Your thinly veiled bigotry is still just bigotry, despite hiding it behind a strawman
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2025
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Jokes on you, I can't list 10 male athletes either!
The ones I can name?
LeBron James Shaq Michael Jordan OJ Simpson Magic Johnson Babe Ruth Lance Armstong Tony Hawk Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Dale Earnhardt Jr. Mike Tyson
And all of them mostly because of memes.... isn't it telling that the only white guy on the list in a competitive team sport is from a time before black people were allowed to compete, because it was believed that being black gave you an "unfair advantage"
History really does repeat itself
Now I know there are plenty of white NFL and NBA athletes, but... how often do they show up in movies alongside Bugs Bunny or wind up in fighting games from 80's and 90's?
I actually had Danica Patrick on the list, but then I remembered she's a woman...
and I only know her because of her highly inappropiate and questionable appearance in Sonic And Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed
The only character that had less of a reason to be there was Yogscast, a Minecraft Youtuber who didn't even know what Sonic was prior to being in the game.... You pick your celebrity endorsement deals well Sega
Very true. Here's my attempt
Male
Michael Vick
Wayne Gretzky
Roger Federer
Kobe Bryant
Shaquille O'Neal
David Beckham
OJ Simpson
Babe Ruth
Usain Bolt
Oscar Pistorius
Mike Tyson
Michael Phelps
Tony Hawk
Tom Brady
That car racing guy who hit his head on a rock while skiing and is in a coma
Max Verstappen
Female
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Brittany Griner
That gymnastics girl making a displeased face in the meme (Mikayla Maroney?)
So for me, even though I'm not interested in sports, OP was correct.
I'm curious why I don't know any female race car drivers... the argument could be made that female athletes are not as physically strong so they aren't competitive in strength based sports, but it seems like anyone can drive a car fast? Who are the biggest female race car drivers?
Danica Patrick is one of the best-known women in motorsport.
Racing vehicles is actually very physical. Especially at the top flight. The speed through corners puts a lot of stress on the body, just look at the necks of the top racing drivers. They're usually pretty small guys, but are often incredibly fit. Valterri Bottas, an F1 driver, also mixes with the guys at the elite level of cycling.
Dana Patrick is probably the most famous recent driver, but of all time, (and the most successful) it'd be Michelle Mouton by far. People might know of Sabine Schmidt and Susie Wolff, both retired, but it's likely because of their achievements off the track, despite them being motorsport related.
Literally outside of the Williams Sisters and the "Transpeople are coming for your wives and daughters" scapegoats of the week like Fallon Fox and Lia Thomas... the only name that jumps to mind is Danica Patrick
Who never finished a race in her life and is better remembered for being in softcore porn ads for GoDaddy.com and making a very questionable playable appearance in a Sonic game, than any non "First Female" accomplishments in Nascar.
Look I'm all for breaking the glass ceiling, but Danica Patrick isn't a woman who does any favors for people trying to get over the stereotype.
You missed Bobson Dugnutt and Todd Bonzales, but good effort.
That guy lives in Switzerland, passed by his land once. But what the fuck was his name again. Ah, Michael Schumacher!
If we're talking OF ALL TIME names then i can manage maybe 15. I still only got to 6 women :/
shrug Unless you're trying to gatekeep who can and can't play sports....
im not even sure i could list 10 athletes of any gender lol
In total, sure. There's enough (in)famous athletes between football, tennis, golf, racing, etc.
Active athletes from one type of sport? No chance.
I can't list ten of anything if you put me on the spot.
reckon i could probably manage "numbers" 👍🏿
i could probably do colours
10 colors now! Don't think, go!
Rainbow gets you to 7, which I can do without thinking: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. 2 biggest non rainbow colours: pink, brown. Then you just need to name any of the more unique colours: teal, cyan. That's where I got to before I had to actually stop and think. You could probably add another to the rainbow by listing purple as distinct from violet. You should probably avoid black and white in case the person is being pedantic.
… And I can’t. Challenge failed, I think.
yellow blue green cyan teal lime orange red purple pink hot pink mustard white black
i forgot to count but should be enough! but also i'm cheating since i'm an artist
I don't think "pink" and "hot pink" should count individually here.
Or if they do, you missed the opportunity to just list all colors + "hot" infront of them lol.
Still a passing grade regardless, so you get a hot gold star 🌟
in my eyes they're very different :D i don't like pink, but hot pink is neat when used as an accent colour
thank you thank you
YOU ARE BEING TRANSMITTED LIVE ON PRIME TIME TELEVISION. NAME ALL THE ATHLETES THAT HAVE EVER EXISTED FOR THE LIVE AUDIENCE. QUICK FIRE GO!
Me: [unintelligible]
Announcer: Speak into the mic [you buffoon]
Me: AH! MIKE!
Me: MICHAEL JORDAN... MIKE TYSON... MICHAEL PHELPS?
Announcer: And that's time! You were supposed to be naming baseball players, remember? Technically, you got two out of three, so I'm required to give you this ticket for a free hotdog.