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Shiv Ramdas@nameshiv.bsky.social |
UK Sports Culture vs US Sports Culture
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Jimmy Silver
@semsenthido.bsky.social
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I'm pretty sure that a flag person is fuming over the uk flag not have all of the red stripes on it (I don't know the importance of it and don't know if i care)
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Becky, Baroness of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️
@beckybunzy.bsky.social
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SPORTSBALL!!!
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TasiAF
@tasiaf.bsky.social
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bahahahahahahaha🤣
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Strife3025
@strife3025.bsky.social
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Sports: just another way to wave a flag
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Et alia
@s0m3f00l.bsky.social
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Estep Nagy
@estepnagy.xyz
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Sub-genre: “US has extremely niche following of v popular world sport, those maniacs over-perform, causing massive, hilarious self-loathing” See: - Greg LeMond - Eric Heiden - US 2, Mexico 0, World Cup 2002 And:
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punwithwordz
@lexophile.bsky.social
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What is going on now? This weekend, there will be baseball in UK and cricket in America. Worlds are colliding, Jerry! There’s baseball George, and there’s cricket George. A George - divided against itself - cannot exist!!!
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True Libertine
@alantennisplayer.bsky.social
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For us Americans sport is democracy for Brits its colonialism
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Mike Billips
@mbillips.bsky.social
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This doesn’t work for basketball.
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Wright-o
@chazrunner.bsky.social
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And all the world over, each nation's the same They've simply no notion of playing the game They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won And they practise beforehand, which ruins the fun! -Flanders and Swann, A Song of Patriotic Prejudice
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ZHUGE LIANG
@shuchancellor.online
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that's right 🦅🫡
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Michael Bischoff
@mpbmke.bsky.social
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This hemisphere loves baseball. Most of them love it more than we do!
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Tom Richardson Ph.D.
@cascadetommy.bsky.social
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Ultimate is still cool.
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Franklin D. Roosefella
@roosefella.bsky.social
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rapidly approaching the top on basketball, though
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V Park Anderson 😈 🏳️🌈 🍉
@veronikaboom.bsky.social
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Pickleball
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Coolbone Minoxidil
@dingokayfabe.bsky.social
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The two countries’ main pathologies in general being contrasted here, not just with regards to sports
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Carla Austin
@dswgratm.bsky.social
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Hey we're only world champions cuz we got the best players a visa 😆
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John Cutting
@johncutting.bsky.social
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I'm trying to remember who won the World Baseball Classic...
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Birb at Arms
@birblib.bsky.social
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South Asia version: >Get colonized by UK >They force you to learn their sports >Get better at their sports than they are >Move to USA
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Wagatwe Wanjuki
@wagatwe.com
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cackling
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Mike Wiser
@drmikewiser.bsky.social
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Eh. The US also invented volleyball, and we're definitely not the world champs at that. (Well, some of our beach volleyball teams are at times, but our indoor teams are not world champs)
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Das Grauhörnchen (15-6) ❤💛 Superbowl winner fan 😎
@graysquirrel.bsky.social
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The British are the best in inventing sports. Time to invent a sport where the Irish win. In Rugby the best irish team is not enough. 🤪
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George W Harris
@bullcityfats.bsky.social
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Basketball is quite popular globally. It was invented by a Canadian, but in the US, so we can claim it.
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John O’Donnell
@jodami.bsky.social
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Look. We invented cricket, and tennis, sports than can only be played when it isn’t raining. How the fuck are we meant to be good at those?
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Rafe B.
@digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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This aligns with that baseball thing the other guy said.
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Dwmiller18
@dwmiller18.bsky.social
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Seems pretty accurate, but did you make this because of the US cricket news yesterday?
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Nfinit
@nfinit.bsky.social
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EU basketball is catching up to America faster than NBA fans want to admit. We don’t produce the best baseball talent anymore, either.
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knife mommy ☘️🕷️🍅
@knifemommy.bsky.social
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Love that you’re using a Union Jack that leaves out (Northern) Ireland, a country which also follows the American model
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Dance: 10⁻¹, Looks: 3
@andrew3000.bsky.social
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<George W Bush voice>: You forgot Toronto
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Financial advice in bio
@kaffikopp.bsky.social
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Norway: invent sports reliant on ice and snow -> be good at them -> accelerate global warming with our oil industry
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Jonathan
@jginsburg.bsky.social
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This is why the US stopped loving baseball and started loving football, Japan started winning at Baseball
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j mills
@jdmills.bsky.social
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I feel like the wojak emo men in memes are past their sell by date. We need some new art. Tired of that guy.
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Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
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I refuse to nitpick a meme with the UK as a grimacing Wojak
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Owen, Bottom 10% on OF
@oweraj.bsky.social
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Tell me you have zero SEC championships without telling me you have zero SEC championships
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Energetic Nova
@energetic-nova.bsky.social
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We win at pickleball, we invented pickleball. No one will take it, especially not from our women.
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Steven DeCaluwe
@drdecaluwe.bsky.social
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On the one hand: 😂 Otoh: basketball.
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Fat Kid Heavy Industries.
@hailthefatkid.bsky.social
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The race of two worlds didn't end well for Europe.
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Your Honor, pls
@mrmambo.bsky.social
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Except footie was played centuries before Britain arbitrarily came up with "Rules of the Game" how veddy britty
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@sarcazmos.bsky.social
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LurkyMcLurk
@lurkymclurk.bsky.social
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Back to back to back slamball champs!!!!!
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Lord Businessman II
@lordbusinessman.bsky.social
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Living that pickleball life
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Sarah Pinsker
@sarahpinsker.bsky.social
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My wife says "yep."
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Maq
@maqusan.bsky.social
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Except for the part where the US is routinely getting posterised on the international Basketball scene.
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Ben Green
@bengreen.bsky.social
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"Force everyone else to play it in the Olympics so we can brag about beating them"
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rmacdca
@rmacdca.bsky.social
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Sports arguments are a fruitless competition too.
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PonderStibbons
@gearoidmm.bsky.social
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The Irish invented Gaelic Football and Hurling but the winners don't call themselves world champions even though there are foreign-based teams in the championships (London and New York). Maybe they should rebrand
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12z
@12z.bsky.social
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the american one is true only for like american football
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Bill R
@sawbux.bsky.social
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Quicksand Volleyball
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Custard
@mcustardo.bsky.social
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This is proof league of legends isn’t a sport
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Stephen Dame
@stephendame.bsky.social
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Yeah, except all those “American” sports you’re thinking about here? Canadians actually invented them.
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TechnicallyOwen
@technicallyowen.bsky.social
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Fun fact the US won the world's first International Cricket match and the UK won the first baseball World Cup
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Ill Topo
@dqspider.bsky.social
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excuse me, the Japanese are quite fond of baseball
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rawkitbawl
@rawkitbawl.bsky.social
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Wait just a second. Are you telling me my Pickleball world championship isn't valid? It was a pretty stressful weekend!
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Mr. Wednesday
@mrwendsday.bsky.social
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😂. So true
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