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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Charlie Kirk’s ‘mentor’ and father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball

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Charlie Kirk’s ‘mentor’ and father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball

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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball: report
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Pickleball goated lmao

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    The hell is pickleball

    Apparently something like tennis, but on a badminton court.

    invented in 1965 as a children’s backyard game

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      It’s worse-minton.

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

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          Hey it did give us the Black Cocks NZ badminton team in 2004

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          Clearly you have not pickled the balls

          But yes, speedwalking is worse than that

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

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              Nobody was forced to stack those cups, either.

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

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        Bravo!

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      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.

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

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      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.

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      Kiddy tennis for unfit old people

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        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

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