UncleManny

@plasticonsofa @DragonflyJonez @CHold You and I must have different understandings of the word "fact".

@Uncle_Manny @DragonflyJonez @CHold It’s a fact

Nah ppl overestimate how popular athletes are bc they overestimate how many ppl are sports fans. Highest rated NBA game ever is 98 Finals gm6. 35M ppl. US population in 98 was 276M. 12% of America tuned in to watch the most popular basketball player ever in his send off game. 12%

@sweetbriizy @missfeven

@Uncle_Manny @missfeven No one is arguing that rugby players are more well known the their celebrities girl friends.

All this NBA discourse, when NFL players came to London last winter was there not dialogue about how insane it was they could walk around London without anyone knowing who they were? Or did I imagine this??

@743Dharper Cool, so what about winning a World Cup AND scoring 1000 goals? That would surpass everyone that had done either of those, right?

Hundreds of players have lifted the World Cup, but not a single footballer has reached 1,000 goals in top level competitive matches. True value lies in achieving what's never been done.

Nice try but people barely care about rugby players in the UK.

@ITFOTN @missfeven

@Uncle_Manny @missfeven They could do this in the uk too

@holahovitaaa When Reservoir Dogs exists?

Vol 2 might be the only Jaÿ-Z project where the commercial single is the best song of the album..

@adamwolfgang @DragonflyJonez You can't be a "fan" then, otherwise this makes no sense

@DragonflyJonez I'm a sports fan. I watch the NBA. I'm a Blazers fan. I would only know Klay in a crowd because he's tall and that would tip me off. Otherwise 🤷🏼. Steph, I would know.

@DragonflyJonez @CHold This is where this argument constantly breaks down. On what are you basing this assumption other than gut feeling?

@CHold I think there’s a very small percentage of ppl under 35 who wouldn’t know who Meg is. She’s a certified pop star. Not a household name bc older ppl aren’t familiar with her tho.

@DragonflyJonez What percentage of the population do you think knew who MJ was and that it was his last game? One thing this debate is exposing is just how few people understand the difference between viewership and recognition

@jojokrene @Pressa_T @korejay What are you basing this on though? The fact that YOU know her? How representative do you think you are of the entire UK population?

@Pressa_T @korejay She’s wayyyyyy more popular in the UK than Klay Thompson tho loool

Americans can be a bit out of touch when they assume the rest of the world cares about basketball and American football anywhere near as much as they do. Comparing Super Bowl viewership to an average Premier League match is laughable, because your finals is just another regular Saturday night game to us. Most people in the UK, for example, probably couldn’t name four American football players or even five basketball teams let alone the players on them. In this scenario, although I personally couldn’t name you one of Megan’s songs, her reach is far more than Klays because I didn’t even know he was that accomplished before this debate started. £300M!!?! 👀 He is HIM!

@eleanorzjames @TECHNOSPARKLEZ @wentsickomode A bit thick, aren't you Eleanor?

@TECHNOSPARKLEZ @wentsickomode What the fuck has this got to do with what I said.

They do things like this because they consider white men and women as the standard for their governing rules, that is the very definition of institutional racism.

@choco_strawbs @rektmeedy @missfeven What is nfl sports please?

@rektmeedy @missfeven under the broader umbrella of nfl sports

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno "10 out of a thousand people", based on "data" abi?

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Here I was thinking hyperbolic statements were a thing. Pardon me, never knew I had to be literal with you. Okay, maybe 10 out of a thousand people on the street will recognise him. Satisfied?

Podcast host Madame Joyce doubles down while responding to backlash for saying Klay Thompson is only known because of Megan Thee Stallion 👀 She then goes on to claim reality TV star NeNe Leakes is more popular than the top 10 current NBA players 💀🤦‍♂️

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Again, you're just putting words together in vaguely-coherent form. Sense has deserted you a long time ago.

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Do you know the best hockey player? Do you know the most decorated triathlete? I’d have said it’s because it’s complex that’s why you don’t get it but this is more linear than a string. Please don’t pass this brain to anyone else, for the sake of the world

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno It was your nonsense. Maybe you can help me understand?

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Yes, because what does that nonsense even mean?

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Ok and which point was it that I responded to first? You're not very good at this, are you?

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Oh yes, and I also said this

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Full of shit because I said I live in London? Does this even make sense to you?

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Lmao, yes… how long do I tell you I’ve lived in London for? Do I also need to show you my British child to continue this conversation? When you said “mind you I live in London”, I knew you were full of shit. I studied (MSc and Undergrad in the UK). I’m in London today, say more

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno "he wouldn't be recognised" - YOUR words x.com/omolere/status…

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno To a fool, “not many” = “no one”

@omolere @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno Can you read?

@Uncle_Manny @KeizerSoze808 @Dee_Batch @ayekeeno “Meg brought him to that side”. God!!! What’s going on today?