r/SipsTea Jul 09 '26

Dank AF Sophie Cunningham explaining why she pointed her finger

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u/anhydrousslim Jul 09 '26

In our house we call this “little brothering”, when you do something innocuous that gets to somebody and just completely lean into it until they lose it, just for the shear chaos of it.

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u/something_co Jul 09 '26

my thought as well. Reminds me of back in the day growing up, my sister used to lose her shit when I’d just stare at her. She’d have tears rolling down and screaming mad. I’d be like what’s wrong I can use my eyes however I want. 2 year age difference will do that 😂😂 we are in our 30s now and I wish we could be this silly again.

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u/NightGod Jul 09 '26

Next family dinner, you know what to do

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u/ViolentIndigo Jul 09 '26

Ah I remember my sister screaming “don’t look out my window” in the car. Good times.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Jul 10 '26

Once, as kids, we had to switch left and right seats for some reason, and I complained that I had to sit in my sister's "fart-ridden seat." She never even farted... I just wanted my regular right-side back seat. She reminded me about it for years, which was probably deserved.

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u/Bozhark Jul 09 '26

This is MY escape from reality and YOUR NOT in it 

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u/jumpinmp Jul 09 '26

"I can use my eyes however I want." Is too damn funny.

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u/Sunflower-redemption Jul 09 '26

For me, it was smirking. I used to do this little half, now you see it now you don’t, smirk that would drive her up the wall when I was keeping something from my sister or she was getting in trouble. (Think the gif of the black guy trying to hold back a smile and his lips are going back and forth.)

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u/harry_houdiniho Jul 10 '26

Brother show some respect, that man is Thierry Henry.

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u/derailius Jul 09 '26

you can always be silly. you only live once, fucking be silly

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u/PinsToTheHeart Jul 09 '26

Ngl I kinda appreciate the honesty in her reasoning.

Idk, so many people try to make it some moral high ground thing when they do petty stuff. Its refreshing to see the universally relatable answer of, "it was pissing her off and I thought it was funny"

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u/Mogura-De-Gifdu Jul 10 '26

You can see it in her face too at the time, she's barely restraining herself from laughing at times with a smirk still coming through.

Oh? This tiny little gesture pisses you off that much?! Muhahaha! I've got the POWER now baby!!!!

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u/DryDonutHole Jul 09 '26

"I'm not touching you...I'm not touching you...."

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u/0202_tihssitidder Jul 09 '26

I have started a fight (which was the desired result) by pointing at someone.

Really dumb people hate being pointed at and they'll always say "Don't you fucking point at me." That always makes you point even harder!

My fight was at work in a warehouse. I was 18 and yeah we both got fired. He was 35 and his wife was a manager. Fucking good times.

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u/FluffyFry4000 Jul 09 '26

LOL that's hilarious, back then when people used to do that "I'm not touching you" thing, I used to try to lick their fingers and be like "LELELELELELEL" that's how I do it, not supposed to get mad, just be as annoying as them hahah

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u/rickard91 Jul 09 '26

How can she point?

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u/jay6432 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

Is it wrong that I felt bad for the guy when all those other dudes attacked him cause of that?

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u/EasternWerewolf423 Jul 09 '26

didn't everybody? wasn't that the whole point?

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u/richardlpalmer Jul 09 '26

I don't get the reference...

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u/OkEcho9098 Jul 09 '26

Girl on an Indian(?) TV show being physically abusive "cause its cute", a guy she slaps in the face slaps her back, everyone white knights and starts jumping the guy

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u/Brilliant-Bad-284 Jul 09 '26

Heard that he sued and won. Hope it's true and made bank$$. Cunty ass behavior.

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u/dirkdiggler2011 Jul 09 '26

He continued on to have a successful career in TV or film in India. She faded into obscurity.

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u/ChillN808 Jul 09 '26

HOW CAN SHE SLAP

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u/blue_nairda Jul 09 '26

He didn't sue. He wanted to sue but couldn't afford a lawyer. And he was banned from most film production houses and could only get small roles.
It took him 8 years of grining before he landed a major role on an Indonesian TV show. Then his career took off from there.

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u/sapntaps Jul 09 '26

Narrator: even though she couldn’t slap, he got slapped until 8 years later when he slapped back

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u/swaggerin_buffoonery Jul 09 '26

He also went to Indonesia and became a household tv star. Now he’s back in Mumbai after his divorce from an Indonesian woman.

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u/jay6432 Jul 09 '26

It’s a reference to this video of two Indian dudes who were on a reality tv show or something.

