r/USdefaultism Netherlands 5d ago

Imagine getting unironically upset about the fact that 95% of the world calls a sport something different than you, in a subreddit poking fun at people who don't understand your hobby

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u/thiccy_driftyy United States 5d ago

I have never understood why America decided to call football soccer, and call a sport where you catch the ball with your hands football. Soccer IS the football wdym it’s called soccer??? You’re kicking the ball with your foot?? And wdym the sport where you throw the ball is called football?? Like it just doesn’t make any sense to me 😭😭

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u/UltimateRobot8000 United States 4d ago

You can blame the British for calling it Soccer back in the late 1800s