[–] 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

You still don't understand what "football" is. Association football is the most popular in the world, so in regions where it's the most popular they call it "football" and other forms by other names. In regions where other games of football are more popular they call those sports "football" and call other forms by other names (e.g., soccer).

You being completely ignorant of the history and current landscape of all football sports does not mean it is incorrect to call any other form of football "football."

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  • Much of the Anglosphere, including Australia, call association football "soccer." It is very much not just the US.
  • Being okay with "Aussie rules football" but not "American football" is patently absurd and betrays that:
  • It was not a strawman it was a clearly accurate insight into your position that you just wanted to be anti-American, your reply here is also dripping with it.
  • I'm not saying outliers are the norm. I'm saying everywhere calls the most popular form of football in that area simply "football"
  • Your obsession with ball shape similarly betrays your ignorance of football since there are many forms of football that use more oval shaped balls.
  • Also it wasn't a strawman when someone said the word came from the British you replied with "no."
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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago* (7 children)

    This is the most tired bullshit argument. If you want to hate Americans just say "I hate Americans" and move on. Do you similarly attack Aussies for their football?

    The word "football" is typically used to refer to the most popular style of football in an area. In the US that's American football. In Australia that's Aussie rules football. Other less common forms of football (in a given area) usually get another word to distinguish them, like rugby or soccer. All of these sports are under the umbrella of football whether you like it or not, and claiming they're not is just plain ignorant of what the word football means.

    It's also deeply funny that you claim the word soccer wasn't British by... admitting that the word soccer is British. Lol.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I strongly disagree on one key point:

    no one can really feel a 1F difference

    Yes I can. Changing my thermostat by a single degree can be very impactful on my comfort. And on the "too warm side" each additional degree is noticeably less comfortable.

    Days with highs of 68F, 69F, and 70F and comparable humidity all feel different to me. Sure, there are more factors at play but holding the rest equal, 1F differences are noticeable.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    I'm OOTL, can anyone explain what the "manipulative procedural maneuver" is? I'm seeing some stuff about a vacancy requiring an election (Kentucky disallowed governor appointments), is it fear the seat will go Democratic?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I don't care about the socks. I was just pointing out that you based your disagreement at least in part on dressing up when OP said casual wear. And then for some reason I can't understand you doubled down on it and told me I was wrong about the words you wrote that are still right there. So I broke down my understanding of your very straightforward sentence.

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