• aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    527 days ago

    If you’re African and have been on the internet long enough, you get this more than you expect. I’ve been asked if I ride lions to school or if my TV was made of clay in video game chats.

    • Xx_Aru_xX [she/her]
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      437 days ago

      Westerners think the entirety of Africa is a big ass desert with no water or food and the only people there are starving to death, also there’s lions.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        227 days ago

        I’m a white person from South Africa which makes it even more funny lol. A lot of them don’t even know that South Africa is a country, they think we’re the southern province/state of Africa or something.

  • @pseudo
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    287 days ago

    The one thing crazy in this story is racism.

  • @FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml
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    637 days ago

    Here’s USA’s most common game. No it’s not being killed by the police after being evicted because you have diabetes and cant afford to live and pay rent (although that sounds exciting). It’s School shootings!

  • Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]
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    597 days ago

    Englands must popular game is actually not football, it’s called Scrubby Globbers, it’s where you roll around in mud, eat the mud, and then say something racist about the Irish.

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    567 days ago

    Only the most burger-brained Amerikkkan crackkkers would be surprised to find out football is popular in Africa.

  • MaoTheLawn [any, any]
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    Here’s Americas most common game. No, it’s not steroid users getting concussed to the point of early onset dementia (all in the pursuit of brand sponsorship contracts). It’s… Oh… Wait. It is.

  • Egon [they/them]
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    Football is the game of the people. It’s not something I personally found fun as a child, but I get it. All you need is a ball, thats it. You can play it anywhere with any amount of people.

      • Egon [they/them]
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        397 days ago

        Rocks and sticks at things.

        Three things needed.

        Football

        One thing needed. Rockstickthingheads btfo

          • @pseudo
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            That is ridiculous, you play football with empty soda can until your neighbour find an old ball lost on some wasteland and you play that until you older brother pities you and offers you his old ball or until you get into a club and your parent don’t want to be ashamed by your rubbish ball.

              • Egon [they/them]
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                127 days ago

                No I’ve since realised a flaw which makes me right once again. Rock and stick throwing isn’t a game with points, its just fun, so it’s disqualified from the discussion.

          • Egon [they/them]
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            You don’t need a physical goal, you can just agree on where the goal is. You can mark it in dirt or grass or with piles of coats and if you’re playing in an alley you can just agree that either end of the alley is a goal. You can also make do with just one goal, though that gets kinda weird and usually ends in arguments.
            I’ll give you that maybe the thing you’re throwing at then doesn’t qualify either, so we can remove half an item (I’m leaving it as half an item because the thing you’re throwing at, has to be somewhat fun to throw at. It can’t be anything)

            • radiofreeval [any]
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              137 days ago

              This brings football to 1.5 items, rocks and sticks down to 2.5 and rocks or sticks down to 1.5. Anything far away enough can be fun to hit, provided it is relatively small so I would consider a target and goal marking equivalent when it comes to items.

              • Egon [they/them]
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                137 days ago

                No this doesn’t bring football up from 1 item as I’ve just explained. This silly discussion is becoming weirdly real for some reason, so I’m gonna disengage

                • danisth [he/him]
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                  Thanks to this thread I’m now going through common sports and seeing what the trade off is between minimal equipment and typical rules.

                  Hockey’s minimal version is “shinny”, where you still need a puck, skates and a stick, as well as a usable ice surface which is realistically hard to come by even in cold weather areas with lakes/rivers due to the way ice freezes inconsistently. F tier.

                  American Football’s minimal version would be two-hand touch, which is still fun and can be played with just a ball. B tier.

                  Rugby is similar to American Football, only the touch version doesn’t really work, but hits aren’t as hard so you can get away without gear. A tier.

                  Baseball needs a ball, bat and glove. I guess you could play some positions without a glove, but it would detract from the game. C tier.

                  All racquet sports need a net, ball/device, and racquet. C tier

                  Volleyball has some drills/games that can be done without a net, but to really “play” you need the net + ball. C tier.

                  Basketball needs a ball and hoop. Fairly easy to find in a city, but still a costly piece of infrastructure. F tier.

                  Soccer is the only S tier I can think of because you really just need a ball to get 90% of the fun from the sport (full nets give you free reign for goal height).