Bruce Almighty said:cecil77 said:
When Sha2 was young he moved like a cat. Wilt? Likely the greatest athletic specimen of all time.
When the Deon Sanders and Bo Jacksons become soccer players American would dominate.
But it won't happen. Its 45 years or so that most boys first team sport is soccer. If it was gonna happen here it already would have.
Elite teams would score almost every single time on Shaq and Wilt. They couldn't stop an 80 mph kick 6 inches off the ground to the corner of the goal. There's a reason you don't see super tall goal keepers in soccer. I don't care how good of an athlete Wilt was, he's not effective diving for balls off the ground at his height.
Deion and Bo could be great at soccer, but it takes more than being a great athlete. Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player of all time is 5'8. The learning curve for soccer is much higher than basketball and football. Guys like Mike Evans and Hakeem Olajuwon don't exist in soccer. Elite soccer countries are elite because they have elite youth programs that our country lacks, they have a culture where kids are kicking soccer balls at 2 years old and they're not treating it like a country club sport where only kids with money can get quality coaching. There's this belief that we can just take our best athletes and make dominant soccer teams. It does work like that, it would take a complete change in our culture.
chickencoupe16 said:
Now somehow the world renowned bland palate of the Brits is the entire continent or even world. The Italians, French, hell even the Germans say hi.
Once again, diabetus jokes are jokes that you obviously did not get. Take the L with a smile instead of doubling down.
aggiehawg said:chickencoupe16 said:
No one believes that 1 meal causes diabetes. It's a joke, boomer...
Actually, it is hyperbole but the underlying belief that American food is dangerous to health is very persuasive. Even schoolchildren say that. Consequently, they have very limited palates as well as limited cooking skills. Boiling or roasting things until juiceless and tough.
Even Queen Elizabeth II had extreme food fears in particular of meat. All had to be very well done, even beef Wellington had to be made separate for her when served at state dinners. Quite common among British citizens that all their meats have to be practically burned to a crisp to be safely consumed. Partially a generational thing, I suppose but it is as if the UK never recovered from WWII rationing, very small portions, little to no seasoning other than salt, pepper and maybe paprika and garlic powder..
IIIHorn said:Bruce Almighty said:cecil77 said:
When Sha2 was young he moved like a cat. Wilt? Likely the greatest athletic specimen of all time.
When the Deon Sanders and Bo Jacksons become soccer players American would dominate.
But it won't happen. Its 45 years or so that most boys first team sport is soccer. If it was gonna happen here it already would have.
Elite teams would score almost every single time on Shaq and Wilt. They couldn't stop an 80 mph kick 6 inches off the ground to the corner of the goal. There's a reason you don't see super tall goal keepers in soccer. I don't care how good of an athlete Wilt was, he's not effective diving for balls off the ground at his height.
Deion and Bo could be great at soccer, but it takes more than being a great athlete. Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player of all time is 5'8. The learning curve for soccer is much higher than basketball and football. Guys like Mike Evans and Hakeem Olajuwon don't exist in soccer. Elite soccer countries are elite because they have elite youth programs that our country lacks, they have a culture where kids are kicking soccer balls at 2 years old and they're not treating it like a country club sport where only kids with money can get quality coaching. There's this belief that we can just take our best athletes and make dominant soccer teams. It does work like that, it would take a complete change in our culture.
Olajuwon was a soccer goalkeeper before he played basketball.
Bruce Almighty said:IIIHorn said:Bruce Almighty said:cecil77 said:
When Sha2 was young he moved like a cat. Wilt? Likely the greatest athletic specimen of all time.
When the Deon Sanders and Bo Jacksons become soccer players American would dominate.
But it won't happen. Its 45 years or so that most boys first team sport is soccer. If it was gonna happen here it already would have.
Elite teams would score almost every single time on Shaq and Wilt. They couldn't stop an 80 mph kick 6 inches off the ground to the corner of the goal. There's a reason you don't see super tall goal keepers in soccer. I don't care how good of an athlete Wilt was, he's not effective diving for balls off the ground at his height.
