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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44632289

Pickleball goated lmao

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Charlie Kirk had it all—charisma, faith, respect for everyone...

LOOOOOL

Anyway, rest in piss, pervert

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago

Finally pickleball is good for something.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"~~Robert Mueller~~ Some racist pervert dude just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!"
Wait. Am I doing this right?

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

Fucking headlines are getting stranger by the day.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe roflcopter weather permitting

[–] markz@suppo.fi 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

The hell is pickleball

Apparently something like tennis, but on a badminton court.

invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

no, nothing is worse than badminton. besides maybe that speedwalking shit

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clearly you have not pickled the balls

But yes, speedwalking is worse than that

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wait, just remembered that cup stacking bullshit that got forced on everyone for awhile that shit was even dumber

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nobody was forced to stack those cups, either.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

definitely got pushed from down top, nobody would willingly stack cups for "sport" otherwise

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[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Old people tennis. I feel like the trend was going younger last year, but now I feel it's only for middle age people and older.

badminton is old people tennis. i feel like pickleball is midlife crisis territory

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

A lower net. Plays a more like tiny tennis.

Been getting more and more popular over the decade, and it’s pretty huge in the states these days. If you’re in a major US metro, you know someone who plays it.

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kiddy tennis for unfit old people

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Ehh it's not the most fun game but it's good for anyone of any fitness level looking for exercise. We used to play it during winter in college and I was fit as fuck back then.

It's great for older people because there's way less joint stress and injury is, despite this article, pretty rare

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago
[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What innovations did he make in "modern" cheerleading?

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

If I had to guess, financialization.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Im guessing he was the reason Penn & Teller had to do a Bullshit! episode on the subject

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

Another one bites the dust.

Let us use this opportunity to eliminate cheerleading altogether in his honor

C'mon grim reaper! Keep going!

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What the hell is pickleball?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tennis with ping pong paddles and a whiffle ball.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this mf whiffed and died lmao

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

or more likely (knowing absolutely nothing about his health or injury besides his age), i'd guess he had vision problems because he's 76, the vision problems combined with a rotation on the court caused him to trip and hit his head or break a bone in his torso/pelvis/femur and that hit or break was enough to cause whatever other health problems he had to overwhelm him.

i have a friend who was, for a brief time, the leading authority in the world in knocking over old people and her professional opinion is that most falls (like over 2/3 of them) are caused by vision problems. Keep your eyes checked as you age, and make sure your parents and grandparents (if they're still alive) have current prescriptions because falls can kill you way easier than you think.

[–] Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i have a friend who was, for a brief time, the leading authority in the world in knocking over old people

This makes it sound like she out there pushing them over

When I first referred to her biomechanical engineering PhD this way her husband spat across the room. They are very dear friends.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

appreciate you lookin out 🥰

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Well someone has to. The old people certainly can't.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tennis with pickles for balls

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Such a waste of pickles you hate to see it.

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagining he slammed is head on some very hard or sharp object near the court? It’s pretty difficult to do that much damage on a typical flat court surface falling.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It might not have taken much. I hear the Kirk boys are prone to head injuries

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Totally read that headline wrong. I was thrown off by thinking that photo was Brian Kilmeade

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

All I know is doe not involve pickles.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Further down it was explained, like badmitton or tennis but lazier I guess.

It's not a particularly dangerous sport either, don't know how this asshole killed himself doing it, must have been an act of god.

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I was just making a shitty joke. Sorry.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 week ago

It doesn't?
Oh noo ...

Pickleball is basically badminton played with ping pong paddles. It was named after a dog named Pickle. It's actually pretty fun.

[–] VM_Abrantes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Counting or not counting sports-related injuries?

[–] atropa@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago
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