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Who cares about Super Bowl anyway. Stopped watching this pointless commercialized spectacle years ago.

bryanlarsen 12y ago
It's OK to think that. saying it makes you a snob. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972179
psychometry 12y ago
Lots of people care about the Super Bowl. It'll be the most watched TV program of the year. Does that answer your question, or was it intended to be rhetorical?
evincarofautumn 12y ago
Yep. I enjoy watching football well enough, but the rampant consumerism around the Super Bowl leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I’ll go to a game day party mainly to hang out with my friends and eat snacks.
mikeash 12y ago
I don't care about it in the least but I still thought the article was interesting. It's OK if you don't like sports, but don't think it somehow makes you superior.
jpindar 12y ago
I'm sure there are many things mentioned on HN that you do not watch or otherwise participate in. This is the only one you have chosen to comment on, so it would appear that you care about it.
EpicEng 12y ago
Millions upon millions of people. Tens of millions actually. Highest ever was ~111 million people. So, sorry, but you don't represent the majority here, and we don't care what your opinions on football are.
- kbutler 12y ago
  111 million people is not the majority of the U.S., much less the world. Compare what the majority considers real football: the world cup (500 million to 1 billion?) Or the moon landing (14% of world population at the time or 530 million). http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_televisi... Also, compare YouTube for really big numbers...
  - EpicEng 12y ago
    I didn't literally mean to say that a majority of the country watches football. Even if I had (incorrectly), It wouldn't change the fact that it's a huge portion of the country watching the same thing at the same time. And as for "real" football, that's really neither here nor there.
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  - vacri 12y ago
    So you're basically saying that you have to beat the world cup or the moon landing in order to say that somone cares about [event]? Seems a bit of a high bar to me. Whereas if you're just talking about the word 'majority', it's interesting that you consider 14% to be a majority.
NeutronBoy 12y ago
Relevant XKCD http://xkcd.com/1480/ http://xkcd.com/1480/

It's OK to think that. saying it makes you a snob. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8972179

psychometry 12y ago

Lots of people care about the Super Bowl. It'll be the most watched TV program of the year. Does that answer your question, or was it intended to be rhetorical?

evincarofautumn 12y ago

Yep. I enjoy watching football well enough, but the rampant consumerism around the Super Bowl leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I’ll go to a game day party mainly to hang out with my friends and eat snacks.

mikeash 12y ago

I don't care about it in the least but I still thought the article was interesting. It's OK if you don't like sports, but don't think it somehow makes you superior.

jpindar 12y ago

I'm sure there are many things mentioned on HN that you do not watch or otherwise participate in. This is the only one you have chosen to comment on, so it would appear that you care about it.

EpicEng 12y ago

Millions upon millions of people. Tens of millions actually. Highest ever was ~111 million people. So, sorry, but you don't represent the majority here, and we don't care what your opinions on football are.

kbutler 12y ago
111 million people is not the majority of the U.S., much less the world. Compare what the majority considers real football: the world cup (500 million to 1 billion?) Or the moon landing (14% of world population at the time or 530 million). http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_televisi... Also, compare YouTube for really big numbers...
- EpicEng 12y ago
  I didn't literally mean to say that a majority of the country watches football. Even if I had (incorrectly), It wouldn't change the fact that it's a huge portion of the country watching the same thing at the same time. And as for "real" football, that's really neither here nor there.
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- vacri 12y ago
  So you're basically saying that you have to beat the world cup or the moon landing in order to say that somone cares about [event]? Seems a bit of a high bar to me. Whereas if you're just talking about the word 'majority', it's interesting that you consider 14% to be a majority.

NeutronBoy 12y ago

Relevant XKCD http://xkcd.com/1480/ http://xkcd.com/1480/