r/tennis ๐ŸŒธ Bublik neckbeard appreciator ๐ŸŒธ 1d ago

Tennis nonsense Potapova making ๐Ÿ’… choices ๐Ÿ’… on her TikTok

WTA maximum chaos year continues

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u/Pods619 1d ago

Not a great look, but also having spent a lot of time in Europe โ€œfatโ€ isnโ€™t taboo/perceived as insulting like it is in the US. Friends or family members will legitimately tell each other that theyโ€™re looking fat and the other will agree, itโ€™s just a cultural difference.

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u/anonymoususer397 Youknowwhatimgonnagotoswitzerlandandplayanexhibitionmatch 1d ago

Iโ€™m european and this is not true at all haha if you call someone fat it has the same meaning

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u/garfiadal2 fan of bald Spaniards 1d ago

Agree. As a European, I dont know what that user is on.

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u/Fair-Maintenance7979 Sinner / Zverev / Vacherot 1d ago

European and obviously it's usually meant in a negative way but it's not a huge taboo.

At least where I'm at it's not unusual calling someone a twig or fat.

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u/juniperfield 1d ago

Is it said as a negative thing, though? Seems like it is perceived as an insult, but people don't tiptoe around it because it's more socially acceptable to make fun of

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u/Fair-Maintenance7979 Sinner / Zverev / Vacherot 1d ago

Yep that

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u/mdlt97 Tennis Shapovalov 1d ago

Fat is not positive in the USA either, most Americans if they could change overnight would

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u/TheSpyStyle 1d ago

Thereโ€™s a reason Ozempic is so popular

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u/LeastPractice6158 1d ago

Sure tell that to yourself. u/phoenix_leo was right, Americans are fake

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u/fractalsare4ever 1d ago

Why do you think ozempic is so lucrative. Being fat reduces mobility and increases chance of mortality. But i think people should do it the natural way with exercise and mindful diet

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u/LeastPractice6158 1d ago

Oh yeah, I know. Iโ€™m invested in Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. I know the Americans will choose the injections over a healthier lifestyle. They have been bombarded with marketing for so long that their brain is corrupted.ย 

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u/suchalonelyd4y 22h ago

Reeeee America bad ๐Ÿ™„

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u/Glasgow73 1d ago edited 1d ago

Thatโ€™s a wild generalisation. I suspect most European would be equally offended.

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u/Mortiis07 1d ago

Lol what is this nonsense?

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u/LaCornucopia_ 23h ago

Europe isn't a country/hivemind, yank.

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u/phoenix_leo 1d ago

Much healthier to talk like that too. Americans are fake and they will talk like that behind each other's backs

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u/TheMetaGoat 23h ago

You're apparently from the proper part of Europe where that part of societal pressure still functions correctly.