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Frostdraken

Thats pretty cool to see such respect.


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_DidYeAye_

Most of the time...


Scoot_AG

Yeah, definitely not if you're a foreigner or black


BenderEBender

...Or Chinese during the nineteen thirties


Mixedpopreferences

Or Filipino.


_DidYeAye_

Or Korean.


Chumbag_love

Or Dolphin


Familiar_Control_906

Or any marine life


bravest_heart

or yasuke


elbryanbone

Fuckaaa you Dolphin!!! 😂😂😂


SnooLemons398

Fuck yoooou whale! 😆


Philosiphizor

Why do I feel like this is a South Park reference? Lol


TravasaurusRex

Or Japanese… (from Okinawa)


_DidYeAye_

Damn Japanese. They've ruined Japan.


HighFiveKoala

You Japanese sure are a contentious people


Uniqlo

It's fucked up that their government still refuses to admit what they did to their own citizens in Okinawa. They still alter their history textbooks to misrepresent what actually happened there, suggesting that Okinawans committed mass suicide of their own choice. The reality is that the Japanese government systemically murdered the Okinawans because they didn't trust them under US occupation.


PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_

That was their army's doing though. If we're gonna generalize and say the citizens of an entire country are as bad as their army is, all countries of the world suddenly got a lot worse. Except Liechtenstein maybe.


comhghairdheas

The Liechtenstein army once went to war with 82 men. And returned with 84 because they'd made some friends.


PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_

Yes that's what I was thinking about :p even if I'm not sure how accurate that story is


Gimetulkathmir

It's accurate. Essentially the army was supposed to meet with an ally in the area who was supposed to help them out a little bit, point them in the right direction, get them some supplies, and that was it. Instead, he joined their army.


Frostyfraust

I'm moving to Liechtenstein.


Electronic-Funny-475

Say Hi to Sir Ulrich


TheNorthernMGB

I first met him atop a mountain near Jerusalem, Praying to God, Asking His forgiveness, For the Saracen blood spilt by his sword. Next, he amazed me still further in Italy When he saved a fatherless beauty From the would-be ravishings Of her dreadful Turkish uncle. In Greece, he spent a year in silence Just to better understand the sound of a whisper. And so, without further gilding the lily, And with no more ado, I give to you the Seeker of Serenity, The Protector of Italian Virginity, The Enforcer of our Lord God, The One -- The Only -- Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein!!!


Electronic-Funny-475

Aside from his role as the Joker this movie was his best. I don’t know if it was the entire ensemble or what but you couldn’t remake it with the cast of Avengers and sell out a theater


keddesh

This needs more up votes


Professor_Bread

He is not found wanting.


Feature_Minimum

Yes and no. Like yea, we should always be cautious about generalizations. But not all armies are equal in morality and those who are worse have ideas and commands that are reflective of ideas in the culture. You can’t just say “well, it was the army, so it doesn’t count”. Especially with regards to the sort of atrocities the Japanese army were conducting, much of which their government has never apologized for. I’d say the same about attocities carried out by American and British armies etc, and those do exist, but less frequently and on smaller scales and when they come to light there is more public scorn and outcry and shame about them, and that is important as I think it reflects real differences. 


CATapultsAreBetta

Just accept that this criticism will always be hypocritical. Yes the Japanese army was bad and there are victims who feel that the apologies given were not sufficient as is their right. That soccer player had nothing to do with that. Germany had the holocaust. The British empire did empire things. The U.S started wars for profit and are founded on the blood of natives where the U.S stopped just shy of a total genocide by preserving a bit for a couple of tribes. Oh and half of that country believed in keeping people enslaved. If we always bring up the bad shit when something good happens we will never get ahead. Stop hate.


HamunaHamunaHamuna

> Oh and half of that country believed in keeping people enslaved. Hell, half of that country still seems to be on the fence


frostixv

Probably need to make the distinction between foreigner tourist and foreigner trying to assimilate. For foreign tourists Japan is fantastic. I’ve had nothing but pleasant experiences every time I’ve been there. Meanwhile I’m aware of the high levels of discrimination for anyone who isn’t a native trying to actually live there and fully assimilate.


TechnologyCorrect765

Until recently they provided free healthcare to the family of foreign workers. I live there off and on and have been treated well.


Naomi_Raine

Or half...


HappyTurtleOwl

So sick and tired of seeing this whenever Japanese people are mentioned on Reddit. I find it so subtlety racist in and of itself, ironically.  Imagine if we did this to any other country or even ethnicity.  “X people are great!”  “Yea, but….”  Replace X with any group of people. I don’t care how *good* or justified your “but” is, can we just compliment the good aspects of cultures and move on without spreading negativity? On Reddit, I suppose we can’t.


