World Cup Weekend Open Thread for Discussion
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Defector Staff
2h ago· 1 min readen
Summary
A brief open thread post inviting readers to chat about World Cup soccer matches happening over the weekend, noting that the author has the day off and plans to watch the games.
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· 3 pulledHopefully you, like us, have the day off today.
Hopefully you, like us, have plans to watch lots of World Cup soccer this weekend.
While you do that, feel free to chat away in this open thread.
Hopefully you, like us, have the day off today. And hopefully you, like us, have plans to watch lots of World Cup soccer this weekend. While you do that, feel free to chat away in this open thread.
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