Other T-Men Who Don't Like Sports?

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[quote]2busy wrote:

[quote]In10s wrote:

For those of you children of HIV-infected whores knocking the Yukon/Canada realize that I’m as much of a FUCKIN YANKEE as you all are (Atlanta, GA born & raised).

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They’re just kidding.

I’m surprised no one made any comments like “WTF does Nebraska know about hockey?” comments on me.[/quote]

Not by me dude. It’s funny I love the NFL and my Steelers, hang on every play and follow it everyday even in the off season, love to play baseball. However if I could pick one sport to play pro it’s hockey all the way, no question. It’s in the DNA.

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[quote]eremesu wrote:
i also dont like some fans of mma. firstly mma is an undignified way to fight. in “enter the dragon” bruce lee showed that if you think you can put a real person in an arm bar he will bite your leg before he lets you break his arm. that is if he doesnt carry a knife.
secondly my earlier point is relevant here too that people, men especially, try to simplify other people too much into D&D stats and attributes.

they talk about these fighters in strengths and weaknesses and say this guy studied brazillian juijitsu so he isnt comfortable with boxing, so to beat him you have to box him. these guys are elite athletes with expensive coaches, i dont think they are going to have glaring weaknesses. this is an example of the male analytical mind, the same kind of thinking that gave us psychology, the futile attempt to understand the workings of the brain that has done more harm than good. crazy people have done more for society than any psychologist.[/quote]

MMA is an undignified way of fighting? Lol. First off, we’re talking about sports, not general fighting.

And i suppose boxing and wrestling are both undignified as well. To my knowledge there is no “sport” that is “dignified” in which an athlete can bite.

Second, yeah these guys are pros, some of them most definitely do have GLARING weaknesses. If you dont believe that you obviously dont understand the game and you’ve probably never trained.

Ive never heard anyone try to make the argument that BJJ guys = poor strikers or that boxers = poor wrestlers, etc. Is that sometimes the case? yes. Often times its not though.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]In10s wrote:

For those of you children of HIV-infected whores knocking the Yukon/Canada realize that I’m as much of a FUCKIN YANKEE as you all are (Atlanta, GA born & raised).

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Hahaahahahahha

But your not here are you, you are in Maple syrup land hahahhahahahahhaha[/quote]

I don’t think they even have Maple trees in da Yukon. Maybe he’s a competitive Yak milker. I bet they ran him out of Georgia because he didn’t like football.

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[quote]Testy1 wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]In10s wrote:

For those of you children of HIV-infected whores knocking the Yukon/Canada realize that I’m as much of a FUCKIN YANKEE as you all are (Atlanta, GA born & raised).

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Hahaahahahahha

But your not here are you, you are in Maple syrup land hahahhahahahahhaha[/quote]

I don’t think they even have Maple trees in da Yukon. Maybe he’s a competitive Yak milker. I bet they ran him out of Georgia because he didn’t like football.
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Meanwhile while shopping

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[quote]eremesu wrote:
i also dont like some fans of mma. firstly mma is an undignified way to fight. in “enter the dragon” bruce lee showed that if you think you can put a real person in an arm bar he will bite your leg before he lets you break his arm. that is if he doesnt carry a knife.
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This makes no sense. All combat sports are based around an agreed upon set of rules. That’s what makes them sports. I could very likely beat Cain Velasquez in a fight, if I brought a firearm, or even just a spear, especially if I didn’t tell him ahead of time that we were going to fight. What’s your point?

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On topic, I’ve never been much for spectator sports. I have actually considered disciplining myself to follow them a little more closely because they are such an easy way to find common ground with total strangers, but it really is a lot of work to stay on top of when you’re not passionate about it so I’ve never gotten very far with it.

That said, any live sporting event is a really good time, IMO, and I’ll watch playoffs, fights, Olympics etc if they’re on and get really into it.

