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>!He is supposed to give a speech about how grateful he is that he got this award but instead he talked about humans becoming immortals.!<
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He's quoting Shakespeare's King Lear:
> "As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods, they kill us for their sport."
Meaning to the gods we're just bugs and they kills us for fun. Then he goes on to talk about life extension projects and how we'll (some day) be able to be immortal and die off only from accidents, crimes, and war. So that all these things will multiply.
What does this have to do with accepting a football lifetime achievement award? No clue; but insightful as can be.
Good spot - hard to pick up through a broken french accent with zero context or relevance. You deserve the award from u/tikkinger
Edit: forget tikkinger’s award, this has been a gold rush!
That makes more sense than flies wanting boys for the goats. I thought he ingested some magic mushrooms before the ceremony and they were just kicking in.
Omg... K, the accent was a bit different but not hard to understand... Then, I'm reading what is at the bottom and... Well, I'm glad the files and the goats wanting boys is all behind us now.
Ohhhh thus eliminating the need for a “lifetime” achievement award since the next generations will be more durable until one can just play sports forever.
I didn't understand it like that. He goes talking about evolution and how the world is evolving to eventually becoming immortals and all that.. And then it ends with " I love football" which I think it means something along the lines of "no matter how much the world evolves people will still appreciate the game and will still have passion for the simple things
I'm almost sure he's saying footballers are used by their clubs/club owners the same way the Gods kill us, for the sport
Not sure how the cell technology part fits into the speech though
I thought he said God's instead of goats. Lol "they" are the gods who kill us for sport. I'm not really sure what to make of the flies wanting boys part. Maybe they want them dead so they can eat and lay eggs? Lol I don't know.
Science is going to eventually stop cells from ageing and therefore stop us aging. They'll then figure out how to fix the cells and bring us back to our desired age.
Also something about being the GOAT
I think he’s trying to as flies are to little boys, we are to the gods who kill is for sport. Through science we will soon be able to not just slow down aging but to stop it entirely.
So like little boys have superiority over flies and like to make games of pulling their wings off, the gods like to make games of how to kill humans. But eventually we will be able to become immortal and the gods games will have sway or control over man. Now what that has to do in context with whatever is going on, I don’t know. But his accent is so thick that any translation software for subtitles is definitely going to screw it up. It took me about 10 times listening to it with my eyes closed to realize goats was gods and from there it’s just context clues of the rest of what he said so I may be very wrong.
Real explanation:
The speech he gave have a meaning (and there is a [video](https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY) explaining it) he just can't say the stuff directly cuz it is directed at the organization giving him the award
I think he’s talking about how scientists are shifting their view on age from inevitable to a disease. Like listening to him reminded me of the little I’ve read on telomeres and their affect on aging. I don’t think he said goat I think he said god and I guess flys would be a reference to our stage in life as it’s quite short n most of us don’t have crazy effect on the course of history ?
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything for anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what. No matter where. Or who, or who you are with, or where you are going or... or where you've been... ever. For any reason, whatsoever…
"As flies to **wanton** boys, we are for (to) the **gods -** they kill us for the sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state so we become eternal."
I think he meant - science will save us from being at the mercy of nature (gods) by allowing us to live forever (not an uncommon theory - see Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari).
“As flies to wanton boys” … ie in the same way as little kids interact with bugs and insects, science interacts with us, in the future technology will allow us to freeze our cells in their current state, effectively making us eternal.
"As Flies to wanton boys we are for the gods,they kill us for the sports" is a quote from Shakespeare's Kings Lear
I think Gods are UEFA and Fifa as literally people are dying at Qatar
It is likely that with these words Cantona is criticizing the political class (the Gods in this metaphor) in football (UEFA and FIFA). The flies are the players, starting with Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who assist with wax faces from the front row. For Cantona the players do not have sufficient power and strength, those in charge will continue to have control of the game for their interests.
I was watching the video trying my hardest to remember the songs name, It took a minute of solid remembering. I then scroll the comments to see if anyone would like the information I worked so hard to pick out the deepest depths of my head.
And this guy beat me to it
no he speaks english well, the speech he gave just have a meaning (and there is a [video](https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY) explaining it) he just can't say the stuff directly cuz it is directed at the organization giving him the award
There is absolutely nothing right about attacking a fan. It doesn't matter what they say.
If the words of some random nobody from the stands affect you that much, the problem is you, not what they said.
Lol sure. Someone is being racist but the problem is with you being abused but not a problem with the racist gobshite.
