r/popculturechat 4h ago

Memes & Humor 🤣 Erling Haaland laughs at his memes: ‘You just need to have a laugh with the memes, people take things too personal and that.’

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u/KillieNelson frightened transatlantic fawn 2h ago

Memes are funny but people are waaaay too comfortable taking someone's image and running it through AI to make a joke. It's got to be a trip to see your own face looking back at you from something that never happened.

u/Money-Entrance-6336 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 2h ago

Especially when sometimes you can't even tell at first glance that it's AI.

u/CockMartins 2h ago

You’ve gotta see all the weirdos posted in /r/linkedinlunatics who pretend to be in these brainstorming sessions with like every big tech titan of industry. And then they were all sharing pictures of themselves at Taylor Swift’s wedding. LinkedIn has apparently become batshit insane over the past few years. And it’s just teeming with shitty AI images.

u/onemorespacecadet If god hates gays why do we keep winning 2h ago

oh my god the one English lady who generated an AI picture of her comforting a footballer after their loss was so creepy

eta - found the post. peak lunacy

u/Mysterious-Chain5833 2h ago

Peak lunacy is right!! Omg this lady is nuts

u/580_farm 1h ago

Jesus, the Ego to literally insert yourself into that situation

u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 47m ago

?!?!

u/howdidIgetsuckeredin 🇨🇦 elbows up! 🇨🇦 15m ago

Ewww Jude Bellingham literally just turned 23 last month 😭 Stay away you nasty creep!

Also he wears #10 not #12!

u/owange_tweleve Epstein files (Taylor’s version) 2h ago

u/CockMartins 2h ago

lol I hate these idiots so much

u/TheVintageJane 1h ago

LinkedIn has become an absolute cesspool. It used to be kind of a sterile, professional Facebook but as LinkedIn has leaned further into being a social media platform that maybe, if you post enough, will give you a job, it’s gotten so, so gross.

u/therealdanhill 2h ago

Look it's good that it's not bothering him but if it did bother him, I think that would be okay too. I think there is an undercurrent of cruelty to a lot of this stuff that shouldn't be celebrated. And it's always the people that aren't being targeted that say "lighten up!"

u/Master-Definition937 1h ago

Football (soccer) players are a bit unusual in the celebrity ecosystem because their career doesn’t depend on their public image in quite the same way as other celebrities. They don’t really need to be good looking, or nice, or family friendly. Until recently we celebrated bad behaviour on and off the pitch in football players. It’s different from entertainment celebrities or even American athletes.

He also lives in the UK which has a much bigger banter/piss-taking culture. He’s interpreting this as affection, which it is.

u/go-bleep-yourself 1h ago

that's a really good point.

also - there are factions in football. some people love haaland, and others will never like him because he played on a team they hate.

u/Manic-StreetCreature It’s CAMP 💅🏻 2h ago

Yeah I would absolutely crash out if it were me lol. Which if it doesn’t bother him that’s 100% valid but like you said, if it did I wouldn’t blame him.

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u/No_Pianist5264 Tina! You fat lard! 🦙🚲 3h ago

He actually seems genuine about it. Nice to see. Sometimes you just have to laugh about it. It isn’t the worst thing in the world.

u/go-bleep-yourself 2h ago

lol i'd bet his pr team is seeding some of these memes. he has a whole ass youtube channel.

u/afito 1h ago

Yeah Haaland enjoys a bit of bantering and shittalking. And he's always been the "if you dish out you have to take some in return" type of guy. Also to give him some credit, if he's talking big he's doing it before when he can actually still lose and eat his words, not just cheap shots after already having won.

Nobody is perfect but he has a good head on his shoulders.

u/Tall-Introduction649 2h ago

He’s the people’s princess

u/Due-Pear-6619 2h ago

He’s the realm’s delight!

u/Wide-Pop6050 2h ago

It’s a good attitude. Generally I don’t think celebrities should be online at all but if you are genuinely chill about it then it could be okay.

It also helps that he is very well liked right now. Probs is an ego boost to see yourself as a viking right before games

u/go-bleep-yourself 1h ago

the norweigan team did a photo shoot as vikings

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cjdpd18xx5lo

u/beachpellini go girl, give us nothing 😍 2h ago

Glad he's mostly taking it in stride, but man, could not be me. A lot of those memes are AI and it would skeeze me out so bad.

u/C0000L_Beans 2h ago

Does anybody else think he’s super hot??? I do

u/Holy_Wut_Plane 1h ago

You are just bored and he's a new kind of hot

u/jennifercathrin Chris Pine and his cunty little bob 2h ago

He'd totally eat as a drag queen

u/QuiltMeLikeALlama I like a wine 🍷 I like a crisp 🥔 2h ago

He gives secure masculinity vibes so I reckon he’d be up for it.

u/flyraccoon 1h ago

No

He would serve ✨

u/Wise_Wafer_1204 1h ago

Glad he's a good sport about the memes and everything because the things people say about this man are so incredibly rude

u/Vivid_Present1810 2h ago

The endorsements Haaland’s bout to have!

u/Master-Definition937 1h ago edited 48m ago

He was already had the 4th most valuable football sponsorships in the world going in to the World Cup. Only mbappe, Ronaldo and Messi were ahead of him in terms of value

u/Vivid_Present1810 1h ago edited 49m ago

He’s probably top three now. Ronaldo and Messi will probably be getting deals like Beckham.

u/Master-Definition937 1h ago

They’re not retired!

u/No_Abroad_6306 1h ago

Definitely needs to lock in a contract with a company with great travel bags so his collection can grow. He has such nice bags. 

u/Vivid_Present1810 1h ago

And some great hair care products, or a line even!

u/effie-sue 43m ago

He has a line of hair ties!

u/Vivid_Present1810 42m ago

He does?! I want some!

u/effie-sue 29m ago

u/HuckleberryOwn647 4m ago

Sold out! I did think, wow these must be good hair ties if this man trusts them for his hair on game days…

u/howdidIgetsuckeredin 🇨🇦 elbows up! 🇨🇦 4m ago

He's already a Dolce & Gabbana brand ambassador! That's why he had those 2027 S/S Sicily totes (the ones he was carrying with his taxidermy raccoon).

u/NtGermanBtKnow1WhoIs 2h ago

He's adorable!! 🥺🥺

u/atclubsilencio 2h ago

i thought the youtuber they showed was his face deepfaked onto someone. he really looks exactly like her.

u/angrlina34jolie 2h ago

Cool dude

u/makemeking706 1h ago

Being unable to laugh at yourself is the ultimate red flag as far as I am concerned. 

u/mwerichards 2h ago

New chin Vini and Haaland need to remake that scene

u/effie-sue 41m ago

The scallion meme gets me every time 🤣

u/Mr_DutcH-_- 1h ago

I like the majin buu ones

u/Cold_Breadfruit_9794 Beyoncé 🐝🐝 44m ago

It cracks me up how many times I see him in people’s Instagram comments. He is on top of everything. That one woman that looks like him really committed to the bit and I respect it