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[quote]Aggv wrote:

[quote]MattyXL wrote:

the longest running threads on this site are devoted to team sports, which says something about bringing total strangers together,[/quote]

^ this, I follow sports, i really enjoy playing sports, and the best way to start a conversation with someone is usually about sports. Obviously you’re not going to ask some girl about the latest football news, but being able to have a conversation with a total stranger about something is cool.

If you’re the type of person who does not watch tv i understand, however i personally really enjoy ending the day starring at the television for a bit. It’s a nice way to relax, and sports is really the only decent thing on TV.

I’ve found an easy way to shut up people who hate on sports and that is to ask them if they ever played anything? and then ask if they got beat up by people who used to play sports? Results vary but it’s interesting to see the correlations… Found this out going to theater club parties at college, interesting group of people you meet there[/quote]

I’ve found an easy way to shut up people who hate on nicki minaj is to ask them if they got molested by an orangutan wearing a pink wig when they were young

Results vary but the corre- oh wait there are no correlations.

Seriously dude, what you just said is basically the equivalent of the old nerds getting bullied by jocks trope - it didnt occur to you that sometimes people just arent interested in something you are?

Some of my friends are really into cars, I couldn’t care less and its not because I got beaten up by a mechanic or some shit, I just lack any interest in the fucking things other than knowing it runs, has fuel and can get me to where i want to go.

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[quote]Aussie Davo wrote:

[quote]Aggv wrote:

[quote]MattyXL wrote:

the longest running threads on this site are devoted to team sports, which says something about bringing total strangers together,[/quote]

^ this, I follow sports, i really enjoy playing sports, and the best way to start a conversation with someone is usually about sports. Obviously you’re not going to ask some girl about the latest football news, but being able to have a conversation with a total stranger about something is cool.

If you’re the type of person who does not watch tv i understand, however i personally really enjoy ending the day starring at the television for a bit. It’s a nice way to relax, and sports is really the only decent thing on TV.

I’ve found an easy way to shut up people who hate on sports and that is to ask them if they ever played anything? and then ask if they got beat up by people who used to play sports? Results vary but it’s interesting to see the correlations… Found this out going to theater club parties at college, interesting group of people you meet there[/quote]

I’ve found an easy way to shut up people who hate on nicki minaj is to ask them if they got molested by an orangutan wearing a pink wig when they were young

Results vary but the corre- oh wait there are no correlations.

Seriously dude, what you just said is basically the equivalent of the old nerds getting bullied by jocks trope - it didnt occur to you that sometimes people just arent interested in something you are?

Some of my friends are really into cars, I couldn’t care less and its not because I got beaten up by a mechanic or some shit, I just lack any interest in the fucking things other than knowing it runs, has fuel and can get me to where i want to go.[/quote]

Good point. At the end of the day, some people just find shit boring. Football and baseball are intolerable for me to watch, like paint drying on a wall. My child-hood was largely bully free lol.

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I dont have a problem with people not liking sports…or watching sports, it doesent matter, to each his own which is why I didnt fucking start a thread about it. I also watch Dance Moms with my daughter, I dont need a thread to feel like Im ok because I watch football and the Real House Wives of Atlanta. Some you fucking guys need to get a back bone…sheesh

MAZEL!

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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
I dont have a problem with people not liking sports…or watching sports, it doesent matter, to each his own which is why I didnt fucking start a thread about it. I also watch Dance Moms with my daughter, I dont need a thread to feel like Im ok because I watch football and the Real House Wives of Atlanta. Some you fucking guys need to get a back bone…sheesh

MAZEL![/quote]

Haha, this! I also watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

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[quote]MattyXL wrote:
I dont have a problem with people not liking sports…or watching sports, it doesent matter, to each his own which is why I didnt fucking start a thread about it. I also watch Dance Moms with my daughter, I dont need a thread to feel like Im ok because I watch football and the Real House Wives of Atlanta. Some you fucking guys need to get a back bone…sheesh

MAZEL![/quote]

LOL…I think you’re taking the thread too seriously Matty. I don’t think that anyone was saying anything bad about those who like to watch sports. This was just a thread started by a guy who was like “hey, I don’t like to watch sports I wonder who else on TN doesn’t like to watch sports.” Admittedly I haven’t read every post in this thread but have people been saying that those of you who love sports are terrible people?

