Soccer be like: Offside call
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OFFSIDE
Overview
This humorous meme depicts the Peanuts cartoon character Snoopy running across a soccer field, with exactly half of his body positioned over the official offside line. A prominent red and black label at the bottom reads 'OFFSIDE', mocking the common, often frustratingly nitpicky offside calls in professional soccer (frequently made via VAR, Video Assistant Referee) where even a minor portion of a player's body being past the line results in an offside ruling, much to the annoyance of fans and players alike.
Origin notes
This meme was shared via an RSS feed sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, with the original posted title 'Soccer be like'. It edits existing Snoopy character art from the Peanuts comic strip onto a stylized soccer pitch to visualize a common joke among soccer fans about overly strict offside rule enforcement.
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