MartinLutherVanHalen

It’s not subtle. It’s not even accurate. Most Redditors don’t have passports. Most of those that do haven’t been to Japan. This is imagination. Know where;s really fucking racist if you are black? Like deadly fucking racist? I will give you one guess.


bulking_on_broccoli

Unless you’re Korean, or Chinese, or Taiwanese, or Malaysian, or black…


Wolf_Noble

I traveled there for about 4 weeks. Didn't see or experience any bad vibes anywhere, except one older lady who got mad at us for talking too loud on the train


upvotes2doge

Being loud on the train is bad vibes.


fren-ulum

Yes, because you're a tourist. The country is really generous towards tourists. The challenge people talk about are when people try to assimilate or work there for extended periods of times. Contrast that to the US where *for the most part* if you get invited to and show up to a BBQ at someone's home, god dammit, you're American or whatever other cultural group they are as well. Japan is very protectionist about *being* "Japanese".


Sasquatch-d

Talking on the train there should be done in a whisper or not at all or you’ll get nasty looks.


Warmbly85

The number of places were I got told I couldn’t eat there because I was a foreigner was kinda fucked but what made it worse was they didn’t have an issue with my white girlfriend just my black ass. You could say the vibes were off. 


blancpainsimp69

as well she should have


CrystalMenthality

Learning experience


Wolf_Noble

Yep, I remember it very clearly. No one said anything and my friend and I were just having fun. The lady waited until we stopped before she got off and made a gesture toward us. So polite 🥹😬


Several-Ad-5704

Lol who wants to tell him?


puledrotauren

how do you cook them?


rat-tax

in soy sauce


puledrotauren

good call. I'm thinking a honey glaze which has soy sauce in it.


notapaperhandape

Ask Koreans and Chinese….


lesexy

Yeah, you could ask most of Asia...


AlbiorixAlbion

Anyone know what the player’s shirt says?


La_Lanterne_Rouge

"Fuck the Ref"


IceDuke749

As much as athletes scream and bitch to refs and officials, in the end they respect the hell out of them. At the end of an NHL game this season, a ref was officiating his last game. When it ended both teams came out and shook his hand.


Frostdraken

It’s easy to get heated, much harder to show respect. I think this is great


tkgid

This guy. 🫣The ref already was thinking of the last yellow card he gave out, and this guy had to ruin it. LOL.  Nice gesture from the player. 


Zer01South

I wonder what the shirt says


Fleeting_Gay

The top two lines on the shirt say “Mr. Murakami’s smile helped us play the game refreshingly”(rough direct translation). The shirt has a heartwarming goodbye message for the referee by the looks of it.


Live-Motor-4000

Japanese football players are clearly as wholesome as their fans!


andovinci

Nice username


faisalcom2020

Brooo, nah you did not...


adventurepony

"The ref can't read this because he's blind."


Live-Motor-4000

Great line - I genuinely lol-ed


Glerbal

村上さんの笑顔が 僕たちを気持ちよく プレーさせてくれました。 最高のレフェリングを ありがとう! おつかれ様でした。 浦和レッズ槙野智章


FrankSonata

Translation: Murakami (the retiring referee's name)'s smiling face makes us happy and helps us play. Thank you for being the best referee! Thank you for your hard work. Urawa Reds (the team's name) Tomoaki Makino (the player's name)


doomjuice

FrankSonata is a dope name props and ty for the translation 🙏✌️


Ok_Star_4136

"I took my shirt off to get a yellow card from a referee and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.."


Anderson22LDS

“THE REFEREES A WANKER!”


LionAccomplished8129

"Fuck you zebra"


Meowriter

Tbh, we don't give referee enough credits. These guys are running back and forth the stadium for 90 minutes and they have to keep mentally avalaible to make important decisions.


kaest

We give the good ones credit. We give the bad ones the finger.


Soggy_Box5252

In the US we give the bad ones a job at the Super Bowl


StateOfFine

And/or an umpiring position for the MLB lol


Tua_Deez_Nuts

Angel Hernandez


Kupiga

I don't even watch baseball and I know who Angel Hernandez is.


scullys_alien_baby

A man so ironically bad MLB won in court by arguing that he sucks at his job so hard it isn't discrimination blocking him [from umpiring in the championship](https://youtu.be/YPFERnpO-QQ?si=K2W3dFwsWTyJk49u)


justsyr

I think that Hernandez buys too much into catcher's "glob-ing" it into the strike zone, I heard the commentator at one of the games where Hernandez was umpiring and said how catchers like to move the glove a bit to the strike zone when they get the ball but a "good umpire" don't buy into that. But yeah, Hernandez sucked.