Deion and Bo could be great at soccer, but it takes more than being a great athlete. Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player of all time is 5'8. The learning curve for soccer is much higher than basketball and football. Guys like Mike Evans and Hakeem Olajuwon don't exist in soccer. Elite soccer countries are elite because they have elite youth programs that our country lacks, they have a culture where kids are kicking soccer balls at 2 years old and they're not treating it like a country club sport where only kids with money can get quality coaching. There's this belief that we can just take our best athletes and make dominant soccer teams. It does work like that, it would take a complete change in our culture.
Olajuwon was a soccer goalkeeper before he played basketball.
Yea, until he was like 15 years old.
IIIHorn said:Bruce Almighty said:IIIHorn said:Bruce Almighty said:cecil77 said:
When Sha2 was young he moved like a cat. Wilt? Likely the greatest athletic specimen of all time.
When the Deon Sanders and Bo Jacksons become soccer players American would dominate.
But it won't happen. Its 45 years or so that most boys first team sport is soccer. If it was gonna happen here it already would have.
Elite teams would score almost every single time on Shaq and Wilt. They couldn't stop an 80 mph kick 6 inches off the ground to the corner of the goal. There's a reason you don't see super tall goal keepers in soccer. I don't care how good of an athlete Wilt was, he's not effective diving for balls off the ground at his height.
Deion and Bo could be great at soccer, but it takes more than being a great athlete. Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player of all time is 5'8. The learning curve for soccer is much higher than basketball and football. Guys like Mike Evans and Hakeem Olajuwon don't exist in soccer. Elite soccer countries are elite because they have elite youth programs that our country lacks, they have a culture where kids are kicking soccer balls at 2 years old and they're not treating it like a country club sport where only kids with money can get quality coaching. There's this belief that we can just take our best athletes and make dominant soccer teams. It does work like that, it would take a complete change in our culture.
Olajuwon was a soccer goalkeeper before he played basketball.
Yea, until he was like 15 years old.
And, he did not grow up in the US.
Bruce Almighty said:IIIHorn said:Bruce Almighty said:IIIHorn said:Bruce Almighty said:cecil77 said:
When Sha2 was young he moved like a cat. Wilt? Likely the greatest athletic specimen of all time.
When the Deon Sanders and Bo Jacksons become soccer players American would dominate.
But it won't happen. Its 45 years or so that most boys first team sport is soccer. If it was gonna happen here it already would have.
Elite teams would score almost every single time on Shaq and Wilt. They couldn't stop an 80 mph kick 6 inches off the ground to the corner of the goal. There's a reason you don't see super tall goal keepers in soccer. I don't care how good of an athlete Wilt was, he's not effective diving for balls off the ground at his height.
Deion and Bo could be great at soccer, but it takes more than being a great athlete. Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player of all time is 5'8. The learning curve for soccer is much higher than basketball and football. Guys like Mike Evans and Hakeem Olajuwon don't exist in soccer. Elite soccer countries are elite because they have elite youth programs that our country lacks, they have a culture where kids are kicking soccer balls at 2 years old and they're not treating it like a country club sport where only kids with money can get quality coaching. There's this belief that we can just take our best athletes and make dominant soccer teams. It does work like that, it would take a complete change in our culture.
Olajuwon was a soccer goalkeeper before he played basketball.
Yea, until he was like 15 years old.
And, he did not grow up in the US.
I guess I don't understand what point you're trying to make.
aggiehawg said:chickencoupe16 said:
No one believes that 1 meal causes diabetes. It's a joke, boomer...
Actually, it is hyperbole but the underlying belief that American food is dangerous to health is very persuasive. Even schoolchildren say that. Consequently, they have very limited palates as well as limited cooking skills. Boiling or roasting things until juiceless and tough.
Even Queen Elizabeth II had extreme food fears in particular of meat. All had to be very well done, even beef Wellington had to be made separate for her when served at state dinners. Quite common among British citizens that all their meats have to be practically burned to a crisp to be safely consumed. Partially a generational thing, I suppose but it is as if the UK never recovered from WWII rationing, very small portions, little to no seasoning other than salt, pepper and maybe paprika and garlic powder..
