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[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 108 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

Misses the golf cart though

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Disc golf - the game of the revolutionary

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 81 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn communists stop me from watering my golf course near Phoenix

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 25 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

Maybe some windmills and a big dinosaur too

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

Dens of badgers would help too.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 2 years ago

Sounds like frisby golf

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 years ago

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

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 40 points 2 years 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 34 points 2 years ago

conservatives love to threaten us with a good time.

Wtf I love communism now

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 30 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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 2 years ago (2 children)

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 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

Don't threaten me with a good time

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago

i wouldn't mind that :3

[–] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 years ago
[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago

Excellent disposal.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago
[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 2 years 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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Where do I sign up?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As if we wouldn’t still have Wii sports golf

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

A small price to pay for the eradication of golf

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