Football Sucks

[Barkingturtle]

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[radditsu]

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

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That's why he gets an appreciation thread.

[Aviann]

Saint Gay, Amen.

[quido]

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

Watching sports on TV with your pals and having a good time is exactly like raiding.

Not true. Again we are talking about spectating vs interacting. I'd say hanging out with your buddies playing cards is more akin to raiding. Hanging out with pals watching sports on TV is akin to hanging out with pals and watching paint dry. It can still be fun (because of how you interact with your pals), but the activity itself is not engaging. Hanging out with your buddies and watching 20 minutes of actual football, 2 hours of commercials, and an hour of dumb commentary, in the course of 3 hours, CAN be fun, but it's not because of what you're watching. Hanging out and watching 20 minutes of football, 2 hours of commercials, and an hour of dumb commentary, in the course of 3 hours, is fucking retarded.

Yes though, I am visiting my mother for one more night here. It's a little boring, but it's not like I couldn't still play EQ. I just hate playing games on my laptop.

[radditsu]

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

Not true. Again we are talking about spectating vs interacting. I'd say hanging out with your buddies playing cards is more akin to raiding. Hanging out with pals watching sports on TV is akin to hanging out with pals and watching paint dry. It can still be fun (because of how you interact with your pals), but the activity itself is not engaging. Hanging out with your buddies and watching 20 minutes of actual football, 2 hours of commercials, and an hour of dumb commentary, in the course of 3 hours, CAN be fun, but it's not because of what you're watching. Hanging out and watching 20 minutes of football, 2 hours of commercials, and an hour of dumb commentary, in the course of 3 hours, is fucking retarded.

Yes though, I am visiting my mother for one more night here. It's a little boring, but it's not like I couldn't still play EQ. I just hate playing games on my laptop.

Phil simms is the worst.

[quido]

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

breaking news guy with 14 elf characters does not enjoy sports

I enjoy playing sports and I'm pretty sure I play them more often and better than 90% of the people here (I played football and tennis in high school, table tennis in college, and play tennis and golf for fun now). I just think spectating sports if for people with two-digit IQs.

[cs616]

You clearly don't watch football right if you think it is just spectating. Football is a social event. It is an excuse to get together with friends, visit, go out drinking, and basically have a good time. It is no different than bowling, or fishing... it is something you can do while doing other things as well.

Some of my best memories from college are Saturdays in the fall, tailgating with friends and making new ones. I've lost track of the number of random people I know because we just so happened to be drinking on the same porch or ended up next to each other in the stadium and struck up a conversation.

99% of people who watch football don't do it a dark room all by themselves, unlike this game, which you seem to think is a better use of time considering how much you've played. I think "spectating" as you put it, is unquantifiably more productive and engaging than playing EQ. But then again, I generally don't feel the need to pass judgement on what makes other people happy.

[quido]

I took up pickleball this last summer too.

[quido]

Originally Posted by cs616 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You clearly don't watch football right if you think it is just spectating. Football is a social event. It is an excuse to get together with friends, visit, go out drinking, and basically have a good time. It is no different than bowling, or fishing... it is something you can do while doing other things as well.

What's sad is you don't need an excuse to do these things. You can do them anytime without reason. Again, let me point out the difference between spectating and engaging in an activity. Watching television is not engaging.

To spend your time with your friends listening to fucking retards like Terry Bradshaw and formerly John Madden talking about what you've just seen half spoils it in my opinion.

[Barkingturtle]

Watching football isn't just watching tv. Gambling is a sport.