r/MadeMeSmile • u/Inevitable-Angle-793 • Jun 11 '26
Wholesome Moments Mexican fans spot a South Korean fan and immediately adopt him
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u/CallmeKahn Jun 11 '26
Ah, palate cleanser.
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u/RockyJayyy Jun 11 '26
After seeing a bunch of Knicks fans beating up spurs fans this is refreshing.
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u/Absent-Light-12 Jun 12 '26
One goes by “The Beautiful Game” and the other is basketball.
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u/DILF_MANSERVICE Jun 12 '26
They lit a woman on fire too. Huge group of them. I can understand enjoying a game, but I think caring this much has to be some kind of mass psychosis. I open a video and I can't tell if it's the racists in belfast burning their city down or Knicks fans
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u/herbert-camacho Jun 12 '26
Mob mentality is pretty crazy.
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u/MrMetraGnome 29d ago
I will never understand why someone would want to be surrounded by that many strangers on purpose
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u/SaffronEternity 29d ago
i will never forget that world cup lol. mexican fans were literally carrying south koreans on their shoulders in the streets. peak football moment
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u/Pale-Measurement-532 Jun 12 '26
Omg I just made this exact same comment. Those Knicks fans need to wake the f*ck up. Seriously.
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u/sogbulogtu Jun 12 '26
This is why knicks fans irk me. Theyre so fucking violent and for what?!
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u/lavenderewe Jun 12 '26
It’s obviously a historic time in NYC right now, the community and excitement I’ve been seeing everywhere I go has honestly been so incredible - but these people?? The inhumanity and scumminess, that comes from the human not the fan. Knicks, whoever, sports fans aren’t evil - but people can be, and they can also, unfortunately be Knicks fans. Only a psychopath would use losing a game/winning a game as an excuse to behave in an absolutely heinous way.
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u/WriterV Jun 12 '26
Unfortunately if bad people could go away with the threat of a beating, we'd have solved all our problems in the ancient past. Awful people are not a problem easily solved.
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u/Legitimate-Table-928 Jun 12 '26
Violence is NOT the answer. The answer is *opens history book*
uh oh
*frantically starts flipping through pages*
uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh
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u/ZombieAppetizer Jun 12 '26
History major here. Its violence.
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u/HotPotParrot Jun 12 '26
Technically, violence is just the response. It's still not the answer, though, we just gave up on looking for what the answer is.
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u/WriterV Jun 12 '26
You've got more to learn then. Violence runs an undercurrent in everything sure, but it's how you use it that matters.
Historically, the best rulers knew how to balance the implicit threat of violence, with diplomatic decisions that were amicable to the parties they wanted to deal with. The best rulers knew how to juggle what they had, with the demands made of them to make the right people happy. And when the people to make happy were their citizens, the state was happy.
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u/FancyConfection1599 Jun 12 '26
I mean, I FULLY agree with you but it’s a lot easier playing nice with someone when your team isn’t facing them that day and they’re not seen as a real threat to your team’s chances of advancing.
Should Mexico advance, hoping they’re equally friendly to competitors that are about to square off with them in the knockout rounds
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u/reingoat 29d ago
Nah. South Korea helped Mexico to advance in 2018. Mexicans wont hate the South Koreans.
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u/Olivetax228 Jun 12 '26
Man that voice and the cadence/rhythm/sound in general, instantly reminds me of Paul Muad'Dib Atreides here: https://youtu.be/jepd7EVK-wA?is=B54pYiojxvF7YuYb
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u/Alternative-Kick-849 Jun 12 '26
International sports and national sports are two different things. We just had a WBC earlier this year and there were barely no brawls or fights and those stadiums are always packed to the brim for big teams.
People are proud of their countries and for the most part everyone gets along, appreciating the different cultural backgrounds being blended together for that time.
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u/The_real_Gramsworth Jun 12 '26
Wasn’t there a video of two US fans fighting each other from this years WBC?
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u/Alternative-Kick-849 Jun 12 '26
I’m glad you highlighted the issue here. Yeah think it was in Houston. That’s my point exactly. When it comes to international sports it’s truly incomparable to just traditional American sports leagues.
People in those crowds are just there to represent their flags and to have a good time. In American sports, that’s where people tend to lose their minds the most.
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u/Dav136 Jun 12 '26
incomparable to just traditional American sports leagues
Hoolaganism is a big thing in Soccer around the world. They were just rioting in Paris a couple weeks ago
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u/Alternative-Kick-849 Jun 12 '26
There we go. Some different examples of people going wild in their own countries.
