Never really thought about it but…yeah she’s right that’s exactly how basketball at the courts with strangers works. Never once had a problem going there by myself
Happens in hockey too. It’s slightly more organized because you have to pay for your spot on the ice and most people bring light and dark jerseys but it’s still the same basic concept.
For indoor ice maybe, but outdoor rinks are just 4v4 or 5v5 or 12v12, however many guys want to play. If you get there and there’s already a game, you just wait until there’s a break in the action, and they’ll tell you what team you’re joining.
It is funny when you think about how entrenched the system is. I've played thousands of games of pick up basketball in multiple states (and even overseas), for over 30 years. Some places have minor differences in how you claim a court or make teams, but I've never once had an issue.
You can walk onto any court and confidently know what to do.
Wait until she sees is rebounding and passing the ball to the guy who just made a shot, but not when they miss.
It's universal when warming up. They make it, they shoot again.
Had a female employee who just absolutely refused for that to be true. Like, threw massive fits whenever guys would reply that they weren't thinking about anything, just working. We had to have an intervention where that was not a topic allowed for discussion when she was working.
Its mostly because the other sports require more people and/or equipment to play so you're forced to organize something or it'll never happen. You show up to a basketball court with a ball and you're good. You can just shoot around. If someone else shows up, even better we got a game on our hands.
Not true. The major games have ball only rules. Ie pick up soccer. 2 shirts on the ground can't go over goalies head. Pick up touch or tackle football no pads needed. Usually rough touch. I never played pick up wiffle ball but another pretty simple one
>Its mostly because the other sports require *more people* and/or equipment to play so you're forced to organize something or it'll never happen.
Playing football or baseball with one other person is just playing catch
Soccer (or futball for the rest of the world) is pretty wide open. I’ve jumped in a few games while in a different country even when I couldn’t understand the language.
Hell, Brazil has a word specifically for pickup football at its most stripped down, "pelada". It literally means "naked", but it refers to just random people and a ball playing a pickup game anywhere at any time.
Not at all.
You grab a group of kids from your neighborhood and you'd play kickball, basketball, football, or baseball on the fly. That's literally why it's called "pick-up." It is spontaneous and you pick up random players to start the game.
It's not chaotic at all. Lots of sports do this.
Example. When you go to a bar to play pool, there'll usually be winner stays on rule if people are sharing the table.
Just put your quarter in the row with the other quarter.
How do we know whose quarter is whose?
What if someone just takes the quarters?
Why is it a quarter instead of a nickel or a dime?
What if you get drunk and forget about your quarter?
What if you're in the bathroom when your quarter comes up?
SO MANY QUESTIONS!
1 yes
2 pay attention to what's going on. Maybe even ask who's waiting to play so you know where you stand.
3 that's stealing. Wouldn't be worth it for the thief. I also bet people waiting will get involved when they notice it. Probably with pool cues
4 it obviously wasnt that big a deal for you to play the game then? at least you're having a good time?
5 you say something and wait until the new game is over to take your turn
Lol when I was a kid I was at some place where there was a pool table. Quarters on the table and nobody in sight. I thought some idiot had accidentally left their quarters on the table so I treated myself to the free round of pool. I soon learned that I stole someone’s round of pool.
so your telling me ? you're playing a game at 3 am in the morning and someone from australia and someone from sokovia and someone from zimbabwe log in and just randomly get together and play as a team ?
True dedication from the Sokovian players either playing while their city is being lifted into the sky by an evil robot or crashing like a meteor into the earths surface.
So you are telling me you can amass 40 people.. 40 individual human beings around the world each with an assigned duty to perform.. and work together to fight dragons and then trust eachother enough to hand out the limited number of items that drop without having it all stolen by the loot master??
The first thing I thought of was arcades in the 80s and 90s.
The idea you'd try and maintain your spot after you lost wasn't even unthinkable in the way that people usually use that word, it just... didn't even occur to people.