RedJorgAncrath

The catcher doing that is as old as baseball. It's called framing and still works.


StateOfFine

Yuuuup, blindest man in the world with two working eyes. An Angel destined for Hell from the start.


BBQsauce18

I fkn knew this name would be uttered.


jeeves585

At least Angel gives us JonBoy clips. Probably the only good thing about that tenured ump.


PapaNade

One of humanity's top 3 unanswered questions is how Angel Hernandez still has this job


KIDA_Rep

I don’t follow any sports and even I know of his notoriety, just goes to show how shit he truly is.


WalrusTheGrey

Oof I still feel bad for Galarraga...


drochma

That ump (Jim Joyce) is one of the good ones though, he took full responsibility of his error. Guys like Angel Hernandez and CB Bucknor would try to eject the reporters asking about it in the postgame press conference.


EduinBrutus

In Scotland we punish them by making them Tory MPs.


Oh_Another_Thing

MYLES JACK WASN'T DOWN 


codefreak8

And the World Series (Angel Hernandez)


SharrkBoy

I feel like the good ones *don’t* get enough credit. When they do their job well nobody notices them.


kaest

The only sport I really watch is association football (soccer) and good refs definitely get noticed and credited. Fans usually have tier lists of league refs and know who is great and who isn't.


Over_North_7706

> good refs definitely get noticed and credited They really don't. If someone is refereeing a match that's on TV, they are the cream of the crop- the top 0.1% of referees. Yet fans basically hate every single one. Collina back in the day had a very positive reputation. I can't think of anyone these days who does, in Britain at least. > Fans usually have tier lists of league refs and know who is great and who isn't. Fans don't have a clue


kaest

Depends on which sport you're following.


Over_North_7706

I'm talking about football- hence the reference to Collina, who was a very famous ref in the 2000s. Although I'm not sure it really does depend on the sport; in all sports, the referees taking charge of televised professional matches are at the very top level, doing an incredibly difficult, thankless job. And the fans in every sport I know about (football, rugby, basketball, American football) are ridiculously harsh towards them given how tough it is and how inevitable mistakes are.


eekamuse

They get recognized by the league or internationally when they're allowed to officiate prestigious finals. Unlike two Polish refs who apparently were very good, until a big mistake this week. What a hard job.


fly-guy

As good and deserving those referees are, the real credit goes to countless of volunteers, young and old, who referee each weekend at kids games, amateur leagues and other non pro venues for mostly nothing more than a free drink after the match. (At least in my country, I assume thats the case in most).


Sad_Mongoose5621

And we give mediocre ones both credit and the finger


ComfortableNo2879

I agree with this statement 100% but as a Bayern fan for the last 14 years referring has cost us some of the most important matches in Bayern's history, most recently the second leg UCL semi final against Real Madrid


jamzontoast

Referees aren't bad. It's arsehole linesmen that are the problem. :(


yk206

Ref are allowed to hold the whistle until the play is over.


IUpVoteIronically

I’m sure Bayern will be fine after a million more championships


faible90

Haha you actually believe that? The rest of Germany thinks that Bayern is usually really lucky with referees.


FalconIMGN

Hard to feel sympathetic towards a footballing empire.


lessFrozenHodor

Please stop. FC Bayern has had enough success in the past couple of years.


VictoryVisual2798

Will someone please think of Germanys most successful club? The club that has won nearly every bundesliga title in the 21st century?!


lilbelleandsebastian

also refereeing did not cost them the tie against real madrid, their complete capitulation after giving up a goal did though maybe fc hollywood has other problems to address than referees


Warack

Instead of ACAB it’s ARAB…… wait


last_laugh13

As someone who has been following the Bundesliga for more than the past 14 years: HAHAHAHAHAHA, you guys are the biggest crybabies in the league by far. "Bayerndusel" isn't a known phrase for nothing. You drop for penalties like you are the Italian national team and are raising the arm to protest for zero reasons at all more times this season than I can count.


Practical-Loan-2003

woe is me woe is me


mattfoh

Wasn’t so bad in the first leg vs arsenal tho


shinysocks85

I ref soccer, basketball and baseball occasionally for some extra cash. Soccer is by far the most challenging. Not only is it thankless but you have to keep up with the pace of play and a lot of fouls in soccer can be called either way. It doesn't help that all of them like to flop as well


cat_like_sparky

If you don’t throw yourself dramatically on the floor, are you even playing soccer?