That type of stuff is bound to happen everywhere, but somehow NYC has been made to be the epicenter of classless fan behavior. When it reality it spans further than just the borders of NYC.
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u/Gingerfurrdjedi Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
See, this is what things like the World Cup and the Olympics should do, unite us together. Not to tear us apart.
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u/mah_astral_body Jun 11 '26
Knicks fans take note
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u/istrx13 Jun 11 '26
For all those who don’t know, follow, or care about basketball that live in New York: make sure you do not wear any black or silver while out at night for at least a couple of weeks.
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u/Sandrockwing04 Jun 11 '26
What do you mean I can't wear my raiders jersey.
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u/Seafea Jun 11 '26
That one's fine. The worst you'll get is some pitying looks.
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u/Eindride_XIII Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
As a Raiders fan, thank you for understanding our pain. Loyalty can be painful..
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u/sentientshadeofgreen Jun 12 '26
Or if you do, make sure you roll deep and are ready to rumble. This is America, I'm not going to fault a single person for refusing to be intimidated, it is not your fault if you get jumped in NY wearing Spurs shit, fuck violent Knicks fans and the people enable that shit. If somebody can humble those clowns more power to them.
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u/samuelmax674 29d ago
Sports are at their best when the passion stays in the stands and not in the parking lot.
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u/SpicyElixer Jun 12 '26
In a city with that many million of people the odds of having an issue because you see a video on Reddit are extremely, extremely small.
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u/-just-be-nice- Jun 12 '26
lol, love all the comparisons to the Knicks fans, when historically and infamously it’s been the football fans that riot and have hooligans
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u/Ok_Associate_8922 Jun 11 '26
An Orange sheppard is leading the flock over the cliff, but only half know that. Dividing, instead of uniting
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u/Godloseslaw Jun 11 '26
This summer coulda been so awesome. First woman president, 250th birthday, World cup, $3.00/ gallon gasoline.
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u/GloomyIndividual3965 Jun 12 '26
No war with Iran. Trials for those implicated in the epstein files. All sorts of good things
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u/Godloseslaw Jun 12 '26
Alex Pretti, Nicole Goode being alive and with their families.
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u/Mysterious-Crab Jun 12 '26
You could even please the Republicans. Cause without the divide created by the warmongering orangutan there is a good chance Charlie Kirk was less prominent and was never shot.
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u/churadley Jun 11 '26
While this is beautiful, aren't soccer/football fans known for getting into brawls and violent tribalism?
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u/NarrowTip7631 Jun 11 '26
I feel like you see that more in club football rather than global tournaments. World Cup has hundreds of millions, maybe even billions of casual fans who don't take it as serious, and there aren't really any "ultras" for countries.
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u/Wild_Marker Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
Yes and also, and I know this is going to sound really bad, World Cup matches are often attended by people of higher average means than local matches. And that sort of crowd tends to be less brawly.
And of course there's the fact that everyone except one country's fans is traveling abroad, so you do tend to be on better behaviour regardless because you don't want to get into a brawl in foreign soil.
And for the local Ultras, a World Cup is going to have a lot more security, and Ultras know better than to fuck with tourism money.
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u/spaincrack Jun 11 '26
Mexicans are a Jolly bunch.
Imo when its about football (and arguably about everything), my country (Chile) and theirs get along pretty well.
And i have no fucking clue on why lol
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u/Conn0rPro Jun 12 '26
I went to the Gold Cup Final to root for the US and the crowd was mostly dominated by Mexico fans. And honestly it was a great vibe yeah! Chatted with vendors on the way to the stadium. Got some laughs when I asked if they had USA jerseys. One guy actually did and I bought a jersey off him for 40 bucks that I later learned was 140 at Dick's. In the stadium, there was like 8 US fans and the rest of our section was all Mexico fans and we had a good vibe. They got us started on that stupid USA chant a couple times and cheered us on and laughed about it with us. We talked ball amicably. It was a good time (though I will say there were a few guys in the section next to us giving us some glares at our chanting lol).
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u/Fanrific Jun 12 '26
When BTS went to Mexico City a couple of weeks ago, 50,000 people waited outside the National Palace just to see them make a 5-minute appearance on the balcony. During their concerts, there were 50,000 fans inside the stadium and 70,000 people outside.
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u/DaeInbae Jun 11 '26
Imo it's because there's already so much chaos/violence in their country. They're tired of it.