What I do find funny (and not with this crowd) is that watching sports is insanely popular and yet we have an obesity epidemic. I don’t quite understand what the disconnect is there.

james

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So without reading through the 7 pages of discourse on the op I think I would like to share an incident I had at college. I was with some frat buddies of mine and some frat pledges back when I was a pledge and we were drinking and decided to go play some three on three football. There were two freshman there who were being fucking pansies and were too scared to really engage in the game.

It wasn’t tackle but we were going kinda hard. Granted me and my friends were all like 200 lbs give or take a few lbs and these kids were like 130-140 lbs soaking wet but its not like they were going to get hurt anyways. Now personally I do not watch that much football. I grew up in foreign household and culturally football just wasn’t a part of our culture so I never gravitated towards it.

Anyways after playing for like 40 minutes we huddle up and everyone starts talking football and throwing stats out there and who is going to what team etc etc. I am quite not really having much to contribute and this skinny fucking kid chimes in and looks at me and goes “You don’t watch much football do you bro.” Not really an inflammatory remark but the tone in his voice made me feel like he was trying to call me a bitch.

I found the whole situation ironic and I was tempted to challenge the kid to fisty cuffs but it would have been pointless so I held my tongue and kept quite…like a bitch.

I feel if you participated in a sport in your youth like football or soccer you will be more inclined to watch it. I was involved in wrestling, judo and lacrosse and could watch those sports with interest on the rare occasion that they are on tv.

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[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
I have never understood the fascination with sports. I can appreciate the level of athleticism and the amount of work that goes into being that good at something, but to get SO involved with it as some do is something I cant relate to. I’m kind of a low key guy though, so thats probably just how I am.
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This for me basically. I can enjoy a game of football or rugby or something, but I simply don’t understand what gets some people SO serious about other grown men playing games in a field. It’s not even like the average sports fan has ANY way to truly appreciate the dedication required to make it to that level, so it’s not like there’s generally a connection there.

Maybe I subconsciously view it as people trying to live vicariously through pro’s lives. Or is it subconscious now that I typed it out?

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Who says you have to play or have played sports to enjoy them? My nieces and my nephew aren’t even old enough to play sports yet and they’re already HUGE Niners fans who keep bugging their parents about when they can go to another 49ers game!

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[quote]hungry4more wrote:

[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
I have never understood the fascination with sports. I can appreciate the level of athleticism and the amount of work that goes into being that good at something, but to get SO involved with it as some do is something I cant relate to. I’m kind of a low key guy though, so thats probably just how I am.
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This for me basically. I can enjoy a game of football or rugby or something, but I simply don’t understand what gets some people SO serious about other grown men playing games in a field. It’s not even like the average sports fan has ANY way to truly appreciate the dedication required to make it to that level, so it’s not like there’s generally a connection there.

Maybe I subconsciously view it as people trying to live vicariously through pro’s lives. Or is it subconscious now that I typed it out?[/quote]

Yeah, but one can easily say the same about those who follow bodybuilding and/or powerlifting competitions as simply watching other grown (wo)men do stuff.

Of course, all of us here enjoy and admire the discipline involved but as far as being a fan/spectator goes, I fail to see really any difference at all between “competitive sports on a field” and “competitive strength/physique-related” endeavors.

edit - well, besides the latter not actually even being sports :slight_smile:

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[quote]chillain wrote:

[quote]hungry4more wrote:

[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
I have never understood the fascination with sports. I can appreciate the level of athleticism and the amount of work that goes into being that good at something, but to get SO involved with it as some do is something I cant relate to. I’m kind of a low key guy though, so thats probably just how I am.
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This for me basically. I can enjoy a game of football or rugby or something, but I simply don’t understand what gets some people SO serious about other grown men playing games in a field. It’s not even like the average sports fan has ANY way to truly appreciate the dedication required to make it to that level, so it’s not like there’s generally a connection there.

