r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Aug 17 '26

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u/OkMention9988 Aug 17 '26

If it has the same participation that the WNBA has viewers, this isn't impacting many people. 

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u/BiteyHorse Aug 17 '26

It's a weird crossroads of genuine fans, male feminist contrarians, lgbtq+ tolerance and virulent white racists protesting they aren't racist, but...

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u/OkMention9988 Aug 17 '26

Sounds like the average sub, tbh. 

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez Aug 17 '26

Yeah I fail to see how this is any sort of anomaly

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u/Putrid-Builder-3333 Aug 17 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/9EwnzGNjvmIG4

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u/eggyrulz Aug 17 '26

This is why I love reddit... go to just about any corner of reddit and you will find a nearly identical comment chain about some other corner of reddit, with this exact gif on it

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u/Putrid-Builder-3333 Aug 17 '26

This gif and couple others are always my go to and I will never stop guilty pleasure using em!

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '26

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u/BiteyHorse Aug 17 '26

WNBA discourse is impressively toxic in so many directions at once.

It's a microcosm of the culture wars and paid manipulation of outrage in our country. So many of the extreme positions on any of the sides are paid and/or bad faith actors working to fuel the fire wherever they can.

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u/colonelcardiffi Aug 17 '26

Every sub has at least one arse bringing up wHiTe raCiSm for absolutely no reason.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 Aug 17 '26

WNBA and PWHL hit an interesting crossroads recently where with both of them and ease of access to games they're getting bigger

Oh no turns out it wasn't women turning me off from the sports it was how much I had to pay to watch good players play

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u/Captain_Pension Aug 17 '26

Unless it is about transgender people. Then suddenly, everybody cares.