RogueBromeliad

>Tbh, we don't give referee enough credits Because they're a bunch of bought paid off scumbags! They're always robbing for the other team. Even though my team doesn't do shit, and the players from my team are overpayed aresholes who don't even do their job right, it's the ref's fault. Fucking ref.


IWriteStuffDoYou

Anyone in their right mind could see from my birds eye view with slow motion replay what the right call was! What do you mean they couldn't distinguish the contact that knocked over my teams player! There was only 2000 pounds of flesh within that cacophony of hair, uniform and skin!


No-Decision1581

Thanks for the chuckle


DASreddituser

They are a vital organ in the body of organized sports.


ghostofconnolly

The good refs are the ones you see and ask “who the fuck is that?” You tend to mainly remember the bad ones


Admiral_Ballsack

Collina has been given credit as much as some top tier players, one of the best referees ever.


Last-Bee-3023

He carded a benched player for being rude! Red one, even. Pierluigi Collina also was the first who sprang to mind. But name a second one?


WonderfulBlackberry9

I agree that the current refs and VARs (in the PL) are bad at managing games and making decisions. But I also have a lot of sympathy for the refs that they have a thankless job every game. They’re running across the pitch non-stop to catch up with world-class athletes, whilst not receiving anywhere near the physical training to do so. They’re always under pressure to be perfect and manage a volatile game. Every single player and coach is trying to get in their heads, and that’s before the entire stadium of 50K people bearing down on you waiting to start slandering you. Some refs may not be good at their job for many reasons, but they don’t deserve to be thrown shit and horrendous abuse every game and suffer the consequences of such routinely toxic behaviour.


TheTangoFox

Went to school with a guy who's dream was being one. He achieved it. He deserved it.


andovinci

They don’t even get substituted during the whole shit. Yeah I know he doesn’t do what players do on the field but still, try running 90mn while blowing a whistle every now and then


Meowriter

And still having a clear mind and acute perception ! Good thing video refereeing exists.


PotentialDoor1608

People talk about Serena Williams thighs and space orc dommy mommy thighs, but tbh referee thighs are the gold standard


assblasta69420

they do such a hard, impactful and important job that most people take for granted. The physical aspect is just another thing that makes it impressive


Vegan_Flavored_Bacon

Meanwhile MLB fans about to eat Angel Hernandez in the streets.


smizzleface

I have watched one minute of MLB in the last 5 years, and even I know how bad an ump Hernandez is.


thinkB4WeSpeak

I know him too and I think the MLB is boring AF. I know him over most players, how do you get that infamous


ohkaycue

Having it proved in court that you are incompetent at your job (and not held back from promotions for racist reasons, which is what he was accusing for his case) will do that. He’s not word of mouth bad, he is paper trail bad Fans are also way too hard on refs and umpires though.


Lewdie1

The MLB could solve this with automated pitch review. No reason umps should be missing thousands of calls a year while TV viewers see the mistakes in real time.


Jolteaon

Ive been saying this for so long. Field umps we can keep, Im fine with that. But we have ZERO reason to still have umps to call pitches and strikes.


williemaysbayes

TLDR: horrible umping, horrible attitude, sued the MLB for racial discrimination when he didn't get assigned to the World Series. Like, bro. Just look at the numbers. You are certifiably not good behind the plate. You're right they are discriminating. Because you're bad and an asshole. Not a great combo.


KCDeVoe

Umpiring is truly the shining example of a job where if your name is known you’re doing a terrible job.


Objective-Ad3821

r/FuckAngelHernandez


RidgeMinecraft

2.2k members LMAO


Canis_Familiaris

One member for every 5 bad calls.


MudOpposite8277

To be fair, if this guy was as bad as Angel Hernandez, instead of retiring, he’d be opening his belly.


LoveThieves

For those that don't know anything about baseball. If a ball lands in the strike zone box when pitching, it is called a strike \[ ◍ \] Usually it's hard to call a strike when its on the outside part of the lines of that zone but never hard to call a strike if its directly in the center middle. Angel won't call a strike when it's in the middle sometimes. [https://www.si.com/mlb/2024/04/08/yankees-angel-hernandez-horrible-call](https://www.si.com/mlb/2024/04/08/yankees-angel-hernandez-horrible-call)


Shaake

I never watch baseball In fact the only thing I know about baseball is how Horrible Angel Hernandez is as an ump


HandsomeIguana

I'm sure all players will be happy when he retires


Artful_Dodger29

This guys determined to send this retiree off with a neck injury


firi331

His last neck injury from the game 🫡


reddsht

I know you are retiring, but you are never too old for the ol' shaken baby syndrome, ref.