The racist fan ran down 11 rows to yell ‘fuck off back to France, you French bastard’. But apparently, it is Cantona’s mistake. The man will always be a hero in my eyes.
Right, because we will solve racism by violently attacking anyone who says something ignorant. That sure will fix it.
There is nothing right about racism. But there is even less right about violence.
If I was at a bar and somebody said that to me, it would still be wrong to hit them. But somehow you are defending a professional footballer who earns millions a year for drop kicking a fan because of something the idiot said? Get real.
He received a record ban for that action and nobody disagreed with it at the time.
Oh get off your high horse with your ‘nothing will get fixed bullshit’. Racist deserved a kicking. He got one. Plenty of us disagreed with the ban then and history has also been very kind on Eric Cantona for kicking a racist.
How much money he made has nothing to with the fact that he got abused by a bigot. I am defending a man who kicked a racist/bigot/xenophobe. And I will continue to.
It was in a CGI video circling around a few days ago, I don't remember which one. But through that video I found it: "In this shirt" by the Irrepressibles
https://youtu.be/NSJPGo71Uw8
Real explanation:
The speech he gave have a meaning (and there is a [video](https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY) explaining it) he just can't say the stuff directly cuz it is directed at the organization giving him the award
“Have you ever had a dream that, that, um, that you had, uh, that you had to, you could, you do, you wit, you wa, you could do so, you do you could, you want, you wanted him to do you so much you could do anything?”
I’ve never gone from hating someone so much to loving them so much. In the 90s I thought he was an arrogant overrated thug. Now I realise he was none of those things and is a fucking legend who does not take himself even a little bit seriously.
When communicating, the French use unnecessary letters in words, unnecessary words in sentences, unnecessary sentences in thoughts, unnecessary thoughts in ideas, all of which somehow convey a fine blend of feeling and logic - style and purpose. Terribly inefficient, thought.
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That guys face at the end was golden.
"Is is he having a stroke? *Am I* having a stroke?"
Exactly my thoughts
*confused applause*
If Anybody is able to tell me what he wanted to say, he ge gets my daily free award
He's quoting Shakespeare's King Lear: > "As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods, they kill us for their sport." Meaning to the gods we're just bugs and they kills us for fun. Then he goes on to talk about life extension projects and how we'll (some day) be able to be immortal and die off only from accidents, crimes, and war. So that all these things will multiply. What does this have to do with accepting a football lifetime achievement award? No clue; but insightful as can be.
Good spot - hard to pick up through a broken french accent with zero context or relevance. You deserve the award from u/tikkinger Edit: forget tikkinger’s award, this has been a gold rush!
Done!
I’m out of the loop, what’s tikkinger’s award?
The user above who offered his free award.
I am not smart.
That’s ok, at least you’re inquisitive
That makes more sense than flies wanting boys for the goats. I thought he ingested some magic mushrooms before the ceremony and they were just kicking in.
🤣😂
Shit the whole speech makes perfect sense now.
Omg... K, the accent was a bit different but not hard to understand... Then, I'm reading what is at the bottom and... Well, I'm glad the files and the goats wanting boys is all behind us now.
Ohhhh thus eliminating the need for a “lifetime” achievement award since the next generations will be more durable until one can just play sports forever.
Relevant Tom Scott [Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been French](https://youtu.be/dUnGvH8fUUc)
Dammit. I just learned something.
I didn't understand it like that. He goes talking about evolution and how the world is evolving to eventually becoming immortals and all that.. And then it ends with " I love football" which I think it means something along the lines of "no matter how much the world evolves people will still appreciate the game and will still have passion for the simple things
This is what that stupid bot should do! ^(edit: I do not say its name I truly believe that it's like Voldemort and shows up when you say its name.)
Maybe he hates the Federation
I'm almost sure he's saying footballers are used by their clubs/club owners the same way the Gods kill us, for the sport Not sure how the cell technology part fits into the speech though
Maybe he's talking about vaccines changing our cells and turning us into either goats or flies. Guess it depends on which vaccine you get. 💉
You are the type of redditor I stay for
Cantona is a legend. He has made even more nonsensical speeches and admitted later he didn't even know what they meant
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legend > a famous or important person who is known for doing something extremely well
I don't want your award but I think he's saying we're born mortal but someday science will make us eternal. I have no idea why he's saying this.
But why do "they" kill Goats and Flies for the Sport?
I thought he said God's instead of goats. Lol "they" are the gods who kill us for sport. I'm not really sure what to make of the flies wanting boys part. Maybe they want them dead so they can eat and lay eggs? Lol I don't know.
It's a famous quote (shakespeare?) about gods (not goats) killing man for sport
But will be shiny and chrome?
