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The internet is truly an unpredictable place.
You never know what kind of reactions even the simplest situation might get.
A situation of this kind happened quite recently.
She wrote that these golf courses were ruined by javelina.
Ajavelinais a medium-sized animal which looks similar to a wild boar.
Sometimes it is also called collared peccary.
They have pepper-colored hair, short legs, and a pig-like nose.
Their teeth are long, sharp canines.
These animals are classified as herbivores.
But people on the internet turned the situation around.
Apparently people on the internet, especially TikTok, hate golf and people who play it.
You might ask why.
Well, netizens have called golf a sport for stodgy old rich men.
Some people even identify as anti-golfers.
And so, they call for golf to cease to exist.
Theres also the trending hashtag#cancelgolf, which currently has over 7M views on TikTok.
It has been popularized by the platforms userAbbie Richards.
Using this hashtag, she posts videos about why golf should be canceled from our society.
She speaks about how the game has racism, sexism, and such built into it.
She also points out that all the space that is used for courses could be used for anything else.
Essentially, the woman described golf as an environmental, political, social, and public health issue.
Well, there areseveral waysit hurts the environment.
First, landowners waste extensive amounts of water by not using recycled water for cleaning the courses.
The second point was brought up by the mentioned TikTok creator creating golf courses adds to deforestation.
Also, these courses hurt wildlife they reduce spaces where animals can forage.
And these chemicals not only hurt the environment, they are also possible carcinogens for humans.
A lot of them stated that people should stop wasting precious resources for this game.
They expressed hope that the animals will keep going on with this quest.
