• Jeom@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    this made me realise rich people started playing golf because they wanted to flex how much land they have

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      11 months ago

      That’s not true, modern golf originated in Scotland where it’s considered a game for everybody and played a lot on public land. The most famous course in the world is closed every Sunday and becomes a public park for the day. The elitism came later, and fuck those guys.