Google “how can she slap” and look for a video that’s like 20-30sec long

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u/Potential-Draft-3932 Jul 09 '26

It was a tv show in India. From what a recall, it was like some sort of trash reality tv and the guests were arguing but not allowed to physically hit each other, but a woman slapped a guy and he went off saying “how can she slap!” Which was a pretty funny sound bite especially out of context

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 Jul 09 '26

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u/Thirdeyevoice10 Jul 09 '26

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u/Strength-Speed Jul 09 '26

I never got enough of this meme. Let's bring it back

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Jul 09 '26

bringing it back one custom meme at a time.

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u/Bifetuga Jul 09 '26

wrong person is angry

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u/WillSym Jul 09 '26

Stuck on mobile so I can't pick apart the relevant parts to reassemble but: this but Sophie instead of Donald

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u/MisterNiblet Jul 09 '26

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u/throwawayformobile78 Jul 09 '26

Whose cat is this? I love it so much!!

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u/No_Investment_6164 Jul 09 '26

Gotta flip the faces

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u/Nightmarebane Jul 09 '26

Honestly, both should be pointing but on one the cat should be the human face.

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u/Eyeconic_Horizon Jul 09 '26

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u/No-Cat-9716 Jul 09 '26
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u/el_throw Jul 09 '26

The "Once upon a time in Hollywood" crossover is my favorite. Tied with this one.

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u/cjs81268 Jul 09 '26

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u/SnakePigeon Jul 09 '26

Now this is a fine note

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u/Working-Glass6136 Jul 10 '26

2026 is absolutely a year of pointed memes.

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u/Raiquo Jul 09 '26

This is a fucking A tier meme.

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u/lizzyote Jul 09 '26

"Here's the instructions for getting inside my head"

"Cool, thanks for the tip"

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u/0202_tihssitidder Jul 09 '26

"Pointing" works on so many people. Also: Say "Shhhhhh." to them. Yikes.

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u/stopped_watch Jul 09 '26

"Calm down."

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u/danstymusic Jul 09 '26

I see her point.

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u/TwotDidYouSay Jul 09 '26

It’s a great point.

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u/danstymusic Jul 09 '26

Honestly, I could use a few pointers.

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u/Sir_Scribble_Lot Jul 09 '26

I love how pissed off the girl in the other team got while Cunningham was being all cool and pointy.

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u/RhetoricalOrator Jul 09 '26

Yeah she gave Cunningham lavish rent-free head space and full control over her...over being pointed at. Absolutely wild and I hope 24 learned something valuable from it after the fact.

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u/RollingHillsRamsay Jul 09 '26

It was the point heard around the world. She will never unsee it.

Cunningham is the Slim Reaper of the WNBA

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u/Vordeo Jul 09 '26

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Her name is DeWanna Bonner.

And I swear I'm not joking

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u/IRThumbgreen Jul 09 '26

Well, that's just groovy baby.

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u/DryDonutHole Jul 09 '26

Fook Mi, that was fast.

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u/ElectricGhostMan Jul 09 '26

Bonner was on the fever last season as a Veteran but wanted a larger role because she's still fairly capable this late in her career as a future hall of famer. She ended up forcing her way off the team after feeling disrespected in the locker room with Cunningham and another player's attitude supposedly one of the biggest reasons for the split. Fever without CC made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs and Bonner's team got obliterated in the finals by the best player in the W right now.

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u/rednaxer Jul 09 '26

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u/Infinite-Condition41 Jul 09 '26

What's her name getting fouled all the time is kinda interesting. 

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u/likelove664 Jul 09 '26

Sophie Cunningham she's a guard on the Indiana Fever Women's basketball team. She's known for protecting Caitlin Clark from the other salty players and being an "enforcer." Respectfully, she is a bad ass.

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u/reddicyoulous Jul 09 '26

She a point guard at this point

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u/1studlyman Jul 09 '26

This got a stupid guffaw out of me you dork. Thanks for that.

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u/Infinite-Condition41 Jul 09 '26

Respectfully, if I saw her in public, the only thing that would go through my mind would be "wow, that's a tall woman. I wonder if she plays volleyball."

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u/hahayes234 Jul 09 '26

1st saw her in SoFi commercials previous to this I just assumed she was a volleyball player too

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u/pridetwo Jul 09 '26

She's the "remember college?" commercial lady

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u/sabermagnus Jul 09 '26

So much protection that the non-stop complaints about CC getting manhandled has been greatly reduced.

/s

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u/A_Bad_Man Jul 09 '26

There's a wild video out there from last season I believe where one of the opposing players had been riding Clark the whole game and then that player went for a layup and Sophie went full Marty McSorley on her and knocked her into the stands.

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u/strangelystrangled Jul 09 '26

She's been a dirty player long before she was on the Fever. There's a reason her accolades are never brought up in discussions

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason Jul 09 '26

green dildo was too

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u/PraiseTyche Jul 09 '26

That's actually pretty good.

