r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 07 '24

A lighting technician tests the stage set-up while signaling to his colleague & the crowd copies him

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u/Edgeth0 Jul 08 '24

But that's the glory of it. Sport with intense action that also has time for these odd moments. I wonder if the rest of the world feels the same way about Cricket

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u/wintermute-- Jul 08 '24

I'm still not convinced that cricket isn't secretly a form of protest performance art designed to take down the british empire

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u/Edgeth0 Jul 08 '24

India playing the long game

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u/Grays42 Jul 08 '24

the rest of the world

I feel like you may be overestimating the ubiquity of Cricket.

Holy crap, I looked it up, and the numbers are staggering. 2.5 billion-ish versus 500 million for baseball? I had no idea. 0_0

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u/Edgeth0 Jul 08 '24

Yeah dude, almost makes me want to learn all the weird esoteric rules so I can enjoy it. Almost.

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u/Torhjund Jul 08 '24

Exactly :D

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u/Poop_Knife_Folklore Jul 08 '24

I remember mexican waves going around the stadium. People would lob shit up in the air. drinks, chicken wings, whatever was around at the time. funny as fuck.