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JackBrightScD OP t1_iyd0lui wrote

I dunno, there's a few really bad sports out there.

I like that it's international. I think it's a really cool way to embrace other cultures and see how humans from all over the world are much better athletes than me.

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killjoy_24v t1_iyd10yo wrote

I think the sport itself is okay. Its just... paying someone millions of dollars to fake an injury while playing a schoolyard game is not cool IMO. Like any "Pro" sport for that matter...

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MREWOK123 t1_iyd12m3 wrote

Yes, but no one here-as a brit- calls it soccer.

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ultimatepunster t1_iyd1r1k wrote

My personal take is that sports are a lot more fun to play than to watch. Like I actually enjoy fucking around on a field playing Soccer/Football, but watching it on TV? Good God I'm so bored lol

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NicOcto t1_iyd2duo wrote

Played with thr foot and a ball. Nothing else to say.

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JackBrightScD OP t1_iyd3ve2 wrote

Apparently it was a slang term originally. "Association Football" vs "Rugby Football" became "'ssoc-er" and "rugby". The term "soccer" became interchangeable with football in England around the time the US became more interested in the sport, and then the term became less popular and eventually not used at all in England.

America, however, established it as the "American Soccer Football Association", eventually dropping the Football term to avoid confusion with the already then established sport of American Football.

In conclusion, the British ruin everything they touch.

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SoulsDesire4Freedom t1_iyd4gk0 wrote

American Football is just effeminate Rugby and Soccer is just homoerotic edging running around playing grabass to charge up for orgies.

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