r/facepalm • u/nonetakenback • Aug 12 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ US women’s rugby player takes a bad angle selfie and idiots assume she’s trans

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u/tjtillmancoag Aug 12 '24

Soccer is a gentlemen’s game played by hooligans.

Rugby is a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen.

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe Aug 13 '24

played by gentlemen

We've seen different games.

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u/bobgom Aug 13 '24

We've seen different games.

And been to different pubs.

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u/CocaineAndCreatine Aug 13 '24

Football is the most watched sport in the world for a reason. It’s a shame they have to roll around just to call attention to a potential foul but it is what it is.

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u/mylifeforthehorde Aug 13 '24

Because it works. Just like the nba and more recently in the nfl

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u/Pleasant_Ad3475 Aug 13 '24

Do you mean the reason they do that is because otherwise the ref wouldn't notice the foul?

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u/LilCelebratoryDance Aug 13 '24

never met a rugby team on a night out have you

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u/LovelyKestrel Aug 13 '24

Never met a group of 'gentlemen' on a night out, have you?

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u/101jb Aug 13 '24

And leave is played by bogons