ITS ALMOST FOOTBALL TIME!!!!!!!!

[Visual]

Ever find it interesting, the sports that have/had a practical purpose for humans at some point in time like running, swimming, jumping, wrestling, etc nobody gives a fuck about cept for maybe that brief window where they are competing at say, the olympics once every four years. Yet a sport as absurd as football that has absolutely no RL application is so compelling that people like you will spend every waking moment of your god forsaken lives following it ever so closely as if your lives depended on it.

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[Nocsucow]

Originally Posted by Visual [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ever find it interesting, the sports that have/had a practical purpose for humans at some point in time like running, swimming, jumping, wrestling, etc nobody gives a fuck about cept for maybe that brief window where they are competing at say, the olympics once every four years. Yet a sport as absurd as football that has absolutely no RL application is so compelling that people like you will spend every waking moment of your god forsaken lives following it ever so closely as if your lives depended on it.

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!

[Nocsucow]

but seriously i love football season... the WHOLE TOWN ERUPTS WHEN WE WIN the whole town is pissed off when we lose ... and our football games start every sunday morning OH YEA !!!!! bunch of us meet at the high school and play for hours on in ... not even keeping score

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by Visual [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ever find it interesting, the sports that have/had a practical purpose for humans at some point in time like running, swimming, jumping, wrestling, etc nobody gives a fuck about cept for maybe that brief window where they are competing at say, the olympics once every four years. Yet a sport as absurd as football that has absolutely no RL application is so compelling that people like you will spend every waking moment of your god forsaken lives following it ever so closely as if your lives depended on it.

Hi you're a dumb autistic retard, friend.

[Nocsucow]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hi you're a dumb autistic retard, friend.

Lol a TMO member is saying this stuff.... Yea he's retarded

[Zaela]

Originally Posted by Visual [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ever find it interesting, the sports that have/had a practical purpose for humans at some point in time like running, swimming, jumping, wrestling, etc nobody gives a fuck about cept for maybe that brief window where they are competing at say, the olympics once every four years. Yet a sport as absurd as football that has absolutely no RL application is so compelling that people like you will spend every waking moment of your god forsaken lives following it ever so closely as if your lives depended on it.

What puzzles me, even assuming that sports are inherently worthwhile, is how a team of players from all around the country and occasionally -- if not frequently, depending on the sport -- from other countries entirely, who've probably been passed around a few times already and who were ultimately assembled by management and coaching staff who are probably predominantly from somewhere else themselves... are supposed to represent [insert city here], much less the people who live around there.

Even if they were all local boys, it not clear how their athletic achievements would have anything to do with me. It's not like I was there training them up through their early years.

But it's not about the players, or the sport even really. It's a shared experience thing.

In fact, there's your answer. The sports you listed are too individualistic. It's easier to take vicarious joy in a vaguely defined entity like a team than in a person. The Olympics only work because the individuals are mostly abstracted away into countries.

Of course that's way too thinky for a sports thread I have no business posting in to begin with! Begin flames.

[Clark]

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Can't wait!

[Nocsucow]

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Can't wait!

i hope big ben comes out throwing this year ... he has been one of my favorite QBs of all time and i hope shit turns around for him .....

[Visual]

Originally Posted by Zaela [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What puzzles me, even assuming that sports are inherently worthwhile, is how a team of players from all around the country and occasionally -- if not frequently, depending on the sport -- from other countries entirely, who've probably been passed around a few times already and who were ultimately assembled by management and coaching staff who are probably predominantly from somewhere else themselves... are supposed to represent [insert city here], much less the people who live around there.

Fascinates me as well. Most of these players have no sense of allegiance towards their city. They go where the money and trophies are.

You hit on some good points but I will tell you one thing. In general, wildly successful people do not follow sports. It's a ritual most prevalent in lower/middle income areas. I have a friend who participates in 10 fantasy leagues, knows who ran a 4.4 40 at the last combine and could tell you without batting an eyelash every team that won their conference finals in the past 20 years. Same guy complains about how hard it is to get a job in today's economy.

Losers gravitate towards sports. I understand that is a generalization but as Adam Carolla says, they are called that for a reason.