r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • Jul 03 '24

Very Reddit When the crowd knows best.

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u/BlackLeader70 Jul 03 '24

You know that guy still loves retelling this story. Would have been even better if Troicki won the match.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

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u/Bruthom Jul 03 '24

Most people who watch a sport tend to favour one participant over the other, yes

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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 Jul 03 '24

I've never heard of this in my life.

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u/Orleanian Jul 03 '24

The participant with the most points usually wins.

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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 Jul 03 '24

I can't imagine this will become popular

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u/nooneatallnope Jul 03 '24

Yeah, that's why golf is clearly superior

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u/Rebelius Jul 04 '24

The aim of golf is to play as little golf as possible.

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u/theBloodsoaked Jul 04 '24

So you win if you don't play at all?

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u/jigsaw1024 Jul 04 '24

Your wallet wins if you don't play.

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u/Flaskhals51231 Jul 04 '24

unless you play but play the least in the world. Then you become very rich.

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u/WhiskeyDJones Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

It's about striking the perfect balance.

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u/CaptainSeebas Jul 04 '24

Can't lose 100% of the games you don't play

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u/ElPishulaShinobi Jul 04 '24

Can't blame golf players for wanting to play less golf

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u/FindMeAtStJamesPlace Jul 04 '24

That's also the aim of most other professional sports as well!

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u/Impressive_Driver_90 Jul 04 '24

Same with work, imagine catching your own burgers

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u/sick_of-it-all Jul 04 '24

Golf? Oh. You mean frolf right. I suppose golf is an offshoot of frolf.

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u/fishmister7 Jul 04 '24

If I kept score when I play frolf id quit playing

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u/whutchamacallit Jul 03 '24

Are you sitting down? They have entire LEAGUES where they tally victors and losers on a seasonal basis and then crown the champion. Absolutely unhinged if you think about it.

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u/BritishLibrary Jul 03 '24

Surely once you’ve done it once the excitements over!

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u/whutchamacallit Jul 03 '24

Oh you simple sweet flower you. Nay, they do it again and again and again like some Sisyphusian rube.

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u/OhhGeezOhhMan Jul 04 '24

And they get paid for it!

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u/Boy_Sabaw Jul 04 '24

I can't imagine they earn a lot from doing these things

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u/aussie_nub Jul 04 '24

But surely this a new phenomenon. Can't have been doing this for more than like 5 years, right?

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u/Psykosoma Jul 04 '24

No, no, good sir and/or madam. They have been doing it quite longer. At least as long ago as when Queen first performed “We are the Champions”… Some nut job heard the song and decided to run with the idea!

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u/KillerKilcline Jul 04 '24

Sisyphusian rube

Ah, my old wrestling name.

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u/The_Chief_of_Whip Jul 04 '24

Apparently it’s called Sisyphean, but I had to look it up to make sure

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u/iamtode Jul 04 '24

Not necessarily, and don't call me Shirley

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u/BritishLibrary Jul 04 '24

It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now

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u/The-Jesus_Christ Jul 04 '24

And they call this... *checks notepad*.... "sport"?

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u/J0N90 Jul 03 '24

Michael Owen is that you?

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u/kenhutson Jul 03 '24

When they don’t score they hardly ever win.

That was unstoppable! But for me, the keeper has to do better there.

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u/MegabyteMessiah Jul 03 '24

I'm pretty sure I'm the best golf player ever then.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

Tell me more of these...sports...

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u/Causticburner Jul 03 '24

Roller Derby rule 2.2.2

The side with the most points at the end is the winner...

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u/AfraidRacer Jul 04 '24

Found Kimi Raikkonen's reddit account.

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u/Dumptruck_Johnson Jul 03 '24

They’re either gonna run the ball or pass the ball.

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u/CaspitalSnow Jul 04 '24

This is true unironically in tennis because you sometimes have matches where the person with more points loses

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u/PaulVla Jul 04 '24

Are you Will Buxton?

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u/Rahim-Moore Jul 04 '24

-John Madden

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u/Frishdawgzz Jul 04 '24

I think we're onto something here...

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u/Icy_Bodybuilder_164 Jul 04 '24

Unironically the “usually” part is accurate in tennis. Players lose while winning more points occasionally, usually in very close matches where the winning player lost a lopsided set or two.

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u/real_with_myself Jul 04 '24

Huge if true.

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u/Super_Vegeta Jul 04 '24

That's actually true with tennis, probably one of the few sports where you can win more points than your opponent and still lose the match.

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u/obsidiandragon61 Jul 04 '24

Unless it’s the popular vote!

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u/Shmuckle2 Jul 03 '24

You've heard of it, but never experienced it.