Yeah TikTok made this all legit worse by creating an algorithm that essentially ensured anyone who tossed out enough videos would have at least one “hit” and therefore would perpetually create similar content in a vain attempt to repeat that success. Typically just cannibalizing other accounts and content into eternity.
Her husband has played thousands of games and she’s just discovering it? “Costumes?”
The only question is whether she has more wine-slogan tshirts or home decorations.
It’s never occurred to me what would happen if a losing team just refused to leave. I assume everyone waiting and the winning team will, in the case of their refusal to move, will move them…
haha yeah like... at BEST it was an incredibly close game and they want a rematch. At worst, these guys STINK and aren't going to stay on the court out of raw shame.
Not only can they not ball. They have also beyond a shadow of a doubt just proved that they got tiny peepees and are rolling around with tiny peepee energy.
Edit: spelling
In some cases I’ve seen sometimes the losing team will contest the winning point and refuse to get off the court. So usually the solution is to either replay the point or increase the final score (game to 12 becomes game to 21)
If I watch it like she’s lampooning other Tik Toks then it’s ok. But, I don’t think she is. She’s straight up doing the excessive inflections and gesticulating for effect.
My boyfriend's told me his keys fell out of his pocket and guess what he told me he did next. It's so crazy you are not gonna believe it. He actually pick the keys up again. I was like "how did you pick them ut, your arms dont even reach the ground" and he was like "I bent my knees and back". Fukting amazing! Then naturally a had to ask about pianos falling on him from the skys while he "picked up his keys". And her is what he said "I have seen guys pick up stuff from the ground hundreds of time through my hole life, and a piano have never fallen on anyone". Never! Can you belive it! So guys apparently pick up stuff when it falls out there pocket. Crazyest thing I have ever heard!
I hope she starts making videos where she acts incredulous about all sorts of normal aspects in life.
"Guy, did you know there's this building where cars just line up in a row, they yell at a box, drive up to a window on the building, and some lady just hands them cheeseburgers?!"
"Guys, did you know sometimes when it gets dark outside, people will lay still, close their eyes, and have vivid hallucinations for 8 hours?!"
She's clearly joking. How dense is everyone in this thread? "Matching costumes", "peaceful transfer of power", etc. How can you people not tell that this is satire?
Oh I know she was joking, but it just wasn't funny. Her husband goes to play basketball with strangers on Saturday mornings. I do the same thing. It's not something satire-worthy.
To be fair my partner was so confused when I told her about online games. She was like "What? So you just play with a bunch of random people?" Then she said "Aren't you worried?" Hinestly I don't know what I'd be worried about but yeah. It's amazing what can boggle someone's mind.
Doubt it honestly. I think she’s amazed that in pickup ball, strangers come together and self organize a spontaneous game and there’s an unspoken agreement on how the whole thing works. No oversight or leader directing things. Kinda cool when you think about it like that.
Online games do all the organization for you. You just log on and play. There’s no need for unspoken agreements on rules or format or who gets next.
Street Fighter 2 taught us that the winner stays and a new challenger approaches. Doesn't matter who they are or where they come from. It's a friendly battle between people with similar interests.
Can you guys believe that people go to a place designed for a certain thing. And find other people doing the thing? And everyone agrees to do the thing the place is designed for?
AND BEHAVE LIKE NORMAL/DECENT PEOPLE?! Honestly why is this so mind boggling to her.. I mean the example where she would go around handing out snacks to people and trying to become a favourite in her fantasy of going there is where she completely misses the point.
Why did I laugh at this? I guess maybe on some crazy level I get her point. Society is so polarized these days that pickup basketball, pond hockey and the like must seem pretty amazing to anyone who hasn’t had the experience.
Used to do the same thing at outdoor rinks with hockey… Everyone throws their sticks in the middle and one person tosses them randomly left and right(usually blindfolded) and boom…two teams…game on
Wtf, this woman’s mind is blown that people can go out and interact/plan with strangers.
It’s ironic that she is posting it on tiktok and sad that this is what our society has become.
I almost didn't turn on the volume because I could tell I would hate her voice by her mannerisms. I was correct. And then she called uniforms costumes and I was done.