Maybe I subconsciously view it as people trying to live vicariously through pro’s lives. Or is it subconscious now that I typed it out?[/quote]

Yeah, but one can easily say the same about those who follow bodybuilding and/or powerlifting competitions as simply watching other grown (wo)men do stuff.

Of course, all of us here enjoy and admire the discipline involved but as far as being a fan/spectator goes, I fail to see really any difference at all between “competitive sports on a field” and “competitive strength/physique-related” endeavors.

edit - well, besides the latter not actually even being sports :slight_smile:

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Difference is, most people here actually lift weights, and a good deal take it at least somewhat seriously…so it’s following something that you’re involved in. I would venture a guess that, relatively speaking, a LOT less NFL fans ever even played high school football, let alone college level.

Not that I begrudge people for loving sports they’ve never played, just an observation. If you enjoy it, good on you.

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[quote]chillain wrote:

[quote]hungry4more wrote:

[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
I have never understood the fascination with sports. I can appreciate the level of athleticism and the amount of work that goes into being that good at something, but to get SO involved with it as some do is something I cant relate to. I’m kind of a low key guy though, so thats probably just how I am.
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This for me basically. I can enjoy a game of football or rugby or something, but I simply don’t understand what gets some people SO serious about other grown men playing games in a field. It’s not even like the average sports fan has ANY way to truly appreciate the dedication required to make it to that level, so it’s not like there’s generally a connection there.

Maybe I subconsciously view it as people trying to live vicariously through pro’s lives. Or is it subconscious now that I typed it out?[/quote]

Yeah, but one can easily say the same about those who follow bodybuilding and/or powerlifting competitions as simply watching other grown (wo)men do stuff.

Of course, all of us here enjoy and admire the discipline involved but as far as being a fan/spectator goes, I fail to see really any difference at all between “competitive sports on a field” and “competitive strength/physique-related” endeavors.

edit - well, besides the latter not actually even being sports :slight_smile:

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This is a valid point in many cases, but there are also many people who take their own training in sports like bodybuilding or martial arts just as seriously as a pro would or damn near, just without the final step of the actual competition night.

I think its easier for these people to relate with these athletes even as spectators than it is for the guy who watches the Bears every sunday from his couch with his beer and nachos.

There are no guys who are just football fans who diet 7 days a week and train 5 days a week as an NFL linebacker would just to watch from their couch a couple times a week.

There are many people on T-Nation alone who do make that effort every day and manage their lives around their training even if they dont plan to compete. I definitely think it enhances your appreciation for the pros and the level they are able to take it to.

Hell, i wasnt into the actual “sport” of bodybuilding until i started lifting. Now i love following it.

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[quote]audiogarden1 wrote:

[quote]chillain wrote:

[quote]hungry4more wrote:

[quote]Lonnie123 wrote:
I have never understood the fascination with sports. I can appreciate the level of athleticism and the amount of work that goes into being that good at something, but to get SO involved with it as some do is something I cant relate to. I’m kind of a low key guy though, so thats probably just how I am.
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This for me basically. I can enjoy a game of football or rugby or something, but I simply don’t understand what gets some people SO serious about other grown men playing games in a field. It’s not even like the average sports fan has ANY way to truly appreciate the dedication required to make it to that level, so it’s not like there’s generally a connection there.

Maybe I subconsciously view it as people trying to live vicariously through pro’s lives. Or is it subconscious now that I typed it out?[/quote]

Yeah, but one can easily say the same about those who follow bodybuilding and/or powerlifting competitions as simply watching other grown (wo)men do stuff.

Of course, all of us here enjoy and admire the discipline involved but as far as being a fan/spectator goes, I fail to see really any difference at all between “competitive sports on a field” and “competitive strength/physique-related” endeavors.

edit - well, besides the latter not actually even being sports :slight_smile:

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There are no guys who are just football fans who diet 7 days a week and train 5 days a week as an NFL linebacker would just to watch from their couch a couple times a week.

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Uh I do this. But I watch the Cowboys go 8-8 every year

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[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

had to!!![/quote]