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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 points 32 minutes ago

I'm so happy its over.

Look if you like organized sports fine. You have my vote.

But God.... I just don't care.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

Now, avoid bringing international events (and money by extension) to the United States until it stops with this Republican bullshit. It needs to be cutoff and isolated. Don't reward it for this behavior. Reminds me of this, and we all know how it all turned out:

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

The organization is so thoroughly corrupt that I have no interest in it. Especially because I don't like football/soccer that much to begin with

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I prefer female volleyball.

[–] AliOski@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 34 minutes ago

It's the shorts. I err I mean he likes the shorts.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The only reason I knew it was happening this year was because of all the shit the orange diddler was doing to meddle with it by denying/deporting refs and players, make it about himself, and outright cheating.

Every other instance of it I didn't know until is see a post about the winner

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

My mistake was only watching the final game live. Turned out to be a real snoozefest, with very, very few even mildly exciting moments.

How bad was it? Spain had 12 shots on net. Argentina had 0. Zero.

I think that any other game in the tournament would have been better to watch.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

To be honest I'm a little sad to see it go because this has been the most I've seen other Americans take an interest in soccer, expanding their horizons beyond their own border a bit, and the banter between countries was fun in a way the Olympic medal farming doesn't quite capture.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

Yep. For all the corruption, it's just awesome to see people celebrating together over and over. So fun.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 21 points 16 hours ago

That was pretty invasive I must say. Even at the grocery store, everywhere I looked it was FIFA on deodorant, cookies, cans of soup, flags, towels, napkins, shorts, hot dogs...etc., etc., ad infinitum. Sheesh!

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't even notice it. Heard that Spain won though. Congrats to them.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Spain? That can't be right. I heard England was doing well. Who does Pele play for? Can anyone recap it for us?

[–] Jaycifer@piefed.social 3 points 5 hours ago

Alright, so Japan played Brazil with Hatsune Miku on the line and lost. Then Brazilian Hatsune played Norway and lost. Then Norwegian Hatsune played England and lost. Then English Hatsune played Argentina and lost. Then Argentinian Hatsune played Spain and lost. Now Spanish Hatsune Miku is the ultimate winner.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago

Seriously, thank fuck.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 25 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I dont watch it but I did appreciate seeing so many people happy and enjoying something. I think the world needed that little break. Anyway back to regular programming, millions dying in Ukraine and war in the middle east pushing us closer to economic depression.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Are you sure about that?

Think about it: only the people of a single one of all participant countries will end up happy (because their team won it) whilst everybody else will end up unhappy (because their team lost).

Granted, there are a few cases of a bit of happiness, like for the people of Cape Verde, without actually winning it but following unexpected very good positions, but those are a minority and tend towards smaller countries (which usually don't have enough population to have enough World-class players even if they're football-crazy, hence why any good result is a surprise).

I would say that logically, all in all at the end of it big single sport world cups like this generally end up with far more people unhappy because of it than the people which are happy.

[–] AliOski@feddit.nl 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes. I might be disappointed The Netherlands didn't at least beat Morocco, before succumbing to France, but that doesn't mean the World Cup made me sad. It was incredibly entertaining, many unforgettable moments, beautiful goals. I'll never forget some of these moments.

A competition only makes you sad if you are a sore loser.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 hours ago

While the games are playing out there is happiness and excitement and celebration and sure when your team loses it can be sad but its just a game and there are worse things to be sad about. Its nice to feel sad about a game and not im sad because the world is falling apart.

For most people the world cup is not that serious and even for the ultras its more excitement than unhappiness. Think about the world cup as the total journey and not just the end result.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Next week baseketball or superb owl or some other shit will start. It never ends. Never.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

baseketball

I should really get around to watching that movie. I saw it in the TV guide like 20+ years ago as a kid, but never watched it even though it sounded funny. Thanks for reminding me

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 27 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Oh fucking yes, finally i will not have it shoved on my face costantly

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's overdone. I really don't need drinks and food branded by FIFA.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

World Cup 2030 will be here before we know it. Where are you guys watching? Is Spain the favorite? Will Cabo Verde make another deep run? Let's hear those theories!!!

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