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moonrockmushy
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Sports Fans: Do you fake it?
#19318962 - 12/23/13 11:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Do you really care? Does having your local team give score a big win give you a big spiritual boner? Please justify.
Is it just a social thing?
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I would love to here peoples input on this.
Sports nuts are an incredibly interesting creature.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19319005 - 12/23/13 11:13 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah I like playing all sports, but spectating I like basketball and football. Go over to the sports forum and you'll find some hardcore fans who are great actors if they are faking
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19319015 - 12/23/13 11:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I mostly don't care at all. Most of the guys that play for the local professional teams aren't from there anyway. It's not even really local pride. I'm happy about it when my teams win, but I don't care if they lose. It doesn't affect my day.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Psilosopherr] 2
#19319082 - 12/23/13 11:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm curious about this too. I've always thought that professional sports was kinda silly and I've never understood how some people could get so emotional over their teams. I've watched games with avid fans and they totally get into it with the cheering, and screaming, and cussing, and blood pressure rising, and pounding on the walls and floors and all the rest of the whathaveyou. Unless I had big money bet on the game I couldn't ever see myself getting so excited.
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Fuck I was not clever enough. We need to find a way to get them to spill they guts in a way that makes sense to us non-afficianados so I can figure out how to make money off of cheap logoisms.
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root, root for the home team....if they don't win it's a shame.....
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: jboredone]
#19319199 - 12/24/13 12:00 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I love Flatland BMX, extreme sports, weight lifting...if you can even count that as a sport. I actually do those things though. I'm not a big fan of team sports (football, soccer, basketball) but I can see why one would enjoy playing those.
What I don't get is the whole spectator aspect of team sports. Sitting on your ass drinking beer and eating shit all day. Some people here in the US will literally put everything in their life on hold just for the the "game".
Neighbor:"Hey sir I think your daughter is being raped next door" Fan: "Fuck you dude, go away, can't you see the game is on"
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moonrockmushy
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Naw I mean who are all these people who appeciate mainstream sports. I can explain it but I'd like to hear the people who dig it explain it. AFAIK it is just as primal as music.
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TopPmz said: I mostly don't care at all. Most of the guys that play for the local professional teams aren't from there anyway. It's not even really local pride. I'm happy about it when my teams win, but I don't care if they lose. It doesn't affect my day.
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Neighbor:"Hey sir I think your daughter is being raped next door" Fan: "Fuck you dude, go away, can't you see the game is on"

I agree with the rest of what you said.
but this is obviously a total exaggeration
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moonrockmushy said: Naw I mean who are all these people who appeciate mainstream sports. I can explain it but I'd like to hear the people who dig it explain it. AFAIK it is just as primal as music.
I' don't know how many responses you'll get here on the shroomery from peeps who dig mainstream sports. Most of us prefer droogz over sports. I could very well be wrong though.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19319273 - 12/24/13 12:31 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't understand this phenomenon either. Coming from california and living in texas for 5 years, I do not for the life of me understand why people in texas love the fucking dallas cowboys so much, or the fucking texas longhorns. Like..........FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19319282 - 12/24/13 12:37 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm a fan of just about every sport out there and tremendous respect for athletes that compete at the professional level. Well the sports in North and South America anyways.
As far as being a die hard fan and getting spiritual boners from games, It's only for -Miami Heat -Miami Dolphins -Miami Hurricanes Football and Basketball (college)
My love for these sports is mostly because I've been attending their games since I was around 6 years old on a regular basis. Just the atmosphere of being in an arena or stadium with anywhere from 30 to 70 thousand people around you all cheering for the same thing is a great feeling. An unspoken form of brotherhood if you will.
Another reason is that I play or played the sports that I'm passionate about through out high school to competitively and recreationally to this day. So I guess I'm trying to re live over a decade ago vicariously through the athletes that I look up to. Even though the majority of them are younger than me now.
I hope this post makes some sort of sense to people that don't follow sports whatsoever.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#19319284 - 12/24/13 12:38 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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rbalzer said:
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lets_drive_around said:
Neighbor:"Hey sir I think your daughter is being raped next door" Fan: "Fuck you dude, go away, can't you see the game is on"

I agree with the rest of what you said.
but this is obviously a total exaggeration
It is, to a point. Hang around some hardcore football fans during NFL season and you'll see the bad side effects. I've had quite a few acquaintances that would literally be in a bad mood for weeks, solely because their team lost an "important" game in the prior week. It's fuckin hilarious.
