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[_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)10:01 No.2782378
>> [_] MR not white 05/16/15(Sat)10:04 No.2782381
>>2782378
latinos actually feel rage every time a murican calls it soccer
go play handegg fools
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)10:12 No.2782392
Both of theses sports are equally cringeworthy to watch from an outsiders perspective.
best sport=falling down the face of a wall of water with a flat floaty blank to stand upon
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)10:28 No.2782408
based Cleese.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)10:41 No.2782416
>>2782392
>hurr sports r dum
>I'm so smrt cus I don't like watching big brutes fight over stupid prizes with advertisements
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)10:54 No.2782423
>>2782378
Both sports are shit, AFL is addresses problems for both sports.
More action than soccer and Gridiron
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)11:14 No.2782434
>not supporting esports
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)11:15 No.2782437
Funny thing is the term "soccer" actually comes from 19th century England as the need to
differentiate football and rugby (both called football at the time) arose. Soccer was deemed an
abbreviation of "association football" while rugby was shortened to just "rugger".
American football was created in 1869, likely during the period when soccer was still a popular
term. It remained colloquially for the U.S. sport, while over time European and South American
fans and associations readopted the name "football".
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)11:25 No.2782445
>John Cleese is uninformed in the origin of the term Soccer
My world is unraveling! Please NO!
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)11:25 No.2782446
>>2782434
>Thinking esports are important
>Thinking esports should be a thing
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)11:55 No.2782472
>>2782378
This guy isn't serious is he?
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)12:04 No.2782480
>>2782445
The origin doesn't matter, the real issue is that US refuses to call the sport what the rest of
the world is calling it and they name their new sport the name of an already existing sport
instead of naming it more logically ("handegg" actually makes sense)
>>2782446
with the winning team of dota 2's international tournament getting over 5 million USD esports are
definitely already a thing
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)12:06 No.2782482
>>2782480
>Muh prizepool
No one cares about your dead game.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)12:06 No.2782485
>>2782480
>("handegg" actually makes sense)
Well, on the upside, if we keep spreading this word, and use it unironically, and IRL then it'll
catch on eventually
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)12:38 No.2782506
Well why is hockey called hockey? I mean, there is no pawning or selling of goods involved, so
shouldn't it be called "smackey" or "stickey"? God, Canadians are so fucking dumb sometimes.
>thread
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)12:57 No.2782521
>>2782506
Hockey is a word barely ever used for anything but the sport
majority of people don't even know it means anything other than that
however, everyone knows what both "foot" and "ball" means
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)12:59 No.2782524
>>2782482
>dead game
>average of 900,000 players per month
ok
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:02 No.2782527
>>2782521
i choose to ignore your logic. my point is relevant.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:04 No.2782529
>>2782524
>Two hundred and 65 million male and female players in addition to five million referees and
officials make a grand total of 270 million people - or four per cent of the world's population -
who are actively involved in the game of football.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:07 No.2782531
>>2782381
a whole continent of autists?
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:11 No.2782533
>>2782527
That's pretty ignorant of you but that's fine i'll make another
If there was no other game called "football" people wouldn't care so much, sure some would say
there's not enough usage of the foot in this game, and bla blah
but the majority of people dislike handegg being called football because there already is another
game called that
one that is more foot and more ball
American football is closer to a variation of Rugby
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:26 No.2782535
>>2782437
I heard from somebody else that this is indeed true, but there's an extra layer involved.
Supposedly there was a large amount of class stratification in UK at the time, and in the first
instances of tv, and the lower class had its own words for certain things (called it football)
while the upper class insisted on certain terms (soccer), and especially if you managed to get
interviewed to be on tv it was a big no-no to not talk like an upperclassman. If not you'd just
not be aired or something.
In the end the lower class saw "soccer" as an oppressive term used by a coddling class of elitist
they didn't want to have anything to do with.
Their children picked up that you're supposed to get buttflustered if they called it soccer but I
doubt they picked up why.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:31 No.2782539
>>2782472
of course he's serious. He's a member of the Monty Python crew, to give you an idea of the
seriousness you're dealing with.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:37 No.2782543
>>2782506
I dont know if it's an older meaning or something but my grandad uses the word hockey for
shit/feces
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:39 No.2782544
>>2782543
well from dictionary.com:
hockey
noun
Feces; excrement; shit: Great big blooping hunks of dog hockey/ But it's a lot of horse hockey,
on both sides
Empty and pretentious nonsense; bullshit: any of that hocky about being a white man
Semen; cum
[1923+; origin unknown; perhaps fr a variant pronunciation of the hokum, hokey, hocus-pocus
cluster, suggested by some spellings, and hence originally ''falsehood, pretentious exaggeration,
etc,'' whence ''bullshit,'' whence ''shit'';]
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)13:48 No.2782553
>>2782535
I was going to get into the class division but opted out of doing so. What you say is exactly
correct in tandem with the info I gave earlier. I was too lazy to type it all out at the time so
I'm glad you added to it.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:04 No.2782565
>>2782378
This is so dumb. Soccer, American football, Rugby, Gridiron, etc all come from the same sport
which was called football. It was called football because it was played on foot rather than
horses (like polo).
Also balls don't have to be round.
>a solid or hollow sphere or ovoid, especially one that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.
Ovoid means egg shaped. Or in other words, the shape of an american football.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:10 No.2782569
>mfw a yankee was talking handegg next to me
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:15 No.2782574
was waiting for him to get tackled by a linebacker near the end.
take notes trolls, this will be on your bigotry final.
>> [_] Spoonfeeder 05/16/15(Sat)14:21 No.2782578
>any year ever
>watching sports
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:23 No.2782580
>>2782472
yes he is
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:29 No.2782586
>>2782506
It originated from the sport of Hurley, then after one hundy years it became to be known as
hockey around the early 1900's. So, you may now eat your big bag of dicks.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:34 No.2782590
Reminder that the average American Football game takes over 3 hours, but there's only 11 minutes
of total action in the entire game.
The rest of the time is replays, shots of players standing around, and commercials.
Fucking lel.
>> [_] Anonymous 05/16/15(Sat)14:50 No.2782602
>>2782590
I honestly can't understand why people like handegg, it's about as action packed as cricket