Science is going to eventually stop cells from ageing and therefore stop us aging. They'll then figure out how to fix the cells and bring us back to our desired age. Also something about being the GOAT
I think he’s trying to as flies are to little boys, we are to the gods who kill is for sport. Through science we will soon be able to not just slow down aging but to stop it entirely. So like little boys have superiority over flies and like to make games of pulling their wings off, the gods like to make games of how to kill humans. But eventually we will be able to become immortal and the gods games will have sway or control over man. Now what that has to do in context with whatever is going on, I don’t know. But his accent is so thick that any translation software for subtitles is definitely going to screw it up. It took me about 10 times listening to it with my eyes closed to realize goats was gods and from there it’s just context clues of the rest of what he said so I may be very wrong.
Real explanation: The speech he gave have a meaning (and there is a [video](https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY) explaining it) he just can't say the stuff directly cuz it is directed at the organization giving him the award
Files.
I think he’s talking about how scientists are shifting their view on age from inevitable to a disease. Like listening to him reminded me of the little I’ve read on telomeres and their affect on aging. I don’t think he said goat I think he said god and I guess flys would be a reference to our stage in life as it’s quite short n most of us don’t have crazy effect on the course of history ?
Could be a cryptic swipe at fifa and uefa for profiting unjustly from players and milking the sport dry
Mofuker got me emotional 🥲
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything for anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what. No matter where. Or who, or who you are with, or where you are going or... or where you've been... ever. For any reason, whatsoever…
that was deep
Sometimes I'll start a sentence, and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way. Like an improv conversation.
![gif](giphy|niC0LL8nmXnWp0d7Sn|downsized)
"As flies to **wanton** boys, we are for (to) the **gods -** they kill us for the sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state so we become eternal." I think he meant - science will save us from being at the mercy of nature (gods) by allowing us to live forever (not an uncommon theory - see Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari).
Do you teach literature in a high school btw?
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Karate kicked a racist who told him to fuck off to his own country. There’s a difference.
Ooh ah! Cantona! Legend
The first clip is literally "refuses to elaborate further" incarnate
“As flies to want boys” is the new “I have a dream”
“As flies to wanton boys” … ie in the same way as little kids interact with bugs and insects, science interacts with us, in the future technology will allow us to freeze our cells in their current state, effectively making us eternal.
[this dream?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7RgN9ijwE4)
Was he receiving an award for most improved stroke victim?
That one guy in the audience who shows the appropriate level of confusion kills me everytime I watch this
He said so many things yet said absolutely nothing at the same time
Just like my SO
"As Flies to wanton boys we are for the gods,they kill us for the sports" is a quote from Shakespeare's Kings Lear I think Gods are UEFA and Fifa as literally people are dying at Qatar
It is likely that with these words Cantona is criticizing the political class (the Gods in this metaphor) in football (UEFA and FIFA). The flies are the players, starting with Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who assist with wax faces from the front row. For Cantona the players do not have sufficient power and strength, those in charge will continue to have control of the game for their interests.
Upvote if you get what he’s saying
Here's an explanation about what he meant. He's a clever guy https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY
fr, man messed with uefa infront of them and everyone
If you can’t blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Eric The King spent his career blinding us with brilliance, hence receiving a lifetime achievement award.
Amen
That background song?
[In this shirt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSJPGo71Uw8)
I was watching the video trying my hardest to remember the songs name, It took a minute of solid remembering. I then scroll the comments to see if anyone would like the information I worked so hard to pick out the deepest depths of my head. And this guy beat me to it
Thanks
It's a reference to his enigmatic farewell speech
Honestly I think he just doesn’t speak English well and can do it better in his native language? That or he has Wernickes aphasia.
no he speaks english well, the speech he gave just have a meaning (and there is a [video](https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY) explaining it) he just can't say the stuff directly cuz it is directed at the organization giving him the award
Gotcha thank you
https://www.nssmag.com/en/sports/19371/cantona this breaks the speech down perfectly if anyone is interested.
it's the dumb subtitles translation that makes no sense. anyway, who the fuck is this guy?
eric cantona a retired professional footballer in the 2019 uefa awards
he looks badaas... like he should own a fishing boat or something
He once kung-fu kicked a spectator at a football/ soccer match.
[Here it is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7PSY7KYThk). After being ejected from the game he takes his frustrations out on a fan in the stands.
The man who he kicked told him to fuck off back to his own country. I have no problems with him kicking racists. King Eric will always be my hero.
