• @Questy
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    10410 hours ago

    Since I don’t see much football stuff on Lemmy, this is Mohammed Salah, an Egyptian footballer and premier league royalty. YNWA

    • Cris
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      178 hours ago

      What does YNWA stand for/mean?

      • Dessalines
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        136 hours ago

        Can someone explain the reactionary joke I’m missing here, what does this mean.

        • @[email protected]
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          81 hour ago

          You see, when football is mentioned online, the collective intelligence of any comment section is cut by at least 90%. This stacks with another 90% if it’s women’s football or any token LGBT acknowledgement in football. The joke is Muslim Bad.

          Which is a shame. I used to make fun of le sportsball amirite until it clicked that there was immense entertainment value in these matches, which could be super tense and exciting even when an individual match doesn’t have super high stakes. There’s storylines with each of the players and managers, there’s a lot of diverging personalities among them and they all handle the same game in their own way. And unlike scripted shows, when something unexpected happens it is so much more interesting. Like the story is real in a way that scripted entertainment isn’t.

          • @[email protected]
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            255 minutes ago

            You have expressed my feelings excellently. I find football a very entertaining sport (not that I have the money to watch it, or the time / energy / social media connections to keep very up to date with it) but the fanbase can be absolutely braindead.

            I mean, I love rivalries and some shithousery, but things escalate too often, too much, and too quickly.

            Still, wish I knew of ways that would allow me to keep up to date with stuff without costing me a good chunk of change or a huge amount of time, or having to have a twatter account or whatnot.

      • @Xanvial
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        46 hours ago

        Nah, he doesn’t really care. He even celebrates Christmas with his family