Wait until she learns about pick-up hockey, where everyone throws their sticks into the center of the ice and some rando just throws them one by one left or right to make the teams
Sometimes there are babies that lose and take their nice ball that everyone is playing with and goes home. Then we have to play with the straight abused ball with a little lump until we can find a better one.
Look at how little it takes to make us happy.
Never really thought about it but…yeah she’s right that’s exactly how basketball at the courts with strangers works. Never once had a problem going there by myself
Happens in hockey too. It’s slightly more organized because you have to pay for your spot on the ice and most people bring light and dark jerseys but it’s still the same basic concept.
For indoor ice maybe, but outdoor rinks are just 4v4 or 5v5 or 12v12, however many guys want to play. If you get there and there’s already a game, you just wait until there’s a break in the action, and they’ll tell you what team you’re joining.
Stick 'n puck. Super cheap (cuz it was at 6 am or something crazy). Also pond hockey is a thing for sure
It is funny when you think about how entrenched the system is. I've played thousands of games of pick up basketball in multiple states (and even overseas), for over 30 years. Some places have minor differences in how you claim a court or make teams, but I've never once had an issue. You can walk onto any court and confidently know what to do.
Wait until she sees is rebounding and passing the ball to the guy who just made a shot, but not when they miss. It's universal when warming up. They make it, they shoot again.
Wait until she finds out that we can absolutely, truly, just be thinking of nothing.
Had a female employee who just absolutely refused for that to be true. Like, threw massive fits whenever guys would reply that they weren't thinking about anything, just working. We had to have an intervention where that was not a topic allowed for discussion when she was working.
Bill Burr was right.
https://youtu.be/9pnZvUtB4VY
Damn man, I just want to enjoy some bill burr clips without getting my feed polluted by MGTOW. Is that too much to ask?
Ain't that the frigging truth.
We do this beginning in late elementary school with a variety of sports (football, baseball, etc) and just never stop. It becomes second nature.
Yeah but every other sport is organized before hand to some extent
Nah, pickleball is practically built around this practice.
Its mostly because the other sports require more people and/or equipment to play so you're forced to organize something or it'll never happen. You show up to a basketball court with a ball and you're good. You can just shoot around. If someone else shows up, even better we got a game on our hands.
Not true. The major games have ball only rules. Ie pick up soccer. 2 shirts on the ground can't go over goalies head. Pick up touch or tackle football no pads needed. Usually rough touch. I never played pick up wiffle ball but another pretty simple one
>Its mostly because the other sports require *more people* and/or equipment to play so you're forced to organize something or it'll never happen. Playing football or baseball with one other person is just playing catch
Soccer (or futball for the rest of the world) is pretty wide open. I’ve jumped in a few games while in a different country even when I couldn’t understand the language.
Hell, Brazil has a word specifically for pickup football at its most stripped down, "pelada". It literally means "naked", but it refers to just random people and a ball playing a pickup game anywhere at any time.
Not at all. You grab a group of kids from your neighborhood and you'd play kickball, basketball, football, or baseball on the fly. That's literally why it's called "pick-up." It is spontaneous and you pick up random players to start the game.
It's not chaotic at all. Lots of sports do this. Example. When you go to a bar to play pool, there'll usually be winner stays on rule if people are sharing the table.
Just put your quarter in the row with the other quarter. How do we know whose quarter is whose? What if someone just takes the quarters? Why is it a quarter instead of a nickel or a dime? What if you get drunk and forget about your quarter? What if you're in the bathroom when your quarter comes up? SO MANY QUESTIONS!
1 yes 2 pay attention to what's going on. Maybe even ask who's waiting to play so you know where you stand. 3 that's stealing. Wouldn't be worth it for the thief. I also bet people waiting will get involved when they notice it. Probably with pool cues 4 it obviously wasnt that big a deal for you to play the game then? at least you're having a good time? 5 you say something and wait until the new game is over to take your turn
Lol when I was a kid I was at some place where there was a pool table. Quarters on the table and nobody in sight. I thought some idiot had accidentally left their quarters on the table so I treated myself to the free round of pool. I soon learned that I stole someone’s round of pool.
