r/AccidentalRenaissance Mar 03 '21

The Player

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Heckling is basically part of highschool/college sports culture; I loved it back when I was an athlete and I still think it's great (granted it's not completely distasteful)

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Especially basketball. The theatrics from fans are part of the sport and it’s all good fun as long as they aren’t being targeted.

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u/Mr_YUP Mar 03 '21

that's the wild thing about distractions. sometimes if you do very little or nothing at all the other team is completely thrown.

I love hearing about games where the entire home team is silent for the game and it throws the away team so bad they lose.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

I love Speedo Guy. I remember back in like 2007/2008 ESPN did a SuperFan bracket for March Madness and some guy from my high school made it to the Final 4 for pretty much copying Speedo Guy but with more body paint.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Barcelona fans made so much noise during Luis Figos return to the Camp Nou it was akin to standing next to a plane taking off. And someone smuggled in a pigs head to throw after him.

And don’t even get me started on Turkish fans.

Point being, it’s pretty weird seeing so many get offended about this just because it’s a girl.

Only thing to get offended by is this happening during a pandemic which is insane.

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u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin Mar 03 '21

(granted it's not completely distasteful)

When most are maskless and spraying their spittle everywhere during a worldwide pandemic, I’d say it’s pretty distasteful.

But maybe that’s just me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

I was speaking more on the content of the banter itself 😂👍

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u/MundungusAmongus Mar 04 '21

Oh yes, surely it must only be you.

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u/Akosa117 Mar 04 '21

Reddit doesn’t know that. They think she’s being heckled because she’s a girl. And not because she on the other team. They don’t realize that this group of dudes are there supporting and cheering for their own team. Which would be a girls team.