Tbh people who “do not get/understand sports” always set off a giant red flag to me. Like I totally understand not liking it and not participating, but people who pretend like it’s hard to understand why some might enjoy organized sports always seem to be the most insufferable type
I think a decent chunk of the time its a reaction to the average sports guy aggressively not understanding why you would like shit that isnt sports, and yeah whatever get over high school and all that shit but its fun to mentally get back at dickheads like that.
Fucking for real with that. If it wasnt for getting that reaction from average sports guy a million times i wouldnt have any kind of hostile reaction to sports. I think thats where the whole "sportsball" thing started.
Also, its annoying growing up as cis male kid, and being asked if you like baseball/football by every doctor/adult you have to intetact with for years of your life and being treated like a freak if you don't, cause now they have no small talk options
Do doctors still ask kids that? I jist remember hating that so much as a kid
I honestly feel like "get over highschool" is a shitty thing to tell people and I hate how normalized its become. Like bullying is traumatic. I personally have forgiven my bullies because they were kids when it happened*, and also because Senior year I got to know some of the "popular kids" and realized they were human and many of them quiet nice and also realized that my friend group of nerds had a lot of asshole qualities between us, and for a long time I thought that was the "right thing to do". Then I tried sharing that opinion in a room of people with bullying trauma and got fucking verbally destroyed for it and realized like, trauma is real and telling people to just get over it is fucked up.
*AND because I spent my young adulthood on a Survivor forum where my opinions on the contestants being colored by my highschool experience was something that got me bullied on THERE for, plus contestants that brought up their highschool trauma were shit on, so it was very uncool to still care about highshool so I adapted because autism.
There was a period of time when, if I was just out walking alone, I'd be TERRIFIED of seeing kids my age, just minding their own business. We don't talk enough about how victims of bullying have a lot in common with victims of child abuse.
nah i was a sports kid and the way sports fans get about sports is weird, gross, and bad. It's like console wars but we've been doing it for over 100 years so it's acceptable and nobody critically examines the practices.
:this: sports fans are mostly defended soley because its normalized. Sports fans do indeed get weird. Its cool if youre into it, im into different shit and i don't have to "get" your intrest for it to valid, etc obviously
I understand wanting to play sports, it's the sports fandom which annoys me... especially when the grifters show up with "fantasy football" gambling and stuff.
Tbh people who “do not get/understand sports” always set off a giant red flag to me. Like I totally understand not liking it and not participating, but people who pretend like it’s hard to understand why some might enjoy organized sports always seem to be the most insufferable type
I think a decent chunk of the time its a reaction to the average sports guy aggressively not understanding why you would like shit that isnt sports, and yeah whatever get over high school and all that shit but its fun to mentally get back at dickheads like that.
Fucking for real with that. If it wasnt for getting that reaction from average sports guy a million times i wouldnt have any kind of hostile reaction to sports. I think thats where the whole "sportsball" thing started.
Also, its annoying growing up as cis male kid, and being asked if you like baseball/football by every doctor/adult you have to intetact with for years of your life and being treated like a freak if you don't, cause now they have no small talk options
Do doctors still ask kids that? I jist remember hating that so much as a kid
I honestly feel like "get over highschool" is a shitty thing to tell people and I hate how normalized its become. Like bullying is traumatic. I personally have forgiven my bullies because they were kids when it happened*, and also because Senior year I got to know some of the "popular kids" and realized they were human and many of them quiet nice and also realized that my friend group of nerds had a lot of asshole qualities between us, and for a long time I thought that was the "right thing to do". Then I tried sharing that opinion in a room of people with bullying trauma and got fucking verbally destroyed for it and realized like, trauma is real and telling people to just get over it is fucked up.
*AND because I spent my young adulthood on a Survivor forum where my opinions on the contestants being colored by my highschool experience was something that got me bullied on THERE for, plus contestants that brought up their highschool trauma were shit on, so it was very uncool to still care about highshool so I adapted because autism.
There was a period of time when, if I was just out walking alone, I'd be TERRIFIED of seeing kids my age, just minding their own business. We don't talk enough about how victims of bullying have a lot in common with victims of child abuse.
Child abuse is still child abuse if done by other children.
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"Bullying neurodiverse people is justifed because of gamergate" is a terrible take.
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nah i was a sports kid and the way sports fans get about sports is weird, gross, and bad. It's like console wars but we've been doing it for over 100 years so it's acceptable and nobody critically examines the practices.
:this: sports fans are mostly defended soley because its normalized. Sports fans do indeed get weird. Its cool if youre into it, im into different shit and i don't have to "get" your intrest for it to valid, etc obviously
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Sports as a concept are fine, the NFL deserves contempt, NFL fans probably a little contempt as a treat
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Yeah, watching other people play sports on TV is at best neutral. But playing sports is definitely a cool thing to do.
"Imagine caring about sportsball. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna watch a cartoon aimed at 6 year olds."
Seems like a pretty common warning sign for "I've completely internalized my capitalist alienation, please do not try to relate to me."
I understand wanting to play sports, it's the sports fandom which annoys me... especially when the grifters show up with "fantasy football" gambling and stuff.