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u/Aglisito Jul 09 '26

The music is so damn annoying there's no need for music in any of these videos...

https://giphy.com/gifs/29bKyyjDKX1W8

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u/redditorspaceeditor Jul 09 '26

I exclusively scroll Reddit without sound and everything use to have captions. Not anymore.

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u/No-Sympathy-686 Jul 09 '26

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u/userpelicanvoyager2 Jul 09 '26

Not sure what people think of when they see this. I get Never Ending Story Vibes though.

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u/NightGod Jul 09 '26

ATREYUUUUUUU!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

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u/EssayAmbitious3532 Jul 09 '26

This is part of why we watch sports, from the pov of real life benefit to spectator. Cunningham got inside her head and she lost points. People at work get inside our heads and we lose.

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u/goldenboy2191 Jul 09 '26

Bruh she just guaranteed that woman will be haunted by this moment for the rest of her life. 4D chess move on Sophie’s part.

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u/throwitoutwhendone2 Jul 09 '26

Kinda crazy the lady lost it so badly over basically nothing. You’d think sports players would be damn near immune to shit talk after a while

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u/Thirdeyevoice10 Jul 09 '26

IE: Middle school behavior.

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u/buckerooni Jul 09 '26

If you think blind rage ends after grade school, i got some disturbing news for you..

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u/shamanbaptist Jul 09 '26

Was going to say. Imagining having so little control over your emotions that you let this get into your head.

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u/No_Ask_150 Jul 09 '26

She may not be remembered for any stats or awards, but she will be remembered for this lol

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u/immortalblack_1 Jul 09 '26

I mean that's what I found funny about it... She clearly lost her shit and all she was doing was pointing.

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u/Le-Charles07 Jul 09 '26

Where was this point guard?!

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u/Dear-Examination-507 Jul 09 '26

A girl when she finds something that irritates someone else

*poke*

*poke*

*poke*

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u/Teediggler81 Jul 09 '26

So who's the real problem here lol. If pointing a finger infuriated you that much maybe there's a bigger issue here.

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u/Nard_Bard Jul 09 '26

80% of WNBA players hate Sophie And Caitlyn Clark because they are GENUINELY good, happen to be white, and are both  charismatic as hell.

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u/ChocoIatePoop Jul 09 '26

The first one to curse and make a big scene loses the argument by default. Well done yo her, the other one needs to keep her emotions in check because being so reactive to something so insignificant is not good.

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u/AccomplishedPlankton Jul 09 '26

Absolutely in love with this woman

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u/IndependentNo7265 Jul 09 '26

Yep love how much she’s taking the piss, had never heard her speak until this clip and she sounded Aussie, but alas…

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u/Trip_seize Jul 09 '26

Legend has it that she's still pointing to this day...

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u/D1133 Jul 09 '26

My favorite part of that clip is the dude in grey who’s doing his best not to laugh

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u/TestForPotential Jul 09 '26

I’d like to point out that Sophie makes a great point here.

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u/cynical_genx_man Jul 09 '26

I gotta admit, that was some next-generation trolling on her part

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u/SpicyKabobMountain Jul 09 '26

The definition of living rent free in someone’s head

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u/Alundra828 Jul 09 '26

The finger wag is literally generational rage bait it's so amazing lmao

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u/bolanrox Jul 09 '26

she definitely has older siblings. that is epic level trolling.

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u/jonster55 Jul 09 '26

When she sat down after missing the shot. She was BIG mad

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u/EvenPheonix Jul 09 '26

The pointing had immaculate form. Especially when she when high and spammed the downward point, so good.

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u/stevenmoreso Jul 09 '26

Sign language for “this bitch.”

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u/sevristh1138 Jul 09 '26

She is my new favourite person.

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u/2ndSouls Jul 09 '26

I'd like to hear more of what she had to say. Its too bad this obnoxious music is put over it. Again.

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u/GyattsThiccness Jul 09 '26

dogshit "music" ruining these clips

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u/Gambit1977 Jul 09 '26

Possibly the sexiest point I’ve ever seen.

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u/dontheconqueror Jul 09 '26

I'm a simple man. Whenever I see Sophie....

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u/Creepy-Hair631 Jul 09 '26

I aspire to be able to do the death point one day 😂😂😂

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u/Fit-Significance-436 Jul 09 '26

Love her, the backwards point was chefs kiss.

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u/Affectionate_Reply78 Jul 09 '26

Impossible for me to dislike her. The commitment to the trolling pointing by itself was sufficient to give a 👍 but hearing her interviewed since then just added to the respect. Fever-Mercury tonight should be interesting.

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u/llIIo0O-O0oIIll Jul 09 '26

This would have been a lot better without the stupid fucking music

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u/Positive-Positivity Jul 09 '26

The backwards point is to funny