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> Is memorizing football or baseball stats any less obsessive? Those guys are huge nerds! They paint their faces on game days and argue in bars over obscure rul

> Is memorizing football or baseball stats any less obsessive? Those guys are huge nerds! They paint their faces on game days and argue in bars over obscure rules and regulations. Yes. Fantasy football is Dungeons & Dragons for jocks - and I mean that in the most loving way possible, having become "a jock" as an adult, and that's where much of my current friend pool comes from.

uremog 9y ago
Cosplaying as your favorite player is also common and accepted.
- Guillaume86 9y ago
  Accepted is debatable: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=full%20kit%20wanker https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=full%20kit%2...
  - kbob 9y ago
    Is there any human activity that doesn't have an Urban Dictionary term disparaging it?
  - Libturd 9y ago
    football =/= football
  - ng12 9y ago
    It wouldn't be cosplaying if there wasn't a certain amount of unrepentant shamelessness attached.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Fantasy football is Dungeons & Dragons for jocks Fantasy Football seems more like a wargame using actual wars for a randomizer than an RPG.