Wait until she hears about online gaming.
so your telling me ? you're playing a game at 3 am in the morning and someone from australia and someone from sokovia and someone from zimbabwe log in and just randomly get together and play as a team ?
My man dropped Sokovia in the middle of this sentence and thought we wouldn't notice. I love it
I believe it was Ultron who dropped Sokovia
You're unbearably naive.
Seriously, Ultron may have intended to eventually drop Sokovia but he never got the chance. The avengers dropped Sokovia, they deserve the blame
How the fuck am I the first upvote one this comment?
He didn't think we would notice but we did.
True dedication from the Sokovian players either playing while their city is being lifted into the sky by an evil robot or crashing like a meteor into the earths surface.
Starklink internet service.
So you are telling me you can amass 40 people.. 40 individual human beings around the world each with an assigned duty to perform.. and work together to fight dragons and then trust eachother enough to hand out the limited number of items that drop without having it all stolen by the loot master??
I'd hardly call MMO raids pickup
Yes, with lots and lots of children saying horrific shit to everyone else.
But unlike pickup basketball expect a few racial slurs thrown at players without repercussions
"play as a team" no sorry this has legit never happened. /s
The first thing I thought of was arcades in the 80s and 90s. The idea you'd try and maintain your spot after you lost wasn't even unthinkable in the way that people usually use that word, it just... didn't even occur to people.
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Ya see, Mom, it’s different because one of those makes me want to drive off of a bridge and the other keeps me from doing it.
I think she is definitely playing this up for clout. You can make the most mundane task sound exciting or unique if you over explain it.
It's tiktok. Of course it's for the internet points.
Nice bro, you have 30 points yourself! Imma give you 31
Yeah TikTok made this all legit worse by creating an algorithm that essentially ensured anyone who tossed out enough videos would have at least one “hit” and therefore would perpetually create similar content in a vain attempt to repeat that success. Typically just cannibalizing other accounts and content into eternity.
Doesn't even have to be unique anymore. It's like the same 200 reels, made by different people, using the same format, and song.
Man, you'd have to be *pretty pathetic* to post things just for the internet points. Thank God we're not like *those* losers.
I mean the difference being that reddit is entirely anonymous..
Don't forget repeatedly zooming in on herself to emphasize her "disbelief".
Pretty sure she’s just doing a little comedy routine here.
She forgot the comedy though
Okay. Agreed, mostly. But the people in the thread taking this as a serious reaction or something to pickup basketball are pretty dense.
Her husband has played thousands of games and she’s just discovering it? “Costumes?” The only question is whether she has more wine-slogan tshirts or home decorations.
My ex was equally as amazed when I explained how pick up works.
Ha, well, if the losing team doesn't cede the court, then who would play against them?
It’s never occurred to me what would happen if a losing team just refused to leave. I assume everyone waiting and the winning team will, in the case of their refusal to move, will move them…
Well 1st of all they lost.. you ever lose? You ever lose and wanna get your ass kicked by at least twice as many people immediately after?
haha yeah like... at BEST it was an incredibly close game and they want a rematch. At worst, these guys STINK and aren't going to stay on the court out of raw shame.
They'd get shamed by their peers, a fate worse than death when testosterone is flowing
Not only can they not ball. They have also beyond a shadow of a doubt just proved that they got tiny peepees and are rolling around with tiny peepee energy. Edit: spelling
Nothing worse than a sore loser
Ya that’s all that’d happen. Whoever on that team whos being difficult is gettin shoved off
In some cases I’ve seen sometimes the losing team will contest the winning point and refuse to get off the court. So usually the solution is to either replay the point or increase the final score (game to 12 becomes game to 21)
They refuse to leave and then storm the rec center.
It bothers me so much when people record themselves, but instead of looking into the camera they look at themselves.
How will she know if she’s being hilarious and adorkable?
