Post #2472835
2023-08-18 07:53 UTC
Replies (22)
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@floppyplopper@todon.nl 2023-08-18 10:18
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I only wish for one day I didn't see something that reminds me of this. I don't think there is a word in this tweet that isn't perfect.
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@jillrhudy@mastodon.social 2023-08-18 10:44
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk @alicemcalicepants@ohai.social I love it
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@wakame@tech.lgbt 2023-08-18 11:33
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk One in eight men are overconfident in any situation :blobcatgiggle:
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@Andres@mastodon.hardcoredevs.com 2023-08-18 11:35
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk what in the world would make them think that they would win against Serena, that's insane. It makes me remember the movie "Battle of the Sexes"
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@Wikisteff@mastodon.social 2023-08-19 02:20
@ech@qoto.org @Andres@mastodon.hardcoredevs.com @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I just found this and it is fantastic! Thanks for passing it on! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3SKM2XnyI
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@Jesper_Buhl@helvede.net 2023-08-18 11:38
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk it just always hits right!
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@jernej__s@infosec.exchange 2023-08-18 11:50
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk That whole thread was awesome.
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@CJPaloma@tooters.org 2023-08-18 11:54
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk can't imagine why. Thank you for thinking about it. And telling us you're thinking about it. Seriously.
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@TonyJWells@mastodon.social 2023-08-18 12:13
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk There's a real survey of people who think they can win a no weapons fight against various animals from geese to grizzly bears. The percentages show some people clearly have never seen animals outside of books with cardboard pages.
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@ruffin@mas.to 2023-08-18 12:35
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I mean, she does double fault some… but I wouldn’t call that “winning” a point. And it’s not like she’d have to serve anywhere near max to beat (checks notes) 99.9999999% of men. Figure if she wanted to beat nine 9s of guys, she 💯 would. (A quick google says 1/8th of men are apparently familiar w/ the term “double fault”.) Just for fun, here are some random double fault stats. Looks like Venus did it more at one point; can’t find Serena Williams’ rate for some reason.
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@tbehrens@kanoa.de 2023-08-18 12:54
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I would be happy if I hit a ball - in a match against my 4 year old niece. 😅
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@starkos@hachyderm.io 2023-08-18 13:10
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I wonder many think they could get a hit on a Major League Baseball pitcher Edit—Or more apples to apples, could they score a point on Roger Federer
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@tobyink@toots.toby.ink 2023-08-18 13:35
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk The phrasing of the question in the small print at the bottom doesn't mention the word "game", which in tennis can be as short as four points long. The question might not refer to a game, but a whole match, which consists of multiple games. Winning a single point in a whole match is perhaps not likely, but certainly plausible — a double fault on one of Serena's serves would be sufficient.
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@JDPilley@twit.social 2023-08-18 13:55
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I could win a point… if she double-faulted on her serve!
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@csstrowbridge@mastodon.social 2023-08-18 14:22
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk How often do players double-fault in tennis? That's the only way I get a point against Serena Williams. That or she takes pity on me.
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@csstrowbridge@mastodon.social 2023-08-18 19:17
@ech@qoto.org @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk Yep. I think the only way we could get a point is if she was A.) Showing Off or B.) Laughing too hard.
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@gooba42@mastodon.social 2023-08-18 14:40
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I maintain, like the "could you fight a wild animal" discourse, that if you nullified most of her advantages like training and strength and such that it's possible my wild incompetence would put a ball past her. That's less misogyny and more putting my faith in dumb luck and heavy handicapping though. There's absolutely no way a fair match goes my way.
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@MaybeMyMonkeys@mastodon.social 2023-08-18 17:10
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk say it was a man with her record and ask the question again
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@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 2023-08-18 21:52
@ech@qoto.org I like to imagine it making a "shoooooop" sound and leaving a perfectly cylindrical hole
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@MrShoggoth@toot.community 2023-08-18 20:09
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk - That’s wonderful.
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@bry@mstdn.social 2023-08-18 20:10
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk I think in an entire /match/ I might be able to get a single point though. Surely she'd get bored and let one shot slip by Losing 72-1 seems reasonable
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@smudgiesmom@universeodon.com 2023-08-18 19:31
@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 🤣🤣🤣🏆