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:...though note that I probably can't ever go back to where I was yesterday. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.61|172.70.86.61]] 12:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 
:...though note that I probably can't ever go back to where I was yesterday. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.61|172.70.86.61]] 12:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 
::That has more to do with the fact that you flooded the museum's basement than spacetime though [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.62|172.69.22.62]] 15:24, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 
::That has more to do with the fact that you flooded the museum's basement than spacetime though [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.62|172.69.22.62]] 15:24, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
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I'm pretty sure it mocks the fact that in the rest of the world, "football" is the sport where you play the ball with your *feet*, with a particular obscure rule that you can't touch it with your hands (unless you are a goalkeeper). On the other hand, American "football" is the sport where you grab the ball with your hands and carry it around. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.160.43|172.71.160.43]] 16:35, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

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Wow, that was fast 172.70.131.8 (talk) 03:48, 1 December 2022‎ (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

What was? 172.70.162.46 04:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Does someone want to point out to Randall that it is the offside rule, not offsides rule 172.70.134.122 04:57, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

It's often pluralized in American English, per Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(sport) 172.71.151.44 05:22, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
That makes no sense, it's an adjective, not a noun. It can't be pluralised. Even that wikipedia article, despite its assertion at the top, doesn't at any point use "offside" as a noun.
Side is a noun. It's colloquial in the US because other games use the same word. 172.70.206.92 12:03, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
Interesting that the inherent pluralisation doesn't extend to "math(ematic)s"... ;) 172.70.86.61 12:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

I currently have no time to expand the explanation, but it should be pointed out that the gravity well drawing is a graph and not an actual surface. Also, people are perfectly fine with moving though 4 dimensional spacetime. We do it every day. Condor70 (talk) 09:19, 1 December 2022 (UTC) [citation needed] 198.41.242.83 09:59, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

...though note that I probably can't ever go back to where I was yesterday. 172.70.86.61 12:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
That has more to do with the fact that you flooded the museum's basement than spacetime though 172.69.22.62 15:24, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it mocks the fact that in the rest of the world, "football" is the sport where you play the ball with your *feet*, with a particular obscure rule that you can't touch it with your hands (unless you are a goalkeeper). On the other hand, American "football" is the sport where you grab the ball with your hands and carry it around. 172.71.160.43 16:35, 1 December 2022 (UTC)