Is it possible for someone in America to not know who Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi is?

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• leadore@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  i.e., “Is it possible for someone not to follow or give a shit about sports?”

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• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Of course. At some point in your life you too didn’t know who Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi were. You weren’t born with your current knowledge.

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve heard the names but they could knock on my door and I’d have no idea who they are.

  And that’s okay. All they do is play a meaningless game really, really well.

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• vext01@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I barely know who they are and im British.

  I find football as dull as dishwater.

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• maxihuenu@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, people often dont know things.

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• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very.

  It’s also possible for people anywhere else, too. Not everyone is obsessed with sports.

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• Dookieman12@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Who?

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• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some people don’t pay attention to sports. I don’t pay attention to Opera, but I’m sure there are some Opera singers who are as big a deal in Opera as Ronaldo or Messi are in soccer.

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• Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I live in Italy and didn’t bothered to know who messi was, so I guess yes

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• EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, totally possible. I don’t know who the hell those two people are.

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• defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re footballers, yeah? Couldn’t pick them out of a lineup or tell you much beyond that. And that I only know from seeing them on some type of advertisement I’d imagine.

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• IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes of course. Athletes are like any celebrity. As big as the NFL is in the USA, a tiny number of the plYers get exposure outside of their team’s market.

  While the MLS is successful it is a fifth/sixth tier sport.

  Renaldo has been playing in Saudi Arabia for While now and before that La Liga games compete with NFL and CollegeFootball for air time.

  It if always weird who doesn’t stick for marketting in the US.

  Messi has been getting more exposure in the US since buying the MLS team

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• Today@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My friend has a cat named Messi, so i know he’s a soccer player but didn’t know which team until last week. I read an article once about a Ronaldo statue but still don’t know who he plays for. I do know that they’re both older than most players.

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• forestbeasts@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We were born in America and literally have zero clue who you’re talking about. So, uh, yeah.

  – Frost

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• batmaniam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I know the names, but only that they’re F1 drivers because the ads for that are everywhere. Couldnt tell you who they race for.

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• albbi@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why are you spelling Ronaldinho wrong? I think he’s Christian but that’s not usually a title. /pickingAFight

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I do not know or care what either of these people are or do. Every little bit of information about them has been nonconsentually pressed on me by loud idiots (mostly Europeans) with a promising career in homoerotica fiction. They play soccer, no? Rivals? Yes, okay.

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, but most of us do.

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