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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: Prem. Kissoff] 1
#24014176 - 01/16/17 09:49 AM (7 years, 14 days ago) |
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I dislike this thing around team sports as well. Not so much for bench sports being a useless activity, we all need some form of entertainment. The problem I have with this phenomenon is the reinforcing and perpetuating of a us-vs-them mindset. When this is combined with strong emotions it can be detrimental, one could even argue that it works as a tool for the divide and conquer thing. I'd recall reading about some study that found females who watch soccer games actually get heightened levels of testosterone just by getting into following the game and rooting for a team.
I'm more of an individualist, don't watch sports that much, although I will probably look at a screen if someone is watching ufc/mma/boxing mainly because I'm into traditional martial arts. Wouldn't do any heavy contact sports with lots of blows to the head though, seen some injuries live and it doesn't look healthy, not to mention cumulative brain damage.
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: Niffla]
#24015135 - 01/16/17 03:52 PM (7 years, 14 days ago) |
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I feel the exact same way about politics, i mean u might as be talking about them, just change the words like "fight" and "play" to "kill" and u got urself a political discussion..
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akira_akuma
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: Le_Canard]
#24015190 - 01/16/17 04:12 PM (7 years, 14 days ago) |
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Le_Canard said: I'm at a loss as to why some get so involved with a boy's game played by millionaires too.
what about those involved with the boy multi-billionaires playing long games with geopolitics? 
Football...LOL.
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: akira_akuma] 1
#24015371 - 01/16/17 05:33 PM (7 years, 14 days ago) |
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GOD HATES FOOTBALL
GOD HATES SPORTS
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: 1234go] 2
#24015786 - 01/16/17 08:21 PM (7 years, 14 days ago) |
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Well not only do some of these sports not pay taxes . I know in my city we are paying for one of the stadiums that was just built and needs fixing something like 114 million in taxes we pay for that bullshit ass stadium we could have done something actually useful with that so sports literraly hold us all back financially. Also a lot of people are well ignorant dumbasses I can try to talk about news or politics or social stuff and they don't know shit but they know what each team's pitchers are or almost every football player by name . but. When I say our state is broke and we are blowing money on stadiums or how in Russia domestic violence is legal now they say "that's someone else's problemi didn't do that.." When realy that's our problem that's a real problem and sports is a tv show damnit. So sports also hold us back mentally as well.
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: lighthouse09]
#24016230 - 01/16/17 11:29 PM (7 years, 14 days ago) |
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lighthouse09 said: Well not only do some of these sports not pay taxes . I know in my city we are paying for one of the stadiums that was just built and needs fixing something like 114 million in taxes we pay for that bullshit ass stadium we could have done something actually useful with that so sports literraly hold us all back financially. Also a lot of people are well ignorant dumbasses I can try to talk about news or politics or social stuff and they don't know shit but they know what each team's pitchers are or almost every football player by name . but. When I say our state is broke and we are blowing money on stadiums or how in Russia domestic violence is legal now they say "that's someone else's problemi didn't do that.." When realy that's our problem that's a real problem and sports is a tv show damnit.
Money trumps all my friend. And sports is a billion dollar machine.
Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys owner) just put up a shiny new billion dollar stadium a few years ago (AT&T Stadium). At the time of completion it was the most expensive stadium on earth.


Pretty much all of it, like any new stadium, is paid for by taxpayers. But hey...football, tho.
They're also about to build another new billion dollar stadium right down the street for their baseball team (Texas Rangers). And get this...their current ballpark, was just built in 1994. So why are they building a new one already? Because their current stadium is "too hot" in the summers (the new one will have a retractable roof so it can remain closed on hot days)
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: Niffla]
#24016303 - 01/17/17 12:08 AM (7 years, 13 days ago) |
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sitting in a stadium for 3 hours while the sun is out is torture
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: Konyap]
#24016308 - 01/17/17 12:10 AM (7 years, 13 days ago) |
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Konyap said: sitting in a stadium for 3 hours while the sun is out is torture
oh no doubt, especially Texas summers, but you would think that they would've thought about that shit when they built their current stadium back in 94'
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: zZZz]
#24016316 - 01/17/17 12:12 AM (7 years, 13 days ago) |
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zZZz said: I feel the exact same way about politics, i mean u might as be talking about them, just change the words like "fight" and "play" to "kill" and u got urself a political discussion..
Sport is the epitome of all of our ridiculousness and should be enjoyed as if it is all there is. Because it is. The pointless iterations of the "important" things are no more or less than a catch or drop.
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Re: Being a sports fan is pretty fucking stupid [Re: pineninja]
#24016944 - 01/17/17 10:01 AM (7 years, 13 days ago) |
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This topic is two sided on one it's ridiculous how much they get paid and the money that gets "wagered" or spent on each game. For instance, my opinion is some of the refs get paid off. On the other hand these athletes risk their life's everytime they step foot on the field, basketball court, etc. Not that they are forced but they love the game.
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