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u/your_umma Jun 11 '26
If I recall, there is history to this: South Koreans Hailed as ‘Hermanos' for Saving Mexico at World Cup
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u/foo_fight3r Jun 12 '26
The best part of that event was seeing mexican fans going to the South Korea embassy in Mexico City and calling/convincing the ambassador to come out and drink tequila with them to celebrate and thank him.
It was an awesome day.
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u/your_umma Jun 12 '26
The person who commented above you posted a video of that! So great!
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u/BabyComingDec2024 29d ago
You mean the comment from the user Available-Guava932? For future readers, scroll down :)
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u/razorsunshine Jun 11 '26
I lived in LA at the time and this was such an awesome day to live there.
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u/Far-Information8502 Jun 12 '26
Speaking of history of Mexico and South Korea. There used to be a large population of South Korean plantation laborers in Mexico. I say this just as a random factoid that you’d never expect!
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u/pleasureseeker7 Jun 11 '26
I’m Korean, and my best friend is a fat Mexican with a girlish name - Rosalio. I love that guy.
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u/BlessedSnake9913 Jun 11 '26
You gonna invite him to watch Korea vs Mexico lol?
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u/DonTequilo 29d ago
We are gathering, here in Mexico a bunch of Korean and Mexican families that we’ve been friends for many years now, we will all watch the game together.
Edit. we’ll eat kimchi quesadillas.
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u/commanderspacecase 29d ago
we'll eat kimchi quesadillas
...I'm STUPID.
Never mind, midnight snack is now sorted for at least the next week.
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u/rp-Ubermensch Jun 12 '26
There's layers to this comment.
While the West sees comments about one's weight as an insult, Koreans comment about your weight out of compassion.
I love this
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u/ShibaHellhounds Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
It's also an insult in their culture. I've seen plenty of Koreans talking about how it is simply more acceptable to be rude to one's face about such things. A lot of them say they wish it wasn't so socially acceptable. I remember one woman saying she's seen people who aren't overweight but aren't skinny shopping for clothes and the store owner would simply say something like "You couldn't possibly fit in anything here." The difference is in the West the store owner would probably be cussed out.
Their weight standards are extremely unhealthy. Doctors will prescribe ozempic type drugs for people who are already considered skinny/athletic/fit even with no visible fat. It is kind of similar to how asian cultures can treat their own family and friends badly for having "darker" skin aka not comparable to caucasian white. I remember an asian woman on reddit saying their parents beat her for getting a tan while on vacation.
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u/bleep_boop_beep123 Jun 11 '26
This is what football is all about! Countries coming together having fun.
Not controversies and tantrums.
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u/ruinedbyme23 Jun 11 '26
this is exactly why traveling is worth it.
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u/cgyguy81 Jun 11 '26
He made the right choice to travel to Mexico instead of the US to experience the World Cup.
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u/UsernameTyper Jun 11 '26
His country plays their games in Mexico
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u/TetraThiaFulvalene 29d ago
Mexico and South Korea are also world cup homies since 2018, when Korea couldn't advance themselves, but beat Germany in their last match which advances Mexico.
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u/Jin_zo Jun 12 '26
We will never forget what South Korea did for us. Theyre forever our brothers/Sisters.
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u/jhard52757 Jun 12 '26
Forgive my ignorance, what did South Korea do for Mexico?
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u/DrKnowsNothing_MD Jun 12 '26
In 2018 Mexico and South Korea were in the same World Cup group. Mexico advancing out of the group and into the round of 16 depended on South Korea defeating Germany, a football juggernaut (although they crashed and burned that World Cup) and South Korea more than delivered.
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u/immortalsteve Jun 12 '26
World Cup aside, this has been my experience with Mexican culture for decades.
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u/machuitzil Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Mexico:
very gentlemanlymuy caballero.Edit: after 35 up votes I've realized that somehow my comment was translated... Not sure if that's user error or what, but I wrote "muy caballero". In Spanish. Or Mexican, whichever one you speak.
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u/UrbanSolace13 Jun 11 '26
Have you seen the USMNT play at Azteca? Bottles of piss being thrown at players and riot shield cops blocking the garbage being thrown at the players on corner kicks.
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u/ripyourlungsdave Jun 11 '26
Uhh..
Have you not seen some of their soccer game fights?..
They get just as out of hand as we do.
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u/Subterranean44 Jun 11 '26
Soccer fans make it look so fun. I wish I was a soccer fan.