Slicer97 said:
I just had a grassfed ribeye for supper. I don't know what the internal temp was cooked to, but from the look of the center of it, I reckon if left alone, it might coulda healed. And it was delicious. If I die from it, I die happy and more fulfilled than your spouse will ever know on her rubber meat diet. For her sake, you need to fix her, dude.
Slicer97 said:
I just had a grassfed ribeye for supper. I don't know what the internal temp was cooked to, but from the look of the center of it, I reckon if left alone, it might coulda healed. And it was delicious. If I die from it, I die happy and more fulfilled than your spouse will ever know on her rubber meat diet. For her sake, you need to fix her, dude.
Slicer97 said:
I just had a grassfed ribeye for supper. I don't know what the internal temp was cooked to, but from the look of the center of it, I reckon if left alone, it might coulda healed. And it was delicious. If I die from it, I die happy and more fulfilled than your spouse will ever know on herrubberLEATHER meat diet. For her sake, you need to fix her, dude.
Nike pays Erling Haaland roughly $20 million a year to be photographed with their products. A family-run western store in Dallas just got the same treatment for free. Better than free: Haaland paid them $750 for a taxidermy raccoon hugging a whiskey bottle.
— Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) July 14, 2026
The backstory makes… https://t.co/phLLl8m7MV
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Nike pays Erling Haaland roughly $20 million a year to be photographed with their products. A family-run western store in Dallas just got the same treatment for free. Better than free: Haaland paid them $750 for a taxidermy raccoon hugging a whiskey bottle.
The backstory makes it better. Haaland walked into Wild Bill's Western Store during Norway's World Cup run and bought cowboy hats, exotic boots, a longhorn belt buckle, and a shirt reading "Y'all can kiss my Dallas." The owner says Haaland knew nothing about cowboy hats and had to be fitted for his first one.
Then Norway's Cinderella run ended in the quarterfinals, and the tournament's breakout star, seven goals, carried the raccoon off the plane in Oslo himself. Caption: "It followed me home." Then he ran an Instagram poll asking fans to name it.
The results for a boot shop that's been family-owned since the 1970s: the Whiskey Raccoon is sold out. The Dallas shirt is nearly gone. Their $500 Belligerent Squirrel, a taxidermy squirrel smoking a cigarette and holding Jack Daniel's, is down to low stock. Local shoppers are lining up at a store most of them had walked past for years.
Sports brands run entire celebrity seeding departments trying to manufacture exactly this: a global superstar genuinely delighted by a product, on camera, unprompted. Every one of those campaigns reads as an ad, because it is one.
Brands spend $20 million a year renting Haaland's image. Wild Bill's sold it to him for $750.
It followed me home 🦝🤣 pic.twitter.com/IwMhgv0CAb
— Erling Haaland (@Erling) July 13, 2026
Honored to welcome David Beckham to Terry Black’s ahead of the match.
— Terry Black's Barbecue (@TerryBlacks_BBQ) July 14, 2026
And to every fan who’s visited us during the World Cup, thank you for the incredible support. Looking forward to the game today! pic.twitter.com/dOxKTqQE0j
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Their $500 Belligerent Squirrel, a taxidermy squirrel smoking a cigarette and holding Jack Daniel's, is down to low stock.
The fact you can have this at home and just shoot around is so crazy to me😭 pic.twitter.com/fUsdp03u3X
— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) July 14, 2026
Mi novio en el mundial conmigo | Mi novio con el puto castor de Buckees pic.twitter.com/blwd4ESLpo
— La Santa (@mayrol_rod) July 15, 2026
NO!!!! NO LO BAÑES LEO, NO LO BAÑES!!!
— El Profe Romero (@romerodiario) July 20, 2026
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Genial Yapayzekaserisi pic.twitter.com/1KnkMnDagN
Backyard Gator said:It followed me home 🦝🤣 pic.twitter.com/IwMhgv0CAb
— Erling Haaland (@Erling) July 13, 2026
Now that the 2026 World Cup has come to an end, I want to share something that means everything to me as a woman born and raised in Iran under the Islamic Republic regime.
— Mooné Rahimi (@hiitsmemooneh) July 22, 2026
We were always banned from entering football stadiums. If we tried, we risked being beaten, arrested, or… pic.twitter.com/EvCNhrxqPq