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I really hate sports, never liked them. So id pick no because i pretend to like sport around people
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: kr0nik0]
#19319293 - 12/24/13 12:43 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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kr0nik0 said: I'm a fan of just about every sport out there and tremendous respect for athletes that compete at the professional level. Well the sports in North and South America anyways.
As far as being a die hard fan and getting spiritual boners from games, It's only for -Miami Heat -Miami Dolphins -Miami Hurricanes Football and Basketball (college)
My love for these sports is mostly because I've been attending their games since I was around 6 years old on a regular basis. Just the atmosphere of being in an arena or stadium with anywhere from 30 to 70 thousand people around you all cheering for the same thing is a great feeling. An unspoken form of brotherhood if you will.
Another reason is that I play or played the sports that I'm passionate about through out high school to competitively and recreationally to this day. So I guess I'm trying to re live over a decade ago vicariously through the athletes that I look up to. Even though the majority of them are younger than me now.
I hope this post makes some sort of sense to people that don't follow sports whatsoever.
No it doesn't make sense to me yet, but thanks for your input, that is exactly what I'm looking for. I follow minute differences in drug quality relative to phone numbers I know, so it is hard to judge, but that whole shit seem like a waste of time to me, like a big act.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: kr0nik0]
#19319301 - 12/24/13 12:45 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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kr0nik0 said: Another reason is that I play or played the sports that I'm passionate about through out high school to competitively and recreationally to this day. So I guess I'm trying to re live over a decade ago vicariously through the athletes that I look up to.
Nailed it kron. I think that last part is very true for most diehard fans.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: xbloodwhipx]
#19319309 - 12/24/13 12:49 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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xbloodwhipx said: I really hate sports, never liked them. So id pick no because i pretend to like sport around people
Don't pretend mang. Soon as people start talking about football and ask me what my favorite team is, I just tell em I don't like football. They look at me funny and I tell them why and then we move on to better subjects. At least I'm not lying to them.
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I like hockey a lot, Go Avalanche!
Too bad the sharks just beat us. 
Lecross is cool too.
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#19319315 - 12/24/13 12:53 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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SARAtonin said: I like hockey a lot, Go Avalanche!
Too bad the sharks just beat us. 
Lecross is cool too.
You're just in it for the dudes beating up on each other.
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SARAtonin said: I like hockey a lot, Go Avalanche!
Too bad the sharks just beat us. 
Lecross is cool too.
You're just in it for the dudes beating up on each other.

Then I would just watch boxing.
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@Mushy I think if you can appreciate competition in any way, you should be able to understand why sports fans exist. I'm guessing Kroniks from Miami, and if you haven't noticed yet most people only give a damn about their home teams. Like great intellect, great physical health/performance is very admirable IMO. What's funniest to me, is people who like some sports bashing other sports
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pcplease]
#19319342 - 12/24/13 01:06 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well I don't mean to get personal, and I hate to be a hypocrite, but it seems like what people should be treating as entertainment but they treat it as real life. I guess I just want people who are very into sports to admit that it is just a meaningless distraction. Just because someone wins at a competition, doesn't mean it means something. It is frustrating because people do act like it means something, when things that mean alot to me mean absolutely nothing. Sameasiteverwas
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I like playing sports but I dont care for watching them.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: brokentv]
#19319372 - 12/24/13 01:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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brokentv said: I like playing sports but I dont care for watching them.

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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pcplease]
#19319378 - 12/24/13 01:18 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I understand where you're coming from moonrock. It's true that it is purely entertainment, I take it as such a real part of my life because I get to see these athletes IRL all the time, and even though I know deep down they could give a shit about me personally, it still seems they do.
I really like what pcp said here.
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I think if you can appreciate competition in any way, you should be able to understand why sports fans exist. I'm guessing Kroniks from Miami, and if you haven't noticed yet most people only give a damn about their home teams. Like great intellect, great physical health/performance is very admirable IMO. What's funniest to me, is people who like some sports bashing other sports 
I also agree that people who bash other sports besides the ones that they enjoy is ridiculous. I see this the same way as people that do certain drugs bashing people that use different drugs than themselves.
