I don't think this sport is garbage, I used to enjoy it when I was little, now... not so much. But still, there are alot of people who practice it and we shouldn't offend them.
I think they're the same game, though I'm used to calling it table tennis rather than ping pong.
I think that when its for fun it's ping pong, but when its in a competition it is Table Tennis. It just sounds much more official.
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