemon To A Knife Fight - The Wombats

time you cried - watching Testament of Youth? i can’t remember tbh

ever..? (6-11) dated someone twice - nup

ever kissed someone and regretted it - no

been cheated on - no 

lost some1 special - i mean no, if this is about death. 

been depressed - I have had some real lulls in happiness, but I wouldn’t say I’ve been depressed, I probably need to talk about some of my issues though with someone

gotten drunk/thrown up - I have never gotten wasted, I’ve gotten very tipsy, but I could still text and control myself (other than my laughter). And everyone has thrown up, but i haven’t bc of alcohol i’ve consumed. fav colors (12-14) midnight blue, pastel pink, light burgundy. tbh that’ll probably change in a few months

in the last yr have you.. (15-21) made new friends/ mutuals - yessss

fallen out of love - with friends and interests but not in the romantic sense.

laughed until you cried - of course

found out some1 was talking about you - it may have been in the last year, i tend to shut those people out of my life pretty quick if it is negative though.

met some1 who changed you - not in the last year i wouldn’t say

kissed some1 on your FB friends’ list - nope

general (22-51) how many of your FB friends do you know irl - most of them, the rest are people i knew through people e.g. boys from boarding schools i went to socials with, and girls in a few years below from me at school that i never talked to

have any pets - yes, a dog, he is a boxer

do you want to change your name - nope, sophie is a pretty chill name

what did you do for your prev. birthday - my friends and I went to grill’d and then played dance danc revolution at timezone and then went to cold rock, i swear i’m an adult.

what time did you wake up today - 5:50 am , gotta love working on sundays and living a long way from work when the public transport is sketchy af.

what were you doing @ midnight last night - trying to fucking sleep bc i had to get up early, and failing

what is something you can’t wait for - possibly going to london for christmas, finishing my final year of uni, the bbl semifinal on thursday lol

what’re you listening to atm - spotify with my fan burring in the background like the noisey fucker it is

have you ever talked to a person named Tom - yes, my cousin, and multiple boys on my french school trip were called tom.

something that’s getting on your nerves - people having political stances bc their parents vote that way, and they haven’t educated themselves on matters, like okay, i’m alright if you vote conservative, but i want it to be bc of your own reasons.

most visited site - twitter, tumblr, youtube, a03 and dailymail bc i’m trash

hair color - mid brown

long/ short hair - shoulder-length, i only cut it last year, before that it was really fucking long

do you have a crush on some1 - nope, not had one for a while

what do you like about yourself - my teeth are naturally straight, and i like my wavy hair most of the time

want any piercings - i used to, btu i grew out of it. my single ear piercings are enough

blood type - never found out, i was born before they told gave people the little card at birth and i keep forgetting to see. My mum is AB+ and my dad is a O and my brother is A+, so I could be and A or a B if i remember my yr 12 human biology correctly

nicknames - soph, sophdawg (I hate 2012), snowphie (my friend had a pony named snowy when i was in primary school and would always mix us up lmao), elephant (it’s a long story and an endearing childhood nickname that i will forever be called when i do something good)

relationship status - single as always

zodiac - pisces

pronoun(s) - she/her

fav tv shows - b99, riverdale, outlander, game of thrones, the good place, superstore, the goldbergs, victoria and lots of others

tattoos? - nope and my mum would be very disappointed if i did

rightie or leftie - rightie

ever had surgery - nope

piercings - my ears

sports - currently none, but I have played netball, did competitive swimming, cricket, AFL, water polo, basketball and i was pretty handy with a discus.

vacation - I want to go to europe - germany, france, italy, the uk, ireland.

trainers - black, and my proper runners are neon pink. more general (52-58) eating - it’s 1am so no

drinking - water

i’m about to watch - nothing

waiting for - my dentist appointment tomorrow, i swear if she tries to tell me to get my wisdon teeth removed when they don’t need to be i’m fucking out of there

want - to sleep for longer then i’m gonna be able to bc of the bloddy dentist appointment

get married - always imagined it, will it happen? who knows.

career - PR/Events Management, that is what i’m doing at uni anyway

which is better (59-65) hugs/kisses - hugs

lips/eyes - eyes

shorter/taller - taller (i’m 6ft i need things tall)

older/younger - depends on what.

nice arms/ stomach - arms arms armssss

hookup/relationship - relationship

troublemaker/hesitant - hesitant, i think things through and plan too much have you ever (66-75) kissed a stranger - nope

drank hard liquor - idk probably not, i don’t drink that much, i’m pretty mild

lost glasses - sunnies

turned someone down - yuppppp

sex on 1st date - no

broken a heart - i don’t think so???

had your heart broken - not in the romantic sense, but people have disappointed me

been arrested - no

cried when some1 died - i haven’t really had people close to me die, but i did sob hysterically at a bus stop and in the library at uni the week my grannie was hopsitalised with a severe stroke (she’s fine now though)

fallen for a friend - yeah, but nothing came of it.

do you believe in.. (76-81) yourself - yes

miracles - partially

love @ first sight - nope

santa clause - no

kiss on a 1st date - depends

angels - no

other (82-85) best friend’s name - i wouldn’t say i have a best friend, i have many close friends. the ones i speak to the most are called kayla and tiarne though.

eye color - blue

fav movie - fucked if i know, there are too many

fav actor - jesus idk again too many

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