Also, yes I've been in the Miami area for the majority of my life, I have a lot of friends here that are fans of teams that are nowhere near here. I can't really understand that aspect of sports fandom.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pcplease]
#19319396 - 12/24/13 01:28 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I love sports, you can’t pin it to just one thing though. Me and kron like sports for entirely different reasons. There was a really good documentary on HBO on this just while ago, it was called like sports in america or something.
My main reasons would have to be that i love playing sports and I’m very competitive with them, so of course i like watching the highest level of competition. Sports are beautiful too, when everything clicks just right it is like you said, a total boner Shit soccer is called la joga bonita or something like that in most countries.Most of my biggest heroes growing up were great athletes, so it has that connection to my childhood, and there are some guys you just look up to as great men worthy of trying to emulate no matter what age you are.
The biggest reason for me is pride and connection to the community. You know when you see a guy thats a fan of the same team you automatically have that connection and something to talk about. I can’t tell you how many times i strike up random conversation waiting in line just because i see my teams logo on a guys hat or something. Plus its great to see guys from your town/area make it big, the hometown hero. A guy I went to high school with won a Super Bowl ring last year and that was sweet for the whole community.
Tradition is another major reason. Theres a line I’ve always liked, you don’t pick what teams you like you are born into them. My great grandpas literally cheered for the same teams 100 years ago as i do today. When you live in a place thats blessed enough to have a strong local or regional rivalries you know this first hand. Just like i said I’m instantly friends with a guy with my teams shit on, opposite with my rivals. "Ahhh fuck this guy what kinda fucking asshole likes the fucking raiders” 
I feel sorry for people that “don’t get” sports. I mean i could do without the disappointment that comes year in year out when my teams consistently fall short but guys who "don’t get" sports will never get those random connections with complete strangers that make you that make you think “hey maybe the world isn’t this big bad place we are led to believe it is, and that we aren’t all so different from each other after all"
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moonrockmushy said: Well I don't mean to get personal, and I hate to be a hypocrite, but it seems like what people should be treating as entertainment but they treat it as real life. I guess I just want people who are very into sports to admit that it is just a meaningless distraction. Just because someone wins at a competition, doesn't mean it means something. It is frustrating because people do act like it means something, when things that mean alot to me mean absolutely nothing. Sameasiteverwas
How isn’t it real life?
Its obviously not meaningless to the people that like it. To some people sports mean more than you would believe.
Example. In South Africa during apartheid their rugby team was seen as a symbol of white oppression and domination, so during that rugby tourney (in SA) Mandela put on one of their jerseys to signify healing between the people of the country
Shit like that, isn’t fake and meaningless... In a moment that would symbolize almost every reason why one would like sports.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: elax420]
#19319418 - 12/24/13 01:39 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I feel sorry for people that “don’t get” sports. I mean i could do without the disappointment that comes year in year out when my teams consistently fall short but guys who "don’t get" sports will never get those random connections with complete strangers that make you that make you think “hey maybe the world isn’t this big bad place we are led to believe it is, and that we aren’t all so different from each other after all"

And I agree. It is real life; it's "living in the now." I think you're underestimating most fans though, I'm sure 99% of them understand and appreciate other teams. I think it's respectable for someone else to stand up for their team when the time comes, it makes for better competition. And I'm used to it, too, because I've mostly been traveling the past few years and the STL Cardinals have been kicking ass
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pcplease]
#19319497 - 12/24/13 02:15 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Elax, I believe you and I like sports for pretty much the same reasons.I don't know if you read the first post I wrote in this thread, but your reasons for liking sports are pretty spot-on with what I mentioned.
Your post was great btw. Very well put.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: kr0nik0]
#19319516 - 12/24/13 02:25 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I said I don't care earlier when I was high and lazy, and that's true for most sports, but not baseball.
