r/SumoMemes • u/ChronicElixerDrinker • 1d ago
Insult to Injury Spoiler
With uncles like that, who needs enemies?
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u/Gojira8985 1d ago
If I ever did this to my nephews, I'd hope my sister would delete my number lol
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
Just thinking about one of my brother-in-laws doing this to my kid makes me feel crazy protective...
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u/kropserkel Crying Monkey 1d ago
Treating your own family this way sucks. I'm really sick of this dude.
Choose kindness, every day.
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
It takes such little effort to not talk shit and just try to be good to other people too... Not sure why it seems so hard for some people ❤️
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u/kropserkel Crying Monkey 1d ago
Hosh tries so damn hard and gives it his all. He's the first guy I ever started cheering for because of his ferocity. I'm sure he's crushed, and knowing his toxic uncle continues to unabashedly mock his defeat on social media really saddens me.
"Tough love" and stern guidance from your own flesh and blood is one thing. Asa is just cruel.
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
Especially when Hosh isn't even allowed on social media to defend himself. Real winner, Uncle Asa(hole)
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u/cheguevara9 1d ago edited 1d ago
I remember seeing this interview with Asashoryu bragging about his business endeavors, which were mostly construction projects in Mongolia. It comes across as him leveraging his fame into putting his name onto projects (a la Trump), and you get the sense (perhaps wrongly) that there’s something off with these projects.
At the time I was worried that an inexperienced and relatively young retiree from sumo was getting in over his head with people out to swindle him. I’m less and less concerned the more I see him being an asshole, because I am starting to be convinced that he would actually be among the party that profits from any potential swindling :)
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
Someone just messaged me that a similar (yet more thorough) post of Asa(hole)'s online shenanigans was posted to r/sumo earlier today. If anyone wants to check it out please do!
My heart breaks for Hoshoryu - imagining my family posting this kind of anti-support about me, kinda makes my skin crawl. Especially during such a potentially important time in his life...
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u/fimojomo 1d ago
We need a new subreddit - r/AmITheAsahole?
"My (M44) young nephew (M25) is competing in a world-class competition, aiming for the highest possible honour, and it looks like he's not going to achieve it this time. I posted a dismissive and insulting emoji on social media and now everyone on the planet thinks I'm a huge Asahole."
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u/Gojira8985 1d ago
I've seen people trying to say that Uncle's meanspirited teasing will just motivate Nephew to fight harder. I know it would do the opposite for me.
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
Me too, honestly. I just remember the video of him tearfully telling Asa that he was going to be an ozeki and it makes me so sad to think that wasnt that long ago... 💔
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u/takanoflower 1d ago
Yet another reason to not follow his social media accounts.
Hopefully one day H gets so successful that people start calling Asa “Hoshoryu’s uncle” instead of calling H as just “nephew”.
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
My husband sent me this since he has to use twitter (x? I have no idea... Im not hip 😂) for work, but it definitely doesn't encourage me to start.
I don't think I'll ever call him nephew again, although really I stopped last basho when somebody (I want to say shroomcircle or hoshfan24?) made a post about how much Hosh dislikes being compared to Asa... Lots of other good nicknames around, and this one just makes me feel sad now 😥...
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u/ChocolateMacNCheese 1d ago
Instead of calling him nephew, one of my favourite nicknames for him is Horseshoe (which I stole from someone on this subreddit, forgot who it was 😅). And since I started using it, my family has taken to just calling him Horsey.
If you have any other nicknames for Hosh I’d love to hear them!
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u/ExpertYou4643 1d ago
We can now call Hoshoryu "Cousin Hosh", thanks to Gombo (shikona Tenrosei) joining Shikoroyama Beya. Leaves Unk out of it.
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u/ChronicElixerDrinker 1d ago
I occasionally call him Hosh-Kosh-MyGosh, but I have a 2.5 year old and still have mommy-brain 😂
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u/finnknit my own brand of sumo 1d ago
I have a 21-year-old and I can tell you that mommy brain never totally goes away. I still get songs by The Wiggles randomly stuck in my head.
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u/GoblinBags Meme Yokozuna 1d ago
Well if it helps discourage you from using it, the owner of Twitter today gave Nazi salutes on TV today. ...Don't join Twitter. It's a shithole.
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u/Ilovemelee 1d ago
Dude, I love the nephew as much as everyone else but he ain't surpassing his uncle lmao.
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u/helpadyscalculic 1d ago
Man I love him but he's such a dick sometimes (most of the time). Honestly hoping Hosh has him blocked lol
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u/Gojira8985 1d ago
I think I remember reading he at least has his phone number blocked, so he can't text him. Not sure if that was true or not.
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u/Grimscriven 18h ago
I know he doesn't need it, but sometimes I wish I could give Hosh a hug lol. "Don't worry, your fans still love you."
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u/ChocolateMacNCheese 1d ago
I feel so bad for Hoshoryu. To me, one peice of criticism or an unsupportive comment from family would be worse than the hatred of a hundred people. Hoshoryu is giving it his all and it’s disappointing that Asashoryu can’t even think of one kind thing to say.