The “realness” comes from the connection. It’s the polycule of mind/body/heart (concepts of the game/physical expression/bonds with team mates) that work together to form a type of self realization where everyone actualizes each other. The competition is a nice top off too

Oh man. Getting a coach to teach you how to move with ball, learning legit plays and formations to sync with your team, watching yourself grow and improve and delvoping communication and trust skills with your team is insanely satisfying. We were the worst team in our division and it was still great

Yo, getting good at basketball was such a great experience for me in junior high. I haven’t practiced since but I still have the muscle memory to occasionally shoot a few hoops in. Physical activity is such a worthy thing to pursue even if you’re bad at it. Been legit thinking about learning to box

At its worst, it’s nazi propaganda, and at its best, lazy shorthand by the politically ignorant, but it fucking accomplishes the same thing. To take away the life experience and humanity of demographics to justify cultural genocide and enact fascist anti-freedom policies.

And it’s so fucking common and casual. I see it used as shorthand in news all the time, and its purpose is too remove all the nuanced complications and obstacles our legal system has in place to oppress immigrants, and immediately cast them all in an inherently negatively light. The slur illegal is

imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum

Mood lol

I need to be manhandled and wedgied and spanked and 🥴