In a couple minutes the 2022 Qatar World Cup Final will kick off. I had a lot of fun watching it, especially with the energetic way my community followed the matches. It was nice to have a winter competition and helped through the more challenging days of winter. That said, I can’t help but to feel guilty for playing into and paying into the brutality and dishonesty of world soccer both in 2018 and 2022.
Instead of a phrase today – the most requoted meme from high school English teachers: “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – The Great Gatsby