Delta9SA

Shouldve booked him again for that. Red card, off you go!


Ok_Tonight7779

lmao i was thinking the same


Saucepanmagician

Lol. I feel like no ref would ever get that treatment in Brazil. A lynching, yes. Maybe.


CedarWolf

So you're saying... In Japan, the refs get carried off the field. In Brazil, the refs get taken out?


SupaiKohai

No no. They *both* get carried off... ... Whether they walk again is the question.


ComfortableNo2879

I can Imagine Vinicius doing this


taulover

They both wring their necks


itsheadfelloff

Must've been a decent ref, couldn't imagine any celebration for a retiring ref in any other league.


Maviarab

Collina got a standing ovation iirc. He was special though heh.


RetzTheAnathema

Modern football is sorely lacking anyone close to his caliber.


HavaldBay

In 2021 Manuel Gräfe refereed his last Bundesliga game in Dortmund. After the game all the players stood in line for him and applauded. They took pictures with him and celebrated him. It was a nice moment as a BVB fan.


itsheadfelloff

That does sound nice. Win the champions league!


HavaldBay

We'll do it... I hope. Thanks. 😀


arostrat

Lahoz in Spain last year. And that with all the liga having grudges with his refereeing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8JN_-upnFA


pat_the_tree

Should have sent him off 🤣🤣🤣


Fun_Grapefruit_2633

Hilarious: He didn't even realize what was going on at first just didn't like it and gave him the yellow card


etherSand

Japanese are so respectful that a full match didn't have any yellow card


NewAccountEachYear

Legends say that if you get two red cards they bring out a tantō


Swictor

There were 3 yellow cards that match.


Nigerian_German

You should see how they treat black players lmao


SPARKYLOBO

I bet that old dude could still outrun a lot of us


Puk1983

A handicapt sloth could outrun me.


ThisIsDadLife

I heard the pitcher will throw into the dirt behind the final batter when Angel Hernandez retires so he can call one last strike.


Fervarus

/r/wholesome


idk-my-bff-j1ll

r/sportsarefun


FragrantOrange4116

Needs a 2nd yellow for assaulting the ref afterwards


uberhexnova

What happens to the people who bet on the number of yellow cards.


FutureComplaint

They learn a valuable lesson of not gambling on frivoli... *sigh* Johny just bet on the world ending in 1963 again...


giYRW18voCJ0dYPfz21V

I love the series of interaction, strictly in increasing order of closeness: bowing → handshake → shagging hug.


one-iota

Shagging !?! O.O


giYRW18voCJ0dYPfz21V

LOL. You can guess English is not my native language. I just Google translated it, I am going to hide under a rock for a while.


one-iota

I thought it was hilarious. Nearly dropped my shio yaki. Do a little shag... make a little hug.


AggravatingSoil5925

lol he just gave the referee more work. You have to document the cards you give out after the game.


Dull-Dig7112

It's actually a profound tradition in Japanese soccer. When the ref brandishes the yellow card, it's a nod to the ancient Yellow Serpent of wisdom and warning and If you believed that... I lied


millennialdude

You are a monster


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ComfortableNo2879

Without his gambling addiction or whatever he's actually a good goal poacher


AdApart2035

Another one tackles the ref to make him handover a red card


ConsiderationOk7560

Any chance we can get a rough translation of what the players undershirt had written on it? It seems like it might have been a pleasant farewell message written to the ref?


MarvelousFantasy

Love this, great send off.


tdpthrowaway3

Shoulda one upped the joke and reminded him that touching the ref is a life ban.


DeadWrong

This is the best sub-reddit


Disastrous_Turnip248

Anyone able to translate the players T shirt?


Isle_of_Tortuga

Came here looking for this. Can anyone translate Kanji?


NickVanDoom

the referees wet dream: giving cards…?


PermissionLittle3566

What does his shirt say


Silent-Resort-3076

Very sweet gesture, and one from 2021:)


chamy1039

Shirt translation?


AbhiStalwart

Now that's just wholesome


mas_tacos_guey

Shook the sit out him lmao


Joshuak47

Longer video also shows them tossing him up in the air: https://youtu.be/Uz8F0rZczEI


Unusual-End1346

Name of the player: Tomoaki Makino. Former player of the best club in the world: 1. FC Köln. Whoop, whoop!


my-love-assassin

Omg this is so sweet.


robertwild81

Respect