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Arguing over sports
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Pure annoying.
Like when those desk jockeys at ESPN get going. Obnoxious as hell.
Like when those desk jockeys at ESPN get going. Obnoxious as hell.
Gaolee
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Coming from a Browns fan? You are a die hard! And a masochist.
Gaolee
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498 of those posts in each thread are probably people trolling, just to see how long before the true believers get all bent.
True enough, but there is a world of difference between a forum with massive membership , in which you can choose to enter or leave the discussion, and being captive in a small group of people who can't shut up about something that doesn't interest you.
I feel the same way when I am stuck in a place where some regurgitative news source blares from a device that is never shut off. How anybody can sit and listen to that without going insane is beyond me.
Roland GR 88
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Well, we're at page 3 of musicians arguing with musicians about sports fans arguing with sports fans about sports........
You guys need to go out and kick a ball around.
You guys need to go out and kick a ball around.
^^^^ Exhibit A of why TB needs a mic drop emoji!
It's funny who people often can't see beyond their own narrow opinions.
I'm reminded of "The Big Bang Theory." The "Leonard" character muses about how sports fans say "we" when referring to their favorite team, yet he and his friends are known to get into heated arguments about fictional superheroes, and camp out in line to see a movie they've already seen countless times because it has a few seconds of "additional footage."
The most extreme fandom can be bad, and even tragic at times, but I think we should be a little more tolerant of each other's passions. I get the OP's irritation over being a captive audience and having no choice but to listen to an inane, repetitive argument, but if anyone thinks it's just a sports thing; well, try enjoying a quiet lunch and reading a book in a comfortable break room while people are going on and on about "reality" TV shows! Yeah, I could eat somewhere else, but I brown-bag it and the break room is by far the best place to eat.
I'm reminded of "The Big Bang Theory." The "Leonard" character muses about how sports fans say "we" when referring to their favorite team, yet he and his friends are known to get into heated arguments about fictional superheroes, and camp out in line to see a movie they've already seen countless times because it has a few seconds of "additional footage."
The most extreme fandom can be bad, and even tragic at times, but I think we should be a little more tolerant of each other's passions. I get the OP's irritation over being a captive audience and having no choice but to listen to an inane, repetitive argument, but if anyone thinks it's just a sports thing; well, try enjoying a quiet lunch and reading a book in a comfortable break room while people are going on and on about "reality" TV shows! Yeah, I could eat somewhere else, but I brown-bag it and the break room is by far the best place to eat.
Man, I've been there too. Working at an airport, there's not many quiet areas save the bathroom, and I'm not staying in there for an hour.
You want rabid fandom? Come to the SEC.
a few years back we had a series of tornados come through and rip up a rather large swath of ground, including massive damage to Tuscaloosa, yep, the home of The Tide got chewed up pretty good. A few days later i was in a local sports bar with some friends having lunch and overheard a very heated back and forth that included "so if the Tide is God's team, why did He just tear up their indoor practice facility!", and the guy was serious as a heart attack.
I played football my last year in HS, but more because i thought it might be something my folks would be proud of me for rather than desire to be a high school jock. We had a very sadistic redneck coach who never missed a chance to chastise me in the years i didn't play with taunts about being a big ole coward or a long haired queer, the usual motivational statements used by "real men" back in the day. Oddly enough when i showed up for spring training my last year (with a hair cut) and quickly dominated his best guys on the offensive line from both defensive tackle and linebacker positions, i became one of the guys overnight. I did really well on the field that year and it also became one of my early lessons in how easy it was to manipulate adults by giving them what they wanted. As long as i kicked butt on friday night, i could get away with just about anything short of murder.
My first year out of the service i was presented with tickets to the Iron Bowl, the annual Auburn Alabama game, the hands down biggest sporting event in the state every year. I went and it was (as usual) a really great game, but just watching it from the sidelines was boring, did nothing for me. Not putting down the players, they poured their hearts out from start to finish, but the spectacle was simply way too over the top and was a major distraction. Not to mention watching several fans stand up and projectile vomit on those unfortunates sitting in front and below them. I enjoyed taking out my frustrations on the opposing team when i played, but watching someone else doing it does nothing to wind my watch. Sorry, Just not a sports fan.
a few years back we had a series of tornados come through and rip up a rather large swath of ground, including massive damage to Tuscaloosa, yep, the home of The Tide got chewed up pretty good. A few days later i was in a local sports bar with some friends having lunch and overheard a very heated back and forth that included "so if the Tide is God's team, why did He just tear up their indoor practice facility!", and the guy was serious as a heart attack.
I played football my last year in HS, but more because i thought it might be something my folks would be proud of me for rather than desire to be a high school jock. We had a very sadistic redneck coach who never missed a chance to chastise me in the years i didn't play with taunts about being a big ole coward or a long haired queer, the usual motivational statements used by "real men" back in the day. Oddly enough when i showed up for spring training my last year (with a hair cut) and quickly dominated his best guys on the offensive line from both defensive tackle and linebacker positions, i became one of the guys overnight. I did really well on the field that year and it also became one of my early lessons in how easy it was to manipulate adults by giving them what they wanted. As long as i kicked butt on friday night, i could get away with just about anything short of murder.
My first year out of the service i was presented with tickets to the Iron Bowl, the annual Auburn Alabama game, the hands down biggest sporting event in the state every year. I went and it was (as usual) a really great game, but just watching it from the sidelines was boring, did nothing for me. Not putting down the players, they poured their hearts out from start to finish, but the spectacle was simply way too over the top and was a major distraction. Not to mention watching several fans stand up and projectile vomit on those unfortunates sitting in front and below them. I enjoyed taking out my frustrations on the opposing team when i played, but watching someone else doing it does nothing to wind my watch. Sorry, Just not a sports fan.
I don't follow sports at all. The line I use quite often is "yes I don't watch sports, and I am straight".
With that said I see people arguing this and that and I find it funny, but I find it even funnier when people say "WE WON WE WON WE WON" to which I say "You didn't win crap, the team did".
However, I knew just enough to put a Mets person his place. I am a Yankee fan due to something in my childhood; no I don't watch baseball and etc. but if you asked what my time would be it's the Yankees. There was this guy who tried to argue Mets is a better team and etc. My reply, when is the last time they won the World Series? Another question, HOW MANY times did the Yankees win the World Series? He kept trying to argue and eventually stopped for in the end, winning is what wins.
Gaolee
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In all fairness, "We won!" is more of a figure of speech than anything else; kind of like saying "sunrise" or "sunset" when we know that's not how it happens.
I've been a USC Trojans football fan since the early '70s. I often use "we" when referring to the team. I'm no more detached from reality than anyone who says "sunrise," "sunset," or any other widely accepted term that technically isn't true.
I've been a USC Trojans football fan since the early '70s. I often use "we" when referring to the team. I'm no more detached from reality than anyone who says "sunrise," "sunset," or any other widely accepted term that technically isn't true.
Arguing sports = arguing abortion, politics, guns = no winners ever.
Football is something I never watch. But I have family in Florida and my own state doesn't participate in NFL, so I root for the Miami Dolphins. But start talking the team down, I'll say, yeah they kinda suck. Then I leave it there.
