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[-] Hootz@lemmy.ca 102 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Golf = The game of the bourgeoisie. Mini Golf = The game of the proletariat.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 months ago

Golf isn’t the problem, it’s golf courses

If you took any random forest or mountain and put a cup at one end then just said go things would be fine

(I know foot traffic is bad, it’s better than bulldozing the whole thing)

[-] ECB@feddit.de 20 points 3 months ago

You've basically just described golf's superior cousin: disc golf

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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 24 points 3 months ago

Mini-golf is also... just so much more entertaining and fun.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 7 points 3 months ago

Well yeah because you don't have to wear the stupid pants and shoes, you can but you don't have to

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago

Misses the golf cart though

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Disc golf - the game of the revolutionary

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

False! Mini golf is the game of the savant and the cultural elite 🧐

Edit doubly so if it’s at night and there are glowing things involved

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[-] manucode@feddit.de 79 points 3 months ago

Damn communists stop me from watering my golf course near Phoenix

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 23 points 3 months ago

Just get a better job, if you can't afford water!

[-] whitecold@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago

I see this as an absolute win

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago

Golf courses are a waste of space and water, so good riddance.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 15 points 3 months ago

Only because they don't have enough wildflowers and trees which would make for a much more challenging course.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

Maybe some windmills and a big dinosaur too

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Challenge? Are you aware of what kind of sport golf is? The ball's not even moving when you have to hit it ffs. (I do enjoy the act of golfing, but holy cow is it a pathetic "sport")

[-] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

It’s the only “sport” I know of where “top-tier athletes” can get viciously drunk while actively playing in tournaments and still do alright.

Thanks, John Daly, for proving what a farce golf truly is.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 4 points 3 months ago

a mustachioed cyclist sitting in the corner hides away his Pabst Blue Ribbon

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[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Dens of badgers would help too.

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[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 45 points 3 months ago

I unironically want to abolish golf. At least in the form it currently exists

[-] cordlesslamp 11 points 3 months ago

I have never played golf. But I enjoy VR mini golf way more than I would like to admit. It's so fun and creative.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

the argument is: a single game requires a minimum of 200 acres of sculpted fancy gardens, non-native plants, little help to polinators, a fuck ton of water, fertilizer and pesticides, and is protected from the general public not only with a fee but also a vetting process, often built at huge expense in an area that would be better served with affordable housing, transport and public amenities.

And it's entire purpose is to extract money from already rich people and enforce a class culture of haves and have-nots while essentially turning the land into a green desert.

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[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Mini golf is the shit, you ought to get out to a real one with a friend or two some time. Guaranteed you'll enjoy yourself

[-] cordlesslamp 4 points 3 months ago

My friends said mini golf is for children and laugh when I asked to try it out. I'm 30yo tho, so yeah they might be right about that.

[-] Krzd@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

naahh, they're wrong. Tipsy mini golf is the shit, especially if there's a theme (darkroom/pirates/whatever)

[-] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

For real, get high and go to a glow in the dark mini golf course. There's one in every failing mall in the USA.

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

You need a better friend! I'm 28 and still go mini golfing on every now and then. Let your inner child free, life's too short to worry about the acceptable age range of mini golf

[-] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 3 months ago

Marx couldn't made up a better argument to root for communism

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 39 points 3 months ago

Funny, because where I live, municipal tax dollars have been repeatedly used to save a golf course that doesn’t bring in enough revenue to sustain its own existence.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 months ago

conservatives love to threaten us with a good time.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 3 months ago

Wtf I love communism now

[-] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They allowed capitalists to win and they bought golf.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2023/jun/13/saudi-arabia-golf-pga-tour-public-investment-fund

That's the capitalists:

The tragic paradox is that for the most part the people who care about sport do not own it and the people who own it do not seem to care for it at all. It is of no consequence to Saudi Arabia whether or not you like golf. Eventually, it will find the thing you do like and your views will not be of interest to them. No, they will not be taking questions. No, you will not be kept up to date on progress. As ever, you will find out what’s happening whenever it decides you need to know.

And if you think "I don't care about golf, no loss" they already have bought all kinds of other tournaments including e-sport.

[-] mossy_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

One of my favorite indie games was bought out by Gearbox, the corporation that's behind the Borderlands movie

I think this will negatively affect the game I like, but I'm happy the developers got serious money. I'll find a new indie game, and hope that the next generation of indie devs gets serious bank by selling their game next.

[-] LwL@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Gearbox is also the developer of the borderlands games. Doesn't seem impossible they'll just let the studio do its thing, and inany case they're far from unrelated to game dev.

Though I'd also be concerned any time something I like is bought by another company.

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[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 30 points 3 months ago

"You know why they call it golf? Because the word shit was already taken."

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

Don't threaten me with a good time

[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 months ago

i wouldn't mind that :3

[-] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 months ago

les goo

[-] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago

Nice riddance

[-] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 13 points 3 months ago

Excellent disposal.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Were communism to take hold, golf's not going anywhere. Private country clubs on the other hand...

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Eh, I can see the Proletariat deciding to direct the vast amounts of land destroyed for golf being used for public housing or returned to nature, rather than being a wasteful hobby for the elite

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 19 points 3 months ago

Sure, we’ll get gulags and bread queues, but at least there’ll be an upside.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

Inshallah.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

I know we can joke about how this is a good thing. But isn’t it much more likely that the State would own the courses?

Or just that there would be less of them and anyone could do it instead of the "elite?"

[-] Dippy@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

I don't follow your thoughts here.

But. The state would likely regulate them away except maybe in climates that aren't very burdened by golf courses, if that's even a thing. Communist governments don't inherently take full control of all businesses. They simply eliminate private property, which is not to be confused with personal property.

A communist golf course might look like this. You roll right up to the course. You either pull out your own clubs or borrow some from the facility. Someone maybe informs you which courses are more or less busy, helps you understand how to play and what etiquette is expected for the pleasure and safety of yourself, other active and future golfers. And then someone maintains the courses when... whenever they're maintained now probably.

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[-] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Where do I sign up?