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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44632289

Pickleball goated lmao

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 89 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Charlie Kirk had it all—charisma, faith, respect for everyone...

LOOOOOL

Anyway, rest in piss, pervert

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 78 points 6 days ago

Finally pickleball is good for something.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 59 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"~~Robert Mueller~~ Some racist pervert dude just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!"
Wait. Am I doing this right?

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago

Fucking headlines are getting stranger by the day.

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago
[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Maybe roflcopter weather permitting

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What innovations did he make in "modern" cheerleading?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

If I had to guess, financialization.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Im guessing he was the reason Penn & Teller had to do a Bullshit! episode on the subject

[–] markz@suppo.fi 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

The hell is pickleball

Apparently something like tennis, but on a badminton court.

invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

no, nothing is worse than badminton. besides maybe that speedwalking shit

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Clearly you have not pickled the balls

But yes, speedwalking is worse than that

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

wait, just remembered that cup stacking bullshit that got forced on everyone for awhile that shit was even dumber

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nobody was forced to stack those cups, either.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

definitely got pushed from down top, nobody would willingly stack cups for "sport" otherwise

[–] Revolver1864@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

Hey it did give us the Black Cocks NZ badminton team in 2004

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Old people tennis. I feel like the trend was going younger last year, but now I feel it's only for middle age people and older.

badminton is old people tennis. i feel like pickleball is midlife crisis territory

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

A lower net. Plays a more like tiny tennis.

Been getting more and more popular over the decade, and it’s pretty huge in the states these days. If you’re in a major US metro, you know someone who plays it.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 9 points 6 days ago

Another one bites the dust.

Let us use this opportunity to eliminate cheerleading altogether in his honor

C'mon grim reaper! Keep going!

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (5 children)

What the hell is pickleball?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tennis with ping pong paddles and a whiffle ball.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

this mf whiffed and died lmao

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

or more likely (knowing absolutely nothing about his health or injury besides his age), i'd guess he had vision problems because he's 76, the vision problems combined with a rotation on the court caused him to trip and hit his head or break a bone in his torso/pelvis/femur and that hit or break was enough to cause whatever other health problems he had to overwhelm him.

i have a friend who was, for a brief time, the leading authority in the world in knocking over old people and her professional opinion is that most falls (like over 2/3 of them) are caused by vision problems. Keep your eyes checked as you age, and make sure your parents and grandparents (if they're still alive) have current prescriptions because falls can kill you way easier than you think.

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

i have a friend who was, for a brief time, the leading authority in the world in knocking over old people

This makes it sound like she out there pushing them over

When I first referred to her biomechanical engineering PhD this way her husband spat across the room. They are very dear friends.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

appreciate you lookin out 🥰

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Well someone has to. The old people certainly can't.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tennis with pickles for balls

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Such a waste of pickles you hate to see it.

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Imagining he slammed is head on some very hard or sharp object near the court? It’s pretty difficult to do that much damage on a typical flat court surface falling.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It might not have taken much. I hear the Kirk boys are prone to head injuries

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (6 children)
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[–] VM_Abrantes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Counting or not counting sports-related injuries?

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago
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