Bread and circuses.
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Things that piss me off: when a sports fan refers to a team in the first person plural. âWeâ did not win, they won. Youâre a fan, youâre not on the field. I donât watch a movie and think, âwe did a good job directing that.â
Sports rivalries between cities: The NY Yankees vs the Boston Red Sox, for example. I would tell both sides that both cities are dumps and they have nothing no one outside of those two borderline third world cities wants or is envious of. The Eagles could win the next 10 Super Bowls and no one will think Philadelphia is any better than Mogadishu.
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Including oneâs self in a sports team often depends on the outcome of the game. âWe wonâ or âthey lostâ is something Iâve noticed happens quite often.
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The only time referring to it as âweâ makes even a modicum of sense is if one is a student attending the college they are cheering for; as in we [the collective group of insert school moniker] won/lost.
Still kind of dumb
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If I had my ideal job as âBenevant Dictator for Life,â Iâd say you canât watch a sport without actually playing it yourself.
Doesnât have to be part of a professional team, but people should actually do the things they consume as entertainment.
I used to play a fair amount of pool. Whenever I ran across it on a screen, I enjoyed watching it because I actually had the experience to appreciate the strategic decisions and technical mastery. Without that, itâs pretty boring to watch.
My grandpa played a lot of golf and enjoyed watching it. Iâm more interested in watching golf to see how the greenskeepers managed their grasses⊠because I have a lawn and put some thought and work into it in the past. Donât care for the actual golfing part.
Maybe Iâm just an outlier, but I donât really understand what people get from watching sports they donât actually have experience with.
See? I totally think that qualifies.
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Like we have to act or play music or write books or program video games in order to consume it as entertainment?
Fair point. I meant it as specifically for athletics, not artistic stuff.
For example, I play DnD. I also have a sword, shoot arrows, and have way too many axes. And even though I donât do it, tha larpers who beat the shit out of each other with pool noodles have my respect.
But if you play fantasy football, say âmy team,â then it feels like an armchair warrior. Go do the thing.
But maybe Iâm being judgey. Everyone should enjoy their life.
The porn industry would take a big hit then.
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How about you canât post on forums if your spelling sucks ass?
- Bénévent-et-Charbillac, a commune of the Hautes-Alpes department
- BĂ©nĂ©vent-lâAbbaye, a commune of the Creuse department
- Nossage-et-Bénévent, a commune Hautes-Alpes department
- Bénévent-Grand-Bourg, a communauté de communes of the Creuse department
- Canton of BĂ©nĂ©vent-lâAbbaye, a canton of the Creuse department
Any or all of these could have a Dictator.
Not just in sports, people like to make themselves a part of every big achievement or victory.
ââWe won the war against the nazi bastards. Totally kicked their arses, we did.ââ
Bitch, you werenât even born then.
But he wouldnât be a Benevant Dictator.
What? Trump is literally Hitler.
Autocorrect? Or an American-ism? Still a spelling issue, but explainable.
If I was the Dictator of BĂ©nĂ©vent Iâd probably get rid of the roundabouts.
This is something that pisses me off - people (not you) using the word ââliterallyââ without knowing what it means.
ââThat guy is literally Hitlerââ.
ââMy mother-in-law is a cow - literallyââ.
âNarcissistâ is another one that people just throw around for any minor infraction.
Someone cut you off in traffic? NARCISSIST!
Iâd get rid of the French.
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Plus now that I know it triggers you Iâm going to start doing it deliaberattely.
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Doesnât everyone have sex?