I agree with so much in that post. Everyone needs their hobbies, but I can’t have a conversation with sports people. I couldn’t even tell you what a goal, touchdown, basket, unit is worth. Just doesn’t click with me.
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St Louis is obnoxious about sports… pure cringe. Couldn’t care less
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When I was a kid and my friends were choosing their favorite football teams for life, I chose the Steelers because I liked their black and yellow uniforms. Still, never became a sports fan and barely know what sport is in season (lucky wife). I also liked the Pirates because, well, pirates. Cool!
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Same. My siblings were super athletes with full scholarships in tennis and basketball, so I have an awareness of the point system of certain activities… but I’d still rather scrub toilets than watch most sports.
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Ugh that’s gotta be annoying. People who enjoy it is one thing. People who take it too seriously is a totally different beast.
I do feel lucky in that aspect. It’s nice to not have fall weekends revolve around a TV screen.
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Awwww, now that’s just plain cute.
I never cared for watching sports or discussing sports. I’m not completely opposed to it. When you watch a sports game in person, it can be fun, but not on a TV lol.
I never understood when people would argue about and compare athletes who have achieved 1000% more than they have ever in their life.
I feel like sometimes these irrelevant meat bags don’t even view athletes as human, just some vessel of entertainment. They’ll have the cowardice nerve to talk shit behind a screen too.
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True. There’s something to be said about the energy of crowds too. Sounds weird but I think there’s a social contagion that comes with being in large groups of people with similar intentions and interests.
Also, if you actually know one of the athletes (and have a real relationship), I could see watching him specifically and hoping his team does well.
Ha! That’s a good point!
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but you’re right. It might be a dehumanizing thing for athletes, but at least they get paid to play games.
And the armchair quarterback thing is interesting too. People getting irate over an activity that has no real impact on their lives and that they have no control over.
Unless they’re betting…that would have an impact. Maybe that’s the secret to caring about sports: develop a gambling problem.
Can confirm from chequered past, betting suddenly gets you significantly more invested in completely random sporting events you had zero interest in before.
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Saw some comment about football the other day (proper football the one where you use your feet). Went something like why would I want to watch 22 millionaires chase a bag of air around. Pretty accurate.
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I bet it does! 
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Haha that definitely puts it into perspective! I just don’t get the appeal. Admittedly though, my favorite forms of entertainment are just as dumb.
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I was bracing for backlash after stating that I can’t relate to sports fanatics, but surprisingly that sentiment got a lot of positive feedback.
And then that got my wheels turning… maybe it’s just the crazy conspiratorial part of my brain rambling, but I once heard that sports have been used for centuries to distract the public from the corruption of the government and to keep the people passive.
Within a mere 100 years, Rome underwent massive governmental changes. What in 133 B.C.E. was a free republic that relied on a voting populace and an assembly system morphed into an embittered autocracy by the first century C.E. [source: Beard].
Thus, Juvenal’s term, “bread and circuses” went viral, used by scores of people – then and now – to describe people who voluntarily trade their democratic freedoms in exchange for stable-yet-controlling government.
Seems like our bread and circuses extend far beyond the original sentiment. Our distractions are endless. But what do I know? Probably nothing. 
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I was literally going to say this.
Why else would the government put so much money into building the stadiums of private entities? (Google “government subsidies + NFL” if you want to read how many billions have gone to these multi-billion dollar franchises and their billionaire owners)
Watching a bunch of big sweaty men run around and play with their balls just isn’t doing it for me. It does it for most dudes, though (*cough* gay)
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WUT? 
That’s the first I’ve ever heard about it. In years past, I might’ve just assumed that the government does that for economic growth blah blah blah, but the way everything is going, it does seem like a bread-and-circuses thing.
And since we’re conspiracy besties now, I feel comfortable asking the obvious: is Taylor Swift a psyop and is her relationship with what’s-his-name a performance?
And if that’s possible, it only leads to other big questions: are football games somewhat predetermined? And do the refs subtly make calls to ensure certain teams make it to the end? And, could there be (or have been) a collusion of coaches and refs who were paid off to make sure that the team what’s-his-name plays for ends up winning?
I mean, that’s crazy talk, right? It could totally never happen in order to garner more publicity for a football player whose celebrity girlfriend just so happens to always endorse the democratic nominee. It must all be a wacky coincidence… just like his Pfizer ads.
Okay I feel like you’ve been listening in on my conversations. Or maybe a lot of us are coming to the same conclusions.
To be honest, I love football fans though. And tonight, when I catch up on Emily in Paris, I will think about how my show is less gay than theirs.
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Jokes on you, I love both!
In defence of football: it’s an incredibly complex game with deep strategy. I’m a “systematizer”, which means I love learning about complex systems and I get a sense of satisfaction when doing so. My wife has been getting into football as well lately and when she recognizes a new rule or play there’s audible delight in her voice (“Was that illegal procedure, sweetie?”).
Certainly some people watch football to see flying balls and powerful athletes (consider that the average weight for players is 245lb!) making big crunchy sounds, but many are watching while anticipating plays and referee calls and changing strategy (punctuated by displays of extreme athleticism, of course).
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Haha you’re hilarious! And I’m glad you and your wife can bond over it. 
I have the exact same plans for the evening - and I am pretty excited about it! lol
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