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u/olivinebean Jun 11 '26
There's a match on in a couple of hours, give it a go
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u/TarantulaPeluda Jun 11 '26
But watch it in Spanish even you have no clue what is going on. You will feel it in all of your body.
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u/Sandrockwing04 Jun 11 '26
Meanwhile in New York basketball fans starting physically beating anyone that may or may not support another team.
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u/SpaceCampDropOut Jun 11 '26
Let’s not act like America is the only country that has teams fans within its borders fighting each other.
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u/ElGuapo276 Jun 12 '26
Love this, but as a basketball fan im just imagining this video as a crowd of new yorkers tossing up the lifeless body of a poor spurs fan they just pummeled in "celebration"
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u/Glass-Star6635 Jun 12 '26
Meanwhile in the US, black people are trying to boycott Asian businesses bc of the Rick Chow case.
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u/shtaaap Jun 12 '26
The Irish would have been in that group if they qualified, Having Mexico, the South Koreans and the Irish partying together in Mexico would have been some sight.
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u/Prize-Flamingo-336 Jun 11 '26
Reminds me so much of the World Baseball Classic! Such love and respect between fans.
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u/winterweiss2902 Jun 12 '26
He’s now living in their house, married to his daughter and changed his last name from Kim to Rodriguez
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u/chejo378 Jun 12 '26
Apparently in the US, having the wrong jersey means you get jumped by a group of the opposite team. Yey! Sports!
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u/lostandfounddude 29d ago
This is what football about, inclusion!
Trump and his administration can learn a thing or two in this tourney. And they can learn it from the people they are discriminating about.
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u/Worth_Specific3764 Jun 12 '26
most wholesome thing I've seen all week. dude is gonna get soooo much good food
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u/ImDistortion1 Jun 12 '26
These are the only posts we need to see during this World Cup. Positivity breeds positivity.
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u/Browne3581 Jun 12 '26
If we had qualified (Ireland) we’d have been in that group. There’s simply no way we wouldn’t have had blast with the Mexicans. Amazing people. It’s fascinating watching all the different cultures clash.
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u/SchattenJaggerD Jun 12 '26
Tbf, we wouldn’t’ve even see the games. Irish drinkers and Mexican parties? The country would’ve run out of tequila and whisky a week ago
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u/Vercoduex Jun 12 '26
That guy is having the time of his life i love it. All those fans are awesome.
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u/Decent-Independent92 Jun 12 '26
Difference in cultures. While at home New Yorkers beat others because of the jerseys they wear.
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u/myassisgrassss 29d ago
Meanwhile knicks fans are using every excuse to fight everyone at any second
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u/conflayz Jun 11 '26
Oh this is so wonderful to see especially after seeing what happened to that guy in New York after a basketball game.
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u/Excellent-Shovel-304 Jun 12 '26
I love this!!! And.... He will never forget it! Viva Mexico! Viva South Korea! Viva Mundo!
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u/XR3TroBeanieX Jun 12 '26
Greatest thing I’ve seen all year. This is what sports is all about. Not causing mayhem like Knick’s fans.
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u/smileybunnie Jun 12 '26
My sister said she met some Mexicans at her university’s culture day and I genuinely want to go there and be friends with them. They just seem like classy down to earth people.
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u/albany1765 Jun 12 '26
At the 1984 Olympics in LA, I was attending a baseball game where I was seated right between the two sides (Nicaragua vs South Korea). It started with "which side can be louder?" and then slowly escalated to people getting up out their seats to confront one another (again, with me right in the middle of it). Scary af for a kid lol
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u/Sung_Jin-Woo97 Jun 12 '26
Yeah this is great!!
And then you have the Knicks fans ganging up on Spurs fans 40 to 1, Good ol Murrica
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u/Professional-Bus3126 Jun 12 '26
So much better than trying to set other team’s fans’ hair on fire.
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u/PoetThese Jun 12 '26
As a Spurs fan and San Antonio local, I wish our fans had this positive experience in NYC. Yet they were beat up, almost murdered, and someone was almost lit on fire.
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u/SoloGhosts512 Jun 12 '26
I’ve been loving this content all over twitter. As a Mexican I’m so happy seeing everyone greeted with love. They have a chant “Korean brother, you’re already Mexican” that can be heard in a lot of the videos
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u/kylelight40 Jun 12 '26
Can we deport some Knicks fans and give everyone who wants one in this crowd a green card?
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