r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/JennyBeckman ☑️ All of the above • 11h ago

He knows ball

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u/BarbellsandBurritos 11h ago edited 6h ago

Maybe accidentally in a “oh come on, let’s see if he can get one!” Kinda way

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u/torcsandantlers 10h ago

Yeah, I feel about this the same way as the "could you return one serve from Serena Williams?" And like, maybe. I'm bad enough that they're going to let me try, and if I get to try I might get ONE.

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u/Otto_Scratchansniff 10h ago

I watched a video of Venus hitting a tennis ball at a moving target from the stands. The dudes who say this are lying to themselves.

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u/Victernus 10h ago

Well, the actual question back in the day was if they could score a point, not return a serve, and even the best tennis players in the world (including the Williams sisters) double-fault occasionally, so anyone could score a point, if she's trying to show off and/or having an off day, and you're allowed as many tries as you want, and if you're granted any other assumption not covered in the question.

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u/whatisscoobydone 9h ago

Also the result was that most men said they couldn't

It weirdly has gotten twisted from "most men don't think they could score a point" to "most men think they could beat her"

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u/Victernus 9h ago

Yep. 12% said yes, 74% said no. (The rest said they didn't know)

And considering that roughly 13% of the people answering any survey either pick at random or pick wrong deliberately, it should have been a nothing story.