what do you tell them when they are all like "sports are pointless... it isn't like YOU are out there playing it, so why do you care who wins?"


i usually say something about how it draws on our basic insticts about wanting to belong to a group of people who are more likely to survive... in a way, sports is a show of which group is more physically talented and which group will be more likely to get all the food they need, all the land they need, etc.

2/4/2006 3:29:55 PM

i tell them to fuck off

2/4/2006 3:32:34 PM

tell them to fuck off

or you could say "its fun"

you dont even need a reason, they aren't going to agree with you

thats like saying to someone who watches American Idol, why do you watch American Idol?

they're response is "because i like it" most of the time

and then i just have to deal with them being a moron



[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 3:35 PM. Reason : ]

2/4/2006 3:33:15 PM

I question their manhood.

[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 3:33 PM. Reason : then tell them to fuck off]

2/4/2006 3:33:17 PM

I tell them to stop being a fucking hippie/goth/faggot loser and to get over getting their ass kicked by a "jock" in HS everyday

2/4/2006 3:36:37 PM

be like "WHY DO YOU RESPECT INTELLIGENCE WHEN YOU OBVIOUSLY LACK IT"

2/4/2006 3:38:12 PM

hahahaha

[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 3:38 PM. Reason : jaybee]

2/4/2006 3:38:18 PM

lol @ bighitsunday

2/4/2006 3:38:46 PM

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"i tell them to fuck off"

2/4/2006 3:45:09 PM

It is fun

2/4/2006 4:11:21 PM

"Get back with me later on that... The game is on."

2/4/2006 4:19:12 PM

why does it matter? people like different things. some dudes like other dudes for christ sake.

2/4/2006 4:30:48 PM

ahahaha gg

2/4/2006 5:03:22 PM

my girlfriend asked why i like football so much


i asked her why she likes meet the barkers (or whatever the fuck its called) so much


room went dead silent, even the TV muted itself

2/4/2006 9:35:57 PM

the problem that i see with people that say they don't like sports is this; there has to be some kind of physical activity out there that suits them. Whether it be an obscure sport like curling and the sport where you ski and shoot, to something totally off the wall like extreme scrabble, where you play on top of a mountain or on the edge of a cliff.

2/4/2006 9:48:19 PM

I simply don't understand how someone CANNOT get into sports....

2/4/2006 10:57:14 PM

AMEN

2/5/2006 1:31:02 AM

Just ignore them, everyone has different interests and people our age should know that. "Sports are pointless" sounds like someone who is jealous of people getting so excited about sports.

2/5/2006 2:19:10 AM

sports are pointless. but so is just about everything if you really get down to it. we just enjoy sports, others don't. who cares?

2/5/2006 2:24:33 AM

well i have a glaring argument that negates the sports are pointless argument. look at the 1980 US Men's Olympic Hockey team. the miracle on ice. at that time the U.S. and it's people had fallen on hard times. we were coming out of the gas crisis. there was the inept President Carter who failed miserably at getting the Iran crisis hostages out, and the economy wasn't fairing so well. Americans weren't feeling very patriotic at the time. then out of nowhere these college kids beat one of the biggest powerhouses in sports history. that one game, and the team going on to win the gold medal against Sweden brought much joy and made everyone proud to be an American again. the 80's became a time of prosperity, and all was well.

i'm not saying that that game caused us to become prosperous in the 80's. i'm just saying it was a good way to kick start the new decade, and had a considerable impact on the American people.

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 2:44 AM. Reason : oops]

2/5/2006 2:43:56 AM

sports give people something hopeful to put their faith in...
sports give people something larger to identify with...
and sports give people something commune over, something to bond over...

if someone says that, point out those things, and say that if sports are pointless after doing all of that then so is music (which does the same thing), religion (which does the same thing), and a myriad of other things they might consider "important"

2/5/2006 8:42:46 AM

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"that one game, and the team going on to win the gold medal against Sweden Finland brought much joy and made everyone proud to be an American again"

2/5/2006 10:06:37 AM

if somebody doesnt like sports, especially a dude, i generally just walk away

2/5/2006 10:17:54 AM

i am a firm believer that if you are not a fan of sports, you would have been one of the people to have been killed by a predator back in the day. i seriously think that sports pick up on an instintual urge for your "group" to become dominant over other "groups" in order to get the resources that are necessary for survival... much like war.

2/5/2006 10:24:15 AM

^interesting theory

2/5/2006 11:41:56 AM

^^interesting theory but I think that would only apply to guys

2/5/2006 11:47:00 AM

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"i tell them to fuck off "

2/5/2006 12:05:33 PM

"The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures." ~ Earl Warren 1891-1974, American Politician, Judge

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 12:18 PM. Reason : asdf]

2/5/2006 12:17:22 PM

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"that one game, and the team going on to win the gold medal against Sweden Finland brought much joy and made everyone proud to be an American again"

oh yeah, well i knew it was one of the Scandanavian countries.