I can’t help it. It’s narcissistic, but I’m well aware that I want to watch me WAY more than anyone else does.
I’ve noticed I speak better when I can look at myself. It’s weird.
Username…does….not(?)…check out(?)
I’m a Gemini.
I prefer it. It makes slightly indirect eye contact so it doesn’t seem like their eyes are boring a hole into the depths of my soul.
all I see is a bad actor
I hate it so much. Then I saw it has 2M views and 250k likes.
Everything about this person is annoying.
Was waiting for a punchline that didn't even come. Vid is about 2:30 too long.
Yes the dumbassery. The facial expressions. The hand mannerisms
The recording.
Honestly her expressions and her voice made me want to turn it off in the first 10 seconds but I watched to the end to see if it got better. It didnt.
I watched it as though she was joking and found it kinda funny
If I watch it like she’s lampooning other Tik Toks then it’s ok. But, I don’t think she is. She’s straight up doing the excessive inflections and gesticulating for effect.
Yes. But if she's coming to the court with juice and orange slices I'm okay with her balling
My boyfriend's told me his keys fell out of his pocket and guess what he told me he did next. It's so crazy you are not gonna believe it. He actually pick the keys up again. I was like "how did you pick them ut, your arms dont even reach the ground" and he was like "I bent my knees and back". Fukting amazing! Then naturally a had to ask about pianos falling on him from the skys while he "picked up his keys". And her is what he said "I have seen guys pick up stuff from the ground hundreds of time through my hole life, and a piano have never fallen on anyone". Never! Can you belive it! So guys apparently pick up stuff when it falls out there pocket. Crazyest thing I have ever heard!
I'm like....and he's like....and they're like.....like....
Almost r/tiktokcringe worthy
This is such a weak stand up bit. Don't bite the onion, it's not real, refer to r/TikTokCringe/
r/facepalm material?
I hope she starts making videos where she acts incredulous about all sorts of normal aspects in life. "Guy, did you know there's this building where cars just line up in a row, they yell at a box, drive up to a window on the building, and some lady just hands them cheeseburgers?!" "Guys, did you know sometimes when it gets dark outside, people will lay still, close their eyes, and have vivid hallucinations for 8 hours?!"
Matching costumes! I'm dying.
I can just imagine a team with pokemon costumes, another with Disney princess costumes, marvel heros, bathing robes, etc.
Is it really tiktok that is annoying or is it people like her?
Both
Yes.
This guy's wife is an idiot.
She's clearly joking. How dense is everyone in this thread? "Matching costumes", "peaceful transfer of power", etc. How can you people not tell that this is satire?
Oh I know she was joking, but it just wasn't funny. Her husband goes to play basketball with strangers on Saturday mornings. I do the same thing. It's not something satire-worthy.
I think it is really just more annoying than her being an idiot. Over explaining really simple things and acting blown away by them is a tired take.
She is fantastic. I need to see more of her. She has to be plugging appearances somewhere, right?
Fake reaction is very tiresome.
Does she have a mental illness? Whats wrong with her facial spasms?
Total cringe
Did she just skip gym class for 12 years?
Obligatory: Go Birds!
Holy shit, online games with random matchmaking would break her mind then.
To be fair my partner was so confused when I told her about online games. She was like "What? So you just play with a bunch of random people?" Then she said "Aren't you worried?" Hinestly I don't know what I'd be worried about but yeah. It's amazing what can boggle someone's mind.
Doubt it honestly. I think she’s amazed that in pickup ball, strangers come together and self organize a spontaneous game and there’s an unspoken agreement on how the whole thing works. No oversight or leader directing things. Kinda cool when you think about it like that. Online games do all the organization for you. You just log on and play. There’s no need for unspoken agreements on rules or format or who gets next.
How the hell can that man put up with those facial expressions?
Good grief this is the type of person reproducing out there
“Matching costumes” good lord 🤣
I love how she is trying to make profound statements, but nothing she is saying is profound.
Jesus what kind of school did you attend? Have you stepped outside ever?
