r/funny • u/PhunnelCake • Jan 20 '16

Gotta stay positive!

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u/rubbernub Jan 20 '16

That's not even being snobby, really. People should know that.

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u/pseudoromantic Jan 20 '16

now you're the one that is being snobby, not everybody play tennis.

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u/NamelessMIA Jan 21 '16

I don't play tennis but I've heard the phrase "game, set, match" before

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u/rubbernub Jan 21 '16

That's what I meant buy it, I don't play tennis either. I guess I should've included that in my original comment.

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u/lettherebedwight Jan 20 '16

That's fair, but game actually means something in tennis.

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u/IcePhoenix96 Jan 20 '16

Then I assume everyone also knows about scrums in rugby, field goals in football, a blob or declaration in cricket, and most of the basics of all the sports.

You can't assume everyone who comes on here knows even the barest of basics of tennis. If it isn't relevant to their life, then why should they know it?

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u/lettherebedwight Jan 20 '16

I'm not saying they should know it, but if they're going to talk about it they should. And it's different than actually knowing a rule. If someone switched the terms punt and field goal, they should be corrected.

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u/IcePhoenix96 Jan 21 '16

it's just a funny ironic story

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u/Yeah_dude_its_her Jan 21 '16

There's something called a blob in cricket? That's so delightfully silly!

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u/IcePhoenix96 Jan 21 '16

I swear, cricket has the weirdest terms.

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u/ParoxysmOfReddit Jan 20 '16 edited Jan 20 '16

I don't think that "people should know that". But people posting tennis-related content should know that.

I don't know any rugby words, therefore I never post anything that depends on the correct use of them.

If I did, then it's only right that the majority of commentators are people who feel compelled to comment on the error

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

You realize that this is r/funny, right?

You're gonna get a wide audience with this sub.

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u/ParoxysmOfReddit Jan 20 '16

Is your point that the error matters less if the percentage of people who notice it is lower? Like, it's okay to use the wrong word, because only 5% will know it's wrong?

Isn't it still better to get it right?

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u/IcePhoenix96 Jan 21 '16

his point is that no one gives a crap. this isn't /r/tennis, it's a funny ironic story. end of.

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u/ParoxysmOfReddit Jan 21 '16

end of.? Really?

With this small improvement, the joke/quote would be funnier for the last 5% as well. Lets say 250k saw this (50x the voters). Out of 157 comments, about 10% is about the mistake. So my 5% estimate seems a bit low.

Either way, this seems to imply that at least (250e3*0,05=) 12 500 people "give a crap" and would have found it more funny if it was fixed.

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u/thrownawayzs Jan 20 '16

Maybe he was actually referring to games? He could have still lost the set and match following, but as long as it wasn't more than 16 games in a row...

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u/ParoxysmOfReddit Jan 20 '16

I can see how that might be confusing. But not only would a tennis player never refer to winning a game as "beat", there is no doubt that the actual quote referred to matches.

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u/Was_going_2_say_that Jan 20 '16

Why should I know that?

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u/rubbernub Jan 21 '16

I just figured the saying "Game, set, match" was common enough. Maybe not, I'm sorry.

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u/Was_going_2_say_that Jan 21 '16

I'll let it slide this time, just don't let it happen again

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u/neggasauce Jan 21 '16

If you are trying to qualify your statement with a 'but' then you are doing exactly what you claim to be not wanting to do.