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

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

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years 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 21 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 7 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

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

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

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 15 points 2 years ago

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

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

[-] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 11 points 2 years 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 21 points 2 years 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 12 points 2 years 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@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years 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 13 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 7 points 2 years 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 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.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav 33 points 2 years ago

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)

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.

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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 22 points 2 years ago
[-] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago
[-] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago

Excellent disposal.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

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

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?"

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Where do I sign up?

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago
[-] germanatlas 6 points 2 years ago

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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