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We get it, you don't like sports. As a geek who grew up playing the occasional sport but not really enjoying it, finding a sport I truly enjoy at the age of 26
by tomflack 13y ago
We get it, you don't like sports. As a geek who grew up playing the occasional sport but not really enjoying it, finding a sport I truly enjoy at the age of 26 (baseball, not so popular in my country) and following a team has been eye-opening.
Sports fans have welcomed me, and been very accommodating explaining parts of the game I don't understand.
And then there are other geeks like you - that have an almost visceral reaction to the idea that people would enjoy something like that. I don't understand people who have such a negative view of others' happiness.
Oh I'm sure you have some kind of horror locker-room story where the football team did something disgusting to you, but sports wasn't what did it. Those alpha males would have some something similar even without the context of sports.
- cpursley 13y agoThere's a HUGE difference in enjoying/playing sports compared to vicariously living through professional athletes. Getting together with friends for a pick-up game is not difficult and much more gratifying and you can still drink beer afterwords.
- tomflack 13y agoWhy not do both! Your original comment "How damaged are NFL fans brains?" was glib bullshit and you know it.