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submitted 7 months ago by Florn@hexbear.net to c/sports@hexbear.net

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[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago

Bland, yet disturbingly popular?

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

Popular among the least interesting Republicans I know because it's bland

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

MayoBall would have been too obvious, so they went pickle-liz

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

What is pickleball?

I'm gonna be piss if it doesn't involved pickles

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 23 points 7 months ago
[-] 4am@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I’ve passingly heard of pickleball but never about it being homophobic - am I OOTL here? What did I miss? Just popular among chuds? Or was it like, stolen from native culture or something?

EDIT: if you’re doing a bit and I whooshed it then I’m going to bed because clearly I have brain fog from long COVID at that point

[-] Florn@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

When I made the comparison I was more thinking that people who play pickle ball are exactly the kind of people who would wait in line for 20 minutes for chick fil a

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

Its like halfway between table tennis and real tennis.

[-] Vampire@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

you mean real tennis or tennis?

[-] dannoffs@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

Halfway between the people's tennis and bourgeoisie tennis

[-] machiabelly@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

when people ask me what dialectics are I'm going to show them this

[-] CoolYori@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

All you need to know is they convert good basketball courts over to pickle ball and the way they play that game ruins the court for other games.

[-] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago
[-] Florn@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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