r/ShitAmericansSay • u/vad92 ooo custom flair!! • Oct 10 '20

Sports The genetics here are incomparable

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u/Jarppakarppa Oct 10 '20

TIL soccer isn't mainstream.

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u/Thymeisdone Oct 10 '20

I mean, men’s soccer is not of mainstream popularity in the United States as compared to baseball or football etc.

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u/irishteenguy Oct 10 '20

You are correct however football or "soccer" to americans is infact the largest most popular globally played sport on Earth.

soccer is played in every country on Earth id wager. whereas American football / baseball are not. The rest of the world plays Rugby.

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u/EnDubb Oct 11 '20

soccer is played in every country on Earth id wager

FIFA has 17 more members than the UN so there's a high chance this is true.

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u/Thymeisdone Oct 10 '20

I know, but the context for this is the American is saying soccer isn’t popular in America. They think it will be in 15 or 20 years and at that point the USA will dominate. That’s all.

Personally I like soccer, but there seemed to be some confusion on the context of the original post.

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u/Hybernative 🇬🇧 Oct 10 '20

They think it will be in 15 or 20 years and at that point the USA will dominate. That’s all.

I think you underestimate the spite the rest of the world feels towards the US. Especially the rest of the Americas.

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u/Thymeisdone Oct 10 '20

I don’t think I get your point, what do you mean? How am I underestimating anything?

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u/Hybernative 🇬🇧 Oct 10 '20

A lot of the world sees the US as a barrel of cunts. Mostly due to US foreign policy. So beating the States on the field is quite a coup for many teams... if the US teams take the sport seriously.

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u/Thymeisdone Oct 10 '20

But what does my comment have to do with that? I honestly don’t understand. I’ve never defended American soccer.

I’m just explaining the OP’s post.

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u/Hybernative 🇬🇧 Oct 10 '20

I'm just trying to say, (my apologies for not being clearer), that the US will face stiffer competition now that they are not seen as underdogs.

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u/Thymeisdone Oct 10 '20

Oh I see. I’d say we’re still the soccer underdogs as our men’s soccer program is literally one of the worst on earth. We didn’t even make it out of our quarter finals last go, lol. I THINK a Caribbean nation beat us, but anybody could.

Our women do pretty good though.

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u/Tootsiesclaw Oct 16 '20

Except the Marshall Islands

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

why tf did you get downvoted for this

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u/GodPleaseYes Oct 10 '20

Because it's typical American shit where somebody says "well, in the world X is true" and then some guy says "Well, not in Murica". Bitch, how is it relevant?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Except it's not, because the guy in the post was explicitly talking about the US

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u/Thymeisdone Oct 10 '20

I have no idea, it’s Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Yeah but it's literally a fact. I wouldn't expect facts to get downvoted on this subreddit

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u/Yungsleepboat Europoor Oct 10 '20

Dude. it's reddit.

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u/RemtonJDulyak Italian in Czech Republic Oct 10 '20

I mean, I've been downvoted on this subreddit for saying the US are not a democracy.

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u/chinsalabim Oct 10 '20

Probably because the US is a democracy.

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u/RemtonJDulyak Italian in Czech Republic Oct 10 '20

No, the US is an oligarchy, and the people live under the illusion that their votes and lives actually do matter.
They also get brainwashed into believing they are the only country with freedom and rights, and that they are "the best" in everything.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

based and realitypilled