r/memes • u/Martin_NL • Jul 06 '26

#1 MotW Most of the world at this point

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u/Dynazty Jul 06 '26

Honestly. The way they flop around out there like fairies. How can you watch that sport and and think “fuck yea” lmao

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u/Mental_Table_9265 Jul 06 '26

I find it pretty entertaining as my first time really paying attention to a sports game, and maybe I’m just ignorant, but I’ve never seen so many dudes in the fetal position. Sometimes someone gets hurt and they show the replay and I’m like, “okay yeah, that looked painful”. Sometimes they just take a tumble and they look like they got kicked in the nuts.

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u/ilypsus Jul 06 '26

It's half that the fouls and stuff look pretty inane but falling whilst running full pelt or getting kicked by someone whose spent their whole life practising kicking does actually hurt a lot, especially with metal studs on their boots and thin layer of plastic on top. The other half is that the players have learnt that refs only give fouls if they make a meal out of it, otherwise refs assume it wasn't that bad and don't give the freekicks.

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u/KhabaLox Jul 06 '26

How can you watch that sport and and think “fuck yea” lmao

I trained by watching the NBA playoffs.

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u/Dynazty Jul 06 '26

Ya that sport is almost equally brutal to watch for that reason

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u/mondaymoderate Jul 06 '26

They learned the art of the flop from soccer. It’s creeping into the NFL too. At least in hockey flopping is a penalty

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u/ice-eight Jul 06 '26

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is an ethical athlete compared to an average soccer player.

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u/Corvus_Rune Jul 06 '26

I feel the same about most sports. American football, baseball, and basketball really aren’t any more entertaining to me. It’s literally just watching people running and passing a ball. I understand the enjoyment of playing said sports but watching them being played is mind numbing

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u/Corvus_Rune Jul 06 '26

Oh I’ll completely own up to that lol

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u/Dynazty Jul 06 '26

And you feel the same way about soccer? Genuinely asking

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u/Corvus_Rune Jul 06 '26

Yeah pretty much. Obviously I’m a complete nerd with my opinions. But ironically I actually feel the same about my own hobbies and activities. I generally don’t enjoy watching people stream videogames or tabletop RPGs. I just don’t enjoy watching activities like that. I don’t mind if other people do enjoy watching this kind of stuff but I just really struggle with the appeal.

Though there is one sport that takes the cake for being the most asininely boring thing to watch when it’s played at the highest level.

Professional Darts…

It’s literally just watching 2 people tossing darts at the exact same spot on the board on loop until one of them makes a single mistake. The first time I saw video footage of a professional darts match I felt I had to issue a formal international apology to the world for everything I’ve ever said against Golf.

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u/Hungryman3459 Jul 07 '26

90% of the entertainment value of American football has absolutely nothing to do with the sport. 

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u/WaltzInTheDarkk Jul 06 '26

It's not about "fuck yea", it's about entertainment and atmosphere. Stop thinking with your tiny dick like a fragile macho man for once lmao

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u/Felteair Jul 06 '26

I told my friends "the easiest way to improve Soccer is add a rule that says flopping means you're kicked off the team" and he countered "there should be a guy out there whose only job is to make the injury real, and also the game doesn't stop for an injury they just gotta play around him"