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 12:48 PM. Reason : ]

2/5/2006 12:47:18 PM

when i put on espn my friend's always like

oh look it's fake news

2/5/2006 12:48:39 PM

im dealing with for the first time in my life a roomate that is absolutely ignorant when it comes to sports. Which is fine...i guess to each's own...although the manhood thing as mentioned before always comes in question. It just irkes me when im all into a game, like today against maryland, he sits their and finds the whole scenario amuzing. You know the type...the whistle blows and he sarcastically screams offsides during a basketball game. Constantly asks dumb questions in a manner that you can tell he knows the answer, in order to be a "funny guy". He's also the guy that ridicules the 210 lb. qb for running out of bounds to avoid a possible season ending hit from a 255 lb. coke snorting linebacker, because, "he's a pussy, a real man would have took that hit". Then proclaims...thats why i dont follow sports.

2/5/2006 4:33:33 PM

I tell them they'd like sports if they'd stop playing so much Dungeons N' Dragons

2/5/2006 4:36:21 PM

haha one time i went to Pure Gold with some grad students, so one of the stippers figured we were dorks or something because we were grad students in sciences, and she was all trying to tell us how much she liked dungeons and dragons... i was like "uhh, i'm not even really sure what that is"

2/5/2006 4:39:42 PM

when people bring up lord of the rings i always tell them "im sorry, im not into that Harry Potter Stuff"

2/5/2006 4:46:52 PM

^ahahaa

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"when i put on espn my friend's always like oh look it's fake news"

I'm sry... but that's funny.

[Edited on February 5, 2006 at 5:04 PM. Reason : fake news]

2/5/2006 5:02:16 PM

I had a friend who'd never watched football before in his life - he told me this in 2002, dude didn't even know what a "down" was


but he was a kickass soccer player, so I cut him some slack

I think he's learned a bit about football since then though

2/6/2006 5:14:21 AM

I ask them "Was it hard for you to tell your parents that you're gay?"

and then I walk away as they head off to another PETA rally.

2/6/2006 10:18:49 AM

I don't know about the rest of you, but sports has taught me a lot of lessons that I have applied throughout life. First off, in all sports, you must look towards the future, set a goal, work towards it, and hopefully accomplish what you were aiming towards despite the constant struggles and roadblocks that you might endure. Your education, career, life, and relationships work the very same way. By getting involved with sports at a young age, I learned this philosophy and I'm sure many of you did too. Therefore, my theory is that we (sports fans) relate back to this philosophy that we learned so early in our lives, and as a result, we love sports!

2/6/2006 10:20:01 AM

2/8/2006 11:20:30 PM

Most people that dont like sports have vaginas.


But there are some people with vaginas that also like sports.


Its mysterious like.

2/8/2006 11:29:43 PM

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"I question their manhood. "

2/9/2006 1:29:41 AM

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"I don't know about the rest of you, but sports has taught me a lot of lessons that I have applied throughout life. First off, in all sports, you must look towards the future, set a goal, work towards it, and hopefully accomplish what you were aiming towards despite the constant struggles and roadblocks that you might endure. Your education, career, life, and relationships work the very same way. By getting involved with sports at a young age, I learned this philosophy and I'm sure many of you did too. Therefore, my theory is that we (sports fans) relate back to this philosophy that we learned so early in our lives, and as a result, we love sports!"

this seems more than just a little gay to me.

2/9/2006 2:04:18 AM

uh, no. it about sums up the relationship some people have with sports. just because he is able to spell it out, doesn't make it "OMFG GAY" god damn is this middle school?

2/9/2006 2:19:08 AM

hey play nice. i make joke. people are way too uptight about their precious sports. it's entertainment.

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 2:21 AM. Reason : or do you not remember who this is. . .]

2/9/2006 2:20:31 AM

'what? you don't like winning? loser'

2/9/2006 4:12:41 AM

I like to go to Carter Finley on a chilly October night and stand their as the crowd slowly files in and the energy steadily builds towards kickoff. I like the mass of people united for a single cause, cheering fellow humans towards a goal. I like how, if only for a few brief hours a week, I can go someplace and participate in something intense, something I can be passionate about, with other fellow fans.

Anyone who can experience that and come out saying that sports are pointless, is missing passion, missing some key part of their soul.

2/9/2006 9:15:10 AM

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"this seems more than just a little gay to me."

ha, funny...


not really...


The fact that you have a blog seems a little ironic that you would make this comment.

2/9/2006 9:22:46 AM

to me sports are a virtual realization of my competitive side.

i am competitive, and enjoy participating and observing that which is competitive.

dudes that don't like sports are harder to figure out.


my sister is totally non-competitive and doesn't really watch sports, although she often asks me "who won". my mom on the other hand really gets into it. she'll start cursing and yelling.

my ex-girlfriend didn't watch sports, but she was competitive as hell. she was even competitive in our relationship--she pretty much could not leave her capitalist ethos out of our relationship (whole other thread).

2/9/2006 12:49:23 PM

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"i tell them to fuck off"

2/9/2006 1:37:59 PM

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"Anyone who can experience that and come out saying that sports are pointless, is missing passion, missing some key part of their soul. "

i guess i'm missing some part of my soul then. i've been to plenty of games and i enjoy them. but it's entertainment. plain and simple. there's nothing life-changing about these games (besides maybe a player or two who might go pro or get hurt or something). You guys need to lighten up.

and for the record, the important things in my life are usually things in which i'm actively involved, not living vicariously through a sports team.

2/9/2006 1:59:51 PM