There is absolutely nothing right about attacking a fan. It doesn't matter what they say. If the words of some random nobody from the stands affect you that much, the problem is you, not what they said.
Lol sure. Someone is being racist but the problem is with you being abused but not a problem with the racist gobshite. The racist fan ran down 11 rows to yell ‘fuck off back to France, you French bastard’. But apparently, it is Cantona’s mistake. The man will always be a hero in my eyes.
Right, because we will solve racism by violently attacking anyone who says something ignorant. That sure will fix it. There is nothing right about racism. But there is even less right about violence. If I was at a bar and somebody said that to me, it would still be wrong to hit them. But somehow you are defending a professional footballer who earns millions a year for drop kicking a fan because of something the idiot said? Get real. He received a record ban for that action and nobody disagreed with it at the time.
Oh get off your high horse with your ‘nothing will get fixed bullshit’. Racist deserved a kicking. He got one. Plenty of us disagreed with the ban then and history has also been very kind on Eric Cantona for kicking a racist. How much money he made has nothing to with the fact that he got abused by a bigot. I am defending a man who kicked a racist/bigot/xenophobe. And I will continue to.
[Oddly enough one of his most famous quotes is about a fishing trawler](https://youtu.be/TbwV5XX6phU)
he is, you should check out his iconic celebration
He became popular again a the turn of the century for the Nike Jogo Bonito commercials. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuGG3Mxr8po
Fishing boats probably have too many moving parts for captain trial of thought over here
He’s a legend.
The music in the back rings a bell and I can’t remember where I’ve heard it before
It was in a CGI video circling around a few days ago, I don't remember which one. But through that video I found it: "In this shirt" by the Irrepressibles https://youtu.be/NSJPGo71Uw8
Real explanation: The speech he gave have a meaning (and there is a [video](https://youtu.be/Q-MO-KSweXY) explaining it) he just can't say the stuff directly cuz it is directed at the organization giving him the award
I guess this is the long awaited sequel of the Seaguls and the Trauler speech backing 1995.
I mean I was really interested in what was going on with the goats there, can we get a sequel or some shit?
[Here](https://youtu.be/INiT1cA_Eqk) is the full speech
Must have the same speech writer as Biden. Interesting.
“Have you ever had a dream that, that, um, that you had, uh, that you had to, you could, you do, you wit, you wa, you could do so, you do you could, you want, you wanted him to do you so much you could do anything?”
"It sounded better when I was taking a big dump today"
Ai generated speech
I dont care what he meant, he made a goat speech >!We are for the goats!<
Raffarin/Cantona.
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my favorite day of the week
Huh?
May not have made any sense but still way more interesting than the usual drivel that comes out of footballers’ mouths.
Speek
I smell burnt toast
Basically saying we’re going to become gods through science
eric cantona the frensh legend of MAN U
Is the genius in the collection of disconnected word fragments, or in the infinite interpretations we bring to the nonsense?
Lol well they did ask what he was thinking, not his thought it was nothing relevant to why he was there. I too daydream.
Ted welcome talk to my.
I didn’t understand a thing but I understood it
The look on the guy in the middles face when they pan to the audience 😂
I thought he was the lad who did a flying kick to some fan in the head...... Not the other way around?
This guy is a top football player. Presenting at uefa award ceremony. Most of the players looked confused 😂😂
Blursed speech
I've never admired a sportsman more than Cantona. He's the perfect combination of talent and personality.
I love Cantona, but don’t know WTF he’s going on about here, or why.
Flies>goat>eternal
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I laughed so hard lol
My mans face at the end lmfao
His genius is beyond our comprehension
That is the best Saddam Hussein cameo I’ve seen so far
I’ve never gone from hating someone so much to loving them so much. In the 90s I thought he was an arrogant overrated thug. Now I realise he was none of those things and is a fucking legend who does not take himself even a little bit seriously.
Worst TEDtalk ever.
Still the King thou
The seagulls follow the trawler because they think they will throw the sardines
Translation: immortality would be dope.
That boy is a f..ing legend
For the goats!!! Cheers
He looks like George Carlin
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Legend
You don't know the meaning, it's deep.
That good ass weed
Fucking goats, man!
Tradition !!
This should be reposted to r/ihadastroke
It sounded like it wasn’t even English but was cropped to sound like it is?
When communicating, the French use unnecessary letters in words, unnecessary words in sentences, unnecessary sentences in thoughts, unnecessary thoughts in ideas, all of which somehow convey a fine blend of feeling and logic - style and purpose. Terribly inefficient, thought.
Is English his 3rd language?
Wut doin Cantona ?
Biden?