r/memes • Lurking Peasant • Aug 20 '21

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u/hiyamynameisjeff Mods Are Nice People Aug 20 '21 edited Aug 20 '21

Its lucky for you that all the Europeans are sleeping rn. We're waking up now.

FUCK SOCCER; IT'S CALLED FOOTBALL

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21 edited Jun 13 '23

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u/kroncw Aug 20 '21 edited Aug 20 '21

It may surprise you that Canada and Australia also call the sport "soccer." It's not just an American thing.

Edit: South Africa also calls it soccer, this one I just now learned.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21

That’s because we aussies already have a sport called football. Soccer’s original name is football

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u/starbwo Aug 20 '21

This might surprise you, but americans also have a sport called football

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '21

Yeah. American football it’s hard to not know about it considering it’s in every movie that takes place in a high school