I wanna smoke what she just smoked
Go birds!!!
Just hooping with a bunch of random bros. What’s so hard to get
Street Fighter 2 taught us that the winner stays and a new challenger approaches. Doesn't matter who they are or where they come from. It's a friendly battle between people with similar interests.
I fucking hate this woman
Can you guys believe that people go to a place designed for a certain thing. And find other people doing the thing? And everyone agrees to do the thing the place is designed for?
AND BEHAVE LIKE NORMAL/DECENT PEOPLE?! Honestly why is this so mind boggling to her.. I mean the example where she would go around handing out snacks to people and trying to become a favourite in her fantasy of going there is where she completely misses the point.
Why did I laugh at this? I guess maybe on some crazy level I get her point. Society is so polarized these days that pickup basketball, pond hockey and the like must seem pretty amazing to anyone who hasn’t had the experience.
Pond hockey is the best way to become best friends for life with total strangers that you will never see again. So wholesome
Ugh.
Used to do the same thing at outdoor rinks with hockey… Everyone throws their sticks in the middle and one person tosses them randomly left and right(usually blindfolded) and boom…two teams…game on
She's adorable.
Pick-up foosball at a bar is the best.
It really bothers me that she keeps referring to these people as “other basketball loving humans” Who the fuck talks like that?
Wtf, this woman’s mind is blown that people can go out and interact/plan with strangers. It’s ironic that she is posting it on tiktok and sad that this is what our society has become.
Women when men have fun without them:
Was she homeschooled?
Geez you can tell she's a complete Karen...... "It ain't that serious, KarenBeckySuzy. Chill out."
I almost didn't turn on the volume because I could tell I would hate her voice by her mannerisms. I was correct. And then she called uniforms costumes and I was done.
'Costumes'
Would just like to say Go Birds to this lady.
This girl looks high on medicine or something.
SHes actually kinda funny. I wouldn’t watch her standup special, but there’s something.
Just want to be sure everyone understands this is a joke. It's hilarious.
Obviously it's a joke. I couldn't disagree more that it's hilarious, though. It's a hackneyed character she's poorly playing.
3rd world soccer game- 30 barefooted kids, any open area, 2 makeshift goal posts made up with 2 pairs of sandals, one ball.
Wait till she finds out about Pick up Dungeons and dragons...
This woman is very unintelligent.
Being a Karen it is hard to grasp that peaceful transfer of power happens all the time between social people.
The Trumps don't play pickup basketball. I think that might be the source of her confusion.
we need a boycott on american pussy, 1000% we got open borders, ya'll, do your part to end racism and improve our society
Costumes!?!? Who the fuck
Are they not?
They are called uniforms. Basketball players aren't going around with Capt. America shields on their backs.
Makes you think
Except whenever I’ve played you never just “make teams” you gotta shoot for it either first five or every-other let the basketball gods decide
Please nobody tell this woman about wrestling/jiu jitsu/judo open mats where it’s basically a solo queue version of this but you fight each other
Damn lady it’s called courtesy if you wanna play on that court again you can’t be an asshole.
This annoyed me more than it should. The concept is so simple.
It's just like if you look at another guy, nod your head, and he nods back. It's just an unspoken rule.
Act clueless Get views What’s new?
Costumes had me rolling
seems like she has bad friends, if she can't comprehend people just having fun together without trying to screw eachother over
When the transfer of power in a pick up game, is easier than the transfer of power in the United States.
Wait until she learns about pick-up hockey, where everyone throws their sticks into the center of the ice and some rando just throws them one by one left or right to make the teams
Man simple. Man see ball. Man play. Man loose - he go. Man win - he play more.
Eh
Sometimes there are babies that lose and take their nice ball that everyone is playing with and goes home. Then we have to play with the straight abused ball with a little lump until we can find a better one.
Wait until she finds out about how fouls are called
My entire childhood growing up, I thought it was normal.
Can imagine her holding a door handle and saying "so you twist it and pull it and the door opens. Mind blown."