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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:52:34 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   "I have to watch the NBA Finals, and they have World Champion on their heads. World champion of what?! Of the United States?!🤡"

   https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112033096300563280

   Congratulations Noah Lyles, on being the Olympic 100m champion, by one of the closest margins of victory ever!

   And yes, he's right. Half of the NBA was mad when he said it. The other half of the NBA is non-US born! 🤣

   But it's changing... the original US Dream Team faced 9 international NBA players on the way to Olympic gold. This team? ~60🤯

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     Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:52:30 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     • Philip

     @klausfiend @mez @mekkaokereke The baseball World Series is not just the USA. They include a few teams from Canada. So very slightly international.

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     klausfiend (klausfiend@dcerberus.com)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:52:32 JST klausfiend

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     • Philip

     @mez @mekkaokereke We're also not gonna pretend that the Super Bowl is for anyone who doesn't live in the USA either ... right?

     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.
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     Philip (mez@mastodon.nz)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 15:52:33 JST Philip

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     @mekkaokereke Whenever baseball is mentioned to a non-American they just laugh at the term “World Series”.