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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They went with American football, where “running back” and ”defense” refer to positions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The game most of the world calls "football" is called "soccer" in the US. We have a very popular game we call "football" in the US that is unrelated to "soccer", instead it is related to rugby (still very different from rugby, but there is a relation)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Welcome to the world. There are strange things all over. Sit back and enjoy laughing at the ride.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

oh i gave up on that a long time ago