Alan

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[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Bubblegum123_ @chinuaaaa @ryanbuss19 No you couldn't lmao. The Superbowl pulls nearly 10x the views of the NBA finals. NFL games average 25-60m viewers per game, compared to 1.8m average in the NBA. The NFL averages 80+ of the top 100 most viewed tv broadcasts. The NBA has 0. NFL revenue is double the NBA.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Bubblegum123_ @chinuaaaa @ryanbuss19 The NFL is by far the most popular sport in America. Basketball is actually one of the least popular and it has had to change the rules of the game a LOT over the last 10 years to try and save declining viewership. NBA arenas hold like 18-20k people, NFL stadiums are 60-80k.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 I don't disagree, there's a lot of redundancy in American English. I'm just tired of reading condescending takes from Europeans on here, especially Brits. Apologies for being rude in my original message, you've been pleasantly civil.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 By the same argument, why is back needed in the first example? "He arrived on horse" is just as clear, no? I'd wager a lot of American English is remnants of British English that they later changed and we didn't.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 Quite literally came from The English themselves. Much like "soccer" as a name being mocked by Europeans despite the term having been invented by the English.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 And it's a distinction the English people created. Arrogance + ignorance is a wild combination.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 Your inability to read is incredible. As I already said, the term "horse riding" was used to refer to multiple things, regardless of how much sense you think it makes. Language exists to be understood, additional context, like "back," was added to clarify to the listener.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 Horse riding has historically been used to refer to many different things including being on the horse itself and in a carriage or other vehicle behind it. Back was added to distinguish the specific experience. Also sometimes to distinguish saddle and bareback separately.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 "Horse riding" would have been ambiguous to listeners because it referred to on the horses back, or in a carriage or other object pulled by the horse. The point of language is to be understood, the more specific description addressed that. Once again, you look stupid.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@DDtrack4 @____MC94 Motorbikes, carriages, sleighs, atvs, bicycles. Think for like half a second.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 Crazy how people choose to be stupid when information is free. We have many different things we ride, horseback clarifies between carriage, sleigh, motorbike, ATV, etc. if you say "I'm going out riding" nobody knows what you mean, defeating the point of language.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 The tiniest bit of research would make you look less stupid. It's called horseback riding because other forms of riding existed, such as in a carriage, on a sleigh, on a cart, or other animals. Crazy how language evolved ways to distinguish similar things huh?

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@chinuaaaa @ryanbuss19 Basketball isn't even biggest sport in america. You just fall for engagement bait by morons on twitter.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@anikashaily @xxfw1da Wasting your breath on stupid people who are engagement farming.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@pedriiitis He's just happy to be here 😊

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Cryptlowani @MichaelShanks Amazon owns the rights. They can't shop it around.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@JeffFcb14 Gordi es de La Masía 💀

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@maveriikplaydrt @Jooonaathhann @Carl_M79 10 seconds on Google would tell you you're wrong. 15 of the 30 stadiums use real grass. Which is half. Which is what I said.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Jooonaathhann @Carl_M79 Also no, it's about half. Half the NFL is real grass half use AstroTurf.