• TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Football can be described in so many fun ways.

      Years ago when my rep was cosponsoring some bill about how video games were killing children my buddy sent him a letter. I don’t remember the exact contents but it pointed out the rich history in Texas of folks wearing different colors violently defending their turf from rivals. Schools are training high schoolers to how to be in a gang as a sponsored activity every Friday evening.

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        6 minutes ago

        the Super Bowl is just a bunch of burly guys pressing tightly against another group of burly guys trying to prove who is best at handling balls all to win jewelry and a purse.

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      If I told someone I had a video of muscular dudes in spandex pants wrestling around with each other in the mud, they’d think I never miss pride events, but tell them its the most recent superbowl and suddenly…

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        1 hour ago

        In Europe it’s not even a sport, just how americans maintain their brain damage.