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So I was at this comedy show a couple of days ago and in front of me there was a person who had a tattoo on their arm.

It said

Technoblade never dies

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CONGRATULATIONS TO KIMI

He did really really well

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Someone needs to make an edit of little Kimi getting pole with that one clip of the Finnish commentator absolutely losing his shit over big Kimi getting pole. I need that in my life I think. Asap

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Thank you universe btw

Hi hello I am still alive (barely) and I would just like to say that if Charles finishes P4 AGAIN I'm gonna start believing in curses because wtf

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You would not believe the gasp I made when they said "diamonds". I literally had to pause and just stand in my room in the dark in silence for a while because damn.

damn.

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Hi hello I am still alive (barely) and I would just like to say that if Charles finishes P4 AGAIN I'm gonna start believing in curses because wtf

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Well fuck

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Nice race, although not extremely exciting for me personally. But I got to watch it with my dad (who used to be a big fan back in the Schumacher days) so that was really fun. I have also decided that I'm just gonna be rooting for everyone this season because quite frankly I don't want to deal with the negativity this year. So congrats to everyone who finished well, my condolences to all who didn't (especially Alonso, man's got horrible luck so far). Kinda proud of Charles for driving that whole race with a broken front wing.

On another note, I'm more and more baffled by people insisting that some of the drivers hate each other. Like sure, they're obviously not all best friends, but sometimes I see a picture of some of them sitting together, smiling at each other, evidently having a great time, and people will still bend over backwards to convince everyone that actually they would gladly murder each other. Like come on guys, let them be.

But back to celebrating, I'm happy for Oscar, nice pole to win drive (also one of my friends is a big fan of his and I like to see her in a good mood). Props to Lando for managing that brake issue, I don't know if it was my TV commentators overdramatizing things but it seemed pretty serious so good job. Congrats to all rookies for finishing the race, even though some are probably not too happy with their positions. You'll learn, it's fine.

In conclusion, nice race, see you next time.

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Well damn. That was certainly a race. Congrats to everyone for surviving. Really sorry for everyone (especially the rookies) that spun out, but well done to all the others. Special mention for Albon and Antonelli because wow

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Well would you look at that. My first time starting a season live from the beginning. Whoop whoop (please nobody ruin this for me. Looking at... Everyone tbh. Behave)

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what the FUCK is happening

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Yooooooo Zhou got points! Good on him! Very nice

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Oh my god are you kidding me. You've got to be kidding. I was like "okay nice the wdc has been decided, war is finally over" and then immediately Ferrari comes in, sets itself on fire and everyone starts screaming AGAIN. I hope for next year to be better but realistically probably not.

Congrats to Max for the title though.

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I would encourage you to talk to folks in the f1 community to get context for why we react the way we do to different people/results.

It’s important context that, before the last five races, Max had won 42 of the last 55. He won 21 of 23 races last year. There are loads of us who hold ourselves out as fans of other drivers and still have a soft spot for Max, but it is honestly such a relief to go into a race weekend and not already know who’s going to win.

The Lando girls spent four years watching him in a midfield-at-best car and another year waiting for the car to get to where it is now so that he could finally have his win in Miami (and now at Zandvoort). They deserve to turn to the folks who doubted him and say “see, I told you so!” and they deserve to be able to giggle behind their hands at how annoyed the obnoxious know-it-all guy fans who can’t wrap their brains around girls being serious fans of the sport get when they vote him DOTD again.

The Chirlies, on the other hand, watched Charles have a good amount of success early, give the great Sebastian Vettel a run for his money, and push through the deaths of several people he loved, so they know he has everything he needs to be truly great except the car. They’re not going to delude themselves into blindly praising him and, quite frankly, I don’t think he would want them to.

So yeah, my recommendation would be to take a minute to absorb everything that’s going on around you before making judgments about how we treat the sport we love.

Hey, sorry it took me so long to answer I haven't checked my inbox in ages – but I just want to say this: I do know all of what you just said and I do essentially agree with it (most of it at least). The thing is, none of it warrants the literal death threats/wishes I've seen people throw around, either just directly or in the form of "I hope he crashes". There is NO EXCUSE for that. From anyone, let me be very clear on that. I might be new to F1 but I am not new to the concept of fandom. Nothing excuses the amount of vile and disgusting hate here. From nobody. Death threats are inexcusable in any context but ESPECIALLY in a sport where people have died in the past, and not even rarely, this should not be a fucking issue. So yeah sorry not sorry, but I am very much judging those who behave like this. If you're just a regular fan that's totally okay! That's fine. This is not and never was targeted at you then. It's specifically meant for the idiots who think it's justified to want someone to die if they're doing better than your favourite.

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Congrats to Max and the Alpines! What a race. I'm very glad it's over and that nobody got hurt. My goodness that was stressful

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I'm losing it, what even is this race?

Anyway, I don't particularly care about Alpine but I think it would be incredible if they both end up on the podium. As a treat.

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Okay listen I might be new to this, but even I can tell that these conditions are not safe. A quarter of the grid crashed out and it's honestly a miracle that nobody got hurt up to now. I know this is a dangerous sport even in the best conditions but there's a limit and from my point of view we're way beyond that. This is not okay. There's a difference between fun exciting racing and racing that makes you genuinely scared that someone might not get out of their car in one piece at the end of the day.