I'm a die hard STL Cardinals fan. In fact, I have a Cardinals tattoo. I'm still disappointed that Boston beat them in the Series again.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: TopPmz]
#19319561 - 12/24/13 02:53 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I do, I actually have my day ruined when my team loses
Ive been a Cowboys fan for 20 years and my emotional state is directly impacted by the outcome of Sundays games
Same with Michigan football
I also root for the college I went to, Arizona State, but dont really get too worked up if they lose
But I played sports all my life and I am a very competitive person so I guess that lives on
Michigan and Dallas are the only 2 teams that I actually "care" about in the sense that I actually get pissed when they loss and actually get excited when they win
edit- This coming from someone who has 6,200 sports forum posts though. Almost more than I have in the Pub. The 2nd highest forum that I post in and a forum I really pushed for to be created in the first place
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yes i truly give a shit. i mean i work for one of the teams i love
a loss can truly ruin the rest of the day for me. at least with pats and bruins
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Bassfreak]
#19319666 - 12/24/13 04:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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if u dont truly care about sports, youre not a man
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: Bassfreak]
#19319726 - 12/24/13 04:54 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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"is obviously not meaningless to the people that like it. To some people sports mean more than you would believe" - elax
sure me and elax have out differences. but this is true
just look at what happened in boston this year with the bombings. the red sox and bruins are what truly helped a sport city come together and overcome a tragedy. it mite be something you only understand if ur from boston cuz we take our sports fuckin serious here. but those 2 teams helped a lot of people and helped a city come together after about a week of being afraid and a 2 day manhunt in a town that is essentially a part of boston
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I really care about basketball but other sports I don't know or watch much. Some towns only have one sports team and that town supports it strongly, and when those teams do well it gets the entire city excited in a palpable way. I think it's about the team putting a positive light nationally on the town they represent; the solidarity of the team is reflected in the support the towns group together to give their teams. It really brings a city together I've seen it happen. But some teams are stuck in shit towns that get no love.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: abltsandwich]
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look at what the USA hockey team did in 1980 for the whole united states with the US vs Russia thing
sports are more than just something to watch on TV and drink beer too. it brings people together, people who may not know eachother. all for one common goal
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Watching sports gets me excited and helps me relax. Big wins have been some of the happiest moments of my life. But for any sports fan, at the heart of it is crushing disappointments year after year but still clinging to, not hope, but love. Even when you see your team's mediocrity and the crushed hope of another year cracks your fucking skull, you're still there with them, and they're still there in your heart. You cannot be divorced. It's in your fucking blood until you die. And sure, from a different perspective it doesn't matter for shit. It's a stupid waste of time and money. It's ironic but it's the mindlessness of it that brings me comfort. I love studying this shit that doesn't even matter. If I concerned myself with what matters I would be in a serious emotional black hole since nothing matters in the end.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
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I love basketball but I don't cheer for the local team - they suck. I cheer for the most entertaining teams to watch which I find to be the Miami Heat and the Golden State Warriors.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pwnasaurus]
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Love playing sports...
Don't care to watchem and I HATE hearing about them when I'm not watching them. It's like whole globe has nothing better to talk about but the bulls vs the hot dogs every year. When does that subject lose its ever lasting intensity? It's the same thing every year!
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: GreySatyr]
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I play basketball 2-3 times a week and I find watching NBA REALLY helps me improve every aspect of my game from moving without the ball, footwork, to making moves with the ball.
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I don't get why people who don't like sports can't just accept that some people find them entertaining, much like... how they may have other interests.... almost like... people... are different...
I know right??
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: gzuf]
#19321143 - 12/24/13 01:11 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Everytime my Senators score a goal, I get a rush.
They are struggling this year, but still, I fucking love it.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: gzuf]
#19321162 - 12/24/13 01:17 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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GreyMorph said: Love playing sports... It's like whole globe has nothing better to talk about but the bulls vs the hot dogs every year.
Excuse me but 
What in hot dog's name are you talking about?
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pwnasaurus said: I play basketball 2-3 times a week and I find watching NBA REALLY helps me improve every aspect of my game from moving without the ball, footwork, to making moves with the ball.
For sure. I learned most of my footwork in the post as well as the right way to shoot a jump shot from watching games as a kid. Still trying to master the "eurostep". Players like Wade and CP3 make it look so damn easy and flawless.
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gzuf said: I don't get why people who don't like sports can't just accept that some people find them entertaining, much like... how they may have other interests.... almost like... people... are different...
