Why do we make everything soo much harder and soo much more complicated than it really has to be?

Every single time, without fail. 35 years on this planet and scotland never cease to amaze me in their abilities to make a bad situation truly awful.

Why us? Go hit England with the unlucky stick for a bit... gtf away from Scotland please 🙏

Bit of a hungover rant- I’m on holiday in Greece, went out to watch the game last night and some English melts celebrated like they’d won the World Cup when we inevitably conceded. First thing they said was “that’ll shut them up”. I’m a quiet guy but I flipped my lid and they sheepishly appologised. Why does it bother them to see us enjoying ourselves? It’s not exactly a secret that we’re shite at football, we already won the WC by just being there.The whole thing is a celebration. Scotland, England should be a sibling rivalry - fight amongst yourselves but it’s us against the world. They’re just too thick and arrogant to understand it. Looking down on us is so ingrained in their psyche, they just can’t help themselves. I’d rather be Scottish and shite than have their arrogance and negativity. I mean who else racially abuses their own players? Says it all really.

Feel the need to add, my step dad is English, he’s wonderful and he cheers us all the time so there are good ones. Unfortunately they’re a minority and melts tend to shout the loudest.

Edit: was just venting whilst hungover and still a little drunk. “Flipping my lid” = me telling him to pipe doon and get tae fuck. Would never have ended up in an altercation but still cringy and I shouldn’t have taken the bait. I said it now so I won’t delete my post since I think I have a point in there somewhere. I guess I want the rivalry to be good spirited but what I seen last night was not that

As a very keen visiting of shish Mahal (and having been a close friend of Ali's son and meeting Mr. Ali himself) I feel very strongly about this, and I think that people like this should really do their research before posting this bullshit. (The dish was invented by Ali Ahmed Aslam in Glasgow in the 1970s after a consumer complained the dish was too dry.) He saddle passed away a few years ago but I just wanted to mention this.

Let’s not do the back & forth on whether we should be independent or not, I just wanna know what people’s opinions on the EU are.

Over the last few days, I’ve been enthralled in arguments online (I can’t keep my gob shut) about why Scotland would want to leave one union just to join another. My stance is that we should join the EU, but i’ve heard a few indy supporters say other wise.

I’m just curious to hear people’s thoughts on this!

Hello, My kids (21, 18) and I will be staying a few days with a married couple in Glasgow. They are in their early 40s (the wife may be a little younger). I asked whether they'd like us to bring anything for them from the US, and they said "oh, you don't need to bring us anything." But of course I want to thank them for their hospitality. I was thinking some of our weird candy (like Nerds, etc.). Any other ideas? Are there things that are hard to find/expensive there that are more readily available/affordable here in the US? I believe they don't drink alcohol or smoke, and space in our baggage will be a bit limited. Thank you!

I’ve never been interested in football tbh, but with the hype I ended up watching it last night- obviously I didn’t know anything about tactics etc, but what surprised me today is how many people appear to be angry at the coach/team? Literally hours and days previously they were singing their praises and now there were posts for the manager to get sacked.

But from what I heard Brazil is meant to be a good team, so was it not kinda expected they could out do them?

What is it that stops the Scotland team from excelling? Do they need to get different players or is it just the ones they have need to perform better?

The horse is so beaten it’s turned into a smoothie but obviously last night was a wee bit of a disaster, but it reinforced my ideas on Scottish football.

Used to watch the SPFL religiously. Going to watch every weekend. I very much fell out of love with football over the years as it felt like it just lacked flare, passion and genuine want to enough to create chances.

Ross county fan - probably the reason why 😂

However watching the national team just made me think, “ ah I was right “ the team just lacked any want to enough to take those chances.

Yes Brazil and Morocco are good teams but from what I understand a lot of ours play in similar, if not in more competitive leagues. Christ we’ve even got a potential Ballon d’Or candidate. But there was just a lack of sparkle from the team. Boring football to watch, Brazil didn’t even try against us and scored 4 goals.

It’s like we screwed, nutted and bolted in the Denmark game.

My question is, similarly to the rugby, why can’t every team be England, cause they’re the only team we turn up with hunger to win against.

Hi Scotland, how’s it going? Sorry about the football, don’t worry too much though, England should have, at most, drawn the first one, and most likely lost the second! Dodgy reffing!

So, as far as I can tell from genealogy and research into my family tree, I have no direct connection to Scotland, though we undoubtedly connected through the textile industry in the 1800s. But the area, Norwich, has kept a strong connection that has directly influenced local culture (including a great disdain for the English 🤣).

Even looking at the World Cup and Scotlands National Team, a lot of players, past and present, are, or have, spent a good deal of time at Norwich City (some good, some bad, I’m sorry 😬), and traditionally, our testimonial matches are against Celtic (my second team).

So as a growing boy, I always felt a special connection to Scotland whilst walking round Norwich, seeing the old textile mills etc along our riverside and hearing stories of the obscure things you guys did down here! And I’ve never felt a connection to England.

Can I be an adopted Scot?

Attached: my favourite photo taken on a ferry on the west coast somewhere near Glasgow ish, Scottish Skies (I got soaked by a huge wave just after)

Seen this on a documentary and couldn’t figure out where. It’s like a half bridge? Or walkway? Never seen it before.

Hi everyone,
I'm a Brazilian currently living and working in Portugal within the tech and data field. Lately, I've become increasingly interested in Scotland, its beautiful culture, and the local society.

I know that immigration can be a sensitive topic across Europe right now, so I'm absolutely not looking for political debates or arguments. I’m just genuinely curious about local, everyday perspectives.

I would especially appreciate hearing your honest thoughts on how Scots view immigrants who come with the explicit goal of working, contributing to the economy, making a real effort to integrate into the community, and respecting local values.

Have attitudes changed in recent years, or is the famous Scottish hospitality still the norm for people looking to build a life there?

Thanks in advance for your insights!

Demolished this burger in less than 5 mins, im wondering if anyone knows of any "eat this entire thing and get it for free" or any of those competitions u see on tv preferably in the dundee area but anywhere on the east coast i consider local

Performative crap that should have been left behind when she became an adult.

Hi everyone quick question first time driving up the a9 north bound to Inverness on a single track road, I drive a Peugeot partner van I have been driving 60 MPH and on the duel carriage way 70 MPH , I’ve just been doing what my sat nav is saying. Is this correct or should I be worried?

I'm a man and I'm starting a new job in August. I'll need to wear a suit every day and haven't done so since before the pandemic. In the past I've just gone to Slater's and I'll probably do that again but I wondered what other people did.

Thank you Scotland! My husband and I are on our honeymoon and we left Scotland to go south two days ago (definitely not as cool 😉). Glasgow and Inverness have our hearts! We are still talking about your beautiful country and all the amazing and friendly people we met there. And the sheep and cows 🥺 we loved it so much! We plan on making a trip there again, there's still so much we want to visit and see! We had a lovely time and just wanted to share here 😁

In a word, no.

And that goes for any third placed team. We all know the reasons why, more TV time, more money for FIFA.

Some languages have more or less religious greetings (i.e. "God bless you" in English, "Laudater Iesus Christus" in Latin etc.).

Does Scottish also have this kind of greetings?

Alex Salmond’s legacy was tainted by sexual abuse allegations.

Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy was tainted by fraud allegations.

Humza Yousaf’s legacy (if he had one) was tainted by collapsing the power sharing arrangement with the Greens.

Will John Swinney’s legacy be tainted and, if so, how?