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> sportsball This is not the flex you think it is. You don't have to like sports, but snarking on people who do doesn't make you intellectual, it just makes y
by psunavy03 3y ago
> sportsball
This is not the flex you think it is. You don't have to like sports, but snarking on people who do doesn't make you intellectual, it just makes you come across as a douchebag, no different than a sports fan making fun of "D&D nerds" or something.
- chaps 3y agoAh, Mr. Kettle, I see you've met my friend, Mr. Pot!
- Zetaphor 3y agoThis has become a colloquial term for describing all sports, not the insult you're perceiving it to be. Rather than projecting your own hangups and calling people names, try instead assuming that they're not trying to offend you personally and are just using common vernacular.
- achileas 3y agoIf only there was an existing way to refer to sports generally! And OP was referring to a specific sport (baseball), not sports generally.
- btbuildem 3y agoThe Rogers Centre hosts baseball, football, and basketball games - so in this case "sportsball" was just a shorthand for all these ball sports.
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- jojobas 3y agoWould you get incensed by "petrolhead", "greenfingers" or "trekkie"? Is that what you choose to be emotional about?
- callalex 3y agoYou’re really not helping the “sports fans are combative thugs” stereotype by going off on an insult tirade over an innocent word.