Right to the point and absolutely true . Haters gonna hate tho. I find it weird that the majority of phychedelic users (at least from what I seen in this thread) aren't into sports. I wonder why that is.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: kr0nik0]
#19321748 - 12/24/13 03:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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kr0nik0 said:
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pwnasaurus said: I play basketball 2-3 times a week and I find watching NBA REALLY helps me improve every aspect of my game from moving without the ball, footwork, to making moves with the ball.
For sure. I learned most of my footwork in the post as well as the right way to shoot a jump shot from watching games as a kid. Still trying to master the "eurostep". Players like Wade and CP3 make it look so damn easy and flawless.
I have just started to learn the euro-step myself. The footwork is so hard - it's basically the opposite of doing a layup which I have trained myself to do over the years.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pwnasaurus]
#19321785 - 12/24/13 03:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Team fandom to me seems like an ego identification exercise.
I do enjoy watching sports, seeing a human beings competing at peak physical capacity is very compelling, and at the very least interesting.
When I'm asked what my "team" is this year, I always have to reply that I have none. I like many great players but they're spread out between all the different teams.
I watch for entertainment; what these athletes can do is fucking amazing.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: kr0nik0]
#19321830 - 12/24/13 03:36 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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kr0nik0 said:
Right to the point and absolutely true . Haters gonna hate tho. I find it weird that the majority of phychedelic users (at least from what I seen in this thread) aren't into sports. I wonder why that is. 
I agree with that assumption and it seems really weird to me, because every time i trip i realize just how natural sporting is to humans.
One of the funnest things to do during a comedown IMO is to watch your favorite sports team. Every time i trip i develop a theory that every team has its own feel and character (obviously) and method of play. Its like with academia different ideologies battle (communism/capitalism, Behaviorism/Constructivism) you know, or am i totally striking out?
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KillerPicklez said: I do, I actually have my day ruined when my team loses
Ive been a Cowboys fan for 20 years and my emotional state is directly impacted by the outcome of Sundays games
Lol i guess I’m one of these sorry suckers. My day is ruined after a hard loss. After seeing my favorite basketball team have the worst year in team history this year I’ve found that blowouts and the losing attitude make losses hurt much less, go figure
There is nothing worse in this world then getting there and not finishing, Sports Blue balls if you will
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: pwnasaurus]
#19321863 - 12/24/13 03:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quantom, I agree with everything you said except the ego identification part of your post.
I feel that cheering for a team is along the same lines of going to a concert because you like the same band as thousands of other people only without the aspect of competition.
On another note. You mentioned that you enjoy players from various different teams. If that's the case, I think you'd have a great time playing fantasy football or any other fantasy league of a sport you enjoy.
It gives you a reason to cheer for individual players on different teams.
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pwnasaurus said: opposite of doing a layup which I have trained myself to do over the years.
Exactly. It almost feels like when I was first learning to lay up with my left hand instead of my right. Or switching hands on the way up. It takes so much dedication and practice to get it right, but once you have it down it'll be something that's ingrained in your muscle memory.
How long have you been playing if you don't mind me asking?
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I just saw your post Elax. That's a really cool way to look at it. I don't think much about sports when I'm tripping, but I find it awesome the way you look at it.
One of my first shroom trips ever when I was in HS tho I was walking by myself on the comedown around 3am in my neighborhood. I happened to stumble across a driveway that had a hoop and a basketball. It was one of the most fun trips I can remember. Just giggling like a schoolgirl shooting jumpers for a couple hours. Good times.
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Re: Sports Fans: Do you fake it? [Re: kr0nik0]
#19321888 - 12/24/13 03:50 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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kr0nik0 said: Quantom, I agree with everything you said except the ego identification part of your post.
I feel that cheering for a team is along the same lines of going to a concert because you like the same band as thousands of other people only without the aspect of competition.
On another note. You mentioned that you enjoy players from various different teams. If that's the case, I think you'd have a great time playing fantasy football or any other fantasy league of a sport you enjoy.
It gives you a reason to cheer for individual players on different teams.
Fair enough. And hell yeah man! I'm in a fantasy NBA league, it's perfect for the spread out fan.
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