You just can't please some people. They delegate you a job (that you never asked for and don’t want), you give them exactly what they asked for, and then they complain. Rani – you’re a dick.
Say what you will about my coverage of the America’s Cup, it has always been two things: accurate, and honest. I always report the facts (that is to say, who won), and I have never claimed to enjoy or understand yatching. Hell, I’ve prefaced every post by saying that I didn’t actually watch the race because I hate the whole damned thing.
So neither positivity nor depth can be expected in my reporting on the America’s Cup. I was never asked to provide either and I sure as shit never said I would. In fact, in the email he sent me telling me to write about the Cup, Rani said:
“I know you hate it, but that's why your content will be good.”
So, in short, Rani – you did this yourself.
Now to address another nonsense point; Rani thinks that the America’s Cup is exciting.
It fucking isn’t.
So far there have been eight races. In each and every one of the first six, the team that won the race was the team that won the start. In six races the lead never changed hands, not once. Sounds pretty damned dull to me.
And then there were today’s races. Race Seven might have been alright, I don’t know – I didn’t watch it. Race Eight, on the other hand, was dramatic. Why? Because both teams contrived to fall off their foils (which I maintain, by the way, should not exist) and stop dead in the water. That’s the yachting equivalent of tripping over your own damned feet and falling on your face. Quite how such gross incompetence makes a sport electric (as Rani claims) I do not know, nor do I care to find out.
So, to summarise; screw Rani, and screw yachting. They both suck.
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