I know some NFL fanatics that call in sick for work the next day if their team lost. That's more pathetic than some WoW players. At least when they are pissed off they rage about AT work instead of gloating at home.
I don't know too many people like me. Simply put, I don't really like any sports. It's not like I hate them, but I don't follow a single sport and I never go out of my way to watch any of them. I don't see the thrill...
Anyone else?
Spent my entire life thinking sports were an absolute ridiculous waste of time, and nothing more than a consumer driven money-maker that pays dumb shit kids millions for destroying their bodies. Of course, this was from the perspective of American Football. Getting drunk and watching a bunch of 280lb guys beat the shit out of eachother in full gear is about as big of a yawn fest as I could possibly imagine.
Then I discovered roller derby. Getting drunk and watching a bunch of women athletes in fishnet, booty shorts, and more tattoo's than your typical trance club bartender beating the shit out of eachother as they roll around a track on skates - now that I can get into.
Ooh, a slingshot. Ooh, an elbow to the face.
Big frickin deal.
Save your mancard and go to the strip club for pete's sake.
Roller derby. Wow just wow
I think the vast majority of people who dislike sports don't do so for neutral reasons (such as they're generally pointless), but because they've romanticized the dislike of something they're bad at.
Sports is competition and talent, and I can't imagine not watching and appreciating the elite athleticism and passion often on display in professional leagues. It's hardwired into us.
ok when you put it that way...jeez. But it's like there is something hardwired into our brains that makes me want to completely obliterate competition. cheering for your team in sports feels like you are dominating with them
Amusingly, you proved precisely what type of self-entitled artificially inflated masculinity I attempt to avoid by enjoying an alternative sport. Though, it's okay - I understand why simple minds such as yourself require some type of emotional connection to braindead meatbags who play garbage like American Football. If you wanna froth at the mouth and stare at a bunch of guy's asses, who am I to object?
I don't know too many people like me. Simply put, I don't really like any sports. It's not like I hate them, but I don't follow a single sport and I never go out of my way to watch any of them. I don't see the thrill...
Anyone else?
may ask if you are homosexual?
I know some NFL fanatics that call in sick for work the next day if their team lost. That's more pathetic than some WoW players. At least when they are pissed off they rage about AT work instead of gloating at home.
pure, they are all overpaid.
This was not always the case, as baseball players, even with the longest professional season of them all, would have to find JOBS off season to pay the rent and feed the family.
Am I for that? No, but somehow the complex growing to the point where everything is so expensive and advertised up the ying-yang that we can have stadiums large enough to house several small towns (small NY/NJ Metro sized towns, that is) belies the scale.
I can understand rooting for the "home team" and all that, but the megalith has grown so fat that it no longer resembles anything but the Stadiums of Rome.
The only thing different is we don't kill anything to keep the fans entertained.
I like PLAYINg sports, not watching them.
The only thing I like about watching sports is being with other people or going out to the stadium with other people to enjoy the event.
Sitting in an armchair watching a bunch of overpaid geniuses run around on a screen is not my thing.
Reminds me of when you played kiddie sports and you were benched. Not fun.